Cold Open: Petraeus Hearings - Saturday Night Live

[@LivLaRaj]

My favorite line in this is "lack of agreement between subject and predicate..."

[@ellieb.4468]

Same lol

[@byanymeansnecessary9329]

Not better than "those squabbly Mohamidans" at 4:43

[@crebegea]

Will Forte and Amy Poehler at their best!

[@rutherfrogp.wilmington4907]

Darrel Hammond was the most underrated cast member ever on SNL. He did some amazing impressions but kind of flew under the radar famewise

[@avecmoi9429]

I think we would all like to met him and see the impressions up close and ask him about those.

[@AngelicaRodriguez-mb2ld]

I thought he was going to be the one doing Trump impressions because his is SO spot on.

[@opaljk4835]

Angelica Rodriguez I think I read that they didn’t really tell him that he was out as Trump and it was kind of a huge blow to him.

[@nachtegaelw5389]

His McCain impression is quite good!

[@GamerGuy51]

@@AngelicaRodriguez-mb2ld he totally broke down when Alec Baldwin got the job...

[@kornei2007]

3:03 "that I and others...WHO HAVE OPPOSED THIS WAR FROM THE BEGINNING..." this is PRICELESS :)))))))))))))))))))))))

[@FinancialFreedomFinder]

In reality... m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6XMe6SknJ6dr5o

[@thisguy9819]

@@FinancialFreedomFinder they were talking about the war in Iraq🇮🇶, not a retaliatory response from a strike from Iran🇮🇷 to Israel🇮🇱. She was a New York Senator on 9/11 of course she was in support of the war in Iraq, your clip had absolutely nothing to do with that though.

[@ellieb.4468]

Cant stand Hillary

[@ankursharma9019]

@@thisguy9819 nothing in common between 9/11 and the Iraq war

[@byanymeansnecessary9329]

@@ankursharma9019 alot of these idiots refuse to get that thru their skulls.

[@tuckerbowen4626]

ah yes, back when they still had to exaggerate politicians' lies for comedic effect

[@dcallies527]

The look on McCain's face while waiting for Petraeus to review his book breaks my heart

[@sisenor4091]

Mine too. I hope he found it funny.

[@tidefanyankee2428]

I read that book, it was rather good.

[@byanymeansnecessary9329]

@@tidefanyankee2428 no it wasn't, it was the rantings of a senile white supremacist

[@stefanojkd1605]

😁one of the best parts 😁

[@adoredpariah]

I have to say this is the best cold open that I have seen from SNL, I just wanted it to continue all day. Fantastic.

[@johnnyhudson2195]

The Obama becoming president joke was gold. SNL had no way of knowing he would win over Clinton and McCain.

[@mrnobody6447]

Really!? There was so much propaganda even my small town video store had a "documentary" about him before he was even seriously considered. He was no different than before the last one.

[@sws212]

It aired April 2008, it was basically him and Clinton head to head and Clinton was as bland as she ever was.

[@smkh2890]

The very first time I heard Obama speak, I thought, this gentleman will go far! He didn't sound like a preacher, which for a Black politician was a new thing.

[@tidefanyankee2428]

@@smkh2890 It depended on the setting/circumstances/situation and who his audience was. He can sound like a preacher.

[@jadapinkett1656]

Clinton was losing and the GOP was doomed by Bush.

[@CHilla415]

It's funny/weird seeing Will Forte play such the straight man in a sketch. I also love McCain's shrug at 6:49 lol

[@codanh1]

can somebody who edits these make the ending theme song LOUDER please?

[@nothankyou7529]

ikr

[@denitrifi.gaming]

WHAT?! I DON'T THINK THEY CAN HEAR YOU

[@emebet810]

You are right, Mr Chandler Bing.

[@seanfeeley5985]

Wow never saw this till today. Blown away. Really captures the insanity of the iraq war incrementalism. Like a short version of film "in the loop"

[@burningknight7]

people underestimate will forte so much

[@Dominian1]

No way! When he appeared on Flight of the Conchords it was epic. Most people just aren't very sensual to that entire "awkward"-funny and he does it so well. He is the perfect McGruber, also. I wonder if he'd be good in drama.

[@NeuroticPixieSlasher]

Check out "Last man on Earth". He's starring in it, and it has a bit of Sudekis

[@ragnar97]

+NeuroticPixieSlasher isn't he also the creator, a writer and a producer on the show?

[@BlackAdder665]

I never underestimated him, I don't underestimate him and I will never understimate him.

[@changedgalaxyuniverse3200]

I know

[@aigeh1326]

Hammond really rocked McCain's role! Next to Sean and Bill Clinton I say...

[@kingofthefountain3091]

Compared to current SNL, this is brilliant Mark Twainesque satire. This is so smart and is actually critical of the powerful.

[@sillygoose635]

... nah.

[@kingofthefountain3091]

@Waldo Wall who Trump? If he were anywhere close to the most powerful person in the world do you think clowning the shit out of him would be the global pastime? Don’t you think the most powerful person in the world wouldn’t allow himself to be publicly ridiculed 24/7?

[@arjunwali9885]

haha ik what you mean. but i think its bc trump literally acts like a satire, so their jokes just sound like copies of what he says. i mean the dude literally stared at an eclipse without protective glasses. thats hard to satirize

[@arjunwali9885]

@Waldo Wall idk chief, he's been a serial cheater, fraudster, and racist forever. look up his actions toward the central park five and leading the birther campaign. not attacking you just noting some stuff

[@arjunwali9885]

@Waldo Wall i mean he was also court in 1979 i think for housing discrimination against black people, then the birther campaign against the first non-white POTUS ever. so yah he's always been like this

[@MrGksarathy]

Man, I remember this shit from when I was 10-11. It was around the time I first started reading magazines.

[@aegystierone8505]

The Cold Pink depiction was spot on!

[@byanymeansnecessary9329]

Code, not cold

[@budidarmawan2304]

I thought McGrubber quit military years ago...

[@jonathancampbell5231]

This sketch is funnier if you don't know the context behind Hillarys' sniper fire comment (had to learn what that was after the fact); first couple of times I watched it, it sounded like she was saying she had a sniper on Petraeus right then and there.

[@vishaltripathy3620]

i don't know about the comment. can you elaborate?

[@jonathancampbell5231]

She claimed to be under sniper fire while visiting Iraq (EDIT: Bosnia) but video emerged showing this was false, so in the sketch she is trying to say that the video didn't catch it because sniper fire can be very, very quiet especially on film.

[@magiclion]

@@jonathancampbell5231 Bosnia?

[@jonathancampbell5231]

Yes, you are right; it was Bosnia. My mistake.

[@stranraerwal]

Jonathan Campbell: why is the sketch funnier if I don't know the context...? I thought, it was just the other way round..???!!!

[@nachtegaelw5389]

Lol at the amount of badges on Petraeus’ uniform!

[@topethYt]

4:31 I died laughing xD Bill Hader is a gem!

[@brolysujay]

After 7 years AND this still makes me laugh.

[@m3gAnac0nda]

Dude u know this is from April 2008 , right? Jesus Christ, unbelievable. It's sad tbh

[@metallixro]

Greatest SNL generation !

[@Anfubvinch]

How good is Will Forte ?? Wow

[@chrisbanbury]

He plays a great straight man here.

[@sarcasmo57]

Thank you for the documentary.

[@Dadutta]

GREAT SKIT !

[@malays4027]

They forgot the part where General Petraeus actually fainted dieing his testimony!

[@wilvanwyk4478]

Bill Hader is just fantastic! 🤣

[@jessif.]

I just came here to hear Will Forte say, "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!"

[@Kasino80]

Byrd was elected from 1959 until his death in 2010??? That shouldn't be allowed to happen. I mean, no matter which party you're from.

[@andypandytanat]

sudeikis is wearing miller prequell to TLMOE

[@alexwright8585]

The guy doing Petraeus looks eerily like John Cleese.

[@skinnerman100]

No he fucking doesnt

[@matthewrabel5035]

Nah, Will Forte has a much sharper chin and shorter head

[@ellieb.4468]

I can see it, it’s the eyes

[@dashcroft1892]

More like Brian Forster aka “Chris Partridge”

[@nenadcvijetic3227]

jokes are funny but still no americans punished for war crimes and breaking UN law

[@ovrdozzzz]

Nenad Cvijetić.. Ya Ya Ya..... Blah Blah Blah..... Yada Yada Yada..... YOU JOKER 🥴🤦‍♂️

[@owenchau4719]

@@ovrdozzzz i believe you are an uniformed buffoon

[@ovrdozzzz]

Owen Chau.....and the good news my bastard son is that I'm not even American....🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Charango123quena]

yup ... just seems to matter when its an American getting killed

[@ovrdozzzz]

Sh.....you have to get better at a retort, can't use the same lines as I did.....duhhhh.....🤣🤣

[@winters8804]

Surprised snl still has this up lol

[@dalereynolds7638]

As an ex-patriate American of 40 years standing, I am very proud of SNL, one of our best recurring products and standards.

[@aliciacharles271]

that was soo clever and funny af

[@Kowasi]

…like a bugle sounding on a forsaken battlefield…

[@845835]

How great would it be if hearings such as these were this honest.

[@wlodell]

Sums up the idiocy of our elected officials fairly accurately.

[@byanymeansnecessary9329]

Our? Only amerikkkans would "elect" these racist murderers

[@inftube]

this is actually amazing

[@JeevatSingh]

The guy is gonna be the next president, no offence

[@Fenrisson]

Patreus' poker face is the best thing.

[@lajosgoell609]

Why did Hillary Clinton ask about sniper fire?

[@SirSoz]

Because she lied about 'being under sniper fire' when landing in Bosnia, when actually she got off the plane and talked to people for an hour afterwards

[@utar88utar]

wow... the good old times of SNL when you could make fun of hillary clinton. now it's just PC cesspool. shame on you SNL, shame on you 'lefties'

[@celsopinheiro]

they have a better circus and a better clown to mock now...

[@corkygobshite9941]

bitter much, kimmel black?

[@bryanaa196]

@@corkygobshite9941 he obviously is.

[@jiajianhou426]

Is the chairman played by Andy Samberg? He seriously looks like judge Marshall Eriksen lol

[@romanramirez7847]

It is Andy. And I do admit, he looks very freakish in the makeup.

[@Scratchingforcash]

I love how his last name is “Miller” I’m going to watch “we’re the Millers” now lol

[@clarebearr5357]

…also Mike Miller from Last Man on Earth.

[@theanti-monitor6816]

Live from New York , it is Saturn day ice!!! 9:22

[@JanetArogundade]

He's going to be the next President. No offence

[@MissMarinaCapri]

Isn’t it amazing how the science fiction of the past as well as the comedy seems to foretell the future, I say a resounding YES !

[@Scratchingforcash]

Super close ringer for Pres. Obama

[@bhadrajun]

I'm watching this on December 28, 2019.

[@RyanSmith-wo2pi]

Apple bees and Best buy's and others come when cites hit 50000 demographics

[@obazas]

As a guy from the Middle East I can’t agree more ☝️

[@fuzzybits410]

Game recognize Game

[@Sold.Out.For.Freeee]

darrell hammond you are a frikkin genius!!!!!!!!

[@sairabaig3118]

This is a classic.

[@chazblank2717]

As soon as I heard “oldest living chairman…” I just knew they were gonna cut away to Bill Hader 😂

[@econojon]

I didn't read any of these books. Was the assessment accurate?

[@bradfromthevalley]

remember when hagen daz was big...it was near the age of bon bon, right on the heals of the klondike they seemed to come through a peppermint patty. Ever Hear of the Comedian he had Good Humor..

[@chuckecheese3161]

It's like a current situation wow

[@conradsieber7883]

Brilliance...

[@darcymcnabb9259]

The sad horrible thing about this skit ....it's pretty much true to life . And all we do is laugh.

[@vardellsfolly5200]

Bill is a GOD AMONGST MORTALS!

[@ellieb.4468]

Bill hader?

[@andreslinares6429]

Never realized code pink was in SNL 😂

[@VandalAudi]

I thought Patreus had a chance to run for the presidency,... in 2016.

[@jasonruka1665]

Will Forte is my fav!

[@panobiektywnyKielce]

Genialne. Mają talent.

[@celinecolling9610]

Danka

[@zainaman710]

funny bcuz is true

[@The_Infamous_Boogyman]

Totally misread this and thought it was an Oscar pistorius 😅

[@azraelbatosi]

This cast was truly one of the greats...makes the current cast seem even worse by comparison

[@jesseludvigsen8995]

They actually made fun of hillary! Different times

[@marianaxavier298]

turns out

[@rayfish007]

lol this is the SNL of old i miss.. shots fired at all sides. Make fun of everyone.

[@MArao-eb9xs]

best snl video on clinton

[@johncarte340]

Did fred armison do black face for this?

[@sieekakhan6761]

No, they just did his ear and hair

[@rudrarishi2523]

Excellent channel, SNL.

[@TimKyoutube]

i'm right but this was so so funny

[@rudierude3558]

SNL female cast members have mastered the art of Hillary Clinton 😂

[@Lin3r]

was it in your reccomend too this day ? =D

[@rudierude3558]

@@Lin3r yeah youtube algorithms thought I should see it 🤣

[@johnsmith1926]

So much so that they scare me even more than the original..

[@Evocati-Augusti]

who landed here from watching this last 2 weeks of Afghanistan news.

[@henhenhen19]

Yes. People are still dying even 5 years after this... and the laughter goes on?

[@joshuasummerville2976]

Truth

[@eezyclsmooth9035]

When did MaGrubber become a 4 star general? Is that "Christopher Guest" sitting behind the gen.?

[@3prasg57]

u dont know who steals the oil huh ?! :D thats the REAL comedy

[@OMGz1122]

What is a senator?

[@xl000]

It' s Tandy from Last man on Earth !

[@princevegeta_888]

Long shot but who is the Actor who is behind Will Forte ?(not sudeikis).

[@livingadreamlife1428]

awesome script writing

[@paveltkachev]

awesome, but don't understand joke with the sniper

[@Noname47122]

Hilary once claimed she flew into Yugoslavia and got shit at by a sniper but on the videotape it didn’t happen mate

[@Noname47122]

Shot I mean 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@paveltkachev]

@@Noname47122 nice, i got it )))

[@mikaelbiilmann6826]

The first senator character sounds exactly like William Friedkin, director of "Chinatown" and "The Exorcist".

[@fuzzybits410]

What an obscure reference, Mr. Gumby.

[@mikaelbiilmann6826]

@@fuzzybits410 "My brrraiin huuurts! Are you the brain specialist???!"

[@livingchrist261]

And there's no index.

[@dr.g3860]

Simpler times.

[@user-vp8sd4qd1x]

Hillary got me 🤣

[@mmadmoha782]

im from iraq lol

[@samuelsmith5773]

Too bad Patraeus dishonored himself and the Army.

[@jamielancaster01]

Even before he had been nominated SNL had predicted Obama’s win!

[@abhishetty2637]

It was quite easy to predict, Obama has overwhelming mainstream support

[@ottobihrer732]

SNL should be part of the High School Curriculum.

[@MJ-fj9yv]

Would’ve made it even more perfect….Paula Broadwell emerges from UNDER the table. 😂

[@MrGerdbrecht]

lol scrubs janitor in the background

[@kingofthefountain3091]

I could be wrong but I think this has Jim Downey written all over it.

[@AnkitSingh-xl6pt]

The first to like this sketch must've been General Petraeus himself.

[@RatPfink66]

Forte's left epaulet is out and its driving me up a wall.

[@tehKap0w]

Good catch!

[@catchasmurf762]

V good

[@tristanjones6837]

Hey guys, this was 7 years ago

[@robertforsythe3280]

no changes from yesterday to today. Politicians for profit will always be the game. The Supreme court of the land says so.