response 36 of 70:

Jul 9 17:59 UTC 2002

Was it meant to be a cutout, or was it meant to be Ringo himself, frozen in
place? I didn't see the sketch.
 
I'm not sure that qualifies as a drummer joke, though, as much as a joke on
the idea that Ringo was the talentless one (Starr did write a few songs, but
they were definitely among the least favorite... did he write "Act Naturally,"
or just sing it?).
 
Anyway, as far as musician sketches on SNL go, that one reminded me of when
Paul Simon was host, and while he's being interviewed, all these people come
up to him: the guy who sat in the front row, third from the left, at his
Madison Square Garden concert in 77, that sort of person, and Paul Simon
rattles off all these details. The sketch ends with Art Garfunkel (the real
one, in a cameo) walking by and greeting him, only to have Paul say, "I'm
sorry, do I know you?"
 
#34> Davey's cute. Davey's got a really pretty singing voice. Davey can't play
any instruments, so they gave him a tambourine, when they finally broke down
and let the other guys play. (That's not a dis on Davey, since he hadn't been
hired as a musician in the first place... two of them were
actors-turned-musicians [Davey and... Peter?], two of them were musicians
turned-actors [Michael, definitely, and maybe Micky?: I really don't remember
which of Peter and Micky were musicians, although Micky did like his MOOG].)
 
Ironically, or maybe predictably, the most musical of the Monkees left the
band the soonest.
 
(The online site I found informs me that Peter and Michael were the musicians,
with Michael even selling compositions before and during the show. Linda
Ronstadt's "Different Drum" [1968] was a Nesmith tune.)