22 ‘Saturday Night Live’ Deep Cuts That Are Secretly Brilliant

Since its debut in 1975, Saturday Night Live has provided endless amounts of now ubiquitous cultural references. Case in point: When you drop a “schwing!” in conversation or demand “more cowbell” in a Christopher Walken voice, most people know what it means.

Still, as Twitter user Sue Ellen Mitski (see what she did there?) pointed out in a recent tweet, almost everyone has one SNL sketch that they cannot stop quoting, despite the fact that no one else knows what the hell they’re talking about.

So, whether you’re just trying to sharpen up on your references for a comedy nerd-off, or want to laugh at a few lesser-known Will Ferrell bits, these are Saturday Night Live’s most unforgettable moments… that you probably forgot.

Phil Hartman, Rob Scheider and Chris Farley Speaking in Fluent Plumbing Gibberish

Ryan Gosling Flipping a Table Because of a Font

Norm Macdonald’s Scathing David Letterman Impression

America’s ‘Most Difficult Game Show ,’ Hosted by Barry Before He Became a Hit Man

Beck Bennett and Adam Driver Collaborating on a Del Taco Commercial

The Dorm Room Posters That Told Pete Davidson to Stay in School

The Hot New Toy from a ‘Glowing Substance That Fell to Earth, Presumably from Outer Space’

It’s Not an Episode of ‘VH1 Storytellers’ Until Neil Diamond Says Too Much

Shonda and Vonda of ‘The Price Is Right’

Rob Scheiner Kink-Shaming Patrick Stewart for Making Sexy Cakes

Tracy Morgan Taking Fans to Space

Anytime a New Love-ah Got in the Tub with Roger and Virginia, but Especially Drew Barrymore

Lothar of the Hill People

A Commercial Parody for the One Bank Making Change

Dan Akroyd Talking You into the Most Thrilling Children’s Toy of All Time

If You Prank Cecily Strong with Pizza Hut, Prepare for Her Hilarious Wrath

The Swarovski Crystals Girls Doing Vocal Fry Better Than the Kardashians

When Your New Girlfriend’s Art Dealer Parents Make You Sit in the Hair Chair

The Funniest Dead Dog Seance Ever

What Italy Cannot Do Is Make You Forgive Your Dad

‘Stand Up and Win ’ Walked So ‘At Midnight’ Could Also Walk

Moleculo, the Molecular Man, Who Looks Suspiciously Like Conan O’Brien

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