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32 Years Ago, Adam Sandler and Alec Baldwin Made an ‘SNL’ Sketch That Sparked Outrage

A 1994 sketch featuring Adam Sandler and Alec Baldwin drew complaints over its depiction of a Scoutmaster’s advances toward Canteen Boy.

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Between 1993 and 1994, Adam Sandler made seven appearances on Saturday Night Live as Canteen Boy, a childlike Scout leader who was frequently the butt of other people’s jokes. The character’s final SNL sketch in February 1994 was controversial, which may have been why Sandler eventually stopped playing the part altogether.

In it, Alec Baldwin guest stars as a pervy Scoutmaster hell-bent on seducing Canteen Boy. As the sketch progresses, Baldwin (as Mr. Armstrong) makes unwanted advances toward Canteen Boy, gets him to rub bug repellent on his bare chest, and even sucks on his fingers.

Though earlier sketches had established that Canteen Boy was an adult, viewers on this particular evening somehow got the impression that Sandler was playing an actual Boy Scout. NBC received numerous complaints........

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