SNL Transcripts: Buck Henry: 01/17/76: Germasol

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 Saturday Night Live Transcripts


  Season 1: Episode 10





75j: Buck Henry / Bill Withers, Toni Basil, The Blues Brothers

Germasol

…..Gilda Radner
…..Jane Curtin
Judy…..Laraine Newman

[ open on housewife testimonial ]

Housewife: I thought I was going to DIE! It was MY turn to entertain the Bridge Club, when….

[ dissolve to flashback: Housewife answers the door to her friends who have arrived for their Bridge game ]

[ greetings are made, as the women enter ]

Jane: [ sniffing the air ] She served liver and fried onions again last night.

Judy: It smells like an armpit.

[ Housewife stares at the camera with an apprehensive look on her face ]

Housewife: She was right.

Judy: Your home needs a deodorizer — QUICKLY!

Housewife: I’d like it to smell better, Judy, but lately I’ve been reading so much about the dangers of aerosol sprays, that I’m afraid.

Judy: Your worries are over — there’s something new.

[ Judy exits the house, then returns with a dolly carting a huge tube of Germasol ]

Judy: New Germasol Roll-On will get rid of embarrassing house odors.

[ dissolve to the two women standing by the curtains ]

Judy: Just once in the morning, and you’re house will smell GREAT!

[ Judy rolls Germasol up and down one of the curtains ]

Judy: And your walls will remain dry ALL DAY!

[ Judy rolls Germasol up and down the wall ]

Judy: And it kills bacteria without the hazards of aerosol.

[ Judy rolls Germasol across a desk ]

Housewife: [ smiling ] Judy! It smells better already!

Announcer: Germasol Roll-On. Now with three handy sizes: [ over images of houses ] Cape Cod… Colonial… and Condominium.

[ 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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