This is the best SNL skit I've seen in a long time.

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Haha! The part where the drummer's mic wasn't working was a nice touch.

Excellent.

heh "Norton-Cadena wedding"

Ha! Missed the Cadena-Norton bit the first time.

I am 100% positive that Fred Armisen wrote that all by himself.

"...AND A WHITE PICKET FENCE!!!"

"MAYBE I'LL JUST PUT ON A SUIT AND TIE AND EAT A HAPPY MEAL!"

Real talk: I always hated happy meals. The prizes sucked and the packaging was dumb and I'd rather have 2 cheeseburgers than fries. Also, no onions or pickles. Fuck you McDonald's.

aging punk is funny

Poppa, we watched this live and when he dropped ""MAYBE I'LL JUST PUT ON A SUIT AND TIE AND EAT A HAPPY MEAL!" while rocking in A SUIT AND TIE I fucking lost it. That sketch is beyond awesome, Armisen is fucking great.

Fred is my girlfriend's ex-boyfriend. Ugh. Love this sketch, though.

Well what does that make ME, N1CKS? WHAT ABOUT ME?

I dated Fred Armisen once. ONCE.

The sad truth is that this is a 100% accurate portrayal of Hardcore.

Totally, it's PERFECT. He had me at "when Ronald Reagan comes to town...."

Corporate Deathburger! Ronald McDonald!

Loved this.

zom-zom posted this on Feb 09th, 2010 at 09:24:50 am
The sad truth is that this is a 100% accurate portrayal of Hardcore.

Or you can think about the other sad half of junkies and wastoids rotting in their caskets or serving serious time in prison.

Talkin' about my generation.

Or you can think about the other sad half of junkies and wastoids rotting in their caskets or serving serious time in prison.

As I recall the "hardcore scene" in the 80's were these people. Confused.

zom-zom posted this on Feb 09th, 2010 at 09:24:50 am
The sad truth is that this is a 100% accurate portrayal of Hardcore.

says the guy who has admitted on the board to not being a hardcore fan.

N1CKS posted this on Feb 09th, 2010 at 08:36:26 am
Fred is my girlfriend's ex-boyfriend.

Whoa! Now he is married to Peggy Olson from Mad Men

Pitpat dude, we were considered a part of the Hardcore scene here.

MAN I WAS IN THE THICK OF IT. M-M-MY G-G-GENERATION

i'm just sayin'...it's a good piss-take of 80s hc, but saying it nails the entire genre 100% is off-base. that's like saying Spinal Tap is a spot-on portrayal of the entire metal genre.
mainly, it wouldn't be funny if it were 100% accurate.
it's funny cuz it's a caricature of the more mockery-worthy aspects of a very specific period of the genre, one which armisen is clearly knowledgeable about.

From my experience, I prefer the old hardcore guys that are portrayed in this skit to the ones that lived hard and are still hanging out in basements and creeping out all the youngsters.

like pitpat?????????

Dave Groll was in Scream, so he was theeerrrreee maaaaaaan, too.

creeping on 14-yr-olds isn't, like, ILLEGAL, is it?
guys>?

AGREED pitpat. That's what I mean by dead-on. I went to all those shows, worked a bunch as well. MDC, Youth Brigade, all that stuff. Hilarious take on it.

yeah, agreed with Schwaz. I like the take on it and it's funny. The drum mic not working and everything.

hahahaha yeah, if that's the era you're talking about, they nailed it.
i'm almost surprised it was green-lighted for SNL...
i mean, it's super funny, but it seems a bit esoteric..i guess i've gotten used to SNL not doing anything remotely humorous lately.

So, this is probably the first hardcore band on SNL since Fear...

SNL is as funny as it ever was, and as not funny as it ever was. The show has always only ever had like about 4 good skits per episode.

i admit that i really liked that Deep House Dish skit w. lady gaga and madonna.
mainly cuz of keenan thompson, though.

Pitpat, AGREED!

"ooowee, t-shane. you just emburrrrased yourself in front of urrrrvrybody in the viewing audience"

i actually think they have a great cast right now...thompson is the shit, plus samberg's digital shorts are good....fred armeson is one of my fav all time cast members....kirsten wig is funny, sudekis (sp?) is really good and seems like a bro

Mags, I concur. Obviously there are total dud skits sometimes, but I feel genuinely excited when I see Armisen, Thompson and Wig. Even sometimes Samberg, which is interesting cuz at first I HATED him but man he's really come around and his Rahm Emanuel was MINT.

My favorite part of this sketch is at the end after Fred sez: "We're Crisis of Conformity" and Sudekis yells out "Yeah you are!"

Also the recent SNL w/ Charles Barkely was chainless

i can't stand thompson. he's a terrible actor, has zero ability to do impressions, and because he's the lone black guy he always has to do the impression if there's a famous black person in a skit, and finally he's worse than Fallon was in terms of laughing through skits.

Charles Barkley brings it WHEREVER HE GOES.

Also, the wife next to Sedekis (was it Wig?) all standing at attention and giving the most sincere clapping.

Perhaps we could all Talk About Africa and then watch Goodburger.

"welcome to shitbuger, home of the shitburger"

actually, i've had people telling me how great this movie is for a long time, but they're always only half serious, and i haven't ever bothered to check it out.

also, i'm no snl hater. i like forte and armisen. samberg hits it out of the park every once in a while.

yeah forte is a great utility man that can do a lot of different stuff

cosigned, mags.
Forte is hell of underrated.
i love his Senator Tim Calhoun character on weekend update.

the Classical posted this on Feb 09th, 2010 at 11:54:25 am
My favorite part of this sketch is at the end after Fred sez: "We're Crisis of Conformity" and Sudekis yells out "Yeah you are!"

Mine too

Watching this a second time, you notice that Ashton Kutcher is doing total dumb "rock star" moves with his guitar. It kind of makes it all funnier, in that he's in a sketch that is a parody of something he knows nothing about.

Also, it wouldn't surprise me at all of Grohl helped write that sketch.

magma90210 posted this on Feb 09th, 2010 at 11:21:22 am
SNL is as funny as it ever was, and as not funny as it ever was.

Can't speak for the current quality, but I agree with this. I was watching season 1 recently, and it is not that funny. I think I laughed four times in six episodes. Not much of a Golden Age, if you ask me.

Reggie, I thought that too, it totally seemed like the brain-bbay of Armisen/Grohl.

This sketch rocked it balls out, etc.

I enjoy SNL when they do stuff like this and not celebrity impressions. That shit has gotten sad. Darrell Hammond is no Phil Hartman. TRUTH BOMB.

I love and hate Samberg. He can be genius and he can be mind numbingly stupid and desperate for laughs. There seems to be no in between. That Rahm Emmanuel things was great though. Lazer Cats is played out. But the Dick In A Box shit will always rule.

Kristen Wiig just seems to do grotesque or repressed lady characters. She's rarely been as funny as she was in her cameo in Knocked Up.

Darrell Hammond is no Phil Hartman. TRUTH BOMB.

hahahaha okay it's a very true point but who actually thinks that???

Darrell Hammond.

Crisis of Conformity
Lyrics for "Fist Fight" by Fred Armisen

When Ronald Reagan comes around
He brings the fascists to your town
You think it's cool to be a jock
But we all get beat up by cops

It's a
Fist fight fist fight
Fist fight in the parking lot
Fist fight fist fight
Fist fight in the parking lot

(Spoken, Fred)
I guess my mind's all messed up
But isn't that a result of going to your schools being a part of your system following your orders

(Ashton)
I guess you want me to put on a suit and tie and eat my happy meal

(Dave-his mic dropped out for a few lines, then Ashton gave him his )
I guess you want me to have 2.5 children and a white picket fence I have a better idea. Why don't I kick in your windows with my boots

(Fred)
You hear that Alexander Haig? You getting all that Ed Meese?

It's time for a
Fist fight fist fight
Fist fight in the parking lot
Fist fight fist fight
Fist fight in the parking lot

(Dave-his mic dropped out for a few lines, then Ashton gave him his )
I guess you want me to have 2.5 children and a white picket fence I have a better idea. Why don't I kick in your windows with my boots


HahahahahhahahaOMGhahahahahahaha

Yeah, I lost my frickin mind at that part. I want a Crisis of Conformity record now.

The cheesy politics is so accurate.

coach posted this on Feb 09th, 2010 at 01:56:59 pm
(Dave-his mic dropped out for a few lines, then Ashton gave him his )
I guess you want me to have 2.5 children and a white picket fence I have a better idea. Why don't I kick in your windows with my boots


HahahahahhahahaOMGhahahahahahaha

But isn't that a result of going to your schools being a part of your system following your orders


Total Suicidal homage...awesome. That was a funny sketch. SNL still kind of sucks overall.

I watched a chunk of the last season today, and it was way funnier than the "Not Yet Ready for Primetime Players" era. Watching this show in order, I can't wait to find out when it gets funny. I'm starting to believe I was alive when it happened.

Not bad, but this
is the funniest thing that I've seen on SNL in a while. It makes no sense, but it's pretty amazing.

i ate a happy meal from mcdonalds on moonstone tour and it was awesome.
the toy was decent...

This was hilarious.

so awesome!

(Fred)
You hear that Alexander Haig? You getting all that Ed Meese?

Crisis of Conformity 1, Alexander Haig 0.

Oh man, I do miss that rotten taste and the yellow fingers that come with a 2 pack a day Chesterfield King habit. Fuck age 24 was an AWESOME year.

i smoked Chesterfields for a while.
prob'ly cuz of Jawbreaker.
god, what an emo pussy.

First Brittney Murphey gets made fun on on SNL, then she dies.

Now it's Alexander Haig.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Sarah Palin.

I smoked Chesterfield Kings for 5 years because that's what my grandpa smoked. Jawbreaker sings songs about my grandpa.