Canteen Boy

Canteen Boy

Canteen Boy is a recurring "Saturday Night Live" character played by Adam Sandler. Canteen Boy is a naive, childlike assistant scoutmaster with an acute attention to detail. He is always seen with a full scout's uniform and a canteen around his neck. Canteen Boy is routinely mocked by other characters in the sketch, who are well aware that their jokes will be lost on the character. It appears he lacks self-confidence, such as one time when he was called an idiot he proceeds to call the bully an idiot too, only to say he said nothing when the bully threatens him. His revenge toward these bullies often ties in to his skills as an outdoorsman. Canteen Boy is a master at snake-calling, and he enjoys the television show "Seaquest". He has also said in passing that he very much admires Cheryl Tiegs. A sketch would often end with either Canteen Boy finding a snake or his tormentors having to run away from a sudden onslaught of snakes.

Although the word 'boy' in the character's name suggests he's a child, it has been made clear that Canteen Boy is actually 27 years old. Nevertheless, an episode where host Alec Baldwin played Mr. Armstrong, a scoutmaster who made overt sexual advances toward Canteen Boy, stirred up much controversy due to its implications of pedophilia. Canteen Boy had clearly understood what was happening or was ill at ease with the attitude, as he runs off into the woods and the scoutmaster suddenly finds a snake, to which he laughs and said Canteen Boy is more skillful than he expected. The infamous sketch became the subject of Baldwin's monologue the next time he hosted on December 10, 1994.

Another recurring character on "Saturday Night Live" which had pedophilia connotations was frequent host Buck Henry's Uncle Roy, but that didn't get as much criticism for content as the infamous "Canteen Boy and the Scoutmaster" sketch did.

In the VHS 'Best of Adam Sandler' release, a disclaimer is added to make it clear that 'Canteen Boy' is an adult.

List of SNL Episodes Featuring Canteen Boy

* March 13, 1993 host: John Goodman
* April 10, 1993 host: Jason Alexander
* October 9, 1993 host: Jeff Goldblum
* October 30, 1993 host: Christian Slater
* February 12, 1994 host: Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger
* May 14, 1994 host: Heather Locklear
* December 10, 1994 host: Alec Baldwin (on Baldwin's monologue reenacting a more politically correct version of the notorious Canteen Boy sketch)

ee also

* Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches
* The Waterboy


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • North Platte Canteen — The North Platte Canteen (also known as the Service Men’s Canteen in the Union Pacific Railroad station at North Platte) was a railroad stop manned by local citizens of North Platte, Nebraska, United States that operated from Christmas Day 1941… …   Wikipedia

  • Student Canteen — infobox Television show name = Student Canteen caption = format = Variety show runtime = 1 hour and 30 minutes (Weekdays) 2 hours(Saturdays)(RPN s second stint) creator = DZXL and Program Philippines Inc. director = Ariston Aris Bautista… …   Wikipedia

  • Cowboy Canteen — Directed by Lew Landers Starring Jane Frazee Release date(s) 1944 Country …   Wikipedia

  • water boy — noun an assistant who supplies drinking water • Syn: ↑waterer • Derivationally related forms: ↑water (for: ↑waterer) • Hypernyms: ↑assistant, ↑helper, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • water boy — 1. a person who carries a canteen or bucket of drinking water to those too occupied to fetch it, as to soldiers, laborers, or football players. 2. a person who sees that livestock is supplied with water, as by filling water troughs. [1630 40] * * …   Universalium

  • The Waterboy — Infobox Film name = The Waterboy image size = 200 director = Frank Coraci producer = Jack Giarraputo Robert Simonds Adam Sandler writer = Tim Herlihy Adam Sandler starring = Adam Sandler Kathy Bates Henry Winkler Fairuza Balk Jerry Reed music =… …   Wikipedia

  • Love Spell — infobox television show name = Love Spell caption = format = Romance, Drama, Fantasy creator = ABS CBN starring = Various Artists runtime = 60 minutes country = flagicon|Philippines Philippines network = ABS CBN first aired = July 9, 2006 last… …   Wikipedia

  • Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches — See also: Listed chronologically, Listed by cast member, Saturday Night Live TV show sketches of the 2000s A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q to R S T U to V W X to Z Listed alphabetically …   Wikipedia

  • History of Saturday Night Live (1990–1995) — The period of 1990 to 1995 was a time of great transition for Saturday Night Live. It would see the series reach peaks and ebbs in terms of public popularity and critical acclaim. During this era, SNL would field its largest cast ever, see the… …   Wikipedia

  • Ian Maxtone-Graham — Infobox Writer name = Ian Maxtone Graham pseudonym = birthdate = birth date and age|1959|7|3 birthplace = New York City, New York, United States deathdate = deathplace = occupation = Television writer nationality = American period = 1983 Present… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”