Uploaded June 2019 | Updated September 2026, 44 minutes ago
These were originally three separate skits we filmed over the course of about a year, based on the Saturday Night Live character created by Walter Williams. The Mr. Bill skits that used to air sporadically on SNL were a rare treat when I was a kid. He would only appear on the show a few times a year, and I was rarely lucky enough to be allowed to stay up late to watch the show. This made Mr. Bill sort of a sacred unicorn to my generation; we all knew about him and his unfortunate exploits, but we rarely had the opportunity to actually see him.
And so, this was our attempt to offer our own version of the hapless little fellow. We were not kind to him, as the sadistic trials we put him through will attest. It turns out there are few things more dangerous to our Play-Doh pal and his dog Spot than a couple of bored 17-year-olds in 1989.
Sorry, Mr. Bill.
These were originally three separate skits we filmed over the course of about a year, based on the Saturday Night Live character created by Walter Williams. The Mr. Bill skits that used to air sporadically on SNL were a rare treat when I was a kid. He would only appear on the show a few times a year, and I was rarely lucky enough to be allowed to stay up late to watch the show. This made Mr. Bill sort of a sacred unicorn to my generation; we all knew about him and his unfortunate exploits, but we rarely had the opportunity to actually see him.
And so, this was our attempt to offer our own version of the hapless little fellow. We were not kind to him, as the sadistic trials we put him through will attest. It turns out there are few things more dangerous to our Play-Doh pal and his dog Spot than a couple of bored 17-year-olds in 1989.
Sorry, Mr. Bill.
![North River Afternoon [Edited Version]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ls04QVjv4IU/mqdefault.jpg "North River Afternoon [Edited Version]
North River Afternoon [Edited Version]
Approximate Film Date: November 1988
This is an edited version of the day we went to the North River in the late fall of 1988. It is pieced together to the song Monkey by George Michael, which was pretty popular at that time.
The people in the video are (in no particular order): Kevin Driscoll, Jonathan Lee, Derek Lloyd, Sean Callaghan, Chris Johnson, Tricia Crimmi, Maura Roach, Heather Johnston, Dawn McCann, Allison Porter, and Gerrit Hofer.")
