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Digital Short: Anxiety – SNL50

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    [ Cellphone ringing ]
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    -Hello?
    -BowFlex.
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    -"Andrewhore."
    -What's up, dude?
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    Hey, are you going to the 50th?
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    -No, actually.
    I don't think I can.
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    I'm not gonna go.
    -What?
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    What are you talking about?
    It's gonna be incredible.
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    Everyone on Earth
    is gonna be there.
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    -I know, it's just, honestly,
    it stresses me out too much.
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    -What do you mean?
    -Come on, Andy,
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    you know "SNL" gives me anxiety.
    -[ Chuckles ]
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    Bowen, listen.
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    ♪ I know you're anxious just
    looking at the 30 Rock sign ♪
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    ♪ And when you're inside,
    it gets worse ♪
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    ♪ But there is one thing
    that you gotta keep in mind ♪
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    ♪ So we're gonna press rewind ♪
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    ♪ Let's go back in time ♪
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    ♪Young Danny Aykroyd,
    Bass-O-Matic ♪
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    ♪ He looks so fine
    and fancy free ♪
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    ♪ But the reality
    was quite tragic ♪
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    ♪ He suffered from anxiety ♪
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    -[ Shrieking ]
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    -Jesus, what was that?
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    -I don't know what
    you're talking about.
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    That's the footage
    exactly as it aired.
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    ♪ Skip to the '80s,
    Eddie Murphy ♪
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    ♪ And "Mr. Robinson's
    Neighborhood" ♪
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    ♪ He was the star of the show
    each Saturday ♪
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    ♪ But he suffered the anxiety ♪
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    -[ Shrieking ]
    -I hate this.
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    ♪ Few years later,
    Billy Crystal was saying ♪
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    ♪ "You look marvelous" ♪
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    ♪ But one thing
    wasn't marvelous ♪
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    ♪ He had anxiety ♪
    -[ Shrieking ]
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    -♪ 'Cause everyone that ever
    worked at "SNL" had anxiety ♪
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    ♪ You are not alone, my friend ♪
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    ♪ And we also all have IBS ♪
    -Wait, what?
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    -Oh, yeah. Tell 'em, Sarah.
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    -♪ The brain to gut
    connectional ♪
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    ♪ Is a complex and bidirectional
    communication ♪
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    ♪ Between the central nervous
    system and your butt ♪
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    -♪ So when
    you're watching "SNL" ♪
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    ♪ Just imagine everyone
    you see right before the show ♪
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    ♪ Went to the bathroom
    and took a crazy [bleep] ♪
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    -Right.
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    -♪ Oh, if these pipes
    could talk ♪
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    ♪ If these pipes could talk ♪
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    ♪ The stories they would tell ♪
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    ♪ If these pipes could talk ♪
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    ♪ If these pipes could talk ♪
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    ♪ If these pipes could talk ♪
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    ♪ I think they'd sound
    a little like this ♪
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    -[ Shrieking ]
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    -You've got to stop doing that.
    -No promises.
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    ♪ Jump to the '90s,
    Ana and Molly ♪
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    ♪ Making them laugh
    with "Schweddy Balls" ♪
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    ♪ On the outside,
    calm and collected ♪
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    ♪ But that's not
    how they felt at all ♪
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    -♪ Ooh,
    we were freaked out as hell ♪
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    -♪ And we wanted to die ♪
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    -♪ We wished
    for our own deaths ♪
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    -♪ And we had IBS ♪
    -♪ And we had IBS ♪
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    -But come on, guys,
    we have perspective.
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    We know these are
    champagne problems.
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    -Yes.
    -I mean, it's not like
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    we're working in a coal mine.
    -God, no.
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    -But here's a secret.
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    ♪ It's way worse
    than working in a coal mine ♪
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    ♪ It's more dangerous
    than working in a coal mine ♪
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    ♪ We would love
    to be working in a coal mine ♪
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    ♪ Just look at these coal miners
    drinking sweet tea ♪
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    ♪ They never had to get notes
    from Lorne ♪
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    ♪ Sit underneath the bleachers
    with Lorne ♪
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    -You're proving my point.
    That sounds good to you?
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    -Yeah. Now that I hear it,
    I might skip it, too.
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    'Cause in the end,
    you gotta take care of yourself.
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    -A mature decision
    for our mental health.
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    ♪ But what if
    they forget about me? ♪
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    -♪ Don't forget me ♪
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    -♪ If I don't go to the show,
    will I disappear ♪
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    ♪ Or will I fall to the bottom ♪
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    ♪ Of the Best Cast Members
    of All Time list? ♪
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    -♪ Past Will Forte ♪
    -What the [bleep]?
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    -You know what? I'm in.
    -Same!
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    -♪ 'Cause everyone ♪
    -I get it now!
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    -♪ That ever worked at "SNL"
    had anxiety ♪
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    -♪ We populate
    the waiting rooms ♪
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    ♪ Of half the therapists
    in New York City ♪
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    -♪ Every single person who ever
    worked at "SNL" had anxiety ♪
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    Clap!
    -♪ Every single person who ♪
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    ♪ Ever worked at "SNL"
    had anxiety ♪
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    -Everybody!
    -♪ Every single person who ♪
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    ♪ Ever worked at "SNL"
    had anxiety ♪
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    -It's a challenging place,
    but we love it!
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    ♪ Stress dreams
    for the rest of your life ♪
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    -♪ Every single person who ever
    worked at "SNL" had anxiety ♪
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    -♪ We're like moths
    to the flame ♪
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    -♪ Every single person who ever
    worked at "SNL" had anxiety ♪
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    -♪ But it burns so good ♪
Title:
Digital Short: Anxiety – SNL50
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
04:07

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