@@gllyflower Poor John. Hope he’s doing well. And frankly, delighted as I am to see him working with Seth again, I’d be even happier to see him work with Jimmy and spice his material up a bit.
@@timlynch5710 Huh? Keenan is playing BB King in Beethoven’s orchestra which the two famously did not live in the same century or play the same style of music. That’s why it’s funny.
That distracted me through the whole thing hahahah (and not just because he's handsome, bc yes) he's like playing bass on it, while blowing down into it??? Like look at his fingers, he's playing it like he would a bass, all rhythm xD
Almost thought this was an old clip, the amount of classic faces here! Also loving the cameo appearance by Triangle Sally, rather unexpected callback that cracked me up.
(3:44) I love how after he insults the tuba player (cameo played by Fallon's good friend Horatio Sanz), he plays Mozart to burn him back. It seems like Fallon didn't know that would happen because after Fallon calls him on it, Sanz excitedly points like "you caught it!" Awesome, deep burn.
You know it's not really Horatio playing the instrument. If it's not recorded it's one of the shows music band players off-screen. Thought the same thing but it was really just good acting on their part.
As a professionally trained classical musician (who knows that's "Tighten Up" playing in the background and loves that song), I've never laughed so hard!
I saw BB King in concert LIVE a handful of years before he passed away, with my dad in MN, and at the end people left but he came back out and I was up near stage and I got a guitar pick and I shook his hand with both hands and thanked him for all he’s done for blues and rock and guitar based music and I swear I leveled up like 10 points immediately that night, I still play my guitar every day and have for people perhaps have for some of you, but I hope to return to seeing and playing and enjoying live music when this pandemic is over and we can all enjoy communal shared activities like a live show! Peace and Love and Blessings to all of you
@@rachelrachel9152 If you’re talking about the music for this sketch it was “the tighten up” (combined with LVB's Ode to Joy) maybe by originally Archie Bell and the Drells?
The thing you should be asking is why is there only one of every instrument except for the violins? That's a horribly unbalanced orchestra. I'm beginning to think this guy's an impostor.
Why is the first violin player in the middle? The most important first violin player should be in the front row way to the right :P and everyone doesn't make sense :P
"Nein, which is a shame cause I think the title is a 10" and the Graz-Gras jokes, didn't expect that. Like it. Being Austrian I expected only Hitler jokes ^^
@@BobbyLCollins You really are proving my point. Don't you understand? No one gives a shit. Shove your historically accurate fact and your mouthpiece down the tube, nerdy assface nobody wants to talk to at a party.
@@colonelbuendias You clearly give a shit, otherwise you wouldn't have replied, eh? Your reaction is wildly disproportionate to my comment. Consider psychiatric treatment.
It really disturbs me how Bill Hader imitates playing the flute, especially as he's in the shot all the time. Right hand a liitle higher and I'd be at peace again.
I played it for like 8 weeks when I was 9 (18 years ago) and I almost cried hahahha. He's not only holding it like a disaster, but the way he just rhythmically presses the same two keys makes me think he was like "ok I've no idea how this thing works, but I can however play bass, so I'll wing it.. can't be that different rite?"
damn this was like perfect. I've never seen a better natural looking unscripted skit. Were there cue cards or did he memorizes for a month cuz man that was just very organic
OH no. Disagree. Ludwig's humor was reflected in his music. Listen Tp 2nd Symphony, for example. He might not have laughed heartily, but he would have been amused. It relieves the tension of having a deaf condition.
"Viola, the unviolin." I'm a violist and I'm totally stealing this. Also, I need to point out, even thought this video is eight years old, that it's pronounced VEE-o-la, not VYE-o-la (and before you ask, it's VIOLIN that should be pronounced that way, not viola that should be pronounced like violin, because both words come from Italian). I know it's too late for Jimmy but if I can even educate one person with this comment it's worth all this typing. :-)
I’m going through the comments answering this question, I have no idea why... Anyway “Tighten Up” from 1968 by Archie Bell and the Drells . A favorite of oldies soul and R and B radio stations which is where I heard it first . It really puts you in a good mood and makes you want to dance, I use it to get housework done sometimes.
Ironically, that would historically accurate! The chin rest had only been invented in 1820, so it wouldn't yet have been in widespread use at the time the 9th symphony was premiered.
Maybe people didn't realise... Kattan had that thing on his head, slightly covering his face and Horatio has lost loads of weight, so perhaps he was pretty unrecognisable. But I'm totally thinking the saw this as you
This is one of Jimmy’s best sketches, he had great delivery and didn’t ruin it by laughing. I feel like Mulaney’s writing style really suits him, I wish the two could’ve worked together when Fallon was at SNL.
i’m a bassoon player. gotta be honest, i’m more concerned about how they had the budget to find a bassoon than the fact that it was played wrong
Was there even a reed on that bassoon?
haha! I noticed that too. Even cheap crappy bassoons are like, $10000?
@@porkyfry Nope. $1,200 on Amazon. Decent one, too.
probably just a prop
I love. Jimmy enjoyed the skit very much
Not surprised John Mulaney co-wrote this one. "God, I am good at classical music" is a very Mulaney line.
And "famously deaf" sounds like him too.
@@gllyflower Poor John. Hope he’s doing well. And frankly, delighted as I am to see him working with Seth again, I’d be even happier to see him work with Jimmy and spice his material up a bit.
@@SuperJNG18 Yeah another crappy thing to happen in this crappy year. I wish him well too!
How can you tell who wrote the sketches? It’s not in the description...
I guess back in the day it was just called music. 😜
It's really killing me that there is a funky guitar playing casually while mr Beets introduces his entire orchestra 😂
... with a microphone..
Yeah and an electric organ too haha
In a way, having a Guitar there is actually more accurate than having a Tuba.
I'm obsessed with their individual riffs on the Ode to Joy
same, most were interesting in their own way
I like comedy and interesting things that create laughter inside my mouth
I love how esoteric this sketch is, and how committed everyone was to it.
Definitely written for people like me... and even I did not find it that funny. The "that's Mozart" line definitely made me lol, though.
YES
I love the word "esoteric".
as a music theory major 100 perecent approve
@@commentcopbadge6665 even if it‘s out of place
"I am famously deaf" Then points out someone is playing Mozart
Beethoven could tell by looking....
I love that moment
Yeah, YEAH he did!😀😀😀😀😀
Man!!@# shut the FUCK! UP!!
He felt the vibrations of the mozart
Yeah, I’m not sure this is real footage of Beethoven. How did he know it was Mozart? Must be some deepfaked footage.
"His key is B flat and his wife B ugly...." oh snap !! LOL
It’s not funny, it’s sexist.
French horn is key of F tho
@@wholeshebang1 shut up ahahahaha
@@lucacecca5535 - Why are you so angry?
@@wholeshebang1 coz it is not sexist at all, it's just funny
Keenan as BB King quietly saying “thrill is gone” killed me
That was a great touch.
it could be the worst SNL sketch ever and a BB King reference will save it for me
Keenan as the token black guy plays the token black guy. This might be American, but it doesn't make it funny.
@@timlynch5710 Huh? Keenan is playing BB King in Beethoven’s orchestra which the two famously did not live in the same century or play the same style of music. That’s why it’s funny.
@@MikeMeehan AMEN! Long live the king, Riley B King, who was raised by a white couple and his first (paying) job was as a blues DJ!
How did I miss this gem for nearly a decade? I couldn't put it down.
Asking myself the same thing. Fire, this
"That's mozart you son of a b***h"
That kills me. 😂
LOL..starting at @3:46 they really don't like each other hahaha
he puts the "dick" in tuba
Bill Hader was playing the flute in a VERY interesting way
M DA like Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull
Very iNtErStInG
Agreeeeeeed.
I agree, how can he make a sound???????????
That distracted me through the whole thing hahahah (and not just because he's handsome, bc yes) he's like playing bass on it, while blowing down into it??? Like look at his fingers, he's playing it like he would a bass, all rhythm xD
"He's from Graz, and he loves to smoke it"
That's one for us Austrians
Both things apply to me
yay more Austrians!!
Good thing no one's from Fucking
Do they have good grass in Graz?
@@Eastbridge2100 nothing but
Almost thought this was an old clip, the amount of classic faces here! Also loving the cameo appearance by Triangle Sally, rather unexpected callback that cracked me up.
"That's Mozart you son of a bitch!"
“Tighten Up” playing in the background is what makes this a Top 10 skit for me
LOL I cracked myself out when Triangle Sally been introduced. Really didn't expect the character will be in this skit as well~ xD
LOL ... I watched this again and again just to see Triangle Sally and Bill Hader's character... what was his name again? :D
IDGAF what anyone says....THIS....was the ULTIMATE cast. Every single cast member was extremely talented and fit the show perfectly.
Beethoven introducing the band… so simple but yet genius. It takes some special genes to come up with that
genius is a strong word. To me this is just a bad snl sketch
@@anakinskywalker70 There seem to be something wrong with your account. You have no videos of skits funnier than this one posted?
@@kaskar stupid ass comment bro
5:39 “thrill is gone”🤣
love that
(3:44) I love how after he insults the tuba player (cameo played by Fallon's good friend Horatio Sanz), he plays Mozart to burn him back. It seems like Fallon didn't know that would happen because after Fallon calls him on it, Sanz excitedly points like "you caught it!" Awesome, deep burn.
All in the screenplay 🙄
You know it's not really Horatio playing the instrument. If it's not recorded it's one of the shows music band players off-screen. Thought the same thing but it was really just good acting on their part.
"This next guy plays flute, both regular and skin - 'who said that!' Not me" 😂😂
i dont get it
its a penis joke
I'm here for triangle Sally
I'm here for the horse. **snicker**
welcome to the club..... ;-)
I'm here for the guy who raped my horse
most epic character!! xD
999th like
At 2:15 when he says "Oooooh da joy" is so good
specially considering is the name of the ninth symphony Ode to Joy.
Bill Hader and Jason Sudeikis are such pros, they crack me up everytime :D
As a professionally trained classical musician (who knows that's "Tighten Up" playing in the background and loves that song), I've never laughed so hard!
Recs to Archie Bell and the Drells!
Yeah I’m with ya - how can you not love a band from Houston Texas
Yeah I just put that together like "hmmm that guitar sounds familiar, wow that bass sounds really familiar... WAIT A SECOND"
You're a professionally "train" "classical" musician?
I saw BB King in concert LIVE a handful of years before he passed away, with my dad in MN, and at the end people left but he came back out and I was up near stage and I got a guitar pick and I shook his hand with both hands and thanked him for all he’s done for blues and rock and guitar based music and I swear I leveled up like 10 points immediately that night, I still play my guitar every day and have for people perhaps have for some of you, but I hope to return to seeing and playing and enjoying live music when this pandemic is over and we can all enjoy communal shared activities like a live show!
Peace and Love and Blessings to all of you
Kristen dancing cracks me up every time !!
That's great, but it needs more cowbell...
I'VE GOT A FEVER!!!
Danielle Balanga Oh no. That's a death sentence.
Iva AND THE ONLY PRESCRIPTION IS MORE COWBELL!
I read it in the voice of christopher walken. :D
Yeah ! Will Ferrell rocks ! Love from France !
This gets my vote for one of the best written and best performed skits that Saturday Night Live has ever done. Brilliant! Jimmy Fallon was perfect.
I agree i only saw it for the first time this year but it's so good, packed with little moments, and the music is so good it puts you in a good mood
@@rachelrachel9152 If you’re talking about the music for this sketch it was “the tighten up” (combined with LVB's Ode to Joy) maybe by originally Archie Bell and the Drells?
It's giving me Mulaney vibes, I wonder if it was written by him?
I wasn't a big fan of Fallon before this, but I am after watching this. He aced it.
That’s rigth
WTF IS A CELLO DOING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST VIOLINS????
MUSIC GEEK TEST!!!!
The thing you should be asking is why is there only one of every instrument except for the violins? That's a horribly unbalanced orchestra. I'm beginning to think this guy's an impostor.
Why is the first violin player in the middle? The most important first violin player should be in the front row way to the right :P and everyone doesn't make sense :P
NEEEEEEEEEEEERDS!!!
No double bass ... :((
"Nein, which is a shame cause I think the title is a 10" and the Graz-Gras jokes, didn't expect that. Like it. Being Austrian I expected only Hitler jokes ^^
You got both this time
This is one of my favourite SNL skit
Just rewatched this to get my day started 😂😂
this skit is so good... criminally underrated
How have I never seen this?! and a surprise triangle Sally cameo?? I’m actually crying
I forgot how great this is and everybody in it. Fallon did a great job introducing everyone. He's in his element.
XD
Its like he was in full Tonight Show mode already.
Yeah because his laughing adds to the sketch for once, lol.
One of my favourite Fallon performances.
Just love it when the beats start before few of the instruments complete. It's so pleasing to hear..don't know how many times I have seen this video.
One of the best practiced and then performed without breaking. Everyone did their part amazingly
Gotta be one of the funniest all around SNL sketches I've ever seen
Jimmy was always at his funniest with Horatio.
Horatio looking good on this
@@irenephillips1523 not anymore
Why would anyone dislike this sketch? It's so upbeat
Ah now I get it
Fred Armisen @2:33 has been etched into my mind forever.
I love how everyone embellishes the melody and then the violist just plays the melody straight 😂
Hugely underrated skit, love that it ran long and so it should have. How did I never see this one? Brava
This whole thing is greatness.
This was gone for years. Glad it's back on youtube. One of THE best sketches, definitely a highlight of Fallon's time there
This was shockingly funny, Jimmy in that wig, the retro music - the facial expressions. So stupid it was actually funny.
This just makes me giggle. This is amazing
The energy and facial expressions were so good I barely mind all the inaccuracies.
favorite snl sketch of all time. love this!
Imagine Beethoven and his orchestra in the 70's. 😁👍
Still watchin' it.... never gets old..... 😂😂😂
Triangle Sally just made my day....plus he's from grass and he likes to smoke it...that line killed me
Graz, Austria
Probably the greatest SNL sketch ever ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This comment section proves that knowing how to play a classical music instrument and having a sense of humor are mutually exclusive.
Ikr? I like twoset but thwy were insufferable about this
exactly
Strongly disagree. You can still think this is hilarious while at the same time pointing out that tubas and saxophones didn't exist in 1824.
@@BobbyLCollins You really are proving my point. Don't you understand? No one gives a shit. Shove your historically accurate fact and your mouthpiece down the tube, nerdy assface nobody wants to talk to at a party.
@@colonelbuendias You clearly give a shit, otherwise you wouldn't have replied, eh? Your reaction is wildly disproportionate to my comment. Consider psychiatric treatment.
Super premise turned into a great, memorable skit.
It really disturbs me how Bill Hader imitates playing the flute, especially as he's in the shot all the time. Right hand a liitle higher and I'd be at peace again.
It really irritate me.. like a lot XD
That makes it even better!
It's a comedy show, so the people who made this sketch doesn't care if you're at peace or not
I played it for like 8 weeks when I was 9 (18 years ago) and I almost cried hahahha. He's not only holding it like a disaster, but the way he just rhythmically presses the same two keys makes me think he was like "ok I've no idea how this thing works, but I can however play bass, so I'll wing it.. can't be that different rite?"
did you see that embouchure too :\
Jimmy looks great with curls!
Twoset should react to this 😂
This should be a top comment!
YAAAAAAAAAASSSSS !!
Same thoughts
During basson and oboe I (wrongfully) thought they had at least some professionals, but then...
That will be the rosatiest roast yet to come
I was literally going to comment the same thing!!
damn this was like perfect. I've never seen a better natural looking unscripted skit. Were there cue cards or did he memorizes for a month cuz man that was just very organic
I have never seen someone play a triangle with that much passion and sass hahahah and it was one note hahahh love it
she does that character in the worst of soul train video too, and i think at least one other time although i cant remember when
@@rachelrachel9152she does it in the new jack thanksgiving sketch when jason segel hosts
How is it I never saw this before? Fabulous! The costumes alone...!
One of the best skits to ever come out of SNL
Jimmy was a stunner. He's still good-looking.
I saw Bill Hader and laughed for about 2 minutes straight. There’s something about his expression and that wig.
Proof that Kenan has been there since the Baroque Period.
Rolf "The Hitman" Hitler LOL
Let's hope he never has kids! Ha!
He did. Mr. HIEDLER MARRIED MS. SCHICKGRUBLER
Beethoven doing stand up with guest appearances by Triangle Sally and BB King. Love it!
This is great. Ludwig himself would have loved it. Fallon did a great job. Immortal Hilarious!
Based on his personality (an angry, stubborn, dick) Ludwig would fuckin hate this
OH no. Disagree. Ludwig's humor was reflected in his music. Listen Tp 2nd Symphony, for example. He might not have laughed heartily, but he would have been amused. It relieves the tension of having a deaf condition.
I sometimes forget how good Jimmy Fallon is at sketch comedy. This is a super high level of difficulty, and he makes it look easy.
"That's Mozart you son of bitch." Horatio Sanz laughs
Bill smirking in the background is funnier than the skit :D
LOL yup love him
came here for triangle sally, wasn't disappointed.
"Let's all say goodbye to Franz Liemsch!" killed me🤣
She's a goddess.
"Viola, the unviolin." I'm a violist and I'm totally stealing this.
Also, I need to point out, even thought this video is eight years old, that it's pronounced VEE-o-la, not VYE-o-la (and before you ask, it's VIOLIN that should be pronounced that way, not viola that should be pronounced like violin, because both words come from Italian). I know it's too late for Jimmy but if I can even educate one person with this comment it's worth all this typing. :-)
fellow violist thank you ToT
I’m a musician and I did not know this. I have brought great shame upon my dojo.
@@jobe13 no worries, you are definitely not the only person (or musician!) who doesn't know this. I'm on a one-woman campaign to fix this everywhere.
I'm a Real American, so "violin" is pronounced "fiddle".
"Gawd, I am good at classical music" Hahaha, OMG 😆
Do you know what tune are they playing ?? Its so melodious.
I’m going through the comments answering this question, I have no idea why...
Anyway “Tighten Up” from 1968 by Archie Bell and the Drells . A favorite of oldies soul and R and B radio stations which is where I heard it first . It really puts you in a good mood and makes you want to dance, I use it to get housework done sometimes.
Not one of their best liked sketches but i rly like it for some reason, super chill :D
here for the "Mozart" part...
2:04 That viola doesn't even have a chin rest
Ironically, that would historically accurate! The chin rest had only been invented in 1820, so it wouldn't yet have been in widespread use at the time the 9th symphony was premiered.
Ikr
Leporello the Goldfinch - Birdtaming Tips & Tricks are you saying that people before 1820 had really strong chins?
I never liked using a chin rest when playing the violin .. took away from feeling the vibrations on your shoulder
The icing of our strudel! Rest in peace!
how were the people not fazed by horatio sanz and chris kattan?? i screamed when i saw them
Maybe people didn't realise... Kattan had that thing on his head, slightly covering his face and Horatio has lost loads of weight, so perhaps he was pretty unrecognisable. But I'm totally thinking the saw this as you
Horatio is unrecognizable now.
Jimmy, Sanz, and Kattan. Brilliant 😂
I thought it was them but Kattan wouldn't be the same timeline and Sanz was just almost him. :)
Wasn't that the same show they reunited for Sanz' Christmas song? ua-cam.com/video/cy4Xq65Hfcg/v-deo.html
It’s been recorded historically that Triangle Sally and BB King played many shows together
Triangle Sally just slithering away after her solo was great!
Fred’s anguished face😆😆
Triangle Sally is one of the best characters in the history of SNL.
yes verdad
who came here after twoset's new video?😀
Me, dunno why I decided to torture myself for 6 minutes lmao
me
me. should've practiced instead of watching this mentally tormenting video
Me
Me. Hi!
This is one of Jimmy’s best sketches, he had great delivery and didn’t ruin it by laughing. I feel like Mulaney’s writing style really suits him, I wish the two could’ve worked together when Fallon was at SNL.
at 3:35 you can tell that bill hader is holding the laughter.
I needed this today - KW yes please more please
Tuba is the musical answer to the fart...deep insight😂😂😂😂
Bobby Moynihan clearly has full command of that french horn.
His cheeky smile after... so hilarious 😂😂
such a classic!!!!!!! I fell in love with Triangle sally and then Kristen wiig
This is a masterpiece sketch. Wow, incredible. The writing, the cast, the music, Fallon not breaking 100 times. Might just be the best sketch ever.
4:53
that's gotta be time-machined zombie Triangle Sally 😁
Their expressions were priceless and matched their characters perfectly.
Came here for Triangle Sally and I also found a guy behind Jason Sudeikis that looks like Kevin Bacon. Actually, I thought he was the guest xD.
Oh my gosh, it totally does look like Kevin Bacon!
I was waiting all video for him to introduce Kevin Bacon! ( yeah I really thought it was him)
This is such a great sketch. Totes forgot about it. 😂
Love the guy at the lower left corner, grooving to the bass break during Triangle Sally´s performance, lol. Pure 18th century funk, ha ha...
RL R to
How have I never seen this?!! It's epic.
Totally funny,loved,the parody,the cast,Jimmy Fallon, superr.
I watch it more times than I can count
The writing in this 🙌