Just an FYI to those unaware, this is the traditional way SNL's Christmas episode has always ended, with the cast skating outside the studio at Rockefeller Plaza. Totally remember the funny sight of seeing John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd skating with their cast with cigarettes in their mouths.
Mia7189 It’s sadly not a yearly event. I’m only aware of five other times: 1976 (Candice Bergen,) 1997 (Helen Hunt,) 2003 (Elijah Wood,) 2005 (Jack Black,) and 2011 (Jimmy Fallon.)
I love SNL's tradition to end the Christmas show on the ice of Rockefeller Center. It can be surprising who on the cast is a good skater. I still remember being blown away by Belushi flying around the rink after SNL's first christmas show.
Steve Mandl I actually didn't know that. I read in a few other comments they did it in a couple their shows too. Tbh I think it's perfect for the xmas episode. Thank you!
Rhyan Coleman Pretty close to full anyway... only time that happened (that I know of, I’d adore being proven wrong!) is the ice skating close of the Christmas 1976 episode with Candice Bergen. Another close one was in October 1991, with Kirstie Alley. Bonus on that episode was the cast walked off-stage early, thinking they were off the air, leaving the SNL band to star for the last minute or so
GE Cafe This has been one of my favorite TV themes especially after I heard than long close in the 70's. I Havent heard one go that long since till this one.
Wonderful way to end the show for the holiday. Downstairs at Rockefeller Center, while they have access to practice ice skating, Kevin was comical because no one wants to fall. Love the show. SNL2018 ❤️❄️😜🎄😍
Whenever they do this, they let the credits go on forever and its mind-blowing to see how many people are involved in producing the show. I love how it always ends with that final pan up the Christmas tree
Thank you Everyone at SNL. Funniest thing ive seen all night/day/anyway. Everybody needs some skating practice except Alex and Keenan. #Thestruggleisreal. That's right Lorne make them work for the money...😂
FIRST IS THERE ANYTHING KATE MCKINNON CAN'T DO! ❤️ and why isn't SNL live this week it's been three weeks. The holidays are over everyone's back in school and back at work.I will give Kate a break because it is your birthday today so if she took a week off I'd be OK with it because SHE DAMN WELL DESERVES IT SHE IS ALWAYS WORKING HER ASS TO MAKE PEOPLE SHE WILL NEVER MEET SMILE, LAUGH,AND HAPPY AND FOR THE JOB SHE LOVES. HER NET WORTH WENT UP 4 MILLION IN ONE YEAR! AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO TALK SHIT ABOUT YOU CAN SHUT UP AND LEAVE AND NOT COMMENT ON THE VIDEOS DONT WATCH THE VIDEOS IF THE ONLY THING YOUR GOING TO DO IS SAY ITS TRASH AND A LOT OF OTHER STUFF I WON'T SAY BECAUSE I LOVE KATE TOO MUCH AND HER INNOCENT SOUL SHOULD BE SHARED FROM YOU MEAN PEOPLE DAMNIT!
@@TheLordOfNothing I'm surprised. I was under the impression that they did it every year for the Christmas/year end episode, especially according to the behind-the-scenes video
I heard that Kevin Hart auditioned for Saturday Night Live (many years ago) but did NOT get selected to be one of the "not ready for prime-time players"! Jesus H Christ! This was almost impossible for me to believe! Why in the hell would they not hire Kevin Hart. He is one of the funniest, most quick-witted comedians I have ever seen! He often reminds me of Robin Williams, with a touch of mania involved. It was great to see him host SNL! I am sure the SNL bosses often regret their decision to not hire him. They really blew it with this one! And I am more than a little pissed off about it because I heard it had something to do with racial issues! Well, fuck that! It is true that SNL has made up for lost time and opportunities over the past couple of seasons, by hiring more People of Color, especially WOMEN of Color. But they did not do this until after they were called out on it. Up until a couple of years ago, SNL never had a Black woman as part of their cast! Black male cast members were sorely lacking as well. Well, I hope that they have learned from the "error of their ways" and will make diversity a top priority in selecting cast members for SNL in the future. Making Michael Che the co-head writer on SNL was certainly a step in the right direction! I am impatiently waiting for the day when Men and Women of Color are the heads of writing, etc. - without having to share those positions with any other people. Goodness knows they are more than capable, qualified and long overdue!
I mean yeah, your overall point is valid, but there’s been several women of colour on the show - Yvette Hudson (1980-81, she was a frequent extra in the 70s before and the early 80s after as well, link to one of her most memorable sketches to follow,) Danitra Vance (85-86,) Ellen Cleghorn (1991-95,) and Maya Rudolph (2000-07.) Pretty abysmal for the first 39 years and 100+ cast members that those are the only ones they had. vimeo.com/106852900
GE Cafe - Thank you very much for taking the time to correct me - and the record - on this! It would seem that, even with these cast members, SNL's record on diversity (until recently) has been pretty abysmal! Still, it is never too late to "do the right thing"! I watched SNL when it first came out, and I thought there would NEVER be another ensemble group as good/funny as the original one. But, oh my goodness, the recent stars - and writers - have proven me wrong, over and over again. And I am more than delighted to admit that this is true!
BROADWAY musical instruments BROADCAST OVER1 1OOO.23 millions home all over THE world ,thanks Saturday night live in every bar, every pizza shopp, every down food shopp in New York city jersey too New York Times square Kevin Hart u crazy mannmmm.satuday night live merry Christmas to you now I can in joy my tradition Christmas....pann out at 300..masterpiece.
I love how the skating ability ranges from "very good" to " can't skate at all".
I love how Leslie, Cecily, and Melissa are just standing there huddling like peguins lol
And Michael. None of them have skates on
Colin is the skating supervisor I see, and hugging and hand in hand with Scarlett.
i was like damn kenan a great ice skater.. then i was like DUH HE WAS A MIGHTY DUCK!!!
Brendon Silver no! Really? I seriously had no idea!
Oh shit I forgot that XD!!
yeah man in the movies from the 90s he was the kid
He's also wearing hockey skates. I loved seeing him on the ice again!
he's the only one too. SNL supplied everyone with skates and Kenan was like nah ill bring my own.
OMG, Colin & Scarlet, my heart...
Just an FYI to those unaware, this is the traditional way SNL's Christmas episode has always ended, with the cast skating outside the studio at Rockefeller Plaza. Totally remember the funny sight of seeing John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd skating with their cast with cigarettes in their mouths.
Mia7189 that’s really cool!
Mia7189 isn't it the first time they've done this in like 5 years? I don't remember it happening the last two
Yes not since 2011 with Jimmy Fallon
I remember that episode back in 76 ,Mia
Mia7189 It’s sadly not a yearly event. I’m only aware of five other times: 1976 (Candice Bergen,) 1997 (Helen Hunt,) 2003 (Elijah Wood,) 2005 (Jack Black,) and 2011 (Jimmy Fallon.)
This was so cute and I love how everyone is having a blast, Kate can skate too...WTF can't she do?
Colin and Scarlet are so cute together
how dare you
Mode Carbon What? It’s true!
she should be with me
Mode Carbon Yikes
you know you agree
I think Kate thought it was a competition to see how many laps she could do! This was a great ending to the episode. Love it!!
SNL did the same thing at the close of 1976 x-mas show when Candice bergan hosted the show,and everyone was ice skating.
Erica Gamet 3ш
Kevin Hart is me if I ever go ice skating. I don't know how to ice skate. 2:35-2:37 BECK WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂
he is shaming them for not skating!
@@danielc1704 they did not have skates. Pause at 2:36
Pete reminds me of a baby giraffe learning how to walk haha
At 1:49, this is so cute, Chris, Heidi, and Luke (the new cast members) all come together.
I love SNL's tradition to end the Christmas show on the ice of Rockefeller Center. It can be surprising who on the cast is a good skater.
I still remember being blown away by Belushi flying around the rink after SNL's first christmas show.
Aww, Colin and Scarlett. And look at Kate go!
I just remembered that Scar Jo' and Colin are dating XD it's like a little date
3star4life it’s so cute
I didn't know that, that's adorable!
3star4life oh my God they are??
Mostly Zaye yeah it was official like last week haha
He's a tool lol
kate was off before the thank yous had even ended- i love one (one) skating child
Watching these people have fun made me so happy
I know it doesn’t have Dan Akroyd or Dana Carvey, but man, I love this cast.
lol at the anti-skating group huddled on the island in need of rescue
At first I was like “wow Kenan can skate really well”, then I remembered oh Mighty Ducks
Leslie Cecily Micael and Melissa was like fuck that shit 😂
Kevin was like why am doing this😂😂😂
And Colin was like ha look at my girl everyone😂😍
Perhaps the best SNL thank you and goodnight ever. Very cool.
LOL WHAT!? There were no funny sketches!
Tosh T ikr
UnresolvedExternal re read the comment you replied to
I think last week's episode w/ James Franco was way better!!!!
And it had a long close too
This is my favorite part of every Christmas episode.
Wow, Scarlett Johansson is smaller than I thought
Krombopulos Michael she is 5'3
Stephanie Roestel Kevin Hart is little bit taller than Scarlett Johansson. He’s 5’4ft
It's for the first time for me to see that SNL has uploaded something sooo calm.
This is so cute. Great ending!
SNL did the same thing in 1976 for the x-mas show at the close when Candice bergan was hosting.
Steve Mandl I actually didn't know that. I read in a few other comments they did it in a couple their shows too. Tbh I think it's perfect for the xmas episode. Thank you!
sometimes you forget how magical new York is during Christmas time... I want to go back so badly...
Aidy's Hair looks amaze and Kyle Kate, Beck and Kenan are just having a blast
I could listen to that for days!
I could too!!!!!!
Kenan breaking out his Mighty Duck skates!
i enjoy that the people who refused to skate hahahaha
That is a wonderful way to say goodbye.
The full closing theme!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rhyan Coleman Pretty close to full anyway... only time that happened (that I know of, I’d adore being proven wrong!) is the ice skating close of the Christmas 1976 episode with Candice Bergen. Another close one was in October 1991, with Kirstie Alley. Bonus on that episode was the cast walked off-stage early, thinking they were off the air, leaving the SNL band to star for the last minute or so
Don't forget JK Simmons in 2015
GE Cafe This has been one of my favorite TV themes especially after I heard than long close in the 70's. I Havent heard one go that long since till this one.
It's one of the few, if only times, that they do extended credits.
Just was hoping coach Bombay would make a cameo. Great to see Kenan on hockey skates again.
2:50 act like Kenan didn’t just bust out the Flying V
I'm Kevin heart in this situation.
I am so jealous of this cast.. Wish I could be a part of it.
Like how u end the show NY style. Happy holidays SNL.♡
Damn, Kenan can skate!
Wonderful way to end the show for the holiday. Downstairs at Rockefeller Center, while they have access to practice ice skating, Kevin was comical because no one wants to fall. Love the show. SNL2018 ❤️❄️😜🎄😍
best closing of SNL EVER
I was there. Leslie Jones is the best.
Looks like she tied for 1st with 3 others.
0:54 A producers last name is "Shookus". Sounds kinda like when some people sneeze.
Less than 1 mile an hour, still a movement. It's hard to skate
Whenever they do this, they let the credits go on forever and its mind-blowing to see how many people are involved in producing the show. I love how it always ends with that final pan up the Christmas tree
Nice to see Kevin(not Kevin Hart but the other Kevin) with the rest of the cast LMAO hopefully he can be in more sketches.
Univeral Who is the other Kevin?
You mean Luke lol??
Where is this other Kevin?
the llama?
Thank you Everyone at SNL. Funniest thing ive seen all night/day/anyway. Everybody needs some skating practice except Alex and Keenan. #Thestruggleisreal. That's right Lorne make them work for the money...😂
Kenan is the only one in some real skates. Those blue “one size fits all” rentals are terrible.
I think I missed it, when they zoomed out I saw what you did and knew no one was going pro, lol.
Kate couldn't wait to break away from the group and skate her precious gay heart away.💜
O_O
Jpay ^^^
Ah man.
Aw Colin and scarlet though
Ashleigh no
why echo?
why not no?
am I da only one thinking she hasn't ages since 20 years ago 😭
This is so cute!
Great cast.
I love this song
Great soulful playing by Lenny Pickett and the band
lmao luke null at 2:11
Kate was *zooming*
FIRST IS THERE ANYTHING KATE MCKINNON CAN'T DO! ❤️ and why isn't SNL live this week it's been three weeks. The holidays are over everyone's back in school and back at work.I will give Kate a break because it is your birthday today so if she took a week off I'd be OK with it because SHE DAMN WELL DESERVES IT SHE IS ALWAYS WORKING HER ASS TO MAKE PEOPLE SHE WILL NEVER MEET SMILE, LAUGH,AND HAPPY AND FOR THE JOB SHE LOVES. HER NET WORTH WENT UP 4 MILLION IN ONE YEAR! AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO TALK SHIT ABOUT YOU CAN SHUT UP AND LEAVE AND NOT COMMENT ON THE VIDEOS DONT WATCH THE VIDEOS IF THE ONLY THING YOUR GOING TO DO IS SAY ITS TRASH AND A LOT OF OTHER STUFF I WON'T SAY BECAUSE I LOVE KATE TOO MUCH AND HER INNOCENT SOUL SHOULD BE SHARED FROM YOU MEAN PEOPLE DAMNIT!
watching this made me so happy, I wish I was there 😄
HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE 🎄🎄
wth when the whole snl cast (minus a few) can skate effortlessly
this makes me happy!
Of course Kenan is a super good ice skater cause he is on the show for so many years.
Kenan is a great skater because he is a duck.
Is anyone talking about the closing theme?
It Was Definitely An Amazing Show‼️🙌🏾💕🔥🍿😜🍻🎄🎁😂
Scarlett can't skate. Gets towed by Jost.
of course Kenan can skate he's a mighty duck!
Wow, the new season of Yuri on Ice looks great 😍
Merry Xmas Cast of SNL!
This was so touching
By the way, is there anthing Kate not good at? Come on!
I think they did this SNL ending because it is the last one of the year, right?
This should be the new holiday tradition at SNL
It already is. It's supposed to be tradition for them to end the Christmas show like this, but they haven't done it in a while.
@@camillemckenzie3235 they've only done it six times in the show's history.
@@TheLordOfNothing I'm surprised. I was under the impression that they did it every year for the Christmas/year end episode, especially according to the behind-the-scenes video
KEVIN HART ❤️
Got Russ from the Mighty Ducks out there...
Mighty Ducks 4: Keenan's Revenge
Alright Lenny Pickett!!!!!!!!!!
I want to live in NYC so fucking bad man it looks so beautiful
I want to really go to NYC just for the rink.
They didn't have the llama there. That's it they're gone.
Kevin, you gotta swing your arms!
looks like most of them can't skate except for kenan and alex. alex is the only one showing off though.
Alex Kenan should know... this is his fourth time doing one of these closes :p
get CHILDISH GAMBINO TO SING ON THE SHOW
How come Melissa, Cecily, Leslie and Michael weren't skating? Can they not skate? Alex is amazing though! xD
Chicken Permission i think cecily is pregnant but the others didn’t feel like it or didn’t know how
Oh, so the two people who do Weekend Update are also head writers.
What was the ending song?
cenaboyle “Closing Theme (A Waltz in A),” written in 1975 by original SNL Band leader Howard Shore (yes, THAT Howard Shore.)
is the cameraperson on skates though
that makes me want to move there
I heard that Kevin Hart auditioned for Saturday Night Live (many years ago) but did NOT get selected to be one of the "not ready for prime-time players"! Jesus H Christ! This was almost impossible for me to believe! Why in the hell would they not hire Kevin Hart. He is one of the funniest, most quick-witted comedians I have ever seen! He often reminds me of Robin Williams, with a touch of mania involved.
It was great to see him host SNL! I am sure the SNL bosses often regret their decision to not hire him. They really blew it with this one! And I am more than a little pissed off about it because I heard it had something to do with racial issues! Well, fuck that!
It is true that SNL has made up for lost time and opportunities over the past couple of seasons, by hiring more People of Color, especially WOMEN of Color. But they did not do this until after they were called out on it. Up until a couple of years ago, SNL never had a Black woman as part of their cast! Black male cast members were sorely lacking as well.
Well, I hope that they have learned from the "error of their ways" and will make diversity a top priority in selecting cast members for SNL in the future. Making Michael Che the co-head writer on SNL was certainly a step in the right direction! I am impatiently waiting for the day when Men and Women of Color are the heads of writing, etc. - without having to share those positions with any other people. Goodness knows they are more than capable, qualified and long overdue!
Kay Omholt-Montague that's not true. There were three other black women that had been on the show. Four, if you count Maya Rudolph.
I mean yeah, your overall point is valid, but there’s been several women of colour on the show - Yvette Hudson (1980-81, she was a frequent extra in the 70s before and the early 80s after as well, link to one of her most memorable sketches to follow,) Danitra Vance (85-86,) Ellen Cleghorn (1991-95,) and Maya Rudolph (2000-07.) Pretty abysmal for the first 39 years and 100+ cast members that those are the only ones they had.
vimeo.com/106852900
GE Cafe - Thank you very much for taking the time to correct me - and the record - on this! It would seem that, even with these cast members, SNL's record on diversity (until recently) has been pretty abysmal! Still, it is never too late to "do the right thing"!
I watched SNL when it first came out, and I thought there would NEVER be another ensemble group as good/funny as the original one. But, oh my goodness, the recent stars - and writers - have proven me wrong, over and over again. And I am more than delighted to admit that this is true!
Of course Kenan can skate!!! Why did Melissa, Che`, Cecily and Leslie get left on that mat with no way to get off the ice during the shot??
Pete Davidson got a Hillary tattoo and now he is even cuter!!!! 🤗🤗🤗😍😍🤗😘😘
sphinx onyx love him even more now.
How is it they all know how to skate???
well most of them look like they're just toddling around, except for kenan and alex. and then there's leslie, melissa and cecily standing on a mat :P
Alex
Alex - Michael Che was also standing on the mat.
They are mostly in their 30s and in entertainment. Downtime is a thing.
Kevin Hart trying to ice skate...
BROADWAY musical instruments BROADCAST OVER1 1OOO.23 millions home all over THE world ,thanks Saturday night live in every bar, every pizza shopp, every down food shopp in New York city jersey too New York Times square Kevin Hart u crazy mannmmm.satuday night live merry Christmas to you now I can in joy my tradition Christmas....pann out at 300..masterpiece.
Cashmere Funk will u relax
The Flying V......
The one good thing Trump did was, make SNL good again!...THATS ALL!
so Mikey Day is the only one who can really skate,Keenan is not bad also
Kevin's skates were stuck lol😂😂
I'm Kevin
Lorne should've been there too.
Kevin Hart is basically the odd man out.