Cobras & Panthers - SNL

A gang leader is baffled when his gang members break into song and dance like in West Side Story. [Season 22, 1996]

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[daveg]

I love how the whole joke premise is established when Norm says, "what the hell was that?"

[jychilly]

Norm's delivery of the line "Oooh no, that's not good!" had me in stitches!

[jukelly]

I love that Norm always plays himself.

[arlopear]

"While you were singing I got stabbed in the head by a Puerto Rican" is one of the greatest musical numbers of all-time!!! RIP Norm

[AT-sdqq]

Cheri Oteri doesn’t get enough love for this skit. She nailed every tomboy character done in these types of movies.

[kennethfharkin]

3:49 "Oh no, that's not good." Norm just kills me in this.

[patrickobrien]

This feels like a Norm joke. "So.. Uh... Ever wonder, what if there was like one guy in West Side Story that thought it was real weird that everyone kept singing and dancing all the time?"

[JammastaJ]

This is a terribly underrated sketch, should be considered an all time great.

[drlevin]

RIP Norm Macdonald. Looks like the Panthers finally got him.

[EM]

"Johnny!"
*Johnny comes out dancing*
"Oh no, that's not good."

[daddicusubmemeicus]

I like how this entire sketch is a giant metaphor for how Norm doesn’t fit in with the SNL cast

[Tigerman]

“While were you singing I got stabbed in the head by a Puerto Rican”

I need the sheet music and lyrics.

[toffeesauce]

Robert Downey Jr. really nailed the resting greaser face

[Mr_Flerb]

I love that Norm can’t stop smiling whatever the situation is.

Also, it’s always super weird to see Mark McKinney on SNL.

[nomimalone]

This sketch is amazing!
*Kattan kicks and twirls in*
Norm: "oh no, that's not good"

[nogoodbastid]

How to tell a sketch was written primarily by Norm Macdonald: 1. It's funny. 2. It has a beginning, middle, and end. 3. He stars in it.

[yeeshimtired]

When norm said “oooh nooo that’s not good” completely lost it

[rob_]

Somehow Norm manages to jump into a sketch that is all singing and all dancing where he does neither and is simultaneously the glue and the wedge that hilariously holds together and drives apart the premise of the sketch. I gotta assume that Norm or someone very close to Norm wrote that. Very cool to be able to utilize everyone’s abilities here including the triple threat work of RDJ.

[kylefiske]

"No it does not just 'happen.' It was clearly choreographed." Classic Norm. R.I.P. to one of the greatest.

[Shelsight]

RIP Norm. His gradual confusion & cynicism being surrounded by the singing & dancing dudes in the world of musicals was just perfect… And that doesn’t even begin to describe his impact on ‘ Weekend Update’. Comedy icon, gone way too young as too many of them do…