SNL missing MacGruber: a look back
Will Forte is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after eight seasons to pursue other opportunities. Forte is best known for his “MacGruber” character, starring in and co-writing a spinoff film last May.
May 10, 2008
Shia LaBeouf appears as MacGruber's son, Merrill, who shocks his dad with news that he's having sex--with someone named Scott. It's the funniest of the parodies. You get bonus points for guessing what falls out of Merrill's bag.
May 12, 2007
Remember the video of a drunk David Hasselhoff that surfaced online in 2007? MacGruber was "15 years sober" when he hit rock bottom in this hilarious parody of both Angus MacGyver and the Hoff. The first two bits aren't great, but they set up a big pay-off in the third.
May 8, 2010
"He's working with his grandmother, MacGruber!" Nana (Betty White) corrects her grandson and tells embarrassing stories about his childhood, like "Did you know when he was born they couldn't find his penis?" It ends on an umcomfortable not, with MacGruber proposing to Nana. "Are you outta your [bleeping] mind?" she screams, then says, "Yes."
Jan. 31, 2008
"Saturday Night Live" drew rants for using MacGruber in a series of Pepsi ads, but they were funny. MacGyver himself, Richard Dean Anderson, has little to do in the skits except slam MacGruber for hawking the soft drink. That and having MacGruber change his name to Pepsuber and repeat the word "Pepsi" a million times was brilliant self-mockery for selling out.
March 7, 2009
Anderson rocks the mullet again as MacGyver, but this time he gets a lot more screen time. The expanded skits allow for more backstory--MacGyver abandoned young MacGruber MacGyver and his mom. Still, the skits end with the ultimate example of toilet humor.
Shia LaBeouf appears as MacGruber's son, Merrill, who shocks his dad with news that he's having sex--with someone named Scott. It's the funniest of the parodies. You get bonus points for guessing what falls out of Merrill's bag.
May 12, 2007
Remember the video of a drunk David Hasselhoff that surfaced online in 2007? MacGruber was "15 years sober" when he hit rock bottom in this hilarious parody of both Angus MacGyver and the Hoff. The first two bits aren't great, but they set up a big pay-off in the third.
May 8, 2010
"He's working with his grandmother, MacGruber!" Nana (Betty White) corrects her grandson and tells embarrassing stories about his childhood, like "Did you know when he was born they couldn't find his penis?" It ends on an umcomfortable not, with MacGruber proposing to Nana. "Are you outta your [bleeping] mind?" she screams, then says, "Yes."
Jan. 31, 2008
"Saturday Night Live" drew rants for using MacGruber in a series of Pepsi ads, but they were funny. MacGyver himself, Richard Dean Anderson, has little to do in the skits except slam MacGruber for hawking the soft drink. That and having MacGruber change his name to Pepsuber and repeat the word "Pepsi" a million times was brilliant self-mockery for selling out.
March 7, 2009
Anderson rocks the mullet again as MacGyver, but this time he gets a lot more screen time. The expanded skits allow for more backstory--MacGyver abandoned young MacGruber MacGyver and his mom. Still, the skits end with the ultimate example of toilet humor.
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