@sndfreQ – ah yes, I remember Colonel Angus. For me that was just the same sketch they’ve done over and over and over again. I remember back in the 80s they did a modern update of War of the Worlds where everyone kept saying “funkin” this and “funkin’ ” that. Or when they did that sketch earlier this year where the new cast member accidentally dropped the F-Bomb when they kept saying “freakin’” Or the sketch with Horatio Sans and Jimmy Fallon with Janet Jackson hosting where they worked at a winery as “cork soakers”. I kind of tend to think those kinds of jokes are funny once, but they lose something the second time around. It’s all about almost saying something dirty, but not quite, which to me is funny because of the shock value, but once you do it, the shock value is gone and there’s no purpose in repeating the jobke.
Personally, I’m not surprised I’m the only one who seemed to like it. I think the comedic timing wasn’t off, I think it was intentionally offputting. And though the spitting out the chip was predictable, it was all these other little non sequitor things that I thought made it a gem, very unique, and what I would consider to be better writing than a play on words repeated ad nauseum or yet ANOTHER sketch where there is one joke…the host that keeps interrupting the guests so they never get to speak….repeated over and over. No offense intended to you or @drdoombot, just a matter of opinion and different tastes, and clearly I’m in the minority on this one anyways…I’ve always had what I consider to be a strange sense of humor.
There were just so many little weird things in this sketch. Like the interviewer was going to get the astronaut test out of the refrigerator, or how you’ll never drink Tang, never wear a puffy suit and never get to pee in zero gravity….like these are the motivating factors for somone’s becoming an astronaut. Or the line about “I’ll be taking my hemmorhoid pillow”. And the whole premise was just out there, it was this bizarre humor sketch, acted with the melodrama of Gone with the Wind.
By the way, I’m glad I asked this question, it’s really interesting to see what I find humorous vs. what others do.