February is here and that means that the Winter Olympics in Vancouver are finally upon us. We intertwine the Olympics with a quote from Jack Handey. Jack Handey is an American Humorist best known for his ‘Deep Thoughts’ segment on Saturday Night Live as well as several humorous books and articles. He is a good friend of comedian Steve Martin who introduced him to Lorne Michaels and was given a writing job with SNL in 1975. He would leave to write for several other shows including a Canadian sketch series called ‘Bizarre’ and a Lorne Michaels created sketch show called ‘The New Show’ in 1984. He would also help his friend Steve Martin by writing jokes for his stand up special entitled ‘Steve Martin- Comedy Isn’t Pretty’. He would later return to SNL in 1985 as a writer and co-producer. Between 1991 and 1998 Jack Handey’s ‘Deep Thoughts’ segment would be used as a segment between sketches on SNL with actor Phil Hartman introducing each segment and Hardey then reading his deep thoughts with neither ever being shown on screen. They would play deep, relaxing music in the background of each segment as Handey proceeded to read his joke with the text scrolling down on the screen. The jokes became very popular and Handey’s jokes can now be found on his own website. We now give you one of Handey’s ‘Deep Thoughts’ where he discusses judging during the Olympics.
| Here’s a good trick: Get a job as a judge at the Olympics. Then, if some guy sets a world record, pretend that you didn’t see it and go, “Okay, is everybody ready to start now?” – Jack Handy’s Deep Thoughts |
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