Does anyone remember the name of this movie or skit?

It was on SNL.

I think it first aired after the Three Mile Island incident in March or April, 1979.

I’m going to see if I can find the ep on YT.

That sounds great. You gave me a place to start.

Here’s the IMDb info on that SNL episode.

It’s season 4, episode 16.

Wasn’t that called the Pepsi Syndrome? Garret Morris and Jimmy Carter if I recall.

That one is a little different. The one I’m thinkig about had a retirement theme.
I remember the quote: “You can’t use too much cooling water.” It sounds clear at first until you think about it and then you are screwed.

I think Jimmy was going to retire, and after the nuclear spill, he grew to something like 50 feet tall. Garrett Morris was the cleaning lady they sent in with a mop and pail, and she grew to fifty feet, and at the end, they both went off together. Holy shit, talk about retaining too much useless info.

@worriedguy

I think know which one that might be.

I think it aired after Chernobyl and included Dennis Miller.

I’ll check the IMDb 1986 ep’s.

Damn- IMDb doesn’t show any synopses for 1986.

I found this mention of the same episode on another site, it’s one more clue “Ed Asner played a retiring nuclear power plant operator, whose final advice to the team was, “Don’t forget, and this is critical! You can’t use too much cooling water.” It ended with a mushroom cloud, as I recall. :D”

@lillycoyote

Thanks for the Ed Asner clue.

@worriedguy

It’s season 10, episode 6: http://snltranscripts.jt.org/84/84f.phtml & http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072562/episodes

@lillycoyote That’s the one!!! Thanks!

For some reason this is blocked by NBC and the phrase is, “Remember, you can’t put too much water in a nuclear reactor. ”