This was one of Bowen Yang’s best performances. He’s normally relegated to eccentric characters, but he can play calm and collected as well.

@Gozerthegozarian1984

Жыл бұрын

About the only really funny thing he’s ever done.

@romxxii

Жыл бұрын

I think he also does slowly fraying almost as good as Heidi.

@Wildoddity

Жыл бұрын

“Stabbing is back….” Killed me hahha

@toughtittypdiddy4634

Жыл бұрын

He was great as the news anchor from Montreal… I think that was the Issa Rae episode

@iimmannii

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, was really loving the character

Feels weird not having Kenan as the game show host character but Bowen smashed it

@heartcenteredseedling543

Жыл бұрын

The introduction of "Morgan Freegirl" let me know this skit was gonna be fire 🤣

@seroogyw6238

Жыл бұрын

What?? YOU MUST BE WOKE!! SNL is not anything anymore then PROPAGANDA just like the MSM!!

@ogrebattlewarsong

Жыл бұрын

Kenan was good as the gameshow host but I always thought Hader had a real edge and menace in the role. Bowen brought that feeling in for me.

@markbutler6321

Жыл бұрын

SNL just not the same without all the departed cast from last year like Kate, Amy, Pete, Kyle, Melissa and Alex. Thank God for Colin Jost and Michael Che. Only reason I watch !

@rnelton71

Жыл бұрын

Bowen totally hit it! Amazing.

Bowen's sheer demented joy when the contestant finally snaps 🤣🤣😂

@hadracks

Жыл бұрын

Kenan has his own mellow happy sadist energy but Bowen’s is a bit more more energetic and sly.

@kevinjohnston4923

Жыл бұрын

He makes the sketch.

@UkeCan1

Жыл бұрын

"That a great question. Let's play."

@orc001

5 ай бұрын

Yang is probably the least interesting thing about the entire show. And that is saying a lot

Bowen is channelling his inner Bill Hader in this skit and I am here for it :)

@op3129

Жыл бұрын

thought the same thing (like joyous sadism) SO good

@mjefferson882

Жыл бұрын

No where near Bill Hader level. Js

@michaelhulsey201

Жыл бұрын

Read in the voice of Christopher Walken: "Bowen.....Can't hold a COWBELL, .....to William Hader."

@togapika

Жыл бұрын

"In a word.....Chaos!"

@wienersmcbutts

6 ай бұрын

It’s literally every game show host impression ever

I absolutely did not expect Kenan to lose at mention of "Elin Musk". I bursted out laughing for that one 🤣

@littleghostfilms3012

Жыл бұрын

Me too! The second he said Elon, Kenan was triggered. That would have been me. LOL!

@ginaherold

Жыл бұрын

I laughed so loud I scared myself 😂

@brittanyflowerday

Жыл бұрын

Same!

@anon7843

Жыл бұрын

This show is garbage

@Kramerica962

Жыл бұрын

No way, I also laugh.

Somehow, the white lives matter shirt was the most Kanye thing Kanye has ever Kanyed.

@EhCloserLook

Жыл бұрын

You don’t think it’s funny? Also, am I the only person that really dislikes the concept of “Yeezus”?

@eaterdrinker000

Жыл бұрын

Coonye West does not care about black people.

@Frankieboo1001

Жыл бұрын

Kanye to win the republican presenting nomination.

@iamjeffreyalansmith

Жыл бұрын

Right?! “White Lives Matter T-Shirt” was on my Kanye bingo card.

@Frankieboo1001

Жыл бұрын

@@iamjeffreyalansmith take my KZread handle and ascend into KZread comment heaven

Bowen: This week, Elon Musk- Kenan: BAAAAAH *smashes items* Comedic timing at its finest

Keenan response to just hearing Elon Musk's name mentioned was priceless. Love this skit.

@cbpd89

Жыл бұрын

That joke has really aged like fine wine. 🤣

@JakeyD23

5 ай бұрын

But like why though? Like what does Elon say that is crazy like any examples?

@Egalitarian917

2 ай бұрын

@@JakeyD23Don't you have google?

Really loved Bowen Yang as the host character!! He had that sarcastic delight nailed down PERFECTLY

@andrewnibbi

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Bill Hader’s sadistic hosts back in the day.

@tj.espygil4544

Жыл бұрын

I like a lot!!!!

@lorddowski

Жыл бұрын

Audio cancer when i hear his voice.

@tomjboyle

Жыл бұрын

The most unfunniest cast member ever, SNL is terrible

@Braham_the_Terror

Жыл бұрын

@@tomjboyle get a grip, Thomas.

This needs to be a continued series

@starlalilymoon

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

I love that they did the wine bit first so everybody else had to sit in it 😆

@suspiciousminds1750

Жыл бұрын

Notice the next contestant quickly wiped the seat off?

@JazzyB9481

Жыл бұрын

I went back and rewatched. I doubt there was any wine that landed in the chair while she was sitting on it because the chair was so small. And if there was a tiny amount on the chair, it would have all been absorbed by the next contestant, so not everyone would have sat in it

@StargazingDragon

Жыл бұрын

@@JazzyB9481 As another commenter already pointed out, you can see the people after her reacting to the wine on the seat. You can see wine on the table the whole sketch, and you can see the amount they filled the glass (they topped her up) in which she spilled also on the floor in front of the seat. Based on the video posted and my basic knowledge of matter and science I'm pretty sure they all got to enjoy the wine. Thanks for your take though. A lot to think about.

@JazzyB9481

Жыл бұрын

@@StargazingDragon I did notice after I commented that there was more in the glass than what they showed being poured in the sketch, but I was too lazy to go back and watch everyone sitting down, lol. I only watched the very next person wipe it off the table (not the seat). Thank you for replying back to me so respectfully! Have a great day 😀

@suspiciousminds1750

Жыл бұрын

@@JazzyB9481 Watch again, the next "contestant" quickly wiped the seat with her hand.

Kenan just made me spit my coffee across the table! 😂🤣 Comedic genius!

@michaeltudyk8660

Жыл бұрын

The way he did the least of anyone and the most predictable thing. Pantheon of the comedic gods!!!🙄

“Stabbing is back!” 😂

@dvezha

Жыл бұрын

Best line of so many great lines!!! 🤣

@canaisyoung3601

Жыл бұрын

Didn't Michael Che mention that last season?

@DeathnoteBB

Жыл бұрын

@@canaisyoung3601 I don’t get it, did stabbing ever leave?

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one disappointed in Mario’s non-Italian accent 🤣🤣🤣

@PlumbPitiful

Жыл бұрын

We're all still hoping they bring Chris Pratt back into rerecord the voice before the movie comes out. It's not impossible. Remember a couple years ago they completely redid Sonic the Hedgehog after people didn't like the way he looked in the previews

@akumamakima2280

Жыл бұрын

Yes who can live without the mickey mouse vouce with the bad italian accent.

@tj.espygil4544

Жыл бұрын

Watch it makes no money then they all be hatin'.

@cartooncentral263

Жыл бұрын

It’s not like Mario and his friends talk that much in the games you know. So I don’t mind it.

@cartooncentral263

Жыл бұрын

@@PlumbPitiful That was different. Mario and his friends don’t talk that much in his games unlike Sonic. Unlike Sega games, most Nintendo characters don’t talk in their games.

"When we come back, we'll show an 80yr old man an episode of Euphoria" - it was the last joke but for my that was the funniest one.

"Stabbing is back"...hahaha! I love his delivery.

They nailed this. Also, Devon Walker looks like Pete Davidson and I can't think of anything else when he shows up

@jadahwise

Жыл бұрын

Waitttt he does 💀

@tj.espygil4544

Жыл бұрын

I hope Devon Walker can fill that doofy Pete Davidson void. He's already proven himself a better performer than Beck Bennett or Chris Redd.

@cataorshane

Жыл бұрын

@@tj.espygil4544 personally I never enjoyed Pete so for me, there was never a void.

@supershinigami1

Жыл бұрын

same

@lucaswiredin

Жыл бұрын

I thought the exact same thing. He is totally giving Pete vibes!

Omg Keenan killed that I haven’t laughed this hard at an SNL scene in weeks!!!! 😂😂😂

@jamesanderson6373

Жыл бұрын

*Kenan

@walleye14

Жыл бұрын

It's only the 2nd week of the season so obviously

@laurenhunter-mercado9813

Жыл бұрын

Plus him jumping around in the back at the end 😆

@djbred18

Жыл бұрын

Years for me

@michaeltudyk8660

Жыл бұрын

*overrated guy

I love Kenan being in the hot seat and Bowan taking his common role of making everyone uncomfortable(’:

"Take yo ass to Mars then!" I wholeheartedly agree lol.

“Take your ass to Mars then!” 🤣

“When Joe Biden was born we didn’t have highways.” I can’t breathe… that was amazing!😂👏🙌

@Ericwvb2

Жыл бұрын

I remember “John McCain is older than FM radio.”

@samarakeys7376

Жыл бұрын

Finally it’s here, the clip you all wanted: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYGMx5OOd6bShKw.html

@lenawagenfuehr53

Жыл бұрын

@@Ericwvb2 yeah, but he's dead

@lenawagenfuehr53

Жыл бұрын

So no one knows the road network is called the Dwight D Eisenhower interstate and defense Highway system?

@Ericwvb2

Жыл бұрын

@@lenawagenfuehr53 Once upon a time he was alive and running for President.

First actual laugh this got out of me was Keenan's first line. "Ah, yes I sure did. God bless America." He is just so reliably the best in any skit.

not gonna lie...this is actually a pretty interesting premise for a game show

@marla591

Жыл бұрын

NPR has a similar concept. From their website: "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!, NPR's news quiz. In every episode, host Peter Sagal quizzes panelists and contestants on a smattering some of the week's most oddball events, from the eccentricities of world leaders to failed robberies." It's one of my favorite shows because it's quite funny.

@janus3555

Жыл бұрын

This is showing that people are far too fragile if this is all it takes for them to snap. The issue is really with the individuals in question because issues haven't changed, only the perception of them due to scrutiny through on-tap news blocks and social media.

@samarakeys7376

Жыл бұрын

Finally it’s here, the clip you all wanted: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kYGMx5OOd6bShKw.html

@davidanalyst671

Жыл бұрын

BLM has been playing this for years

@eddyk3

Жыл бұрын

Is it? Because did you care about anything he mentioned, would anyone really give a shit. When was the last time the news ever made you snap?

" mom and pickle ball curious " lol

Fun to see new cast members... Heidi breaking down always makes me laugh... Bowen is perfection at dry humor... Keenan - Elon - GAAAHHHH! 😂

That new cast member looks like if Michael Shea and Pete Davidson had a kid together 🤣😂

Bowen is just channeling that 2013 Bill Hader game show host energy. "In a word? Chaos".

😂😂😂 this is entirely too real. I hope this becomes a regular skit

@triciadealy3092

Жыл бұрын

No shortage of material

@UkeCan1

Жыл бұрын

I feel like I've already been playing the at-home edition.

"So you think you won't Snap" is the best game show parody since Jeopardy. More Morgan Freegirl in the future.😂

Bowen ALWAYS brings the funny. Best new SNL character in recent years. Molly's up next.

Kenan's reaction made me spit out my juice 😂😂😂And Bowen Yang's deliveries were hilarious

I'm with Keenan. Wouldn't have lasted any longer

@TheMusicalElitist

Жыл бұрын

@@FlameOnTheBeat Oh shut up.

@dr.justinspiehs

Жыл бұрын

Soft

@lcephoenix

Жыл бұрын

Kenan*...

@covertyankee

Жыл бұрын

Why? Because Elon is actually getting stuff done as opposed to all the empty headed people in government?

@lenawagenfuehr53

Жыл бұрын

I have good news: much as Musk wants to imitate Trump in every way, he can never become President.

I was a bit nervous when Kate and so many others all left at once but it means the new cast has a chance to shine and so far they've been great

@jaredf6205

Жыл бұрын

Now Mikey Day can be in 95% of sketches instead of only 85%.

@davidhennen7045

Жыл бұрын

@@jaredf6205 Oh hell no! I don't want to look at Don Jr in every sketch, lol! My other half loves watching him too.😁😁

@tj.espygil4544

Жыл бұрын

I still miss ❤ Melissa ❤.

@kitcoffey7194

Жыл бұрын

no, Sarah and Andrew particularly suck.

@csic123

Жыл бұрын

​@@tj.espygil4544 I miss Chris Redd

Crazy to see Bowen's rise. Has become a star before our eyes

@Gozerthegozarian1984

Жыл бұрын

Nope.

@richiejohnson

Жыл бұрын

@@Gozerthegozarian1984 You're a Grumpy Gus

*I am SO GLAD to see Bowen Yang in the Cold Open!!!!!* I hope he is featured more this year. He's great. Almost everyone in this sketch did an excellent job. For the new cast members, it sometimes takes time to get used to reading the cue cards without Obviously Reading the Cue Cards. It will happen, you'll do great, and welcome to the cast of SNL!!!! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

I feel like this one was Bowens idea. He's really shining this season.

Love their game show skits

@TheAoalec14

Жыл бұрын

-Nobody

@Robby_Rob

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAoalec14 lol don’t even bother these are all fake comments

I would unironically watch this show if it were real

Bowen is enjoying this a little too much 😂

@canaisyoung3601

Жыл бұрын

He probably pitched and wrote it. Plus, I'm guessing this is his first cold opening where he's the star and not a side character with a memorable appearance, like that Hell cold opening where he played the guy who came up with "Baby Shark".

The Mario to hitting a frontier flight attendant pipeline

New cast member was so excited for his first "live from New York, its Saturday Night" 😂

4:43 This is exactly how i feel about the Musk too. So perfect.

Kenan losing it just off hearing Elon 😂 “GO TO MARS THEN” 😭

So happy Bowen Yang is getting way more airtime this season!

@rockhero2274

Жыл бұрын

I'm not

@RashaKahn

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s like half the main cast from last year is gone….

@janus3555

Жыл бұрын

@Michael Whitted I don't think most people know who he is or that he's gay. It could be because he's Asian or something innocuous like him being a nobody.

@janus3555

Жыл бұрын

@Michael Whitted No one thinks he's gay here because they think he's playing a character like that. I honestly thought he was one of the new cast members to be honest. The only one I recognize is Keenan.

The sound of pain when Tucker Carlson was mentioned😂

@lancebornmann1160

Жыл бұрын

Love the Tuck

@asuraXTC

Жыл бұрын

@@lancebornmann1160 love trucks too

@lancebornmann1160

Жыл бұрын

??

@rodneywarren1905

Жыл бұрын

@@lancebornmann1160 I don’t even think tucker’s own mother loves him.

@GaigeGrosskreutzsMissingBicep

Жыл бұрын

@@rodneywarren1905 why don't u like Tucker? Genuine question.

"Rich people talking about going to Mars. Well take your ass to Mars then." 🤣🤣🤣

"I'm not doing anything..." "There must be a good reason..." "That's a great question!" Bowen's delivery is brilliant!

Literally last night on the news, We could quite possibly have Nuclear Armageddon within a couple months but meanwhile, while you're doing your Christmas shopping, Amazon is raising their shipping fees!

This had some therapy value. I agree. Bring it back again.

One more thing. I hope they do a version of this game show once a week

this is such an enjoyable change of pace for snl gameshow sketches. let kenan play a contestant every once in a while. loved it!

Kenan's reaction to Elon is so accurate. Dude is the worst

@d13ndr1der7

Жыл бұрын

Love your background

@edthoreum7625

Жыл бұрын

Kenan Jumping at the end 👀

@DaTiger45

Жыл бұрын

He's basically the smartest man alive who has common sense.

@tooclosetokyle

Жыл бұрын

@@DaTiger45 lmfao

@penguincommunity6218

Жыл бұрын

@@DaTiger45 Yeah! Hope he buys Twitter - they could use a good dose of his common sense.

The audience's reaction to that photo of Kanye is hahahaha oh ooooh dead silence I guess that's where they snapped.

@janus3555

Жыл бұрын

Also the point of the shirt. It's to show that people's reactions to it demonstrates who they are, where they stand and how delusional their position is when they pointedly defend their position or distaste for the shirt by arguing trite nuance on a failed premise.

The Henry guy is giving off the same vibes as Petes characters

"Do you notice that everyone near you is angry and crazy?" Yep.

Morgan Freegirl 😭

Bowen nailed it!!!

💀💀💀 Kenan just kills it every time.

Bowen's face when Kenan snapped!

Kenan’s held that inside for a while.

Amazing to have back (thanks from the UK!) we all need a little bit of this in our lives to keep a grip on reality and our sense of humour ❤️

Awwww the new guy got to say it and you can tell how excited he is about it 🥰🥰🥰

Congratulations to Bowen Yang on his 150th sketch appearance on SNL. He is the best SNL cast member. 😄😆🥳🥳🎈🎈

@violetgc6049

Жыл бұрын

He really is!!! Hope he becomes the new Beck. He's fantastic

"This week Elon Musk" *screams* *shoves everything* Yeah, pretty much. Also that really feels like Kenan breaking character.

@JohnnyMacs19

Жыл бұрын

The look on his face 😂😂😂 as he did it he was trying SO hard not to laugh

If we can get Paramount and SEGA to redesign Sonic, we can get Illumination Studios and Nintendo to fix Mario's voice and maybe even get Charles Martinet to re-dub the voice

Bowen Yang is a freaking comic genius!

Bowen “Morgan Freegirl” Yang might be the only person who can top Bill Hader’s chaos and demented glee. He is a total rock star.

For the record the Kerch Bridge wasn't blown up, it was tactically redeployed to the bottom of the waterway for anti-submarine efforts.

@donaldjohnson1148

Жыл бұрын

👍👍😂😂😂😂😂😂

Bowen, I love you!!!🤩 However, I will forever & always see/hear you, now, as the "Spotted Lanternfly"(last week)😂😅 "Boo Me, Boo Me! You don't even know me. Haters! Y'all Haters!." LOVED IT so much👏...that clip is my ringtone!!!🤣

Pickleball curious was a great line lol

"We'll show an 80 year old man an episode of Euphoria" 😂

We’ll show and 80 year only and episode of euphoria is a truly incredible line

@DaveCM

Жыл бұрын

Now I have to watch "Euphoria" because I don't get the joke at all. Why would an 80 get triggered by it? Edit: I think I finally figured it out. I found character descriptions and plot lines.

@Junior4AMG

Жыл бұрын

@@DaveCM me too. Didn’t get that one. Kind of a let down after a great sketch

break that shit, Kenan 🤣

@jamesanderson6373

Жыл бұрын

*Kenan

@cattheminion

Жыл бұрын

@@jamesanderson6373 Thanks, fixed it. :)

The Elon Musk part was so satisfying.

Heidi's expression after she says "Nope, I'm totally good" is friggin' hilarious!

Finally snl is getting back its real humor.😅😅😅😅😅😅. Nice to laugh and really kidos to this cast

“This week, Elon Musk . . .” “GAHHHHHHH!” So relatable.

@JJVernig

Жыл бұрын

Yeah you don't need to hear any of the xxxx that comes out of him that day to snap. Everything in here is wrapped in plastic for just that reason..

I need more of “You Think You Won't Snap”. I felt it

LMAO BOWEN'S "STABBING IS BACK" TOOK ME OUT

Showing an 80 year old an episode of Euphoria 🤣🤣🤣☠️🤣🤣

@DaveCM

Жыл бұрын

I've never seen the show. Why would it trigger an 80 year old?

@themightyquyn

Жыл бұрын

@@DaveCM there's malignant levels of teenager f*kkery on the show. If you've seen the movie "Kids", it's basically a 2020's episodic version of that.

Bowen nailed this. Every second.

The set builders are amazing. Someone should make a documentary about how quickly they “slap together” sets.

This is unironically an awesome idea for a gameshow

Absolutely loved the Kenan and Bowen portion of the sketch! Absolutely hysterical!

Bowen looks like he’s about to break out into maniacal laughter after every snap and I’m living for it.

"Stabbing is back..." That facial expression.

Kenan! Your character is me lololol my boyfriend laughed so hard 🤣 you are goat man

Kenan should have went last. It would have been the perfect ending.

@canaisyoung3601

Жыл бұрын

Kenan knocking over glass at the mention of Elon Musk's name is funny, but the new guy (Devon Walker) burning his face over Kanye (despite that Bowen told him to burn his hand) is funnier.

@Junior4AMG

Жыл бұрын

No this was the only good part. SNL sucks.

I really like this new season so far, Bowen, Chloe, and Kenan have been holding it together

Why would I Iron my hand? That's a good question. Whoever wrote this sketch really knows how to, like, weave words together... Quite entertainingly/humorously. (With sincere admiration beaming through eyes... Slow claps).

Bowen is awesome! I hope to see him in more skits like this.

_"This week, Elon Musk --"_ Yup.

"Have you noticed that everyone around you is angry and crazy? Everybody at Target is flipping out.. stabbing is back." Since 2020, this is somehow the norm.

“When we come back, we’ll show an 80 year old man an episode of Euphoria!” Got me 😂

"just in case you need to use it on.. your hand!" such good delivery by bowen, literally shining this season

The college dude looks like a black pete Davidson

@johndow7689

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same but figured that'd somehow tick somebody off if I typed it.

@user-ms3jz7ub7n

Жыл бұрын

People keep saying that but I don't see it at all.

This was a great premise, and gotta say that set was quality! Cool lighting

I really love Bowen as evil game show host

@hadracks

Жыл бұрын

He does “happy evil” well. Reminds me of Bill Hader

Absolutely everything about this was perfect.