Since its inception, Saturday Night Live has been a consistent outlet for timely comedy. From the first round of Not-Ready-for-Primetime Players, the show gave a lot of memorable sketches that not only resonated with viewers at that time, but became substantial parts of pop culture. A sketch could go as far as being a performer’s biggest highlight or an asset he or she can bring back for several instances.

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In honor of that, here are the top 10 SNL recurring sketches that debuted in the 1970’s, whether live or prerecorded. Although, regular Weekend Update characters and political sketches do not count.

Consumer Probe/On The Spot

In a big poke to hazardous items for children, toymaker Irwin Mainway (Dan Aykroyd) is invited to the set but gets interrogated by the host (with the first being Candice Bergen’s unnamed host and the rest by Jane Curtin’s Joan Face). Mainway would have to justify the creation of several items like “Bag O’ Glass”, “Johnny Switchblade”, “General Tranh's Secret Police Confession Kit”, “Doggy Dentist” and many more outrageous items.

Irwin Mainway would typically test these items in front of the “Consumer Probe” host, only to harm himself more. It is all on Aykroyd’s physical humor over his seedy appearance.

Coneheads

The Coneheads

From the namesake, The Coneheads are an extraterrestrial family with bald albino conical heads from the planet Remulak. The family is composed of Aykroyd as Beldar (the father), Curtin as Prymaat (the mother) and Laraine Newman as Connie (the daughter). Their antics would usually be to easily blend in to earthly culture and for any regular humans to socially accept them, despite their distinctive cone-shaped heads. If they are questioned however, their excuse is that they originate from France in a village called Remulak.

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The popularity and peculiarity of “The Coneheads” sketch would lead them to have their own theatrical film.

The Nerds

“The Nerds” feature the titular characters, Lisa Loopner (Gilda Radner) and Todd DiLaMuca (Bill Murray), in their antics towards with each other. Their banter would range from childish insults to remarks about the guests. Mrs. Loopner (Curtin) would also interrupt their chitchat and act awkwardly to do her “wifely duties”.

Other cast members and guests would pop in the sketch, like most famously Aykroyd as the fridge repairman with the revealing rear crack. The sketch is unforgettable mainly for the two leads. While Murray commands his directions, Radner stands out for her overly perky personality and childlike charm that lasts.

Nick The Lounge Singer

This is perhaps Bill Murray’s most famous sketch wherein he is the main lead. Nick the Lounge Singer is an archetypal 70’s-draped lounge singer who would sing his heart out from the current song trends of the time. Accompanied by Paul Shaffer on the piano, Nick would perform in any possible location. And because of that, as a recurring joke, he would change his surname to suit the period or the venue (i.e. Nick Summers, Nick Lava and Nick Slammer).

His most famous bit is undoubtedly adding lyrics to John Williams theme for Star Wars (“Star Wars…nothing but Star Wars!”)

The Festrunk Brothers

Played by Aykroyd and Steve Martin, respectively, the Festrunk Brothers Yortuk and Georg are sibling immigrants from Czechoslovakia who try hard to connect with ladies (or “foxes”, according to them) they see in social hangouts and fail amusingly (though they are oblivious to that). Their obnoxious personality and ineptitude to American culture draw women away from them. Though, they are mostly known for their catchphrase, “We are, two wild and crazy guys!”

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The format of their segments would soon inspire the creation of the Butabi Brothers (Will Ferrell and Chris Kattan) and the Motherlover characters (Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake).

The Mr. Bill Show

Mr. Bill is a clay-made clown character who host his own segment, spoofing clay stop-motion animated shows. Created by SNL writer Walter Williams, the segment would start with Mr. Bill doing his everyday routines; however, Mr. Bill would end up in morbid situations (along with his dog Spot), caused by Mr. Hand. Every time that he would be placed into harm (like being crushed or scorched), he would shriek “Ohhhh noooooooooooooo...” in a high-pitched tone.

The animation for Mr. Bill would be static that Mr. Hand would always appear onscreen. His segments are self-contained, though later segments have an arc.

Baba Wawa

On a series of sketches, Gilda Radner spoofs Barbara Walters as a better-named Baba Wawa. Walters would interview real-life figures and interfere the segments by giving her superfluous life advice to comical results. As Wawa, Radner gives her a bright energy that balances her oblivious desperation to act understanding with her effortless impression. This makes her one of Radner’s most memorable characters in SNL.

Baba Wawa is one of the earliest spoofs of news anchors and journalism at that time. And Baba Wawa’s memorability would provide leeway for other SNL cast members to impersonate news anchors and news reporting formats.

Olympia Café

Olympia Café is an outrageous concept, led by a commanding performance of John Belushi as Greek cook Pete Dionasopoulos. Pete has limited English in his vocabulary, so he can only decipher three items in their café’s long menu: cheeburgers, cheep and Pepsi. The frequent gag would be Pete and his crew (Aykroyd and Murray) to let their customers capitulate on ordering only those three aforementioned items and resist other menu items (i.e. “No Coke! Pepsi!)

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When a customer relents, Belushi’s Peter would utter this notable line, “Too early for cheeburger? Look! Cheeburger, cheeburger, cheeburger…” It had viewers hungry for cheeseburgers.

The Blues Brothers

The Blues Brothers may be a straight-up musical act, but they are first and foremost a musical comedic sketch act who performs consistently hummable blues and soul numbers. The format for a typical Blue Brothers segment would be for Jake (Belushi) and Elwood Blues (Dan Aykroyd) to front a band comprising of the night’s musical act or other guest musicians. It is surprising for both John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd to bust harmonizing tunes and hefty dance moves onstage.

Their iconic status would grant them a feature-length comedy that received box office and critical acclaim and a more maligned sequel.

Saturday Night Live Samurai (Samurai Futaba)

John Belushi brought to life many memorable characters in Saturday Night Live. However, his most homegrown one is Samurai Futaba. Belushi plays a conventional samurai with a code of honor, a warrior drab, and a katana. Frequently, Futaba would be shown doing various job occupations that would not permit him to wield his samurai skills. He would be either making a sandwich using a katana or slicing a wedding cake using a katana.

Futaba would usually encounter Mr. Dantley (Buck Henry) in almost every sketch, the only client who is fearless dealing with the samurai. Belushi makes Futaba an icon in an already iconic sketch comedy show.

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