World War II 101 - SNL

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  • @tlightning8383
    @tlightning8383 3 роки тому +6965

    This class is above average since every student is actually engaged.

    • @joshuaeisenstein9867
      @joshuaeisenstein9867 3 роки тому +72

      too true

    • @dignafelicisima
      @dignafelicisima 3 роки тому +41

      totally true

    • @narata1541
      @narata1541 3 роки тому +56

      LOL, I didn't realize that. When I was in school, the students weren't so nice. They would probably be yelling, fighting, or fighting and yelling.

    • @danb6838
      @danb6838 3 роки тому +33

      or actually IN class!

    • @heatherperleberg7816
      @heatherperleberg7816 3 роки тому +13

      My history teacher plays a CNN 10 video and the screws around at his desk for the rest of the time. Fun stuff.

  • @svavarkjarrval8757
    @svavarkjarrval8757 5 років тому +13356

    I just returned from France and can confirm that there are still French people, even today.

  • @VictorSilvestri
    @VictorSilvestri 3 роки тому +3668

    I'm convinced this isn't an SNL sketch but actually an alternate universe where Jerry Seinfeld is a history teacher

    • @daverichards9141
      @daverichards9141 3 роки тому +35

      You mean Jerry Thompson.

    • @tcsandman
      @tcsandman 3 роки тому +27

      Quite believable! He seemed to know his lines so well he hardly seemed to be reading cue cards 🤔

    • @sstills951
      @sstills951 3 роки тому +5

      You're convinced? Well unconvince yourself because it is obviously a SNL skit.

    • @DrRestezi
      @DrRestezi 2 роки тому +9

      I'm confused; what else did this Seinfreld fellow do besides teach history?

    • @ksham7065
      @ksham7065 2 роки тому +6

      Bizzaro World or The Nexus of the Universe?

  • @tigerhattom5111
    @tigerhattom5111 11 місяців тому +848

    I was in a senior US history class when a girl (who went on to “graduate with honors”) asked about the Civil War, “Didn’t the north have an advantage because they were fighting down hill?” The teacher took a moment, pondering what he was asked, then went to begin to explain that moving from north to south wasn’t ‘moving down hill’ but in that moment he lost the spirit just like Jerry does at the end of the sketch and just sat back down at his desk without another word.

    • @AtmoStk
      @AtmoStk 11 місяців тому +5

      Hahahahahahha

    • @binabina4445
      @binabina4445 11 місяців тому +20

      That is so sad

    • @steveneumeyer681
      @steveneumeyer681 10 місяців тому +7

      that is hilarious!

    • @danieldressler4349
      @danieldressler4349 10 місяців тому +52

      I imagine she was referring, but did not know the details, to the battle of Gettysburg. The turning point of the war, where the union had the high ground, and the confederates were fighting uphill. Your teacher was smart, but by assuming the girl was making a baseless comment missed that rather her misunderstanding was to underestimate the scope of the civil war.

    • @tigerhattom5111
      @tigerhattom5111 10 місяців тому +42

      @@danieldressler4349 That is a very generous and extremely positive guess as to her thought process but I can assure you this was an extremely ditzy mind 'thinking out loud.' Why I pointed out that she did graduate with honors was to say that she wasn't a complete simpleton by any means, just someone who did the base level and didn't think much beyond that.

  • @alexander3543
    @alexander3543 3 роки тому +4815

    Jerry is actually quite convincing as a teacher

    • @HONORTONUMERIC123
      @HONORTONUMERIC123 2 роки тому +79

      Yup.... That's right.... The way he acted from the start to the end was so perfect with the lines and the topics.....

    • @benjamincoggins6568
      @benjamincoggins6568 2 роки тому +51

      Definitely. Much more convincing than he is as a ‘comic’.

    • @mxplk
      @mxplk 2 роки тому +41

      He would have made a GREAT history teacher.

    • @zyfoxmaster1
      @zyfoxmaster1 2 роки тому +45

      He has a lot of experience dating children

    • @d3xbot
      @d3xbot 2 роки тому +34

      the looks of despair, the slow realization that he's not gonna get anywhere on this topic, yeah that tracks :/

  • @CyberCheese392
    @CyberCheese392 5 років тому +9674

    Why does the description mention when this was aired? I thought we didnt have to know dates?

    • @ellieadele3769
      @ellieadele3769 5 років тому +40

      CyberCheese lmao

    • @Lue_Jonin
      @Lue_Jonin 5 років тому +111

      You get a star for the day because that was pure GOLD 👍

    • @EPrimeify
      @EPrimeify 5 років тому +19

      This is the greatest and most clever comment I've ever read.

    • @sallyheartjack
      @sallyheartjack 5 років тому +3

      hahahhahaah

    • @dahawk8574
      @dahawk8574 5 років тому +17

      Even the day of the week seems too specific. Having class on a Saturday, at night.

  • @andremarceau2736
    @andremarceau2736 7 років тому +6379

    As a teacher, this is not even the tip of the iceberg. Fifty times a day, I have to keep a smile on my face while thinking WTF.

    • @supercoolbrian
      @supercoolbrian 5 років тому +499

      Yeah, those kids in the skit didnt know basic history, but at least they weren't constantly disrupting and arguing with each other. I'll take dumb students over students that harm others or actively disrupt or fight against the learning process.

    • @psyop6942
      @psyop6942 5 років тому +209

      @@CooterCoy
      Wow...your reaching

    • @gog9o9magog
      @gog9o9magog 5 років тому +22

      as a tv viewer of snl for the last 40+years i have to do the same.

    • @drethethinker6418
      @drethethinker6418 5 років тому +233

      When I was in the eighth grade, I was placed into the "average" class because I messed around in the seventh grade. I remember the teacher asking VERY simple questions and I was the only one to answer. Kids used to talk about how smart I was, and I just remember thinking--"No, y'all just dumb!"
      Luckily the teacher decided to move me back to the honors class. I learned my lesson and never messed around again. As pretentious as the honor students were, it was better than the alternative.

    • @nordmark16
      @nordmark16 5 років тому +77

      I really hope this isn't the tip of the iceberg, but it's the whole thing. If your kids don't know where Europe is or can't name one country in Europe then the school system has failed them terribly

  • @Monster_Mover_Stocks
    @Monster_Mover_Stocks 2 роки тому +1499

    As a former teacher, I can tell you that this skit actually plays out each and every single day in classrooms across America.

    • @thepolarbear8449
      @thepolarbear8449 Рік тому +19

      It’s this bad? Really?

    • @mrkt78
      @mrkt78 Рік тому

      It was the elementary school, I guess

    • @brunoreis4203
      @brunoreis4203 Рік тому

      ​@@waltermoldren4991is it this bad?USA is the most powerful nation in the world.There's no way people in the USA are that dumb.

    • @ichoosewombo2124
      @ichoosewombo2124 Рік тому +32

      ​@@thepolarbear8449Whats funny is that people may think "omg millenials and zoomers are so far gone", this is satirizing gen X.

    • @blakeriedel9983
      @blakeriedel9983 Рік тому +6

      yes, this bad LOL

  • @YoooRico
    @YoooRico 4 роки тому +7512

    This is why you need atleast one smart kid in the class so the teacher doesn’t become an alcoholic

    • @OMGWTFLOLSMH
      @OMGWTFLOLSMH 4 роки тому +222

      You don't even need "smart" kids. You only need them to _attempt_ to read a bit and follow the program. Some of it will thus sink in through osmosis. But there are too many distractions in school. Social media, girls, boys, hormones, video games. I think I'd homeschool my kids at least 50% of the time, if I was ever dumb enough to have any.

    • @israellopez-lazaro5846
      @israellopez-lazaro5846 3 роки тому +120

      @@OMGWTFLOLSMH Yeah but who always answers the teacher's questions and moves the class along? The smart kids.

    • @otherssingpuree1779
      @otherssingpuree1779 3 роки тому +59

      @@OMGWTFLOLSMH School is not to study, it is just to know what to study and gain a grasp on becoming comfortable with other people.
      You study at home.

    • @markusorth5450
      @markusorth5450 3 роки тому +44

      As one of the smart kids, I concur.

    • @deltaflyer1441
      @deltaflyer1441 3 роки тому +31

      I was that smart except I think I drove him to alcohol because of my constant bugging

  • @Josh-tz1uw
    @Josh-tz1uw 4 роки тому +3520

    Seinfeld teaching David Spade, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and all these other legends. They all look so young

    • @soXCold
      @soXCold 4 роки тому +27

      BABIES!

    • @mangaslugwars
      @mangaslugwars 4 роки тому +39

      @Godly Star fury @5:02 "They put up the berlin wall" - Chris Rock

    • @mangaslugwars
      @mangaslugwars 4 роки тому +33

      @Godly Star fury @3:57 "Sweeden?!" - Chris Rock

    • @gabrielfreedman8507
      @gabrielfreedman8507 4 роки тому +6

      Godly Star fury yes he was 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

    • @anandvyas2701
      @anandvyas2701 4 роки тому +6

      Godly Star fury yes he was lol

  • @JoshuaWillis89
    @JoshuaWillis89 4 роки тому +4320

    To this day, this is probably the most accurate representation of a real classroom from a teacher’s perspective I’ve ever come across on TV or in film.

    • @jedijones
      @jedijones 3 роки тому +70

      It goes hand-in-hand with Ben Stein's class in Ferris Bueller.

    • @quantanglement
      @quantanglement 3 роки тому +24

      @@jedijones Bueller......Bueller...

    • @ricopedrajrs
      @ricopedrajrs 3 роки тому +21

      An American classroom, of course. Even Canadians lead Americans around Europe by the nose.

    • @kzero1499
      @kzero1499 3 роки тому +15

      @@jedijones that's Seinfeld here after another few years. As all semblance of life escapes his voice, then his eyes, eventually his every thought is monotone and dry - each day becomes just another day calling out yet another forgettable name, wishing he spent his youth pursuing literally anything else.

    • @jedijones
      @jedijones 3 роки тому +3

      @@kzero1499 Ben Steinfeld.

  • @averyetvspecial1487
    @averyetvspecial1487 11 місяців тому +110

    The way Farley puts his hand down after “besides the snakes” is all-time SNL gold for me.

  • @DavidRealMusic
    @DavidRealMusic 5 років тому +17947

    I'm a history teacher. You guys laugh but this is my real life smh

    • @wisemankugelmemicus1701
      @wisemankugelmemicus1701 5 років тому +474

      It's so true. I just graduated high school and I was the only student who not only knew the material, from HABIT. I was even able to teach the teacher sometimes.

    • @daveyhouston
      @daveyhouston 5 років тому +131

      No way kids were not this stupid but there was no internet

    • @DavidRealMusic
      @DavidRealMusic 5 років тому +702

      @@daveyhouston I don't call my kids stupid just under informed and with no real desire to correct their current ignorance.

    • @kyleshiflet9952
      @kyleshiflet9952 5 років тому +196

      I feel bad history teachers y'all have it rough

    • @australianclaude_527
      @australianclaude_527 5 років тому +38

      Lucas Bell sounds like you could be one of the stupid ass kids in his class, he said he knows history and your ass talks about how cool he thinks he his. I might not be a genius, but I think I can say that he didn’t try flexing his game with history facts

  • @seanl67
    @seanl67 5 років тому +3183

    This skit was frustrating and hilarious at the same time.

    • @young321bookie
      @young321bookie 5 років тому +14

      You were half-right there.

    • @connorfernandes2
      @connorfernandes2 5 років тому +2

      Where the fucks my comment Sean dont answer me slave

    • @AConquerorsVendetta
      @AConquerorsVendetta 5 років тому +5

      They predicted the future 😔

    • @phillee8875
      @phillee8875 5 років тому +10

      @@AConquerorsVendetta they didn't predict the future. Art imitates life.

    • @Woodshadow
      @Woodshadow 5 років тому +3

      Jerry wishes he was still allowed to hit kids

  • @djp3525
    @djp3525 3 роки тому +4090

    I taught World History for 5 years. This would've been a good day.

    • @AdamHolland-Adz
      @AdamHolland-Adz 3 роки тому +41

      I have a question for you Mr or Mrs World History teacher, did you ever have to teach Australian history? And if so, did any of your students think the country was really upside down? If not, could you please share the most outlandish, incorrect thing you've heard? XD

    • @iesusegoconfidoinvobis4309
      @iesusegoconfidoinvobis4309 3 роки тому +85

      @@AdamHolland-Adz Teacher, "Who won the Civil War?" Student, "France"?

    • @lamarravery4094
      @lamarravery4094 3 роки тому +25

      I would've been one of your best students. I loved learning about history and know a lot about it.

    • @mkechandler5776
      @mkechandler5776 3 роки тому +10

      Well at least they're trying lol

    • @siddg1463
      @siddg1463 3 роки тому +22

      This clip reflects reality. I taught 3 years of history. & I agree, this would’ve been a good day

  • @knottsafterdark
    @knottsafterdark Рік тому +121

    My dad was a history teacher, and he laughed at this so hard! He said that it was like having surveillance footage of his own classroom!

    • @leavingitblank9363
      @leavingitblank9363 7 місяців тому +3

      Glad he has a sense of humor about it... unless that was the laugh of a psychotic breakdown.

  • @steelydan449
    @steelydan449 5 років тому +1090

    “Besides the snakes” arm goes down slowly. That gets me every time.

    • @TheMrIVXX
      @TheMrIVXX 5 років тому +10

      Chris Farley is a national treasure

    • @OldieBones
      @OldieBones 5 років тому +4

      Best part of the sketch

    • @dannyrutz3792
      @dannyrutz3792 5 років тому +2

      That was so good

    • @marksoquetjr4693
      @marksoquetjr4693 5 років тому +3

      That's my favorite part

    • @nugsymalone1247
      @nugsymalone1247 5 років тому +3

      Any major dude will tell you Chris Farley was a gift to us all

  • @williamritchie5462
    @williamritchie5462 4 роки тому +4204

    This has to be the most stacked cast of all of snl history

    • @MikeConrow
      @MikeConrow 4 роки тому +45

      That’s why I saved the vid to my mvp playlist 😂

    • @darkartsdabbler2407
      @darkartsdabbler2407 4 роки тому +14

      Nah

    • @TimothyReeves
      @TimothyReeves 4 роки тому +138

      Yeah, except for John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy

    • @scerva
      @scerva 3 роки тому +53

      @@TimothyReeves never heard of em

    • @randymillhouse791
      @randymillhouse791 3 роки тому +7

      Chris Farley could have worn a bra...

  • @browsertab
    @browsertab 6 років тому +9248

    this isn't a sketch, it's a documentary.

    • @Tommah1000
      @Tommah1000 5 років тому +14

      thejobloshow hahahaha

    • @bobbastion7335
      @bobbastion7335 5 років тому +66

      Art imitates life

    • @adorable3817
      @adorable3817 5 років тому +33

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 EXACTLY what I was thinking. I want to laugh, but that's really what it's like

    • @wordup2yourmother
      @wordup2yourmother 5 років тому +14

      So that's why it wasn't funny. There were more laughs at the Eskimo guy abusing dogs in the first documentary.

    • @helloiambear5531
      @helloiambear5531 5 років тому +1

      Best comment^^^^

  • @alfredgetzlaff5570
    @alfredgetzlaff5570 11 місяців тому +26

    Shout out to "Mr. Mac", a truly legendary and kind and engaging HS world history teacher. Teachers like that are one in a million!

    • @barb2793
      @barb2793 10 місяців тому +2

      Nice

    • @Saixah
      @Saixah 9 місяців тому

      I had a "Mr.Mac" best math teacher i had in middle school.

  • @dead-prophet
    @dead-prophet 5 років тому +3179

    This is actual footage of Jerry Seinfeld teaching a high school history class.

    • @sujithnair2784
      @sujithnair2784 5 років тому +28

      The class is high for sure.

    • @nigels1383
      @nigels1383 5 років тому +8

      It's a skit. Not real students

    • @Diego-tz4pb
      @Diego-tz4pb 5 років тому +25

      It was a joke relax

    • @Red777Ghost
      @Red777Ghost 5 років тому +21

      Where's the footage of Jerry Seinfeld dating a high school girl

    • @andmantf
      @andmantf 5 років тому +1

      Makes Sense

  • @isabelledabadiedelurbe3442
    @isabelledabadiedelurbe3442 3 роки тому +274

    They are all so sweet, polite, and really want to please their teacher. A good day for a public school teacher.

  • @kennytennessee2078
    @kennytennessee2078 5 років тому +3562

    "Mr. Thompson, the French are still in Europe today!"
    DEAD

  • @MrBuc128
    @MrBuc128 Рік тому +53

    I like how Chris Farley’s hand went down incrementally when his answer was wrong 🤣

    • @2nostromo
      @2nostromo 9 місяців тому

      I think he was gon say that arab guy with the big knife

  • @QuantumBraced
    @QuantumBraced 5 років тому +4137

    "Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin

    • @paftaf
      @paftaf 5 років тому +84

      QuantumBraced
      It’s the “median” not “average”, but I share the sentiment.

    • @danielcampos5727
      @danielcampos5727 5 років тому +65

      Redwood Madrone your comment proves you’re below the average lol

    • @paftaf
      @paftaf 5 років тому +15

      Daniel Campos
      Ok boomer.

    • @Coolbillion
      @Coolbillion 5 років тому +90

      Daniel Campos not really. Let’s assume there’s only 5 people. If there‘s one person with 100 IQ, three with 110 and one with 70 then the average is 100 but that doesn‘t mean that half of the people is below average. The median, however, has by definition half below and half above.
      I think you‘re the one who just proved he‘s below average.

    • @danielcampos5727
      @danielcampos5727 5 років тому +35

      Coolbillion average is a generic definition of the three averages in statistics: median, mode, and mean. I am aware of their differences lol

  • @slipperyh8390
    @slipperyh8390 5 років тому +430

    "Who was Indiana Jones fighting against?"
    *Chris Farley frantically waving his hand*
    "Other than the snakes?"
    *Chris Farley slowly lowers his hand*

    • @jckcrnt
      @jckcrnt 5 років тому +24

      yep thats exactly what i just saw in the video i just watched, thank you

    • @chogan73
      @chogan73 5 років тому +7

      I spit out my water at work during this part, never saw this clip before. Christ I miss Farley.

  • @TheDilligan
    @TheDilligan 5 років тому +5348

    This isn't even a joke. This is literally exactly what high school was like.

    • @Hopeswilldie
      @Hopeswilldie 5 років тому +51

      So in your class there was complete silence and people rivaled to be correct? Good for you. It doesn't matter if they were clueless by the way, this is actually a healthy learning environment. Knowledge here has value.

    • @docjohnson1
      @docjohnson1 5 років тому +24

      Now adays its just forced revisionists

    • @BH-wh2vo
      @BH-wh2vo 5 років тому +71

      @@docjohnson1 You mean like holocaust deniers and Republicans who claim to be "the party of Lincoln" while ignoring the trade in party values since then?

    • @cody7141
      @cody7141 5 років тому +3

      What an original comment! Keep it up!

    • @GOATMENTATOR
      @GOATMENTATOR 5 років тому +24

      My classmate in high school could not show in the map where africa is. that is fucking insane

  • @HalfLifeExpert1
    @HalfLifeExpert1 Рік тому +60

    My 10th Grade World History teacher LOVES this skit. He played it for us at the end of the year. Our class was, of course, nothing like this one. We all were laughing hysterically.

    • @sethlaw3394
      @sethlaw3394 9 місяців тому +1

      My students wouldnt get this at all

  • @stevenspenneberg7407
    @stevenspenneberg7407 4 роки тому +628

    When Farley shoots his hand up and then slowly brings it down is a classic bit.

    • @kgatch113a
      @kgatch113a 3 роки тому +20

      I was the guy in most history classes who knew everything, so I'd always raise my hand. The teacher would inevitably call on other people and after 2 or 3 guesses someone would get the answer....and I'd pull a Farley. Then I'd get a low mark on class participation.

    • @joelwillems4081
      @joelwillems4081 3 роки тому +5

      @@kgatch113a Same. I actually got sent to the principal's once in grade school for getting frustrated at knowing but not being called on. I learned to work on other projects during most classes. Teachers weren't really necessary.

    • @kaneinkansas
      @kaneinkansas 3 роки тому +2

      @@joelwillems4081 In 6th grade my teachers used to ask me questions, to make sure they got things right. Not just history, geography too. On the other hand I could spell worth crap and had no idea what 3rd person plural meant in English class.

  • @slockhrt
    @slockhrt 5 років тому +287

    As a former community college instructor and an IT instructor with high school & college students, this is SO realistic.

    • @davidkugel
      @davidkugel 5 років тому +3

      I have heard community college math professors say that their students can not even add or subtract whole numbers without a calculator. How do you teach them College Algebra?

    • @davidkugel
      @davidkugel 5 років тому +1

      @Devil Dub Yes, math is racist. So is the Math SAT. I am the son of a lowly Jewish elementary school teacher. My friend got a higher score on the Math SAT than I did. Stanford accepted him and rejected me. The Math SAT, math and Stanford are all racist. We should do away with the SAT, AP tests and ACT because they are all racist.

  • @youthchildofgod7381
    @youthchildofgod7381 3 роки тому +989

    My World History teacher in 9th grade showed us this very clip one time and after we were all laughing our butts off, the teacher laughed while he said to us “This is what it’s like teaching you guys a lot.” I feel sorry for high school teachers.

    • @AAAA-gj7tn
      @AAAA-gj7tn 3 роки тому +41

      @@toastedjoe1013 I've never heard of a teacher having 3 months off. Usually their summers are 8 weeks of unpaid time. Oh, and they put in a lot of unpaid hours during the school year.

    • @joelwillems4081
      @joelwillems4081 3 роки тому +8

      @@AAAA-gj7tn It's not unpaid time. Their salary includes their summers off, school year breaks, long weekends, snow days, etc. Every salaried position works "unpaid hours".

    • @AAAA-gj7tn
      @AAAA-gj7tn 3 роки тому +49

      @@joelwillems4081 It is unpaid time. Teachers don't receive paychecks during the summer (unless they are teaching summer school) - and if they do, it's because they deliberately chose to have their pay spread out throughout the entire calendar year (and therefore receive less money per check). They work on 10-month contracts. They don't get paid summers off. Oh, and every salaried job has paid breaks and long weekends. They're called paid vacation days, paid sick days, and paid holidays. Snow days don't really matter because teachers are required to work the same amount of school days each year anyway. A snow day is the equivalent of an office worker being given Friday off, but being told they have to come in to work on Saturday. It doesn't reduce a teacher's total number of workdays. And yes, every salaried position works unpaid hours - including teachers - but teachers seem to work more unpaid hours than a lot of other professions. I'm an engineer, and I rarely have to work on weekends because I am given enough time during my workday to properly do my job. I know teachers who spend their entire Sundays grading and lesson planning for the week, because they don't have time to during the school day to properly complete these tasks. Those are unpaid hours.

    • @ericurban3926
      @ericurban3926 2 роки тому +2

      @@toastedjoe1013 Do better

    • @billblaski9523
      @billblaski9523 2 роки тому +3

      @AA AA If I was teacher, I'd choose to get paid over 12 months. That's tight that they get the option of doing that

  • @christophercowan1645
    @christophercowan1645 2 роки тому +9

    when he smacks spade with the stick, "you don't need to write that down!" I was dying. Great timing.

  • @chrisserrific
    @chrisserrific 3 роки тому +840

    Watching this after having actually worked with kids, I've got to say, this is an incredibly well-behaved class.

    • @dwaynecarter736
      @dwaynecarter736 2 роки тому +12

      true story.

    • @bdsbckjdskl
      @bdsbckjdskl Рік тому +6

      Yea this was 93 , same yr I was in school ! So I can relate to this behavior and our World history class ☺️

    • @eltorpedo67
      @eltorpedo67 Рік тому +8

      This was how we behaved in the class in the 80s.

    • @zeke1220
      @zeke1220 10 місяців тому +1

      Oh, they're supposed to be kids...

  • @quiet451
    @quiet451 5 років тому +1905

    Did every classroom have the "You said we weren't going to have to know dates" kid?

    • @KISSARRAH
      @KISSARRAH 5 років тому +87

      Why would you not need to know dates in a History class?

    • @faceoctopus4571
      @faceoctopus4571 5 років тому +105

      @@KISSARRAH I'm a history major. Exact dates usually aren't very important.

    • @jeremyscungio16
      @jeremyscungio16 5 років тому +60

      @@faceoctopus4571 but knowing when the nazis took power and when the Berlin wall came up are pretty important

    • @SC-gn6bc
      @SC-gn6bc 5 років тому +79

      KISSARRAH Exact dates are sort of old fashioned. Most history classes today focus on bigger pictures and ideas. It’s more important for Sophomores to know why the war started than when the war started.

    • @emw1994
      @emw1994 5 років тому +21

      @@faceoctopus4571 I think that's the educational system making excuses for itself.

  • @FanosSlapVt
    @FanosSlapVt 5 років тому +805

    This is so incredibly accurate didn't even need jokes

    • @ChrisInAVan
      @ChrisInAVan 3 роки тому +1

      @Tong Zou East meet West.

    • @seanmurphy9632
      @seanmurphy9632 3 роки тому +3

      Ah. That's why it wasn't funny.

    • @kevinalbus721
      @kevinalbus721 3 роки тому +2

      There were none

    • @pop5678eye
      @pop5678eye 3 роки тому +4

      No it's fantasy. Students responding to questions so rapidly?

    • @seankeogh1401
      @seankeogh1401 3 роки тому +1

      I mean normally you have the boys who are massive world war two buffs. But I'm Irish so maybe it's different here.

  • @krishasija2346
    @krishasija2346 10 місяців тому +20

    The amount of comedy legends in that room is crazy

  • @youtubeaccount9058
    @youtubeaccount9058 4 роки тому +1053

    This is the exact age and appearance of Jerry Seinfeld that is burned into my mind.
    It's exactly how we'll remember him when he's gone.

    • @mkatkapone9387
      @mkatkapone9387 3 роки тому +43

      Jerry was cloned after Seinfeld

    • @kamikaze4172
      @kamikaze4172 3 роки тому +5

      After watching Seinfeld? Yes

    • @putriscool
      @putriscool 3 роки тому +50

      something about seeing THIS version of seinfeld in an snl skit is kinda jarring, its like he only exists within seinfeld the show, hes just frozen in time forever

    • @elenaherwagen3529
      @elenaherwagen3529 3 роки тому +17

      He'll outlive us all, you know that, right?

    • @moistnugget4147
      @moistnugget4147 3 роки тому +2

      Death comes for us all eventually
      but history stays forever

  • @jokerswildio
    @jokerswildio 3 роки тому +245

    Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Chris Rock and David Spade....talk about a 90s powerhouse!!Awesome skit and more real to life than one would probably assume.

    • @grantk932
      @grantk932 2 роки тому +11

      I wish Norm MacDonald was in that skit as well

    • @iianneill6013
      @iianneill6013 10 місяців тому +4

      Thought I saw Kathryn Hahn there, too...

    • @lukesmith9692
      @lukesmith9692 8 місяців тому

      ​@@John-ik2egslow down kid

    • @robinanderson6893
      @robinanderson6893 7 місяців тому

      Who is the gal in the front with shorts on? “I thought you said we weren’t going to have to know dates!” She’s HILARIOUS!!

  • @MrNicoE
    @MrNicoE 5 років тому +714

    "What was happening in Europe the decade before WW2?"
    "France"

    • @niamh8920
      @niamh8920 5 років тому +3

      It's like that one guy in Hamilton during the second or third cabinet battle where Jefferson asks who provided them with help and he just says France kinda like Kermit the frog

    • @project-gladiator
      @project-gladiator 9 місяців тому

      Sad thing, France is still happening

  • @pedro.edubio
    @pedro.edubio 9 місяців тому +5

    I'm a teacher and from time to time I return to this video, just to remember that what happens to me is something relatively common and that I shouldn't take it personally that my students are so... unaware of world and scientific events.

  • @jakerossino4594
    @jakerossino4594 5 років тому +605

    We’ll never get an SNL skit with this many legends like this again

  • @edwardlinbeck8923
    @edwardlinbeck8923 4 роки тому +565

    This dude who played the teacher would make a great voice actor for a bee

    • @carultch
      @carultch 4 роки тому +7

      He was a voice actor for a bee.

    • @Mikey-vz1em
      @Mikey-vz1em 4 роки тому +24

      @@carultch no duh

    • @kdwaynec
      @kdwaynec 3 роки тому +15

      @@carultch Really? I want to know all the details! Don't leave anything out!

    • @carultch
      @carultch 3 роки тому +9

      @@kdwaynec There is an animated Dreamworks movie called "The Bee Movie" that Jerry wrote, starred in, and produced. Jerry is the voice actor for a bee named Barry B. Benson, who learns to communicate with a lady named Vanessa, and talk her in to filing a lawsuit against humanity for enslaving the bee population in the honey industry.

    • @cassuttustshirt4949
      @cassuttustshirt4949 3 роки тому +15

      @@carultch Are you thinking of a B movie by any chance? As in, one that doesn't have high production values? I'm pretty sure there are no movies about bees.

  • @sam3524
    @sam3524 3 роки тому +862

    The kid writing down that there are still French people is actually how so many students take notes though 😞😞

    • @Rex1987
      @Rex1987 2 роки тому +25

      History is certainly a subject that I really like and know a good deal about, but I think many have been to a class they felt that was hard. Then the teacher says something which is super basic knowledge but you don't know, so you take all the wrong notes about it 😅

    • @arthurrubents
      @arthurrubents 2 роки тому +6

      Sadly, I know.

    • @SRose-vp6ew
      @SRose-vp6ew 11 місяців тому +4

      If he really needed to remember that there still are French people it doesn’t matter if it’s on the test or not. That would actually be good note taking. I think people need to realize there are still French people. 😂

    • @AnnoyingAllie3
      @AnnoyingAllie3 11 місяців тому +4

      ​@@Rex1987Yeah, and some students don't get the history basics, like these students in this skit. -_- so they feel they have to write verbatim what the teacher has on the board. I'm a senior and see kids do that no matter what. '-' I asked one to name a state, she said Africa, I've never wanted to scream in a pillow so much before

    • @jameshicks12
      @jameshicks12 9 місяців тому

      Your comment has 666 likes

  • @ncooty
    @ncooty 11 місяців тому +12

    I love Chris Farley's sheepish hand withdrawal.

  • @aidanfogleman2060
    @aidanfogleman2060 5 років тому +1715

    Jerry Seinfeld: "Yes, Germany! Let's talk about Germ-"
    Some random kid: "swEDeN"

    • @HIKARUAUSTIN
      @HIKARUAUSTIN 5 років тому +106

      Aidan Fogleman thats chris rock you uncultured swine

    • @wince9537
      @wince9537 5 років тому +65

      That's Chris Rock you uncultured swine

    • @bigol9223
      @bigol9223 5 років тому +54

      That's chris rock you uncultured swine

    • @RahulPresentsKobe
      @RahulPresentsKobe 5 років тому +50

      That's Chris Rock you uncultured swine

    • @aidanfogleman2060
      @aidanfogleman2060 5 років тому +50

      That's Chris Rock you uncultured swine

  • @Dporticus
    @Dporticus 5 років тому +2222

    there is way too much comedic star power in this clip for me to handle

    • @jaerivus
      @jaerivus 5 років тому +19

      Dporticus Ellen Cleghorne can have that effect on younger folks.

    • @Tman896
      @Tman896 5 років тому +19

      This level of comedic legends can never happen again sadly.... RIP

    • @ohnoestheydidnt
      @ohnoestheydidnt 5 років тому +1

      Dang, Ellen Cleghorn was crushing it in this clip!

    • @AConquerorsVendetta
      @AConquerorsVendetta 5 років тому +1

      ohnoestheydidnt who was she?

    • @vooveks
      @vooveks 5 років тому +13

      Yeah and it's got Adam Sandler in it.

  • @nueve08
    @nueve08 4 роки тому +927

    Imagine if George Constanza had been the teacher there...."Does anyone know anything at all??? Come or tell me! I'm losing it!!!" Hahahaha

    • @dominicparralez8074
      @dominicparralez8074 4 роки тому +45

      Serenity now

    • @abetteryou2025
      @abetteryou2025 4 роки тому +15

      you want a big salad huh?

    • @AltoStratusX1
      @AltoStratusX1 4 роки тому +23

      George would probably hand out work sheets then read the paper and sleep at his desk or something

    • @CategoricalImperative
      @CategoricalImperative 3 роки тому +6

      Dammit! Someone said it already. Nice Dominic.

    • @dpatel313
      @dpatel313 3 роки тому +20

      "george is getting angry"

  • @H-Real_8
    @H-Real_8 Рік тому +11

    90s snl sketches are the greatest thing to ever happen

    • @nystagmus
      @nystagmus 11 місяців тому +1

      I thought you said we didn’t have to know dates

  • @bradkassing616
    @bradkassing616 5 років тому +298

    Yes, this is what teaching high school is like. Except now there needs to be a student with, what he thinks are, invisible Airpods.

    • @Akina023
      @Akina023 5 років тому +13

      Brad Kassing and someone that won’t quit asking to use the bathroom

    • @adorable3817
      @adorable3817 5 років тому

      What are air pods?? 🤔

    • @ceebeeii6723
      @ceebeeii6723 5 років тому +4

      And looking at their phones instead of paying attention....

    • @1papester
      @1papester 5 років тому +2

      Exactly. But when I showed middle school kids Jay Leno's Jaywalking videos, they took notice. No one wants to look that ignorant. They started paying attention to geography!!! And the classroom was so quiet! very. weird.

    • @lucasbell4831
      @lucasbell4831 5 років тому

      @@ceebeeii6723 OK boomer

  • @drewcovert3088
    @drewcovert3088 5 років тому +449

    Very bold to begin a sketch with "this is not funny."

    • @smiffwilm
      @smiffwilm 5 років тому +3

      Probably was just tired of hearing it at the end....

    • @Pwnzistor
      @Pwnzistor 5 років тому +2

      Unlike modern SNL- SNL with Adam Sandler, David Spade, and Chris Farley had a license to be that bold.

  • @ivymooney9221
    @ivymooney9221 5 років тому +770

    This is honestly what it's like when a teacher assigns reading for the night before and no one reads. Except usually there is one kid who actually did the reading that everyone tries to copy.

    • @GreenRanger881
      @GreenRanger881 5 років тому +3

      So accurate

    • @Charll
      @Charll 5 років тому +24

      @@Dezmont01 i'm just saying, if you want to have a life, complete the work then, play

    • @Charll
      @Charll 5 років тому +7

      @@Dezmont01 i'm not a fucking teacher, i'm just stating what u could do better as I consistently get good grades

    • @BuckerydogSchmuckeryDog
      @BuckerydogSchmuckeryDog 5 років тому +12

      @@Dezmont01 1. You're gonna have to deal with reading you don't want to do your entire life, so suck it up buttercup and 2. There is like less than an hour to get all this done, especially with history, how the hell do you think they'll get through the required material if that doesn't happen? What magical solution do you declare for that?

    • @BuckerydogSchmuckeryDog
      @BuckerydogSchmuckeryDog 5 років тому +3

      @@Dezmont01 also in ap classes they have to copy straight from the material other wise they are being unfair and sending you to take the test completely unprepared. This year my school started super late because of renovations and we only get 44 days of school in the entire year. We are actually fucked right now. Those hellish courses are to prepare strictly for the ap test, because otherwise it's totally unfair

  • @goopfella1385
    @goopfella1385 9 місяців тому +4

    this is actually better than an average high school classroom because nobody is actively going out of their way to be a disruptive asshole

  • @pauliojr
    @pauliojr 5 років тому +975

    5 Legends in One Room.
    In MY Order:
    1. Jerry Seinfeld
    2. Adam Sandler
    3. Chris Rock
    4. Chris Farley (R.I.P.)
    5. David Spade

    • @itsmeitstrue
      @itsmeitstrue 5 років тому +50

      pauliojrdiy
      1.Farley
      2. Farley
      3. Farley
      4. Farley
      5. Farley

    • @kevinoconnor497
      @kevinoconnor497 5 років тому +10

      Nah farley, Sandler, rock, spade, and Seinfeld

    • @MrAlexarctica
      @MrAlexarctica 5 років тому +27

      Kevin OConnor I just don’t see how you can put Spade above Seinfeld. Seinfeld’s one of the greatest comics the world has ever seen.

    • @jwatch2869
      @jwatch2869 5 років тому +10

      That's half the cast of grown up 2 as well!

    • @pyrobryan
      @pyrobryan 5 років тому +10

      I'd put Farley above Rock, but otherwise I agree. I might even put Rock at the bottom of the list. He's had a good career, I just personally never found him to be all that funny. Of course, if Farley had been around longer, he'd probably be at the top of the list.

  • @adamisom4295
    @adamisom4295 5 років тому +360

    Whoa, it's been *almost* as long since this was aired as it had been since the Berlin Wall went up. 1992 - 1961 = 31 years, 2019 - 1992 = 27 years

    • @danger.snakes
      @danger.snakes 5 років тому +131

      I thought we didn't have to know dates

    • @TheTrueCaptainAwesome
      @TheTrueCaptainAwesome 5 років тому +3

      I would just like to say, to know that the top ten comments here are within the last two years speaks volumes about modern America.

    • @thewanderingmistnull2451
      @thewanderingmistnull2451 5 років тому +7

      @@TheTrueCaptainAwesome That they're finally going back to the good SNL sketches to watch them?

    • @chuckfranson7565
      @chuckfranson7565 5 років тому

      And it's only gotten worse!

    • @sithrulezz423
      @sithrulezz423 5 років тому

      @@danger.snakes I was literally going to comment the exact same thing, glad I checked replies first!

  • @Max-nh3gp
    @Max-nh3gp 5 років тому +272

    It is SCARY how accurate this is. My high school in a nutshell.

    • @robotbjorn4952
      @robotbjorn4952 5 років тому +1

      Any good stories?

    • @mariooshx5947
      @mariooshx5947 5 років тому +2

      @@bigchezzy8989 hola hola hola. European well know about cointinents and World. Dont put in one basket with ignorant anglo-saxons who see only own country and think that others are nothing. so in england and USA you have most stupid and ignorant people about history, geography and economy.

    • @tyronicusmaximus4230
      @tyronicusmaximus4230 5 років тому +1

      @@mariooshx5947 you're who he was talking about stfu

    • @CammyD415
      @CammyD415 5 років тому

      @@bigchezzy8989 lol that's funny that you're a fucking liar and made that up

    • @spiritusIRATUS
      @spiritusIRATUS 4 роки тому +1

      @@bigchezzy8989 Except English are more like Americans than Europeans. And pretty much no country in Europe likes them.

  • @violindude2282
    @violindude2282 2 роки тому +64

    you’re missing the three kids who know more than the teacher-
    otherwise, this skit is scarily accurate XD

    • @evannance6290
      @evannance6290 2 роки тому +1

      I do

    • @John-ik2eg
      @John-ik2eg Рік тому

      The red headed girl accurately depicts the girl in every classroom.

    • @aoeu256
      @aoeu256 Рік тому +1

      It seems that all of the kids care about the material, when in the real world they would be caring about other things

    • @AngelGuzman-f9c
      @AngelGuzman-f9c 8 місяців тому +1

      This is clearly remedial history… I know because I was in remedial classes basically it’s a bunch of kids lumped together that really really struggle with whatever subject math English science history etc

  • @thearchangel9835
    @thearchangel9835 4 роки тому +203

    lol is it just me or jerry actually seems to have some incredible teacher material

    • @SRose-vp6ew
      @SRose-vp6ew 11 місяців тому +1

      Jokes on us. This was the government trying to use SNL to teach Gen X that French people still exist via “comedy.” Government education was so desperate to get unsupervised 90’s latchkey entertained to death Americans to learn… something… somehow… somewhere. 😭 🤣

  • @csours
    @csours 3 роки тому +154

    It's weird that they just recorded a normal high school classroom in the US and used it as a SNL bit.

  • @derrickrowe9533
    @derrickrowe9533 4 роки тому +906

    I teach history at the university level, this really happens

    • @93Jubilee
      @93Jubilee 4 роки тому +11

      Sadly.

    • @foljs5858
      @foljs5858 4 роки тому +26

      @@elliot1481 Everybody gets a participation trophy

    • @zikry4787
      @zikry4787 4 роки тому +7

      OK I don't know if this is just me actually knowing the answers or if this is an americasn thing but my god if what you're saying is true people are dumb

    • @demogog3449
      @demogog3449 3 роки тому +2

      Me too

    • @ScottSullivanTV
      @ScottSullivanTV 3 роки тому +16

      I am a STUDENT, and I can confirm people act like this in college haha.

  • @nashbearden8905
    @nashbearden8905 4 місяці тому +4

    One of the best skits for sure.

  • @technoober2538
    @technoober2538 5 років тому +1223

    Wow Jerry Seinfeld on SNL what a treat.

    • @christopherduncan6394
      @christopherduncan6394 5 років тому +23

      I thought ya like jazz

    • @The_Notorious_N.O.E.
      @The_Notorious_N.O.E. 5 років тому +48

      And he seemed to have memorized his lines because wasn't making it totally obvious that he was reading from cards as so many guests do.

    • @vanmoody
      @vanmoody 5 років тому +11

      Today some of the regular cast looks like they are reading cards. @@The_Notorious_N.O.E.

    • @technoober2538
      @technoober2538 5 років тому +3

      @@The_Notorious_N.O.E. Yeah he was very natural like he did it before Im sure there was a readthrough but this was different.

    • @The_Notorious_N.O.E.
      @The_Notorious_N.O.E. 5 років тому +4

      It's just that when you can tell they're reading from cards it takes away the suspension of disbelief and ruins the acting

  • @JaneAlison008
    @JaneAlison008 2 роки тому +357

    The guy playing the teacher should have his own show.

    • @fungoose2195
      @fungoose2195 10 місяців тому

      shutup, shh shutup stop it you know what your doing stop it. shutup ,

    • @aidanhugh2490
      @aidanhugh2490 10 місяців тому +48

      Eh, I don't think so, if he had a show it would be about nothing.
      Ba-dum-doo-ba-*pop*

    • @lifechiropractic1279
      @lifechiropractic1279 10 місяців тому +12

      yes, but what would they ever call it?

    • @lethersing5909
      @lethersing5909 10 місяців тому +32

      ​... France?

    • @hazelbaumgartner9706
      @hazelbaumgartner9706 10 місяців тому

      @@lifechiropractic1279The Bee Movie: The Show

  • @factcat6847
    @factcat6847 4 роки тому +234

    I'm German and I did an exchange year in the US. This sketch encapsulates my experience so perfectly. I was asked by two different people if Moskau was in Germany and then if Russia was in Germany. Someone also asked me if Hitler was still alive.

    • @pepenero6168
      @pepenero6168 4 роки тому +5

      It’s spelled Moscow in English

    • @playerpage
      @playerpage 4 роки тому +19

      Let me just apologize for us all.

    • @factcat6847
      @factcat6847 4 роки тому +22

      @@pepenero6168 I have my autocorrect in both languages, the German autocorrect must have kicked in 😅

    • @factcat6847
      @factcat6847 4 роки тому +29

      @@playerpage I also met some really nice and smart people there. Especially my high school teachers. They were so committed to their students but it always seemed like they have to work against the system instead of with it. In Germany it would be unheard of that teachers buy supplies for their entire class from their own money. Either the parents would buy it or government assistance would help out but in the US many teachers provided notebooks, papers, pencils, etc. because students didn't have their own material.

    • @crisgayle2581
      @crisgayle2581 4 роки тому +2

      I'm German and I did an exchange year in the US. This sketch encapsulates my experience so perfectly. I was asked by two different people if Moskau was in Germany and then if Russia was in Germany. Someone also asked me if Hitler was still alive.

  • @wakeup6995
    @wakeup6995 11 місяців тому +6

    So many of the SNL greats! This is when SNL didn't suck!

  • @rickrolled4202
    @rickrolled4202 3 роки тому +395

    Seinfeld, Farley, Sandler, Spade, Rock, this whole cast was stacked.

    • @nendoakuma7451
      @nendoakuma7451 3 роки тому +29

      Pretty sure Seinfeld was just the guest host.

    • @shaystern2453
      @shaystern2453 3 роки тому

      stacked with shit

    • @mrchopsticks3
      @mrchopsticks3 3 роки тому +20

      @@shaystern2453 Big fan of today's woke SNL, are you?

    • @-oiiio-3993
      @-oiiio-3993 3 роки тому

      I'm sure Farley could use a bra, but the others mentioned?

    • @Iancirp
      @Iancirp 2 роки тому +5

      @@-oiiio-3993 Don't you mean a Bro?

  • @ittdust
    @ittdust 8 років тому +763

    As a teacher I find this to be accurate. You spoon feed them clues and they still can't figure it out.

    • @Aranyparipaa
      @Aranyparipaa 5 років тому +12

      The Human brain unable to think logically. The brain has associative structure, and need to implanted what are the "correct" ways. By itself cannot figure it out if not clear methods to follow. As an adult we can do heuristic approaches toward resolutions but for youngs not teached directly. So this is why the present education system is painful for each.

    • @Saber0003
      @Saber0003 5 років тому +36

      Honestly most kids just don't care if your teaching method is talking at them. You need to engage them in ways other than just conversation.

    • @jeremyseinfeld1209
      @jeremyseinfeld1209 5 років тому +20

      You sound like a shit teacher

    • @MrGksarathy
      @MrGksarathy 5 років тому +25

      From the student side, sometimes it's just exhaustion.

    • @MastaSmack
      @MastaSmack 5 років тому +9

      @@MrGksarathyeah, you have to add something funny or something that helps to spark memories in people's heads...I used to use jokes to ace all my tests.

  • @christopherramsey7027
    @christopherramsey7027 5 років тому +341

    “Mr Thompson, the French are still in Europe today” lmao

    • @towerprep45
      @towerprep45 5 років тому +6

      Christopher Ramsey he said it so innocently.

    • @deltaone2837
      @deltaone2837 4 роки тому +2

      @@towerprep45 I a French and that kid is right !

    • @justkiddingde6506
      @justkiddingde6506 4 роки тому +1

      Well, we tried to stop that political group, but we were hindered to do so 😬🤷🏻‍♂️
      Greetings from Germany

    • @naj5338
      @naj5338 4 роки тому

      Thanks to the USA. Same goes for the Germans , the rest of Europe and probably Britain as well. Could have been occupied by NAZIs and then by the Soviet’s if not for the USA.

  • @nborin
    @nborin 4 місяці тому +3

    Impossible to run a class without everyone on their phones

  • @dthill96
    @dthill96 5 років тому +1881

    My history teacher showed this to us in sophomore year of high school. 🤣

    • @williamshaw9047
      @williamshaw9047 5 років тому +11

      Our English teacher talked with the class about this sketch my sophomore year.

    • @iterativegrowth
      @iterativegrowth 5 років тому +42

      My dad left to go get a pack of cigarettes 17 years ago. He'll be back any day now.

    • @TheGodYouWishYouKnew
      @TheGodYouWishYouKnew 5 років тому +5

      Danny Thill Shouldn’t he have been teaching you history?

    • @xylos16
      @xylos16 5 років тому +3

      TSG... goat application

    • @eLiFILMSinc
      @eLiFILMSinc 5 років тому +5

      Is it because he lost all hope and knew this was relatable?

  • @joaomartins3367
    @joaomartins3367 8 років тому +147

    The stages of a Teachers career, briliant. It's all excitement and about shaping new curious thinkers when they are young, but by the time they are close to retirement, they just want the kids to stay quiet

    • @ZarkowsWorld
      @ZarkowsWorld 6 років тому +7

      They realize most are spoiled idiots anyway.

  • @venoxidegaming1432
    @venoxidegaming1432 5 років тому +2834

    This isn't a SNL skit. This is an accurate representation of the education system in the USA.

    • @caletevelen2647
      @caletevelen2647 5 років тому +124

      It's an exaggeration for the typical classroom, but not by as much as one might think. There certainly are classes this bad, or close.

    • @cody7141
      @cody7141 5 років тому +40

      Thanks for repeating the same comment that's already been posted 100x

    • @johnbarton1339
      @johnbarton1339 5 років тому +5

      You were once a kid did you actually care about ww2 in school ? I no I didn't I was way to busy sleeping! And drooling!

    • @bk-lu6ty
      @bk-lu6ty 5 років тому +40

      Jesus... everyone’s got some kinda hate boner for America

    • @JohnGoetzGaming
      @JohnGoetzGaming 5 років тому +23

      Wayne Joseph
      No I loved history and anime in school and enjoyed many of the books. I also hated high school kids when I was in school it was like all of them just wanted to sleep and do drugs the whole time they’re all so boring and basic

  • @MattAshe
    @MattAshe 2 роки тому +10

    This is like the time in my class where the teacher and a student got in a SERIOUS argument about whether or not Alaska was actually to the "bottom-left" of the United States.

    • @StarkIller-df7gw
      @StarkIller-df7gw 7 місяців тому +1

      Wow 😂😂😂 I had someone at the age of 12years old ask me how to spell COW! 😂😂😂Its 3 letters. If you can't spell cow after at least 7years of schooling your in serious trouble! He was heading to High School in 6months damn it! 😂

  • @TheBoredVP
    @TheBoredVP 5 років тому +573

    Attempting to increase the rigor, then defaulting to spoon feeding. Yep..I have done this...

    • @stellaliebler1336
      @stellaliebler1336 5 років тому +8

      Akhil Raman you like jazz?

    • @Gumbier_Than
      @Gumbier_Than 5 років тому +21

      I don't know how teachers do it. I'm ready to run screaming in the night when helping my kids with homework. So...much....slow-walking.

    • @young321bookie
      @young321bookie 5 років тому

      @@stellaliebler1336 Lol. :)

    • @jlgmail1580
      @jlgmail1580 5 років тому +5

      Raiders of the Lost Rigor ( I really hated that word when I taught)

    • @johnc646
      @johnc646 5 років тому +3

      @@Gumbier_Than agreed

  • @tugboat2030
    @tugboat2030 4 роки тому +373

    "How did they get that name? Europe?"
    As a Social Studies teacher, that's actually a great question!

    • @Mama2CDHsurvivor
      @Mama2CDHsurvivor 4 роки тому +95

      Agree. Though it was off-topic, which frustrated Jerry, the history of the name is interesting."Europa was initially a Cretan moon goddess, who was incorporated into the Greek mythology as a virgin Phoenician princess. She was the daughter of the King Agenor of Sidon and Europe was named after her."

    • @gm2407
      @gm2407 4 роки тому +87

      @@Mama2CDHsurvivor In the words of Adam Sandler. "I was gonna say that."

    • @robertrichard6107
      @robertrichard6107 4 роки тому +1

      I think Gov. Bush had it right Yerup.

    • @carultch
      @carultch 4 роки тому +5

      @@Mama2CDHsurvivor Who came up with the name Asia?

    • @Nathan411466
      @Nathan411466 4 роки тому +9

      How did they get that name? Earth?

  • @lockdownmytownbykevinjohns6224
    @lockdownmytownbykevinjohns6224 4 роки тому +10

    ''Been There Done That'' 32 Years as a High School History Teacher. When I discovered this SNL sketch about 10 years ago, I started to show this to EVERY class the first day of Class. I am 100% Certain that only a Former Social Studies Teacher could have written this sketch, it is so absolutely SPOT ON.

  • @ruialexandre6197
    @ruialexandre6197 2 роки тому +14

    I'm a teacher and this felt sooo real.

  • @kalebpost20
    @kalebpost20 5 років тому +627

    You’re thinking of the Communists that’s 1961 in the classic Jerry delivery. Love it

    • @daneh977
      @daneh977 5 років тому +3

      🖐.....I thought you said we didn’t have to know dates?

  • @ZeroChannelZero
    @ZeroChannelZero 3 роки тому +262

    4:26 JERRY: Who in the movie was Indiana Jones fighting
    CHRIS: * arm shoots up *
    JERRY: besides the snakes.
    CHRIS: * arm ratchets down *
    Welp this moment summarizes my entire K-12

    • @rodrrico
      @rodrrico 3 роки тому

      You mean Tim, that's Tim Dillon.

    • @jedijones
      @jedijones 3 роки тому +1

      He could've said he was fighting the French and been correct...Belloq.

    • @travisdonaldstanley6420
      @travisdonaldstanley6420 Рік тому

      Do you remember the movie Terminator?
      ...
      That was awesome!

  • @superdudeman666
    @superdudeman666 10 років тому +2868

    Is this a comedy sketch or a real life documentary from inside an American class room? I can't tell the difference.

    • @LetsSmokePodcast
      @LetsSmokePodcast 10 років тому +26

      Sincerely,
      superdudeman666
      #irony

    • @congealedbox7854
      @congealedbox7854 8 років тому +45

      +davick1 Do you even know what irony is?

    • @kaustavganguly4034
      @kaustavganguly4034 8 років тому +16

      It's a sketch off the British comedy show Mind Your Language.

    • @TroyOi
      @TroyOi 7 років тому +58

      Good question. It was comedy 25 years ago, when it aired. But, to borrow from Marx, what was once comedy now repeats itself as tragedy.

    • @easylee
      @easylee 7 років тому +22

      100% documentary

  • @lonelyone
    @lonelyone 8 місяців тому +2

    Jumped here from the reference on the Fly on the Wall podcast. Chris Farley raising his hand to say “snakes” 4:19

  • @SemperCallide
    @SemperCallide 4 роки тому +147

    This skit is really underrated. Doesn't have a giant laugh moment, but very true to life, and great performances all around.

    • @dwaynecarter736
      @dwaynecarter736 2 роки тому +7

      this is tons more funny than the "van by the river" ones that everyone praises.

    • @allstarmark12345
      @allstarmark12345 Рік тому +10

      The “I thought we didn’t have to know dates” was INSANELY funny

    • @neoneherefrom5836
      @neoneherefrom5836 Рік тому +2

      And there’s “underrated” guy.

    • @funkmasteryoda8323
      @funkmasteryoda8323 Рік тому +2

      Thanks for explaining to everyone why this skit is funny. Couldn't have laughed at it without you telling me why.

  • @Australian123Gamer
    @Australian123Gamer 9 років тому +1380

    Oh god this is way too realistic.

    • @jetnut89
      @jetnut89 5 років тому +7

      Australian123Gamer It’s funny cause it’s true.

    • @Luke_Segovia
      @Luke_Segovia 5 років тому +3

      I bet jerry wrote this skit

    • @haroldfarthington7492
      @haroldfarthington7492 5 років тому

      I know XD

    •  5 років тому

      Yes, an Australian would somehow know if this is accurate...
      No, it isn't...

    • @serniebanders1917
      @serniebanders1917 5 років тому

      @ it is though. Sadly

  • @Kevin.lee.01
    @Kevin.lee.01 3 роки тому +2384

    “The French are still in Europe today.”
    Me as a German: I know it’s disappointing

    • @aadpiraat7126
      @aadpiraat7126 3 роки тому +83

      me has a dutchman
      it is it realy is

    • @sohums.6107
      @sohums.6107 3 роки тому +84

      Me as a Brit: yes it is

    • @jimvim3497
      @jimvim3497 3 роки тому +8

      @@sohums.6107 What's the Problem nes pais?

    • @carinaa.6394
      @carinaa.6394 3 роки тому +11

      LOL. Don't bash our endearing neighbors.

    • @kroneyt1493
      @kroneyt1493 3 роки тому +92

      Me as a Frenchman: Yes it is

  • @vabez00
    @vabez00 6 місяців тому +2

    This is gold. Jerry is so committed to teaching... and tries to offer so many hints... But even he has a limit. 😂

  • @oscarjohnson2130
    @oscarjohnson2130 3 роки тому +59

    I remember in my Junior year the class was doing a fill in the blank for fun and it was super easy, like elementary level history. Someone asked who we fought in the Revolutionary War. I shouted out "The British" and my one classmate asked "Now how could you possibly know that off the top of your head" It's scary how much people really don't know about history

  • @CS-ox1hv
    @CS-ox1hv 5 років тому +90

    When I watch the old SNL clips with the Seinfeld characters I can't help but see them only as the characters they played on Seinfeld lol

  • @hunterotails2015
    @hunterotails2015 5 років тому +406

    "I have it on tape." Lol! Haven't heard that one in a while.

    • @The_Notorious_N.O.E.
      @The_Notorious_N.O.E. 5 років тому +2

      What's tape? 🤔🤷‍♂️

    • @sirius4k
      @sirius4k 5 років тому +2

      Bring it with you tomorrow.

    • @hockeyguy2005
      @hockeyguy2005 5 років тому +2

      Sadly that's what we did most of my tenth grade year in technology. Our class was full of dumb jocks who though it fun to cut the circuit breaker put staples in the outlets and watch em blow when the teacher turned it back on. Then they would wait for someone to go in the bathroom, turn out the lights and start swinging. It turned into 5 to 10 people at a time would go in, turn out the lights and have like a mosh pit type gathering of the minds. 3 months in and the teacher gos in to break it up and he winds up volunteering himself to go into the bathroom and daring the students to try it. He made it through fine, about a week later we go into class and there's remnants of a first aid kit, there's tops to syringes, medical gauze... Mr Thomas had a heart attack. Mr. Rembish replaced him and after a week of trying to teach, all he did was bring in videos to watch and that's what we did. The room lights were turned off, the t.v. turned on and everyone slept, watched the movie, cleaned there shoes and gave haircuts. It was the most institutionalized pre jail setting I've ever been a part of. That was my last year in vocational study. Public schools in Waldorf MD sucked.

    • @chewcodes
      @chewcodes 5 років тому +3

      To be fair this did air in 1992

    • @adorable3817
      @adorable3817 5 років тому +2

      @@hockeyguy2005 that's horrible, sorry about your experience. Thank you for sharing. 💚✌😊

  • @freemarketjoe9869
    @freemarketjoe9869 8 місяців тому +4

    Jerry has the nack of being great in anything he is in. I never liked SNL that much, but he is a riot in everything.

  • @nathantinsley5987
    @nathantinsley5987 5 років тому +319

    It's impressive he actually has his lines memorized for a 6+ minute sketch versus the hosts that fumble through a 3 minute sketch obviously relying on the cue cards.

    • @wingnutofcoolness
      @wingnutofcoolness 5 років тому +27

      In the first season of Seinfeld you can sometimes see Jerry mouthing other actors lines while they were speaking. He got better.

    • @BrettfordBolts
      @BrettfordBolts 5 років тому +16

      You can see him reading the cue cards lol, every time he looks towards the corner of the room

    • @CaptHayfever
      @CaptHayfever 5 років тому +17

      Nobody on SNL memorizes all their lines. They're all specifically told *not* to memorize their lines, because sketches frequently get altered right before going on the air.

    • @DementedDistraction
      @DementedDistraction 5 років тому +9

      @@CaptHayfever I remember Janeane Garofalo saying one of the reasons she quit SNL is because she would memorize her lines and Al Franken would bitch to her about it all the time.

    • @ramseykeilani9569
      @ramseykeilani9569 5 років тому +11

      What's even more annoying is cast members like Leslie, who've been on the show for years and still can't get through a sketch without fumbling

  • @yrualamepooperscooper8563
    @yrualamepooperscooper8563 5 років тому +1115

    Jerry Seinfeld
    Chris Farley
    Adam Sandler
    David Spade
    Chris Rock
    What a treat

    • @hamnchee
      @hamnchee 5 років тому +26

      Plus some girls.

    • @makelikeanail
      @makelikeanail 5 років тому +35

      Visda58 Ellen Cleghorne, Siobhan Fallon, Beth Cahill, and Melanie Hutsell.

    • @hamnchee
      @hamnchee 5 років тому +1

      @@makelikeanail Some of the well known greats. pretty funny for girls!

    • @derkaturka
      @derkaturka 5 років тому +2

      Y R U A sexist dick??

    • @ohnoestheydidnt
      @ohnoestheydidnt 5 років тому +4

      DONT FORGET ELLEN CLEGHORNE BABY- THE BIGGEST STAR OF EM ALL

  • @andrewzabinski2205
    @andrewzabinski2205 5 років тому +646

    Its funny but painful. I wish it wasn't accurate.

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi 5 років тому +4

      I mean, if this is how the teaching works, just asking questions, then nobody's going to have answers
      you have to give the answers first, then ask later and see who remembers

    • @pingpongstar11
      @pingpongstar11 5 років тому

      If it wasn't accurate it wouldn't be funny.

    • @mako25lp
      @mako25lp 5 років тому +1

      I would say it reflects today’s classrooms more than ever.

    • @treystephens4490
      @treystephens4490 5 років тому +1

      How is it accurate?

    • @GraigEnglish
      @GraigEnglish 5 років тому +1

      Students trying to engage with a teacher who rolls his eyes at them for not already knowing what he was supposed to teach them

  • @leporellothegoldfinch
    @leporellothegoldfinch 10 місяців тому +2

    If I'd had Seinfeld as a teacher, I wouldn't have been able to focus on anything in the lesson

  • @TheJoemm
    @TheJoemm 4 роки тому +62

    This is what teaching is actually like. It's not even exaggerating.

  • @eric_torres_music4436
    @eric_torres_music4436 5 років тому +499

    Unfortunately for history teachers, this is what actually happens in a history class....

    • @robertorolfo
      @robertorolfo 4 роки тому

      @Xakkil Exactly. They probably pretend it didn't happen. Same thing in Japan.

    • @aquamarine99911
      @aquamarine99911 4 роки тому +14

      @@robertorolfo Then you guys are as ignorant as these students. Yes, Japan does soft pedal its atrocities in WW2, but Germans make themselves acutely aware of it. Obviously, they don't build monuments to the Nazis the way Americans do to the Confederacy, but their students are well educated on the subject. Also, Germany is the biggest (or second biggest after the US) supporter of Israel.

    • @ricarleite
      @ricarleite 4 роки тому +6

      @Xakkil
      "Why are the pages that go from 1933 to 1945 ripped off?"
      "CLASS IS OVER!"

    • @irfanfiaz2401
      @irfanfiaz2401 4 роки тому

      Really?

    • @mikewalsh7318
      @mikewalsh7318 3 роки тому

      It happens in every class.

  • @AdamLeuer
    @AdamLeuer 5 років тому +395

    The writing on this sketch is... fine, but it's Seinfeld's comic timing that really makes it work.

    • @theskrublords
      @theskrublords 5 років тому +40

      @Jerry Smith I strongly disagree

    • @TheBigGetEven
      @TheBigGetEven 5 років тому +44

      I heard Burr, or maybe it was Burr quoting Chris Rock, compare Seinfeld to Billy Joel. I think its a perfect match. I like Jerry, I like Joel. They may not measure up if you are looking for artistic angst, or looking for some deeper meaning, or looking for something that is completely original, or boundary pushing. But while they aren't delivering that, they are delivering. Hit after hit. Polished stuff. On point. Professional. The success it too prolific to be an accident. And while we may prefer the more tortured artists there should be room to respect the talent they are bringing to the table.

    • @masonk3720
      @masonk3720 5 років тому +7

      @Jerry Smith Did you notice how many people liked your comment?

    • @masonk3720
      @masonk3720 5 років тому +2

      @Jerry Smith no man, I wasn't trying to be an arse, it was supposed to be a joke... ironically liking my own comment while saying you don't have any likes 🙂

    • @slawssson9447
      @slawssson9447 5 років тому +1

      Jerry Smith feel like ur trolling dawg

  • @Nation4
    @Nation4 Рік тому +3

    The high number of high quality funny people in this room is outstanding.

  • @IBleedBolts
    @IBleedBolts 5 років тому +310

    When parents blame teachers for not doing a good job, have them watch this.

    • @suzycreamcheesez4371
      @suzycreamcheesez4371 3 роки тому +5

      well said

    • @hewitc
      @hewitc 3 роки тому +1

      These kids didn't do the homework reading. they were all unprepared.

    • @nancyhey1012
      @nancyhey1012 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, it seems like he was making a comment about kids being dumbed down, mostly because they were more interested in popular entertainment than in studying.

    • @joecoz26
      @joecoz26 3 роки тому +1

      @@nancyhey1012 Sounds like the teachers just gave up. Stopped doing their one job because it was too hard.

    • @nancyhey1012
      @nancyhey1012 3 роки тому

      @@joecoz26 yes, in this satire, it’s implying that is the case. I don’t necessarily think that’s true in real life though. I think for the most part most teachers do a good job.

  • @midlwestern3237
    @midlwestern3237 5 років тому +112

    The red head lady in the green sweater was Elaine's roommate on Seinfeld, who dated Kramer.

    • @jkyax
      @jkyax 5 років тому +8

      That's Siobhan Fallon, you uncultured swine!

    • @paigeholleman6645
      @paigeholleman6645 5 років тому

      She was also the bus driver in Forrest Gump

    • @veghead05
      @veghead05 5 років тому

      Also Edgar's wife Beatrice in Men in Black 😂

  • @lateblume4208
    @lateblume4208 5 років тому +296

    Chris farley trying to answer snakes xD

    • @young321bookie
      @young321bookie 5 років тому

      Snakes?

    • @Agent1W
      @Agent1W 5 років тому +2

      +Late Blume Thomas "Tommy" Callahan back when he was struggling to get past school, who also attended the same class as his friend Richard seated in front of him.

  • @MG-pv4uq
    @MG-pv4uq 7 місяців тому +1

    Jerry did a good job portraying the problems faced by an American teacher. Very relevant skit more today than then.
    - From India 🇮🇳 with Love ❤