The Czech-born Festrunk Brothers, AKA two wild and crazy guys, were some of SNL’s first beloved staple characters. Plus, they're the clear inspiration for Chris Kattan and Will Ferrell’s Roxbury guys two decades later. First introduced in the season 3 premiere in 1977, these Soviet Union refugees (played by Akroyd and Steve Martin) constantly strike out with women, thanks to their heavy-handed but harmless approach. In this sketch, the perpetually cool Garret Morris, SNL’s first Black cast member, tries to explain to the perpetually overconfident nimrods that they’ve been stood up by the supermodels they’re expecting. The joke, though, is on Morris. The supermodels, AKA Gilda Radner and Jane Curtain, actually show up—and, for once, the creepy guys get the girls. The sketch was a huge hit when it first aired, but nearly 50 years later, what remains funny aren’t the dated jokes about romance. It’s the giant portable vacuum with the Czech word “Pozor!” on it. (Translated: "Warning!") That’s a Cold War relic if I ever saw one, and more evidence that SNL’s prop department is the secret ingredient to the show’s longstanding success.

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