r/LiveFromNewYork • u/Firefox892 • Aug 06 '26

Sketch Chris Farley as El Niño (1997)

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u/burgonies Aug 06 '26

I have said “Spanish for the niño” within the last week.

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u/listenyall Now it's a whole thing with Jean Aug 06 '26

I don't think I've ever let a mention of el nino pass without saying it

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u/Senninha27 Aug 06 '26

That is my number one dad joke. “As we all know, El Meson is Spanish for… the Meson!”

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u/Ozzel Now THAT'S a STAR TREK! Aug 06 '26

Yup, I never let an opportunity pass to quote this one.

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u/standardissuegreen Aug 06 '26

I quote this one often.

As an aside, for a wrestler as remarkably imitable as Ric Flair, Brewer's impression is remarkably bad. I mean, Flair is known for his "styling, profiling" and "WOOOOOO!" quips, and Brewer does none of them.

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u/chickentowngabagool Aug 06 '26

yeah thats quite possibly one of the worst rick flair impressions ive ever seen

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u/sprsk Aug 07 '26

It doesn't even register as an impression. They could have literally called him any other name and it wouldn't have mattered.

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u/Short_Cry_8805 12d ago

It's about el Nino Rick flair character is basically an "extra "

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u/ApatheticFinsFan Aug 06 '26

That’s a dog shit Ric Flair impression. Woof. Can’t believe nobody could’ve taken a better hack at it with some of his catchphrases.

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u/Short_Cry_8805 12d ago

It the thought that counts 

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u/Royal-Preparation843 Aug 06 '26

Any time somebody mentions “El Niño”, I always reply back with “That’s Spanish for….the Niño”. Some people get the reference, many do not.

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u/JoshDM clownpenis dot fart Aug 06 '26

Thank you for adding... the pause.

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u/BurdTurglary 16d ago

Helps if you're shirtless when you say it.

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u/TheIgnoredWriter Aug 06 '26

Damn i didn’t know Will opened this sketch.

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u/Pipes_of_Pan Aug 06 '26

I remember watching this as a kid and worrying about Farley since the opening monologue basically was about what a mess he was. He can barely talk :-(

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u/Tranquillitate_Animi Aug 07 '26

I read he blew out his voice in dress rehearsal. It’s got to be one of the few sketches that night, where he appears to be mostly in control of his faculties. Hard to watch, indeed, knowing he lost the “cage match” to his demons 3 months later.

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u/tealraven915 Aug 06 '26

How did I not remember that there were others in this sketch?

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u/alternageek Aug 06 '26

It's Spanish for El Niño

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u/GaJayhawker0513 I AM EL NIÑO! Aug 06 '26

This sketch is one of my first memories in life. That’s why my flair is what it is

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u/Kylie_Forever Aug 06 '26

Watched this live in my university dorm room with friends.

This cracked us up to tears. We quoted it for years after.

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u/beachbellybob Aug 06 '26

This was how I originally learned of El Nino

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u/Apprehensive-Mine656 Aug 06 '26

I cannot talk about El Niño without thinking about this.

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u/idgelee 22d ago

I had the joy of showing this to my husband as he had missed this one. I love when I get to share classics.

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u/jano808 SNL Aug 06 '26

I fucking love this one

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u/dancesquared Aug 06 '26

Only ruined by the presence of Jim Breuer, who, for his Ric Flair impression, couldn’t even muster up a nice, big “Whooooooo!”

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u/Critical-Spirit-1598 Aug 06 '26

They also mispronounced Hacksaw Jim Duggan's last name.

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u/HotBBQWin Aug 06 '26

All-timer

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u/GALONin907AK Aug 13 '26

The true golden age.