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SNL's 1995 'Old Glory Robot Insurance' Sketch Finds New Audience

Original: SNL "Old Glory Robot Insurance" (1995) [video]

A 1995 Saturday Night Live sketch, 'Old Glory Robot Insurance', is circulating again online. The parody commercial, which imagines insurance for people attacked by robots, stars Sam Waterston pitching coverage against 'old-timey' robots with crushing claws and chest lasers. Viewers are sharing the decades-old bit, praising its absurdist premise as a timely joke amid today's real advances in robotics and AI.

Why now: The retro sketch is being rediscovered and shared as robotics and AI dominate current headlines.

Saturday Night LiveOld Glory Robot InsuranceSam WaterstonNBC

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