After asking celebrities from the world of film and television about their all-time favorite “Saturday Night Live” sketches , we decided to open the question to you, our readers. With the series’ 50th season now underway, we’ve collected some of the best responses below, from “SNL” fans ages 17 to 99, from across the country and around the world. To be expected, perhaps, “The Californians” — a recurring soap opera parody of L.
A. life and Valley girl accents — earned the most submissions, with other iconic sketches and characters (inspirational speaker Matt Foley, delectable NPR treat Schweddy Balls) coming in close behind. But we also received plenty of other votes: Remember original cast member Garrett Morris as fictional Mets great Chico Escuela? Or Martin Short synchonized swimming (well, failing to) in an early 1980s pre-tape? Find all those and many, many more in the list below.
Responses have been edited for clarity. ‘The Californians’ As a native of L.A.
, I love all the references to the freeways, streets, off-ramps, etc. The best is the pause in the mirror — cracks me up no matter how many times I see it. Perfect soap-opera parody.
— Shirley Lang, 68, Lincoln, Calif. The freeway references, the voices, the obscurity of the “problems” and the staff breaking up because they knew all of this even while playing it out. Thank you, “SNL.
” — Jim Conlon, 75, Pacific Palisades It was such a New York City satire of Los Angeles. It was hilar.