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They all fall on the right side of the scale when it comes to “one-joke” sketches, and in fact, there’s way more than just one joke going on here. Like a lot of verbal humor, you have to have some knowledge of what’s being discussed to even begin to make sense of it. Start your free trial to watch Saturday Night Live and other popular TV shows and movies including new releases, classics, Hulu Originals, and more. Is there a problem with The Dead Zone's ending? Bibbs and Ryan review David Cronenberg's adaptation of Stephen King's psychic thriller. When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select.
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Colonel Angus Comes Home
” It will be the only time anyone in this sketch pronounces it like two separate words. All it takes is Amy Poehler’s “Could it really be Cuhnel Angus? ” and the audience begins to get it. On Gibson’s Neuromancer coming to Apple TV as a series. Colonel Angus might not smell like a bed of roses..
There are smatterings of applause when Chris Parnell’s gentleman says “They say once a lady is introduced to Cuhnel Angus, they’ll settle for nothing less”. But nobody seems to notice Dratch’s line about the Colonel’s “shining face” or the fact that the Colonel has suffered an injury to his jaw. And the description of the Colonel as an “old carpet bagger” takes a second before it lands. I didn’t even catch the throwaway use of the phrase “taint sure” until someone in the comments pointed it out. See, “one-joke sketch” is generally used as an insult, but as I’ve argued before, there are some sketches that take one joke and develop it rather than simply stretching it thin.
SNL: Colonel Angus Comes Home
This is a true ensemble sketch, which means everyone, including Maya Rudolph’s character Bedelia and the curiously old boy (Chris Kattan?) who has one line gets something funny to do. By the end, we truly know what they all think about Cuhnel Angus, and probably cunnilingus as well. Everyone hams it up commendably and does a good job of hitting the rhythms of this kind of melodrama. Basically every line after that about the storied Confederate soldier is a double entendre, conjuring up pretty much any and every innuendo involving the Cuhnel that you could imagine. It’s worth noting what does and doesn’t get a response.
And in the case of the legendary Colonel Angus, that one joke has a surprising amount of dimensions.
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We will verify and confirm your receipt within 3 working days from the date you upload it. To begin with, the sketch gives us a full 44 seconds of bravura acting on the steps of a Civil War-era plantation house before Rachel Dratch’s bespectacled old lady peers out into the cotton. “Well, that must be the Colonel!
Phillip will be getting things hot and bothered all day long. This man has a passion for Colonel Angus. We don’t have any upcoming events for this artist right now.
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There are so many SNL contenders for the title of “a great sketch” that even Rolling Stone’s top 50list leaves off several classics. But I’m going to go with one I keep coming back to, one that isn’t on that list at all, and one that truly makes the case that a one-joke sketch can be milked dry and still work if it’s milked well. This website brought to you by The Tiki Web Group Unless specifically mentioned, we have no clue where this content came from. Post the link in the comments, and reap the glory! All comments are the sole possesion of the commenters and do not reflect the opinions or values of MCS. If something is made with joy and care, even if that something is just trying to jab you in the ribs and tell raunchy jokes, you can sense it.
