The Rageaholic Thank you, I truly appreciate your beloved kindness. It’s not every day I receive such wonderful constructive criticism. The fact that I was called an idiot by a nobody in a UA-cam comment section, enlightens me like no other situation or person. Thank you for your candor.
@@mar1am622 The fact that you say "a nobody" as if it is an insult means you are already reaching towards the bottom of the barrel... That is a hard win to me.
Diner Lobster is the pinnacle of the current SNL casts performance and writing. Whenever someone makes a comment about “the current cast not being the same, man!” I refer them to Diner Lobster.
I'm not saying the current cast and writers are bad but this sketch is like a decade old, so it's not really a testament to the current writing staff's skills. It just got made when John hosted but he wrote it years ago when he worked at SNL.
This is a perfect example of how execution is everything. Kenan really sells this sketch. Without his performance the whole thing goes from being brilliant to just kinda silly. Plus the commitment to the set design. One of the best ever.
One of the best SNL sketches of ALL TIME (and I started watching SNL with episode 1 many, many years ago.) Thanks for having the courage to revive the idea last year. --the other standout for me recently was the Weezer bit featuring Matt Damon & Leslie Jones.
The Diner Lobster sketch remains one of my all time favorites on SNL. I watch it frequently. Keenan is amazing as is everyone! One thing: the fact that PETA gave them an award is weird. The last line in the sketch is something like, "okay, I'll have the veal instead" which is still an animal. That organization sucks (don't get me started! Lol).
When I saw them go live with this, I simultaneously sang along & laughed through tears. 😂 The absurdity of the premise juxtaposed with the reverence with which they treated the reworked music had me repeatedly asking the tv through gasps, "Oh, they're not really going to..." followed with "OMG! They did it!" I don't think I've had that reaction to SNL since Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood. 🤣😱🤣 This is definitely one of their better casts, and I remember sneaking out of bed late to watch the first one through the heater grate in the hallway. I was lucky; it made "land shark," kind of spooky that way.
There needs to be a full SNL musical written, so many people in the last ten odd years with the musical chops to do so. Writers, performers, it could be incredible.
I loved the 25th Anniversary recording most. Went to see it at the Kennedy Center and years later, still listen to it. But now that I think of it, the 10th was so awesome that it may be a tie with me. :o)
I can't believe it took them that long to green light this masterpiece! Also, I just got flashbacks when they showed the original script with the original cast...
So P.E.T.A. gave them an award lol! Thats dumb cuz either A) they didn't see the whole sketch B) they don't care about baby cows (Calves) After all he did end up ordering the veal and they all happily went marching away to kill it BTW that sketch is so funny cuz I love le miz
One of my all time favorite sketches. When it first aired I remember thinking "THIS is why I tune in to SNL each week" Amazing writing, production, and performance! Now, whenever I hear the Les Mis soundtrack I can't help but sing to myself "Lobster in a diner is never cool." :)
never seen les mis so the references were lost on me, but it was still funny, and I was in awe at the production. The amount of work that goes into making a sketch like this happen in the time frame that these people have is just crazy. So many different people, so many different props and moving parts, characters, costumes, musical numbers, etc blows my mind
Diner Loster is my favorite sketch ever! I love Les Mis, so all the jokes landed for me. It was hilarious, perfectly done, please do more in this vein! I can’t believe it wasn’t popular.
Being a musical theatre super fan!!! I LOVED Diner Lobster. Les Mis is an awesome show & Kenan as the lobster was amazing. Thank you John Mulaney & Colin Jost for making it a reality.
i actually wrote my own rendition of the lobster diner and bodega sketches that im too afraid to share, but lets just say it was in correlation with the phantom of the opera
in the les mis 10th anniversary concert recording theres a loud noise like something fell or broke while cosette is singing castle on a cloud and the same noise happened during clawsettes song in the sketch and my first thought was "no way that they did that just as a reference to the 10th anniversary concert recording of les mis at the royal albert hall" but perhaps they did do that just as a reference. Feeling on another wavelength rn
I think Les mis has such iconic music because like you can recognize it in the first like 2 seconds and I was already laughing my ass off before he opened his mouth
What impressed me about the sketch was that I got absolutely zero of the references while watching it, and it was still enthralling and entertaining. Referential comedy done RIGHT.
This is why I love them both. Because they KNOW that the definitive cast of Les Mis is the 10th Anniversary Concert Recording in London. OMG, the best.
I recall there was a "Larry the Lobster" sketch on SNL many years ago. There was a poll during the show whether to save or cook "Larry". I think Eddie Murphy was in the sketch. At the end of the show, votes came in; cast members were feasting on "Larry"
I can give all the effusive and hyperbolic praise in the world for “Diner Lobster,” but suffice it to say I watched and shared the clip...a lot. Pure unbridled joy.
Fun fact: Colin And Che (who's a wrestling fan)were in the André The Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the Wrestlemania 35 kickoff show on WWE's UA-cam channel which was emanating live from MetLife Stadium on April 7th of last year.
John Mulaney dramatically asking "Who's this guy?!" and it pans over to Pete Davidson uncontrollably laughing - gets me everytime 😂
Me too, so much I was bummed it wasn't included here. Time to go watch the whole thing again to get my Pete breaking fix.
Same lol
They are so well paired in any skit
Release the 17-minute version you cowards
I wonder how many likes does a comment get if it doesn't deserve any but is the first one under the most popular comment
.They only showed 22% of the entire discussion then.
@@jackferfag9862 12
Forget that! Tell Lorne to make it into a 3 hour movie.
yes we still need full version😭
I love how Kenan looks directly at the camera when he says "Clawsette" as if he's trying to telepath "LAUGH EVERYONE LAUGH" to the audience.
... he looks at the cue card you idiot
The Rageaholic Thank you, I truly appreciate your beloved kindness. It’s not every day I receive such wonderful constructive criticism. The fact that I was called an idiot by a nobody in a UA-cam comment section, enlightens me like no other situation or person. Thank you for your candor.
@@godlygamer911 you did your job.
@@mar1am622 The fact that you say "a nobody" as if it is an insult means you are already reaching towards the bottom of the barrel... That is a hard win to me.
@@sergiobarbosa3419 I always do boi.
Diner Lobster is the pinnacle of the current SNL casts performance and writing. Whenever someone makes a comment about “the current cast not being the same, man!” I refer them to Diner Lobster.
I have been watching SNL since day #1, when I was about 13 years old. The current show and cast is as great as its ever been, keep up the great work!
Yeah but the pinnacle of the current SNL cast comes from an old SNL writer coming back to host using a 9 years old sketch
Bless you good Sir.
ramdam974 yea but Colin is a current writer and he’s still there so it still works
I'm not saying the current cast and writers are bad but this sketch is like a decade old, so it's not really a testament to the current writing staff's skills. It just got made when John hosted but he wrote it years ago when he worked at SNL.
why are the writers of SNL so freakin amazing ahh
rigggghtt?? ahahaahhhaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Years and years of natural progression of synergy between the members, Lorne and his learning for forty plus years on how to pick them, etc
Because you have a terrible sense of humor
Writers in general. They are the smart ones.
Yannis Barrientos truth!!
Lobster Dinner will go down as one of the best sketch in SNL history.
What's so funny is that originally it was rejected. Lorne didn't know a good sketch when he saw one.
@@sha11235 Seth Meyers was the one who shot it down
That and Sumpin Clause
Only got better with Mulaney’s next appearance.
Sketch: Earns award from PETA for saving a lobster
Also Sketch: "Let's go kill that baby cow!"
I mean that seems right up PETA's alley they love needlessly euthanising animals
OMG Right! 😂😂 you took the words right out of my mouth!💀
I think abt this all the time im like did they just not see the end of the sketch lol
it’s very on brand for PETA
Came to the comments to say "I don't think they made it to the end of the sketch..." 🤣
This is a perfect example of how execution is everything. Kenan really sells this sketch. Without his performance the whole thing goes from being brilliant to just kinda silly. Plus the commitment to the set design. One of the best ever.
LOL “if this video was not 17 minutes than they made cu-“
I wonder how many likes does a comment get if it doesn't deserve any but is the first one under the most popular comment
Not nearly as many as the second reply, that's for sure.
Fuck peta
ua-cam.com/video/CGoKhs2DHh8/v-deo.html
@@CurtisPrevo Well done you
I don’t give a shit that this happened on tv. I still think John should win a tony award.
What happened?
@@roamfree1490 it was a damn good sketch that's what happened also john sings really well
I think he means late night comedy shows dont win tonys
@@awesomegaymer5786 thanks
“Order the veal instead.” - PETA
Now let's go kill that baby cow!
Apparently they didn't watch to the end of the sketch...
Was just thinking about this lmao
The "veal" ending was the dress version which is shown here on YT; The live version changed the end line to "I'll have the tuna melt instead..."
With muscle pump shoes.
Colin Jost and John Mulaney not wearing suits radiates some kind of cursed energy I can't comprehend
Yaaas, exactly. It's like I'm not supposed to be looking at them
"We won an award... because we saved a lobster"
And... killed a baby cow
One of the best SNL sketches of ALL TIME (and I started watching SNL with episode 1 many, many years ago.) Thanks for having the courage to revive the idea last year. --the other standout for me recently was the Weezer bit featuring Matt Damon & Leslie Jones.
Yes! A thousand times, yes!
Lisa Craze , I was never on time to Sunday School again after SNL began in 1975.
From the more recent ones my favorite is the one about Alexa (Odessa, Alizee 😂)
@@littlebird7590 SO funny, yes - everybody I know has shared that one on FB and through email.
The Diner Lobster sketch remains one of my all time favorites on SNL. I watch it frequently. Keenan is amazing as is everyone!
One thing: the fact that PETA gave them an award is weird. The last line in the sketch is something like, "okay, I'll have the veal instead" which is still an animal. That organization sucks (don't get me started! Lol).
DrBraxy Gilkey exactly! And they then say let’s kill the baby cow & everyone cheers!
They changed it from "tuna salad," I swear!
@@amphibian87 They had to. It was too much tuna.
IKR? Priorities I guess...
Alex Hegarty you realize tuna is an animal, right?
*John Mulaney and Colin Jost? What more could I want??*
I loved that sketch *SO MUCH.* We _need_ more Broadway parodies.
All the John Mulaney content on here this week has made me happy.
kenan knows how to nail every damn joke and every damn character 💯 of the time 😭
i know why would they ever let him out of their sight..he is the go-to for the show..give us one more year
#kennan2020
Kenan is gold!
One of my all time favorite bits. When it was over, I actually applauded.
Pete dancing at the end of the sketch is still the funniest thing to me
loving these behind the scenes looks!!!
When I saw them go live with this, I simultaneously sang along & laughed through tears. 😂 The absurdity of the premise juxtaposed with the reverence with which they treated the reworked music had me repeatedly asking the tv through gasps, "Oh, they're not really going to..." followed with "OMG! They did it!" I don't think I've had that reaction to SNL since Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood. 🤣😱🤣
This is definitely one of their better casts, and I remember sneaking out of bed late to watch the first one through the heater grate in the hallway. I was lucky; it made "land shark," kind of spooky that way.
Give us 17 minutes you stingy new yorkers
And now we have Bodega Bathroom! Please do another every time you host, John Mulaney.
jeff wei he said in recent interview that he wanted it to be a trilogy...... it would take place in a nyc train!!!
So far so good!
now we got airport sushi - plus he's hosting this saturday, so hopefully there'll be another musical?
@@vanillaplanifoliae fingers crossed!
@@jeffwei The crossed fingers worked!
I was impressed with the people working the giant lobster tail behind Keenan. It’s expressive and moves to the music nicely.
i love how every time John comes back to host he does a sketch they shelved on him.
Since I saw it, diner lobster has been my favorite snl sketch of all time
These guys have good taste. The 10th Anniversary edition is the greatest rendition of Les Mis you will ever hear...
I really love the big numbers that they do on SNL! They always execute them so well, it’s hilarious!
That was a good little Will Forte impression John snuck in there
I thought so too.
Azeezah Goodwin thought the same thing
There needs to be a full SNL musical written, so many people in the last ten odd years with the musical chops to do so. Writers, performers, it could be incredible.
The 10th Anniversary recording is absolutely the definitive recording.
I loved the 25th Anniversary recording most. Went to see it at the Kennedy Center and years later, still listen to it. But now that I think of it, the 10th was so awesome that it may be a tie with me. :o)
@@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 But Nick Jonas though.
@@themripley you literally just gave the biggest reason why you are wrong
I can't believe it took them that long to green light this masterpiece! Also, I just got flashbacks when they showed the original script with the original cast...
So P.E.T.A. gave them an award lol! Thats dumb cuz either
A) they didn't see the whole sketch
B) they don't care about baby cows (Calves)
After all he did end up ordering the veal and they all happily went marching away to kill it
BTW that sketch is so funny cuz I love le miz
You do realize that part of the point of the sketch is to highlight the hypocritical difference in perception in kiling a lobster and a calf?
Henk-Jan Vinke yes I do realize that
PETA is stupid and doesn’t pay attention to almost anything
I loved this sketch! The longer it went on, the funnier it got! The commitment to the ridiculous in this bit was epic.
One of my all time favorite sketches. When it first aired I remember thinking "THIS is why I tune in to SNL each week" Amazing writing, production, and performance! Now, whenever I hear the Les Mis soundtrack I can't help but sing to myself "Lobster in a diner is never cool." :)
The menu being a french flag is pure genius
No one ever mentions that and it's one of my favorite gags in the sketch.
This was and is one of the best SNK musical farces ever! I watch it over and over.
Honestly one of the most entertaining sketches of recent SNL history. We are all grateful for you two.
I am glad that they watched Seinfeld too. ua-cam.com/video/0u2fMLdp47E/v-deo.html
Of course Colin and John wrote a les mis inspired sketch - and refused to let it die. Look at how proud they all are it finally worked.
I love how they show old pics of him as a writer but they just look like they were taken the day of this interview
Lili he’s definitely immortal
never seen les mis so the references were lost on me, but it was still funny, and I was in awe at the production. The amount of work that goes into making a sketch like this happen in the time frame that these people have is just crazy. So many different people, so many different props and moving parts, characters, costumes, musical numbers, etc blows my mind
Best part is the cut to Pete and he's completely lost control. Hell, they got Kenan to crack up when Kate starts singing and he almost never breaks.
Diner Loster is my favorite sketch ever! I love Les Mis, so all the jokes landed for me. It was hilarious, perfectly done, please do more in this vein! I can’t believe it wasn’t popular.
Being a musical theatre super fan!!! I LOVED Diner Lobster. Les Mis is an awesome show & Kenan as the lobster was amazing. Thank you John Mulaney & Colin Jost for making it a reality.
This is legit one of my absolute fav sketches ever.
Now that this has grown into a tradition, they need to make a full blown musical of the whole cycle
I can’t get enough of these behind the scenes clips. They’re so good!
Love Diner Lobster. Next could be an homage to Hamilton, but say a president Harrison - he died from pneumonia days later. Shortest musical ever.
That’s really good 😂
It should be 30 minutes long, one for every day he was in office.
william henry harrison has the same amount of syllables as alexander hamilton. it’s meant to be
Speedy Gonzales did you see bodega bathroom yet? 😂
i actually wrote my own rendition of the lobster diner and bodega sketches that im too afraid to share, but lets just say it was in correlation with the phantom of the opera
This sketch lives rent free in my head. And to think it almost never happened!!!!
Oh I get it like when actors do a scene and perform it, it's called a sketch
Yeah, Ice, you got it
Mothman405 😂😂😂
Would else would sketch be lmao
@@Jamezzcrew a sketch is also a rough, quick drawing.
You mean like when somebody smokes too many cigarettes?
Diner Lobster ending always makes me cry. Don't Eat Lobsters♥️
3:01 The blue-white-red menu serving as a French flag is my favorite detail in the sketch.
in the les mis 10th anniversary concert recording theres a loud noise like something fell or broke while cosette is singing castle on a cloud and the same noise happened during clawsettes song in the sketch and my first thought was "no way that they did that just as a reference to the 10th anniversary concert recording of les mis at the royal albert hall" but perhaps they did do that just as a reference. Feeling on another wavelength rn
Behind the Sketches should be a UA-cam channel. There have to be hundreds of other stories like this.
I love the geniune reactions of Pete's in these sketches - they probably tell him NOTHING of what is going to happen and he doesn't rehearse it
Diner Lobster was the most glorious thing I have ever seen on television PERIOD!!!!
This sketch is my favourite sketch of all time.
They won an award from Peeta but at the end of the skit he orders baby lamb xD
Veal is baby cow, but your point stands.
PETA
There's a playlist with all these musical skits. Its a real treat.
You should do a sketch where the prize is officially being Pete Davidson’s SNL BFF! 🙌🏼💯
I was crying the first time I saw that sketch. 😂🤣
I think Les mis has such iconic music because like you can recognize it in the first like 2 seconds and I was already laughing my ass off before he opened his mouth
Totally love watching John Mulaney! 🤗
So damn funny
I never noticed that the flag is a diner menu. Magnificent.
I love the snl writers so much. They’re amazing.
I feel the same, recently I've been binging it on yt like crazy. Always makes my day ❤️ such a great entertainment 👌
they got an award for saving a lobster in a sketch that ends with "Alright everybody lets go kill that baby cow!"
such an intricately designed and written sketch and they let pete be in it
i literally cannot get enough of this sketch. i will watch 30 behind the scenes videos. its so ridiculous and i love it
Well they were right about one thing. That studio _did_ have incredible set design!
What impressed me about the sketch was that I got absolutely zero of the references while watching it, and it was still enthralling and entertaining. Referential comedy done RIGHT.
This is why I love them both. Because they KNOW that the definitive cast of Les Mis is the 10th Anniversary Concert Recording in London. OMG, the best.
God they are two of my favorite people!
The world loved Diner Lobster.
The world needed Diner Lobster.
The forgotten gift of the Magi.
Gold, frankincense, myrrh, and Diner Lobster.
Waiting for their take on the NY Port Authority bus terminal.
It's coming. They did LaGuardia Airport, so fingers crossed.
This sketch was brilliant.
Diner Lobster: BEST. SKETCH. EVER.
I showed all of them to my child. We laughed so hard
Absolutely one of the best sketches EVER. Ready for Broadway!! ;)
The lil forte impression: excellent
THE TWO BEST GUYS IN COMEDY AND IN EXISTENCE ❤️
I think what truly made the sketch was Pete's dancing at the end
3:19 The fact that they are not joking makes that even better.
It's funny that they won that award from PETA when the closing line is about happily going to kill a baby cow :D
this is my favorite sketch on snl im obsessed with it
I recall there was a "Larry the Lobster" sketch on SNL many years ago. There was a poll during the show whether to save or cook "Larry". I think Eddie Murphy was in the sketch. At the end of the show, votes came in; cast members were feasting on "Larry"
I can give all the effusive and hyperbolic praise in the world for “Diner Lobster,” but suffice it to say I watched and shared the clip...a lot. Pure unbridled joy.
They won a PETA award for saving a lobster, but didn’t he order a veal at the end?
Diner lobster and Bodega bathroom are two of the BEST skits ever
John did it again with the bodega scene when he hosted for the second time. It had me on the floor. Same with the horror movie scene with Pete.
Diner lobster is literally my favorite SNL sketch
Fun fact: Colin And Che (who's a wrestling fan)were in the André The Giant Memorial Battle Royal on the Wrestlemania 35 kickoff show on WWE's UA-cam channel which was emanating live from MetLife Stadium on April 7th of last year.
Yesss I have been saying for a year this is my favorite snl skit ever.
That was AWESOME. Sketch should go down in history as one of the best ever.
It was my favorite sketch I've ever seen.
0:39 I could've had KRISTEN WIGG AS CLAWSETTE?!?!?!
Definitely my favorite SNL sketch. Thanks for the behind-the-scenes look!
I still rewatch that sketch...it was perfection!
One of my favorite skit😂