Norwegian Actors' Playhouse - SNL
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2013
- International Masterworks presents the Norwegian Actors' Playhouse performing their near-seamless version of an American police drama. With Ryan Reynolds. Aired 10/03/09
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previously, on "The Norwegians " .....
"Søren! Whutt are youuu doing hirrrr?"
I knew you were the snowman, Devin!! 😅
Such a good comment I un-liked the previous ones.
I was gonna comment, 'Next on the Norwegafornians' but you already took a left on santa monica boulevard
Reminds me of the character from Family Guy that used to say "I was just about to bone my girlfriend..." 😅
"I was just fixing the snowmobile, Dan!"
I'm Norwegian, and an actor, and I'm never speaking a word of English with an American accent again 😂
Honestly, I believe you can do it.
A wise choice.
Thank you.
good
@Per VIdar Gornitzka Anfinnsen - oh no men!! You're not going to slap me five? 😂
Entire sketch written around Fred's immitation of a Norwegian trying to speak with an American accent that used to crack up Hader when they were in make-up.
Really? That's funny😂 Did they say that in an interview?
@@samspiano7070 that link has nothing to do with this video
I can believe that since Fred is the only guy who is actually doing a hilarious accent. The whole sketch literally is just Fred's accent.
They all sound like Peter Stormare.
@@TheKitchenerLeslie Ha ha ha. Peter Stormare is Swedish, and as a Swede, I can actually hear some similarity, yes.
"I want to speak with the BARRISTERS!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂
yes, we heard it too.
Can we just talk about how Fred Armisen is mind-blowing in this bit?
You posted this 1 year ago: 0 replies.
Your answer: No we can not.
I feel like this skit was totally Fred armisens idea! It has him written all over it.
@@johannam.833 Could be, or it could be just a ripoff of the Festrunk brothers skit from SNL when it was in it heyday.
He's the most talented SNL cast in his generation. 👍😆
@@LadyVoldemort He and Hader are tied imo.
the dialogue sounds like Tommy Wiseau's "The Room"
you're my favourite commenter
Anda Winata you are tearing me apart Anda! :P
Oh.. Hi Anda!
Anda Winata YESSSS!
Can I have a dozen red roses please?
"I grew up in the streets of Times Square maaaan" 😂 Gets me every time!!
" every we look there was pollution"
This is how Hollywoodian Russian characters look to Russians lol
I'm glad someone finally said it
😂😂😂True
Это правда
I'm American but I agree. Its even worse if you watch anime dubbed in English and someone is supposed to be Russian lol
We do yall dirty. Our bad lol
Ahahahahahaha нажми эту красную кнопку, Борис.
American actors pretending to be Norwegian actors pretending to be American characters. Genius :)
Ryan Reynolds is Canadian, though. And Bill Hader as an American portraying a Brit. Still very funny.
How vanguard
SO meta! lol
Ya. Wanted to say that. YOu said it. :)
With one Canadian actor.
At "grew up in the streets of Time Square" I had to pause a video and give myself a good minute to shout-laugh it out.
@Zimmit's FunHouse Adventure Thanks, I was laughing so hard at the "streets of Time Square" line that I actually missed the follow-up line.
The area around times square was pretty rough for a long time tho
"Everywhere we looked was pollution"
“I want to speak with the barristers!” 🤣🤣🤣
The look on Kristen Wiig’s face when he said that. She is amazing as always in this sketch.
"I want to speak to the barristers". So good. 😂
It's one of the best lines in the sketch. I'm sad that the audience seemed to miss that joke, maybe because most of us Americans don't know what a barrister is. Hell, I don't fully understand the whole solicitor/barrister system myself... Here we just have lawyers...
Here we have litigators and transactional lawyers…roughly the same thing.
@@goombapizza6335 I don't get it
Why is no one even mentioning Hader’s damn near flawless English accent in this skit. Damn he is good.
I’m English and Hader’s English accent sounds exactly like this skit to me!
The irony of this comment being on this exact sketch is amazing 😂
@@tracygilbert547 well that’s because it’s a west Minstencherchire accent and you obviously aren’t from west Minstencherchire or you’d appreciate the flawless accent
Hader is basically doing Jeremy Irons with Hader's sense of humor.
The only problem is his vowel-shift on the "A" is still American, but otherwise it's great
Bill Hader's voice.
BossBellini .... He's a prince ❤
He sounds like a young James Mason...
yep im english. it's very good.
Why can't he be a British character in a film
NorWAY and OsLO
That last line about the Mexican ballet performing Kabuki Theatre was severely underrated, it went by so fast I almost didn’t catch it, now I can’t top laughing 😂
It was even funnier than the rest of the sketch 😂
Please stop using underrated in any sentence when you don't have a clue what it means. Thanks.
It took me far too long to realize: the fact that Bill Hader's British host thinks these are flawless American accents, and a perfect portrayal of American life, is part of the joke. Very sly.
I didn’t think about that at all until I read your comment.
Hearing him say that reminded me of all the times I was like "Is that character supposed to be American?" when I was watching Midsommer Murders.
Sort of like what passes for a "British" accent on American TV - or worse, an Australian accent. You can get away with a lot if there aren't many people in your audience who can tell the difference.
I was like 666 🤘
I just love how he says "Nor-waay"
Bill Hader's voice is sooo good. I feel like watching a true crime episode back in the 80's
what it feels like watching a movie with "Russian gangsters" when actually knowing Russian.
"Russian" gangsters usually speak Yiddish.
@Somali Kid Tell that to the Israelis.
"Russian" or literally gibberish?
Most "Russians" in American movies eitherprized how to say the sentences phonetically, between the accent and misplaced syllabic emphasis or literal gibberish. No language that exists, ever.
fred armisen carries this scene like its his child. Everyone deserves an A just for being in the room
One of the very best SNL skits I've seen. Love Armisen's "I don't have a choice, you guy. I'm gonna throw you in with all the other robbers!"
roborz
rawburrz
-Everwhurr we looked was pallootion...but I becaim a tough cop with a cigurrrat... Haahaha...priceless. Armisen will always be king of the silly exaggerated accents...
agree :D
@@i_likebeing_home8733 pppp
Yeah...so...good...
I'm Norwegian, and this is hilarious and true.
Absinthevideo Absolutely :p
Actually Norwegian/American sounds way worse than this. Look up Petter Solberg speaking english. It's horrible.
+Absinthevideo word!
+Jan Aleksander Johannessen That's just one Norwegian.
+Absinthevideo SNL is great.. but this one, not so much (det høres ikke LITT ut som norsk aksent).
As a Norwegian, i can confirm that this is 100% correct.
😂
Sounds like The Norwegian Californians.
That's EXACTLY what it sounds like! :-D
EXACTLY
Yessss! lol
The Norwefornians
Nods
I love how Fred’s accents get increasingly ridiculous throughout his sketches
Fred is just another level of comedy. Portlandia is genius. Lol
"Muh SUN is inno-SENT of THES!!!"
My brother-in-law is Norweigan and I am American and I’m fucking dying at how well they are doing this.
I'm sure that this has been commented on prior to my comment, but I love how Bill Hader's character gets more excited as he describes the play.
Sounds like Tommy Wiseau's "American" accent hahah
true that, but he's polish
Adam S He is real New Orleans man!
Rosana Khatib i miss you
I can't stop repeating that "Malbrrrrlro Cigarettes" thing :D
+Greta M. yeah, that is the best part, he he - 1:27
*This is being most perfect 'no accent' ever I have heard!* *It is most pleasing knowing of much hard work involved in speaking of 'American' perfectly so*
"I grew up on the streets of Times Square man."
We all had tto mug each other
*I want to talk with a BARRISTER* ☺️
Next time I pretend-threaten someone one, i’m gonna use that line.
Still waiting on the Mexican Kabuki theatre!
Sami M'Barek I'm Mexican and trust me, you don't want to see that
Merab Shirel I definitely would 😂😂😂
10 years later and I'm still waiting...😞🤕😢...😂😂😂😂😂
Watch LOS ESPOOKIES ,Fred's Mexican detective show,VERY REAL
@eshel ahrak Yes, but still, trust me I'm Mexican 😬
Andy Samberg is not putting an ounce of effort to make himself sound Norwegian and still killing it
if by "killing it" you mean depleting the energy from the sketch, yes- agreed.
I think that Fred put's in the best effort here. But they are not trying to sound Norwegian. They are trying to sound like Norwegians immitating Americans. Fred's pronounciation of CAAWFEEE is hilarious because it's so true. I dont' think most Norwegians would pronounce coffee like that in English but whenever they make fun of Americans coffee is a go to word and they say it exactly like that. It would be like a Norwegian comedy show having Norwegian actors trying to sound like Americans trying to sound like British people. Lot's of either the Queens English or bad Cockney. The accent isn't supposed to be Norwegian, its supposed to be what Norwegians do when they imitate Americans.
@@ericburton5163 You never mentioned how highly inaccurate Norwegians’ American accents are. You basically just said, “American coffee is terrible and all Americans are shit at imitating accents.”
@@AmandaFromWisconsin To be fair, most Americans have exactly three English accents: Cockney, Posh, and RP. Also he didn't make fun of our coffee.
@@goombapizza6335 Good one :)
It sounds like it's true too.
2:40 "don't striiike me" 😄
I wish there were 20 more of these skits
Same! Like the Californians
They should at least do a followup with the Mexican Kabuki theater.
They are not trying to sound Norwegian, they are trying to sound like Norwegian's that are trying to sound like stereotypical Americans. They did a good job. Well, not Andy Samburg but the other three did great.
BigSirZebras agree samburgs pretty weak here
BigSirZebras Andy is generally very weak. I don't get how he can work on SNL.
I agree!!!! I mean, i have no idea why he got an Emmy at all... I like him, because he seems a nice guy, but as an actor, he is very weak and yet overrated.
morrisal mighty minority?
what do you mean
Next, Russian: "I grew up in the Kremlin. I had tough life as a childhood, only vodka and cold potatoes. My dad drove a tank because we couldn't afford a car."
This is exactly how we talk when we do the GRÆFIITI
it's not so much about the accent, it's the exaggerated behavior and Norwegian depiction of American stereotype.
Wow, thanks explaining the sketch. 🙄🤦
YOU SAW THAT TOO???!!!
This is exactly what it was like growing up in a bilingual school in Mexico. This is the exact accent that everybody had.
This is easily one of the funniest sketches.
“There will be no trace of an accent...”
*remembers I’m watching an SNL skit* 👀
DON'T MAKE ME CROSS.
I'm offensive and i find this norwegian.
+Amphibiot yawn
Literally LOL'ed at this comment
Boy you sure were ahead of your time now everyone is offensive
Amphibiot Lmao!
Any sketch with a foreign theme and you’re sure to find someone in the comments making this lame joke. Sorry guy,l
This was perfectly believable until the Pirates won the World Series....
I know right lol
Ooh, that burns. You just wait! Someday, we’re going to be, you know, not bad or something…
@@neilgow77 hey man. I’ve been a Prates fan since the Willie Stargell days. I just can’t accept that when this was made we were enduring 20 years of losing seasons.
@@neilgow77 hey now I’ve been a Pirates fan for 40 years. My dad gre up in western PA and talked with pride about seeing Bill Mazeroski and Roberto Clemente play at Forbes field.
“Oh slapmefive”- Ryan Reynolds
"The streets of Times Square"
That's basically how they talk on the BBC radio dramatization of anything as Americans.
Pretty much, yeh
Yep, we don't use the word barrister.
What gets me is when they have actors playing as Americans speaking during WW2 or the Cold War.
“The Sah-viets will beat us there if we don’t move quickly!”
Has a Yankees ball cap on.
Also: Gets excited that the Pirates are ahead in the World Series.
Out of all that, the “I grew up in the streets of time square” took me out 💀
LOL As a Norwegian I can relate. Not very common, but there are some examples of Norwegian movies (or Scandinavian) attempted to speak English and pass it off as American. Maybe it worked for people in Scandinavia and Europa... but for anyone who knows how it's meant so sound like, it sounded ridiculous.
If those movies are set in Minnesota, it may be plausible. The (very incorrect) stereotypical MN accent is supposed to be like a corrupted Norwegian accent.
@@amyellen3845 I always hear the MN one like Fargo.
To be fair, most Norwegians I know speak English pretty well with what I call an "Internet English accent" in which the base is like the accent of a person from Iowa in the US but with some pronounciations and vocab from other English accents (both American and not). But this is the a great impersonation of someone who speaks English trying to impersonate Americans. The CAAWFEE was hilarious. Like it's based on my own American accent (from the Great Lakes region) but me saying coffee and me making fun of my own accent saying coffee sound way different. This is the typical mix of nasally Great Lakes accent and California accent that no one would ever have (maybe someone who moved from Ohio to California?) that has been exaggerated times 10. It's like how Americans also use a mix of the Queens English and Cockney exaggerated times 10 when doing British accents.
Just the idea of creating this sketch is genius. They nailed it !
I have serious clinical depression and I keep coming back to this sketch. I love Ryan and Kristen in it. All roles were played well but those two just got me particularly. I wanna see Ryan and Kristen on SNL with Bill Hader because I just feel a great energy with those three.
I've only seen this sketch once, right now, and Ryan putting his face right next to Kristen's boob is fantastic. Hystical, under the radar, sketch.
That's an awesome testament to the power of comedy. 😆 Wishing you all the best.
How Bill gets... more excited each time
Norwegians effecting an American accent sounds similar to the accent in the Californians sketch.
Indeed
It's easier for me to understand the Norwegians
That was the point. The accent in the Californians is an exaggeration of a very particular accent from a very specific area of California. They reused that accent here because foreigners usually try to do that accent to sound American. In the UK, it was popular to try and imitate a Texan or Southern accent to play Americans on their telly.
@@mohenn22smith27
1. affecting
/əˈfektiNG/
adjective
touching the emotions; moving.
2. effect
/əˈfekt/
verb
gerund or present participle: effecting
cause (something) to happen; bring about.
"nature always effected a cure"
@@mohenn22smith27 so the American accent was emotionally touched by the Norwegians you say? How affectionate of them! Seriously though, we can all Google definitions nowadays but some people prioritize being an incompetent grammar nazi over double checking the facts i suppose...
Andy Samberg’s "And I became his partner in this, YIEAOAH!" Is the highlight of the sketch
I love that the Norwegians posting find this skit just as hilarious as I do. Whenever they do British skits this never happens. 😂😂😂😂
That's because they are trying to do British accents, which Americans are rarely able to master, rather than mangling the American accent as shown here.
@@nkt1 - Or because Brits take themselves too seriously.
@@AmandaFromWisconsin Nonsense. Most British comedy is Brits taking the piss out of themselves. It's a national pastime. However, we watch a *lot* of American TV and films, which often feature very poor attempts at British accents, and it's just really unpleasant to listen to.
@@nkt1 And we have to endure Benedict Cumberbatch and Helena Bonham Carter and Michael Sheen and Dominic West. All truly dreadful accent-wise. Some pull it off, yes, just like some Americans pull off a British accent. But I wish everyone would just stick to what they are. Yes, we'd lose Idris Elba on Oz and Tom Holland as Spiderman, but somehow I think we'd live. Also just by numbers alone there are TONS more Brits making the attempt than the reverse...
@@gllyflower OMG, I just had a flashback to whatever the hell accent Daniel Craig was trying to do in "Knives Out." Lol, sounded like Foghorn Leghorn imitating Colonel Sanders.
This sketch is far funnier than the audience indicated. A bad audience can kill the greatest sketches.
bill hader + fred armisen + kristen wiig + ryan reynolds =
number one What about Andy Samberg lol
Chris Webster
I think Andy is very hot!
S1l9o9a0n and you sound like a shit person.
Mary Grace Timmerman Thanks Miss Timmerman- JEW
"I didn'tah makeah ah graffiti". Lol
I'm from Norway, we are worse than that😂😂
You don't look Norwegian....
+Eric Ragnar Nationality obviously isn't the same thing as ethnicity.
She's Vietnorwegian.
Actually it varies from person to person.
I find the norwegian accent in English really really really cute ^_^
I think the only hint that this wasn't "done" by Americans was them having the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Yankees....
'n at
Yup
My favorite part of watching these kinds of SNL skits is reading the comments from the people whose culture is being roasted. They always think it's hilarious and true. Warms my heart.
2:25 Perfect Nord accent from Skyrim 😄
"Gritty and real. I was moved to tears." -- Rex Reed
”I grew up in the streets of Times Square maaan” 😂
I'm Norwegian..and I'm dying!!!! 🤣🤣🤭🥰
Reminded me of those "Foreign guys who have been living in the United States almost long enough to sound American" from family guy.
This video had funny people in it......and Andy Samberg.
this comment section has funny people in it .... and you
I grew up in the street of Time Square. 🤣🤣🤣
Hader's accent is great but even better is his character's progressively more earnestly self-assured boasting each time we see him. Like they've achieved some sort of great actor victory.
As a norwegian, I find this highly hilarious!
okay , you guy
No matter how many times I rewatch this I always crack up at "My sOn is innocEeeeeeent"
I love how Ryan Reynolds nails this like he's been part of the case for years.
A bunch of New Yorkers cheering for the Pittsburgh Pirates, seems legit
This is freaking amazing, I'm still cracking "slapping everything five"
Not gonna lie, I wanna see the Mexican ballet perform kabuki theatre
I so wish Bill Hader played a Norwegian actor in this
SNL needs a lifetime achievement award for their wig game. They’re always so good, and there’s probably like two skits that don’t utilize wigs for the characters.
As I am a Norwegian and live in Norway I can confirm this is accurate
Haha, I'm Norwegian, and I love doing the exaggerated American accent xD Pretty spot on ^^
The cast of this era had amazing abilities, especially Armisen and Hader
Kristen Wiig is Queen of awkwards!
My biggest fear is realising my american accent sounded like this all along
Remarkable. If I hadn't been told, I would have thought these actors were straight from the streets of the Large Apple!
Fred understood the assignment. No question.
one of their best skits. ryan reynolds is great as well. slap me five LOL
"slap everything five" lol
I’m Swedish and I agree on behalf of all the Norwegians confirming this
Reynolds accent reminds me of playing skyrim
Do you want a sweet roll?
Me after corona: 3:12
Ryan Reynolds is actually great in it
Lmao the new Siri “American Voice 3” sounds exactly like this.
Can’t believe I’ve never seen this before. So good.
Marrburro' cigaraettes XD
The most unbelievable part of this skit is the Pittsburg Pirates winning the worls series
its been years now and im still waiting for the mexican ballet to perform kabuki theatre
Oh how I wish they'd done the Mexican Kabuki theater sketch.
"I'm goin to thlow you in with all the othel lobbers"
Kristen Wiig jutting her jaw desperately trying not to laugh