Ready to laugh so hard that you ruin a live TV show? For this list, we’ll be looking at the best sketches from “Saturday Night Live” that were so funny, that many or all of the cast members couldn’t keep straight faces.
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00:00 No, you do not interrupt one of Gammy's stories
00:03 Welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 SNL sketches that broke the whole cast
00:11 Okay, okay
00:13 Okay for this list
00:17 We'll be looking at the best sketches from Saturday Night Live that were so funny
00:20 Many or all of the cast members couldn't keep straight faces
00:24 If there's an SNL sketch full of character breaks you're broken up didn't make our list break it to us gently
00:29 in the comments
00:31 Number 20 cast list this sketch which was cut for time sees a group of excited teens
00:38 Awaiting the posting of the bye-bye birdie cast list by their theater teacher Will Ferrell's mr. Koenig. I see the sharks are circling the boat
00:46 The whole cast energy perfectly captures the theater kid wanting to know who gets which part energy of every high school ever
00:59 Mr. Koenig's imperious attitude and vague hints about who may or may not have gotten apart are also pitch-perfect
01:05 Miles would you kiss a girl with tongue if the role required it?
01:10 I know your family is the difficult kind of Christian
01:13 However, when Farrell steps in front of the list to block it from view practically everyone gets the giggles
01:25 And they have a hard time shaking them through the rest of the sketch
01:29 We were already laughing but seeing everyone lose it never fails to take us out
01:33 number 19 gaps girls at the food court
01:37 The gap girls played by Chris Farley David Spade and Adam Sandler appear several times during the show
01:43 You guys have been watching too much court TV. I know have you been following the men and Nendez trial?
01:51 However, this occasion sees the trio frequently struggling to hide their laughter their use of 90s Valley girls speak is
01:58 Hilarious throughout but there are a few moments in particular that caused them to break
02:02 The first is after Farley drops the falsetto and tells spades character Christy to lay off of him about eating all the fries
02:09 The next major break is when Sandler's Lucy gets emotional over Christie's boyfriend treating her badly
02:20 I hate to see this happen to you
02:22 They may be interested in hot goss, but the gap girls giggles are even hotter
02:29 number 18 new military weapon
02:32 The United States military is always looking for the next big thing and this sketch sees a bizarre new asset that they're developing
02:40 My orders in heading this project were clear make America the technological leader in the battlefield
02:45 Host see Maliou plays a major who reveals the weapon to a senator and a cabinet secretary doghead man
02:52 It's literally a dog's head and neck on a man's body
02:55 You put a dog's head on a human being's body a dog's head and neck
03:00 Ma'am the real pups adorable and it shenanigans lead everyone particularly Cecily strong and Mikey day
03:09 Not only would doghead man have taken bin Laden out
03:12 He would have eaten him too who's the scientist in charge of it to break at some point while the moral and ethical
03:18 Implications are horrifying as a sketch. The results are undeniably cute and funny
03:23 Number 17 cork soakers at a winery in Italy a group of tourists are shown around
03:29 This is where the final step in the bottling process happens where we prepare all the corks
03:35 For all the bottles of Brunello that you saw earlier any questions
03:40 The two owners played by Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz
03:43 Introduced them to a special part of the process
03:45 Cork soaking the suggestive sounding words are used liberally throughout for one of the most innuendo laden sketches ever made
03:53 As we are like it to say cork soakers are born not made
03:58 Amazingly Fallon isn't the biggest offender here instead
04:02 It's host Janet Jackson who can barely make it through her lines without breaking though. She's not alone
04:08 So does your wife like soaking?
04:10 And given the elaborate and hysterical puns, we really can't blame her we'd be real cork soakers if we did
04:20 Number 16 scared straight this recurring sketch always features plenty of actors breaking
04:26 It sees Kenan Thompson as Lorenzo McIntosh a criminal
04:30 Attempting to convince others not to engage in big-time offenses usually joined by the episodes host
04:36 However
04:38 Thompson's up-close and personal approach as well as Lorenzo's use of movie plots frequently leads his audience laughing instead of being frightened
05:02 Plus some of the hosts being the opposite of hardened criminals makes it hilariously tough to take anything
05:08 They say seriously the Betty White installment certainly comes to mind
05:11 You're following a lion a tin man and a scarecrow down a yellow brick road
05:17 Because this here this right here. This is real
05:21 Needless to say the cast breaking always makes the sketch 1,000 times better
05:27 Number 15 dr. Beeman's office test results one of Will Ferrell's lesser-known characters is dr. Beeman
05:35 What do you mean? You're my wife?
05:37 Okay, if you're my wife, what's our cat's name?
05:41 Mr. Stitches damn you're good here this bizarre alleged medical practitioner sees a couple Tom and Kathy
05:49 Who are eager to hear about their recently born son rather than tell them immediately?
05:54 Beeman rambles on the phone insults them and even claims their child is a witch now
05:58 I'm going to tell you this quickly and it's probably going to sting a little bit
06:01 Your son's a witch what?
06:05 It's incredibly absurd even for SNL standards, however, it isn't until Tim Meadows comes in as consultant dr.
06:13 Steven poop that the actors break his performance of the robot completely sends Molly Shannon and Will Ferrell that'll be
06:20 $5,000 good day to you both
06:23 What the hell was that?
06:25 What the hell was that?
06:27 Look I couldn't think of anything good. Can you blame them Chris Parnell keeps it together though. He's no von Druk whatever that means
06:36 Number 14 girlfriends game night in this sketch a group of girlfriends get together for a game night
06:42 However, one of them Jeannie brings her much older elderly husband Horace with her. Hi. Hi. Sorry. We're late. It's been a chaotic week
06:52 Again the near expressionless old coot is played to perfection by Bill Hader and things get extra awkward when his special
07:00 Medication kicks in prompting Jeannie to attempt to capitalize on it right there Jeannie
07:04 It's here now who it is like right now. Oh, that's inconvenient
07:09 Amazingly the actors largely keep it together through all of this
07:13 But once Hader has to move Horace's wheelchair around bumping into the table pretty much everyone breaks
07:19 It's the kind of silly thing that can only happen in a live performance and the actors all find it just as funny as we do
07:25 Number 13 career day there have been several school career day sketches over the years
07:39 But only one of them has Adam driver as Abraham H Parnassus
07:42 greetings children
07:45 I'm Mordecai's father
07:47 Hello boy, the ancient oil tycoon gives a stirring speech on crushing your enemies to the kids and repeatedly demanding his son
07:55 Mordecai to look at him. Look at me boy. Look at your father. Look at me
07:59 Look at him Mordecai Pete Davidson who plays Mordecai often has difficulty fulfilling his request since he's too busy laughing
08:07 Some of the rest of the class and teacher also seemingly struggled to stay stone-faced at various points
08:16 Drivers towering over-the-top performance is
08:18 Spectacular so we can hardly blame the actors for breaking before they break for Capri Sun
08:24 number 12 Stefan
08:26 Arguably Bill Hader's most iconic SNL character Stefan became a frequent weekend update fixture. Are you okay? You seem different
08:34 I've had a weird few years
08:36 Although ostensibly charged with recommending destinations to tourists Stefan instead lists off wild and often bizarre
08:44 Establishments usually scripted by John Mulaney who appears along Stefan on one occasion. These appearances are famous for hater breaking
08:51 This place has everything
08:53 Asbestos lupus
08:56 the magazines at supercuts
08:58 Dan Cortez
09:00 Him hiding his face behind his hands to conceal his laughter never gets old
09:05 Mulaney's last-minute changes to the script often resulted in hater hearing jokes for the first time as he said them
09:11 Explaining his frequent laughter. Have you heard of blackula the black Dracula? Yes
09:15 Well, they have a Jewish Dracula
09:20 What's his name? Sydney Applebaum?
09:22 Stefan's appearances may often just feature hater breaking though
09:26 The anchors aren't immune but the cumulative breaks are enough to earn him a spot on our list
09:31 number 11
09:33 Extremely stupid this iconic sketch sees host Candace Bergen's Fern meet with her friend Lisa played by Gilda Radner
09:41 Fern proceeds to mock Lisa for her malapropisms and decision to pour milk in her purse instead of drink it
09:49 However, Bergen then messes up a line herself calling Radner by her own characters name. You're not too bright
09:56 Are you firm?
09:56 I mean this makes Bergen lose it entirely unable to contain her laughter as Lisa does a PSA in defense of
10:04 Stupid people Radner largely does a great job staying collected with Lisa's smile arguably helping her out
10:10 But Bergen is half the sketches cast so it counts
10:13 Extremely stupid people are discriminated against all the time and I should know and so should burn
10:23 Extremely stupid people it just goes to show that whether you're extremely stupid or just play dumb on TV
10:30 You're bound to find this one funny
10:32 number 10
10:34 Jeffries with Sean Hayes
10:35 This early 2000 sketch sees Sean Hayes and Jimmy Fallon as two workers at a fashion store called Jeffries
10:42 Look, we don't carry diesel. We work at Jeffries. We read Italian Vogue. It's our deal. I
10:48 Don't come to where you work and knock the corndog out of your hand
10:51 Rather than assist their customers the duo instead spends their time lobbying insults at their choice of clothes
10:58 Hi, I'm looking for a sweater for my boyfriend
11:00 Really well if you wanted to match your outfit
11:04 I suggest you try a Hallmark store while Fallon gets the giggles at Horatio Sanz his comebacks
11:09 Both of them lose it when their supervisor played by Will Ferrell rolls up. Okay you guys
11:16 *Phone rings*
11:18 Hold on and to be fair to them if Ferrell pulled up in that outfit and pulled out a cell phone that small
11:28 We'd have a hard time containing our laughter, too
11:32 number nine the Lovers with Barbara and Dave
11:36 This entry in the recurring sketches featuring Roger and Virginia Clarvin
11:40 Better known as the Lovers sees the couple in a hot tub joined by a man named Dave and later by their friend
11:47 Barbara Hernandez
12:04 Like most of their scenes this one has the couple speaking in bizarre accents making wildly sexual small talk with a stranger and
12:12 Of course while Jimmy Fallon will laugh at the drop of a hat the fact that Will Ferrell was reportedly doing things with his foot
12:19 Under the water probably didn't help Fallon stay in character
12:32 His laughter is infectious and soon enough the Lovers and Barbara are giggling too
12:38 And isn't laughter a true expression of love?
12:50 Number eight Matt Foley Van Down by the River when a father and mother
12:56 Discover their children Brian and Stacy have been doing drugs they hire Matt Foley a
13:02 Motivational speaker to talk to them enter Chris Farley at the top of his game first off
13:08 I am 35 years old I am divorced
13:13 And I live in a van down by the river
13:16 Foley motivates the kids by describing how horrible his own life is with a particular
13:22 Emphasis on how he lives in a van down by the river
13:25 The larger-than-life Farley's over-the-top performance has both David Spade and Christina Applegate
13:39 Struggling not to laugh as he gets in their faces lifts spade up and crashes into the coffee table
13:45 Oh, man, it's gonna be your shadow. Here's you here's Matt. There's you
13:50 This sketch is the first of many Matt Foley appearances
13:55 And it will make you laugh whether you're in it or you live in a van down by the river
14:01 number seven close encounter
14:03 Another debut of a recurring sketch this one sees a trio of alien abductees
14:09 interviewed by scientists at the Pentagon nuts man, I mean
14:14 We're just small-town buds who saw a UFO in the woods
14:18 I mean now we're hanging out the government while the first two played by Cecily strong and host Ryan Gosling
14:24 Describe a wonderful experience the third played by Kate McKinnon had a different kind of abduction and you miss Robert II
14:30 Wow
14:33 What floor were you guys on her description of urinating in front of a bunch of great aliens and the weird things they do to?
14:40 Her has to be heard to be believed Gosling especially is smiling throughout though
14:45 Even the scientists played by 80 Bryant and Bobby Moynihan are less than government professionals
14:51 McKinnon's character may not have been dealing with the best of the best but her performance here gives us a transcendent experience
15:01 number six Lisa from Temecula at a birthday dinner for Shana
15:07 The spotlight is quickly stolen by her sister Lisa from Temecula. He said we've heard so much about you
15:13 It's so nice to finally meet you
15:15 That's cute. But don't think I'm giving up the butt tonight along with her insistence that Paul Pedro Pascal's character is hoping for some
15:23 But her order of an extra extra well-done steak proves distracting for everyone as actress
15:30 Ago, Wotem saws on a piece of meat the table cartoonishly jumps around spilling food and drink alike
15:37 Pascal breaks first as his character has a story to tell but the rest of the table isn't far behind including Wotem
15:55 Much like Lisa steak the comedy here is extra well done so they couldn't help but laugh
16:00 number five
16:02 super showcase spokesmodels on this fake game show a contestant played by Vanessa Bayer
16:08 Loses out on showcase prizes when she gets a question wrong. The answer is nine
16:13 Nine
16:21 Bill haters host has the showcase models Shonda and Fonda played by Maya Rudolph and Kristen wig show her what she didn't win
16:29 Shonda and Vonda's absurd accents make it difficult for wig and Rudolph to get through their displays of various products made by ridiculous
16:48 generic names with straight faces
16:50 After all you'd be a rough swagger with this
16:52 It's a nice matching golf club by Golf Club Guy
16:55 Wig having to drive a golf cart around adds even more hilarity and hater gets the giggles
17:05 Only Bayer keeps it together sounds like she could use some laughs by Laugh Guy
17:17 Number four Gus Chiggins old prospector at a military briefing for the Afghanistan conflict
17:23 The soldiers are all puzzled during roll call when it becomes clear that one of them is an old prospector
17:30 The prospector Gus Chiggins proves distracting given his old-timey sayings and numerous noisy pans
17:40 The group gets separated. Where's the rendezvous?
17:42 That's easy
17:46 Just follow the dry creek bed
17:50 But be careful, there's quicksand
17:53 Eventually their commanding officer reveals that Gus is really a character actor
17:58 But that just raises more questions
18:00 Will Ferrell's goofy old man voice is too much for even this gathering of comedic actors and practically
18:07 Everyone breaks at some point during the sketch. You hear me make the sound of a chipmunk stay real still
18:13 How we know what that sounds like? Oh, trust me Joshua, you'll know
18:18 Gus doesn't need to do any panning because this sketch is straight-up gold
18:26 number three more cowbell
18:29 Speaking of Will Ferrell breaking everyone
18:32 This is one of the most famous SNL sketches of all time for just that reason
18:38 I put my pants on just like the rest of you one leg at a time
18:42 Except once my pants are on I make gold records
18:46 In a recording session for Blue Oyster cult's don't fear the Reaper
18:51 Fictional band member Gene Frenkel played by Ferrell goes ham on playing the cowbell during the song far from being upset about it
18:59 Producer Bruce Dickinson played by Christopher Walken just wants to hear more of it. Be honest fellas. It was sounding great, but I
19:07 Could have used a little more cowbell Ferrell's enthusiastic performance and tight t-shirt as well as Walken's deadpan delivery of increasingly
19:16 Ridiculous lines leave everyone else struggling to keep the laughter in guess what? I got a fever
19:22 And the only prescription is more cowbell and for the record
19:28 We've tried to get doctors to prescribe more cowbell for fevers, but no luck. They think they know better than the Bruce Dickinson
19:35 number two
19:37 Debbie Downer Disney World
19:39 The very first appearance of the eponymous Debbie Downer this sketch sees the character join a family reunion at Disney World
19:46 Yes here on a special occasion
19:48 Well, we're here on that new magical gatherings family package got the whole Matusik clan down from Ohio, right guys
19:55 They high despite the happy surroundings Debbie can't help but bring the mood down with dire commentary on world events
20:02 Yes, Roy isn't doing as well as they first thought
20:05 What who's Roy
20:09 Roy of Siegfried and Roy
20:12 He was attacked by his own tiger and suffered devastating injuries
20:16 however in contrast to Debbie's grim remarks actress Rachel Dratch and everyone else in the scene can't
20:24 Stop breaking part of this was due to Dratch messing up a line early setting everyone off
20:30 But the frequent wah-wah sound effects were used for the first time in the live show
20:35 Catching the actors all off-guard
20:37 By the way, it's official
20:39 I can't have children
20:51 Host Lindsay Lohan claims she ran offstage because she couldn't keep it together
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21:14 Number one the Californians this recurring soap opera sketch is guaranteed to have multiple actors break character
21:30 The over-the-top drama of soap operas paired with dialogue mostly centered on Southern California's roads and freeways
21:37 Which is delivered with nearly incomprehensible Valley girl accents is a recipe for hilarity
21:43 The sketch is most recurring actors bill hader Kristen Wiig and Fred Armisen are the most frequent cast to break though
21:57 They're far from the only ones
21:59 Everyone just help yourself to some dry
22:01 Just seeing them make goofy faces in the mirror is enough to get us rolling
22:08 So it's impressive they make it through any of the dialogue
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