Coneheads
Elongated skull extraterrestrials
Coneheads refers to fictional extraterrestrial characters from the planet Remulak, originating in 1970s Saturday Night Live sketches and a 1993 film.
The aliens have elongated cone-shaped skulls and speak in stilted, overly formal English while attempting to pass as human: We are from France.
The term sometimes describes anyone who seems awkward, nerdy, or out of touch with normal social behavior.
Weekly late-night sketch program
- SNLNBC sketch program acronym
- ConnieNickname from Constance
- NBCAmerican television network
- prostheticsFabricated body part replacements
Dan Aykroyd · costumes · recurring characters · Weekend Update · catchphrases · consume · France
One in alien circumstances
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- conformityAdherence to norms
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
outsiders · consumerism · middle class · parody · absurdity · social commentary · normalcy · fitting in
Four-digit date
- Paramount PicturesMajor Hollywood film studio
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- SinbadLegendary seafaring merchant
- INSFederal agency acronym
Chris Farley · Phil Hartman · David Spade · Jason Alexander · immigration · driving test · high school · prom
Being from outer space
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- home planetOne's world of origin
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
Saturday Night Live
Weekly late-night sketch program
Dan Aykroyd · prosthetics · costumes · recurring characters · Weekend Update · catchphrases · consume · France
fish out of water
One in alien circumstances
- suburbanOf residential outskirts
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- conformityAdherence to norms
immigration · outsiders · consumerism · middle class · parody · absurdity · social commentary · normalcy · fitting in · neighbors
1993
Four-digit date
- Paramount PicturesMajor Hollywood film studio
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- SinbadLegendary seafaring merchant
Chris Farley · Phil Hartman · David Spade · Jason Alexander · INS · immigration · driving test · high school · prom · golf
extraterrestrial
Being from outer space
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- strandedLeft without means to leave
- home planetOne's world of origin
nostalgia
Longing for the past
1970s · 1980s · 1990s · campy · iconic · kitsch · revival · memorabilia · catchphrases · midnight screenings
- 1993 FilmsJurassic Park, Schindler's List, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Fugitive, Groundhog Day
- SNLSaturday Night Live, Weekend Update, cold open, sketch comedy, cue cards
- sci-fi comedySpaceballs, Galaxy Quest, Futurama, sci-fi parody, Marvin
Coneheadsearthlings
Inhabitants of our planet
humans · terrestrials · Homo sapiens · natives · Terrans