SNL Transcripts: Deborah Harry: 02/14/81: Is Frank Sinatra A Hoodlum?


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  Season 6: Episode 10




80j: Deborah Harry / Funky 4 + 1 More

Is Frank Sinatra A Hoodlum?

Ronald Reagan…..Charles Rocket
Frank Sinatra…..Joe Piscopo

Ronald Reagan: Good evening. I’m here tonight to talk to you aboutone of the most important questions that confronts the nation today: “IsFrank Sinatra a hoodlum?” Well, I think America deserves a straight answerto that straight question. Frank, are you a hoodlum?

Frank Sinatra: No, Ron, I am not.

Ronald Reagan: Do you associate with hoodlums?

Frank Sinatra: No, Ron, I am not.

Ronald Reagan: Do you know Manny Ayatello?

Frank Sinatra: Who?

Ronald Reagan: Manny the “Horse”?

Frank Sinatra: No.

Ronald Reagan: How about Louie?

Frank Sinatra: Who?

Ronald Reagan: Uh.. Louie the “Squid”.

Frank Sinatra: That is a negative.

Ronald Reagan: Do you know Carlos Granatelli?

Frank Sinatra: Oh, you mean “Fingers”?

Ronald Reagan: Yes.

Frank Sinatra: No.

Ronald Reagan: Well, there you have it. I hope that settle the issueonce and for all. No, Frank Sinatra is not a hoodlum. And, no, he doesn’tassociate with hoodlums. Uh, Frank.. is there anything else you’d like toadd?

Frank Sinatra: Ronnie, baby, would you do me a favor and pose in apicture with some of my buddies.

Ronald Reagan: Sure!

Frank Sinatra: Boys. [ a group of hoodlums stand arm-in-arm withFrank and Ronald – Frank snaps his fingers ] Do it.

Ronald Reagan: Uh.. Live, from New York, it’s Saturday Night!

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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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