SNL Transcripts: Weekend Update Thursday 2: 09/27/12: Replacement Refs



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Weekend Update Thursday 2

Replacement Refs

Larry…..Bobby Moynihan
Lewis…..Kenan Thompson
Paul…..Fred Armisen
Steve…..Tim Robinson
Judge…..Aidy Bryant
Defendant…..Bill Hader
Patient…..Taran Killam

Announcer: This Friday on NBC.

[ cut to theme sequence ]

Theme:
“Replacemet Refs! They’re trying their hardest.
What they lack in experience, they lack in decisiveness
You wanted the best
But you’re getting Replacement Refs!”

Larry: I’m Larry!

Lewis: I’m Lewis!

Paul: I’m Paul!

Steve: I’m Dave! I mean… Steve.

Theme:
“You wanted the bestBut you’re getting Replacement Refs!”

Steve: First down!

[ Paul blows his whistle, as Lewis throws down a yellow flag and Larry raises his arms ]

[ cut to exterior, courthouse ]

Announcer: Episode 42: “The Trial”.

[ dissolve to interior, courtroom ]

Judge: [ banging gavel ] Has the jury reached their verdict?

Steve: Ummm… yeah! I mean, we — we feel pretty good about it, yeah.

Judge: Will the defendant please rise?

Defendant: [ rising ] I just want to reiterate what I’ve said every day of this trial! I KILLED those people…! AND I’D DO IT AGAIN!!!

Judge: Mr. Foreman?

Steve: [ apprehensively ] Uh… uh… Not Guilty!

[ Paul blows his whistle, as Lewis throws down a yellow flag and Larry raises his arms ]

[ screen freezes ]

Theme:
“You wanted the best
But you’re getting Replacement Refs!”

[ SUPER: “No Replacement Refs Were Harmed In The Making Of This Program” ]

[ dissolve to exterior, Hospital ]

Announcer: Next week, on “Replacement Refs”:

[ dissolve to interior, hospital room ]

Patient: So… my ears are a little stuffed up… and there’s a hint of a tickle at the back of my throat.

Larry: [ worried ] Ohhh, he’s DEAD! Let’s call it!

Steve: Time of death: [ he glances briefly at his watch ] 2:15.

Patient: No, no, no! I’m not dead! [ he glances at his watch ] Also, it’s 4:30.

[ Paul blows his whistle, as Lewis throws down a yellow flag and Larry raises his arms ]

Theme:
“You wanted the best
But you’re getting Replacement Refs!”

Steve: First down!

[ Paul blows his whistle, as Lewis throws down a yellow flag and Larry raises his arms ]

[ fade ]

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Author: Don Roy King

Don Roy King has directed fourteen seasons of Saturday Night Live. That work has earned him ten Emmys and fourteen nominations. Additionally, he has been nominated for fifteen DGA Awards and won in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

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