You can hear Beefheart's influence on Tom Waits' post- Swordfishtrombones output in this song. It's almost kind of this minimalistic punkish music with a really interesting repetitive rhythm, almost like a weird square dance. The extra who played the negro Republican plays the Reagans' servant Buster in this sketch.Īlex De Large (Malcolm McDowell) endorses the stimulation and nutritional value of Moloko Plus.Ĭaptain Beefheart's definitely an acquired taste, but his later stuff is a little easier to get into than Trout Mask Replica. She also visibly glances at the cue cards quite a bit when reading her lines, which is particularly noticeable during the wide shots of her and Rocket at the beginning. This is the last time we see Gail Matthius all night aside from playing a wench in Serf City, this is her only appearance in the show. Dillon's Amy Carter is also exaggerated, but it brings up the sketch's energy level, and she at least gives an effort.
Matthius speaks slowly and exaggeratedly enunciates her lines. Rocket doesn't wear a Reagan wig this time out and appears to be wearing a minimal bit of old man makeup, while talking in a gravelly voice.
Not everything works: the writers seemed to be reaching with the "Uncle Bert was indicted!" (Bert Lance scandal in 1977) and "Uncle Hamilton eats powdered donuts!" (a reference to the alleged cocaine use of Hamilton Jordan) lines.Ĭharles Rocket and Gail Matthius debut their Ronald and Nancy Reagan impressions. My favorite bit was a call-back to Amy saying she hates riding the bus earlier in the sketch: when she hides under the table when her parents call, she yells "Tell them I rode the bus!" I also liked the look Rocket shot Dillon when she has the line about wearing make-up like him. It suffers from being a bit on the cute side, but the audience got a kick out of little Amy's hatred for grits, and when she calls her grandmother a dope and her parents losers. The audience woke up for this sketch, which was one of the stronger moments in tonight's show, relatively speaking. In feudal times, Lord Jack (Charles Rocket) shows an Earl (Malcolm McDowell) a new way to abuse peasants: stand on their backs and "ride" them while wenches (Gail Matthius and Ann Risley) tickle them with feathers. The Comedy Central 60-minute edit cuts this out. There's a blooper at the very beginning where Jan & Dean's "Surf City" (for the next sketch's opening title) starts playing for a few seconds before shutting off. I also chuckled at the "persons without lungs need not worry" line regarding the lung recall. I enjoyed Gottfried accusing the lung of intentionally trapping cigarette smoke and chiding it for not being able to get rid of smoke like his 7-year-old daughter's fan. He's still a little green as a performer at first, he doesn't come off as completely comfortable in front of the camera, but there are small hints of what was to come in his career.
The first segment in tonight's show that's actually funny, largely thanks to Gilbert Gottfried's slow-burn as the oily Tobacco representative. Spokesman Joseph Richman (Gilbert Gottfried) says that lungs are the reason people get lung cancer, not cigarettes. If anyone can identify the actor or any other extras I have missed, please leave a comment. The main role of the "negro Republican" was played by an unidentified middle-aged day player.
Also visible are other eventual featured players Yvonne Hudson, a bit player from the previous few seasons, and Matthew Laurance, twin brother of former SNL staffer and future Not Necessarily The News regular Mitchell Laurance (incidentally, SNL '80 writers Larry Arnstein and David Hurwitz would eventually write for NNTN). This sketch is notable for being the SNL debut of future featured player and cast member Eddie Murphy, seen here as just a lowly extra. Rocket shows that he's not really an impressionist with his Marlin Perkins his weakness with impressions becomes more evident as the season goes on. Not particularly funny, but the concept had potential, the execution wasn't bad, and there were a few chuckles here and there, particularly the false alarm where a potential Republican is merely the owner of a funeral home.
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