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SNL Transcripts: Elliot Gould: 01/10/76: Shimmer
**Saturday Night Live Transcripts**
**Season 1: Episode 9**
75i: Elliot Gould / Anne Murray
**Shimmer**
Wife…..Gilda Radner
Husband…..Dan Aykroyd
Spokesman…..Chevy Chase
[ open on suburban kitchen, Wife and Husband arguing ]
**Wife** : New Shimmer is a floor wax!
**Husband** : No, new Shimmer is a dessert topping!
**Wife** : It’s a floor wax!
**Husband** : It’s a dessert topping!
**Wife** : It’s a floor wax, I’m telling you!
**Husband** : It’s a dessert topping, you cow!
**Spokesman** : [ enters quickly ] Hey, hey, hey, calm down, you two. New Shimmer is both a floor wax **and** a dessert topping! Here, I’ll spray some on your mop.. [ sprays Shimmer onto mop ] ..and some on your butterscotch pudding. [ sprays Shimmer onto pudding ]
[ Husband eats while Wife mops ]
**Husband** : Mmmmm, tastes terrific!
**Wife** : And just **look** at that shine! But will it last?
**Spokesman** : Hey, outlasts **every** other leading floor wax, 2 to 1. It’s durable, and it’s scuff-resistant.
**Husband** : And it’s delicious!
**Spokesman** : Sure is! Perks up anything from an ice cream sundae to a pumpkin pie!
**Wife** : Made from an exclusive non-yellowing formula.
**Husband** : I haven’t even touched my pudding and I’m ready for more!
**Wife** : But what about black heel marks?
**Spokesman** : Dirt, grime, even black heel marks, wipe clean with a damp mop.
[ Husband accidentally sprays Shimmer onto the floor ]
**Husband** : Oh, sorry, honey, I’ll clean that up!
**Wife** : Oh, no problem, sweetheart, not with new Shimmer!
[ Spokesman laughs continuously as he approaches the camera ]
**Spokesman** : New Shimmer, for the greatest shine you ever tasted!
[ fade ]
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