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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@livstrode2616]

I love how the professional actors always break 😂

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

...except Adam Driver.

[@bossfan49]

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

[@donnywilliamson5807]

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

[@bossfan49]

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

[@donnywilliamson5807]

@@bossfan49 ok when I first watched it when it originally aired it seemed like an inside joke that Seth and Bill knew about.

[@bossfan49]

@@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

[@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

[@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 😂

[@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. 😉

[@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.

[@wannabetowasabe]

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

[@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 😅😂😅😂

[@LetsFightingLove123]

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

[@tomboyle4537]

And a human kite

[@sandrabailey8795]

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

[@noteworthyinsignificance]

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

[@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.

[@WFT391]

Ryan Gosling is hilarious 😂😂😂

[@adderon]

Ryan Gosling™

[@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.

[@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.

[@petrichoroN-]

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

[@lukenstein]

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

[@brandonwilliams9872]

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

[@toddhower2267]

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

[@ryanmustain6545]

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

[@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

[@snipedog22]

How are the cork soakers not here

[@CarpeNoctem0917]

Count Chocula was great.

[@jrgenclevin4185]

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

[@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 😂

[@nateputerbaugh5709]

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

[@EyeOnlyHaveEyes42]

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

[@armybeef68]

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

[@jamestyson458]

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

[@standoughope]

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

[@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.

[@amyzanlungo556]

Bill Hader and Ryan Gosling are the kings of breaking.

[@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!

[@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

[@bengonzales1182]

1:33 thought that was Larry David at first

[@sircliffordmalcolmjac5870]

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

[@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.

[@TheKeenTribe]

Season 49 was one the best seasons ever!

[@ericselva5528]

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

[@WilliamGullett-k3c]

Molly Shannon has a great laugh

[@mack8488]

Him a layin.🤣🤣🤣

[@New_Zealand_1]

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

[@dgoceanview]

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

[@MOET02]

Ryan Gossling can never stay in character

[@ashleyhall6098]

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

[@nuschlerclark895]

Fred Armisen is hilarious

[@kathiewinchester5659]

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

[@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...

[@King0fAllPixels]

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

[@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".

[@ShadowCammando24]

Bill Hader is a treasure lol.

[@MelancholyRequiem]

2:00 ACCURATE 😂

[@trondsteensns8670]

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

[@smokeysdad8627]

Jimmy Fallon broke character every skit. His fake laugh on his talk show is annoying

[@courtneydoud7356]

Yes!!!!

[@southrules]

He was a trumptard

[@DeliviaMusic]

I’ve never been able to fully forgive Fallon for being so laughy and cutesy.

[@aznthy]

how he ever got on snl and a talk show is trash

[@LambeauLeeeper]

He’s a lib what do you expect??😂😂😂

[@tjwash2]

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

[@tyooi96]

what the song at 6:10 ?😮

[@bayonetbrant]

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

[@nowonmai-r8m]

MrBallen out of nowhere on the left.

[@jwbowen]

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

[@ZoneZero-sm9jv]

You know Horatio and Jimmy were stoned to begin with.

[@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.

[@nannerz1994]

Dan Cortese

[@OscarSommerbo]

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

[@macforme]

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

[@-danR]

4:12 Shades of JD Vance.

[@HallyPorter]

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

[@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

[@doctorfeelok8575]

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

[@warriorCLC]

Oh how far we have fallen

[@drewforsyth1993]

Why is Chappelle's voice distorted?

[@eliashernandez931]

How dare anyone not mention Kristen Wiig…

[@drinkinslim]

Wow, real footage looks like Ai now 😅

[@morganfalkdesigns]

Hader cannot keep a straight face

[@johnsisson1975]

I saw Jim Carrey in one

[@talex668]

I miss when SNL was funny. R.I.I SNL, you were once amazing.

[@sissastern]

Very original comment, thank you

[@davidflowers4752]

@@sissastern😂 Yes!!!

[@f.w.2054]

Very long time ago!

[@georget1050]

@@sissasternDoes it have to be original is that the first time your comment was said.

[@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!!

[@MegaFuncrusher]

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

[@bigpeeler]

They're all stoned, what do you expect?

[@ScooterOnHisWay2024]

Fallon. Terrible in SNL scripts. Terrible talk show host.

[@meditatingdog]

Kevin Hart & "Carl" is absolutely hilarious

[@shivama6679]

Does breaking a character imply that they aren't good actors?

[@CarlosWayBrigante]

Saltburn

[@Wind-u8q]

Hilarious 😂

[@benaustin6361]

I miss it when I was a kid and it was funny.

[@EvesRevenge]

Stop stealing SNL’s intellectual property and fooling us!!!!!!! 😢❤😢😢😢😢😢

[@Cindyalibaster]

dang ive seen all of these i guess the trick is to make the same videos.

[@tylerhrenko6177]

Does Jimmy ever *not* break 💀 jfc

[@dabeamer42]

The vast majority of these clips are relatively recent. I think the reason is that the earlier casts were better actors -- less likely to make themselves laugh.

[@TragerM]

Umm... for being a 10 day old vid, this seems a LOT like the same sequence of an exact video I saw ages ago.... only 4 "scenes" in, and I could swear the other had the same showing order... Is this a copy and repost from someone else? If so, that's kinda a douche thing to do, ya know.. and I don't see you citing source material, either..

[@EternalVampyress]

They didn't call the show Saturday Night Live for nothing. It was all done live, so mistakes were likely to occur. It's part of the reason why the show was so popular. U tuned in to watch the actors break up during their skit. 😁

[@JUYOBWISIT]

7:06 ❓❓❓❓❓❓❓❓ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Britenus]

It makes me laugh when they break character and laugh but are trying not to. Jimmy was obviously for a cheap laugh and annoying.

[@dennisfawcett2311]

The only time SNL is funny

[@Gr8Layks]

These are funnier, and have way more staying power, if the sketch actors don’t break.

[@WhereMyChicken]

Cracking up during a scene is a way to get a cheap laugh during a weak scene.