NFL Films: Forefathers Of The Game - 'The Gun' - SNL

In this ESPN Classic spoof, football legends reminisce about Billy "The Gun" Van Goff (Steve Martin), a quarterback who literally held a gun in his hand while playing, until the day of "The Incident" when things went horribly wrong. [Season 34, 2009]

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[WearingGoldluck]

This has to be one of the my personal favorite SNL skits, theres almost no throwaway lines, they’re all funny, and all the acting was great.

[erbgorre]

"lets all out blitz him, he cant shoot all of us".. god dayum.
the passion for the game was real back then

[davidlawlor]

The photo of Steve Martin at the start throwing the football while pointing a revolver is absolute genius

[adrianrice]

"What are you going to do about it!"
*"I'm going to get my gun"*

[bluelouboyle_]

"of course we were upset...he had a great arm AND a gun."

[greg]

Pistol Pete he dribbled with one hand and practiced his second amendment rights with the other

[nickakers]

There was (with good reason I should add) some uproar about a player brandishing a firearm, lol

[Jupiter-T]

This documentary is missing the part where they all complain about how tame football is these days. "Back in my day, you could bring a gun on the field, and people loved it!" XD

[JamesKlass]

Everybody killed in this skit. Forte as the commissioner tho.

[Death_strok]

“ Here comes the defense….. Gunshots…… the defense is running away…. Lmfao 🤣, i haven’t laughed this hard in a minute….

[freddyrichards]

1:43 "That's not football"
I don't know, maybe it's his delivery that makes me laugh at that line

[aricgoss]

Will Forte’s old man character is so damn good, nails it

[BrianSmith-ezkj]

This truly is a SNL Classic, Steve Martin, and done so well

[Gorilla_Jones]

Jack Snad was a class act, he ushered the league into the switchblade era beautifully. Damn shame about those kids though. That could happen to anybody.

[shrewdthewise]

The rule was added because one player was carrying a gun....then the "Grandfather clause" allowed that one player to keep carrying his gun thus rendering the rule meaningless 😂😂😂

[bradlywood]

"Let's all out blitz. He can't shoot all out us." Did the Area 51 raid people get there idea from here?

[arbiterftw]

The kid made 2 catches that day; the touchdown and the bullet x.D...

[johnleahy]

Damn Jared Goff has some interesting family history in the league!

[cheahlionel]

1937: HE CAN'T SHOOT US ALL

2019: THEY CAN'T SHOOT US ALL

[edwinoloo]

"Let's all out blitz him, he can't shoot us all"... Best sketch lines. So funny yet so true