@@angelinap.3840 Colin Kaepernick became controversial when it was discovered that instead of standing for the(American) National Anthem, he got down on one knee, as a form of protest against mistreatment of black people in America.
@@Pinkricaan not to mention based on what we've heard Weekend Update is already a lot of work, it's why Cecily decided to step away from it, and it's why within the past 30 years the only anchors who were consistently in sketches were Poehler and Fallon.
It's really hard to believe this is only James Austin Johnson's third episode. Ever. This dude is an absolute freaking natural. He's got the effortless confidence of someone who's been on the show for a decade.
Dude has had some good sketches so far. Not this one though. He's a top notch impressionist but he did zero of grudens famous mannerisms. It wasn't even a Gruden impression. He just basically played a dude in raiders gear. Gruden is a great target for an impressionist so idk why he didn't try to do his voice or famous looks/skowls and verbiage
The funny thing is it actually was, like every five minutes is a new era these days with rules that have just been made up. And I can't believe how the crowd gasps at someone dressing up as a famous celebrity and actor, yes that definitely used to be acceptable not long ago.
@@wildrice8199 It is still acceptable in the right circles.. not everyone thinks celebrating minorities is racism. But whatever you guys do whatever the fuck you do and we are trying to not let it get over the pond with your fries.
Writers really went wild in the last three minutes. Just when I thought Giuseppe was going to be the most unexpected part of the sketch, Levar Burton makes an appearance.
@@omolayooluwadare6932 After Alex Trebek died, Jeopardy had several guest hosts on as potential replacements. There was a lot of support for Levar Burton to host (including from myself), but ultimately Mayim Bialik has been chosen as the new host (but apparently Ken Jennings will also be taking hosting duties for part of the year). So in some sense, many view Burton as having been snubbed by Bialik for the position.
James Austin Johnson has been a main player in all three of the cold opens of his SNL career. Goodness, there was no time for a learning curve. They said to hell with easing the man into the show
He told a friend of mine she was bad with her money. Right after she offered to cut him a check because another friend of mine he was visiting wouldn’t take to him so he had to stay with us at the hospital longer than he’d planned and was gonna miss his flight. Thought that was totally rude of him tbh.
I love those rare occasions when any of the Weekend Update crew get screen time. It's *so* unusual, though, it always makes me wonder if there was an emergency, or a particularly strong resemblance, or something, some kind of extra-compelling set of circumstances, that only Jost, in this case, was perfect for.
Keenan went from riding the pine to passable. All of his stuff fell flat for well over 10 seasons. The only reason he has had a job with SNL in the first place was because all the decent black guys get a show or get promoted and do films. Keenan was just lucky that Kel Mitchell blew his audition. That guy had more potential at the time.
People acting shocked at Colin appearing in a sketch like he hasn’t been popping up here and there for well over a decade now. Guy’s creeping up on 20 years with SNL, not to mention playing Buttigieg and Kasich several times in cold opens.
I feel like all impressions he does are going to be really similar. In this sketch he looked a lot like he was doing his Biden impression. I don't think he has much range, but I guess we'll see, maybe he'll prove me wrong. An Owen Wilson impression would be awesome to see though.
@@theoutlook55 Well, I'm pretty sure there are more black coaches, but those two are the only current black HEAD coaches as of today (and I don't think Brian Flores is gonna last seeing the Dolphins season has gone to shit now.) Other minorities are represented among head coaches as well, Robert Saleh (San Francisco) is Arab by descent and Ron Rivera (Washington) is Hispanic. But yes, the 28 other head coaches are white.
Just a reminder that Washington cheerleaders were recorded without consent wearing nothing but bikini bottoms for the purpose of the video's distribution among the higher execs. The fact that there were cheerleaders, along with women who worked in the Washington organization and faced sexual discrimination, who were brave enough to sue the Washington Football Team and the league is the main reason we even have access to these emails. I get that the pick-me cheerleader is a well-known bit, but the truth is cheerleaders are some of the only good guys in this story.
Stop fooling yourself I haven't met a good girl cheerleader in my life but your right for this story their angels even though we know what Jerry does to those Texas freak cheerleaders 😂
Colin, Colin, Colin in A Skit more of him please, please, please and Che can have a part in it. Loving this, I can't mentioned just how many time I've watched this already, I'm still playing catch-up on anything SNL. Laughter is good medicine!
I agree. I grew up on Kenan bc I used to watch All That and Kenan & Kel reruns when I was young. I like some character work he does but a lot of his impressions sound too similar to each other.
I'm really glad SNL uploaded this to their UA-cam channel because well I would never have known about this skit without it. I do find us to be funny but not as funny as some of their other ones, but ultimately I enjoyed it.
Several points: 1. The Johnson kid who played Gruden is pretty good. For a new guy, he’s been fantastic. 2. Man, Pete has grown so much as a performer. He used to be pretty useless in sketches, and mainly a weekend update/musical parody performer, and the sketches he was in he would break. But as time has gone on he’s gotten better and better. 3. Andrew Dismukes is growing on me.
when I first saw Cecily I was hoping she was gonna do Jeannine pirro" our 32 teams understand diversity is our strength and I'm sure our black coaches would agree ... both of them" LMAO 🤣😂
The last five years are another golden age for SNL. I'm 4q and started watching it regularly in the last year or two of the 80s. This cast, even when losing someone thay was a key cog in the wheel (the person who came to mind first is Beck Bennett), has continued on and flourished. The last time that there was this cohesive vibe in my lifetime, was the mid-90s.
"He got on his knees and begged but you know how much I hate when someone kneels"
Damn that one cut DEEP
I love it, lol!
Could you explain the joke? I am not American so I have no idea
@@angelinap.3840 Colin Kaepernick became controversial when it was discovered that instead of standing for the(American) National Anthem, he got down on one knee, as a form of protest against mistreatment of black people in America.
@@joeymorvant161 oof, thanks for explaining
THAT one made the entire skit! I CTFU over it even tho it was a legitimate reference.
*"Like my team, I have no name."*
*That line made me laugh more than I expected.*
@@jds3068 Introducing your new football team, The Washington Lobbyists!
*Washington Hypocrites*
@@jds3068 I would suggest the Senators, but they already had two baseball teams by that name and they were really bad. Kind of like the real ones!
No name no identity...
@@BrianRetro "First in war, first in peace, last in the American League."
i was so shocked to finally see colin in a sketch
Kaepernick or Jost?
He's was in a few years ago
he played Pete buttigieg all last season lol
Occasionally, he and Che come out from behind the desk.
@@HBarnill Nice! LOL
James Austin Johnson puts in the WORK. Jeez his impersonations and reading are so clean.
Colin Jost outside of Weekend Update is blowing my mind. Please SNL include him in more shit! Michael Che as well! You would be fools not to!
They probably don't want to...they just stand in when they need someone who they can pull off as a lookalike
@@Pinkricaan not to mention based on what we've heard Weekend Update is already a lot of work, it's why Cecily decided to step away from it, and it's why within the past 30 years the only anchors who were consistently in sketches were Poehler and Fallon.
I could not agree more! Not with your suggestion about Jost and Che but with your description of SNL sketches as "shit".
No! Those guys are trash
@@JamesWest_III like u
It's really hard to believe this is only James Austin Johnson's third episode. Ever. This dude is an absolute freaking natural. He's got the effortless confidence of someone who's been on the show for a decade.
Starring in 2 of the 3 cold opens as well. Crazy talented!
He's not that funny. I don't know why he's getting so much air time. He must know someone.
He’s in like every sketch already, dude is super talented!
He's versatile
Dude has had some good sketches so far. Not this one though. He's a top notch impressionist but he did zero of grudens famous mannerisms. It wasn't even a Gruden impression. He just basically played a dude in raiders gear. Gruden is a great target for an impressionist so idk why he didn't try to do his voice or famous looks/skowls and verbiage
“2019 was a different era” yooo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The funny thing is it actually was, like every five minutes is a new era these days with rules that have just been made up. And I can't believe how the crowd gasps at someone dressing up as a famous celebrity and actor, yes that definitely used to be acceptable not long ago.
even cars only change every five years.
I miss 2019!!!!!
@@wildrice8199 it definitely wasn't acceptable in 2019, if that's what we discussing here.
@@wildrice8199 It is still acceptable in the right circles.. not everyone thinks celebrating minorities is racism. But whatever you guys do whatever the fuck you do and we are trying to not let it get over the pond with your fries.
*"2019 was a different era."* 😂😂So funny but true.
In the sense of a pre-covid era, yes, it was.
How is it true in this context?
I am glad Colin is getting other sketches, but I miss Beck Bennett so much, SNL is not the same without him.
Yesss! Beck was reliably funny, and he is very much missed!
+1
I miss Beck too.
same i’ve been missing him so much last week was bad and now this week im like :(((((
Did he quit or is he making films? Aidy dissapeared for a while but she is back now
Edit: never mind looked it up.. 😔
Kenan's "Reading Rainbow" parody was perfect 👌💛
I liked how Kenan wore the eye lenses that Lavar wore on Star Trek
@Mark Jacobs 👀 that was so quick I missed it until now.
Nice catch. 👍 👌
@@kendrawallace2488 thx
James Austin Johnson has the confidence of a 12-year SNL veteran contemplating his retirement unless Lorne triples his salary.
So...Kenan Thompson?
Who dat?
@bidmcms3 the one who played Gruden, he's new this season
He feels like a new Darrell Hammond
It took me this many episodes to realize he wasn't Darrell Hammond.
Writers really went wild in the last three minutes.
Just when I thought Giuseppe was going to be the most unexpected part of the sketch, Levar Burton makes an appearance.
At every sports press conference I see now, I expect a reporter to stand up from the seats and say, “Trent Crimm, The Independent.” #tedlasso
Jason Sudeikis is hosting next week!
@@pcellix 😎
Well, now he'd be Trent Crimm, Independent.
Nice lol
So do I.
I love the "pick me" cheerleader lmfao "You guys its FUNNNYYYYYYYY!"
Heidi Gardner.
Heidi 🤤
Whearing the hell out of them shorts too!
What's "pick me"?
@@AbcAbc-sp1od it applies to other things too but in this specific case, it’s a woman who accepts sexist jokes from men in hopes of their approval.
"You all know how much I hate to see people kneel" ... that was hilarious 😂 🤣🤣
As a Jeopardy fan, "Suck on that, Mayim Bialik!" had me in shreds. Brilliant.
I didn't get it. Can you explain please 🙈❤
@@omolayooluwadare6932 i'm replying in case someone explains it haha
@@omolayooluwadare6932 After Alex Trebek died, Jeopardy had several guest hosts on as potential replacements. There was a lot of support for Levar Burton to host (including from myself), but ultimately Mayim Bialik has been chosen as the new host (but apparently Ken Jennings will also be taking hosting duties for part of the year). So in some sense, many view Burton as having been snubbed by Bialik for the position.
@@Jophelerx Ahh thank you. I’m British so most of what I know about jeopardy I learnt from snl 😂
@@boglarcara557 nice to know it’s not just me 😂😂
James Austin Johnson has been a main player in all three of the cold opens of his SNL career. Goodness, there was no time for a learning curve. They said to hell with easing the man into the show
He's talented fr
I was dead when he did the Jon Gruden cause that is how jon acted lol
Hes taking it in stride. V. Talented
It feels like the same impression over and over again
When Levar Burton showed up I knew he was gonna do that in the end.😂
Was this just one long “Levar Burton for Jeopardy Host” promo? Because if so, he’s got my vote!
I do love Miam but my old ass totally loves Levar Burton. Little sad Keenan singing the Reading Rainbow theme got zero applause.
@greenAbbot
Actually, Levar Burton kinda sucked when he hosted Jeopardy. Kenan Thompson would be a way better Jeopardy host than Levar Burton.
Burton 4 Jeopardy. 2022
Not even the SNL makeup team could replicate just how ludicrous Mark Davis’s haircut is
Lol I gotta check this shit out ...
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
"I, just like my team, don't have a name." For some reason, that made me lol.
I agree, Colin & Michael should be in more sketches!! 👍
I mean, they're not wrong, Levar Burton is one of the few people no one can hate.
And his daughter is dope af!
Idk. Maybe a racist who hates books could hate him
Wish I could leave more than 1 like for that!!! The Reading Rainbow song was a great touch!
He told a friend of mine she was bad with her money. Right after she offered to cut him a check because another friend of mine he was visiting wouldn’t take to him so he had to stay with us at the hospital longer than he’d planned and was gonna miss his flight. Thought that was totally rude of him tbh.
Reveal all emails
Everyone is worried about what he sent
WHAT ABOUT THE RESPONSES HE GOT
Don't lose Keenan. He's the most intelligent person on the cast.
If he does move on I hope it's to bigger things, hes too talented just to have SnL as his pinnacle.
He's the ONLY real talent on SNL
@@antoniobiondo1509 facts 💯
“Donald trumps haircut gave me a haircut” 😆
Pete saying “hey, let’s rank the races” had me dying!
That Mark Davis impersonation was terrifying
He’s my favorite cast member ever!! Moffat.
They got the haircut wrong
@@bcranford714 That's not a haircut that can be made right!
In that case he nailed it perfectly!
Not as terrifying as seeing pictures of Mark Davis. Yeesh.
6:26 “Huh, I wonder if anyone tried to warn people about this before…” I CACKLED😭💀 Chris’s delivery and facial expressions made it 10 times better
OMG!
This was so fun!
And "Lavar" singing Reading rainbow at the end was awesome too!
I love those rare occasions when any of the Weekend Update crew get screen time.
It's *so* unusual, though, it always makes me wonder if there was an emergency, or a particularly strong resemblance, or something, some kind of extra-compelling set of circumstances, that only Jost, in this case, was perfect for.
I’m so proud of Keenan. He went from bench player to legendary All-Star
Keenan went from riding the pine to passable. All of his stuff fell flat for well over 10 seasons. The only reason he has had a job with SNL in the first place was because all the decent black guys get a show or get promoted and do films. Keenan was just lucky that Kel Mitchell blew his audition. That guy had more potential at the time.
@@SP-qo3pd I respect your opinion, hater or not. Everybody entitled to they opinion
@@MitchellBahamas I'm not a hater, Keenan is a great guy- I just don't get his brand of comedy. To me all of his characters sound the same.
@@MitchellBahamas Yeah I love Kenan. Too many sketches where he's stolen the moment. Absolute gem.
@@SP-qo3pd *Kenan*
Bruh! Why is that Mark Davis' wig is so accurate? I'm dead
I cracked up every time I saw it. It's so crazy that he really walks around like that.
“At least we’re not talking about concussions”
LOL
LeVar Burton as a football coach...there's a good Troy Barnes joke in there somewhere, but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.
When kenan as lemar started singing it gave me flashbacks to troy cry singing that! 😂
Don’t eat the crab dip!
@@TheUselessInfoSquad yea yea
People acting shocked at Colin appearing in a sketch like he hasn’t been popping up here and there for well over a decade now. Guy’s creeping up on 20 years with SNL, not to mention playing Buttigieg and Kasich several times in cold opens.
Not the "supreme football host..." 😝😂 Kenan cracks me up.
I almost died when he started singing Reading Rainbow
As much as I adore Jost ….his impressions are basically Colin Jost in costume.
I feel like James Austin Johnson would have a really good Owen Wilson impression
Same nose
I feel like all impressions he does are going to be really similar. In this sketch he looked a lot like he was doing his Biden impression. I don't think he has much range, but I guess we'll see, maybe he'll prove me wrong. An Owen Wilson impression would be awesome to see though.
Tbh he kinda looks like Owen's brother (Luke I think is his name)
Get in line. Melissa first.
For those who are trying to figure out who the two black coaches are, it's Mike Tomlin (Pittsburgh) and Brian Flores (Miami)
Wow, I had thought that had been a hyperbolic undercount.
@@theoutlook55 Well, I'm pretty sure there are more black coaches, but those two are the only current black HEAD coaches as of today (and I don't think Brian Flores is gonna last seeing the Dolphins season has gone to shit now.)
Other minorities are represented among head coaches as well, Robert Saleh (San Francisco) is Arab by descent and Ron Rivera (Washington) is Hispanic. But yes, the 28 other head coaches are white.
“What a minute this isn’t my kitchen”. Ha I love it!
Loved It!!! Keenan is Amazing!!!
As always!!!
Just a reminder that Washington cheerleaders were recorded without consent wearing nothing but bikini bottoms for the purpose of the video's distribution among the higher execs. The fact that there were cheerleaders, along with women who worked in the Washington organization and faced sexual discrimination, who were brave enough to sue the Washington Football Team and the league is the main reason we even have access to these emails. I get that the pick-me cheerleader is a well-known bit, but the truth is cheerleaders are some of the only good guys in this story.
and they were forced to sign NDA's and make minimum wage
The blonde bimbo characterization here was seriously disappointing. Just piles on to the outdated stereotyping.
@@lauratomczak6797 NDA = "Nasty Dick Acceptance". Part of their employment agreements.
Stop fooling yourself I haven't met a good girl cheerleader in my life but your right for this story their angels even though we know what Jerry does to those Texas freak cheerleaders 😂
Andre- they are a spoiled generation and don’t even realize it.
I love it when they put Andrew in sketches, but I also always end up just marveling at how big his ears are lol
I get distracted by how adorable and loveable he is.
Omg please🤣🤣🤣
Colin, Colin, Colin in A Skit more of him please, please, please and Che can have a part in it. Loving this, I can't mentioned just how many time I've watched this already, I'm still playing catch-up on anything SNL. Laughter is good medicine!
The state of that Levar Burton impression. Did Keenan even know who Levar Burton was until last night?
Yeah I love/grew up with Keenan but that impression was just rly weak.
Keenan is great, but impressions aren't his strong suit 🙂
Presumably. He did a sketch 2 weeks ago where he was Levar B Burton (you have to say the B for legal reasons)
Keenan only has two impressions - Bill Cosby and somebody who sounds kinda like Bill Cosby.
I agree. I grew up on Kenan bc I used to watch All That and Kenan & Kel reruns when I was young. I like some character work he does but a lot of his impressions sound too similar to each other.
Seems like an odd place to premier Chris Pratt's Mario costume, but okay.
Why is Mario not Black gay and trans? XD f the left
It’s weird seeing Colin preforming during sketches haha. He should do it more!
His Pete Buttigieg was one of my fav characters during the 2020 DNC
I’m going to assume you meant perform. Otherwise Colin was doing some kind of shape shifting, pre-forming thing we couldn’t see....
@@fashiondiva6972 What
It's weirder seeing him get right up on that ass at the end. She was pretty much twerking him.
Colin is COOL! The entire skit was more real than the NFL's actual concern.
Who ever was Roger Goodall was terrible
But was it funny? Barely.
James Austin Johnson is killing it already man.
I spit out my water when I saw Colin pop up in this because I was so excited omg
I like how Colin Jost finally got out from behind the Weekend Update desk for a sketch that has him standing behind a podium.
Dude these new writers are crazy, I really love it
WFT/Daniel Snyder managed to escape SNL's critique despite his shady stuff, he's 100x worse than Gruden.
They made fun of the Cheerleaders instead of the real problem for Washington. I was very caught off guard and surprised they went that route.
@@SlimJimJZ good comment you both make valid points.
He's escaping all of this right now...
He's just super happy he had Sean Taylor available again to play defense for him.
TOO easy
Casting James Austin Johnson was one of the smartest decisions SNL has ever made.
Worth it for that Biden cold open alone.
I was speechless to see Colin Jost outside of Weekend Update.
Chris Redd looks really good with that afro.😊
Also, Levar slamming Mayim would be crazy if he did that for real.😉
They should capture Mayim kneeing Levar in the nuts and have him screaming “It was Keenan”
As a Ken Jennings fan myself, that would definitely be the greatest thing I'll ever see in my life. 😄
Chris Redd is so good in this sketch, he isnt always utilized properly but when he is its 👌
Chris is this you dude??
"I loved this scetch so much!" - Urban Meyer
I was hoping they would do this and I was not disappointed!
Lol Andrew's bit got me🤣🤣🤣
With all the material being just handed to you, your shows should be the highlight of the weekend.
SNL is unwatchable. Unless you're a raging liberal.
im so excited for this season already
Levar should’ve been the real host of Jeopardy, not Mayim.
Neither
I'm a huge lavar fan and was still like, nah bruh.
I love him but no. She's much more polished and good at it.
@@lumariadp describe how is she polished?
@@anthonytaylor7928 do you...not know what polished means?
I'm really glad SNL uploaded this to their UA-cam channel because well I would never have known about this skit without it. I do find us to be funny but not as funny as some of their other ones, but ultimately I enjoyed it.
At this point it's more Collin Jost being called a dilf
Because he's married to Scarlet Johansson. Everybody wants an invite to that sexcapade
In his family, Colin is known as "the pretty one ".
Several points:
1. The Johnson kid who played Gruden is pretty good. For a new guy, he’s been fantastic.
2. Man, Pete has grown so much as a performer. He used to be pretty useless in sketches, and mainly a weekend update/musical parody performer, and the sketches he was in he would break. But as time has gone on he’s gotten better and better.
3. Andrew Dismukes is growing on me.
Agreed all points. The cheers Pete keeps getting warms my heart.
I can’t tell if I was supposed to laugh watching this.
Love when Colin makes a cameo 🤟🏻
when I first saw Cecily I was hoping she was gonna do Jeannine pirro" our 32 teams understand diversity is our strength and I'm sure our black coaches would agree ... both of them" LMAO 🤣😂
james austin johnson is such a charismatic character actor and he's the best new pull SNL's had in YEARS
The best? Heidi and Bowen suggest differently
I always love the rare sketches when we get to see Colin and Michael outside of weekend update 😁😁😁😁
Best episode in a very long time, every sketch was good to great and rami got better as the night went on. Excellent episode 👍
Loved this 😂 kennan is amazing
Keenan
Keenan has NEVER been funny.
@@FranchiseENT202 Subjective.
"2019 was a different era" 🤣
A UFC press conference with Conor and Nate Diaz is magical.
@@Buoydog Pete would do an amazing Nate.
@@Buoydog They should do one with Conor and Jon Jones.
Unrelated but Cecily Strong is my ultimate girl crush 😍
'girl crush'? Just say crush man
Hottest babe on the show, and there are PLENTY!!
@@priyachoudhary9896 why can't it be a girl crush? She's a girl.
@@priyachoudhary9896 I'm a straight woman and I'm not sexually attracted to women, so yes "girl crush" is the applicable term here
@@DarthFurie either way no one cares, you won't become lesbian if you say crush anyway.
- sincerely, a lesbian
This is a great cast.
The last five years are another golden age for SNL. I'm 4q and started watching it regularly in the last year or two of the 80s. This cast, even when losing someone thay was a key cog in the wheel (the person who came to mind first is Beck Bennett), has continued on and flourished.
The last time that there was this cohesive vibe in my lifetime, was the mid-90s.
I know we're joking around here but Levar Burton as a Head Coach is something I can fully get behind.
"Look at the flamin friggit" 😆 🤣 😂
"I like my team don't have a name" 😆
Throwback to Reading Rainbow was amazing!!💫
Instantly started laughing from the photo of the video
Clever contemporary skit - well done SNL !!!
White stereotypes!
Mark Davis - spot on
Lol. The crooked tie is coincidentally spot on 😂😂😂😂😂😂
The new guy killed it.
I was KNEELING in fu%$ing laughter!!! Put Colin in more sketches!
I remember as a really young kid, hearing there was a football team called the "Redskins" and just thinking...I know I'm like 6, but that's...yeah
They killed it 😂
Shoulda brought in Frank Caliendo to play Gruden
There has to be the best cold open I have witnessed
I’m glad SNL is back. I forgot what it looks like when people are trying to be funny.
🤣🤣idk where this timing is even coming from, but it’s hilarious
THIS IS NOT A DRILL! JOST IS DOING SKETCHES AGAIN
I never heard of Mark Davis, so I googled him 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 hair spot on!!! 😂🤣😂 WTF was he thinking getting the “bowl cut”?!?! 😂🤣😂🤣😂
There’s so many people that actually know how to do a John Gruden impression that I’m surprised they didn’t bring one of them in to play him
I came down here to say that it's a crime Caliendo wasn't in this sketch,
This was a mess 😂 messes are the best skits. Why am I on the Internet, I’m probably sleeping and this is a dream 💭 SY
Jaguars are so good 😂
"Suck on that, Mayim Bialik!" lol
Good Jeopardy reference... and then Reading Rainbow.