SNL Actors Breaking Character for 10 Minutes Straight

[@JeremyPhillips1981]

The cut to the wide shot in the alien abduction sketch, revealing Gosling is barely holding it together, is pure television.

[@GarySimmons]

I don't know how anyone could keep a straight face in a scene with Cecily Strong... As soon as she starts getting going, I'm cracking up!

[@sircliffordmalcolmjac5870]

Shes awesome!! Super underrated when she was there!!😁😁🤟🤟

[@WessyD123]

yah, she was very good

[@0anant0]

She never cracked in that alien abduction interview

[@noteworthyinsignificance]

Bill Hader is in half of these just because he makes himself laugh so much. 😂

[@lindaweber4835]

They would change his cue cards for Stephon just to crack him up.

[@BDUBZ49]

"Sidney Applebaum" is one of the greatest jokes ever.

[@donnywilliamson5807]

I never got that one. Is that a person well known in NYC.

[@BDUBZ49]

@@donnywilliamson5807 Instead of another clever, cool sounding moniker like "Blackula", it's just a regular, very Jewish sounding name.

[@donnywilliamson5807]

@@BDUBZ49 ok when I first watched it when it originally aired it seemed like an inside joke that Seth and Bill knew about.

[@BDUBZ49]

@@donnywilliamson5807 Well, Seth can see the cue cards too, so he knows what joke is coming. Also, John Mulaney who co-writes the sketch with Bill will sometimes add jokes or change things last-minute without telling Bill... so that may be why why laughed a little extra.

[@patrickwayne]

MTV’s Dan Cortese is right up there too

[@livstrode2616]

I love how the professional actors always break 😂

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

...except Adam Driver.

[@Satanhadapoint]

Still not over the fact that John mulaney who wrote for Stefan, made it his mission every time to get bill hader to say the most ridiculous things so he would break. And he would change the scripts last minute too so he’d be surprised 😂

[@Jerbert666]

0:39 Bill Hader 1:33 Bill Hader 1:54 Bill Hader 2:15 Bill Hader 2:26 Bill Hader 2:41 Bill Hader 3:01 Bill Hader 3:32 Kevin Hart 3:53 Not Bill Hader 5:17 Bill Hader 6:41 Bill Hader 6:55 Bill Hader 7:06 Bill Hader 8:02 Bill Hader 9:00 Bill Hader 9:36 Bill Hader HADERS GONNA HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HADE IT OFF HADE IT OFF OFF OFF OFF

[@jimdevlin4949]

He’s so underrated. One of the all stars in SNL history

[@Jerbert666]

@@jimdevlin4949 blooperman

[@Capelriso]

The beavjs and butthead skit was easily the best one. The fact that all of the actors but Keenan broke just made it sooo much better

[@mattalbrecht7471]

the debbie downer sketch at 5:35 0ish... one of the funniest ever. should post the whole skit

[@msk3905]

Matt foley down by the river still my number 1 but debbie downer is a close second then soaking corks skit

[@noteworthyinsignificance]

You mean 5:55? I think your timer is broken. 😉

[@CarpeNoctem0917]

Chris Farley would go out of his way to make everyone on set loose it before he would finish his skits. He was a class act that guy. He is missed.

[@sircliffordmalcolmjac5870]

😁😁🤟🤟💪💪

[@robc15]

He was the best!

[@captsuperking2862]

I love watching interviews with ex SNL cast members talk about chris. Virtually everyone who worked with him says he is without a doubt the funniest person they ever met, and that he was just a great energy to be around in general.

[@sandrabailey8795]

Laughed through it all. Remembered so many of them if not all of em! Love SNL

[@RichardX1]

The kid at 7:33 isn't breaking even as Fred disintegrates

[@FC-qb9wp]

I think Fred laughs even more cause of the kid doesn’t break character 😂

[@bengonzales1182]

cause Fred isn't all that funny to begin with

[@kalimaude3532]

It's not even just that he doesn't crack, it's that he keeps the exact same look of barely-feigned polite interest because a stranger is telling him a story they obviously find meaningful. Imagine you are going to absolute pieces trying to get through your line and you look at the kid and his slightly raised eyebrows of "no kidding? wow" have not moved a millimeter.

[@noteworthyinsignificance]

The kid at 7:40 playing it straight was awesome.

[@wannabetowasabe]

Laughing is contagious, that it the beauty of "filmed live in front of a studio audience!"

[@rahilraza1344]

I cant believe cecily kept that composure so well at 1:40 skit

[@nutzabout3]

Nobody ever mentions Kenan but.... just his facial expressions put me on the damn floor laughing!! He's WAY under rated on SNL...

[@kalimaude3532]

The thing about Kenan is that he kinda _is_ SNL at this point. He's been on the show for 21 years, the longest-running cast member by a LOT, and he was already good when he started because he's been doing sketch comedy since his teens, so past a certain point he became like the absolute stillpoint for the show. No matter the overall quality of a season, Kenan Will Be Funny. It's axiomatic. There is no sketch he cannot carry on his own if it's flagging, and nothing he will get in the way of instead of build up when it's going well. So we end up with people not mentioning Kenan in the way they don't mention the sky is blue for most of the day when discussing the weather. Of _course_ Kenan is funny. That's the baseline. Of course, that only enhances the rare times when a guy who has a solid claim, as much from longevity as anything else, to be the Best Sketch Comedian There Has Ever Been, the standard of professionalism against which the whole industry is judged, cracks and breaks character a little.

[@josephthomas2226]

Ragene is the only time I ever saw Vanessa break. Hader broke about every other sketch, but it took a lot to get V Bayer

[@WFT391]

Ryan Gosling is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@adderon]

Ryan Gosling™

[@djofanaccount]

I love watching this I will continue to rewatch this constantly

[@LetsFightingLove123]

This video had everything: Matt foley Dave chappelle Dan Cortez.

[@tomboyle4537]

And a human kite

[@jrgenclevin4185]

I would like to know who the boy is at 7:35. He didn't break one bit. I see potential.

[@brandonwilliams9872]

Nobody talkin about how Dave Chappelle sounds like when they try to keep people’s identities hidden on them old talk shows

[@raysravens52]

Great compilation! You included what i think are the best examples!

[@jbgill007]

These were great, but still missing Adam Driver as Pete Davidson’s oil baron father 😅

[@thunder21x]

“Look at me boy”

[@shayboogie3682]

@@thunder21x- 🗣️LOOK AT MEEEEE!!! 😅😅😅😅 oh lord- hilarious 😂 😅🙂🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thunder21x]

@@shayboogie3682 exactly!!!!!

[@joekerr2348]

Bruh.......Driver fing killed that skit 😅😂😅😂

[@petrichoroN-]

this was hilarious, I couldn't stop laughing. And it was so fun that this didn't affect the aura of sketches

[@raysravens52]

I like that Pete had to use the Pop-Tart to shield himself from laughing at Chappelle and Leslie

[@mohammadjavadmonjezi]

7:35 that must be embarrassing, the kid is not breaking but he is😂😂😂

[@armybeef68]

Carol Burnett wrote the book on how not to show your laughter.

[@fleshanthos]

How did she do it with Tim Conway there??

[@dumbdumb2574]

@@fleshanthosshe didn’t with the elephant joke if i remember correctly

[@henrylant7049]

Bill Hader desperately trying to keep it together is priceless

[@CplMAC1144]

You forgot the best one. Will Ferrell with more cowbell. He cracks the cast members up so bad in that.

[@wagnerrp]

Will Farrell never breaks.

[@jboulos1]

Bro 2:15 has me dead when he starts tapping the mic lmao

[@lukenstein]

This video should really be called "Bill Hader can't hold his shit together."

[@joetooserious583]

Either Kate's Mrs. Raffrety or Beavis/Butthead tops. But I'm SO tired of seeing Fallon break. It's all he ever did on SNL.

[@kathiewinchester5659]

Hader too.

[@SonicGlitchmaster1]

@@kathiewinchester5659Hader’s at least funny. Fallon wasn’t

[@mack8488]

Him a layin.🤣🤣🤣

[@GabrielCsaba]

Armisen in drag looks, for reasons I can't even begin to comprehend, both shockingly and unsurprisingly like Carrie Brownstein.

[@yvonnesurette]

Oh! That's so true and hilarious.

[@standoughope]

4:46 folks you'll find at a Trump rally

[@nannerz1994]

Ryan gosling every time

[@sharonhall6518]

I never cared one way or a other about Ryan Goaali g until I saw the Colleen skits with Kate McKinnon! I roll in the floor laughing when he loses his mind laughing. Funniest skits ever!!

[@sharonhall6518]

* Gosling!

[@CarpeNoctem0917]

Count Chocula was great.

[@sircliffordmalcolmjac5870]

Except for carl!! OH NO!! I loved those firing skits with bobby and cecily!!😂😂😂😂 Thats the way the popcorn pops!!😂😂😂😂

[@amyzanlungo556]

Bill Hader and Ryan Gosling are the kings of breaking.

[@michaelobrien687]

Ryan Gosling breaks every time he's on this show

[@jamestyson458]

It's funny how they keep going when they start cracking up 🤣🤣🤣

[@snipedog22]

How are the cork soakers not here

[@toddhower2267]

Horatio Sanz and Jimmy Fallon not breaking character would be more unusual!

[@chorze]

"and here's one of fallen and sanz"

[@claudiamcnal187]

You’re getting a little toothy down there David Chapelle drinking momma milk! Oohhh n yuk n 😂😂😂 all at the same time!!!

[@armybeef68]

10:08 Captain Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow | Asiana flight 214

[@ryanmustain6545]

You can barely get through a Horatio Sanz or Jimmy Fallon skit without having to pause for the breaking

[@tyooi96]

what the song at 6:10 ?😮

[@DarkBiCin]

SNL isnt a show with funny skits, its secretly a game show where the contestants play "who can make the other break character" and the episodes where they break are always the best xD

[@davidlarsen-tj4tn]

Dan Cortese the most obscure random name ever thrown out there. I’d crack up too! Btw if nobody knows who he is he used to host a show called MTV sports I think it was called and was Tony the mimbo who George was in love with 😂

[@adamheeley285]

There should be zero jimmy fallon scenes cause laughing during a scene was all he could do.

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

Now, he makes $15,000,000 a year. Edit: it’s $16,000,000. just checked.

[@adamheeley285]

@@dr.OgataSerizawa Hmm still on his show it seems like laughing is all he can do lol

[@mmarzett]

Exception: The Barry Gibb Talk Show. He NEVER broke in that one, but he made it his life’s mission to break Justin Timberlake.

[@adamheeley285]

@@mmarzett Haha true, I love that sketch. That is the only jimmy fallon sketch I like.

[@EyeOnlyHaveEyes42]

If Fallon is in the skit, then you know whats up...

[@nateputerbaugh5709]

You could do an hour of Fallon and Sanz clips, and nothing theyd do in them would actually be funny

[@CreeceMarquis]

8:30 Everyone needs a pass in this one. I don't know if anyone would be able to keep it together and stay character around Chris Farley...

[@MOET02]

Ryan Gossling can never stay in character

[@Tarlondwen]

He always ends up in the best sketches, i can't blame him

[@King0fAllPixels]

Will Ferral breaking was so rare, but it was always justified

[@TheKeenTribe]

Season 49 was one the best seasons ever!

[@MelancholyRequiem]

2:00 ACCURATE 😂

[@ericselva5528]

Feel like you could do 1 hour of just Fallon and Hader lol.

[@ShadowCammando24]

Bill Hader is a treasure lol.

[@New_Zealand_1]

Was that the Lady with Jimmy Fallon who did the Break Dancing impersonation of RayGun on his Show ??? 😂😂😂

[@bengonzales1182]

1:33 thought that was Larry David at first

[@sharonhall6518]

Why do serious? It’s a live show and they are going to make mistakes and laugh. If it wasn’t funny, you wouldn’t hear the audience laughing. Kate McKinnon and Cecile Strong and Kristen Wiig were hilarious!!

[@nuschlerclark895]

Fred Armisen is hilarious

[@kathiewinchester5659]

He has rizz too. Even playing ridiculous characters. So talented.

[@WilliamGullett-k3c]

Molly Shannon has a great laugh

[@hplalakrs2001]

When Jimmy Fallon breaks, it's annoying, but when Bill Hader breaks it's charming.

[@arightscepter]

I know its not the correct subject matter, but OMG Cecily Strong is so beautiful

[@dgoceanview]

this is the real snl . back in the beginning this was the show and it was amazing

[@bayonetbrant]

Missed the Brendan Fraser/Xena skit when the entire cast lost it, not just 1-2 of them

[@trondsteensns8670]

Quite frankly I'm amazed that Jimmy Fallon is not in every one of these scenes...

[@MrScherbert]

Can you imagine how hard it would be to make Jimmy Fallon break? You'd have to like show up and be "wokka wokka".

[@alister101]

I feel all the scenes could've been extended a bit, would've been fine it was a 20mins video

[@billy4227]

One common thread here is Bill Hader.

[@nowonmai-r8m]

MrBallen out of nowhere on the left.

[@josephfedor3880]

Haydn lord Nelson mass quartet

[@neecie0611]

Say what you want about “Boomers”, but dang were they lucky to be able to witness the magic of The Beatles as it happened.

[@OscarSommerbo]

Bill Hader is break very often, but so did Chris Kattan and Jimmy Fallon.

[@-danR]

4:12 Shades of JD Vance.

[@drewforsyth1993]

Why is Chappelle's voice distorted?

[@HallyPorter]

Finally a video featuring SNL's biggest crutch over the last 30 years. If a sketch is dying, start breaking.

[@ZoneZero-sm9jv]

You know Horatio and Jimmy were stoned to begin with.

[@MegaFuncrusher]

Nobody is breaking character at 4:20. The joke is that they find the lame joke she made super funny.

[@tonyc3711]

Is that Artie at 1:25? Looks like a heavier than usuall Artie but the voice is spot on. He was on Mad but not snl

[@tjwash2]

Jimmy Fallon isn’t so much breaking character, as never getting into character.

[@doctorfeelok8575]

3:01 The REAL origin of COVID....

[@Wind-u8q]

Hilarious 😂

[@nannerz1994]

Dan Cortese

[@jwbowen]

Stop and dislike as soon as Fallon and Sans show up. It's not noteworthy when they break. It's all they did.

[@macforme]

Well, I just got my fill of insanity for 2024 .... and 2025 possibly.

[@eliashernandez931]

How dare anyone not mention Kristen Wiig…

[@morganfalkdesigns]

Hader cannot keep a straight face

[@drinkinslim]

Wow, real footage looks like Ai now 😅

[@ftlbaby]

0:38

[@warriorCLC]

Oh how far we have fallen

[@Chris-s1i]

Ok 🆗👌 good 💯 lol for me thanks 👍 good for a lol save to watch 10:03

[@lucasmcconnell3201]

Much preferred it when cracking in a scene was seen as a negative. Feel like Fallon was the one that made laughing in a scene an intentional part of his appearances.

[@CarlosWayBrigante]

Saltburn

[@tylerhrenko6177]

Does Jimmy ever *not* break 💀 jfc

[@JUYOBWISIT]

7:06 ❓❓❓❓❓❓❓❓ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂