Awareness Seminar - SNL

A pair of speakers (Adam Driver, Cecily Strong) warn students about the dangers of social puppeteering. [Season 41, 2015]
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#SNL #AdamDriver

[@matt-lang]

How the hell is SNL so much better when Adam Driver is on? Is he actually a comedic genius?

[@mrknarf4438]

He's a great actor

[@Pharizer]

no, he's just a great actor. He stands out.

[@gonzotown9438]

Sure, he's a good actor, but lots of good actors come through. I'd say it's that he commits. He takes every goofy role seriously and plays it to its best

[@Pharizer]

@@gonzotown9438 yea, he's not overacting to make a scene funny. He takes it seriously which makes it even better.

[@AthenaIsabella]

he is both a great actor and comedic genius, he has the range.

[@Ivbo]

“I took the most valuable thing he had, his mind.” - That strangely fits Kylo Ren perfectly

[@username172]

"That guys totally kylo ren right?"

[@QTCutes]

Obvi this fit Kylie Ren better than anything written in all three sequel trilogy lol

[@rstrid5505]

OH MAN! lol! Bringing in an asinine Kylo Ren reference to a skit that has nothing to do with SW just because Adam is the host?! So unique and brilliant. Comedy genius! You must be a professional writer!

[@S1lentPanda]

R Strid who hurt you bro

[@lanceleader163]

Ugh

[@ToniAnnBarandon]

Right at the start the teacher socially puppeteered her students by saying there were 4 guest speakers

[@JenniferHuangDeng22]

Toni Ann Barandon: I feel like the teacher and the guest speakers is socially puppeteered the students.

[@Darvin-Hams-burner-account]

Uh no, there are 4. Can't you see them?

[@core1986]

@@Darvin-Hams-burner-account STOP

[@d7b50]

Are you sure it isn’t you that is the social puppeteer? Because I 100% see 4 speakers.

[@LuciferSpiro1993]

So... who else read this and had to go back and check?

[@snatchadams69]

"He started craving the night because that's when he got the Molly"

[@erickmejia4602]

That sounds like something John Mulaney would say

[@ArchibaldClumpy]

@@erickmejia4602 100% thought this was written by him when I heard that.

[@ryancarter2959]

That was genuinely funny

[@gabrielclark1425]

When you don't know it's a drug your addicted to, and mentally attribute it to something else.

[@kimberly38amsterdam]

This was funniest thing of the scatch 😂

[@Plasmabro]

Why do these all sound like things that Jim would do to Dwight?

[@lr5497]

Yessss

[@AddBowIfGirl]

Jackson Whitt Jim was lowkey a pos. Dwight was highkey a pos but with Dwight you knew what you were getting.

[@g.flesch9731]

@@AddBowIfGirl Later in the seasons - Jim does admit he was a bit of an ass to Dwight but Jim & Pam did care about Dwight -- remember when they slept at his home which Dwight was using as a bed & breakfast & Jim comforted Dwight who was crying while holding a knick-knack that belonged to Angela after one of their breakups? Jim was a lowkep pos of to Dwight but that was in part because Dwight was so out there & in Jim's face about random stuff. Dwight was socially akward & obnoxious --a person who drives people away while being on the lonely side.

[@hojichaitea]

Jim definitely did that, the marijuana thing making Dwight think he smoked it, Jim convinced Dwight he was a vampire after he was bitten by a bat, Jim fooled Dwight into thinking he had telekinesis powers with the umbrella thing, I could go on. Jim really mindfucked Dwight.

[@dogatemybrain]

Jackson Whitt he payed everyone $5 to call him dwayne

[@Aukejorrit]

Adam Driver is a great guest-actor on SNL. So glad he's back! Hope to see him crush his enemies again this week!

[@unikittyglitter9901]

Sorry to say, but I check the description and it says that it was published January 20 but it was actually released in 2015 season 41

[@CanItAlready]

Unikitty Glitter He is hosting again though. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWHNmKCjftt2odk

[@roberttuss5349]

I just don't see Driver as funny. He can't act in serious drama, and he stinks at comedy. He's funny looking, I'll grant you that. But, overall he's an incompetent buffoon. Who pays for this crap anyway?

[@CanItAlready]

Robert Tuss Who pays for what?

[@Jayce800]

Robert Tuss Robert Tuss Incompetent buffoon who is a veteran that makes millions and is the best part about the new Star Wars movies (not to mention two Oscar nominations as well as several others). He’s great!

[@retsub3]

The writing that week seems freakishly above par and twisted af. What the actual hell is going on here and how can we keep it that way? Also, Driver needs to join the cast permanently. K thanks.

[@G1ngerpocalypse]

Steve X yes! It was the first week I actually enjoyed most of the episode! It wasn’t the usual dumb/trashy skits only.

[@analogdragon4709]

Totally agree

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

Probably had something to do with having Adam Driver as the guest. He's got a darker sense of humor (was a Marine), so they were probably playing to his strengths

[@hijodelaisla275]

"actual"

[@Buttersplaysgames]

It’s even better now, they hired some new writers or something. The please do not destroy guys are awesome

[@kimanirobinson790]

"Social puppeteering will ruin your life" Has hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend on construction workers and animatronics.

[@mattbrendlen]

Also, it's a joke...

[@whoseeyesareflowers639]

This shit is real, it’s called gangstalking.

[@jvgreendarmok]

It ruined his life because it was such an expensive "hobby"?

[@basicallyjustabirdnow3616]

Yeah, it's all on credit cards, loaned money, that kind of thing.

[@KathrynWolfe-dg4ky]

*Had*

[@jeremywhistler2850]

*Cecily's already started social puppeteering Bobby's character. She called him "Ma'am" and he's going to go insane now.*

[@hadracks]

That and the teacher says there are 4 guest speakers.

[@davidmarek535]

According to the captions, Cecily called him “Man,”

[@gambit5667]

ther eoriginaloly was a girl in his spot the magically him

[@BrentARJ]

​@@davidmarek535 no, the captions say "ma'am".

[@jasonfrancese8359]

0:10 She said four speakers, not two. This sketch is genius.

[@sydneyzubatch8823]

jason francese how

[@kurogane2638]

Oh fk you're right

[@jasonfrancese8359]

Sydney Zubatch It says something that isn’t true. It’s already doing the whole “false reality” thing.

[@mike8383]

These sketches aren’t funny

[@jasonwvborges]

I bet there were more speakers in another version of the skit and she accidentally said the wrong line for the live show. It happens.

[@alienz8641]

"He was convinced that he was a vampire. He bit our dad." That sounds awesome and scary at the same time.

[@elliesings9508]

Seriously, what a brilliant idea!!

[@realzachfluke1]

hahahaha that was the best part of the skit

[@mariosebastiani3214]

I was expecting Driver to then say "so I started putting molly in my dad's soup too".

[@bentaylor2878]

This is basically the “how to be like Jim Halpert” seminar

[@xZippy]

fitting profile pic.

[@tbyrd228]

I don’t think I’ve ever been so confused. I was like, “is that Pharaoh, is he back?!?!” Then, I see, in the very fine print, that this skit is from 2015! Stop messing with me SNL!

[@RJMacReady1]

Ah yes. You got jay pharoahed. Happened to me at work once.

[@MrAsmontero]

you've been socially puppeteered

[@vicwaters87]

Ha I literally thought the same thing. 'XD

[@tmoney24138]

U answered my question exactly lol

[@justme-ew3ri]

Lol I was like they are on a role

[@therealwafflezz]

Adam Driver's little grin at the end before saying, "It can happen to anyone" (3:12) : He was totally the one that "21-jump-streeted" Bobby!! 😂 EDIT: :OOOO 192 likes?! I think that's the most I've ever gotten!! :D

[@orchdork775]

Watching this really makes you look at Jim from the office differently, doesnt it???

[@benvoliothefirst]

He's the lovable psychological monster! Just like that guy from Saw!

[@orchdork775]

@@benvoliothefirst oh man 😭😂

[@spencerarnold8276]

Toori Baba what wrong with u

[@user-db9iz4xk6l]

That blows my.mind

[@disgruntled.pelican5324]

@fangurl33 but he did care abt Dwight.

[@zocharett3327]

Driver can pull anything off

[@KATNYC_718]

And he can deliver a hillarious line and do it with a Strait face damn good acting.

[@drsalka]

Driver can pull over at my house anytime too

[@AllenQuid]

I kind of want to be the victim of all these pranks. Giant bed, molly, everyone thinks my hat's nice, it sounds awesome.

[@christiancarmona1263]

you sound like fun mate 🤣

[@geekdivaherself]

I was automatically jealous of the giant bed. I'd fight a spider to keep that!

[@dangallagher256]

And you get to go back to high school and seek out Squif!

[@warpnin3]

Careful with what you wish for..

[@anonymousturtle8562]

And it continues...

[@RichardX1]

Yeah what they're talking about is called gaslighting.

[@kruton93]

Stop gaslighting me into thinking this is something else you bully.

[@AddBowIfGirl]

Richard Thompson I mean, an extreme version of it but sure.

[@Teafa]

Gaslighting doesn’t exist. You made it up because you’re crazy

[@elliinspace]

gaslighting is making someone believe they are crazy, social puppeteering is making someone else believe in another reality so that they think they're sane just that the circumstances they are in are crazy. A slight difference but there is a difference.

[@evenunez2095]

You gaslighted me ... you're a FUXCKEN villain !

[@ZeroChannelZero]

I think we all got Kylo Renned by Adam Driver. He spent $800 million to produce 3 major motion pictures and make us think he's Supreme Leader of the First Order. That way he always gets to butt in line at the Starbucks.

[@rubendelacruz7395]

Channel Zero just shut the fuck up

[@NateSean]

It's why we all watched a movie where he drives a bus and recites poetry.

[@Danielson1818]

"I hired a weird albino dude to bite him, and run away". I must be drunk, because I can't stop laughing at that.

[@hemlockzr4369]

“Kid peed himself then hid in a lego for hours” That was me ;-;

[@marves7960]

"I hAvE bEeN eVeRy VoICe In YoUr HeAd." Kylo: "Ooohhhhh... I was Palpatine'd."

[@tyffaneelavely8087]

I said this before, but I wish Adam Driver was a permanent cast member on SNL. He is so damn funny, and I swear they use the best writers for his sketches. I'm sure his acting is also a big part of why his sketches are always funny. 😊

[@sparklemotion101ni3]

It's his acting, plus I'm pretty sure the writers save sketches for when they know Adam Driver is going to be hosting (just guessing - I have zero insider info right now - but it would make perfect sense to me if the writers just didn't pitch sketches that seem like Adam would be great in them when Adam Driver was scheduled to host soon... so certain sketches were "new" & waiting to be pitched when Adam was finally there. I know he hasn't hosted very often but when he's got a new movie or project to promote & they finally put Adam Driver on the schedule, he absolutely kills it every time. I don't usually spent a lot of time re-watching old sketches but I can't count how mant times I've watched Adam Driver's SNL sketches & caught myself laughing... again. It's crazy to me that he doesn't usually make movies that are comedies. He's great at comic work but instead of being funny he made "A Marriage Story" which sounded so depressing I couldn't even start watching it. Maybe next time!

[@daveg5857]

Adam Driver never breaks. That's why he's one of the best hosts ever.

[@DannyBellTheAuthor]

CRUSH THE BULLIES BENEATH YOUR HEEL!

[@redhood2394]

BE STRONG AND CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES

[@tmseh]

*CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES,* *SEE THEM DRIVEN BEFORE YOU* *AND HEAR THE LAMENTATIONS OF THE WOMENS*

[@raigencaziere4087]

GRIND THEIR BONES INTO THE DIRT

[@xplosiv211]

When 80 kids tell you your wearing a hat, you start thinking, maybe I'm wearing a hat. Lmao, classic

[@johnnyskellington9581]

This has now become one of my favorite all time skits. It seems like when driver is on the writers have a field day with the weirdness

[@jaedanb]

SNL coming up with better prank ideas than every prank channel on KZbin

[@trianglemoebius]

"First Person To Realise They're Not Actually Half An Inch Tall Wins $100,000,000" by MrBeast.

[@bruceinmyheart]

This is spot on, the way they tell about how great it was, and then warn the students that they must not try it. I was always annoyed at this at school, because it sounded more like they were tipping us off about something we wouldn't otherwise know about, so the effect was the opposite.

[@Rjs81187]

Drugs are so fun but say no! - ill say yes ! For sure

[@mario0218]

“If I had a remote it’d be on mute” holy shit unlocking bad educational memories from my past!😭😂😂

[@JeffreyGillespie]

"He started CRAVING the NIGHT" LOLLLLL

[@galaxyhopper1251]

This reminds me of the DARE program from when I was kid. DARE explained how to use drugs, how awesome they were, and where to find them, all in an effort to prevent us from using them but instead created many drugs addicts in my generation. This skit reminds me of that.

[@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113]

Drugs Are Really Expensive, is what i heard. Legal ones.

[@trianglemoebius]

DARE gave me a list of drugs and their side effects, trying to convince me not to do them. However, the side-effects sounded awesome, and once I got into drugs I started using it as basically a shopping catalogue.

[@michaelsouslin891]

I still hav my DARE shirt, I used to wear it to parties in high school where we played beer pong. I still wear it sumtimes just as a joke.

[@salvatoredebella4502]

Adam Driver should be a regular on SNL. He brings the room up about 80%

[@drewidlifestyle7883]

Just checked the description. I was excited Vanessa was back. I was wrong.

[@azeezahgoodwin918]

Wait, is that not Vanessa Bayers?

[@drewidlifestyle7883]

Azeezah Goodwin it is but it’s an old skit

[@drewidlifestyle7883]

Azeezah Goodwin from 2015

[@GenevieveThornton]

A Simple Adventure I miss Vanessa! She does massage envy commercials now 🙃

[@zari2662]

@@GenevieveThornton does she really?

[@ethanwachsman9765]

Anybody named Nathan, you’re wearing a hat

[@nathanc6204]

Wait.. what???

[@Natethegreat016]

Ethan Wachsman fuck

[@chrisrodriguez903]

I mean yeah, but it's a great hat

[@GlitterC8k]

@@chrisrodriguez903 but your name is Chris!

[@FunkyJabroni]

@@Natethegreat016 nice hat bro

[@jesusbrown9276]

2:47 man that guy in the back is the highlight.

[@bkjstudio]

I've been waiting for SNL to upload more Adam Driver sketches!

[@benjaminj.kreger-creative8001]

This skit ended to early - and missed out on one of the characters admitting they were responsible for the “21 Jump Streeting” still funny - Driver is great on this show!

[@terminallychill5390]

Didn't you notice Adam drivers smile at the end? He clearly 21 jump Streeted him

[@jmsmith1767]

2:15 I like to think about this guy buying mollie just to socially puppeteer his brother.

[@mrdaym]

Adam Driver and Cecily Strong work especially good together since neither are easy to break.

[@yuh_moms_a-hoe]

adam driver is literally such a perfect fit for every character

[@andrewgutmann9432]

The only thing wrong with this skit is that they didn’t buy stopsocialpuppeteering.org and continue the f*ckery there.

[@lynnsxhrje]

Andrew Gutmann HAA

[@geekdivaherself]

You saved me some URL typing. Thanks, man. For reals.

[@jop2663]

They did though

[@DanicaMarieMusic]

My high school had a video presentation on how bad cheating is...Everyone started writing answers on paper that they rolled up and put in see through pens after that... There were a lot of good ideas that ultimately led to way more cheating 💁

[@user-en7dx1qp3k]

Oh so like that thing where Jim kept putting nickles in Dwight's handheld telephone?

[@coolpeopleit]

How rich is Cecily's character? I could imagine kid driver having just enough money to bride other kids and maybe steal some molly, but hiring day workers to construct a replica house and build cutting edge animatronics for a practical joke thats not that clever is a bit much.

[@justinbuergi9867]

NoThank Yu if she’s smart enough to do that, she can probably take out a mortgage in her parents name

[@jolie8276]

I mean she could still get a lot of use out of it though maybe rent it out make it into an attraction. I mean it would be pretty cool to go to somewhere built like a giant replica of an average home and make you feel like an ant

[@bmichaelstudios]

Geppetto has left the chat 😂

[@tmseh]

I'm a real boy now!🤥

[@ca8824]

You deserved to get more likes for this one.

[@salstress]

Always voraciously hungry for new Adam Driver content, even and especially when it's old.

[@MelissaRae1975]

Adam is one of the best hosts they had in forever.

[@legendaryfitcrew1272]

Adam needs to be a permanent cast member he is justtttttt too damn good ALL his sketches were hilarious 😂

[@RhettMashburn]

My friend did this to me today. i was out of school sick for a day and he told all of my friends to tell me i was walking funny the next day. I was so confused... It got bad, at the end he showed me this vid. Jake if you see this screw you

[@chrisseybee2384]

Who else thought that this whole hat thing is definitely something that Jim would do to make Dwight furious?

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

omg..... 21 Jump Streeted LOL

[@thesmallestbeast1152]

This is literally one of the funniest concepts SNL has come up with. I was dying the whole time.

[@bendekoning5120]

I don’t think any other SNL skit has made me question my life as much as this one has.

[@Jackie-tx8if]

I agree

[@jennf129]

"Wow...I cant believe it happened to me"

[@notgoodwithnames78]

2:49 the guy’s face in the back killed me

[@lmm2103]

Looks like Dopheld Mitaka lol

[@elleyahmizrachi9253]

“I won’t bore you with the details” Boy “please do” Boy takes notes

[@hadracks]

Probably the only notes he took all year.

[@ericmiller93]

Driver always kills it on SNL.

[@KevinRay_man]

Man, I would *love* an hour of them just going back n forth with various ideas for this...what a great concept. Dastardly af.

[@justinbuergi9867]

One of my favorite skits of SNL Wish I could try these out

[@thegood9]

This is a F***n' genius skit...should've won awards...

[@ivv6721]

Does anybody see that classroom set and get worried someone's going to yell "It's the Aldante brothers... Theyve gat meatbawllz!!" and then scatter?

[@RedRonFJB]

No

[@deanwinchester3356]

Ron B. Your childhood was sad.

[@RedRonFJB]

@@deanwinchester3356 you're the son of a son's father.

[@funDAYsmiling]

Adam Driver is a great actor so good to see him

[@Aragorn...]

Now I know where Jim got his ideas from. Poor Dwight 🤣

[@wetpotato2222]

Adam Driver is straight up hilarious on SNL. Just genuis.

[@glassjar7814]

We need Adam driver in a comedy soon. His delivery and face is great

[@zizographie]

Adam Driver looking right into my eyes. Wonderful...

[@holdenorrick9414]

One of my all time favorite sketches lol

[@AM-ne9kv]

Adam looked so young back in the day

[@marioxzzz]

The molly one is just one of the funniest thing ever written and acted, is just so deadpan and fucked up but Adam Driver pulls it off perfectly

[@galaxytigermagic24247]

This needs to be done again, it my favorite skit

[@chs9999]

This is now my favorite sketch

[@VyvienneEaux]

Eating disorder awareness gave me an eating disorder. Yes, I had dieting and perfectionistic tendencies before, but I never would have taken it as far as I had if I weren't comparing myself to the cases we learned about in health class. I felt like my problems weren't valid unless I made them worse. If you know anything about eating disorder psychology, you know that often it is a way for people to feel like their feelings are validated when they are being emotionally neglected or abused (they are essentially gaslighted whenever they express a negative emotion and end up feeling like no one would believe their suffering is real unless there's a physical manifestation), and so when I learned about the crazy things other people were doing, my eating disorder mind thought "if I binge and purge 20-30 times a day and don't eat anything for 4 days out of every week, anyone would agree that I have problems" so I did. What we really need instead is awareness on how to treat people who are different from us with charitable thinking and effective communication skills.

[@michaelconnor3560]

Social puppeteering, otherwise known as gaslighting.

[@gozzilla177]

No I'm pretty sure gaslighting is something else, social puppeteering is the right term here, just ask anyone else that reply's to this 🤣

[@whoseeyesareflowers639]

Or gangstalking

[@CD-gh1uf]

There's a pretty big difference between the two.

[@DrSimpleBeauty]

No it isn’t 😂

[@John_C_J]

Is Inception a movie about social puppeteering?

[@Kelarys]

I can't believe that I somehow missed this on all my previous SNL binges. My only issue was it ended too fast! Hearing these bonkers elaborate heists (the word prank would be an insult) are incredible

[@shaktiashok07]

To keep your face straight through that is amazing acting

[@M8E8L]

Remember at the beginning of the skit when she said "Four speakers"?

[@freyaegrey]

My best friend in high school pretty much did this to everyone. I still have no idea which of my high school memories are real. Like she would talk about stuff going on in school, I'm pretty sure most of it wasnt real.

[@localandonlinepreciousmeta3575]

Faylyn Hillier you were a victim of social puppeteering. And you’re brave for speaking your truth. It really can happen to anyone

[@frozennorthwoods4401]

Maybe she is schizophrenic, and really thinks that's how it happened.

[@jonferris1297]

This guy delivers every time he hosts!

[@Littleathquakes]

can we appreciate the props & lighting department for creating that sunlight through the blinds like exactly what we’d see in school

[@Runny117]

I wish someone would "honey I shrunk the kid" me, that'd be hilarious

[@GabiBrooks]

Our boi Adam is baack!

[@joshmoreno409]

One of the best skits I've seen in years

[@vinddictive_8468]

Adam driver is the best guest actor ever. He deserves a spot on the show perhaps?

[@GenieVillain26]

This is going to empower my paranoia more than it already is now.

[@angelmae989]

it's like the gods knew I've been on a adam driver binge

[@karlysolis7319]

Jhene Evans girl sameeee

[@scottscott9874]

Oh yess

[@EJC864]

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[@zerobatsu]

I love that super concerned extra behind Bobby.

[@robertb6362]

These Adam driver snl skits are on point.

[@alien_superstar]

2:54 the dude in the background is hilarious

[@thetoad.1251]

"I'd be hitting mute" damn foreshadowing?

[@MarquesLKing]

Why am I only hearing about this now? This sounds incredible, I'm in.

[@KATNYC_718]

Omg I love Adam . Great actor. 😍💗💗

[@kayigi]

“He bit our dad” XD

[@Jimmyboygohome]

This is actual gaslighting

[@davidcook680]

Adam Driver is a excellent actor. Really talented.

[@rebeccaross8470]

Adam Driver is a great actor and he makes me laugh when I see him and when I see Star Wars he’s my favourite character

[@extragumyum8819]

“i’d be hitting mute” hits different now.

[@juanrivera8011]

HES BACK

[@danktempsey6110]

At 3:12 he smiles slightly maybe suggesting that actually he 21 jump street'd him

[@RickNorthwest]

Adam Driver has to be one of my favorite guest hosts.