It's always fun when Cecily Strong breaks on "SNL." For this list, we’ll be looking at the most memorable sketches in which the comedian breaks, flubs a line, and/or does something off-script.
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00:00 I feel like I'm flying among the stars."
00:05 Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 times
00:10 Cecily Strong broke character on 'SNL.'
00:13 "The dog park is a place for fun and tolerance, okay? I should be so lucky."
00:21 For this list, we'll be looking at the most memorable sketches in which the comedian breaks,
00:25 flubs a line, and/or does something off-script.
00:28 Did we forget one of her best moments? Let us know in the comments.
00:32 10. Salt Bae
00:36 Parodying the viral chef, 'SNL' brings the heat in this crazy sketch.
00:41 Daniel Kaluuya and Cecily Strong's characters go on a double date at Salt Bae's restaurant.
00:46 "He's gonna give us the meat."
00:48 "Did we order this?"
00:49 "Shh! It's happening!"
00:51 "Wow, I didn't know you liked salt that much."
00:58 Strong starts laughing during the various antics Beck Bennett's role performs.
01:03 This includes salting meat and being fed at the table,
01:07 all of which break up the actress in hilarious moments.
01:10 Who can blame her either with this kind of physical comedy?
01:13 "Yeah, yeah, yeah, but why you gotta eat like that though? Why you gotta eat like that?"
01:16 "Mmm, ooooh, mmm, mmm, mmm."
01:24 "Bye!"
01:24 She also has to react to her co-stars having a steak bone put in their mouth.
01:29 Giggling through most of the skit,
01:31 the performer should be commended for not breaking even more.
01:34 "How much is this gold steak?"
01:35 "Perfect! I'm getting charged $1,100 to get cut in front of David Beckham."
01:41 9. Half-Brother
01:44 Opposite Daniel Kaluuya, Cecily Strong becomes a truly unwanted member of this dinner party.
01:50 They decide to make announcements via jazzy poems that are wildly uncomfortable.
01:54 "He never did confess, but they fried him all the less.
01:57 Happy birthday."
02:04 This includes some crazy lyrics, which are all understandably hard to say without laughing.
02:10 Strong breaks as Kaluuya fumbles his lines in their final performance.
02:14 "Nothing could be slicker than a rabbit drinking liquor."
02:17 "But when he gets sicker, I'll make whiskey in his picker."
02:20 "Okay, I like it now."
02:22 The jazz speech makes for some really tough rhymes to pull off,
02:26 culminating in a beautiful mistake.
02:28 She's also able to keep performing after chuckling in a clutch moment.
02:32 Along with being a wonderfully bizarre sketch,
02:34 this premise is even more memorable for its imperfections.
02:38 "So no one was around when he choked on his bologna.
02:41 Can I seduce you one more time, Cecil?
02:45 Shaba-shaba-shaba-do-ray, meow-meow."
02:48 Number 8.
02:50 Love at First Sight.
02:51 During a night out, a man played by Chance the Rapper asks Cecily Strong's character to join him.
02:58 The jokes start flying as the two find themselves floating in a fairy tale.
03:02 "Let's fly to the bar. Here we go."
03:05 "This will do nicely."
03:13 They also start to knock into other people and furniture,
03:17 prompting Chance to start a chain of laughter.
03:20 Strong isn't far behind with the laughs, as she keeps slamming into everything.
03:24 "I feel like I'm flying among the stars."
03:34 Considering that both performers have to be in harnesses,
03:37 the sketch is bound to break down at some point.
03:40 It looks like the absurdity of the premise finally hits both actors as they end up in the air.
03:45 "It was the best night of my life and we haven't even kissed."
03:49 "Let's change that."
03:50 Number 7.
03:52 Gemma with Dwayne Johnson 2.
03:54 In another outrageous recurring character,
03:57 Cecily Strong plays Gemma alongside Dwayne Johnson's crazy boyfriend.
04:02 The sketch takes place on a Jurassic Park water ride that's full of surprises for the passengers.
04:08 "I still can't let you have any animals on the ride,
04:10 so I guess I'm gonna have to hold him for you."
04:12 "Oh, okay."
04:13 "Sorry, babe."
04:14 "Goodbye, babe. Mommy's gonna miss you, but I'll only be gone for another five minutes."
04:20 These include random splashes of water that only seem to hit Vanessa Bayer's rider.
04:26 After several waves hit the boat, one long stream of water spills onto Bayer
04:31 and makes Strong crack up.
04:32 "Hey, hang on, hang on. Gemma was about to sing. She sings. You can tell us after. Hey, Gene, stop!"
04:38 "Why?"
04:40 "Oh, you should have told me your name, I guess."
04:43 It goes on for so long that it's hard not to chuckle along with the performer.
04:47 Embracing the absurdity of the skit,
04:49 the actress laughs behind her British accent in yet another entertaining mess.
04:55 "Oh my God!"
04:55 "It keeps coming. I can't believe it. It hurts."
05:05 Number 6. Weekend update. Janine Pirro on her Fox News suspension.
05:12 Cecily Strong's incredible turn as the Fox News personality might be one of her strongest on the
05:17 show. She's always handy with a glass to throw around some wine at Colin Jost.
05:22 "All right, well, despite Trump's stonewalling,
05:24 it's still likely that Robert Mueller will testify before Congress."
05:28 "What?"
05:32 This segment is no different, allowing Strong to unleash her wildest impulses.
05:37 The physical performance also leaves room for her to break under the immensely hilarious material.
05:42 "That is the last resort of the loopy local left who hate this president and his thick
05:50 mac daddy energy." "What are you talking about?"
05:54 While throwing alcohol at her co-star, the performer can't help but lose it as she makes
05:59 a mess. Jost can't contain himself as he gets a front row seat to the brilliance of her Pirro
06:05 impression. "Oh! God! Say my outro!" "I'm so fat! I don't know if I can say that.
06:15 Good lord, you need Pirro, everyone!" Number 5. Weekend Update - Kathy Ann Says Goodbye For Now
06:21 Slurring her words and speaking her mind, Kathy Ann represents a woman without a filter.
06:27 Cecily Strong's performance anchors her Farewell Weekend Update appearance,
06:31 full of the character's greatest hits. "I got friends on the inside. They seem to be doing okay."
06:40 "I need to stop saying that. I had a good run. I mean, I met you, we fell in love."
06:45 This also includes some moments for Strong to give a heartfelt speech about her time on Saturday Night
06:50 Live. Throwing her character's voice aside, the actress uses the dialogue to show her gratitude
06:56 for her SNL collaborators. "This is my time now, but I had a lot of fun here and I feel really
07:03 lucky that I got to have so many of the best moments of my life in this place." It's a rare
07:08 glimpse of pure emotion for a program powered by laughs. Short of breaking down in tears,
07:14 the performer steps outside of her role for a welcome salute to her friends.
07:18 "There's no home like the place where I've gotten to yell outside Michael Che's window.
07:23 Don't be sad, because remember, I did it high chair!"
07:32 Number 4. Court Show. On the odd occasion that SNL uses live animals, the show gets extremely
07:39 chaotic. This court program uses canines to hilarious effect as Cecily Strong plays the judge.
07:45 The actress and her co-stars have to work with dogs while saying their lines with a straight
07:54 face. Once Strong has to hold one herself, the chaos truly ramps up. The dog squirms around as
08:01 the comedian has to keep the sketch going. It's the kind of funny moment that you can't script,
08:06 elevating the material even more. "Because I won't let her walk. I don't like how she does it.
08:11 Now she rides around in a little football helmet. Okay? Think about that." The performer laughs
08:20 again later as the final verdict comes in on the last case. While it's already an enjoyable setup,
08:26 the mistake makes this a much better experience overall. "Is that a crime?
08:30 That's up to the jury. The verdict, please.
08:32 Thank you." Number 3. New Wife. Playing the wife of Larry David,
08:44 Cecily Strong transforms into a vapid singer in this party sketch.
08:48 "And uh, where did you two meet?" "Mykonos." "Greece?" "No, the other one. Yes, fool, Greece!"
08:56 "So Candace, what do you do?" "Appearances." David's character tries to explain their absurd
09:01 lifestyle while a flashy performance happens. Once the curb your enthusiasm star starts to laugh,
09:08 he can't be stopped as the skit topples over. "I bought five tickets for the train."
09:12 "Didn't she just count to five in Mandarin?" "No, to four. She doesn't know five."
09:21 Strong returns to the fold and chuckles as her co-star crumbles.
09:25 It's especially funny to see most of the cast holding back as the host lets loose.
09:30 "Is everything okay? You got some man." "Yeah, I'm sorry."
09:38 Teetering on disaster, this funny sketch gets even funnier because of all the breaking.
09:42 We'd probably laugh along with them if we had to stand alongside the ensemble.
09:47 "The club is overrun with thirsty... modern fetus, you know, you know what I'm talking about."
09:55 Number two, reality stars. Cecily Strong is among the best in the game for her character work,
10:01 but that doesn't mean she can't break. "Oh god, I just feel so grounded."
10:08 "So grounded." "Being back here, right?" Her turn as a wannabe reality star is so crazy
10:13 that it quickly goes wrong in the best way possible. Strong and Will Ferrell play two
10:18 TV personalities that crash their friend's party, hurling insults and yelling for the cameras.
10:25 "You need to own it. You need to own your BS." "Excuse me?"
10:29 "Hey, don't you dare yell at my wife! I ought to hit you over the head with my dog!"
10:35 The actress loses it as she tells off Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon's characters.
10:40 "My husband's out there about to pop out of his head!" "I am a red-blooded American boy, after all."
10:47 "What is happening?" "Oh buddy, don't make me hit you with my dog."
10:52 Even Ferrell can't hold it together, having to follow the comedian as she breaks up the
10:57 skit with her intensity and ridiculous dialogue. Before we continue, be sure to subscribe to our
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11:13 your settings and switch on notifications. Number 1. Girlfriend's Game Night
11:20 For this sketch about a game night gone wrong, Cecily Strong is in the most precarious position
11:25 with Bill Hader. Her character brings over Horace, the older partner that she hopes will father her
11:31 child. "Slow, Horace. Horace, slow." Their attempt to conceive interrupts the game in a hilariously
11:42 awkward situation. Strong has to sit on Hader as he uses a motorized wheelchair. Struggling to
11:48 maintain her composure, the actress holds back laughs as her scene partner breaks. "You know
11:54 what? Here's to being a saint to yourselves. This woman is your friend." There are also some
12:05 accidental collisions that make it even harder to keep a straight face.
12:09 We can't believe she doesn't fall off the chair laughing. "Horace!"
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