I just saw Kevin Blackistone get all giddy about hockey on Around The Horn which made think of one of Tim Meadows appearances on Weekend Update. Of course, there’s no video, so I apologize in advance for making you use your imagination:
Thank you. Well, the hockey strike is over and no one is more relieved than me, Tim Meadows. For a while there, I didn’t think I was gonna make it and I’m sure I speak for all African-Americans when I say, “Game on at last! Game on at last! … Thank God Almighty, game on at last!” … You see, white America had taken everything it could from black people. Our culture, our heritage, our freedom and, finally, with the NHL strike, our ice hockey. …
I tell ya, it was weird to walk through the African-American community at night and not hear the sound of “Hockey Night in Canada” coming from every home. … Or kids saying, “Yo! Yo! He shoots! He scores!” … And I couldn’t call my brother and say, “Yo, Tyrone, did you see the Whalers last night?” … And, echoing the sentiments of the entire African-American community, he would say, “Yo, little brother, the Whalers were fly. The Whalers were fly.” … So, play on, Pavel Bure. And, skate faster, Jeff Beukeboom. And, cover that net, John Vanbiesbrouck. The African-American community and Tim Meadows are watching. Back to you, Norm.
