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So last night, we were watching some E! countdown of Saturday Night Live moments (I really, really am a sucker for countdown shows), which was frustrating because it would only give little peeks of the sketches they talked about.  Anyway, it got me thinking about my favorite SNL skts--and I'm definitely going with favorites here, over "best" skits, since what makes you laugh is so individual and subjective.  I won't subject you to any rants about the decline of SNL, but will instead leap to a few of the best on my list.

1. Phil Hartman as Bill Clinton at McDonald's.  To my mind, Hartman may well be the all-time SNL VIP.  Look at how he really nails the early-90s Clinton.  I still love it when the nugget gets intercepted by warlords.

2. Just about anything by Mike Myers.  My favorites are probably the Sprockets episodes.  Especially the one with Kyle McLachlan--though I was happy as long as they showed a film.  Stick some Radiohead under one of those babies, and you'd having something that would pass for a "deep" video nowadays.  Alas, the copyright Nazis at NBC make it nearly impossible to find decent Dieter video, so instead I'm posting a Wayne's World classic.  Don't be biased by the movies--when you look back at the original sketches, you can remember how fresh and funny they are.

3.  I have a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!  To this day, it is almost irresistable not to start doing aggressive cowbell playing when "Don't Fear the Reaper" shows up in your Rock Band setlist.  (Yes, I do the vocals.  What can I say?  I'm a highly-uncoordinated chick.)  And speaking of copyright Nazis--watch this one quickly before they have to take it down.  I found hundreds of crappy homages to this sketch, but poorly-dubbed copies of the original are like gold, baby, solid gold.

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