Can You Pick Me Up - SNL

A mom (Maya Rudolph) makes up excuses to pick her daughter up from a sleepover.
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[@ElephantChatting]

“She wants to leave cause your Daughters mean and your house smells weird!” 😭😭

[@ericar.6370]

😂😂😂😂

[@CreativeC13]

So true

[@oliviamartyr822]

Thats the one I would use every time 😂

[@JDMimeTHEFIRST]

About every autistic kid ever😅. It’s usually some jealous girl who is friends with the host that is mean to you specifically for being “weird”, shy, or different. And yes, different smells

[@ticketyboo2456]

​@@JDMimeTHEFIRSTMore like every spoilt kid. Don't lump neuro-divergence in with awful self entitled brats. Not cool.

[@r.morgan6532]

"She has to fly like paper, get high like planes" 😂

[@klm4446]

Gonna use that to call out of work.

[@DuRay69]

'yeah, so if you catch her at the border she got visas in her name'.

[@PurpleRobot10101]

🔫💥🔫 & take ur 💵💰💸

[@kimlip_tree2009]

no i lost it

[@xPRIMExNITROx]

The other girl’s a damn good friend for continuing to invite her

[@kellygreengables3936]

Lol I mean sometimes you still want an invitation even if you decline. That's true friendship 😂

[@ZIRNHELT86]

Gotta keep up the DEI quota

[@kortis18]

Same thing I thought! 😂😂😂

[@dietotaku]

@@ZIRNHELT86 get therapy.

[@mellttabor2134]

Your friend’s house- A NIGHT PLACE TO VISIT BUT I WOULDNT WANT TO SLEEP THERE!”

[@May_Odaigahara]

"Cicadas!" absolutely got me

[@lalah9481]

Totally! Did a spit take lol

[@carsondenny1986]

Best part

[@robphoenix1182]

Agreed!

[@imugibyam]

😂

[@trombonedavid1]

Same energy as “pocket sand!”

[@chelseabradley3645]

The “what do you want me to say” part is too real 😂 my mom used to say “if you ever want to get out of something you can always blame it on me.”

[@ajholt84]

I say the same thing to my kids.

[@delreroberts5121]

I say that to all my kids as well

[@jalitzaa.v4725]

My mom would always same too!!

[@anettee.1805]

I tell my kids the same thing … blame me.

[@stasiabeez0]

Me as a kid, but my mom stopped coming to get me 💀 she was like "we not doing this every time" lmaoo

[@ericar.6370]

😂😂

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

You had a good Mom.

[@shannonardo]

Same hahah my mom was very, “You need to grow up!”

[@dj67084]

yeaaaa.. naah, my parents never did this lol. I'm sure if I got molested or something they'd come though. For a "I don't feel like it" moment, they didn't give a flying f*** 😂

[@syw9882]

That was right of her

[@DanielWright-np3fq]

When I was about 8 and slept over at a friends' house, it was great and fun and cool until after bedtime and the house was big and scary and dark and made funny noises and I called my Mom and she came to get me. It was just that one time, but from all of us scared kids, thanks Mom for always being there with the car and complete loving understanding.

[@GGoAwayy]

What if youd stayed there and learned on your own that there was actually nothing to fear? Youd have felt braver and a little less scared of the world around you.

[@DanielWright-np3fq]

@@GGoAwayy Well, that was about 55 years ago, so it seems to have worked out. If my grandkids today get a little scared, I let them know we're there for them. But I will say, I am proud when they are scared (of Doctors and such), I tell them it's okay to be afraid, but if they are afraid and do it anyway (they always do), then they are my Hero. A person who has fear and carries on has my respect, but I also understand the difference between being a youngster and an adolescent or adult.

[@heathercreates]

@@GGoAwayyNot everything has to be a lesson in bravery and toughness. instead of teaching kids that people won’t go out of their way to show them kindness and support, try being the person who will.

[@szn1580]

Skinamarink says hello lol

[@GGoAwayy]

⁠@@heathercreates So they should go out into the world, and try to survive on their own, naively expecting kindness and support from strangers? Good luck, kid. Youre going to need it. Sorry no one prepared you for reality.

[@AS-kq7hw]

Maya's dead-eyed stare when releasing the cicadas 🤣

[@ValKoralie]

i wonder if that part is referrenced from something like movie

[@kelsonl6084]

@@ValKoralieI figured it was referencing them being in the news

[@Mini-n2q]

Cicadas 😂😂😂 💀 ☠

[@chichienu]

Thats what it was! The dead eyed stare. It was awesome lol

[@hlcepeda]

.... while in her bathrobe!

[@pizzaqueen9590]

"Hello we are the police. We are here to arrest the girl and take her to girl jail " lmao 😂

[@joshuarosen8080]

It would possibly work without the stach

[@womanofacertainage5892]

LMAO!!!

[@bsmeaker]

That one got me too 🤣🤣🤣

[@Elowai]

I’d straight up think that my friend’s parents were cool af if they did that lol.

[@CinnamonQuills]

As someone who has been an introvert with a limited social battery all of my life and as someone who had a very understanding mom who would absolutely bail me out like this if I needed it, I loved this sketch down to the bottom of my heart.

[@Templar462]

same.

[@BasesLoadedLacquer]

ngl i teared up. not bc i was this girl when i was her age, but bc i'm a whole-ass adult now whose anxiety is off the charts in my old age & my momma still bails me out like this when i need her to. 😭

[@kevinbreslin5718]

10 years from now maya can do a sketch picking up her kid at the office

[@nhoyos2472]

So relatable! Lol

[@ROBYNMARKOW]

​@@Templar462Same here ( except my dad would pick me up )

[@coolboss999]

The nonchalant "Cicadas!" had me in tears 😭

[@bw2532]

I’ve already repeated this out loud seven or eight times today with no context 😅

[@lightonpress]

Maya is such a brilliant comedian. She is understated, she is over-the-top, she is goofy, she is sincere, she is willing to play “the straight man“ and willing to deliver the punch line. She is humbly perfect.

[@millawitt1882]

Made me remember when my mom had to pick me up because of homesickness -she always did and never made me feel bad about it.. Thank you Mom and I love you❤

[@kart182]

Have you since gotten over your homesickness?

[@EmpyreanLightASMR]

One of the last times I got homesickness, I was with the neighbor's family and they took me and their kids to Taco Bell. I don't know why but after the food came, I wanted out 😂 nothing I could do, I ate part of the nachos and just whimpered until we got home. I think it's just cause they weren't the warmest people.

[@NikkiSmith]

We have a code word kids can say or text and I’ll be the bad guy and make up an excuse why they have to leave. Takes the peer pressure off and lets kids save face with their friends while getting out of any uncomfortable situation. Love the creativity and love in this sketch!

[@RosaNomNom]

I was a sick kid and felt super lame telling my friends pretty regularly that I was too sick to hang out so my mum did the same thing. I'd ask her to feed the fish for me, and she'd come up with some excuse and be the bad guy. "Actually I've just remembered that you didn't clean your room! You come home now young lady!"

[@guntotingmonk]

Hey, the sketch gave you a few more excuses to try! I highly suggest, "Cicadas!"

[@Ladililn]

my mom always let me know that she was willing to be the bad guy if I wanted to get out of something with a friend, and I appreciated it so much 💗

[@Hyptosis]

jesus christ it must be amazing to have had parents, your kids a lucky

[@TheDuckofDoom.]

That is just failing to teach them how to deal with life and setting your kids up for long term failure. It's bad parenting.

[@drphot6050]

The M.I.A. part darn near took me out then the Cicadas did lol

[@s9lecomp]

I laughed so hard at the M.I.A part and thought it couldn't get any better, and then freaking cicadas wrecked me out of nowhere!

[@amandaa4744]

This was actually really sweet!

[@LHorton141]

All the doorbells triggered my dog so bad lol 😂

[@mhurley782]

Bro

[@propogandalf]

Lol mine slept through it

[@Ziflinz]

Our corgi lost his XXXX...

[@Theye101499]

When you want friends but other people's space gives you anxiety 😂

[@LL-rn2xp]

1:59 When you've mastered your skills for making up excuses for your kid.

[@jamiegdubois]

As someone who could never handle sleepovers (for a number of reasons), this was not only funny but actually really sweet. BRB, I’m gonna go call my mom.

[@ericar.6370]

❤

[@PurpleRobot10101]

Same here, but 1st Mother’s Day w/o my own mom & as a mom this hit HARD thx Maya, Kenan, & snl

[@thomasmay9057]

"Hello. We are police." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MichaelGilman489]

Kudos to whoever was playing the daughter. Good actress!

[@eprimeify2090]

At what point do you you tell your daughter "hey, you're not going to any more sleepovers, because you're clearly not enjoying 'em"?

[@camidiazg1444]

you don't

[@GGoAwayy]

At what point do your friends get sick of you always bailing out and just stop inviting you to their sleepovers? These are some VERY understanding friends to keep inviting her back.

[@eprimeify2090]

@@GGoAwayy True

[@DarthEnderX]

@@GGoAwayy Or just very gullible friends that believe all their excuses.

[@mycollegeshirt]

@@DarthEnderX or dont care

[@kittytheflcatmom9566]

Maya quoting MIA was awesome!! ✈️🎶😂😂

[@roykim4718]

That dad excuses are so accurate😂

[@alittlepieceofearth]

Dad doesn't care he's just gonna tell it like it is.

[@HeyTidi]

This has to be the cutest and funniest skit I have seen! It’s way too relatable!!

[@odonvargas9527]

"LIKE M. I. A SONG?, YEAH SO IF YOU CATCH HER IN THE BORDER SHE GOT VISAS ON HER NAME ""

[@LeeLadyHolmes-hk3uh]

I'm 31 and my mom still reminds me that I can always use her as an excuse to bail out of social engagements. She will always proverbially pick me up from sleepovers lol

[@erikagray9883]

Maybe it is time to just be open about your desire to be back at home. I do feel like people are starting to become more understanding of that issue. I went from EXTROVERT child to "okay yeah I don't like spending too much time with people" adult, and my friends definitely understand ❤❤❤. Any friend worth having will.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Maya is always hilarious to me

[@salribera2177]

I love How the Tree is in different Seasons

[@ZabrythAstra76]

The best Mothers Day skit ever!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

[@tarahall2218]

Happy Mother's Day to SNL! AND MAYA RUDOLPHHHHHHHHHHH. thank YOU for always picking me up! With your fierce comedic skills. This time I laughed like chewbacca had drank something when you released the cicadas. GAHHHHH!

[@packnetadaija]

“Girl jail” 😂😂😂 I wonder why the girl just didn’t say no

[@givenscommunications6307]

The wearing pads excuse was so funny!

[@brianferris8396]

"CICADAS!!!" had me BREATHLESS. HEAVING. BREATHS.

[@walterhill6845]

Maya has always been my favorite and she is still so freaking funny

[@VictorB.Henrickson]

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[@AThousandD]

Killer skit. The police-cicadas wombo-combo as a follow up to the straight-talking dad did it for me. Big ups!

[@MarieAntoinetteandherlittlesis]

“She wants to leave because your daughter’s mean and your house smells weird.” It’s so accurate because why is it we hate the smell of other people’s houses sometimes.

[@bellsof12]

As someone who always called my mom to pick me up because I didn't like sleepovers, this is on point.

[@Charmingpreppylife]

I told my kids years ago if they didn’t want to go someplace or be someplace, blame me. “My mom is going to be angry” etc. They did and I couldn’t have cared less what kids thought about me, so long as my kids were safe and happy and had a serious out for peer pressure lol

[@helencopeland5876]

I need her to teach my English 😂😂😂

[@wendyfrench8042]

That got me - because I wasn’t expecting anything like that for an exciting

[@gregcall410]

This skit resonates with me. My Mom always told me I could use her as an excuse to get out of bad situations, and I definitely took advantage of that on multiple occasions. Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there! Great skit SNL!

[@wicked396]

She's a beach 😂😂😂😅

[@sydneygreenamyer7060]

Am I the only one who noticed at 0:03 clips from the sketch dragon babies is on the tv?

[@marvelfan1739]

No you are not the only one

[@Hey_its_Lori]

“Cicadas” This is easily the best line in this entire sketch

[@burtiebees]

Kudos to you parents like this. If I had done this even once I would have been severely punished for the inconvenience and I'd never have been allowed to go to another sleepover. It led me to stick out some really unpleasant and unsafe situations, so don't be like my parents. Be like Maya and Kenan!

[@dorisdc594]

I laughed so hard from the cicadas bit 🤣

[@SpiderHacksaw]

The entire skit was probably formed written off the "Cicadas!" idea. And I love it. Whoever wrote this weeks skits did an amazing job on every one.

[@robotdowney]

Omg this is too sweet. It makes me wanna cry happy tears

[@MorganMorales-Howard]

I lost it at "Cicadas!" I am literally crying! 🤣

[@HappyLife693]

That is an award-winning mother and the other family should get most forgiving. 🙂

[@nozomi832]

All of Maya's sketches just hit flawlessly. Truly top tier SNL legend

[@princellasmith7562]

This is so funny because I know people who do this and did this, but I never did this. I loved being at somebody else’s house. Usually, it was my cousins’ or my grandmothers.’

[@alittlepieceofearth]

There comes a point where you just stop letting her go to sleep overs cause you need to get some sleep.

[@AndrewMacLaine]

Or let her to go to the friends house, but pre-arrange the time that she has to leave/has a house curfew. At least then the parents won't be stressed about when she's inevitably going to call!

[@keelahrose]

I remember being this age and there was always one girl at the sleepover who couldn’t handle staying the whole night, started crying like a baby and wanting to go home for literally no reason. And then for some reason she’d be at the next sleepover too and waste everybody’s time yet again. 😂 Like the family in this skit, nobody seems to learn the lesson and stop inviting her!

[@MotleyShrew-iz9ms]

We have a "pretty please" phrase we use when my girl doesn't want to do thing thing get friend is asking, that way I know to make an excuse for why we can't do it n let it be on me as to why it's a "no" Also II remind my daughter often that I don't care how I look or seem to others, that, she can use me as her escape for any situation. I've rescued her from several sleepover situations & this sketch cracked me up with the excuses!

[@MrPrincepop]

I'm making a meme out of 'Cicadas'! 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗😂😂

[@lissahaddock2494]

Literally cried first at the cicadas and then at the bitch line. Ive absolutely done that for my daughter. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@michaelmilam7285]

You've released live cicadas into a little girls house?

[@notapplicable6985]

​@@michaelmilam7285everyone has, it is a right of passage to becoming a parent

[@ericar.6370]

@@notapplicable6985😂😂

[@MarvRiv]

Cicadas!!! Hahaha! That got me!

[@jacobpolitte410]

I love how the dad was just completely honest during his first visit.

[@Aleedis226]

Has anyone else noticed how many comments about robes there are on tonight's sketches?😄

[@PerkyGothWriter]

Every week!😄

[@christopherweise438]

If ya know....ya know.

[@jeehee1812]

I grew up with a single father who was over protective. After a birthday party, I tried to explain that I was just down the block and after trying to sleepover and failing, I begged him to just let me walk home. He still picked me up and all of my friends watched as we drove 4 houses down and went home. A mom like that might've been nice 🥲

[@xkitox]

Those cicadas really caught me off guard...I lost it. 🤣

[@chroman112]

The way I lost it at cicadas 🤣

[@cellytron]

It used to be SUPER awkward in the days before cellphones. I’d have to call my home on the landline of the person whose house I was at (and wanted to leave), and kind of hint to my mom that it would sure be great if there could be a major family emergency soon, so I could come home from this sleepover??? 😐 Thankfully she got it most of the time, and I could loudly say “oh no, grandma is in the hospital again?” Or whatever.

[@schoelito]

haha „Hello. We are Police.“ hat mich absolut gekriegt. 😂 😭

[@sfperalta]

"I'm her mother and I'm a bitch."... "Thanks mom." Hilarious! The young actress playing the daughter was just perfect!

[@AutisticEthics]

Best thing my mom ever told me. “If you don’t feel safe, tell your friends im a bitch, throw me under the bus, whatever you need to say.” ❤❤❤😢

[@mellttabor2134]

Excuses that also work- I forgot she has an early appt, I forgot I have an early appt , I forgot she’s grounded, we need to leave town on a family emergency, I JUST QUIT MY JOB and we are moving, FBI are moving us again, I HAD A NIGHTMARE AND I NEED MY KID!!!

[@drewthistlethwaite8909]

I had a friend like this. I knew it was social anxiety. We’d have breakfast for dinner bcz she never stayed and that’s ok lol. I’m glad she felt comfy to try

[@h0rriphic]

For some reason, “We are here to arrest the girl…and take her to girl jail” got me 😂

[@25Sid88]

😂😂😂😂 for the other family to keep letting her come over is wild

[@moniquewilson4179]

Yeah. My mom just stopped letting me go. We still joke about it 30 years later. 😂 When I enlisted she said "I can't come pick you up" lol

[@justiceforusall7038]

she's a dam good friend to keep going to a home that makes her feel unwelcome. doing herself a disservice. 😂

[@lizrob19464]

The sicadas got me 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@TammieAbusedNotBrokenRecovered]

Oh hell naw 🙅🏻‍♀️ after the third 2am call she ain't allowed to spend the night over there no more!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Wisdom2812]

"Cicada's!!!!!".... almost sent me to the ER!😂😭

[@k2kfitchannel944]

The dad excuses❤👏🏾

[@redflame300]

the dad was too real

[@lolgirliguess]

This was literally me as a kid lol. I would go to a sleepover and want to go home immediately 💀

[@Madfattdeeb]

That was so well done. Funny then sweet. Happy Mother's Day❤❤

[@christopherwilliams1042]

Yeeeeeah after the third time, it's a no-go for the sleepovers over there

[@cherylsmith4896]

I would always ask my son before a sleep over, if his friends had pets, since he was alergic and he would tell me no pets, then the call would inevitably come that he needed to come home because he was itchy and his throat felt funny. The sketch is perfect and I'm such a fan of Maya's❤

[@4primus]

"Cicadas" makes this skit a classic for me!

[@passion_proh-jects]

CICADAS...and dry red...BAM!

[@stevedoesnt]

Trigger warning on that last one. Damn. Sorry for all you moms that have had to hear that while you’re giving your kid your everything.

[@warmmilknhoney]

Might be my favorite skit of all time.

[@kellygreengables3936]

Maya and Kenan were great in this sketch, but shout out to the young actress who played their daughter! She was great.

[@koreanpathfinder]

"Cicadas!" had me dying!

[@lemye23]

As someone who doesn't have a good relationship with their mother, it made me sad

[@rachelstanger6079]

Yeah, me too. Don't have any relationship with her. Never allowed friends, let alone a sleepover.

[@balasavenedintulashabalbeoriwe]

What an interesting idea to bring bugs inside someone else's house! The next time my enemy has a party, I should bring a few miscellaneous bugs to let loose, maybe pregnant scorpion, etc.

[@foxy6481]

That's the sweetest ending ever, I wasn't expecting that.

[@keithwolter3119]

This killed me. My son had that one friend who ALWAYS pulled this at midnight or 1 AM. It was kind of funny, because he was this little alpha jock during daylight, but in the middle of the night... I was always like, "Are you sure you want to invite X? He'll just want to bail." But he didn't want to miss out, and his friends didn't want to exclude him. It got to where his parents didn't get undressed, just came by around midnight to collect him.

[@Snowfoxie1]

One of the best things my mom ever did was tell me that I can use her as an excuse for anything. Don’t want to go to a party? Mom said I have to study. This movie looks too scary? My mom said I can’t watch rated R movies. I literally got out of a really sketchy Bumble date in my 20s by saying my mom and I planned a girl day and I forgot oops!

[@ninjachannel007]

"Mom can I go to--" "Nah."

[@meganoneill2216]

Aww, I love this. I picked my daughter up from a bar recently. She still calls her mommy :)

[@hlysnan6418]

This is like the old Will Ferrell "Help Me Get Off the Phone" skit.

[@veerodriguez1751]

I was this kid. I never stayed anywhere with anyone. I later found out I had deeper issues that caused that response but, my mom was a trooper 😂

[@robertramirez7990]

"By the way, I'm not gay" 😅😅😅

[@cs6515]

He said that to the wrong family tho 😅

[@GGoAwayy]

"...but I am bi, and my wife and I are open, so... foursome sometime?"

[@lc4328]

This was me as a kid!! I’d always cry and want my mom so she’d have to get me constantly then one day she yelled “no more!!” And I never went to a sleepover again lol

[@LalithoTheRedBorderCollie]

This is why my mom said no sleep overs 😂