SNL A Christmas Carol Skit Featuring Steve Martin And Martin Short

 

One of the funniest comedy duos to ever feature on Saturday Night Live has been Steve Martin and Martin Short. These two geniuses of comedy timing are without peers in the celebrity world. Anytime they have ever done a skit together on SNL it is always a good time with plenty of laughs to go around and this SNL Christmas skit is no exception.

Martin Short plays the part of Ebenezer Scrooge in this comedy retelling of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Steve Martin takes on the role of whom I believe to be the Ghost of Christmas Present.

Just like in the original story, Ebenezer Scrooge wakes up after having his nightmarish visits from the three ghosts of Christmas past, present and future the night before. With a renewed heart he seeks to begin celebrating the true nature of Christmas by sharing his wealth with the common people and he starts by enlisting the help of a poor orphaned lad played by Sarah Sherman.

Scrooge asks the young lad if he knows of the large holiday Goose for sale down the street. The young street urchin knows exactly which one the old Ebenezer is speaking of. Scrooge instructs the young lad to go fetch it for him so that Tiny Tim and his family can have a Christmas feast. But when Martin Short throws a gold coin down to the young boy his eye is put out and a bloody comedy scene begins.

Tiny Tim and another orphan played by Marcello Hernandez show up on the scene and more hijinks insue. The townsfolk played Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney also get in on the hijinks. By the end of this skit all the towns people are dead, horribly injured or at the very least covered in blood. This is probably one of the goriest holiday snl skits ever put together but I would rank it among the funniest Christmas themed sketches ever put together.

This is one 5 minute clip you don't want to pass up. Grab yourself a cup of got coco and enjoy.

SNL Willem Dafoe Monologue Season 47, Episode 12

 Season 47 episode 12 features Willem Dafoe in the guest seat and surprisingly turned out to be a tummy tickler.

Willem Dafoe has never hosted Saturday Night Live and I think it is about time he got his shot. With the huge success of the new Marvel movie Spider-Man No Way Home it became possible for this Willem to do what every Hollywood actor dreams of, hosting SNL.

Willem has never been a comedic actor, most of his roles are too serious to make room for goofs and one liners. He has been in a lot of critically acclaimed movies and there can be no doubt of his dramatic ability for anyone who has seen The Lighthouse, Platoon or Boondock Saints.

When it comes to hosting SNL, having copious amounts of comedy experience is not a prerequisite for a one time gig. Almost everyone who has had serious mainstream success in Hollywood will be asked to host the show sooner or later.

Of course if you want to host multiple episodes you will have to have real comedy films in your oeuvre of work. This is why actors like Steve Martin, John Goodman, Tom Hanks and Alec Baldwin are constantly being asked to host the show multiple times.

Sometimes the best Saturday Night Live Skits come from more dramatic actors like Willem Dafoe. I think we did get some funny sketch comedy from this episode. Some of the better skits to look out for are Beauty and the Beast: The Mirror, Good Morning Columbus and Nugenix. I only wish we could have gotten a Spider-Man or Green Goblin skit, that would have been a real treat.

There is also the opening monologue itself which features Aidy Bryant and Mikey Day pretending to be from his hometown in Wisconsin. This is featured in the clip below, I hope you enjoy it.