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Some of the best SNL hosts have taken the spotlight to bring back their iconic characters in hilarious and unforgettable parodies. From legendary fantasy heroes and rock legends to beloved sitcom stars and superheroes, these sketches blend nostalgia with fresh comedy twists. Get ready to laugh as familiar faces return in sidesplitting moments that perfectly capture the spirit of their famous roles on Saturday Night Live.
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00:00So, when you have a connection with someone, that means something.
00:05Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're looking at the best, funniest, and most iconic moments
00:10when SNL hosts brought back or parodied their beloved characters.
00:15That's impressive, I admire the guy.
00:17Yes, exactly, exactly.
00:20Number 30. Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins
00:24Just before the Return of the King's wide release, Elijah Wood hosted SNL,
00:29reflecting on the years he spent making the trilogy.
00:32This is something that I've dreamed about doing my whole life,
00:35and actually being here on this stage feels a little surreal.
00:37I guess I have the Lord of the Rings to thank for that.
00:40The experience of making those movies was incredible, but I've been playing Frodo since 1999.
00:45Wood isn't out of Middle-Earth yet.
00:48Chris Kattan, who had recently left the sketch series, returned as Gollum during Wood's monologue.
00:54Gollum is still trying to get a failed sitcom off the ground,
00:57centering on him, Frodo, and their misadventures in Denver.
01:01Look, Gollum wrote a sitcom pilot for the two of us, but every network passed.
01:05UPN gave us the maybe!
01:07A hard hobbit to break comes with a classic sitcom intro,
01:11recreating shots from Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley.
01:15Is it a hot take to say that this looks better than The Rings of Power?
01:18In any case, the show goes nowhere, but it gives Wood another chance to play Frodo,
01:23and even try out his Gollum impression.
01:25Well, maybe you're right. Maybe it has some possibilities.
01:28No! It stinks!
01:32Ouch, master! That's cool!
01:35Number 29. Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison
01:38Of course, Jim Morrison was a real person, but in terms of cinematic portrayals,
01:43the late Val Kilmer gave a career-best performance as the equally-gone-too-soon rock legend.
01:49When I first got here, I was like,
01:51whoa, it's like a candid cameraman.
01:54I thought for sure I was going to hell, one of God's little tricks.
01:58Almost a decade after the doors hit theaters,
02:00Kilmer revisited the role,
02:02showing what happened after Morrison died and went to heaven.
02:05Somehow, behind the music gained access beyond the pearly gates,
02:09chronicling Morrison's attempt to form a musical supergroup of other deceased musicians.
02:14I gotta tell you, man, your vibes are really bumming me out.
02:18No, man, I'm the Great Frog Society guy, man. I can do anything.
02:22Now, see, that's what I'm talking about, man.
02:23Come on, man, we're here for the music.
02:27The sketch is as absurd as the band's name,
02:29The Great Frog Society.
02:31Even under the ludicrous circumstances, though,
02:34Kilmer still nails Morrison's vocals.
02:36Death might not befall this band,
02:38but reincarnation does,
02:40with Morrison coming back as a little girl
02:42who puts her own spin on the end.
02:44This is the end.
02:48My only friend's the end.
02:52Number 28.
02:53Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman slash Diana Prince.
02:56What if instead of Steve Trevor,
02:58Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon landed on Themyscira,
03:02meeting Diana Prince and the other Amazons?
03:04See that hand go up, Diana.
03:07I'm not sure I understand.
03:09Okay, no, we're on it.
03:11So, so far for hands, we got Megan, we got Dre.
03:14Gotta be more. This is outrageous.
03:16Yeah.
03:16You'd get a sketch that's only a little goofier than Wonder Woman 1984.
03:20Gal Gadot returns as Diana,
03:22although she isn't the fish out of water in this scenario.
03:25Bryant and McKinnon's castaways believe they've hit the jackpot,
03:29finding an island of powerful women.
03:31It's not quite what they assume.
03:33Will it help for me to comfort you?
03:35No.
03:35For we are all sisters.
03:37Yeah.
03:38Lay your heads on my t***.
03:40The two find the island to be a huge tease,
03:43not only because of the female population,
03:45but the queerbaiting is off the charts.
03:47Diana opens herself up to experimentation,
03:50sharing an extended kiss with Kate.
03:52Sparks don't fly,
03:53but Diana may need to kiss a few more women
03:55before fully embracing her bisexuality.
03:58I'm sorry, I feel nothing.
04:01And I felt nothing watching.
04:04No, me neither.
04:05Zero.
04:05I felt zero from that.
04:07So now we know.
04:08Good.
04:08Get in the boat.
04:09Number 27.
04:10Gerard Butler as King Leonidas.
04:13Whether intentional or not,
04:14300 is another film plentiful with queer overtones.
04:18I didn't become leader of an army this tough,
04:20this aggressive,
04:21this, uh,
04:23and what's the word I'm looking for?
04:25Fierce!
04:26Once again playing King Leonidas,
04:28Gerard Butler prepares to lead an army into battle.
04:31Before they head out,
04:32Leonidas' Spartans wish to address his
04:35don't ask, don't tell policy.
04:37Leonidas doesn't see the urgency,
04:39figuring that none of his men are gay anyway.
04:41Ah, well, about a year ago,
04:43I promised to rescind Sparta's
04:45don't ask, don't tell policy.
04:46It's true.
04:47And I still intend to do that at some point,
04:50but now's not really the time.
04:52The king is oblivious to what's right in front of him, however.
04:54With the rule repealed,
04:56Leonidas' men all come out to him,
04:58suddenly reframing some of the signs that,
05:01in retrospect,
05:02he should have picked up on.
05:03While the production values are definitely a step down from Zack Snyder's film,
05:07Butler naturally brings the charisma,
05:09finding a balance between commanding warrior and playful boss.
05:13Still the greatest army on earth.
05:15And if we do live to see tomorrow,
05:17I'm sure we'll have a good laugh about this in the bathhouse.
05:20Oh, the bathhouse!
05:23Okay, this is all starting to make more sense.
05:25Number 26,
05:27Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele.
05:29Although the Fifty Shades trilogy put her on the map,
05:32Dakota Johnson has never tiptoed around the fact
05:35that they aren't exactly considered high art.
05:37Glad you decided to return.
05:38Me too, Christian.
05:40A life without you is no life at all.
05:43I've even started to miss the playroom.
05:46She got in on the joke during this sketch,
05:48which was cut for time.
05:49An HBO first look takes us behind the blindfold of Fifty Shades Darker,
05:54seeing Johnson as Anastasia Steele
05:56and Kyle Mooney as Christian Grey.
05:58Christian takes Anastasia to the updated playroom,
06:01although it's still under construction.
06:03Can he not sit in that?
06:05I mean, it's just that I'm the one who has to be tied to it naked.
06:08What was supposed to be a private space quickly gets more invasive
06:11as the contractors casually converse about their kinky exploits.
06:15It's a little embarrassing for Anastasia,
06:17but honestly, it's far from the most awkward position
06:19that Christian has ever put her in.
06:21I'm Anastasia.
06:22I rented a hot air balloon.
06:23Things that fly turn her on.
06:25I'm an aviation nut.
06:28Weird!
06:28Okay, we'll follow you up!
06:30Number 25,
06:31Glenn Close as Alex Forrest.
06:33To some, Alex Forrest is the most horrifying villain Glenn Close has ever played.
06:38To others, Alex is a tragically misunderstood soul.
06:41Either way, there's no denying that Alex is an unsettling screen presence,
06:45even on SNL.
06:47Spied on his family the other night.
06:49I was watching him through the window, him and his wife.
06:54The sketch sees Alex seek help from a support group,
06:57which sounds like progress for the character.
06:59Alex opens up about vandalizing Dan Gallagher's car,
07:02kidnapping his daughter,
07:03and what she did to the rabbit.
07:05Can I go home now, please?
07:08Monica?
07:09I care about Alex.
07:11Good.
07:11Good, Monica.
07:12Good.
07:13Alex, did you hear that?
07:15I boiled the rabbit.
07:16Arguably, this is when someone should have called the police.
07:19But since this is a safe space,
07:21everyone is surprisingly understanding.
07:23John Lovitz even gives her some good advice.
07:26That doesn't mean they aren't afraid for their lives,
07:28although they should be more concerned for Dan's wife,
07:31whom Alex plans on visiting.
07:33Yeah, well, I'm gonna go up to his house again tonight,
07:37and I'm going to explain things to his wife and settle it.
07:42Number 24.
07:44Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McAllister.
07:46Macaulay Culkin became one of the youngest SNL hosts ever
07:49a year after Home Alone broke box office records.
07:52Despite being the host,
07:54Culkin still gets about as much respect as Kevin McAllister.
07:57Did anybody order me a plain cheese?
08:00Yeah, we did.
08:01But if you want me,
08:02somebody's gonna have to barf it up
08:03because it's all gone.
08:05Chris Farley pulls a buzz,
08:07eating Culkin's cheese pizza.
08:09Culkin doesn't get Farley a plate,
08:11but he gives him a taste of the table.
08:13Lauren Michaels thus sends Culkin into his dressing room,
08:16making him wish he could do the show alone.
08:18I want to do the show alone.
08:19I hope you don't mean that.
08:21Well, I do.
08:22Then say it again.
08:23Maybe it'll happen.
08:24Oh, she'd all just disappear.
08:26I want to do the show alone.
08:27Culkin gets his wish
08:29as Michaels takes the cast to Paris,
08:31forgetting one thing.
08:32As Michaels realizes his mistake,
08:34Culkin holds down the fort
08:36until the cast returns for a heartfelt reunion.
08:38We guess this sketch also foreshadows the sequel
08:41as Culkin is technically lost in New York.
08:44Hey, Macaulay, don't you have a monologue to do?
08:46You mean?
08:46That's right.
08:47We brought an audience from the airport.
08:49Wow.
08:50So go ahead.
08:51Knock them dead.
08:52All right.
08:53Number 23, Dave Chappelle as Chappelle's Show Characters.
08:57When Dave Chappelle hosted SNL in 2016,
09:00it was perhaps his most prominent onscreen appearance
09:03since his show abruptly ended a decade earlier.
09:05As such, many wondered if he'd bring back
09:08some of his characters from Chappelle's show.
09:10Chappelle did, but in Walking Dead style.
09:13I just cannot decide
09:15which one of you is going to dance with death tonight.
09:22Wait, I got an idea.
09:26Parodying Glenn's infamous death,
09:28Chappelle filled the Negan role,
09:30ready to use Lucille on one of his classic characters.
09:33Tyrone Biggums, Silky Johnson, Chuck Taylor,
09:36Lil Jon, and Clayton Bigsby are all present.
09:39As the white boys say on the internet,
09:42what are those?
09:44So funny to you, Trippy.
09:47Dry and brittle Jerry Curl.
09:49It's great.
09:50Sadly, there's no Rick James,
09:52although maybe that's for the best.
09:53He might have ended up like Tyrone,
09:55who's thankfully harder to take out than a walker.
09:58We're curious whether Chappelle got more royalties for his show
10:01or this one sketch.
10:03And I didn't get paid for any of it.
10:07Number 22, Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly.
10:10After the Back to the Future trilogy ended,
10:13Michael J. Fox continued to channel Marty McFly
10:15in his SNL monologue.
10:17Michael!
10:18Don't do it!
10:19Wait, wait, wait a minute.
10:21Doc, Doc, what are you doing here?
10:23You can't do the show!
10:24Michael, come here, tell him!
10:25Yeah, Michael, we came to stop you, man.
10:27Fox encounters his past self,
10:29played by Dana Carvey,
10:30and Kevin Nealon as Doc Brown,
10:33who tells him he's made a huge mistake.
10:35The show is going to be a bomb,
10:37meaning the only way to prevent disaster
10:38is to go back in time.
10:40Where are we going?
10:41We gotta go back!
10:42All right?
10:43We gotta go back and stop you
10:44before you host the show!
10:46Come on!
10:46The three pile into the DeLorean,
10:48traveling several days into the past
10:50as Fox, now impersonated by David Spade,
10:53questions if Lorne Michaels knows what he's doing.
10:56A top of the evening joke.
10:57I mean, is that funny?
11:01Michael, we've been doing this for 16 years.
11:04Doc and the two Michaels of the future
11:06alert past Michael that his instincts are correct.
11:09The three Michaels have a change of tune, though,
11:11when Lorne offers them a heavy bag of cash.
11:14I don't care which of you does the show,
11:16but if you back out,
11:17I don't know what I'm gonna do
11:18with this gigantic bag of money.
11:24Number 21.
11:25Christopher Walken as Johnny Smith.
11:27In The Dead Zone,
11:29Christopher Walken played Johnny Smith,
11:31a man who can see someone's past,
11:33present, and future
11:34by simply touching them.
11:35The housekeeper's just waxed the kitchen floor.
11:38Yes?
11:39Your daughter's running
11:41on the wet kitchen floor.
11:43And?
11:44She's leaving footprints.
11:46While the 1983 film gained a cult following,
11:49Walken is perhaps even more recognized
11:51for this 1992 sketch parodying it.
11:53In Ed Glosser, Trivial Psychic,
11:56the titular character essentially
11:57has the same power as Johnny Smith.
11:59Where Johnny's visions could mean life or death, though,
12:02Ed can only see things of limited usefulness.
12:05Tomorrow, on the way to work,
12:08you're gonna buy a cup of coffee.
12:10Yeah?
12:12Then, you're gonna hail a cab.
12:14Uh-huh.
12:15Does the cab crash?
12:16No.
12:18But...
12:21You're gonna leave the coffee in the cab.
12:23Of course, Ed knows that wasted coffee
12:25isn't a trivial matter.
12:27Ed also has the same Walken-isms as Johnny,
12:30somehow coming off as dead serious
12:32and dead silly simultaneously.
12:34The setup and writing are clever enough,
12:36but Walken's delivery makes every line more uproarious.
12:40You will not be able to open it with your fingers.
12:42You'll have to use your teeth.
12:45It's gonna taste very bad.
12:47Number 20.
12:48Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone
12:50are known as Peter Parker slash Spider-Man
12:53and Gwen Stacy.
12:54Ever since that upside-down kiss
12:56in the first generation of these movies,
12:58those moments have become kind of a thing.
13:00So, yeah, the chemistry has to be perfect.
13:03Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut! Cut!
13:05Okay.
13:06No, I love the way you guys played that.
13:08I just feel like the kiss was a little off.
13:10Oh, really?
13:11Yeah.
13:11I thought that was actually,
13:13that's pretty hot, but...
13:14We're sure the actors would agree too
13:16if either of them knew how people actually kiss.
13:19The commitment both deliver
13:20to this absolutely ridiculous premise
13:22is downright brilliant
13:23and surprisingly showcases their very real chemistry.
13:27Just kiss like normal people kiss.
13:29All right.
13:30Yeah, normal.
13:30You got it, Mark.
13:31Cool.
13:31Great, thanks.
13:32How do normal people kiss?
13:33They have literally no idea.
13:34Let's just try something.
13:35Let's just do whatever.
13:35I'm sorry, guys.
13:36Still, when Chris Martin steps in,
13:38it's hard to tell if Garfield can't believe his luck
13:40or is just internally replaying
13:42every life choice that led him there.
13:45Either way, move over, Gwen Stacy.
13:47There's a new couple in town.
13:48And wow, do they kiss like no one else.
13:51Is that how people kiss?
13:53No, Emma.
13:55No one's ever kissed like that before.
13:57And they never will again.
13:59Number 19.
14:01Owen Wilson as Lightning McQueen.
14:03These days, it feels like franchises
14:05are racing to see who can rack up the most laps.
14:08While some always manage to keep it fun and fresh,
14:10others are clearly running out of gas,
14:13like this idea for Cars 4.
14:15Winning the Piston Cup could save this whole town.
14:17And I can't race because of one bad date?
14:20This is a witch hunt, Your Honor.
14:21Wait, guys.
14:24He's in court?
14:26Yeah, what's the ish?
14:27Well, the ish is that I think Lightning McQueen
14:30is the bad guy in this.
14:31Wilson comes in to record his lines,
14:33only to realize that Lightning McQueen's life
14:36has steered way off track.
14:37And it's pretty bad.
14:39Sure, McQueen's had his flaws in the past,
14:41but now he's just outright the villain.
14:43Okay, let's stop.
14:45Let's stop.
14:48He's calling Mater the R-word now?
14:50Guys, that's horrible.
14:52Oh, no, no, no.
14:53The R-word is rusty, I think,
14:56because Mater is rusty.
14:57Wilson learns that perhaps he should have read the script
15:00before signing on.
15:01Although it turns out that his moral compass can waver
15:03when those kachows turn into a truckload of kaching.
15:07And that's just for this?
15:09Mm-hmm.
15:10Disney had a very good year.
15:12Okay, well, come on.
15:13This thing's not gonna record itself.
15:15Let's go.
15:15Kachow, right?
15:17Kachow!
15:17Kaching!
15:18Number 18.
15:19Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green.
15:21The anticipation for the Friends finale in 2004
15:24was off the charts.
15:26So when Jennifer Aniston hosted SNL earlier that year,
15:30she had to address the elephant in the room.
15:32There's been a lot of talk about how the show's going to end,
15:35and we've had a hard time keeping a secret.
15:37So, you know, to keep the audience guessing,
15:40we've shot a bunch of different endings,
15:42and you guys wouldn't want to see one, would you?
15:45This sketch imagines a continuation
15:47of the Ross-Rachel-Joey triangle
15:49that had already split the fan base.
15:52Unsurprisingly, Rachel chooses Ross,
15:54and Joey does not take it well.
15:56Ross, I pick you.
15:59I'm so happy, Rach.
16:01So happy.
16:02That's great.
16:04Wish you guys all the best.
16:07Thanks, Joe.
16:08Thanks, Joe.
16:09See you, Joe.
16:10We know Friends could go to some dark places,
16:13but this?
16:13Yeah, no thank you.
16:15The other alternative ending she shares
16:17is no, I got off the plane either.
16:19Honestly, we're just relieved
16:21the SNL writers weren't in charge
16:23of the real finale.
16:24Because could this be any more of a downer?
16:27So, we're probably just gonna do the ending
16:28where Rachel's heart is broken by Ross
16:31because he finally comes out of the closet.
16:33Oh!
16:37Number 17.
16:38Jason Momoa as Khal Drogo,
16:41Kit Harington as Jon Snow,
16:43and Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister.
16:45Given the success of Game of Thrones,
16:47it's no surprise SNL threw in their two cents,
16:50sometimes with help from the show's own stars.
16:52Who are you?
16:54Hold on.
16:55Why?
16:56Hold on.
16:57What do you do?
16:58Hold on.
17:00Okay, great.
17:02Come on.
17:02Jason Momoa co-hosted an afterlife talk show
17:05as Khal Drogo.
17:07It's an interesting gig for someone
17:08not exactly born with the gift of gab.
17:10Kit Harington reprised Jon Snow twice,
17:13once in a spinoff promo
17:15and again in a Leslie Jones fantasy sketch.
17:17I assume, my lord,
17:19you are here to bend the knee.
17:21I am not.
17:22Well, that's unfortunate.
17:25Leslie, uh,
17:26what are we actually, uh, doing here?
17:28I mean, I've been here for four hours.
17:30But you just intercepted me a reception
17:32and gave me these, these,
17:33are these oven mitts?
17:34We also got a behind-the-scenes peek
17:36with Tyrion Lannister himself,
17:38Peter Dinklage,
17:39who shows what it's like to have a dragon
17:40as a scene-mate.
17:42Not quite the dragon's flames you see on screen,
17:44but you can't say the GOT cast
17:46isn't fired up behind the scenes.
17:48Well, he didn't inherit your looks,
17:50but he certainly has your temper.
17:53Good job, Peter.
17:54Uh, why don't we just do that once more?
17:56What are you, what are you doing?
17:59I was just being intense, is it?
18:01You're looking right,
18:02you're looking right at me.
18:03Oh, okay.
18:04Number 16,
18:05Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc Picard.
18:07From William Shatner to Chris Pine,
18:09SNL has boldly gone
18:11where many Trekkies have gone before.
18:13Yes, Captain.
18:15I need a rom with rings.
18:17And a drink?
18:18Uh, chocolate Scotty.
18:19And a chalk Scott.
18:21It'll be right up.
18:23There it is now.
18:25While Captain Kirk
18:26has had his fair share of the limelight,
18:28Jean-Luc Picard gets his turn too.
18:30Set a heading for romance.
18:36Sir?
18:37You heard me, data.
18:39Set a course for love.
18:44The starship's seen a lot over the years,
18:46but a Star Trek meets the love boat crossover
18:49didn't seem written in the stars until this.
18:52It plays like both a parody and a love letter,
18:54poking fun at Picard's seriousness
18:56by dropping him into over-the-top romantic shenanigans
18:59he'd never tolerate on the Enterprise.
19:01Are you picking up anything?
19:04They seem like a cute couple.
19:06I sense strong animosity between them, Captain,
19:08which hides a deeper passion.
19:11Also, I believe he intends to steal towels.
19:14Mr. Wolfe, alert housekeeping.
19:16And yes, that is Bernie Coppel
19:18from the actual The Love Boat 2.
19:20Basically, this is what might have happened
19:22had Picard crash-landed straight into the Hallmark Channel.
19:25Captain's personal log, stardate 4-5-9-6-6.7.
19:30Once again, love has proved to be life's sweetest reward.
19:34Number 15.
19:36Christopher Reeve as Superman.
19:38We're taken to the audition room
19:39where thousands of hopeful men of steel
19:41have been whittled down to just three.
19:44But this isn't the kind of audition sketch
19:45we've become accustomed to.
19:47It's way more high stakes.
19:49Well, actually, Miss Lane,
19:51I come from a place very far away,
19:53a planet called Krypton.
19:55Okay, that's very nice.
19:57Sit down.
19:57These would-be supermen need more than solid line readings.
20:01Their reflexes have to be razor sharp, too.
20:03Honestly, we'd love to see the special skills section
20:06on their resumes.
20:07Unfortunately, Reeve just doesn't have the poise to pull it off.
20:11Careful, Clark.
20:12He has a gun.
20:13Stand back, Lois.
20:14I'll protect you.
20:18Broke the window.
20:20Given how hard he actually had to fight
20:22to be seen for the role,
20:23this sketch isn't too far off.
20:25Well, aside from the whole bullet between the teeth thing.
20:27Luckily for him, fate happens to be on his side.
20:31Now, listen to me.
20:32You're gonna have to work on catching those bullets.
20:34Right, I understand.
20:34I will, Mr. Donner.
20:35I'll start right now.
20:36Rachel, do you mind?
20:36We could practice.
20:37Let's practice right now.
20:38Okay.
20:39It'll be a pleasure, Superman.
20:41Number 14.
20:42Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen.
20:44The Hunger Games is tense, gritty,
20:46and emotionally charged.
20:48Yet, while we were all cheering on the rebellion,
20:50there were far more pressing issues we apparently missed.
20:53There are allegations that you pretended to be in love
20:56so you both could win.
20:57How do you address that?
20:59You gotta ignore rumors like that.
21:01We are totally in love.
21:03Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role
21:05in a post-games press conference where, let's just say,
21:09the reporters could have fared with a little pre-conference briefing
21:12because they're pretty clueless.
21:14Did you have a chance to speak with any of the other competitors after the game?
21:17If so, what was their mood?
21:28Oh, and PETA's there too.
21:30Not that anyone cares.
21:31Lawrence turns her tough, guarded, fiercely loyal character
21:35into the perfect comedic foil,
21:37swatting away dumb questions like they're just another tribute.
21:40She steals the spotlight both in-universe and out.
21:43While PETA, well, let's just say he doesn't exactly measure up.
21:47Literally.
21:47Well, then stand up.
21:49Fine.
21:55And I've been standing this whole time.
21:57Number 13.
21:59Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton.
22:02With the polarizing shifts in administration,
22:04it was only a matter of time before SNL delivered a pointed sketch
22:08about the Constitution.
22:09However, for this to succeed,
22:11there was someone else they'd need.
22:13Lin-Manuel Miranda.
22:14What say you, Alexander Hamilton?
22:21In a sketch featuring the Founding Fathers,
22:24he reprises his role as Alexander Hamilton,
22:27launching into a rap,
22:28just as we're sure the Founding Fathers did
22:30during the signing of the Declaration.
22:32Because in America, all men are created equal.
22:35America, not England.
22:37We do win the sequel.
22:38And we will have leaders, but no one thing.
22:41In America, we will never have a king.
22:44Or he would have if he weren't interrupted
22:46by James Austin Johnson's eerily accurate Trump impression
22:50and clear determination to make him break.
22:52Still, Miranda mostly keeps it together.
22:55Who knows when he'll get to play Hamilton again,
22:57so he's not throwing away his shot.
22:58A really good friend.
23:00I want to thank him for his generous,
23:02anonymous $1 million donation to my campaign.
23:05I know that was you, Lin.
23:07No, it was not.
23:08Your word against mine!
23:10Number 12.
23:11Daniel Craig as James Bond.
23:13Despite the high risks of his job,
23:15James Bond often seems to have luck on his side.
23:18What makes you think you can stop him?
23:20Oh, well, that's simple, my darling.
23:23I'm 00.
23:25Seven!
23:25I can't believe that just worked!
23:27A hand at the table!
23:29It seems that luck follows him to the craps table, too.
23:31He's on a roll, and nothing can throw him off his game.
23:34It's hardly the shaken, not stirred 007 we all know.
23:37But as Daniel Craig shows,
23:39a James Bond action comedy could have actually worked.
23:42Yo, yo, yo!
23:43What my name is?
23:49It's fun to see him loosen up all smiles
23:51and actually enjoying himself.
23:53It suits him even better
23:54than one of those perfectly tailored suits.
23:57And who knew a Bond meets Lion King crossover
23:59was what we'd been missing this whole time?
24:01Apparently, the world wasn't enough,
24:03and neither is this sketch.
24:05Well, play it, Bond.
24:10Everyone all right?
24:11Yeah.
24:11Yeah, especially since you just rode Sneakers!
24:17Number 11.
24:18Anthony Perkins as Norman Bates
24:20Norman Bates might be one of the most complex
24:22and terrifying villains in movie history.
24:25Well, back in season one of SNL,
24:27he was offering tips on how to be a motel manager.
24:30Hi, I'm Norman Bates
24:32for the Norman Bates School of Motel Management.
24:36Here to explain how you can be your own boss
24:38while earning big money in this rapidly expanding field.
24:42Best of all, you learn at home
24:44in the privacy of your own shower.
24:46He starts out as the seemingly mild-mannered,
24:49soft-spoken guy we remember.
24:51Polite and almost fragile.
24:53But soon enough, Mother gets involved,
24:55and it's the same level of menace
24:57that made us shower with our eyes open
24:58and sleep with the lights on.
25:00Question three.
25:01How many...
25:03Important phone call, Norman.
25:07What, Mother?
25:08Important phone call.
25:11Well, I've got to go.
25:13I have an important phone call.
25:15Who would have thought Psycho would feel right at home
25:17on Studio 8H?
25:19Mother might not like a lot of things,
25:21but we think Mother would like that.
25:23Yep, we'll be sleeping with one eye open tonight.
25:25I don't care if you like it,
25:26because I have the keys.
25:27I have the keys right here.
25:28I have the keys to room one,
25:30and I have the keys to room two,
25:32and I have the keys to room three.
25:34Norman!
25:37Coming, Mother.
25:38Number 10.
25:39Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter.
25:42You know that guy who peaked in high school
25:43and won't stop talking about it?
25:45That's basically Harry Potter in this sketch.
25:47After defeating Voldemort,
25:48his life's been a little uneventful.
25:51Congratulations to all of you
25:52for being accepted to Hogwarts.
25:54These are going to be the best days of your lives.
25:56Honestly, the best.
26:00It does not get better.
26:01He returns to Hogwarts to welcome new students,
26:04but he makes the whole thing about himself.
26:06While everyone else has grown up,
26:08marriages, careers, actual lives,
26:10Harry's still stuck reliving his heroic past.
26:13Malfoy.
26:14Still hanging around, lurking.
26:16You can't keep living in the past, mate.
26:18I'm a varsity seeker.
26:20First year, it doesn't happen often.
26:22Watching Daniel Radcliffe poke fun
26:24in his most iconic role is such a treat.
26:26Honestly, this feels like the epilogue we deserved.
26:29And if they ever make Harry Potter and the Midlife Crisis,
26:32we'll be first in line.
26:33It'd be a hit.
26:34Awkward, hilarious, and a little too real.
26:37Who wants to reenact the fight I had
26:39with Voldemort on the bridge?
26:41Spoiler alert, I win.
26:42Yay!
26:43Yeah, go on then, kids.
26:44Yes.
26:45Off you go.
26:45I'll be right behind you.
26:48Still got it.
26:49Number nine, Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Moss, and John Slattery
26:53as Don Draper, Roger Sterling, and Peggy Olsen.
26:57With Jon Hamm hosting,
26:59it felt like a Mad Men moment was bound to happen.
27:01And this sketch delivers.
27:03He's joined by co-stars and real-life scene-stealers
27:06Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig,
27:08reprising their gum-chewing a-holes.
27:11What would you like?
27:12What do you want, babe?
27:13Guess.
27:14She wants you to guess.
27:15Yes, I heard her.
27:16Uh, Gimlet?
27:19Martini?
27:20Harvey Wallbanger?
27:21Grathhopper?
27:22Ovaltine?
27:23It's a brilliant crossover.
27:25Everyone's in top form,
27:26but Hamm especially shines with a dramatic monologue
27:29that gives serious carousel pitch vibes.
27:32The sketch nails the look and feel of the original series,
27:35while tossing in just enough absurdity to make it sing.
27:37Gentlemen, these suspenders aren't holding up some plastic ring.
27:42They're suspending reality.
27:45They're suspending our childhood.
27:47And this isn't just a hula hoop.
27:50It's the circle of life.
27:51The a-holes might not exactly fit the 1960s aesthetic,
27:55but that just makes it funnier.
27:57Also, we'd 100% watch a retro drama
28:00starring these two ridiculous characters.
28:02The Mad Men guys certainly meet their match.
28:04I'll see you out.
28:06It's noon.
28:07I'm on my way to the bar anyway.
28:09Wait.
28:10Your pocket square looks like a rabbit.
28:13So it does.
28:14Number 8.
28:15Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson
28:17as Derek Zoolander and Hansel.
28:19It's New York Fashion Week.
28:21Who better to weigh in on style
28:22than Derek Zoolander and Hansel?
28:24Well, they're there to talk politics.
28:26Specifically, fashion in politics.
28:28Yeah, look at that suit.
28:30Hey, Chernobyl called.
28:32They want their disaster back.
28:34Yeah, and then Chernobyl called back,
28:36and they were like,
28:38look at that suit.
28:40The sketch milks every bit of comedy
28:42from the pair's clueless worldview
28:43colliding with the fashion world's
28:45over-the-top seriousness.
28:46Hillary's from the 90s,
28:48which are very hot right now.
28:49So hot.
28:51They've remade the X-Files and Full House,
28:53and I don't know if you saw this on the news Tuesday,
28:55but OJ Simpson killed again.
28:58With the 2016 election in full swing,
29:00they somehow managed to skip the major issues
29:03and focus on what really matters.
29:05Outfits.
29:05From Hillary Clinton's 90s throwback
29:08to Tom Cruise, apparently.
29:10He has totally let himself go.
29:12This is a real mission impossible for his stylist.
29:17Makes me want to keep my eyes wide shut.
29:21Yeah, he should take his top gun
29:23and do some risky business with a cocktail.
29:27Honestly, where were these fashion pundits
29:29when we needed them?
29:30This wasn't Derek's only Weekend Update visit.
29:33Zoolander and Stefan teaming up?
29:35That's the crossover movie we want to see.
29:37I don't even want to go to your stupid costume party.
29:40I'm not wearing a costume.
29:42I'm just wearing my new look.
29:43Cold coffee.
29:47Number seven.
29:48Zac Efron as Troy Bolton.
29:50Like Harry Potter earlier,
29:52Troy Bolton left high school only to find out,
29:54surprise, the real world kind of sucks.
29:56But unlike Harry, he's not stuck in the past.
29:59Here's the deal.
30:01No one sings at college.
30:04What?
30:04What?
30:05What?
30:05And from what I can tell,
30:07this is America's only singing high school.
30:10He's back at East High to deliver some crushing news.
30:13Real life isn't a musical.
30:15We know.
30:16Breathe.
30:17Apparently in the real world,
30:18people don't randomly burst into song,
30:20stare into invisible cameras,
30:22or launch into full choreography in the cafeteria.
30:25I have no education.
30:27People think I'm weird.
30:29I don't know how to express myself except in song.
30:34I have nowhere to turn.
30:35Worse.
30:36When you sing out loud,
30:37people can hear you.
30:39Still, while Harry's stuck reliving his glory days,
30:42Troy is warmly welcomed back to the all singing,
30:44all dancing East High.
30:46Sounds like High School Musical 4 just wrote itself.
30:48They say you can't go home again,
30:51but here I am with all my friends.
30:55Number six,
30:56Aubrey Plaza and Amy Poehler
30:58as April Ludgate and Leslie Knope.
31:00In a segment about getting young people involved
31:02in local government,
31:03who better to weigh in than April Ludgate?
31:06She's still as sardonic,
31:08deadpan,
31:08and fierce as ever,
31:09with that dark sense of humor
31:11barely covering the fact that she actually cares.
31:14Just don't tell anyone.
31:15Drive a bus.
31:16You don't have to be on time.
31:18Nobody cares.
31:20Work for the water department.
31:22You can drain the reservoir
31:23and find all the bodies and murder clues.
31:26Or just be a dog catcher
31:29and just say you couldn't find any.
31:31She even offers up some sage-ish advice
31:33before stopping herself short of showing she's,
31:36you know, invested.
31:37So who better to take over than Leslie Knope?
31:40She's a huge SNL fan, by the way.
31:42I used to watch this
31:43when Seth Meyers did it by himself
31:45with no one else.
31:48And he made it look really easy.
31:51It's so much fun
31:52seeing her sunshiny enthusiasm
31:54clash with April's gloomier outlook again.
31:56And it turns out
31:57Leslie's got solid comedy chops.
32:00It's almost like she's done this before.
32:02A town in Alaska
32:03has launched a bus service for puppies.
32:06The service has expanded to puppies
32:08thanks to the heroic activism
32:10of canine civil rights icon,
32:11Rosa Barks.
32:13Number five,
32:14Chris Hemsworth,
32:15Scarlett Johansson,
32:16and Jeremy Renner
32:17as the Avengers.
32:18With various Avengers actors
32:20hosting the show,
32:21SNL hasn't missed a chance
32:23to poke fun at the MCU.
32:24Like this sketch,
32:26where Thor is still buzzing
32:27from the high of defeating Ultron
32:29and refuses to turn the hero dial down.
32:31We are the champions,
32:34my friend.
32:35What's up?
32:36Wow.
32:37Thor,
32:37what a spectacular showing
32:39from the Avengers.
32:40How are you feeling?
32:40Man,
32:41I am on pure adrenaline right now.
32:43I'm at like an 11.
32:44I'm cranked up.
32:46Woo!
32:47Given how serious
32:48the movies can get,
32:49it's so fun
32:50seeing Hemsworth
32:51lean into Thor's sillier side.
32:53Then there's
32:54the Black Widow trailer,
32:55with Scarlett Johansson
32:56playing her as a rom-com lead.
32:58So,
32:59who's the guy?
33:01Why do you think
33:01there's always a guy, Thor?
33:03Honey,
33:04you're putting ketchup
33:05on your cereal.
33:07Sure,
33:08the eventual movie
33:09went the other way,
33:10but come on,
33:11the sequel potential
33:12is right there.
33:13And of course,
33:14Jeremy Renner
33:14calling out the obvious.
33:15Hawkeye's powers
33:16are not exactly top tier.
33:18Watching him roll
33:19with the punches
33:19is genuinely entertaining.
33:21How many arrows
33:22did you bring?
33:23All of them,
33:24like 11.
33:2511?
33:2611?
33:27There are 100,000
33:28aliens out there.
33:29And I killed
33:3011 of them.
33:31You're welcome.
33:32Number 4.
33:33Martin Freeman
33:34as Bilbo Baggins.
33:36Freeman doesn't just
33:37parody one of his
33:37most iconic characters
33:38in this sketch.
33:39He mashes up
33:40two of them.
33:41Middle Earth
33:41meets mundane
33:42office life.
33:43I went on a quest,
33:45saved Middle Earth,
33:48became
33:51a bit of a hero,
33:52did the noble thing
33:54and turned down
33:55loads of treasure.
33:57Yeah,
33:57so the brave
33:58hobbit Bilbo Baggins
34:00now works
34:00at a paper company.
34:02Bilbo Baggins
34:03steps into the world
34:04of a paper company
34:05and it totally works.
34:07Turns out,
34:07Bilbo has a lot
34:08in common
34:09with The Office's
34:09Tim Canterbury.
34:11Dry wit,
34:11self-deprecating humor,
34:13and that low-key,
34:14quietly suffering energy
34:15that says,
34:16I'm doing my best,
34:17please don't talk to me
34:18before second breakfast.
34:19One for you,
34:20Lord of the Rings fans.
34:21So in the next
34:22couple of hours?
34:23Yes.
34:26Watching him
34:27navigate various
34:28co-workers
34:29and petty pranks
34:30is weirdly perfect.
34:31Honestly,
34:32we'd watch
34:32an entire series
34:33of this.
34:34Bonus points
34:35for Taron Killam
34:35returning as Gollum,
34:37obviously.
34:38Are you gonna do
34:38something about this?
34:39That wasn't me.
34:41Then who was it?
34:42I have no idea.
34:42Oh, sure you don't.
34:44Number three,
34:45Paul Meskel
34:45as Lucius Verus Aurelius.
34:48After the
34:48Barbenheimer
34:49summer takeover,
34:50movie pundits
34:51were desperate
34:51to bottle
34:52that same
34:52double feature magic
34:53or triple
34:54in this case
34:55with Wicked,
34:56Moana 2
34:57and Gladiator 2.
34:58The obvious solution?
35:00Make Gladiator 2
35:01a musical,
35:02of course.
35:02They call me
35:04gladiator
35:05They call me
35:07a slave
35:08They call me
35:10a killer
35:11But someday
35:13they'll know
35:13my name
35:15And honestly,
35:16after seeing
35:17Paul Meskel
35:18belt out battle ballads
35:19and nail choreography,
35:20we're asking,
35:21why isn't this
35:22a musical?
35:23He's got the voice,
35:24the charisma,
35:25and enough stage presence
35:26to bring the Coliseum down.
35:28Look at little
35:28with his wine
35:29in his cup.
35:30Sit your ass down,
35:31put the thumb up.
35:32With Lin-Manuel Miranda
35:34on lyrics,
35:35it basically writes itself.
35:36All we're saying
35:37is Broadway
35:38better brace itself
35:39and don't even think
35:40about recasting
35:41Lucius.
35:42Meskel's got the voice,
35:43the charm,
35:44and the battle cry
35:45to bring the house down.
35:46There's no place,
35:48no place like
35:50Rome.
35:55Number 2
35:56Adam Driver
35:57as Kylo Ren
35:58Given the ever-expanding
35:59galaxy that is
36:00Star Wars,
36:01it's no surprise
36:02SNL has taken
36:03more than a few
36:04swings at it.
36:05But the standout
36:05is easily
36:06the undercover
36:07boss sketch
36:08where Adam Driver's
36:09Kylo Ren
36:09poses as Matt,
36:11a radar technician,
36:12to see what really
36:13goes on at
36:14Starkiller base.
36:15What do you guys
36:15think of Kylo Ren?
36:17Do you guys believe
36:17when he says that
36:18he's gonna finish
36:19what Darth Vader
36:19started?
36:20What exactly
36:21has he started?
36:22You know,
36:23I will say this
36:24for Kylo.
36:24I think he gets
36:25a bad rap.
36:26What?
36:27Yeah.
36:27He's trying to
36:28accomplish something
36:28that's never been
36:29done in the history
36:30of the galaxy.
36:31You know?
36:32Ridiculous.
36:32Rule everything?
36:34Spoiler,
36:34almost no one
36:35is fooled by the disguise.
36:37What we get instead
36:38is a painfully
36:38relatable workplace
36:39scenario where
36:41the big boss
36:41tries to
36:42experience the
36:42daily grind
36:43and surprise,
36:44surprise,
36:44absolutely cannot
36:46handle it.
36:46Can you please
36:47stop yelling me?
36:48You're starting
36:48to stress me out.
36:49I have a newfound
36:50respect for what
36:51my employees do.
36:52Okay, now,
36:53can we rewire it,
36:54please,
36:55so I can go
36:55have my muffin?
36:56I haven't had
36:57my muffin yet,
36:58Matt.
36:59It's not as easy
37:00as I presume.
37:01Driver plays it
37:02completely straight-faced,
37:03which somehow
37:04makes it even funnier.
37:05No wonder they
37:06brought him back
37:07for a
37:07where are they now?
37:08How'd it go?
37:09I'd say pretty good.
37:10Oh, I made four
37:11new friends
37:11and only killed
37:12one of them.
37:13I'd say that's
37:14a pretty good start.
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37:51Number one, Chadwick Boseman
37:54as T'Challa.
37:55Darnell,
37:56what is one of the best
37:57Black Jeopardy!
37:57segments of all time?
37:59It's the one where
37:59Chadwick Boseman
38:00plays T'Challa,
38:02still in full
38:02Wakandan mode,
38:04trying to wrap his head
38:05around Black American culture.
38:06What is,
38:07not only do I tell this man
38:09what I know,
38:10but I also assist him
38:11in tracking down
38:12the offender.
38:14After all,
38:15our ministers of law enforcement
38:16are only here
38:17to protect us.
38:18Is this correct?
38:22He brings that
38:23royal elegance
38:24and wide-eyed honesty,
38:25which makes every moment
38:27land perfectly.
38:28The sketch is smart,
38:29sharp,
38:30and surprisingly wholesome,
38:32with T'Challa
38:32slowly catching on
38:33to the game
38:34until he draws the line
38:35at unseasoned potato salad.
38:37I sense that this white woman
38:39does not season her food.
38:41That's right.
38:46And if she does,
38:47it is only with
38:48a tiny bit of salt.
38:49That's exactly right.
38:50That moment instantly
38:51became a classic.
38:52And let's be real,
38:53a necessary public service
38:55announcement.
38:55Because yes,
38:56seasoning your food matters.
38:57And no,
38:59salt is not the only one
39:00out there.
39:00T'Challa said what he said.
39:02So,
39:03something tells me
39:03that I should say.
39:05Say it!
39:06Oh,
39:06hell nah,
39:07Karen.
39:07Keep your bland-ass
39:09potato salad to yourself.
39:10Yes!
39:12Yes!
39:13What's your favorite
39:14SNL parody?
39:15Let us know
39:16in the comments.
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