Alec Baldwin Reprises His Famous Sales Role Motivating Elves in Glengarry Glen Christmas
Every Saturday from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day we like to crack open the video vault to share a vintage holiday clip from Saturday Night Live. This week's clip is from SNL Season 31 (2005) and features Alec Baldwin reprising his role in the powerful 1992 film Glengarry Glen Ross. In the movie, Baldwin plays a sales pro who was brought in to motivate a group of salesmen played by Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Alan Arkin, and Ed Harris. Here, he plays "an elf from the home office" sent by Santa to motivate a group of surprisingly lackadaisical elves. Watch for the moment when Baldwin mistakenly repeats one famous line from the original movie instead of the Christmas line in this holiday adaptation. The film was based on a successful play by David Mamet but despite boasting one of the most incredible ensemble casts ever assembled, was a commercial disappointment. Today, however, it's widely regarded today as a truly first-rate work, and this SNL sketch really measures up, too. Check back next week for our final SNL Flashback of the 2023 holiday season!
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