The Goat Pen

Armisan is the only cast member who kept a modicum of composure during the Debbie Downer skits that the rest of the cast lost it. You almost always expect Fallon to crack up during a skit, but in these, everybody does...

http://www.hulu.com/watch/19280

rolling stone has the top 50 snl skits and I think that one was top 20

"Well its official. The Doctor says I cant have any kids" Wah--Wahhhhh

The best one was the Disney cruise one, with Lindsey Lohan...that one is definitely top 10 IMO...

The other one was pretty good too. Not sure why they cracked up so much during those skits, but it's always funny when the cast cracks up...

My favorite which I can't really find anymore was the death of Buckwheat

It is insane to realize that this marks the 10 year anniversary of The Chappelle Show’s “Rick James” episode.

February 11th, 2004, was the air date of the infamous episode, and that sounds like so long ago. Yet, the sketch is iconic, hilarious, memorable, and quotable, and therefore deserves a revisit for the anniversary.

2004… Just four days ago was the 10 year anniversary of The College Dropout.

For any of you youngin’s who need a history lesson, go get some popcorn and sit down for a few minutes with this one.

There’s no doubt in my mind that these quotes will dominate interactions during this next month… once again.

http://home.fuse.net/eCat/imrickjames.wmv

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I still say "fuck yo couch" anytime I'm about to recklessly use something that belongs to someone else. I remember I introduced it to Hizzy the morning after it aired and he loved it.

Peace to Hizzy.

(insane and timeless episode. I still say I'm one of the baddest motherfuckers of all time)

UUUUUUUNNNNITTY!!!

there are "Fuck Yo Couch" moments in every day life.

There are two of them in the West Virginia /Iowa St game clip here. See if you can pick them out (when you find them, yell out "FUCK YO COUCH!" during the instant replay)

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Hold my drink, bitch!

I'm Rick James, bitch! Enjoy yoself!

This is a celebration!

Now, Darkness! The tables have turned!

I wish I had more hands, so I could give those titties 4 thumbs down!

The milk's gone bad!

One of the guys that works outside here looks almost exactly like Dave Chappelle. His birthday is the same day as mine, date and year...

The tables have turned is probably the line I crack up the most on just because it is so specific and shit.

I love it when Rick James is like "yea I punched him in the face, what is he gonna do? I'm Rick James, he's Charlie Murphy"

sad....

Dave Chappelle is only a week into a 13-city tour called The Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Festival that he's co-headlining with Flight of the Conchords for Funny or Die, but he's already running into trouble. Last night during a stop in Hartford, Connecticut, Chappelle reportedly stopped his act after 10 minutes because the audience was being too rowdy and shouting stuff out at him. Fans in the audience were reportedly yelling Chappelle's Show quotes like "I'm Rick James!" at Chappelle right off the bat, causing him to have trouble getting his act out. When he asked them to stop shouting, the people in the crowd refused to calm down. Chappelle then sat on a stool and started smoking while chit-chatting with the crowd for 15 more minutes to meet the required 25 minutes he was contractually obligated to perform for. At one point, he even read a book onstage that an audience member gave him.

Here are some quotes from the tail end of Chappelle's performance:

"One time I saw Damon Wayans onstage … someone in the audience screamed out, 'Hey, do Homey the Clown!' And he's like, 'Hey, I just want to do my jokes.' And someone else goes, 'Hey do Homey the Clown!' He goes, 'I really don't want to do that.' And the crowd goes, 'Homey the Clown, Homey the Clown.' He goes, 'You really wanna see Homey the Clown?' 'Yeah!' And then he farted in the microphone, and I'd never seen somebody do that before. And then he said, 'Homey don't play that.' He dropped the mic, and then he walked offstage. I fucked up when I left my show, you know why? Because my show only has to be 22 minutes of television. I coulda went on television. I coulda read the phone book for 22 minutes. And I woulda got 50 million dollars. I shoulda done that shit, but my ego wouldn't let me. But tonight is different. Tonight, my contract says 25 minutes, and I only have three minutes left. And when my three minutes is up, my ass is gone. I'm going straight to the bank and doing night deposit."


The audience then proceeded to boo Chappelle, which made him respond, "You're booing yourself. I want you to go home and look in the mirror and say 'Boo.' Remember, that's how I feel about you." The crowd booed him more, and he replied, "Ah, fuck you. I'm the one that has to get the review in the paper tomorrow. I'll have to read about this shit for months. And the next time, I go on television and they interview me and they say, 'Why'd you go back to Africa, I'm not gonna say Hartford did it. [laughs]"

Chappelle then concluded his performance by saying, "All right, you guys. I like some of you. I hate some of you. I forgive some of you, but I don't forget all of you. You guys are totally ruining my chances for running for Congress or something. Thank you. Good night." With his 25 minutes up, he set his mic on the floor and walked off stage while Kanye West's "New Slaves" played.

Well, they kinda asked for it. Bill Burr handled it the best in Philly when he did 20 minutes of "fuck Philly" jokes over the boos. He crushed them, and the city in general, so hard, the gave him a standing O.

I hadn't heard of that, just youtubed it, hilarious...

I liked his quip about them wearing rock tee shirts of bands that nobody cares about, then mentions Rush as an example...

I guess I can see it from both sides. People pay money to be entertained. If I went to see Def Leppard, I don't want to hear shit off their new album - That isn't what sold the ticket.

Unfortunately for Dave Chappelle, even though he is an accomplished comedian , he has to recognize he has a following based on his past work. I think the smart thing to do would be to show a few videos of his sketches (assuming Comedy Central allows it) prior to him taking the stage and then do what he wants, but he isn't going to escape Rick James.

I remember seeing Eddie Murphy's Raw concert and even though it was a show, it wasn't as funny to me as Delirious and I would have happily sat there and heard him tell the gooney goo goo story over again.