Cold Open: Petraeus Hearings - Saturday Night Live

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  • @LivLaRaj
    @LivLaRaj 4 роки тому +145

    My favorite line in this is "lack of agreement between subject and predicate..."

  • @rutherfrogp.wilmington4907
    @rutherfrogp.wilmington4907 5 років тому +604

    Darrel Hammond was the most underrated cast member ever on SNL. He did some amazing impressions but kind of flew under the radar famewise

    • @avecmoi9429
      @avecmoi9429 4 роки тому +4

      I think we would all like to met him and see the impressions up close and ask him about those.

    • @AngelicaRodriguez-mb2ld
      @AngelicaRodriguez-mb2ld 4 роки тому +14

      I thought he was going to be the one doing Trump impressions because his is SO spot on.

    • @opaljk4835
      @opaljk4835 4 роки тому +2

      Angelica Rodriguez I think I read that they didn’t really tell him that he was out as Trump and it was kind of a huge blow to him.

    • @nachtegaelw5389
      @nachtegaelw5389 4 роки тому +5

      His McCain impression is quite good!

    • @GamerGuy51
      @GamerGuy51 4 роки тому +3

      @@AngelicaRodriguez-mb2ld he totally broke down when Alec Baldwin got the job...

  • @dcallies527
    @dcallies527 3 роки тому +96

    The look on McCain's face while waiting for Petraeus to review his book breaks my heart

    • @sisenor4091
      @sisenor4091 3 роки тому +1

      Mine too. I hope he found it funny.

    • @tidefanyankee2428
      @tidefanyankee2428 3 роки тому +4

      I read that book, it was rather good.

    • @byanymeansnecessary9329
      @byanymeansnecessary9329 2 роки тому +1

      @@tidefanyankee2428 no it wasn't, it was the rantings of a senile white supremacist

    • @stefanojkd1605
      @stefanojkd1605 Місяць тому

      😁one of the best parts 😁

  • @kornei2007
    @kornei2007 5 років тому +211

    3:03 "that I and others...WHO HAVE OPPOSED THIS WAR FROM THE BEGINNING..." this is PRICELESS :)))))))))))))))))))))))

    • @FinancialFreedomFinder
      @FinancialFreedomFinder 4 роки тому +1

      In reality... m.ua-cam.com/video/YtiJqng9jy8/v-deo.html

    • @thisguy9819
      @thisguy9819 4 роки тому +5

      @@FinancialFreedomFinder they were talking about the war in Iraq🇮🇶, not a retaliatory response from a strike from Iran🇮🇷 to Israel🇮🇱.
      She was a New York Senator on 9/11 of course she was in support of the war in Iraq, your clip had absolutely nothing to do with that though.

    • @ellieb.4468
      @ellieb.4468 4 роки тому +7

      Cant stand Hillary

    • @ankursharma9019
      @ankursharma9019 3 роки тому +2

      @@thisguy9819 nothing in common between 9/11 and the Iraq war

    • @byanymeansnecessary9329
      @byanymeansnecessary9329 2 роки тому +1

      @@ankursharma9019 alot of these idiots refuse to get that thru their skulls.

  • @tuckerbowen4626
    @tuckerbowen4626 3 роки тому +160

    ah yes, back when they still had to exaggerate politicians' lies for comedic effect

  • @crebegea
    @crebegea 9 років тому +168

    Will Forte and Amy Poehler at their best!

  • @johnnyhudson2195
    @johnnyhudson2195 3 роки тому +269

    The Obama becoming president joke was gold. SNL had no way of knowing he would win over Clinton and McCain.

    • @mrnobody6447
      @mrnobody6447 3 роки тому +12

      Really!? There was so much propaganda even my small town video store had a "documentary" about him before he was even seriously considered. He was no different than before the last one.

    • @sws212
      @sws212 3 роки тому +26

      It aired April 2008, it was basically him and Clinton head to head and Clinton was as bland as she ever was.

    • @smkh2890
      @smkh2890 3 роки тому +16

      The very first time I heard Obama speak, I thought, this gentleman will go far!
      He didn't sound like a preacher, which for a Black politician was a new thing.

    • @tidefanyankee2428
      @tidefanyankee2428 3 роки тому +4

      @@smkh2890 It depended on the setting/circumstances/situation and who his audience was. He can sound like a preacher.

    • @jadapinkett1656
      @jadapinkett1656 Рік тому

      Clinton was losing and the GOP was doomed by Bush.

  • @CHilla415
    @CHilla415 4 роки тому +33

    It's funny/weird seeing Will Forte play such the straight man in a sketch. I also love McCain's shrug at 6:49 lol

  • @codanh1
    @codanh1 4 роки тому +219

    can somebody who edits these make the ending theme song LOUDER please?

  • @adoredpariah
    @adoredpariah 6 років тому +50

    I have to say this is the best cold open that I have seen from SNL, I just wanted it to continue all day. Fantastic.

  • @kingofthefountain3091
    @kingofthefountain3091 4 роки тому +117

    Compared to current SNL, this is brilliant Mark Twainesque satire. This is so smart and is actually critical of the powerful.

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 4 роки тому +1

      ... nah.

    • @kingofthefountain3091
      @kingofthefountain3091 4 роки тому +2

      @Waldo Wall who Trump? If he were anywhere close to the most powerful person in the world do you think clowning the shit out of him would be the global pastime? Don’t you think the most powerful person in the world wouldn’t allow himself to be publicly ridiculed 24/7?

    • @arjunwali9885
      @arjunwali9885 4 роки тому +14

      haha ik what you mean. but i think its bc trump literally acts like a satire, so their jokes just sound like copies of what he says. i mean the dude literally stared at an eclipse without protective glasses. thats hard to satirize

    • @arjunwali9885
      @arjunwali9885 4 роки тому +9

      @Waldo Wall idk chief, he's been a serial cheater, fraudster, and racist forever. look up his actions toward the central park five and leading the birther campaign. not attacking you just noting some stuff

    • @arjunwali9885
      @arjunwali9885 4 роки тому +9

      @Waldo Wall i mean he was also court in 1979 i think for housing discrimination against black people, then the birther campaign against the first non-white POTUS ever. so yah he's always been like this

  • @topethYt
    @topethYt 5 років тому +31

    4:31 I died laughing xD Bill Hader is a gem!

  • @burningknight7
    @burningknight7 8 років тому +370

    people underestimate will forte so much

    • @Dominian1
      @Dominian1 8 років тому +8

      No way! When he appeared on Flight of the Conchords it was epic. Most people just aren't very sensual to that entire "awkward"-funny and he does it so well. He is the perfect McGruber, also. I wonder if he'd be good in drama.

    • @NeuroticPixieSlasher
      @NeuroticPixieSlasher 8 років тому +8

      Check out "Last man on Earth". He's starring in it, and it has a bit of Sudekis

    • @ragnar97
      @ragnar97 7 років тому +2

      +NeuroticPixieSlasher isn't he also the creator, a writer and a producer on the show?

    • @BlackAdder665
      @BlackAdder665 5 років тому +3

      I never underestimated him, I don't underestimate him and I will never understimate him.

    • @changedgalaxyuniverse3200
      @changedgalaxyuniverse3200 4 роки тому +1

      I know

  • @aegystierone8505
    @aegystierone8505 9 років тому +102

    The Cold Pink depiction was spot on!

  • @seanfeeley5985
    @seanfeeley5985 4 роки тому +15

    Wow never saw this till today. Blown away. Really captures the insanity of the iraq war incrementalism. Like a short version of film "in the loop"

  • @nachtegaelw5389
    @nachtegaelw5389 4 роки тому +14

    Lol at the amount of badges on Petraeus’ uniform!

  • @MrGksarathy
    @MrGksarathy 3 роки тому +11

    Man, I remember this shit from when I was 10-11. It was around the time I first started reading magazines.

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 4 роки тому +17

    Thank you for the documentary.

  • @brolysujay
    @brolysujay 3 роки тому +31

    After 7 years AND this still makes me laugh.

    • @m3gAnac0nda
      @m3gAnac0nda Рік тому

      Dude u know this is from April 2008 , right? Jesus Christ, unbelievable. It's sad tbh

  • @aigeh1326
    @aigeh1326 8 років тому +26

    Hammond really rocked McCain's role! Next to Sean and Bill Clinton I say...

  • @jessif.
    @jessif. 2 роки тому +3

    I just came here to hear Will Forte say, "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!"

  • @jonathancampbell5231
    @jonathancampbell5231 8 років тому +199

    This sketch is funnier if you don't know the context behind Hillarys' sniper fire comment (had to learn what that was after the fact); first couple of times I watched it, it sounded like she was saying she had a sniper on Petraeus right then and there.

    • @vishaltripathy3620
      @vishaltripathy3620 6 років тому +3

      i don't know about the comment. can you elaborate?

    • @jonathancampbell5231
      @jonathancampbell5231 6 років тому +93

      She claimed to be under sniper fire while visiting Iraq (EDIT: Bosnia) but video emerged showing this was false, so in the sketch she is trying to say that the video didn't catch it because sniper fire can be very, very quiet especially on film.

    • @magiclion
      @magiclion 6 років тому +2

      @@jonathancampbell5231 Bosnia?

    • @jonathancampbell5231
      @jonathancampbell5231 6 років тому +14

      Yes, you are right; it was Bosnia. My mistake.

    • @stranraerwal
      @stranraerwal 6 років тому +7

      Jonathan Campbell: why is the sketch funnier if I don't know the context...? I thought, it was just the other way round..???!!!

  • @Dadutta
    @Dadutta 9 років тому +50

    GREAT SKIT !

  • @nenadcvijetic3227
    @nenadcvijetic3227 6 років тому +327

    jokes are funny but still no americans punished for war crimes and breaking UN law

    • @ovrdozzzz
      @ovrdozzzz 5 років тому +1

      Nenad Cvijetić.. Ya Ya Ya..... Blah Blah Blah..... Yada Yada Yada..... YOU JOKER 🥴🤦‍♂️

    • @owenchau4719
      @owenchau4719 5 років тому +22

      @@ovrdozzzz i believe you are an uniformed buffoon

    • @ovrdozzzz
      @ovrdozzzz 5 років тому +2

      Owen Chau.....and the good news my bastard son is that I'm not even American....🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Charango123quena
      @Charango123quena 5 років тому +9

      yup ... just seems to matter when its an American getting killed

    • @ovrdozzzz
      @ovrdozzzz 5 років тому +1

      Sh.....you have to get better at a retort, can't use the same lines as I did.....duhhhh.....🤣🤣

  • @malays4027
    @malays4027 6 років тому +20

    They forgot the part where General Petraeus actually fainted dieing his testimony!

  • @wilvanwyk4478
    @wilvanwyk4478 3 роки тому +7

    Bill Hader is just fantastic! 🤣

  • @dalereynolds7638
    @dalereynolds7638 5 років тому +13

    As an ex-patriate American of 40 years standing, I am very proud of SNL, one of our best recurring products and standards.

  • @budidarmawan2304
    @budidarmawan2304 5 років тому +21

    I thought McGrubber quit military years ago...

  • @Kasino80
    @Kasino80 9 років тому +46

    Byrd was elected from 1959 until his death in 2010??? That shouldn't be allowed to happen. I mean, no matter which party you're from.

  • @alexwright8585
    @alexwright8585 8 років тому +61

    The guy doing Petraeus looks eerily like John Cleese.

    • @skinnerman100
      @skinnerman100 5 років тому +4

      No he fucking doesnt

    • @matthewrabel5035
      @matthewrabel5035 4 роки тому +1

      Nah, Will Forte has a much sharper chin and shorter head

    • @ellieb.4468
      @ellieb.4468 4 роки тому

      I can see it, it’s the eyes

    • @dashcroft1892
      @dashcroft1892 3 роки тому

      More like Brian Forster aka “Chris Partridge”

  • @Fenrisson
    @Fenrisson 2 роки тому +2

    Patreus' poker face is the best thing.

  • @wlodell
    @wlodell 4 роки тому +9

    Sums up the idiocy of our elected officials fairly accurately.

  • @Scratchingforcash
    @Scratchingforcash 3 роки тому +4

    I love how his last name is “Miller”
    I’m going to watch “we’re the Millers” now lol

    • @clarebearr5357
      @clarebearr5357 2 роки тому +2

      …also Mike Miller from Last Man on Earth.

  • @lajosgoell609
    @lajosgoell609 8 років тому +114

    Why did Hillary Clinton ask about sniper fire?

    • @SirSoz
      @SirSoz 8 років тому +163

      Because she lied about 'being under sniper fire' when landing in Bosnia, when actually she got off the plane and talked to people for an hour afterwards

    • @utar88utar
      @utar88utar 6 років тому +64

      wow... the good old times of SNL when you could make fun of hillary clinton.
      now it's just PC cesspool. shame on you SNL, shame on you 'lefties'

    • @celsopinheiro
      @celsopinheiro 6 років тому +56

      they have a better circus and a better clown to mock now...

    • @corkygobshite9941
      @corkygobshite9941 6 років тому +3

      bitter much, kimmel black?

    • @bryanaa196
      @bryanaa196 6 років тому +1

      @@corkygobshite9941 he obviously is.

  • @inftube
    @inftube 5 років тому +14

    this is actually amazing

  • @metallixro
    @metallixro 7 років тому +41

    Greatest SNL generation !

  • @winters8804
    @winters8804 3 роки тому +26

    Surprised snl still has this up lol

  • @Anfubvinch
    @Anfubvinch 7 років тому +54

    How good is Will Forte ?? Wow

    • @chrisbanbury
      @chrisbanbury 3 роки тому

      He plays a great straight man here.

  • @chazblank2717
    @chazblank2717 2 роки тому +1

    As soon as I heard “oldest living chairman…” I just knew they were gonna cut away to Bill Hader 😂

  • @aliciacharles271
    @aliciacharles271 3 роки тому +2

    that was soo clever and funny af

  • @theanti-monitor6816
    @theanti-monitor6816 5 років тому +6

    Live from New York , it is Saturn day ice!!! 9:22

  • @jiajianhou426
    @jiajianhou426 3 роки тому +5

    Is the chairman played by Andy Samberg? He seriously looks like judge Marshall Eriksen lol

    • @romanramirez7847
      @romanramirez7847 3 роки тому

      It is Andy. And I do admit, he looks very freakish in the makeup.

  • @andypandytanat
    @andypandytanat 8 років тому +14

    sudeikis is wearing miller
    prequell to TLMOE

  • @Scratchingforcash
    @Scratchingforcash 3 роки тому +2

    Super close ringer for Pres. Obama

  • @obazas
    @obazas 3 роки тому +2

    As a guy from the Middle East I can’t agree more ☝️

  • @darcymcnabb9259
    @darcymcnabb9259 3 роки тому +11

    The sad horrible thing about this skit ....it's pretty much true to life . And all we do is laugh.

  • @Evocati-Augusti
    @Evocati-Augusti 3 роки тому +3

    who landed here from watching this last 2 weeks of Afghanistan news.

  • @sairabaig3118
    @sairabaig3118 3 роки тому +2

    This is a classic.

  • @845835
    @845835 4 роки тому +7

    How great would it be if hearings such as these were this honest.

  • @Kowasi
    @Kowasi 7 років тому +7

    …like a bugle sounding on a forsaken battlefield…

  • @andreslinares6429
    @andreslinares6429 3 роки тому +2

    Never realized code pink was in SNL 😂

  • @rudierude3558
    @rudierude3558 4 роки тому +22

    SNL female cast members have mastered the art of Hillary Clinton 😂

    • @Lin3r
      @Lin3r 4 роки тому +2

      was it in your reccomend too this day ? =D

    • @rudierude3558
      @rudierude3558 4 роки тому +1

      @@Lin3r yeah youtube algorithms thought I should see it 🤣

    • @johnsmith1926
      @johnsmith1926 3 роки тому

      So much so that they scare me even more than the original..

  • @MissMarinaCapri
    @MissMarinaCapri 3 роки тому +4

    Isn’t it amazing how the science fiction of the past as well as the comedy seems to foretell the future, I say a resounding YES !

  • @Sold.Out.For.Freeee
    @Sold.Out.For.Freeee 4 роки тому +2

    darrell hammond you are a frikkin genius!!!!!!!!

  • @bradfromthevalley
    @bradfromthevalley 4 роки тому +1

    remember when hagen daz was big...it was near the age of bon bon, right on the heals of the klondike they seemed to come through a peppermint patty. Ever Hear of the Comedian he had Good Humor..

  • @JeevatSingh
    @JeevatSingh 7 років тому +10

    The guy is gonna be the next president, no offence

  • @The_Infamous_Boogyman
    @The_Infamous_Boogyman Рік тому +1

    Totally misread this and thought it was an Oscar pistorius 😅

  • @BahramKheradmand
    @BahramKheradmand 4 роки тому +6

    1:48
    "And what about oil revenue?"
    "That's all being stolen, we're not sure by whom"...ummm by the USA?

  • @rudrarishi2523
    @rudrarishi2523 5 років тому

    Excellent channel, SNL.

  • @jamielancaster01
    @jamielancaster01 3 роки тому +4

    Even before he had been nominated SNL had predicted Obama’s win!

    • @abhishetty2637
      @abhishetty2637 3 роки тому +2

      It was quite easy to predict, Obama has overwhelming mainstream support

  • @VandalAudi
    @VandalAudi 5 років тому +4

    I thought Patreus had a chance to run for the presidency,... in 2016.

  • @vardellsfolly5200
    @vardellsfolly5200 5 років тому +18

    Bill is a GOD AMONGST MORTALS!

  • @chuckecheese3161
    @chuckecheese3161 3 роки тому

    It's like a current situation wow

  • @JanetArogundade
    @JanetArogundade 5 років тому +6

    He's going to be the next President. No offence

  • @azraelbatosi
    @azraelbatosi 4 роки тому +5

    This cast was truly one of the greats...makes the current cast seem even worse by comparison

  • @ottobihrer732
    @ottobihrer732 11 місяців тому

    SNL should be part of the High School Curriculum.

  • @econojon
    @econojon 3 роки тому +1

    I didn't read any of these books. Was the assessment accurate?

  • @eezyclsmooth9035
    @eezyclsmooth9035 Рік тому +1

    When did MaGrubber become a 4 star general?
    Is that "Christopher Guest" sitting behind the gen.?

  • @user-vp8sd4qd1x
    @user-vp8sd4qd1x 4 роки тому +3

    Hillary got me 🤣

  • @TheBenghaziRabbit
    @TheBenghaziRabbit 3 роки тому +2

    lol this just goes to show....
    everything was planned out. The Cabal runs deep

  • @MJ-fj9yv
    @MJ-fj9yv 2 роки тому

    Would’ve made it even more perfect….Paula Broadwell emerges from UNDER the table. 😂

  • @AnkitSingh-xl6pt
    @AnkitSingh-xl6pt 10 місяців тому

    The first to like this sketch must've been General Petraeus himself.

  • @johncarte340
    @johncarte340 4 роки тому +6

    Did fred armison do black face for this?

  • @mikaelbiilmann6826
    @mikaelbiilmann6826 3 роки тому

    The first senator character sounds exactly like William Friedkin, director of "Chinatown" and "The Exorcist".

    • @fuzzybits410
      @fuzzybits410 3 роки тому

      What an obscure reference, Mr. Gumby.

    • @mikaelbiilmann6826
      @mikaelbiilmann6826 3 роки тому

      @@fuzzybits410 "My brrraiin huuurts! Are you the brain specialist???!"

  • @TimKyoutube
    @TimKyoutube 5 років тому

    i'm right but this was so so funny

  • @adamfrazer5150
    @adamfrazer5150 11 місяців тому

    A lot of death, a lot of suffering, a lot of profit, a lot of pocket's lined and resources stolen.
    But a sweet fast-food court.

  • @conradsieber7883
    @conradsieber7883 2 роки тому

    Brilliance...

  • @panobiektywnyKielce
    @panobiektywnyKielce 4 роки тому +2

    Genialne. Mają talent.

  • @3prasg57
    @3prasg57 4 роки тому +1

    u dont know who steals the oil huh ?! :D thats the REAL comedy

  • @blaneharrison6341
    @blaneharrison6341 10 місяців тому

    Was he turning into an alien 😂

  • @bhadrajun
    @bhadrajun 5 років тому +5

    I'm watching this on December 28, 2019.

    • @RyanSmith-wo2pi
      @RyanSmith-wo2pi 4 роки тому

      Apple bees and Best buy's and others come when cites hit 50000 demographics

  • @Dana_inc
    @Dana_inc Рік тому

    SNL make fun of everyone, they don’t care 😂. That’s exactly how those people look in the background!

  • @henhenhen19
    @henhenhen19 6 років тому +5

    Yes. People are still dying even 5 years after this... and the laughter goes on?

  • @Cui-bono987
    @Cui-bono987 7 років тому +14

    And she wrote yet another book since this sketch blaming her loss to every reason under the sun but pssst it was all you Hillary. Unlikeable in 2008 unlikable in 2016. Sad.

  • @rayfish007
    @rayfish007 3 роки тому +5

    lol this is the SNL of old i miss.. shots fired at all sides. Make fun of everyone.

  • @jesseludvigsen8995
    @jesseludvigsen8995 4 роки тому +9

    They actually made fun of hillary! Different times

  • @seanwebb605
    @seanwebb605 4 роки тому

    Conservatives and Trump supporters keep saying that SNL and the late night talk shows never criticized or mocked Democrats or Hillary Clinton. They always claim that Clinton got a free pass. Not!

  • @xl000
    @xl000 5 років тому

    It' s Tandy from Last man on Earth !

  • @samuelsmith5773
    @samuelsmith5773 3 роки тому +3

    Too bad Patraeus dishonored himself and the Army.

  • @kingofthefountain3091
    @kingofthefountain3091 2 роки тому

    I could be wrong but I think this has Jim Downey written all over it.

  • @Kerorofan1990
    @Kerorofan1990 4 роки тому +7

    2008. When SNL apparently didn't have any black cast members, so you get Fred Armisen as Obama.

    • @ellieb.4468
      @ellieb.4468 4 роки тому +1

      Yep, really sad!

    • @tateyambrose7290
      @tateyambrose7290 3 роки тому

      But he was really good at Obama. Darrell Hammond used to do Jesse Jackson as well.

    • @Matt-vm9yw
      @Matt-vm9yw 3 роки тому +1

      SNL obviously had black cast members in 2008. Why does it matter if the person doing the impression is black?
      If fred armisen does the best obama impression he should get the role whether hes black or not.

    • @samriddhigupta5514
      @samriddhigupta5514 Рік тому

      I mean Fred Armisen isn't white he's Asian-Latino ( is it the right term?) and has facial features in which without much makeup he can do Obama impression.

  • @livingadreamlife1428
    @livingadreamlife1428 3 роки тому

    awesome script writing

  • @AmbitiousLearnWithGeorge
    @AmbitiousLearnWithGeorge 5 років тому +2

    they tried real hard to polish her off for the 2016 elections...really hard

  • @paveltkachev
    @paveltkachev 5 років тому +2

    awesome, but don't understand joke with the sniper

    • @Noname47122
      @Noname47122 3 роки тому +1

      Hilary once claimed she flew into Yugoslavia and got shit at by a sniper but on the videotape it didn’t happen mate

    • @Noname47122
      @Noname47122 3 роки тому +1

      Shot I mean 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @paveltkachev
      @paveltkachev 3 роки тому

      @@Noname47122 nice, i got it )))

  • @jayashreechakravarthy4949
    @jayashreechakravarthy4949 Рік тому

    I command my overall thoughts about Neal Stephenson’s Termination Shock to be shared with every person involved here. Hollywood, announce.

  • @robertforsythe3280
    @robertforsythe3280 2 роки тому

    no changes from yesterday to today. Politicians for profit will always be the game. The Supreme court of the land says so.

  • @princevegeta_888
    @princevegeta_888 3 роки тому

    Long shot but who is the Actor who is behind Will Forte ?(not sudeikis).

  • @AttilatheThrilla
    @AttilatheThrilla 4 роки тому +2

    Where the girls being like how sexy is Bill Hadar here?? 😁😋😋

  • @tristanjones6837
    @tristanjones6837 3 роки тому

    Hey guys, this was 7 years ago

  • @khalilking1
    @khalilking1 3 роки тому +1

    This cast makes the current cast (minus Keenan) look like shlubs😂

    • @romanramirez7847
      @romanramirez7847 3 роки тому

      Funny because Kenan was in the cast at this time as well.