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Buzzer Beater
written by: Brian Grigg


Trish Lancaster.....Jessica Alba
Coach.....Fred Armisen
Sportscaster.....Finesse Mitchell
Color Commentator.....Jason Sudeikis
Agent.....Will Forte


[ fade in ]

[ int. Basketball Court – Night ]

[ Members of a female college basketball team, The Apple Fritters of State University, are in a huddle, including Trish Lancaster. Coach is in a suit and is one of those conservative looking but outwardly hyper characters ]

Coach: Now girls, you've all had a terrific year. We have just three seconds left on the clock and we're down by one. Here's what we're going to do [ displays clipboard ] Katie, I want you to take the inside switch as Vicks inbounds to Trish here in the one nine seven. Daffy duck in orange trail mix. I want Renee to defuse a prancing pillbox, followed by a trip around a nut farm. Texaco to Paraguay and then Trish should have her shot. There's a lot riding on this, but we can do this. Alright, quick huddle, 1, 2, 3.

All: Apple Fritters!

[ team breaks and takes the court ]

Trish: [ yelling ] C'mon ready.

[ cut to Sportscaster and Color Commentator at press table ]

Sportcaster: And the Lady Fritters take the court as they attempt to cap off what has been a wonderful season for them. How about that Trish Lancaster? Setting the school all time scoring and assists records.

Color Commentator: Not only is she a good ball player, but she's never been convicted of vehicular manslaughter.

[ cut to wide shot of court ]

Sportscaster (V/O): Three seconds on the clock as the Lady Fritters inbound the ball to Lancaster, she's open, takes the shot and it's…

[ cut to slow-motion close-up of ball sailing through the air, as the buzzer goes off ]

[ ball hits rim and bounces up and down a few times, before beginning to roll around the edge of the rim ]

Sportscaster (V/O): Rolling around the rim! The buzzer went off, but the shot was up in time, will it drop!?!

[ ball continues rolling around the rim ]

[ slow motion close-up as Coach screams while attempting to jump up and down. His obvious lack of height compared to his players is evident ]

[ slow motion close-up of tension on on Trish Lancaster's face ]

Trish: Drop, drop, drop.

[ ball continues to roll around rim ]

[ show family at home sitting on the edge of their couch, transfixed ]

[ show another family similarly transfixed ]

[ show three twenty-somethings operating a meth lab in their living room similarly transfixed ]

[ cops burst into house, presumably to arrest twenty-somethings, but become similarly transfixed ]

[ slow motion of Coach again jumping amongst his bench, eager but a little uneasy about his small stature ]

[ another shot of the ball still rolling around the rim ]

[ shot of Trish as she signs papers pointed out to her by an Agent, eyes never leaving the rim ]

Agent: You're going to be the new female team sports superstar. Mia WHO?

[ ball continues to roll in slow motion ]

[ Coach jumps up and down amongst his bench on a pogo stick ]

[ photographers cluster around Trish, now holding a bottle of Gatorade, as she continues to stare at the rim ]

[ teammate of Trish's stares at rim while an optometrists measures her eyesight ]

[ ball rolls around rim ]

[ ext. Basketball Stadium ]

[ super: 20 years later ]

[ int. Basketball Court ]

[ show Sportscaster and Commentator, both sporting Rip Van Winkle beards ]

Sportscaster: It's been 20 years but the ball's still rolling.

Color Commentator: We have had to evacuate the building twice in nuclear bomb scares, but we're back now.

[ show ball rolling around rim ]

[ show Trish, also sporting a Rip Van Winkle beard ]

[ show Coach, cheering with his arms slowly while he lies on a impromptu hospital bed. Nurses look on, while nearby players all sport Rip Van Winkle beards ]

Sportscaster (V/O): I'd like to thank Gary of Gary's Fake Beard Shop for his assistance today.

[ slow-motion close-up of ball as it continues to roll ]

[ from nowhere, a bullet tears into the ball, sending it flying off the rim ]

Sportscaster (V/O): And I think that's, yeah, they're going to call goaltending. It's goaltending, she made the shot, the Lady Fritters win!

[ close-up of Trish as she removes her fake beard and mops the sweat from her forehead with it while walking to her coach's hospital bed ]

Trish: Yes! [ pumps her fist ] I did it coach!

Coach: You've made an old man die happy.

Color Commentator (V/O): That bullet also means we're under attack from a roving terror cell. Goodnight, and seek cover.

[ everyone scatters as more gunfire rings out ]

[ fade out ]


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