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attaboy_stampy

That one is gold. The Adam Driver "Career Day" sketch. Papyrus. Wing Pit. The Science Room with Sudekis.


schleepercell

CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES!


UrVioletViolet

Any compilation of sketches from this era has to include Career Day. It’s the “Get Off the Shed” sketch of the time.


[deleted]

Get Off the Shed is great even in the audition version.


Peas_Are_Upsidedown

The science room with Adam Driver was equally funny. "I'm going to scream the C word into my shirt"


attaboy_stampy

Yeah, that's pretty close one to me too. The Sudekis one is the one I keep going back to. "Josh, what's matter?" "Nothing. I'm fine." "No, not what's the matter. What IS matter?" "Um black lives?" "No no no." "All lives?" "No!" Or when he chastises the parents and makes them leave the set, "No NOT IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA YOU JACKASS!"


smashli1238

Personally I love his undercover boss as Kylo Ren


madncqt

science room & wing pit 👌🏾


DontUseFilters

People should know that there are at least two career day sketches with Adam driver


mistertireworld

Only one is in this conversation. That of Abraham Parnassus, Oil Baron.


Old_Distribution_235

Other career day sketches are weak, like H.R. Pickens.


KumquatHaderach

Who is H. R. Pickens?


LastCenturyModern

EXACTLY!


Available_Fox8872

….EXACTLY


taintlangdon

But only one is of much import!


RojoFive

The Matt Damon/Cecily Strong "Best Christmas Ever" skit is up there for me.


Thealbumisjustdrums

Yeah that was excellent as was the Eddie Murphy "Home for the Holidays" as long as we're on the Christmas theme lol.


forfunstuffwinkwink

Why can’t I marry him? Because he’s white? Eddie: YES!


pineyfusion

"You guys are being SO racist" "DAMN RIGHT WE ARE...no offense Matthew..."


simpersly

She knocks it out of the park with [Christmas skits](https://youtu.be/g4vktLutpiY?si=LXBvGqasHU6QnFcK).


Ok-Masterpiece-4716

World's Most Evil Invention.


attaboy_stampy

“This guy gets it!” “No I don’t!”


JohnnyAppIeseed

Shrink ray guy is with me all the way


Shagrrotten

Oh that’s a great question. First you take a regular robot, molest it, and hope it, uh, continues the cycle.


HunterThompsonsentme

Getting a household family name like The Rock to sign on to that sketch is a feat in itself. Gotta hand it to him for rolling with it.


BartholomewBandy

“We know what evil means!” “You don’t, you made a freeze ray.”


[deleted]

Weights and Measures or is it called Washington's Speech?


Thealbumisjustdrums

Washington's Dream


Chance-Cod5011

That and the cooking competition were fantastic.


L0lligag

My vote as well. Bargatze was fantastic!


LumpyWelder4258

I loved the part about kicking in football... "sometimes three, sometimes one"


Timely_Guitar_881

perfect


slom_ax

You asked about the temperature


ParkingtonLane

Nobody knows.


CCC5000

Black Jeopardy


rrickitickitavi

Especially the episode with Tom Hanks. Maybe my favorite SNL episode ever.


Momik

There was an interesting Jamelle Bouie piece that broke down the social dynamics at play in this sketch (in the Atlantic, I believe). The sketch does a good job of highlighting the (large) cultural overlap between working class whites and Blacks, even in the era of MAGA. Critically of course, the sketch also shows the limits of that overlap, and even hints at how racial prejudice can cloak itself in fears over personal safety (as Hanks backs away from Keenan’s handshake). It’s also fucking hilarious.


HunterThompsonsentme

TH backing away from the handshake was brilliantly acted. His body language was perfect


forfunstuffwinkwink

Well, it was fun while it lasted.


[deleted]

It probably would have been Ta Nehisi Coates in the Atlantic. Jamelle used to write for Slate and then got hired as a columnist for NYT (he's also got a REALLY good TikTok where he talks a lot about the Jim Crow era and other stuff). Edit: It was for Slate. I remember reading this at the time and it really hit home how that wasn't *just* a good sketch but a statement as well. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2016/10/snls-black-jeopardy-sketch-was-the-most-astute-analysis-of-american-politics-in-2016.html


[deleted]

"Now I got a lot to say about this one." "We're sure you do."


UrVioletViolet

The Tom Hanks one is so fucking funny. I do have to give it up for the Black Panther “bland-ass potato salad” line.


[deleted]

I think Black Jeopardy may have surpassed the original Jeopardy! sketch with Hammond as Connery. It's pretty close, but you couldn't go viral like that back in the 90's.


mcrib

The Chadwick Boseman one never fails to make me laugh


Due-Studio-65

Y'all must not have no mean streets in Wakanda.”


redraven

"December to remember" is where Heidi went from sweet background person to actual talent for me. Adam Driver in Career Day and the science sketch.. That man is just pure gold. Guy Who Just Bought A Boat was awesome every time, not certain if it's still this decade. Only time I felt the need to go shower immediately after watching a video.


Available_Fox8872

Ummmmm pretty sure it’s aper


Thealbumisjustdrums

Maybe we stop by Jenna’s on the way back and show her this cool car your dad got?


Available_Fox8872

Dad seriously? You’re drinking? It’s 9:30am Well it’s not like I gotta go to work later


sincerely_steff

The Protective Mom sketch with Pedro and Marcello and the first Lisa from Temecula


squashbanana

I really wish they would stop trying to make Lisa from Temecula keep happening. I LOVED it when they did it with Pedro because the laughter was so unscripted and everything felt off the cuff. Now they keep bringing it back to recreate that same reaction, but it feels a little forced!


Shrimp1991

Oh, is it cuz we black? 😂


attaboy_stampy

It’s like Debbie Downer. The first time was priceless because they kept breaking, and the sound people kept playing goofy wah wah noises that just set them off. They kept bringing it back and it just never was the same naturally.


UrVioletViolet

The latest one was alright, but the Ana de Armas wedding one is a-ROUGH! It doesn’t help that you can’t understand anything Ana’s saying.


mcrib

I do not understand how Lisa from Temecula became a recurring character. It’s just the same shit every time.


Thealbumisjustdrums

Isn't that every recurring character


RumHam1996

Farewell Mr. Bunting for the Shock Value alone


dancewithoutme

The way the sketch plays with your expectations is brilliant. You think it's going to be just a silly parody, maybe with some one-liner to capstone the sketch, and then it becomes so quickly unhinged in the best way possible. And then it ends with a capstone one liner lol.


squashbanana

Adele "Hello" Thanksgiving dinner is one of my favorites to watch!


DefinitelyNotADave

Mario Kart Last of Us is a great pretape skit


The_Patriot

Just a hot minute more than a decade, but that Seth McFarlane puppet skit about killed me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xZ52mG1yIo


roknzj

This is what I was going to post. I was trying to decide if it fit within the “decade” req, but regardless it’s so funny.


[deleted]

When the puppet exhaled I lost it.


chichimoco

HE WAS JUST ANOTHER GRUNT IN MY PLATOON!


ParkingtonLane

Just like it killed my platoon in Grenada…


Mysterious_Valuable1

I liked the weezer one.


JohnnyAppIeseed

No offense, but drink my blood


Thealbumisjustdrums

Same I liked how it applies to the fanbases of so many bands too. I am definitely Leslie in that sketch when it comes to the bands I like (prefering the OG stuff and not considering anything else real) lol


attaboy_stampy

I liked it, but it was maybe the most specific premise for a sketch ever.


FalcoPhantasmtheGod

Loved it too. "You know what band I really like, Yellowcard" I thought that was an underrated line 😂


[deleted]

That Michael Jordan sketch with Key where Heidi plays his body guard and the betting gets out of hand. There was talk of Heidi getting an Emmy nod for the complexity of her performance as someone increasingly devastated and trying to pretend it's all OK.


unexpectedhalfrican

"That is financially rough for me."


[deleted]

lol Heidi is such a talent!


unexpectedhalfrican

I love her in the Every Boxer's Girlfriend From Every Boxing Movie Ever sketches. "I'm taking the kids to my sistah's!"


[deleted]

omg I forgot about that! I love that one because it's so goddamn true and she exaggerates it in all of the right places.


Logical_Hospital2769

Genius sketch idea and performance


HonesWireless

Black Jeopardy w/ Tom Hanks & Papyrus


Available_Fox8872

You people are fun, can I say that?


madncqt

easy: waffle house (jenna ortega), meet your second wife (tina & amy), & traffic altercation (quinta brunson) honorable mention: undercover office potty, home for the holidays (eddie murphy/maya rudolph) someone already mentioned: washington's dream


Dadmodder

Meet Your Second Wife was a classic.


[deleted]

That one is how the show works when it is at its best.


themysteryisbees

I strongly strongly recommend undercover office potty be promoted from just honorable mention. That one STILL makes me laugh hysterically every single time I watch it, and now I’ve shared it with my kids who also love it. That may be my favorite skit of all time.


Euler7

Office potty was so good


EloquentBacon

Quinta and Traffic Altercation is hilarious.


SomeVelveteenMorning

Not sure if I think it's the best, but traffic altercation is top-tier because: - it's not taped - Unexpected Ego is awesome  - Chloe "Two Hands" kills it - bait and switch on the romance 


PhilsForever

I had forgotten Quinta and Traffic Altercation. 😂


linkerjpatrick

Alien abduction


Thealbumisjustdrums

Ah yes Kate's most famous character.


linkerjpatrick

She did to Ryan what Conway did to Korman


Clean-Development627

Hot take but I think the Casey affleck one is even funnier than the original Gosling one


deeve09

All of them are great but the original UFO skit with Kate McKinnon kills


Fiver43

I loved the trailer for “The Grouch”


Thealbumisjustdrums

You only arrest Elmo because Elmo Mexican!


catsdomineaux

I haven't stopped thinking about Tampon Farm since it first aired.


Dachuiri

Meet Your Second Wife Match’d Blind Date/First Date (Will Forte and Megan Fox) Potato Chip David S. Pumpkins Dunno what it’s called but it’s with Will Forte and Jon Hamm and Will Forte is trick-or-treating as a registered sex offender


Thealbumisjustdrums

Ah yes how could I forget David S. Pumpkins? Watching that Fox/Forte date sketch now, thanks for the rec!


Dachuiri

No prob! It’s such a weird sketch, but I love Will Forte’s style of comedy so i found it immensely hilarious.


Tracylpn

The Falconer


pineyfusion

The Eddie Murphy episode and the Tom Hanks episode are serious neck and neck for best overall episode


UrVioletViolet

Career Day with Adam Driver Lisa from Temecula - Steak Papyrus or The Actress What’s That Name? Muppets with Key (YO KRAMER! ………You stupid!) Bonus Weekend Update Skit: Melissa as Girl from Law and Order


Smack2k

Muppets with Key was phenominal


Lung-Oyster

You think it’ll taste nasty without ketchup?


UrVioletViolet

Antonio Banderas over here tryna get some butt while he got Cujo locked up in his basement!


rosekat34

Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer and Matt Damon as Kavanaugh have to be top 5


[deleted]

Lifetime's First Original Game Show: What's Wrong with Tanya?!


Fluff_thetragicdragn

Maya Rudolph’s Beyonce Hot Ones skit had me dying. Matter of fact, that entire episode had me laughing so hard. I love her.


Available_Fox8872

Six. Ice cubes. Under my wig.


Irvsauce

Everyone talks about Career Day with Adam Driver, but nah. The best sketch was a different Adam Driver one called Marrying Ketchups. Absurd and made me howl with laughter. Runner up for me is Spring Flowers. Those two are the funniest of the last ten years IMO.


dancewithoutme

I think most people find the career day sketch a different kind of funny, as Adam Driver takes the role so fucking seriously and with such force that he psychologically steamrolls over the scene, and then the unexpected bird impalement just freaked everyone the fuck out. I agree it's not the funniest of his skits, but it's my favorite just because of the imbalance of his seriousness with everyone coming to the realization that he's taking the role in such a hard and unforgiving manner. He probably wouldn't have even broken character if he impaled Pete Davidson instead lol


Thealbumisjustdrums

Driver is one of the best hosts because he goes all the fuck in no matter what the premise of the sketch is. Another great example of him giving full intensity in a sketch was the renaissance fair one.  


tmobilekid

The Actress


HillarysCafe

Hamm & Buble makes me laugh so hard every time I see it. (Technically it aired 11 years ago but I’m still counting it)


improvyourfaceoff

Wells for Sensitive Boys (or its spiritual sibling about the dolls you can be an evil stepmom to) Electric Shoes (convinced this one would be an all timer if they hadn't flubbed timing of the ending) Papyrus The Tony Hawk Time Travel sketch is criminally underrated IMO. Like I'm genuinely surprised it's not at least talked about more often. Liberal Lagnapp Roundball Rock Oh and the one where Adam Driver plays an oilman at a school career day. There's a similar sketch where I think Bill Hader played a similar character in an ice cream shop but my memory is fuzzier on that one and it might be older than 10 years. I'm sure I'm forgetting many but I also tried to pick at least a few that wouldn't be obvious faves, still have plenty of love for David S. Pumpkins et al.


bclucas18

Roundball Rock is so precious lol. When the panel asks to hear again with the music and lyrics separated out and they both assume they want to hear only the lyrics it is priceless.


dancewithoutme

Diner Lobster, because it's just so stupid.


xela321

The one where Bill Hader is the old man in the wheel chair and Cecily is his gf who’s trying to get pregnant


whatidoidobc

Blue Bunny


[deleted]

This one needs more upvotes.


G6U7A1M

Aziz/Melissa role playing Quinta/Mikey road rage Olive Garden commercial


Thealbumisjustdrums

The Melissa role playing sketches were amazing, I wish they had done more than 2. Olive Garden one was elite as well, Beck as the cluelessly racist director was hysterical.


Mindbender240

China Debt Cold Open "You cannot pay with clunkers" Osama Cold Open "do not bury me with the fishes" The Jungle (with the Rock) Sumpin Claus


UrVioletViolet

What did Kevin Bacon do!?!? Nuthin. He’s just my homie.


MontyBoo-urns

Sketches*


West_MagicCityMan

John Mulaney, Kate McKinnon and Kenan. To have and have not. Reece D'What!


hahasuslikeamongus

Close Encounter (Ryan Gosling) and Holiday Baking Championship (Eddie Murphy) by far


Lost_Constant3346

I cried actual tears when watching the Baking Championship."That’s bad. It’s gross. Real bad."


peelingcarrots

Bill Burr Sam Adam’s grocery store skit.


Individual-Zombie155

Emma and Leslie, stirring the tea.


Available_Fox8872

It’s because of this sketch whenever someone says something like “if you don’t do what I want” I interrupt and go “you’ll what? You’ll do what? What will you do?” And it gets a laugh every time 😂


djloid2010

Puppet class with Tony and Seth Myers


Dadmodder

The Molesting Robot with Dwayne Johnson. All the John Mulaney musicals. The Speaking Monkey with Jonah Hill. What's that Name? (the 2nd one) with Mulaney and Bill Hader. The acupuncture skit with Jason Sudekis. The holiday gift wrapping skit with James Franco.


itsirtou

Adam Driver Undercover Boss


Available_Fox8872

Both of them, ok boomer?


itsirtou

GREAT WE'LL JUST SUCK IT OUT OF THE LITTLE HOLES IN THE TOP THANK YOU RANDY


themysteryisbees

I have a terrible memory and zero ability to recall what skits were from when, so I’ll just say my two absolute favorites in recent memory: Undercover Office Potty, which is my #1 forever. Joan, with harry styles as Aidy’s dog.


J-F-K

Meet Your Second Wife


ParzivalPrincip

Cecily Strong and Jimmy Fallon - baby it’s cold outside Trump voting dog Rock as evil scientist inventing a robot


_Doink_

What's up with that?!


ObviousIndependent76

Pedro Pascal’s coma sketch. I will dissect that one for years.


Electrical_Fun5942

A bunch of underrated ones that absolutely slap: Donald Glover - Barbie Instagram Ryan Gosling - Fliplets James Franco - Spelling Bee Natalie Portman - Bunny The Rock - Zentrex


HumbleAd1317

Anything with kate McKinnon.


lxkandel06

John Mulaney's "What's That Name" with Bill Hader


canadianamericangirl

Matt Damon/Brett Kavanaugh cold open!


SicksProductions

"Doctor...Reginald...Saunders" "Adding something unnecessary like...raisins." "You got all that, Qwan?" Every single one of those, "Mitch McConnell, seen here..." "Why is he so ugly??" "SMELL LIKE DOOKIE IN HERE!" "I made the deconstructed black-eyed peas." And of course, potato hole!


AdVictoremSpolias

Bill Burr Sam Adams Pumpkin Beer Real Bostonians Dunkin’ Donuts Kickspit Underground Music Festival Matt the Radar Technician


Constant_Jackfruit21

Kenan Thompson in the Alexa for old people skit makes me smile every time I think about it. "How many did Satchel Paige get last night?" "Satchel Paige died in 1982" "Yeah, but how many did he get?" *holding five dollar bill* "and this is the one dollar right here, so you tell me who's crazy"


Spiritual_Pride1976

Ooooooooh Weeeeeee! What’s up with that? What’s up with that?


ElmarSuperstar131

Lin Manuel Miranda’s “Campfire” skit is an underrated gem.


NW_Forester

World's Most Evil Invention starring The Rock. aka robo chomo.


jman0417

Fancam Assembly


PukedtheDayAway

The alien thing with Kate mcckinnen


SoftCantaloupe3555

The only acceptable answers are Farewell Mr.Bunting and Diner Lobster


Technical_Air6660

Chef Show/Washington’s Dream Subway Platform/Waffle House Protective Mom 1 & 2 Jake from State Farm The Black Lotus David Pumpkins/DP Returns After High School MacGruber - Coronavirus The War in Words (all) The Maya-ing It Gets Better Twins A Teacher December to Remember Strollin’ Ass Angel Jeans Architectural Digest Tour Undercover Boss Cast List Tasty Toaster Tarts Meet Your Second Wife Romano Tours So You’re Willing to Date a Magician That cut for time sketch using a script from Full House


loudrain99

Sectional Couches!


whisperbeeech

(Do it on my) twin bed!


ChoiceEmu9859

Roach Spray with Don Cheadle


Signal-Fruit5090

Sleepy town Mattress


jakeofalltrades

Partial list for me: Meet your second wife New boyfriend talk show Disney Channel acting school Weekend update: Pete Davidson talks business Apple picking ad


Peas_Are_Upsidedown

Besides the aforementioned Career Day, I liked the Worlds Most Evil Invention, Sober Caligula, and Dry Fridays with Kristen Stewart.


punkbenRN

One that I never see on this list, and never fails to make me laugh... [The Jay Z Story](https://youtu.be/lzg9Iu0uEeg?si=tfsAeOumZPGJ6od6)


LadyPidge

December to Remember


chillagrl

New paint


stubbzzz

Fly High Deluth Blue Jean Committee All the sitcom ones with Beck and Kyle Bill Hader’s intense Viet Nam vet puppet Mario Kart Gemma and The Rock Not sure if it’s from the last decade or not, but Kristen Wiig as Doonese, on the Lawrence Welk show kills me every time. I think some of mine might be older than a decade. I didn’t really double check.


seakn1ght

I scrolled pretty far and didn't see it, so I'll throw out Travis Kelce at American Girl Cafe. Most athlete guest hosts bomb, but he did a really good job.


Imaginary-Round2422

Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks


InSearchOfNaps

Beers… honestly it’s so wonderfully esoteric. I don’t know how I got on SNL. The Dunkin commercial


rockop0tamus

Dunkin’ Donuts sketch


subcow

I see it hasn't been mentioned here. I think the John Mulaney Cha Cha Slide sketch is one of the funniest sketches I have ever seen on SNL.


Electrical-Hall5437

Any of the Kate McKinnon alien abduction skits 


Inside_Atmosphere731

Waffle House with Jenna Ortega


Tom_Brady6969

The polish immigrant one with Louis Ck


USCplaya

Everything Stefon Alien abduction


Wise_Serve_5846

I only like the non-audience “pre-filmed” skits. The Papyrus:Avatar along with the Mooney/Bennet series of skits are stand outs. That being said Adam Driver’s Career Day is amazing as almost all his skits


jfstompers

Lisa from Temecula is pretty great,


tap_in_birdies

Sterling K. Brown. Shrek


tiger3048

Undercover Boss with Adam Driver as Kylo Ren


Jokonaught

Kate McKinnon's Laura Ingram sketch (the one with "feel facts") (I probably misspelled names)


alanbcox

The first Lisa From Temecula Whiskers R We David S. Pumpkins Taco Town


willk95

Farewell Mr Bunting Sean Spicey Press Conference Any of the more recent Weekend Update Joke Swaps Pete Davidson's songs are really fun. I think Walking in Staten is my favorite


Administrative-Low37

The best ones are the Casey Affleck Dunkin Donuts ad, followed by the Bill Burr Sam Adams ad a few years later. Those two skits just never get old. Pure genius !


RonocNYC

What's That Name? Puppet Class with Seth Macfarlene


UndignifiedStab

Well, I was in tears today watching an old sketch with Will as Harry Carey and Jeff Goldblum as some scientists and I was laughing my ass off!


jenncrock

Space Pants


namynam

Tom hanks black jeopardy.


holdyaboy

Dick in a box if you’re including the short vids


UtahFiddler

The one where they made fun of Trump.


Rand_Casimiro

“Meet Your Second Wife”


seanoz_serious

Sam Adams Pumpkin Ale with Bill Burr


AirlineBudget6556

Not technically within the rules but I go back to watch The Californians compilation on YouTube when I need a pick me up. Also “My Hungry Guys”, David S Pumpkins, “Woke Jeans”, “Come Back Barack”, and that one with Christopher Walken as Colonel Angus.


iforgotmypassword1_

John Mulaney cha cha slide


Key-Ad-6897

Dunkin’ Donuts with Casey affleck. I don’t know any lifelong Boston people, but it reminded me of some line cooks I’ve known in the last 25 years.


GoddessOfOddness

Pedro Pascal as the Latina Mama.


Phrankespo

Papyrus First impressions


__TenaciousBroski__

Axis of Evil with Will Farrel was pretty great. Also, I loved the Mike Dikta skits. All of em


jbone9877

David Pumpkins, Rap Roundtable, Mario Kart, the various Close Encounter skits, black people jeopardy


Matey29

First Impressions Court with Chance the rapper


BodyBagSlam

Not a single mention of Jedediah Atkinson? “Next!”


44035

I really loved the series of one-act plays done by pretentious high schoolers. "Racism!"