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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

TV Just Because Christopher Walken Is a National Treasure

Posted by Paul Constant on Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:38 PM

I don't need a reason to post this, do I? I just happened across it again the other day, and I forgot how good Christopher Walken's census-taker skit on Saturday Night Live was:

It doesn't end very well (that's the Saturday Night Live curse), but Christopher Walken should have somehow gotten an Oscar for his five-minute performance in this skit.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMZwZiU0k…

Posted by Rob in Baltimore

on November 18, 2009 at 12:42 PM

If by "doesn't end very well" you mean the last five minutes. Yeesh!

Posted by paulus on November 18, 2009 at 12:50 PM

Have you seen this, Paul? Christopher Walken performs Lady Gaga's "Poker Face."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2guQYivZ…

Posted by Bub on November 18, 2009 at 12:52 PM

paulus, i'm sorry to be the one to tell you this but you're just wrong. no, its not a matter of opinion. you're just ill-informed and tasteless. have a good day.

both the snl skit and the poker face vid are fantastic.

Posted by giantbaiting

on November 18, 2009 at 1:04 PM

I'd go gay for Christopher Walken. He probably wouldn't go gay for me though.

Posted by Indy on November 18, 2009 at 1:05 PM

I had no idea there was so much video of Walken on YouTube. That'll keep me out of trouble for a while.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on November 18, 2009 at 1:13 PM

Doesn't end well? Are you kidding? The end's the best part!

Posted by Eliza

on November 18, 2009 at 1:13 PM

Also: Tim Meadows is left-handed.

Posted by Indy on November 18, 2009 at 1:14 PM

To qualify for an Oscar, wouldn't he at least need to at least try to hide that he's reading off a teleprompter?

Posted by Peter F on November 18, 2009 at 1:16 PM

That was great. Strange proof that Walken would have done well in the Vaudeville era, also.

Posted by Dougsf on November 18, 2009 at 1:20 PM

Just another clunky, under-baked SNL skit. Just cuz Walken is in it doesn't make it funny or good.

Posted by paulus on November 18, 2009 at 1:20 PM

@6: I was struck by the number of videos on YouTube of "Asian guys doing impressions of Christopher Walken." Try it. You'll like it.

Posted by Bub on November 18, 2009 at 1:21 PM

the first few minutes are GOLD!!

Posted by thecatnextdoor on November 18, 2009 at 1:33 PM

I gotta have more cowbell baby!

Posted by Urgutha Forka on November 18, 2009 at 1:45 PM

Anyone have video of Tiny Elvis?

Posted by left coast on November 18, 2009 at 1:57 PM

"This is a fake joke thing." As is this skit.

Posted by FreudianShrimp on November 18, 2009 at 2:01 PM

Looked on YouTube, but sadly no video of The Continental.

Posted by schmacky on November 18, 2009 at 2:04 PM

There's also the curse of constantly looking at the cue cards... at least he doesn't look back and forth a lot, so you can at least pretend he's just not making eye contact.

Posted by w7ngman

on November 18, 2009 at 2:30 PM

I'm sorry, as awesome as Walken usually is, this skit is an egregious example of the over-reliance on cue-card reading to which SNL has succumbed. The writing itself is gold, but the delivery suffers.

Posted by laterite on November 18, 2009 at 2:30 PM