The sketch takes place at a meeting of the St. Mickey’s Knights of Columbus. After dealing with a few business items, the organization’s leader, played by SNL cast member John Belushi, announces that the club would have a special guest speaker that night. Dan Aykroyd, playing the Knights’ treasurer, notes that the group had to go into debt to pay the speaker’s steep $900 fee. Belushi then introduces this special guest: “the immortal” Chico Escuela, a former all-star baseball player for the Chicago Cubs who came to the US from the Dominican Republic. After being introduced, Chico — portrayed by SNL cast member Garrett Morris — gets up, stands at the podium and says in a thick Hispanic accent: “Thank you berry much. Baseball been berry, berry good to me. Thank you. God bless you. Gracias!” Then he sits down. Astonished by the brevity of this $900 “speech,” Belushi’s character asks: “Is that it Chico?” Chico thinks about it a second, gets up again and adds: “Keep you eye...keep you eyes...on de ball.” After which, he sits down again. Belushi says sardonically: “Thank you, Chico. You’ve been an inspiration to all of us.”
Posted on: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 01:39:05 +0000
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