I watched every SNL movie

0:00 Four years ago, I did the unthinkable.

0:03 I watched a bunch of episodes of "Saturday

0:05 Night Live," and then made a video about it.

0:07 "SNL" is about to wrap up its 50th season,

0:10 which is pretty crazy to think about when you consider

0:13 how much pop culture has evolved in the past few decades.

0:16 I think it's a testament to how many talented people have worked

0:19 in that building that they're still finding ways to stay relevant today.

0:22 I mean, even in 2025, at a time when nobody watches anything live anymore,

0:27 they managed to pull almost 15 million viewers for their anniversary episode.

0:32 Adjusted for inflation, that's over two billion people.

0:35 Because this is such an important milestone for the show,

0:38 and because I only ever have four different video ideas,

0:41 I wanted to do another retrospective.

0:43 The problem is I already watched every single

0:45 season of the show for that last video, so what else is there to talk about?

0:49 And then I remembered, oh yeah, they made 11 movies.

0:52 Some that I haven't seen since I was a kid,

0:54 some that I've never heard of, and some that live in infamy for the harm

0:58 they cause to anyone who had the misfortune of going to see them.

1:01 I have a lot of reviews to get

1:03 to, so we should probably start as soon as possible.

1:06 The first ever "SNL"-inspired movie was "The Blues Brothers" in 1980.

1:10 Released right in between a time when the show

1:13 was the most popular it would ever be,

1:15 and then so bad that it almost got canceled.

1:18 "The Blues Brothers" were played by Dan Aykroyd,

1:20 and the late John Belushi, who tragically died while filming this stunt.

1:24 Now I'm gonna assume that with someone else, but like is that guy okay?

1:27 Holy shit, that looked painful.

1:29 I have to imagine the only reason he didn't break any ribs is because

1:33 of all the cocaine that everyone was doing

1:35 the entire time this movie was being filmed.

1:37 So much cocaine, they had to program it into the budget.

1:41 So many on-hand substances that it became nearly impossible

1:44 to wrangle up John Belushi at his call times,

1:47 because he'd either be hung over or just like in somebody's house.

1:51 The production of this movie is wild to read about.

1:54 There was a drug empire on set.

1:56 They went $10 million over budget.

1:58 They set the world record for most cars destroyed while filming a movie,

2:03 and in spite of all that, it was a huge success.

2:06 People loved it.

2:07 They made a bunch of money.

2:08 And now that I've finally seen it for the first time,

2:10 I can confidently say, yeah, it's pretty good.

2:14 I think it's fitting that the story of this movie cannot be told without

2:17 mentioning its heavy cocaine use because the movie

2:20 itself feels like a product of it.

2:22 Every gag is so over the top.

2:24 They spared no expense when it came to pulling off a joke.

2:28 And honestly, I don't think the movie would've worked if they did.

2:32 If they half-assed any of the production on here,

2:35 a lot of the bits wouldn't have been that memorable,

2:37 but they worked because of the lengths they went to to sell it.

2:41 Like this chase scene that ends with a car

2:43 flying off a bridge isn't that funny on its own,

2:45 but when they send that car a mile into the air and show

2:49 it falling so far down from 10 different angles, now it's hilarious.

2:54 Apparently they had to get military clearance

2:56 so they could drop this from a helicopter.

2:59 Was everybody on drugs back then?

3:01 Earlier in that scene the entire Chicago police force

3:04 is chasing after them because of minor tax fraud,

3:06 and there's a part where a comical amount

3:09 of cop cars start piling on top of each other, just one after the other.

3:13 It's ridiculous.

3:14 And then there's this dance scene with random cuts

3:17 to guys flipping like 20 feet in the air.

3:20 The highlight of the movie for me though was this car chase through

3:22 a mall and how casual they're being

3:24 while causing such a ridiculous amount of damage.

3:28 This place has got everything.

3:30 Lots of space in this mall.

3:31 [Drew] How hellbent these cops are on absolutely destroying this mall just

3:34 to try and catch up to two people who ran a red light.

3:38 They broke my watch.

3:39 I would actually describe a lot of the humor

3:41 in this movie as people acting nonchalant while something insane happens.

3:46 And you know what?

3:47 It's pretty funny every time.

3:48 (loud explosion)- It's gotta be at least $7 worth of change here.

3:53 I think the movie has a good mix of absurdity,

3:55 but also this patience to let scenes breathe.

3:57 There's a dryness to the movie I didn't

4:00 expect going into it because the only thing I

4:02 knew about "The Blues Brothers" as a bit was

4:04 that they kind of dance in a funny way.

4:07 So whether it's fair or not, I didn't expect this movie to be

4:10 filled with so many well-written, deadpan one-liners.

4:13 How often does a train go by?

4:14 So often you won't even notice it.

4:16 Are you the police?

4:18 No ma'am.

4:19 We're musicians.

4:20 Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension

4:23 of "The Blues Brothers" has been approved.

4:25 There's also so many cameos in this movie

4:27 that make it an incredible time capsule to witness.

4:30 Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown.

4:33 They even got guitarist Matt Murphy to play Matt Guitar Murphy.

4:37 But the movie isn't making fun of any of this music,

4:39 it's celebrating it in a very earnest way.

4:42 You can tell this entire bit just comes

4:44 from their appreciation for blues music and that's pretty cool.

4:47 Also, some of the music is nostalgic for me because they used it in SpongeBob.

4:50 (blues music) The movie's fatal flaw in my opinion

4:54 is just that it's way too long.

4:56 There were definitely some scenes that didn't really go anywhere.

4:59 Might have been one too many antagonists.

5:01 Can't say I fully understood the whole Illinois Nazi subplot,

5:05 but that might have just been because every time this guy came on screen,

5:08 I couldn't stop thinking, is that the leprechaun grandpa from the "The Luck

5:12 of the Irish?" What an interesting career he had.

5:15 From everything I've read,

5:16 I don't think it would be possible for me to overstate

5:19 the cultural impact that "The Blues Brothers" had at this time,

5:23 not just on SNL, not just in this movie, but also just as a band.

5:27 They recorded an album that sold almost 4 million copies.

5:31 That's insane.

5:33 It's one of the bestselling blues records of all time

5:36 and at its core it's just a couple of guys goofing off.

5:39 Hey, speaking of a couple of guys goofing off,

5:41 the next SNL movie was "Wayne's World," one of many early 90s

5:45 entries into the two dumb guys go on a little adventure genre.

5:48 It's crazy to me that this was Mike Myers' first ever appearance in a movie.

5:54 He's very first at bat and he's already hitting home

5:57 run in a movie he wrote about a character he created.

6:00 It was by far the most financially successful SNL spinoff ever made.

6:04 I wouldn't argue with you if you said it was the best SNL spinoff ever made,

6:07 and it was definitely a vital first step for him

6:10 to go on to having the career that he did.

6:12 All of that said, I don't think this movie

6:14 would be nearly what it was without Dana Carvey's performance.

6:18 He adds so much to the film by constantly

6:20 just doing his own thing while other stuff is happening.

6:24 I don't know exactly what Garth's deal is, but I'm into it.

6:27 The energy he brings does such a great job

6:29 of complimenting the rest of the cast, especially Wayne.

6:32 It just works so much better as a duo.

6:35 My name is Wayne and this is Garth.

6:37 And it was so interesting for me to find out that their dynamic,

6:40 which is so crucial to the success of the film almost never happened.

6:44 Mike never wanted Dana to be in the movie

6:47 because he was threatened by his star power,

6:50 which I know in hindsight is kind of funny because

6:51 of the opposite directions each of their careers went in.

6:54 But at the time, Dana was the most popular cast

6:57 member on SNL and Mike was worried about being overshadowed.

7:00 He tried everything he could to diminish

7:02 that character so he could be the focal point,

7:05 and it almost caused Dana to quit the movie

7:07 and there was this animosity between them that continued for years.

7:10 One of the biggest points of contention being the way Dr.

7:14 Evil who Mike wrote into the Austin Powers movies

7:16 was kind of a blatant ripoff of an impression

7:19 of Lorne Michaels that Dana used to do privately at SNL even down to the Pinky.

7:24 So I kind of understand from Dana's point of view,

7:26 the sense of resentment he might feel to see someone else take his impression

7:31 and use it to make a billion dollars while his own career crashes and burns.

7:35 Sorry, I know that's a bit of a tangent.

7:37 I just thought it was interesting,

7:39 especially because you wouldn't pick up on any

7:40 of that just by watching this movie.

7:42 "Wayne's World" easily made the smoothest transition from sketch to movie.

7:46 It doesn't just feel like a skit that's been stretched out to 90 minutes,

7:50 but an expansion into the universe that the sketches take place inside of.

7:54 Great casting choices, so many memorable lines and moments,

7:58 and even though it's just this fun,

8:00 dumb movie, I think where it really shines is where it subverts that.

8:04 I love when one of the characters that's spent its entire

8:07 onscreen existence being an idiot suddenly

8:09 whips out this surprisingly articulate monologue.

8:13 "Crimes and Misdemeanors." I thought it wasn't so much

8:15 a movie as it was an essay of man in society,

8:18 although the topic of free will versus determinism is fascinating,

8:21 I would hardly call it entertainment.

8:23 Garth.

8:24 Sucked.

8:24 There's just something about this that makes me laugh every time.

8:27 It's why my favorite scene in the whole movie

8:29 is when they go backstage to meet Alice Cooper,

8:31 and this is how the conversation goes.

8:33 Come to Milwaukee often?

8:35 Well, I'm a regular visitor here,

8:37 but Milwaukee has certainly had its share of visitors.

8:40 The French missionaries and explorers were coming here as early

8:43 as the late 1600s to trade with the Native Americans.

8:45 In fact, isn't Milwaukee an Indian name?

8:48 Yes, Pete it is.

8:49 This movie's jam packed with bit after bit,

8:51 and I love how positive it feels to watch.

8:54 There's no cynicism to it whatsoever.

8:56 It's just a good time.

8:57 "Wayne's World" made more money than

8:59 anyone involved could have possibly imagined,

9:01 and so they followed it up with a sequel the next year.

9:04 Would they manage to catch lightning in a bottle twice?

9:06 No, second one's not that good.

9:07 Really just diminishing returns on the whole formula.

9:11 There's still a few great bits.

9:12 (lively rock music) (loud static) (lively rock music)

9:20 Chris Farley has a bigger role and he's fantastic.

9:23 Garth is still firing on all cylinders.

9:25 So Garth, would you like to have dinner some night?

9:29 Well, I like to have dinner every night.

9:30 The biggest downfall here is that the plot is just not interesting at all.

9:35 Where the first movie is centered around this fear

9:37 of selling out and losing your identity in the process.

9:40 An idea that still carries a lot of relevance today.

9:42 "Wayne's World II" is just about getting some

9:45 bands to show up to a music festival,

9:48 and a couple of the recurring bits aren't even funny the first time they happen,

9:51 let alone the fifth.

9:52 If you don't like meta jokes and characters constantly breaking the fourth wall,

9:57 these are not the movies for you as that is a big chunk of the humor in them.

10:00 But if you're into that, I think you can have a good time watching

10:02 these, even if you're a little too young to understand most of the references.

10:05 With two incredibly successful forays into the world of film under his belt,

10:10 Lorne Michaels now had the blueprint laid out in front of him.

10:13 Take beloved characters out of the constraints of the show,

10:16 drop them into the real world and start printing money.

10:19 So what are we thinking for the next one?

10:20 Church lady, Matt Foley.

10:23 (orchestral music) What's the fuck is "Coneheads?" Great question Drew.

10:29 "Coneheads" are an alien family stranded on earth where they must learn

10:33 to assimilate themselves until they're able to return to their home planet.

10:36 But why are they called "Coneheads?" Great question, Drew.

10:40 It's because their heads are shaped like cones.

10:42 I think the most confusing thing about this movie

10:44 is that they put so much money into it,

10:47 clearly assuming that it would have the same wide

10:50 appeal as "Wayne's World," and it absolutely did not.

10:52 They made comic books and action figures as if kids were gonna love this shit.

10:57 They made a song and a music video.

10:59 They created their own Subway meal deal.

11:02 It's for anyone who has a hearty appetite

11:04 or like my friend here who comes from France.

11:07 They put so many eggs into this cone shaped basket.

11:11 Even though, and I cannot wrap my head around this, this movie

11:14 came out 14 years after the last "Coneheads" appearance on SNL.

11:19 "Wayne's World" was made at the height

11:21 of popularity for those characters and "Coneheads" was like,

11:24 oh, hey, remember that thing we used to do two decades ago?

11:27 We should turn that into a very expensive sci-fi comedy.

11:30 And if you can believe this, it did not go as well as they hoped.

11:33 The best thing about "Coneheads" is that it's

11:35 filled with a bunch of really funny cameos.

11:38 Bill Hartman and John Lovitz are great.

11:40 I love Adam Sandler's character in this, even though he's only in one scene.

11:44 Tim Meadow's appearance lasts all of four seconds,

11:47 but what an incredible four seconds it is.

11:49 I'm prepared to fight for my honor.

11:51 (monster growling)- So I feel like I can

11:54 understand what they might've been going for where

11:56 you take these weirdo characters and have them

11:58 move through a world you've populated with familiar faces,

12:01 but my God, these might just be the worst

12:05 main characters I've ever seen in a movie.

12:07 I don't like the things that they do.

12:09 I don't like the things that they say.

12:11 I feel uncomfortable looking at them and I find their way

12:13 of life to be an affront on my traditional American values.

12:18 Sorry about that.

12:20 I don't know why I got so heated yesterday.

12:21 I watched the movie again with a clear head and I think I've come full circle.

12:25 I love the "Coneheads" now.

12:27 Once my body stopped being in fight or flight mode,

12:30 I found, there's actually a few things here that I appreciate.

12:33 I like that the humans in this movie

12:35 don't notice that the cone heads are aliens.

12:37 No one seems concerned about their giant weird heads.

12:41 They'll just describe them as being tall

12:43 or in the case of Jason Alexander's character,

12:45 they'll be like, you know, I struggled with baldness once too.

12:48 So instead of having a bunch

12:50 of sarcastic side characters constantly undercutting the premise,

12:53 there actually ended up being this sincerity to the movie

12:56 that I grew to like the more it went on.

12:58 I think it's sweet how Chris Farley is just so in love with their daughter.

13:02 I like these three as a family.

13:03 I actually think it would've been pretty heartwarming if it

13:06 wasn't extremely unpleasant to look at most of the time.

13:09 I love you mom.

13:12 And I also don't wanna just make fun

13:13 of this movie because it has a weird premise.

13:15 I like the ambition it has.

13:17 I like when comedies make a big swing, even if it ends up as more of a miss.

13:21 And even with all the small parts,

13:23 there's not a single bad performance in this movie.

13:26 Everyone is a hundred percent committed,

13:28 and that's what you need when a movie's premise is a little bizarre.

13:31 You need everyone on screen to be bought

13:33 into the world so you can buy into it too.

13:36 If I could pick three things that have kept

13:38 this movie from becoming more of a cult classic, it would be that number one,

13:42 and I don't mean to harp on this, some of the scenes are just grotesque.

13:46 I want to enjoy the joke that's being told here,

13:48 but my body is actively recoiling

13:50 from the nightmare fuel I've been subjected to.

13:53 Number two, the sci-fi elements,

13:55 particularly in the final act where they go back to their home

13:58 planet are the weakest part of the film by far.

14:00 It's a lot more fun to see their dynamic as outsiders on earth

14:03 and the juxtaposition of that than it is

14:05 to see them fighting like a CGI Gorlack.

14:09 And number three, it just needed to be like 10% funnier.

14:13 There's not really any iconic scenes or super quotable lines.

14:17 The only thing I ever heard make its way into public

14:19 vernacular was calling your mom and dad your—- Parental units.

14:23 My dad used to say that a lot when I was growing up,

14:24 and I assume he got it from this.

14:26 But if quote ability is the longevity test for a comedy movie,

14:30 "Coneheads" doesn't make the grade.

14:32 (upbeat music) Wait, why didn't I put this on at the beginning of the review?

14:37 After such a promising start, SNL movies were already beginning to nose dive,

14:41 but what happened the following year

14:43 would surpass even the lowest possible expectations.

14:47 A movie so bad, it has the rare honor

14:49 of scoring a 0% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

14:52 A number that is coincidentally the same

14:55 percentage of its budget that it earned back.

14:57 It was a flop, it was a flaming pile of garbage.

15:00 It was Pat.

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16:27 For those of you who don't know,

16:28 Pat was an androgynous character played by Julia Sweeney

16:32 on SNL for many years in the early 90s.

16:35 The joke of these sketches was how close people

16:37 would get to figuring out what gender Pat was,

16:39 but it always remaining ambiguous.

16:41 Pat, would you say you were more like your mother or your father?

16:45 I'm a perfect combination of both.

16:47 And I think it's pretty easy to point at this and be like,

16:50 whoa, that didn't age well.

16:51 You couldn't make a joke like that these days because of woke.

16:54 And I feel like that's a little bit of a disingenuous way of looking at this.

16:58 It's an important distinction to make that Pat

17:01 was not meant to be like a non-binary

17:04 person that everyone else is making fun of for being the way that they are.

17:07 Pat is supposed to be either a man or a woman,

17:09 and the joke was always more from the vagueness

17:12 of Pat's answers to the questions that people would ask.

17:15 I think Pat is a happy go-lucky person who is either a man or a woman.

17:20 We just don't know which it is and who cares.

17:22 That was the original idea.

17:25 (audience applauding)- Yeah, it is...

17:27 When you step back like I see that.

17:29 Would SNL make a character like this today?

17:32 Almost definitely not.

17:33 But I don't think that means that we should

17:36 retroactively decide that this came from a place of hate.

17:38 If anything, the lesson here is to just mind your own business

17:42 and stop worrying so much about how other people live their lives.

17:44 And when you think of it that way, you could almost say that it's aged well.

17:49 The sketches, not the movie.

17:50 The movie is hot garbage.

17:52 "It's Pat" starts as any good movie should, inside a vagina.

17:56 Then baby Pat gets dropped on its head

17:58 and that iconic theme song begins to play.

18:00 It's time for androgyny♪- [Drew] Oh boy, I can't wait.

18:04 I can't wait to see 87 minutes of the same joke over and over again.

18:10 Oh, I crushed my nuts.

18:11 (all moaning) There goes my afternoon snack.

18:14 Is that a banana in your pocket or are you just happy to see...

18:18 It's a banana?

18:18 I love to stroke your pussy cat.

18:21 Are you a brother or a sister?

18:23 Well, I'm an only child.

18:25 That's my joke.

18:26 That's my joke.

18:27 That's my joke.

18:28 Dude looks like a lady♪♪ Dude looks like a lady.

18:32 [Drew] Anything charming from the sketches is worn so

18:35 thin by how relentlessly they beat it over your head.

18:39 Dude looks like a lady♪- The jokes about misunderstanding things,

18:42 the laugh Pat makes after every line.

18:45 (Pat laughing) There had to have been like a hundred

18:50 chuckles in this movie and none of them were from me.

18:53 My favorite thing about "It's Pat" is ironically also the thing that makes it

18:57 a terrible movie and it's that Pat is kind of a piece of shit.

19:01 Selfish, overconfident, never stops to self-reflect.

19:05 It's an archetype that I kind of like in a comedy,

19:08 someone who's so far up their own ass

19:10 that they don't even realize how shitty they're being.

19:12 Every time I look in your front window,

19:14 I notice the clock on your VCR is blinking.

19:17 I could fix that for you in a Jiffy.

19:19 Okay, if you want to.

19:20 Well, I can't do it right now.

19:21 I have to come back when it's convenient for me.

19:26 [Drew] But that can't be the main character,

19:28 especially not in a movie where you're expecting us to root for them.

19:32 I don't want good things to happen to Pat.

19:34 I want Pat to spontaneously combust.

19:37 Pat falls in love with Chris, another person of indeterminate gender and I do

19:42 kind of like the theatrics of their meet cute,

19:44 followed by them bonding over the most generic things imaginable.

19:48 Oh, do you know what I especially love?

19:49 Are good movies.

19:51 You're kidding.

19:52 I love good movies too.

19:53 You know what I hate?

19:54 Are bad, boring movies.

19:55 Me too.

19:56 But then I soon realize that Pat's awfulness also extends to Chris.

20:01 I was hoping it would be more us against the world

20:04 and less Pat against every person they come into contact with.

20:07 And the dynamic can be funny sometimes.

20:10 My favorite line in the whole movie is when Chris is disappointed

20:13 to find out Pat has gotten fired from yet another job and Pat's like,

20:17 "Hey, I've worked 23 jobs this year.

20:19 How many jobs have you had?"- Just the one.

20:22 Yeah.

20:23 So I wouldn't exactly say you're some kind of job expert.

20:25 That style of humor is right up my alley.

20:27 That's a great line, but it certainly doesn't make me like Pat.

20:32 I started to hate them more and more as the movie went on to the point

20:35 that by the end I was kind of hoping Chris

20:38 would tell Pat to eat shit because Chris is likable.

20:41 Chris deserves so much better, but no.

20:44 I realized that you need me.

20:47 [Drew] The two of them live happily ever after, I guess.

20:50 The biggest freak in this movie though is Pat's neighbor Kyle.

20:53 Kyle is obsessed with Pat from the moment he lays eyes on them.

20:57 It's an addiction that takes over his life, ruins his marriage.

21:01 I gotta know what's going on down there.

21:03 I gotta read that diary.

21:05 Pat said the password to it is somewhere in the dictionary,

21:07 so I guess I'll just try every word

21:10 in alphabetical order until I crack the code.

21:12 Props to Charles Rocket for giving as much to this movie as he did.

21:16 It was not worthy of such an energetic performance,

21:19 but he delivered one nonetheless.

21:20 Their whole will they,

21:22 won't they see each other naked dynamic is I guess the main

21:26 plot of the movie and it culminates in Pat falling off a rafter,

21:30 getting pantsed by a piece of machinery and unveiling what I can only

21:36 assume is a massive bush in front of a crowd of adoring fans.

21:40 (crowd cheering)- Oh.

21:46 Now "It's Pat" is easily the worst movie I've talked about so far,

21:49 but believe it or not, I don't think it's even the worst movie on this list.

21:53 While the next two certainly don't commit as many

21:56 atrocities as "It's Pat" did they do something even worse.

22:00 They're boring as hell.

22:01 Up next, "Stuart Saves His Family" starring Al Franken,

22:06 the former US Senator who resigned from office in 2017 and has

22:10 spent the past eight years telling everyone how much he regrets it.

22:14 That's a little random.

22:15 Al Franken was a writer and occasional performer for the first 20 years of SNL,

22:20 but left the show in 1995 to focus on his acting career.

22:23 "Stuart Saves His Family" would be the last movie he ever starred in.

22:27 Going into this video, this is a SNL movie that I knew the least

22:30 about and now having watched it one and a half times,

22:33 'cause on my first attempt I got too high and I had to go to bed.

22:36 I feel like I know exactly as much as I did before.

22:39 I don't know, I think I'm usually pretty good at paying attention to stuff,

22:42 but there's something about the cadence of this film

22:45 that was actively encouraging me to dissociate.

22:47 It's like when you're reading a book and you realize

22:49 for the past two pages you haven't actually absorbed anything,

22:51 so you go back and reread them only to end up zoning out again.

22:55 That's how I felt during this entire movie.

22:57 It seemed like there were jokes happening, I just didn't get any of them.

23:01 If this is what they teach you in those 12 step or 13 step or 14 or whatever.

23:06 It's 12, 12 steps.

23:09 Well I don't know how I'm supposed to keep track.

23:12 It gave the impression of something

23:14 that was well acted and competently produced.

23:16 But like gun to my head, I couldn't tell you anything that happened

23:20 in this movie and I watched it an hour ago.

23:23 It wasn't funny or cringey or good or terrible.

23:27 It just kind of played on the TV and then it was over.

23:30 I'm really sorry if you only made it this far

23:32 in this video 'cause you were dying to hear

23:34 my opinion on "Stuart Saves His Family." I just

23:36 don't have one and I tried so hard to.

23:39 You guys know how much I like having opinions.

23:41 After two catastrophic box office failures, NBC badly needed a win.

23:46 So what do you do when your back's against the wall and you

23:49 just need to see one go through the net to get your confidence back?

23:52 Nostalgia driven reboot of course, and it worked.

23:54 "Blues Brothers 2000" made more money than the previous two movies combined.

23:59 The problem is those two movies combined didn't even make $1 million.

24:04 So that's not really saying much.

24:05 This movie was always going to be an uphill battle because

24:08 of the giant shoes they needed to fill after the death of John Belushi,

24:11 but it feels like he took all the energy with him.

24:15 This is a joyless, tired rehash of the original formula with one of its

24:21 stars missing and the other seeming like he didn't want to be there.

24:24 God, what a miserable Dan Aykroyd performance.

24:27 It's like he's trying to do an impression of his original

24:30 character but doesn't quite remember how to do it.

24:32 Just what is it that you do exactly?

24:35 His line delivery was more natural in "Coneheads"

24:39 and he was an alien in that movie.

24:40 But I don't wanna just single him out.

24:42 Everyone in this is giving the worst acting performance of their life.

24:46 John Goodman adds so little to this movie that I almost forgot he was in it.

24:51 She's 130-year-old voodoo witch who eats people.

24:56 The Lord works in mysterious ways.

24:58 [Drew] There's so many line readings that are distractingly flat.

25:02 Hey man, don't worry about it.

25:03 We're gonna smoke them turkeys.

25:07 Hey man, don't worry about it.

25:08 We're gonna smoke them turkeys- [Drew] And I

25:13 know not all of these people are actors,

25:14 but you can't give a bunch of lines to people

25:16 who aren't actors and expect them to perform it well.

25:19 He fellas, I think I know that voice.

25:21 [Drew] Whatever charm the original had is nowhere

25:23 to be found and neither is any of the absurdism.

25:26 Occasionally it would dip into some of the weirdness that I

25:30 liked so much from the first one, but it was so rare.

25:33 This is truly one of the most boring movies I've ever watched.

25:36 I could not wait for it to end and when it's bad it's so bad.

25:40 Like roll your eyes un-funny.

25:42 Screaming the punchline at you over and over

25:45 again just in case you didn't see it.

25:47 I did chuckle one time when Dan was listing the names

25:50 of blues legends and there were a couple that were kind of funny.

25:52 Little Walter, Big Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson one and two.

25:56 [Drew] And I once again enjoyed the comically over-the-top police car pile up.

25:59 But that's not even a new thing.

26:01 They're just doing the same joke from the first

26:03 one but a little bit different and for longer.

26:05 The only redeeming quality of this movie is that some of the songs are good,

26:10 but they hardly ever come in at a time that makes sense.

26:14 The pacing is so inconsistent.

26:16 Anytime I'd start to get at all invested in what they were setting up,

26:20 they just start singing again, usually for no reason.

26:23 You know what I mean when I say respect.

26:26 (lively music)- And I know you might be thinking,

26:29 yeah Drew, that's what a musical is and you're not wrong.

26:32 I guess I just didn't give a shit about anything that was happening.

26:36 So the endless onslaught of songs just felt like a waste of time.

26:39 It started to feel pretty ridiculous by the end.

26:41 So I went back and counted.

26:43 For 57 minutes of this movie someone is singing.

26:47 That is too much.

26:48 If I wanted to listen to music for an hour,

26:50 I would go listen to music for an hour.

26:52 I came here to watch a movie and this movie sucks.

26:55 Luckily for my sanity, the worst run of SNL movies ended with "Blues

26:59 Brothers 2000" and the next few are actually pretty solid.

27:02 I think "Night at the Roxbury" and "Superstar" have a lot in common.

27:05 They made a very similar amount of money.

27:07 They both received the same slightly above average reception and they both

27:11 feature Molly Shannon playing someone who

27:13 is obsessed with Will Ferrell's character,

27:15 which works both times 'cause they have the chemistry to pull it off.

27:17 "Night at the Roxbury" might be the most successful attempt

27:20 at recreating the thing that made "Wayne's World" work where,

27:23 yes, it's a story about a dumb idiot,

27:25 but there's two dumb idiots, so it's actually kind of endearing.

27:29 Like I don't think I'd like either of these two people individually,

27:32 but because they always see the best in each other, I feel like I can too.

27:37 We're good looking?

27:38 We're very good looking.

27:40 You especially.

27:42 Thanks.

27:42 [Drew] I know Chris Kattan didn't go on to have much of a film career,

27:44 but he's really good in this.

27:46 I think his relationship with the phone operator might've been my favorite

27:49 thing in the movie and I love this version of Will Ferrell.

27:52 I think he's always been at his best when he

27:54 is playing a character that has this childlike joy to them.

27:57 It's just so infectious to watch.

27:59 Oh my God, Doug, this is the most amazing place I've ever been.

28:04 Guys, guys, this is the coat room.

28:06 Club's in here.

28:07 [Drew] Of all the movies that were released

28:08 between "Coneheads" and "MacGruber," this is definitely the one

28:11 I laughed at the most and I think

28:13 the only one I would even consider watching again.

28:15 I love this song.

28:17 Me too.

28:17 Actually, I'm getting kinda sick of it.

28:18 [Drew] And I didn't think it was funny the first few

28:20 times this guy asked everyone if they had just grabbed his ass,

28:22 but as he kept asking people who were further

28:25 and further away from him, then I liked it.

28:27 Dooey, did you just grab my ass?

28:30 Sir, from where I'm standing that's a physical impossibility.

28:33 I know your tricks Dooey.

28:35 Mr.

28:35 Zadir, Dooey just called from Pismo Beach,

28:37 he says there's no way he could have grabbed your ass.

28:39 I just had to see what they were building to.

28:41 Almost exactly one year later came the release of "Superstar," which

28:44 you probably know as being what comes up when you Google,

28:47 "What is the movie where the girl sniffs her armpits?" It's this one.

28:50 This is the movie where the girl sniffs her armpits.

28:52 I like "Superstar" just a little bit less than

28:55 "Night of the Roxbury," but I definitely still enjoyed it.

28:57 Unlike half of the characters we've been subjected to thus far,

29:00 this one is actually suited for a feature length film.

29:03 I adore Molly Shannon.

29:04 I think she's one of the most underrated cast members from SNL,

29:07 especially as a physical comedian.

29:09 The way she moves in this is so funny and it's

29:12 nice to see her in a starring role when I've

29:13 really only ever seen her as side characters in like

29:16 the other two and the movie I talked about 30 seconds ago.

29:20 Like pretty much every film on this list, the worst parts were when it felt like

29:23 they were just recycling jokes from the sketches.

29:25 But there were a few details that made me laugh.

29:27 I like when they refer to Will Ferrell's character

29:29 as—- [Mary] The best guy dancer in the school.

29:32 [Drew] In this Catholic school

29:33 that's constantly doing very specific fundraisers.

29:35 So you'll see a giant sign in the background

29:37 that just says Chocolate bars for Bosnia.

29:40 Good to see you.

29:41 Out walking for scoliosis again?

29:42 Gotta go jog for glaucoma.

29:44 [Drew] After school, Mary works as the Blockbuster Rewind girl,

29:47 which is funny to think of just as a job,

29:49 but it's also funny in the way it informs her character.

29:52 Working here means she's always referencing other movies,

29:55 she's watched a little bit of in reverse.

29:58 I also like the detail of Mary's grandmother forbidding

30:00 her from dancing because that's how her parents died.

30:03 And I thought you said that mom and dad were

30:05 savagely ripped apart and eaten by a school of hammerhead sharks.

30:08 I just told you that to make you feel better.

30:11 Someone accidentally sped up the record player during a performance,

30:14 so they had to dance faster and then they

30:16 danced so fast they fell down and got trampled.

30:19 The scary thing is it could happen to anyone.

30:21 She does finally try out for the talent show and nails it,

30:24 but then the bully dumps a bucket of paint on her head.

30:26 And I love that when she finds out she passed the audition,

30:29 their only caveat is they want you to lose the end

30:32 with the paint as if that was part of the performance.

30:35 I don't know.

30:35 I thought it was kind of funny.

30:36 I really like the way this is directed.

30:38 There's some smooth transitions and it definitely looks like a movie,

30:42 which I know doesn't sound like high praise,

30:44 but a lot of movies don't look like movies,

30:46 so you gotta appreciate it when they do.

30:48 And underneath the humor,

30:49 there is kind of a sweet story here about learning to love

30:53 yourself and doing something scary because it makes you feel good,

30:56 not because you're trying to impress someone else.

30:58 Even if he is the best guy dancer in school.

31:00 It's a good lesson.

31:01 I just think maybe it would've hit a little bit

31:03 harder if every high schooler in this movie wasn't clearly 30-years-old.

31:07 In 2000 SNL released its fourth film in three years,

31:10 "The Ladies Man," and I gotta say this might be

31:13 the fastest I've grown tired of a titular character so far.

31:17 Hey, what's happening?

31:18 This is Leon Phelps.

31:19 You got the ladies man.

31:20 [Caller] Hello ladies, man.

31:22 Ooh, it's a lady.

31:23 Tim Meadows is great in everything he does,

31:25 but this is not a character that I wanna watch for an hour and a half.

31:30 Listen, this is what you should do.

31:31 Go to the bus station or to a bowling alley and hang out with no underpants.

31:36 When you're really truly in love, you will feel it deep down in your pants.

31:41 Man, I'd like to take a bite outta your butt.

31:43 Do it in the butt.

31:44 Doing it doggy-style.

31:46 It is the fault of the wang.

31:47 If I didn't know any better,

31:48 I'd say this character works better in short bursts and doesn't have

31:52 the depth needed to be stretched out over the entire length of a movie.

31:55 Well, this would certainly be my first time thinking that in this video.

31:58 This movie weirdly has the same problem as "It's Pat" where it expects

32:02 you to root for this guy but doesn't give you any reasons to.

32:05 It drove me crazy to see this woman let him continually drag her down.

32:09 The only nice thing he does for her the entire

32:12 movie is trick her ex-boyfriend into eating human shit.

32:15 No, I did not make that up.

32:17 That is a real thing that happens.

32:19 Now, can I blame Tim Meadows for wanting to write a movie about how

32:22 no woman can resist him because he's so good at fucking, of course not.

32:26 In fact, I honestly kind of respect it, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

32:30 Here are three things I did laugh at.

32:32 I like the sign outside this Christian radio station that says,

32:35 "Thou shall not park." I liked the random musical number they did in the middle.

32:38 Time has come to kill the ladies man♪- [Drew] And I laughed

32:41 really hard at the way Will Ferrell holds this gun at the end.

32:45 (dramatic music)- No!

32:50 [All Together] Lance!

32:51 Lance!

32:54 Lance!

32:55 What "The Ladies Man" did do is serve as the final straw for SNL Studios.

33:00 After nearly a decade of movies that ranged from, at best,

33:03 mild financial successes to at worst giant embarrassing failures,

33:07 their run of cinematic excursions mercifully came to a halt.

33:11 And for the past 25 years,

33:12 Saturday Night Live has stayed on television where it belongs.

33:16 Oh, that is, except for one movie, the critically acclaimed 2010 smash hit.

33:23 [Announcer] "MacGruber!"- I'm gonna say something a little controversial here.

33:27 MacGruber is my favorite SNL movie and it's honestly not even close.

33:31 I was worried that rewatching it for this video,

33:33 I would realize it wasn't that funny anymore, but no, I love it just as much.

33:37 I'm sure part of it is the soft spot I have for this era of SNL because I was

33:41 a teenager at the time and everyone's favorite SNL cast

33:43 is the one from when they were in high school.

33:44 But God dammit, I love Kristin Wig.

33:47 I love Will Forte.

33:49 I think he's so underappreciated.

33:51 It's not often you can say a performer is truly one of a kind,

33:54 but that's how I feel about him.

33:56 The very specific type of energy he brings,

33:59 his unwavering commitment to every bit in both

34:02 his timid awkwardness and sudden extreme outbursts.

34:05 It never feels like he's doing an impression of someone else.

34:08 It feels like he's created a style of comedy that is completely unique to him.

34:12 Now, MacGruber is the kind of character I described earlier,

34:15 the stupid asshole who's cockier than he has any right to be.

34:19 I think it's fairly obvious.

34:22 He was gonna use it to buy the passcode.

34:23 The passcodes, yep.

34:24 Got there at the same time, maybe even slightly before you.

34:27 [Drew] But I think the reason I like it so much

34:29 in this movie is because bad things keep happening to him as a result.

34:33 He's constantly making things worse for himself,

34:35 and that's funny to see for someone who has a giant ego.

34:39 The way he's not attracted to Vicki at all,

34:41 until he sees her dressed exactly like him.

34:44 What?

34:45 You just look really pretty.

34:47 Thank you.

34:48 [Drew] The way he has to beg for Piper's forgiveness,

34:50 just moments after treating him like garbage.

34:52 There's so many scenes in this movie that made

34:55 me cry from laughter the first time I watched it.

34:57 When he's coaching Vicki through an earpiece,

34:59 how to act like him since she's supposed

35:01 to be undercover and she feels so bad about it.

35:04 [MacGruber] No Vic, no tip.

35:05 Get that tip back.

35:08 I have to...

35:10 (coins jingling) Sorry.

35:13 [MacGruber] No, say you're not sorry.

35:14 I'm not, I'm not sorry.

35:15 [Drew] When you think he's about to jump in front of Piper,

35:17 but he is actually just using him as a human shield.

35:20 How did you know I was wearing a bulletproof vest?

35:21 You're wearing a bulletproof vest?

35:23 I also think this movie is edited better than any of the others on this list.

35:27 Oh, you're loco man.

35:28 I mean look.

35:30 [Drew] The music cues, the perfect timing of every cut.

35:33 (dramatic music)- I'm in.

35:39 What?

35:39 (dramatic music)- I'm in.

35:42 MacGruber.

35:43 Watching this movie when I was 18 and thinking it was the funniest shit ever,

35:46 and then seeing how much everybody seemed to hate it made me feel two things.

35:51 One, that I don't understand what people aren't seeing in this.

35:54 How did all the same people who seem to love movies like "The Hangover"

35:58 and "Bridesmaids" and "21 Jump Street,"

36:00 all these similar comedies from that era,

36:02 go and see this one and just feel nothing.

36:05 I couldn't wrap my head around it.

36:07 I never felt so out of place in this world.

36:09 At the same time though, I think it made me love the movie even more.

36:12 There's something special about things that feel

36:15 like they're tuned to your exact frequency,

36:17 like they're speaking a language only you can understand.

36:20 When you find a movie like that, especially at the right age,

36:23 it makes it feel like it belongs to you.

36:25 Sure it has flaws, but those flaws only make your bond stronger.

36:29 When you look back at a lot of comedies from the past few decades,

36:32 there's almost always a disconnect between the critics and the audience.

36:35 I feel like there became this growing

36:37 sentiment that comedy movies are pointless.

36:39 It doesn't matter if they're hilarious, if the story doesn't blow you away.

36:43 So now they're just packaged into other genres.

36:46 Superhero movies that lean comedic, family movies that are a little bit funny,

36:51 romcoms that have more rom than coms.

36:53 But what happened to all the weird shit?

36:55 What happened to just stringing together

36:57 a bunch of loosely connected series of bits?

36:59 It's been 15 years since MacGruber and no other sketch

37:03 has managed to make it back to the big screen.

37:05 So I guess that leads us to the question

37:07 of will there ever be another SNL sketch turned movie?

37:10 And I honestly don't think so for a few reasons.

37:13 One, the way the show operates now is different.

37:15 It's a lot less character based than it used to be.

37:18 It seems like they rarely do recurring sketches anymore.

37:21 Like they'll occasionally revisit ideas, but they're not usually centered around

37:25 just putting one character in different situations.

37:28 Could they do a peacock movie about Domingo?

37:31 Sure, there's always a chance.

37:32 Could they have done something with that Kate

37:34 McKennan character who was always getting abducted by aliens?

37:37 Probably.

37:37 And if they wanted to go the "Conheads"

37:38 route of revisiting something from 15 years ago,

37:40 I feel like a lot of people would be on board for a Stefan spinoff.

37:44 But does that mean it would be good?

37:45 Is one funny character enough to carry the entire length of a movie?

37:50 Usually not.

37:50 And maybe it just took Lorne 11 tries to realize that.

37:54 But then there's also the way comedy movies in general have evolved.

37:56 As Matt Damon famously explained on "Hot Ones" that one time.

38:00 "The death of DVD sales has made it so the budget of every movie is either

38:04 very high or very low with almost nothing in between." And a lot of these old

38:08 comedies that were in that middle ground of like 20 to $40 million are hard

38:13 for studios to justify anymore because it's almost

38:15 impossible for them to make that money back.

38:17 So they just don't even try.

38:19 I mean, outside of "Bottoms," I can't really think of too many

38:22 straight up comedies that have had a theatrical release the past few years.

38:26 And even that one, which to me seemed

38:28 like it had a decently significant cultural impact, profited $1 million.

38:32 So I guess for studios it's like, okay,

38:35 best case scenario, I make an almost unnoticeable profit.

38:39 Worst case scenario, I set a bunch of money on fire.

38:42 Why would I take that risk?

38:43 I'll tell you why.

38:44 Because the world needs more "MacGrubers" and "Coneheads" and Stuart

38:48 saves his face— Actually I think we're good on that one.

38:51 Now there have been some SNL adjacent movies over

38:53 the years and a lot of these have been really good.

38:54 "Three Amigos" was written by Lorne during his time away from the show.

38:58 And in my mind, that's a classic.

39:00 I think "Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping" is criminally underrated.

39:03 That is the funniest movie from the past decade

39:06 and I don't understand how it didn't catch on more.

39:08 I also really liked the Peacock exclusive,

39:10 "Please Don't Destroy" movie that came out in 2023.

39:13 Meg Stalter was fantastic every time she was on screen.

39:16 Did you hear that?

39:17 John thinks the Grinch is scary too.

39:18 It's like, yeah, just 'cause it's Christmas doesn't mean he is not a monster.

39:21 [Drew] Martin had this one scene,

39:22 I had to rewind like four times 'cause I was laughing so hard.

39:25 What are you doing?

39:26 Oh, I'm allergic to walnuts.

39:28 Does Amy not know?

39:29 No.

39:29 She thinks I love this salad.

39:30 Fuck, you gotta start eating these, man.

39:32 Go!

39:32 Go!

39:33 Go!

39:33 Hurry!

39:33 You gotta go faster than I'm going or else a pile just stays the same size.

39:37 There are still movies like this getting made,

39:38 but a lot of them get buried on streaming services where some people watch them,

39:42 but they certainly don't go on to have the big sweeping

39:45 impact that comedy's used to where millions of people would go

39:47 see 'em in theaters and then rent it on DVD and it

39:50 would change the way people talk to each other for years.

39:53 That doesn't really happen anymore.

39:54 But there's also certainly a positive way of looking at that.

39:56 Like isn't it better that more things are being made,

39:59 even if they're seen by fewer people than for fewer

40:01 things to get made that are seen by more people.

40:03 At the end of the day,

40:04 I think everyone still has their own "MacGruber," even though

40:07 it's probably not actually "MacGruber." It's probably a different movie.

40:10 Anyway, here's my definitive ranking of everything I watched for this video.

40:14 If you can believe it, "It's Pat," not actually the worst SNL movie.

40:18 In my opinion just slightly less bad

40:20 than "Blues Brothers 2000." Don't get me wrong,

40:22 they're both God awful movies, but "It's Pat" is an hour shorter,

40:26 so had to give the edge there.

40:28 Feel free to yell at me down in the comments

40:29 below if you disagreed with something I said.

40:32 I'm all for civil discourse on this channel because it boosts

40:35 engagement whether I take the time to read it or not.

40:37 All right, thanks for watching.

40:38 Also, if you made it to the end

40:39 of the video and you've always wanted to buy a T-shirt,

40:41 but you just never knew where to do it, I've got great news for you.

40:44 Everything on my merch site is on sale right now.

40:46 This is gonna be the last chance to buy pretty much everything on here.

40:48 I'm planning to start from scratch after this, and once these designs are gone,

40:52 they're never coming back.

40:53 Either way, I appreciate your support and I'll see you

40:55 in the next video where I reveal all of my most intimate secrets.

40:57 Goodbye.