Kenan Armisen reflects on the making of a classic 'SNL' sketch, 'Band Reunion at the Wedding,' in a new clip from the upcoming documentary 'Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music.' The sketch, featuring Armisen, Bill Hader, Ashton Kutcher, and Andy Samberg, originally aired in 2010 and sees a wedding reception interrupted by an unexpected hardcore punk performance.
helped shape his musical taste and led him to create one of his own great sketches — “Band Reunion at the Wedding” — in a new exclusive clip fromwas such a huge part of my musical taste,” Armisen says at the top of the clip. “Not just that I liked the bands that were on there, but it influenced the way I wanted to make art. And ‘Band Reunion at the Wedding’ is a very personal sketch or me.”
The original sketch aired back in Feb. 2010, on an episode hosted by Ashton Kutcher and featuring musical guests Them Crooked Vultures. The premise is simple: A proud dad gets his old band back together to play a song at his daughter’s wedding, only for the group to bash out an early Eighties-style hardcore song, replete with diatribes about Ronald Reagan and white picket fences, all while destroying the venue.
“We’re Crisis of Conformity, thank you,” Armisen deadpans after the song, while all of the wedding attendees stand up and cheer. clip, Armisen remembers how the sketch came together. He enlisted Bill Hader to play bass, Kutcher to play guitar, and luckily, withLadies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music, featuring interviews with past musical guests, cast members, writers, and producers to examine the show’s musical legacy.
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