--- description: The hilarious digital short ranks the '100 Greatest Guys' title: This Unaired SNL Sketch Perfectly Spoofs All Those Pointless VH1 Countdowns image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f04e764cd400744/69876e38428a9e7e4fcc5fc4/screen-shot-2014-12-11-at-11-14-51-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Unaired _SNL_ Sketch Perfectly Spoofs All Those Pointless VH1 Countdowns by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2014 4:20 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2014 4:20 PM CUT For some reason, _Saturday Night Live_ decided not to air this ridiculously spot-on VH1 spoof, just like they decided not to air a [topical sketch about Ferguson](http://time.com/3623295/snl-ferguson-sketch-cut-watch-james-franco-michael-brown-darren-wilson-comedy/ "undefined") from last week. This digital short, called “100 Greatest Guys,” perfectly captures the tone of all those VH1 countdowns — you know, the ones that somehow suck you in for hours even though you totally know you should turn off the TV and go read a book or something. It’s obviously not as topical or timely as the Ferguson sketch, but it’s still confusing why SNL decided to cut it, because it’s so spot-on. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3629904/unaired-snl-sketch-vh1-countdown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3629904/unaired-snl-sketch-vh1-countdown/"},"headline":"This Unaired SNL Sketch Perfectly Spoofs All Those Pointless VH1 Countdowns","datePublished":"2014-12-11T16:20:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:13.716Z","description":"The hilarious digital short ranks the '100 Greatest Guys'","url":"https://time.com/3629904/unaired-snl-sketch-vh1-countdown/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","SNL","james franco"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f04e764cd400744/69876e38428a9e7e4fcc5fc4/screen-shot-2014-12-11-at-11-14-51-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3f04e764cd400744/69876e38428a9e7e4fcc5fc4/screen-shot-2014-12-11-at-11-14-51-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-12-11 at 11.14.51 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3629904/unaired-snl-sketch-vh1-countdown/","name":"This Unaired SNL Sketch Perfectly Spoofs All Those Pointless VH1 Countdowns"}}]}] ```