Fun fact: Julia Child thought this skit was hilarious and would proudly show her personal copy of it to guests at her parties. She was able to laugh at herself, which is truly the best kind of humor.

If I close my eyes i only hear Mickey Mouse talking lol

Hands down one of the all-time best. I love how "Julia Child" keeps talking even as she's bleeding to death.

"Now I've done it! I've cut the Dickens out of my finger!" Classic!

"A Cracker, a Ritz Cracker, a Sa...haaltine" LOL

Interesting Fact: The REAL Julia Child loved this skit so much, that she shown it to her parties.

i still recall watching this as a teenager LIVE and laughing so hard, i was crying.....man, was SNL really stocked with talent back in those days

Aykroyd nailed the depiction of Julia Child! The movements, the voice,- everything LOL- my God it was hilarious!

How I love Julia still. She made haute cuisine universally accessible; one didn’t have to study at the Cordon Bleu to utilize the techniques of the French masters. She was endearing, self deprecating, and so wonderfully encouraging. She opened up worlds of flavor, and her sense of humor allowed her to laugh along with us. Julia, you are dearly missed.

This is, bar none, my absolute favorite Aykroyd sketch, his delivery still cracks me up. Finally it's on the official channel because this is up there with King Tut and Belushi's Samurai as some of the most iconic SNL stuff ever

"Oh God, it's throbbing!" My favorite sketch ever. Bass-O-Matic is a very close second. Comedy genius and it still holds up!!

this was the skit that solidified Dan Aykroyd as an SNL Legend and brought Julia Child new viewers too

I remember seeing this "live" and just about having a heart attack from laughing so hard. Thanks for posting!

It's true that the best form of flattery is to be imitated. Julia Child actually loved this and I heard that when she invited people over for dinner that she would play this skit for them. Such a classy lady all the way around and Dan Ackroyd did such a great impression of her. It shall go down in comic history.

I remember watching this on SNL when I was a kid back in the 70s. There were very few TV channels and no VCR. I always looked forward to Saturday nights when I could stay up late to watch TV which had a lineup of Monty Python, Benny Hill, Saturday Night Live and Second City Television. Much simpler but very enjoyable times.

the weird thing about Dan is that he was always the crazy one on SNL, but in the movies, his best roles were the straight/mellow guy i.e. blues brothers, trading places, ghostbusters

This is a master class on committing to the sketch.

Julia Child LOVED this. It was just her kind of humor. She would be doing a chicken (at home, not on her show) and she'd hold up the liver, yell "Save the liver" and fall over laughing.

Dan Ackroyd was the greatest comic talent EVER on SNL. His broad range of hilarious characters are too numerous to list here. His raw wit and energy were unbelievable. Legend.

Anyone ever says “I cut the dickens out of my finger I know my mind would go straight to this sketch!” Classic Dan Akroyd! This still makes me laugh so hard I get a bellyache!

3:15 Oh, this phone is a prop! It doesn’t work!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I think what also makes this so great is that it probly shows the exact advice that Julia would give if she actually did cut her hand in the kitchen. If the apron doesn’t staunch the flow of blood and you need the chicken bone tourniquet you better move on to 911 in a thoughtful methodical stepwise approach. Hilarious.

Simply brilliant. One of the top iconic vintage SNL skits. Ackroyd was perfect satire.

This was the very 1st episode of SNL I ever saw. I was about 11, alone, and watching random late night TV. I knew immediately it was some kind of parody of Julia Child, but when the blood started spurting my jaw dropped. It was the most shocking and funny thing I had ever seen in my young life. I didn't even know what I was watching but I was hooked.

She certainly said words like "saltine" oddly. I miss her.

This is possibly the greatest SNL sketch ever. I quote from it constantly!

"Save the liver" Hahaha! Dan Aykroyd does an excellent job portraying Julia Child, who loved the sketch so much that she would show it to her friends at parties. Awesome!

A funny Note: When spoofed by Dan Aykroyd on Saturday Night Live (1975), Julia Child thought it was hilarious and kept a copy of the skit for herself.

I've watched this again & again over years. It's timeless...never gets old. Classic.

I'm 25 years old and somehow these 70s skits make me feel right at home, they're hilarious and I get the reference too lol

I keep thinking of Julie & Julia from watching this skit

Aykroyd just kills me in this!!! OMG, I'm in fits as soon as he/she 'cuts the Dickens out my finger' and starts spurting blood everywhere. It gets funnier as it goes on - just brilliant!

The "blood" was gross but that wig style really complimented the shape of Dan Aykroyd's face. Very flattering.

My favorite SNL sketch, hands down, it never gets old unlike me.

In an interview, Julia said she thought it was one of the funniest things she ever saw! BTW, at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, there is another funny video, this time starring Julia Childs herself, as she demonstrates the beginning of life on the planet by making "Primordial Soup."

This is my very first memory of SNL. One Saturday night at age 11 I decided to see what was on after Real People, and just stayed up, and this came on. I laughed my ass off. And to think that it was live, 41 years ago already, a piece of iconic comedy history. Thank you so much for posting this - it was, in a way, my bar mitzvah.

Dan Ayckroyd is hilarious! A great actor😁

Please don't forget to "Remove the giblets" And Please "save the liver"

Classic SNL......never ever gets old! Yes, Julia loved this.....may she rest in peace.

This skit works so well, because it's a loving spoof of Julia Child's "plow through and don't let anything stop you" attitude as a beloved icon of the USA. I can understand why Julia Child got a kick out of it.

this was the first of the excessive-blood-loss gags

this sketch showed that the original cast of SNL were definitely "not ready for prime time",and we loved them for it.

Solid gold never gets old..

Julia had great talent and a sense of humor. It's said she showed this skit to her friends.

One of my favorite skits of all time.

If I recall correctly, this is an exaggerated version of an episode of her show where she cut herself and soldiered on. While the show ultimately became famous and put PBS on the map, it was a very low budget show where they couldn’t afford to do multiple takes and, unlike today’s cooking shows, wouldn’t have had a supply of prepped chickens and such on standby. So you had to do one take and be done, and if something went wrong (like you cut yourself) you just dealt with it and moved on.

Probably my favorite SNL skit ever, very pythonesque.... Love how the blood looks real.

I met Julia Child in Culinary school and spent an hour and half with her. I asked her about this skit and she said it was great fun and she couldn't stopped laughing.

This was the very first SNL skit I ever saw. I was 6. I never laughed so hard before. It was the funniest,craziest thing I had ever seen up until then.

I've seen this sketch countless times over the years. Still makes me laugh hard.

OH YEAH...I remember this episode well. Watching it with my sister and our dog as kids in the 70's. No matter what I was doing , I would always be sure to be in front of the TV on Saturday night as a kid and young teen in the 70's . By Far the Best years of Saturday Night Live . The most memorable cast. Jane Curtain , Dan Akroyd, Lorraine Newman , Gilda Radner, Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, John Belushi , and Garrett Morris.

Awwwww Dan Aykroyd brings me back to the best of times, best cast, happy healthy & safer,...the good ol days!!!!

OMG....this really could not be funnier.......the sight gags when she lacerates her hand are great...LOL

Jesus these skits make me feel so nostalgic, and I didn't even live through the 70s/80s

I laughed so hard that I cried ....this is by far one of the best sketches 😭😭😭

This was when I would watch SNL every Saturday. All of the characters on this show were exactly that…CHARACTERS.

According to a 2021 documentary, what triggered the writing of this sketch was two appearances on television in which Child appeared with a bandaged finger - and said it was from cutting herself while cooking. The accident required a trip to the hospital. Stiches were required. 😬

My friends and I first saw this when we were in college mid-1970s. As you can imagine, nothing like this had ever been seen. It’s no exaggeration to say we nearly died!!!

Saw this skit live at a friend's birthday party while we were all in high school...laughed so hard we were all *crying!* Her mother had ZERO sense of humor, so her disapproving stare at the screen just made us laugh all the harder!

Evidently Julia Child loved this skit, so I won't feel bad that I cannot hear her name without thinking of this skit and laughing!!!!

"S-s-a-altines"

"Save the chicken liver!" That's become another one of my favorite non sequiturs! I've loved this skit since I first saw it on the original show. Now, THAT'S comedy!

Why are you all spinning? I think I'm going to go to sleep now....bon appetite!

OMG I remember this skit so clearly after all these years! 🤣

I remember watching this for the first time, live on my tv, with an old outdoor antenna. The reception was always better late at night. Anybody remember turning the pole trying to "fine tune" the station?

I bet Julia Childs had a good laugh at this. She had a great sense of humor

One of the MOST memorable lines ever IMO! Ive said this ever since this skit! LOL "Now I've done it! I've cut the DICKENS out of my finger!"

Absolute classic. Almost any member of SNL's later cast would be breaking long before the end of the sketch. Fallon, for instance, couldn't even make it half way.

Julia liked this skit and showed it to her friends 🍗

what a Legend is Dan Aykroyd!

I saw this sketch live. I was in high school, and for whatever reason, I was home, and my parents stayed up. My mother was about to turn in, when she saw "The French Chef" opening card. Oh my gosh, did the three of us laugh. You can see Akeoyd trying to coax more "blood" out of his right hand.

I'm amazed that none of the crew called an ambulance as their star was bleeding to death!!! It's miraculous that she survived that! 😉 Classic! That Julia Child herself found it funny speaks volumes!

When I first saw this over 40 years ago I was 8 years old. I was like, Why's everyone laughing? She's bleeding everywhere.

I can't part out a chicken or rabbit without saying in my Julia Child voice "Save the liver!" LOLOL.

Interesting that at 6ft 2 in, Julia was actually taller than Dan Aykroyd. What a character she was. I remember my mother watching and enjoying her show and appreciating her sense of humor.

Oh My God! That's so funny that Mr. Dan Aykroyd did his best sketch character of Julia Child respectively with Elwood Blues. LOL! 😂😂😂😂😂

Dan Aykroyd is a national trreasure

I was the stagehand under that table, pumping the fake blood. Had no idea it would be the most famous moment of my life...

On the topic of Dan Aykroyd and his comedic brilliance, please upload the Halloween Consumer Report sketch.

I saw this in the CNN documentary with my parents last night and I was laughing. Dan in Drag, I thought I’d never see the day! I also loved her voice, especially the, “What’s missing in this picture? The goose!”

Always 💜 Dan Akroyd, reminds me of my father I didn’t know. This is Christmas morning. Thanksgiving morning too.

My brother just cut off a finger today and I sent this to him. He laughed hysterically. It could be the video or the pain killers or a combination of both, but he laughed. Thank you to SNL when it used to be funny!

I saw this skit when I was fifteen and was stunned by all the blood. Then after Julia passed out and the closing theme started running I almost died laughing. The next morning over breakfast, I tried reenacting it for my whole family.

Watching a PBS show on Julia Child and it reminded me of this SNL skit

I freak'n love me some Dan Aykroyd❗️

Still hilarious OMG ! Grew up with these skits! 🤣🤣🤣

Remember seeing this one when it first came out SNL. Dan Aykroyd in one of his better skits, smoked a little weed and we were on our way for the evening!!!!

This comedy can only be found in 'A Space in Time" Thank You Aykroyd!!!

Every time I fix a chicken I have to use and then explain my 'save the liver' joke.

Back when SNL was funny.

“Down the backbone, to the Pope’s nose”

Back when SNL was actually fun to watch.

I just showed this to my son, who is 26 and never experienced the full joy of SNL during its apex in the mid to late 70s. He got a real kick out of it. I told him about the early days where an SNL skit would be followed by a fake commercial like the one for "Doggie Downers" or "Tryopenin" and that really blew his mind.

He became kind of sweet and soft later, but in the early days of SNL, it was Aykroyd who did the edgiest, radical bits (remember Bass O Matic). He was who I waited to see, more than Belushi or the rest

Of course I was just watching a shoot another Julia Child thing on KZfaq. And of course we went onto this one which I haven't watched in years. Just that Aykroyd just nailed it so beautifully. God bless them. And rest in peace Julia.

Julia laughed at this. RIP my love....

This skit never fails to make me laugh when I’m feeling a little down.

I dressed up as Dan's version of Julia for my baking speech the other day and everyone loved it

I am old but I will always remember this 1. RIP Mom.

I can watch this clip all day long and still laugh.