Saturday Night Live Quotes

Context

This line is spoken by Yortuk and Georg Festrunk, played by Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd, in the TV show Saturday Night Live (1970's recurring role).

On Saturday Night Live in the 70s, comic geniuses Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd played two wild and crazy brothers who emigrated from Czechoslovakia and just want to pick up chicks and have a good time. You may think this sounds like a genuine, wholesome immigration story, but don't be fooled. The sketch is actually riffing on the American Dream and cultural stereotypes while Martin and Aykroyd cut loose in the best possible way.

This line is basically their catchphrase. After all, they're fun-loving guys who want to fit in, and they think this makes them more hip. Are they hip? Um, no. But they are totally hilarious.

Where you've heard it

Like many classic SNL sketches, this line is a pop culture in-joke, so you might have heard it from fans of vintage late night TV. Unsurprisingly, it's on a list of the 50 best SNL skits.

If you can't get enough Yortuk and Georg, here's a list of all their SNL appearances. And if you're really into swinging like the Festrunks, try out their style as a Halloween costume.

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Make sure you use this one with people who get the reference, or this might fall flat. It's definitely not a good pick-up line, as the Festrunks repeatedly demonstrated.