Saturday Night Live
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Saturday Night Live has often parodied Superman:
- A 1979 episode was hosted by Margot Kidder. In one sketch, Kidder (as Lois Lane) is hosting a dinner party with her new husband, Superman (played by Bill Murray). Superman briefly leaves the party, and Clark Kent appears. He proceeds to ask Lois how married life is with the "Man of Steel", and is crushed when Lois tells him Superman is "incredibly dull". Clark leaves the party so Superman can return, but neglects to change back into his costume, thereby revealing his identity to the partygoers. (Other cast members appearing in the sketch are Dan Akroyd as the Flash, Garrett Morris as Ant-Man and John Belushi as the Incredible Hulk.)
- The Rock played a Superman unable to conceal his secret identity effectively from Lois Lane, Jimmy Olsen and Perry White (while being completely oblivious of that fact) in a Saturday Night Live sketch.
- Christopher Reeve, playing himself, appeared in a sketch auditioning for the role of Superman against another young hopeful and it is soon revealed that Christopher has the edge since he has Superman's powers.
- There was a sketch spoofing the "Funeral for a Friend" story in which Superman's funeral is attended by Lex Luthor (who admits he won't really miss him), Marvel Comics' Super-Heroes (including a eulogy by the Hulk, and Black Lightning (played by Sinbad) claiming that he taught Superman how to fly. In another Saturday Night Live skit, John Belushi played the Hulk when Superman (Bill Murray) and Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) are married and having a dinner party and it is shown that he is married to Cookie Hulk.
- A sketch from the 1970s asked the question: "What if Superman were German?". The sketch played out as a re-enactment of "Lois Lanekov" (played by Laraine Newman), "Jimmy Olstein" (played by Al Franken) and "Klaus Kent" (played by Michael Palin) in a press meeting with Adolf Hitler, with Klaus saving Hitler from a bomb and using his X-ray powers to determine that Jimmy Olstein is Jewish. The sketch goes on as a war veteran and a comic book expert discuss the aforementioned question.
- Hugh Jackman portrayed Superman in a sketch in which Superman travels to the Fortress of Solitude and meets his father (only a recording) and a series of awkward moments between the two follow.
- Jerry Seinfeld donned the costume for a skit in 1992.
In Comics
The cast of Saturday Night Live appeared in Marvel Team-Up issue 74.
