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Babe Ruth's Ghost
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Tina Fey's story about the Red Sox reaching the 2004 World Series raises the question of whether the Curse of the Bambino is over, and eerie moaning frightens her and Amy Poehler as the pale ghost of Babe Ruth materializes at the Update desk in his Yankees uniform, bat in hand. He insists he cursed Boston plenty, claiming he tried to wreck Curt Schilling's ankle and gave Johnny Damon his haircut, but under questioning admits that once Game Four looked won he went out drinking with Mickey Mantle and Rodney Dangerfield, entered a ghost hot-dog-eating contest and passed out through Games Four to Seven. His excuses get worse as the beers turn into gasoline and horse tranquilizers, and he boasts that he once slept through a whole season and still hit 40 home runs, then fumbles his batting stance. Another moan brings in Lulu, his excitable ghost hooker, who has come to collect him in the ghost car, and Fey introduces the pair to applause.
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I cursed the hell out of them good-for-nothing Red Sox.
One time I passed out for the whole season and I still hit 40 homers.
This is Lulu. She's my ghost hooker.
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
This aired live on October 23, 2004, the night the Boston Red Sox won the opening game of the 2004 World Series, days after coming back from three games down to beat the Yankees in the American League Championship Series. Boston went on to sweep the Cardinals, ending an 86-year championship drought that fans had blamed on the Curse of the Bambino.
Script
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- 00:00
Weekend Update Anchor
Well, the Red Sox beat the Yankees this week and advanced, yes, advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1986. They're already up one game in the World Series. Question, Which raises the question, is the curse of the Bambino over?
- 00:20
Weekend Update Anchor
What is that?
- 00:21
Weekend Update Anchor
What is that?
- 00:23
Weekend Update Anchor
Sounds like a scary ghost or something.
- 00:25
Weekend Update Anchor
Yes, I'm scared, Tina. It's a terrifying ghost.
- 00:28
Oh!
- 00:30
Babe Ruth's Ghost
What are you talking about, lady? I cursed the hell out of them good-for-nothing Red Sox, right? What about that game that 18 that 19-8 game? Yeah, I tried to mess up shillings ankle blood come out of his sock and everything Hey, you know what? I also gave Johnny Dean with that lady's haircut
- 01:01
Weekend Update Anchor
Those first things what about game four? Where were you in game four?
- 01:04
Babe Ruth's Ghost
Well, you know what game four looked like the game was in the bag So, you know, I left me Mickey Mantle and Rodney dangerous until we went and got a few beers. And then I entered a ghost hot dog eating contest. And I passed out.
- 01:22
Weekend Update Anchor
You passed out for game four?
- 01:25
Babe Ruth's Ghost
Game four, five, six, and seven.
- 01:30
Weekend Update Anchor
So you only had a few beers, is that what you're saying?
- 01:34
Babe Ruth's Ghost
And some gasoline.
- 01:36
Weekend Update Anchor
You drank gasoline?
- 01:38
Babe Ruth's Ghost
Yeah, and some horse tranquilizers. Listen, it's nothing new. One time, I passed out for the whole season, and I still hit 40 homers. Wait, this is left-handed.
- 01:50
Weekend Update Anchor
Oh, is that another ghost?
- 01:53
Babe Ruth's Ghost
This is... This is Lulu. She's my ghost hooker.
- 01:57
Weekend Update Anchor ?
Ghost
- 02:02
Lulu
I'm waiting out for you in the ghost car
- 02:04
Weekend Update Anchor
this is your ghost hooker? So you're telling me you were at a ghost hot dog eating contest with Rodney Dangerfield's ghost and a ghost hooker when you should have been cursing the Red Sox?
- 02:16
Lulu
Did you know Babe can eat over a thousand ghost hot dogs in one sitting.
- 02:21
few things?
- 02:24
Babe Ruth's Ghost
this is this little sweet gal here she's the sweetest hooker in heaven and you know what in heaven all the ladies in my heaven are hookers so i mean that's really saying something
- 02:40
Lulu
that's my guy
- 02:41
Weekend Update Anchor
the ghost of babe ruth and the ghost of babe ruth Cooker, everyone!
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