TMC
02-04-2022, 05:29 AM
https://www.primetimer.com/features/the-best-saturday-night-live-sketches-about-the-winter-olympics
From figure skating flops to China's trade daddy, the Winter Olympics have been fodder for the sketch show across four decades.
POSTED BY JOE REID
WEDNESDAY 2/2/2022 AT 3:00AM EST
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In many respects, the Winter Olympics seem to exist in the shadow of the Summer Olympics. The prestige always seems to be more pronounced with summer sports, with the stars of track and field, swimming, gymnastics, and basketball becoming national icons. The Winter Olympics have featured a lot of figure skating drama and at least one miraculous hockey result, but otherwise, they're the lesser Olympics. One area where the Winter Games do hold an advantage over their Summer cousins, however, is that they happen during the network TV season and are thus able to capitalize on their brief moment in the spotlight to, for example, get featured in Saturday Night Live sketches. Especially in the years since the games started being broadcast on NBC, SNL seems to have made it a point to feature at least one Winter Olympics-themed sketch every four years. We've gathered some of the most memorable for this walk down snowy memory lane.
From figure skating flops to China's trade daddy, the Winter Olympics have been fodder for the sketch show across four decades.
POSTED BY JOE REID
WEDNESDAY 2/2/2022 AT 3:00AM EST
https://d1qxviojg2h5lt.cloudfront.net/images/01FTSBWD6Y16VEJ5NT4SZMD99K/olympic-rings570e.png
In many respects, the Winter Olympics seem to exist in the shadow of the Summer Olympics. The prestige always seems to be more pronounced with summer sports, with the stars of track and field, swimming, gymnastics, and basketball becoming national icons. The Winter Olympics have featured a lot of figure skating drama and at least one miraculous hockey result, but otherwise, they're the lesser Olympics. One area where the Winter Games do hold an advantage over their Summer cousins, however, is that they happen during the network TV season and are thus able to capitalize on their brief moment in the spotlight to, for example, get featured in Saturday Night Live sketches. Especially in the years since the games started being broadcast on NBC, SNL seems to have made it a point to feature at least one Winter Olympics-themed sketch every four years. We've gathered some of the most memorable for this walk down snowy memory lane.