As much as I love SNL, isn't it a "The Jerk" reference? I've done that reference IRL and I either get laughs or crickets. Silly young people. :-D

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This may be a double post but my first attempt isn't showing up. Or maybe it didn't show up as a reply. Anyway...

Alveria, while the Christmas bit is similar to the part in the Jerk where he's leaving his home after getting sued and gathering up random things "all I need is this chair, and this remote, and...", it is not the same. 5 Christmas Wishes was a bit on SNL from, maybe the 90s?

I couldn't find the clip (in the 30s or so I looked) with full images and all, but the audio is on youtube. (If the link doesn't post just search in Youtube for "steve martin christmas"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPVuHP3OXk0

p.s. I would love a comment system for WoW.com that worked for Christmas. That would be spectacular.

I believe it was his opening monologue for a Christmas episode that he hosted. It is, undoubtedly, from SNL not The Jerk. The Jerk was the, "I don't need you. All I need is this pen." Similar, but the SNL one has to do with Christmas presents and world peace, which was part of his larger stand-up routine.

P.S. Read his bio, Born Standing Up, absolutely fantastic.

Obligatory link to another Steve Martin Christmas Classic (tm)
Silver Bells with Paul Simon:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXN72rbXAr0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzlyiPXqpjY
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