Drydocked

I have always been a big fan of Saturday Night Live. Sure it fell off there for a while, with the Sanz being one of the only funnymen left on the show, but I never let that over-shadow the skits that I hold near and dear to my heart even to this day. One of those is a classic skit with Robert Duvall and Garth Brooks facing off in a game of “Who’s More Grizzled?” hosted by one of the most underrated guys on the show, Norm Macdonald.

I thought this one was so good in fact that a friend and I actually dressed up one Halloween as if we were competing on the show. An extensive online search for a video clip of this skit, came up empty and I was left to read a script of the performance and let my memory do the rest.

Just now I was sitting here finishing up what is to be my last paper of my undergraduate career, and saw an old text file containing the script of the bit. I figured it was worth a search to see if someone had posted the clip since I last looked..and sure enough Google came back with numerous links to blogs and other discussion boards. The problem? All the links lead to a youtube clip which is no longer available, presumably the victim of NBC’s far-reaching internet gestapo.

I understand copyright law. I know all about it, and to an extent I understand. But when a little skit which was in no way as popular as say “Celebrity Jeopardy”, pops up on the internet and a few people enjoy a laugh and a look back at something they previously enjoyed, is it really that harmful? Is GE that strapped for cash?

Thanks , NBC for the buzzkill…Now, I’m off to eat dinner and dream of a day when Tina Fey has her own network and has a healthy crush on this guy behind Drydocked.