Saturday Night Live Transcripts
Season 35: Episode 11
09k: Charles Barkley / Alicia Keys
Barkley’s Bank
Announcer…..Bill Hader
…..Charles Barkley
Elderly Husband…..Fred Armisen
Elderly Wife…..Jenny Slate
Announcer: Barclay’s Bank. For over 150 years, Barclay’s Bank has offered services tailored to specifically meet the services of its customers worldwide. With financial strategies that reflect the financial spectrum
INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE
[ Former Phoenix Suns MVP CHARLES BARKLEY, in a swank suit & tie, is reclined in a large, leather chair. ]
Charle sBarkley: BO-RING! Hi, Im Charles Barkley. And if youre looking for a new way to manage your money, perhaps you should try Barkley’s Bank.
EXT. SHOT OF BARKLEYS BANK AND ITS LOGO IN TURQUOISE GREEN WITH THE FACE OF CHARLES.
Charles Barkley: At Barkleys Bank, its simple — I promise you I’m going to do two things — I’m either going to double it or lose it all. And that’s a promise.
INT. STUDIO
An ELDERLY COUPLE are seated side-by-side, holding hands.
Elderly Husband: We we’re planning on retirement and heard Barkley had doubled the money on some friends of ours.
Elderly Wife: We gave a large sum of money to Barkley’s Bank and the only question he had was “What’s your favorite color?”
Elderly Husband: We said blue, but then he clarified and said Whats your favorite color between black or red.”
Elderly Wife: We said black, and 10 minutes later he called to say that our life savings was gone.
Elderly Husband: Very nice guy. Very honest.
INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE
Charles Barkley: Hey! You win some you lose some. That’s our motto.
[ The camera pans out to show more of Barkley’s Bank, but due to time constraints, the Barkley’s Bank logo appears then fades to a commercial break. ]
Submitted by: Cody Downs