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Patriotic Tattoos
written by: Patrick Lonergan


.....Drew Barrymore
Tattoo Artist.....Jimmy Fallon
Crazy Guy.....Will Ferrell
Second Crazy Guy.....Horatio Sanz


[ open on interior, New York City tattoo parlor, as the finishing etchings of an American flag are tattooed on actress Drew Barrymore's leg. A crazy-looking guy is standing quietly behind them. ]

Tattoo Artist: There you go, Miss Barrymore. Hope you enjoy it!

Drew Barrymore: [ swaying her leg from side to side ] Oh, it looks great! I can't to show my entourage! How much do I owe you?

Tattoo Artist: Oh, no, don't worry about that, Miss Barrymore. It's free!

Drew Barrymore: Free?

Tattoo Artist: Yeah. Because it's patriotic. Tattoo parlors all across the country are doing patriotic designs for free. It's the least we can do.

Drew Barrymore: Well, that's very sweet of you! I might be back next week - I'm thinking of having some sort of monkey tattooed on my upper thigh.

Tattoo Artist: I can do that! Take it easy.

Drew Barrymore: Thank you. [ exits tattoo parlor ]

[ Crazy Guy shuffles along back wall ]

Tattoo Artist: [ notices Crazy Guy ] Can I help you?

Crazy Guy: Yeah. [ comes forward ] Did I hear you're giving away free tattoos?

Tattoo Artist: Yeah, that's right, patriotic tattoos.

Crazy Guy: Like Old Glory.

Tattoo Artist: Yeah.

Crazy Guy: How about a tiger?

Tattoo Artist: What's patriotic about a tiger?

Crazy Guy: I don't know. What's so damn patriotic about a flag?

Tattoo Artist: It's a symbol of our nation's freedom!

Crazy Guy: So? Isn't our nation strong? Like a tiger?

Tattoo Artist: I don't know.. I guess.. I don't know..

Crazy Guy: [ pulls back his shirt sleeve ] Then, I'll take a tiger right here on my upper arm.

Tattoo Artist: I'm not tattooing a tiger on your arm for free! It's gonna cost $50!

Crazy Guy: No can do, my friend. I want the free special.

Tattoo Artist: Look, I'll tattoo the America flag on your arm for free, but no tiger.

Crazy Guy: Alright.. alright.. how about a compromise? A tattoo of a tiger.. taking a crap on the American flag.

Tattoo Artist: How the hell's that supposed to be patriotic?! It's blasphemous!

Crazy Guy: Look, I'm trying to meet you halfway here. How about a tiger with red and white stripes instead of black?

Tattoo Artist: No! I'm not giving you a tattoo of a tiger!

Crazy Guy: Well, how about a naked lady, then?

Tattoo Artist: Absolutely not!

Crazy Guy: Wait, wait, wait.. here me out. A naked lady doing a pole dance.. and at the top of the pole.. the American flag.

Tattoo Artist: Have you been smoking crack today? What is your deal!

Crazy Guy: I'll tell you my deal! I overhear you giving away free tattoos, and you're refusing my business! That's my deal, honcho!

Tattoo Artist: I'll do a lady dressed in a flag skirt, how about that?

Crazy Guy: If I can't see her snatch, then I'm afraid that's just not gonna cut it for me. What if she were naked and holding a flag in her hands, while riding on the back of a tiger?

Tattoo Artist: [ shaking head ] Get out of my parlor, man!

Crazy Guy: What about a tattoo of Osama bin Laden having sex with a tiger!

Tattoo Artist: Get out! [ pushes Crazy Guy out of the parlor, as a Second Crazy enters ] Can I help you?

Second Crazy Guy: Did I hear you right? You're giving away free tattoos?

Tattoo Artist: Only if they're patriotic!

Second Crazy Guy: Well, sinnce that guy didn't get one, can I get two?

Tattoo Artist: [ flabbergasted ] What are they?

Second Crazy Guy: I want one of them to be the Twin Towers.

Tattoo Artist: Alright, I can do that. What about the other one?

Second Crazy Guy: Godzilla coming in on the horizon!

Tattoo Artist: Get out!

[ fade ]


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