September 14, 2004
On Moshe, On Herschel, On Al-Zarqawi
This past Saturday, “Saturday Night Live” broadcast a “Best of Jon Lovitz” special. (What’s next, “Best of David Koechner”?) Anyway, one of the featured sketches was the one from the late ‘80s with “The Year Hannukah Harry Saved Christmas,” starring Lovitz as Harry, which for awhile was a staple of SNL’s annual Christmas specials. I used to love the sketch when I was a kid but hadn’t seen it in years, so you can imagine my surprise when I noticed just how familiar Harry looked…
Which is Hannukah Harry?
And which is Osama Bin Laden???
The episode aired, of course, on September 11. Oops.
The Yuppies of Zion, meanwhile, have more on the Jihad/SNL connection, complete with one of my favorite post titles ever.
Posted by Stephen Silver at September 14, 2004 01:11 AMYes, the old SNL certainly was classic.
I saw a bit of Saturday's retrospective, I also enjoyed the skit with Lovitz as Satan, another classic.
Posted by: John B. at September 14, 2004 11:35 AMAnd, of course, in this election season, how could one forget Jon Lovitz as Mike Dukakis?
Posted by: Dave J at September 14, 2004 02:04 PM