Steve Martin Cold Opening - Saturday Night Live

As Steve Martin gets ready in his dressing room, he begins to reminisce and sing a song. Aired 12/14/91

[tocororo]

Chris Farley acting like a mesmerized child is always hysterical 😅🤣😂

[conedx]

after nailing the entire thing without missing a beat, asking "line?" at the end always kills me.

[Kevin-tzlv]

The fact that the cue cards say to put the cue cards down is epic lol. Love it.

[QuantumBraced]

I love that Lorne is having his portrait done while getting his nails done and then sings with an opera voice.

[FishbowlPhenom]

Without hyperbole, this has an argument for the best cold open in the whole show’s history. It encapsulates so many of the show’s trademarks, and does so with a quintessential host and one of the best cast line-ups they had any year. Lorne even appeared. If one were ever to introduce the show to someone with absolutely no exposure, this would be a pretty ideal entry point really.

[cariboubearmalachy]

Props to the musicians who have to change tempo every time a new person starts singing.

[brantf]

I love David Spade jamming to the opening theme at 6:40 and then gets embarrassed when nobody joins in.

[luckyDancer]

I’ve never seen a cold open go so flawlessly. So many different cast members, and nobody made a mistake. Impressive.

[MrBones-kyfb]

Saw it live, all those years ago, still the greatest cold open ever.

[spenser]

Chris Farley at 1:05 when he goes "Mr. Martin?" always cracks me up lol.

[leejones]

What a great cast they had at the time 

[jpielak]

Smigel wrote this - a rarity. Obviously his skill shining through.

[noitallmanaz]

Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, Phil Hartman, Chris Rock, David Spade and Adam Sandler... That was a talented cast.

[vickielawson]

This has to be the most elaborate opening of any they did: complete show tune song, full cast choreography, and it moves throughout the studio fluidly. Excellent work.

[vingaetano]

This was Epic - I remember watching this live - RIP Phil and Chris - You always made us laugh.

[Banyo__]

Interesting fact about this: Chris Farley had OCD, so when you see him first coming down the hall behind Steve Martin, you can see him touching all the pictures in the hall.

[rudy]

Holy crap what a cast. You got Phil Hartman, Chris Rock, Tim Meadows, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Kevin Nealon, Schneider, Sandler, omg this is the decade!!

[elvisjimpa]

More like a legendary opening with the best ever.Mr Chris Farley!

[pdxryan]

The band does a really good job keeping up with whoever is singing.

[lelandfranklin]

Think of the technical challenge of this live...camera moves, music, singing. Wow