the snl schweddy balls skit aired on december 12, 1998.
the snl schweddy balls skit aired on december 12, 1998.
when did the snl schweddy balls skit air?
december 12 , 1998
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the most well-known edition of the sketch featured host alec baldwin as the chef pete schweddy—whose store sells the christmas dish "schweddy balls". the two hosts remained consistently oblivious to the various double entendres being used by schweddy to describe the dish (relating to "balls" as a slang term for testicles), such as stating that the balls can be bought in a "sack", and boasting that "no one can resist my schweddy balls." in 2014, "rolling stone" named the "schweddy balls" sketch the 20th best "snl" sketch of all-time, noting that "those who didn't get the joke on first utterance would get multiple chances. so iconic was this simple bit of wordplay that ben & jerry's produced an ice cream in honor of the skit in 2011" (although said flavor would also result in controversy among groups who felt that it was inappropriate for such a product).
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