Fun fact: this was the same episode that introduced us to David S. Pumpkins.
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ChronoMonkeyX5 days ago
+310
Any questions?
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ZwVJHSPiMiaiAAvtAbKq5 days ago
+178
Yes, several!
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Hey_Pizza4 days ago
+41
I am so in the weeds with David Pumpkins!
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One-Earth92944 days ago
+25
Look it's 100 floors of frights they can't all be winners.
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SantaCruznonsurfer5 days ago
+48
yes! Several!
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DoorEqual17405 days ago
+52
This is the funniest thing ever. I've watched it repeatedly over the years. Tom Hanks and the cast and writers all deserve awards for this one.
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SamMarduk4 days ago
+10
And the skeletons are…?
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JuniorFondant4 days ago
+18
Part of it!
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SpaceForceAwakens4 days ago
+2
Did you watch the cartoon?
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MelloDawg4 days ago
+5
Preguntas?!
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BlasterShow5 days ago
+87
And the skeletons are?
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yousyveshughs5 days ago
+110
PART OF IT
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accio_coffee2345 days ago
+13
Part of it is a regular quote in our house!
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ChemistVegetable75045 days ago
+27
Love David S. Pumpkins . Trick or treating? Raisins. Yuck. Also, your house smells weird!
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dancepartyusofa5 days ago
+61
Yep, a lot of SNL episodes have one sketch that goes viral or otherwise breaks into the cultural zeitgeist. This is the last time where I can remember two sketches from the same episode breaking through. Other episodes have had more than one great sketch but not multiple sketches that people at work have quoted the week after
Considering it was right before the 2016 election, it is interesting that one is super political (and curiously optimistic in retrospect) while the other served as a silly break from pre-election tension
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ithinkther41am4 days ago
+7
> one sketch that goes viral
The one I really didn’t get was Domingo.
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PerfectZeong3 days ago
+2
People like funny accents and when its someone from the community doing the funny accent they don't need to feel bad.
Some stuff is just funny, it's not really talent or thoughtful it's just goofy and it tickles a basal part of our brain
'Makin copies' is the 90s equivalent of Domingo.
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ScorpionX-1235 days ago
+49
I'm convinced it would've been a forgettable dud with anyone other than Tom Hanks
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Wolfwoods_Sister4 days ago
+6
I loved Tom saying in an interview later that, from his entire body of work, his headstone will probably say “Here lies David S Pumpkins”. Hahahaha his hangdog tone was too much.
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PerfectZeong3 days ago
+1
He really does have some incredible comedic chops.
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KnotSoSalty5 days ago
+56
And the last episode before the world cracked open like a rotten egg.
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Sir-Bruncvik5 days ago
+12
They even made an entire animated Halloween Special featuring him because the character was so popular 😅 🎃
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openletter84 days ago
+4
It's pretty good too.
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pinkkittenfur4 days ago
+6
And the skeletons are...?
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Hoodi2164 days ago
+11
Part of it!
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sciencep1e4 days ago
+7
Had to just search what this was on YouTube..... Thank you!
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Wolfwoods_Sister4 days ago
+4
It’s life-changingly strange. They had to talk Tom into it and he said “You know what, ok what the hell”.
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SantaCruznonsurfer5 days ago
+356
the cheer and Kenan's happiness after "Not a damn thing" was so heartwarming. What a great skit
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False-Entertainment34 days ago
+30
By far my favorite quote of the show.
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LegoBobaFett5 days ago
+178
My wife is a sturdy gal
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DoorEqual17405 days ago
+30
I hear this line in Doug's voice
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ChemistVegetable75045 days ago
+329
There’s a few Black Jeopardy skits out there. Tom Hanks was hilarious. Also Chadwick Boseman was so good too. Google them.
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RFKjrBrainwormAccnt5 days ago
+194
Yeah his remark about putting the cable bill in an older relatives name as a way to honor them was hilarious
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ChronoMonkeyX5 days ago
+150
Let me see if I understand... this white woman, she does not season her food, yes?
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ChemistVegetable75045 days ago
+83
Keep your damn raisins out of the potato salad!
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therealwillhepburn5 days ago
+11
But for real though
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LeviStubbsFanClub5 days ago
+16
And no paprika…
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ReflexImprov5 days ago
+80
I consider T'Challa appearing on Black Jeopardy as official MCU canon.
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Worthyness5 days ago
+30
part of his outreach program after he made the wakandan embassy in Oakland
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Wolfwoods_Sister4 days ago
+2
Chadwick’s “R Kelly at Disney World” was hilarious too
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Rudeboy674 days ago
+20
Eddie Murphy as Tracy Morgan.
You gotta have money if you live like me. I eat 3 cheese lasagna. If it has 2 cheeses I REFUSE to eat it.
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ghoti004 days ago
+4
Celebrity Jeopardy is different from Black Jeopardy.
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Welcoming-War3 days ago
+2
Eddie Murphy as Tracy is from Black Jeopardy from the 50th Anniversary show. [Video here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qYM6bKl57A)
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ChemistVegetable75043 days ago
+2
Yes! Classic 50th year. Thank you for remembering!
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arbybk2 days ago
+1
Having eaten three cheese lasagna myself, I'm pretty sure Tracy only eats four cheese lasagna.
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EagleForty5 days ago
+66
Very few actors besides Tom Hanks could pull this off. It was lightning in a bottle.
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[deleted]5 days ago
+33
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ModernSmithmundt5 days ago
+8
Even hanks couldn’t time it right the 2nd time so that joke basically flopped
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Toby_O_Notoby4 days ago
+3
Dunno, man. On top of everything else he had to do as a host, he only had three days to come up with the character, including accent and mannerisms. I mean, I can write "my wife is a sturdy girl," and you'll hear it in his voice.
[There's an EW article about this sketch](https://ew.com/tv/saturday-night-live-black-jeopardy-sketch-tom-hanks/) that says he worked on it up until air, and it was different even at rehearsal. Also, him pulling back when Keenan approaches was improvised.
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ScorpionX-1235 days ago
+11
so was David S. Pumpkins in the same episode
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TVhero5 days ago
+5
They did it like twice more I think?
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Manggo5 days ago
+25
They’ve done it before this one with Louis CK, where the character had the opposite problem and couldn’t get any of the answers right
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TVhero5 days ago
+8
And with Chadwick boseman too!
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ManassaxMauler4 days ago
+5
And with Drake, who is black but Canadian so he wasn't quite getting it.
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PerfectAstronaut5 days ago
+2
Howard Stern had the original Black Jeopardy in 1999
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK\_4euYi8Eo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK_4euYi8Eo)
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legitlyawesome4 days ago
+3
“Ahh hell nah Karen. Keep your bland ass potato to yourself”
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Superpe0n5 days ago
+2
I aint got it Im ded you talking to a ghost
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CarrieDurst3 days ago
+1
Also the comedian has aged badly but eh Louis CK one was good
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push1382925 days ago
+372
This might be the greatest SNL sketch of all time. It’s both hilarious and incredibly insightful.
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HighMarshalSigismund5 days ago
+403
Skinny Women can do this for you?
>what is not a damn thing.
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PurpleBullets4 days ago
+24
You Damn right!
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Princess_Beard5 days ago
+176
Its kind of a class consciousness thing. If you were to remove all the racism and bigotry that get us all to infighting, being working class people gives us more in common than separates us. Doug is so close to seeing the light, but is your average MAGA that has fell for the old "that foreign/black/gay guy is trying to steal your cookie" angle, while the ruling class and billionaires have possession of the cookie jar.
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push1382925 days ago
+86
The whole thing is summarized in the Illuminati joke. Both sets of the population were completely disenfranchised from the political system and felt there needed to be a change in the status quo, which ultimately led to Trump’s election in 2016. His entire platform was that Clinton was the establishment and he wasn’t a pawn of the ruling class.
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POEness5 days ago
+8
Turns out, trump's 2016 and 2024 win were both due to vote shifting in republican made tabulators
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lord_james4 days ago
+11
Look, 2016 was close enough that I’m not comfortable saying anything decided Trump’s win.
But 2024 was a rout. Are you saying Trump stole 2.3 *million* votes?
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POEness4 days ago
+10
2024 wasn't a rout at all. Trump barely won with exactly the right votes in exactly the right places, exactly past the margin for automatic recounts. It is essentially statistically impossible for him to have gotten the victories he did with the small vote lead he had. Like ten thousand lightning bolts striking the same place all at once kind of odds.
And yes, when you're electronically shifting votes, large amounts of votes being stolen is exactly what the goal is.
ElectionTruthAlliance.org - it's all there. Multiple independent analyst groups have confirmed this.
In the 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections, votes were shifted on the top two brands of tabulators, accounting for over 70% of all counties. The code waits until a minimum number of votes have been counted on a given machine - this is to avoid being caught by audits - and then begins shifting votes for Trump 60/40. In 2016, the minimum vote number was 600. In 2020, the surge in mail-in voting from covid beat the cheat. It's counted in a different way. That's why Trump is fixated on 2020, and that's why Trump hates mail-in voting.
In 2024, as a response, they lowered the minimum vote count to 400. This got them caught... but Harris vanished like a fart in the wind without requesting even a single recount, for reasons I'll never f****** understand.
BTW this system was first put into use (that we know) in Kentucky 2015. There, it was caught by a mathematician named Beth Clarkson. In that instance, the vote minimum was 250 before shifts were made, likely because a state election is smaller.
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lord_james4 days ago
+22
Except 2024 also followed exit polling and made sense with the pre-vote polling leading up to the election.
Election denial undermines democracy.
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FreeStall424 days ago
-3
Election denial will happen more now due to Trump being rewarded for it.
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Lematoad4 days ago
+12
That website doesn’t appear particularly credible. It seems to be the only election analysis site promoting these claims, and it was launched in 2024 as a “nonpartisan” response to alleged voter fraud… despite similar claims having been made in earlier elections. A ton of the claims presented there are circumstantial at best, and at worst rely on little more than unverified statements.
Meanwhile, institutions often characterized as liberal went to great lengths in 2020 to verify election integrity. The fact that those same organizations are not supporting these claims in 2024 is a reasonable basis for skepticism.
It also ignores exit polling consistent with the election results.
I’ll say to you the same thing I said to the election deniers in 2020 - accepting defeat against political opponents is a core idealism in democracy, which both parties are seemingly forgetting.
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Junglebook34 days ago
-2
It's just 2020 election truthism for the left. When it's your side, it's a political mandate. When it's the other side, it's election fraud.
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quechal4 days ago
+4
You know this sounds a lot like what Trump was claiming after 2020. Nit sure if that means you are also crazy or maybe he was right.
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FreeStall424 days ago
+3
2024 was due to Biden's shitty health coverup and subsequent dropout.
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Chosenwaffle5 days ago
+61
There's an inverse of that thought pattern (that we don't talk about here) poisoning the foreign/black/gay guy against Doug, too. All according to plan.
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-SneakySnake-5 days ago
+36
You're certainly not wrong. Doug has about as much power within the system as they do. Set them against one another, and you make sure they're all working in opposition rather than in concert.
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Shtune5 days ago
+13
And Doug gets to wear a hat that makes him feel like he's "in on it", despite being treated the same as everyone else
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atlhart5 days ago
+6
100%. No wars but the class war ✊
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DealerCamel5 days ago
+9
I agree. Especially right before the 2016 election, a sketch that used MAGA as a prop without outright pointing at them and calling them stupid was a rarity, and a sketch invoking political humor that BOTH sides found hilarious was damn near miraculous.
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vmachiel5 days ago
+33
Edit: Comment has been cleaned
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therobshow4 days ago
+3
I don't know man. The one with the rock as a scientist that creates a child molesting robot had me in actual tears
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I-Have-Mono5 days ago
+3
Agreed, and that’s a hard feat out of so many /r/SNL game show classics.
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SilentRaindrops4 days ago
+1
I would put it towards the top as with most of the Jeopardy parodies, especially the Sean Connery ones. But, my all time favorite is still the Patrick Swayze & Chris Farley Chippendales Tryouts.
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angershark4 days ago
+1
They're all so good. Topfoil gets regular usage in my house.
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KingRabbit_5 days ago
+40
Whew. You alright, Doug!
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SpaceForceAwakens5 days ago
+79
Life is better when Tim Hanks is being funny. I wish he’d do it more.
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No_Stand88125 days ago
+11
He’s about to enter the funny old man phase of his career. I hope he handles it better than Pacino did.
Tom Hanks might go down as the most versatile actor in US history. The only movie role I can’t recall I’m in is action hero. But comedy, drama, sentimental, weird, dark, light, he really has done pretty much every kind of role and done them well.
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pinkkittenfur4 days ago
+14
>action hero
Saving Private Ryan? That kinda counts.
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No_Stand88124 days ago
+2
Good point
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SpaceForceAwakens4 days ago
+2
I would say the Dan Brown films are action as well.
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hoopstick4 days ago
+7
>Action hero
Does the name Sheriff Woody Pride ring a bell?
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donotgotoroom2374 days ago
+3
I unironically wish Tom Hanks pops up in a Sandler or Farelly brothers movie.
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chalkletkweenBee4 days ago
+3
Forest Gump in Vietnam gets no love?
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lu5ty4 days ago
+1
He actually pulled off what probably only tom hanks could (and nic cage) - an action hero with no guns, in the davinci code movies
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PalOfKalEl5 days ago
+28
Time to rewatch The Burbs.
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Saganists5 days ago
+6
Just did a couple nights ago. Well there go the goddam brownies!
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sonic_dick4 days ago
+2
I want to kill everyone. Satan is good. Satan is our pal.
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InterestingTry51905 days ago
+2
Hey Pinocchio! Where are you going?
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band-of-horses5 days ago
-7
But not the series they inexplicably recently released.
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FZeroDMX5 days ago
+9
Joe vs. the Volcano is an all timer.
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Debalic5 days ago
+4
Turner and Hooch is one of my favorites.
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dwhite217875 days ago
+3
Volunteers is my #1
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Ben_SRQ5 days ago
+36
One of their best sketches!
If you like this, watch the [black jeopardy with Chadwick Boseman (RIP)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMzFGgmQOc).
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ToastedSpam4 days ago
+28
I thought the skit was a great social commentary that MAGAs and African Americans have a lot more in common than they think.
But it was totally on point at the end about Doug having something to say about “These lives matter.”
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FudgeAllOfYous4 days ago
+22
"Well… it was fun while it lasted"
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Khalku5 days ago
+35
I can't believe we've actually been seeing maga for a decade now... Insane...
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Funandgeeky5 days ago
+10
“What is not a damn thing?”
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herseyhawkins335 days ago
+19
The original sketch with Hanks was great. The one at the 50th missed the mark, just bad timing. Black jeopardy overall is such a good series of sketches though.
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ReflexImprov5 days ago
+28
The one at the 50th was more of an homage to the entire franchise of Black Jeopardy, and Eddie Murphy fully channelling Tracy Morgan's random statements, while Tracy stood two feet away about to break was a moment I'm really glad we got.
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LindyNet5 days ago
+12
The fact that Murphy is Tracy's idol must have made it so surreal for him. Eddie absolutely nailed that impression
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herseyhawkins335 days ago
+9
Oh, to be clear the Eddie Murphy/Tracy Morgan part was incredible. Was referring only to Hanks' appearance in that one.
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ReflexImprov5 days ago
+12
*"You gotta have a lot of money to live like I live. I eat four cheese lasagna! If it only got three cheeses, I ain't eating it! I refuse to ingest three cheeses!"*
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ReflexImprov5 days ago
+7
One of the best, most intelligent SNL sketches ever written. And funny as hell.
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shouldbeawitch5 days ago
+7
Whomever wrote this bit deserves an Emmy
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OvenFriendly18185 days ago
+6
So great!!
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Charrbard5 days ago
+7
Kind of love this one. Grow up poor, you're going to have some similar experiences.
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CitizenCue5 days ago
+8
Interesting how the red hat was a reasonable prop back then, but I highly doubt it would make an appearance today. Amazing how things have shifted and symbols like that mean a lot more than they did.
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bking5 days ago
+24
That hat had a full life as an ironic "this idea is so silly" prop way back when Trump was running and nobody thought he had a chance. Liberals in Silverlake (the hipster-Brooklyn of Los Angeles) were wearing them for laughs.
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radda5 days ago
+4
It literally appeared a year ago on the 50th anniversary special when they brought the character back.
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CitizenCue5 days ago
Yeah but you can’t do the callback without the hat. I doubt they would bring out a new character like that today, and I doubt the audience would enjoy it if they did. Tensions are too high.
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Spodson5 days ago
+5
"Well Doug, it was fun while it lasted." Seriously, this is one of the most socially insightful things SNL has ever done.
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Tumifaigirar5 days ago
+3
LMAO first time seeing this as an European, f****** lol.
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I-Have-Mono5 days ago
+4
Absolutely top tier /r/SNL! Hanks always shines.
Edit: What?? Why downvote?? My god.
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tim1194 days ago
+1
I don't get it
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WankelsRevenge4 days ago
+1
Yes Doug!
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paolocase4 days ago
+1
The role Tom Hanks was born to play.
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ArchDucky4 days ago
+1
I heard they write in the scripts "Kenan Reacts" instead of like an actual stage direction or a joke. They know they can just cut to him and people are gonna love it.
He was also great playing himself on Celebrity Jeopardy
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Alternative-Rock-4064 days ago
-1
This is gold, Jerry!
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Media-critique5 days ago
-39
SNL is hilarious too me, which is why I’m always disappointed that I don’t enjoy this ~~skit~~ sketch.
Idk why, but I just can’t get into the joke. trump and his people are truly heinous, and I’ll never be able to see him and a *huge* amount of his supporters as anything but annoying assholes who are f****** everything up.
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leondrias5 days ago
+51
I mean, you could always just view it as a commentary on the fact that working-class black Americans and working-class white Americans have a lot of the same struggles, but that folks like Doug prefer not to recognize that and side against their own interests. It’s funny as a bitter truth, even if you’re not keen to empathize with Doug.
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timodreynolds5 days ago
-17
This is the only way to look at it and find any humor. But honestly people this dumb/brain washed/uninterested are hard to feel connection with/sympathy for.
Call me an elitist if you want, but it's each person's job to pay attention to the reality around them with some level of critical thinking.
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sygnathid5 days ago
+13
Unless you plan to kill them all, we're gonna have to find a way to reach at least some of them to get the USA out of this nonsense.
Even if Trump doesn't try to shenanigan up a third term, he will have a huge influence on politics going forward, and if we don't change anything then even after his death we will be plagued by others following in his footsteps.
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Media-critique5 days ago
-2
The influence part I can understand. Just anyone other than him.
The amount of genuine cognitive dissonance that is being shown to keep siding with trump still is pretty damning to me. I can understand the bit is that the working class white and black Americans aren’t that different from each other when it comes to the distrust, but one of my biggest issues with MAGA are how lockstep a lot of these people are to think trump’s a messiah.
I don’t even want to think about what he could do if he tries to run a third term, but if it were to happen like 2020, I’m not sure I’d be keen to hear Doug out.
I just want to note again it’s nothing against you, SNL, or others that find it funny at this point. It’s just hard for me to see the full humor in this when all of this history is still happening.
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dancingbriefcase5 days ago
-5
Sketch* not skit. Seriously, people in improv are very serious with not calling sketches skits
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SnooPies62745 days ago
-31
Snl not funny
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gcbofficial3 days ago
+1
Agreed. Maybe 20 years ago they had a few good bits, but it's just been corpo-slop political commentary for ages now, pretending to be in touch.
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