‘SNL’ Video: ‘Dick In A Box’ Duo, Festrunk Brothers Return

COMMENTS (14)

• Time to retire the Festrunk brothers for good. The bit’s incredibly dated, they’re not so wild and crazy anymore, and Aykroyd’s as big as a house.

  Comment by DanInNYC — Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 9:38am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Wow. You’ve managed to encapsulate every comment on the Internet in one post.

    Comment by Colin — Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 10:15am PDT  Reply to this post

  • I thought it was a great skit, I laughed all the way through it. Cut Ackroyd a break, for god sakes!

    Comment by Anonymous — Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 10:23am PDT  Reply to this post

  • what does funny have to do with weight,,,,,change your name to
    DUMBINNYC, it suits you

    Comment by theduke — Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 10:32am PDT  Reply to this post

    • Dear CluelessDuke

      The problem isn’t funny and weight. Of course you can be funny and fat. From Fatty Arbuckle to Jackie Gleason to Belushi and Farley, there’s been plenty of comedians who used their gut for laughs. The problem is Aykroyd’s playing a character he originated in the ’70′s when he could move around a whole lot better. For those of us old enough to have seen the Festrunk brothers when the skits fist aired, he looked like a sad oversized shell of his former self. At least Steve Martin’s in decent shape and can emulate what he did way back when, which is the point of brining back the character.

      If you’re going to try and dredge up the past, you better be able to pull it off. Aykroyd can’t. He and Martin looked good back in 1998 when the Ferstunk brothers popped up in the Will Ferrel/ Kris Kittan Roxbury Guys sketch. But now, it looks like a bad joke Time to stick an oversized fork in those characters. It’s done.

      Comment by DanInNYC — Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 12:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

      • … Ferociously, personally attacking Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd for doing characters their fans have loved for almost 40 years… And doing it like YOU’RE some kinda comedy expect. Fucking priceless.

        god bless the internet. It gives a chance for people to whom no one will listen a chance to write down their opinions — to prove to the world that they’re pompous bitter know-it-all idiots.

        Notice those douchebags always spew their bile anonymously, too.

        Comment by robert b garant — Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 7:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

        • Actually, I didn’t attack Steve Martin. I was complimentary to him. And just because fans love the characters doesn’t mean the actors should play them right up till the grave.

          God bless the internet. It gives a chance for people who can’t read a chance to write down their ignorant responses.

          And 99% of the folks who post here are anonymous. Guess you didn’t see that while spewing your bile.

          Comment by DanInNYC — Monday March 11, 2013 @ 6:28am PDT  

        • Best comment of the day. Sums up online commentary perfectly.

          Comment by MMorgan — Monday March 11, 2013 @ 9:04am PDT  

• Hey,

  I weight 165. Dark hair blue eyes. Guys like me. I’m a nice girl well educated. And Dan is large. So what. He used to be funny and I like him. Lay off Dumbinnyc.

  Comment by Hayley — Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 1:37pm PDT  Reply to this post

• The charm comes from the fact that it IS dated, original characters from the first few seasons in the 70s that have popped up from time to time for almost 40 years.

  Dan Ackroyd and Steve Martin are comedy icons. Some people just don’t get it.

  Comment by blake — Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 2:00pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • I’d say your thoughtful comment pretty much nailed it.

    Comment by Just Me — Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 8:24pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I am saddened so much by all the negative American opinions on this web sight. We enjoyed doing again for us on the Saturday Night show and we took two of those sexy American girls home with us they were total foxes so jealousy of us you should be for sure now.

  Comment by Yortek Festrunk — Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 3:42pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I love SNL (even when it’s not always funny) but I agree there is something sad about aging performers reprising acts from 30 or 40 years ago. The current cast is very good but would benefit from better writing. The original 1975 cast were pioneers but most of those skits are terribly dated. There were moments during the Justin Timberlake show when I was really cringing, hoping one of the new cast members would bail out Dan Aykroyd or, god forbid, Chevy Chase.

  Comment by Ryan in L.A. — Monday March 11, 2013 @ 9:39am PDT  Reply to this post

• They copied whitest kids you know on this skit

  Comment by Anonymous — Monday March 11, 2013 @ 10:06am PDT  Reply to this post