Nathan Thurm: Tobacco Growers of America - Saturday Night Live

Slimy lawyer Nathan Thurm is representing the Tobacco Growers of America. Aired 02/02/85

[honiideslysses]

One of my all time favorite Martin Short skits! The profuse sweat is priceless!

[matthewweflen]

In the 80s this kind of stuff was played for laughs. Now it is a nearly ubiquitous method of political communication.

[xTheOxx]

Proof that arguing on the internet existed before the internet.

[nerdsworthpoindexter]

Christopher Guest and Martin Short. Two legends.

[daweller]

Only Short can get ash on a cigarette to be that long.

[dinein]

What an amazing lesson on "How To Gaslight 101"

[pwk]

The genius of Martin Short on display.

[majorneptunejr]

It is amazing how many people you see interviewed answering questions just this way.

[CraftySouthpaw]

I love how he's on the defensive before the interview even starts. 🤣

[jazzfan]

This character increased my respect for Martin Short. He's using different aspects of his 'instrument' to create this character, and there's no hidden 'wink' to his audience behind it -- he is totally committed.

[lisas]

I've watched this skit a gazillion times, & just now realized why they said ASHville, NC LMAOOoo

[Caveman]

36 years later... and the "I did my own research" vibe is still valid.

[MapleSyrupPoet]

"Is it meee ...or is it himmm" 😅 brilliant

[elboogie]

Who remembers: "hey, you....i know you, i know you!! And " I'm not that strong a swimmer."

[michaelreeves]

I must be in the minority because I don’t hear very many people talk about season 10. It’s one of my favorites, and the cast was incredible. Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Rich Hall. People knock Jim Belushi but I felt he was solid on the show and carved out a really nice career, as did Julia Louis Dreyfus. You’d be hard-pressed to find a cast that accomplished more, after they left the show, than this group. Plus they bridged the gap between Eddie Murphy and the superstar cast of Farley, Spade, Hartman, Meyers, Sandler and Carvey.

[grawakendream]

this is basically everybody arguing online

[mlcorcor]

True Story: Martin Short based this character on a woman who worked in the hair & makeup department at SNL. When one of the backstage crew told her about it, she said, "...I knew that of course I knew that how I could not have known that?"

[alanmorris]

This is absolutely hilarious! I can remember when this first aired. My girlfriend and I laughed until we cried. The two funniest skits on SNL are Richard Pryor's "The Exorcist" and this recurring role of "Nathan Thurm."

[stutzbearcat]

Holy shit - that's Nigel Tufnel.

How GENIUS is this bit!!??

[benkleschinsky]

Robinhood CEO: "I knew that. Why would you think I didn't know that??