Cut for Time: Hallmark Channel Christmas Promo (James Franco) - SNL

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[@JesusPulledMeThrough]

This is so accurate it's scary good. The falling/tripping into the lead's arms, the male lead being Canadian, the black actor that is a side character only... it's in every Hallmark movie.

[@peterbradfield2805]

And the black actor side character must have an overly used cute line.

[@carlosPerez-db5jk]

What's the problem?

[@carlosPerez-db5jk]

spirals 73 Then...

[@SarahEHowson]

Wait. There's actually a Hallmark Channel? Like for real no bullshit. Thank fuck I live in Australia if the answer is yes

[@JesusPulledMeThrough]

@DragonChild460 😂😂Oddly specific detail to pick up on & get irritated by, but yes! And guess what folks? Everyone of our white main leads has an infinite amount of money to travel across the country last minute for plot plotting 🙃. And if the lead is "relatable" by claiming to have money problems (yeah, unh huh), just take a look at all the extravagant Christmas decorations and multiple rooms in their homes. Why, that level of struggle is a goal we should all strive for 😌

[@Gazeroni]

How dare you not mention the fact that the Christmas parade won't get off the ground without Amy using the skills she learned in the big city, Amy's dad's simple carpentry skills, and the whole town pitching in, including that stud Bryce from high school Amy dismissed but now finds appealing. Bryce has a daughter.

[@Tanyableu]

a young angelic daughter left motherless and lonely, a young brat with a broken heart left motherless and lonely, or a adolescent girl left motherless and lonely and needing the guidance of a cool but wise woman that Amy has not yet realized she could be?

[@charlesvanzee4879]

Bryce's daughter is definitely a blonde, regardless of how Bryce looks.

[@eplamoureux]

She's making a list, and checking it Bryce!

[@jcb3393]

@@eplamoureux i hate you for this. Take your TU.

[@thewizardofoz511]

​@@charlesvanzee4879😂😂😂 you guys are too funny!

[@Oonagh72]

Hallmark is gonna be so mad you took all of their new movie ideas for next year.

[@jojopemb2218]

😂😂😂😂

[@Elvisnotpresley97]

Lmao

[@grahambroadhead1605]

Oonagh72 /

[@aarongilmore1254]

😂😂😂

[@jfrsnjhnsn]

I mean... those were also all of their movie ideas from last year...

[@write-minded3921]

Feel like they really missed out not calling the first movie: "Kris Single."

[@Curegirl80rs]

write-minded Well that could actually be a real Hallmark title. 😂 I can totally see it!

[@ayishas4385]

Dang, you should suggest it to Hallmark. That's perfect.

[@pinkpopstarr8580]

Hallmark would like to know your location.

[@pdxorbust27]

write-minded LOL!!!

[@kokolatte825]

Kris Single sounds like something I want to watch!! Great title, although I can see it more on Lifetime because with a title like that he better be juggling more than one love interest. Or make it Black and put it on BET, even better.

[@drewbee86]

“He works too much so it’s ok if I to cheat on him”

[@zukobutreal]

That's literally the same line they use in porn, too!

[@deadfingergarage]

So true ..lol

[@piperrockelleisthebest2870]

She makes him work overtime to afford her shit and then cheats because he's working.

[@luckyDancer100]

Yeah but her fiancé is an evil business man & her crush is a hot lumberjack. No contest lmao

[@weirdgirl7475]

Sounds like a good excuse 😏

[@ACETYGRA]

I also love how most of the movies take place in small towns that only seem to exist in Thomas Kinkade paintings and commercials for Werthers candy.

[@adamjoyner5219]

It’s Almonte Ontario.(west of Ottawa). It does exist!

[@canaisyoung3601]

Ah, they should have mentioned that.

[@evansquilt]

The one that really cracked me up featured a small, family-owned department store. Like any of those still exist.

[@lindaleelaw5277]

I know or Aspen or Vail....

[@marytermini1381]

Or on the front of Hallmark Christmas cards! :)

[@c.jeweetwel9831]

That first one is way too accurate, i can't "grandmothers christmas tree farm" 😂😂😂

[@WhyThisWhyNow]

Chaima Hauhau Omg, so true! I always wonder what these people do for, you know, sustenance... Like what Christmas tree farm/quaint book shop actually makes that much money. IRL that is..

[@micahltaylor739]

That is forever Christmas my guy

[@kokolatte825]

@@WhyThisWhyNow It's the quaint bookstore or bakery in the small town, but somehow it's always busy with a population under 200. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@omnibus4157]

@@WhyThisWhyNow Taylor Swift's dad owned a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, but he was mainly a stockbroker.

[@lollipopcorndog]

@@WhyThisWhyNow Don’t forget bakery

[@spiritualempress6691]

“He works to much so it’s ok if I cheat on him” is the most ACCURATE hallmark staple I’ve ever heard 😂

[@canaisyoung3601]

I'm pretty sure there are non-Christmas themed romcoms out there that also have this as a trope.

[@pleasedroses3811]

The way that Kate McKinnon says that is funny, too!

[@jnsmith111]

Yep, the painting the guy as a villain because he works hard. Meanwhile they don't give you enough context as to what type of job she has. So, you're left with trying to force yourself into into feeling empathy for her character even when she may have no authority to speak on anyone's work ethic. At least tell me she has a job as X with X hours, but she chooses to tell them to stuff as she wants a life. Then I can relate vs just seeing her as yet another lazily written female love interest.

[@johntayloris]

“All filmed during one month in Ottawa” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jamesryder8305]

John Taylor I honestly screamed when they said that.

[@peterbradfield2805]

Actually it is usually in Vancouver or Toronto (for a big city vibe film).

[@denisedenisehuxtable4183]

John Taylor lol

[@jojopemb2218]

So much cheaper to film in Canada 😂😂😂

[@peterbradfield2805]

They also don’t have to worry about that President Trump problem in Canada. LOL!

[@indiag89]

“It’s either me or Christmas” lmao of course the villain city boyfriend hates Christmas

[@bashful_michael]

This is so true and SNL nailed it. I'm now going to be watching out for the gazebo when I watch these movies because I just honestly never noticed. Cecily's narration was perfect, you could just hear the desperation in her voice. "Hallmark, this is our Super Bowl" Haha!

[@TotinosPizzaRollz]

My wife would literally watch each of these parody movies if she thought they were for real.

[@shishirrana6488]

Simon James тс

[@historylvr8000]

Simon James Also, if you pay close attention you will notice the fake sheets of snow covering the landscapes to make it look snowed in! Plus, it always starts snowing during a kiss or joyful moment on cue! It's hilarious... Not to mention the advertising they do for their sponsors...last year a canister of Folger's coffee got more air time than Lacey or Mariah on, "A Christmas Melody." This year it was Balsam Hill on almost every movie! I can't deny as cheesy, repetitive, and recycled as Hallmark movie's are they're my guilty pleasure! Lol

[@bashful_michael]

+History LVr They're my guilty pleasure too! I've definitely noticed how it starts to snow during a kiss and the Folger's coffee advertisements. I will definitely keep my eye out for those other things you suggested.

[@tatehildyard5332]

Only the production value on this sketch is way higher than those movies.

[@caitlinstevens7611]

That is so true it hurts.

[@lokeyadams6799]

"Quantity over quality, and we're blasting your ass with these!" LMAO

[@nellabella926]

Knew I’d see this comment 😂🤣😂

[@vampman87]

God, if I had a nickel for every "Engaged/Committed city girl goes to the country due to an unexpected family emergency and falls in love with a country boy she just met, dumping the fiance/boyfriend for him" movie Hallmark and Lifetime play every December... At least there was one original movie a few years ago where a married woman, pining after her rich ex-boyfriend, actually does get her wish and wakes up married to the ex... and then she realizes after 5 minutes that she made a huge mistake and spends the rest of the movie stalking her actual husband, who's dating someone else in this reality.

[@AEE341]

That was a good one. Girl from Baywatch and Charles in Charge was in it.

[@muratishka]

What movie is it?

[@AEE341]

Holiday Switch I think.

[@muratishka]

Ann VanderMolen thanks!

[@rosiedispensa6697]

“Stalking her actual husband” might be my favorite phrase 😂😂😂😂

[@riceballinc.1385]

“We're just blasting your a## with these” lol that is so true

[@a.a.s.3799]

I love how every single title on the schedule calendar is just a mix-match of the words winter, Christmas, wife, wedding or princess...

[@SpectrumAssociates]

Or the fact all those movies star Mariah Carey. Or how they worship the living shit out of her.

[@Hatingmeisconforming]

That shit is so godamn funny.I like that SNL still releases the cut for time skits.

[@awakening9563]

Hating me is conforming you have no sense of humor then

[@Hatingmeisconforming]

Co2Fizzy_36 ok....

[@rodthetruth]

Co2Fizzy_36 So I’m guessing you’re here to...critique?

[@kasperdomagala4544]

Co2Fizzy_36 be careful not to cut yourself on that edge.

[@napoleoncontreras4184]

Co2Fizzy_36 no wonder "people don't accept you"

[@Psycomantis1]

That Chris Bearstick is going places.

[@hopsiepike]

Cecily Strong does all the commercial voice-over work. She’s got that chirpy, inane thing down pat, whether it’s Macy’s, Hallmark, or CHONK.

[@modtomodern]

I'm gonna miss her.

[@canaisyoung3601]

I know. I'm going to miss that. 😭 And don't forget the Target fake commercials (the one about how to deal with the 2016 election and the one about how to deal with a dysfunctional interracial family).

[@brandonchristopher9657]

"he works too much..so it's okay if I cheat on him" hahahaha 😂😂😂

[@changechanged6732]

Brandon Christopher lol

[@desireemariec1108]

⛅☔🐳💨😷

[@kokolatte825]

"It's either me or Christmas, Lydia."

[@thewizardofoz511]

That's EXACTLY how those movies are! 😂🤙

[@aquablue1252]

If I could marry James Franco by hitting my head and getting amnesia, I’d run head first into a brick wall

[@ElPayasoMalo]

Do you still stand by this statement now that Franco has been revealed to have been a predatory sex creep?

[@zgfffgg4124]

"Wait how do I know that actor?" 😂😂 this is me

[@tejaswoman]

It's defunct now, or at least was the last I looked, but there used to be a whole website called Hey! It's That Guy! devoted to character actors (obviously, the counterpart was Hey! It's That Girl!). A little like IMDb, but focused on these specific folks and, if I recall correctly, little profiles of at least some of them.

[@atlmyk]

Chris Bearstick is now my new stage name

[@theylied1776]

First of all, this was damn hilarious...my favorite part was Canadian handsome. It's funny because they hit every beat that you see in every Hallmark Christmas movie. They're all filmed in Canada, there's always a boyfriend back in the city who just doesn't understand small town Christmas.

[@margaritam.9118]

theylied1776 and small town customs, like that "you work too much - your gf now can fuck prince Santa" one :D

[@rosiedispensa6697]

“It’s me or Christmas!” Haha

[@SirEriol]

It's either me or christmas, Lydia.

[@kristenkuruugaa7903]

This 👏should👏 have 👏been 👏on👏 the 👏show. “Prince Santa” 😂

[@ahjleigh]

I can't stop cracking up over "Prince Santa".

[@dominicusx]

Trapped in a snow globe ⛄ 😂😂😂😂 Jessica Normal. Lol "he works a lot so it's okay to cheat on him." 😋😆 "Come on Come on, pick up! It's either me or Christmas, Lydia!!!!"🎅

[@westiekid8400]

Dominicus X “prince Santa” 😂

[@b4bobby35]

They actually made a real movie about a person going into her snowglobe it's called a snow globe Christmas no lie

[@dominicusx]

OMG, that's fucking hilarious!😂😂😂😆😆😆 Now I wanna see it!😂😱😨😵

[@Incognitofrito1]

Bobby Stephen omg LOL!! Lifetime Christmas movies suck so bad. 😨😅

[@kokolatte825]

@@b4bobby35 is that the one with Christina Milian?

[@GraceT]

"it's quantity over quality people and we are just blasting your ass with these"

[@dominikastrauss5208]

Why the f**k this was cut, it's the best skit !!

[@ultimateempress1739]

“It’s either me or christmas, Lydia!”

[@ivy16x81]

JESSICA NORMAL im wheezing

[@margaritam.9118]

Yvette It sounds like a generic Sims character name xD

[@DhaniNMarie]

*CHRISTMAS SANTA CHRISTMAS* lol hallmark in a nutshell

[@emanuelrice1646]

This actually looks good. Kate McKinnon and James Franco have excellent chemistry.

[@kylemacdonald4653]

ikr

[@trifecta53]

Do you mean Chris Bearstick?

[@Missteree87]

Yeah as much chemistry as a lesbian woman and a bisexual man can have lol

[@snoflake82]

Nope, McKinnon is just a brilliant actor. (You’d have to be to convincingly seem like you’re not about to barf from having to kiss Franco 🤮)

[@metalgrinch]

"Once famous now very Christian actress, Meredith Devoe-Ellis!" Candace Cameron-Bure: am I a joke to you?

[@Gwildor2020]

These movies have made her worth $14 million so the joke is on us.

[@canaisyoung3601]

Also Lacey Chabert from the original 1990s version of Party of Five and was the original voice of Meg on Family Guy.

[@ianoble]

THIS should have been on the show.

[@peterbradfield2805]

Especially since Franco was killing it as "Prince Santa". "Bring my reindeer around," said into a cellphone, no less (Prince Santa definitely modernizes). Does that also mean that Prince Santa is a serial monogamous? What does he do with the former wives? I see a sequel (or perhaps prequel) made for these films over on say A&E or Crime Channel where it shows Prince Santa as a serial killer of his wives, and his elves are his conspirators. It would be entitled, "Bad Killer Santa" (and also starring Franco).

[@kokolatte825]

@@peterbradfield2805 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀 I'm dead. This whole comment had me dying! Or was it "Prince Santa" ...

[@tejaswoman]

So many of their best sketches end up here marked "cut for time."

[@icesk8ergal1123]

No shame, I would totally watch this along with every other Christmas movie from Hallmark!

[@phxntom3838]

the christmas christmas christmas song at the end is too underrated

[@magenbowley4137]

"This is our Super Bowl." LMFAO!

[@wallywest2517]

I clicked on this just to see that guy who is never in skits, and whenever he is in a skit the cut it. Glad he got one almost 20 words this time.

[@EpicFandomVogue]

"HALLMARK: This is our Super Bowl." Soooo true!! Lol! 😂😂

[@McCrapweasel]

"And we are just blasting your ass with these!" 😂

[@masonpyle5929]

My mom and sister love these movies and this is spot on. I watch these movies to just say everything wrong with them.

[@Curt_Randall]

I never have understood "cut of time" sketches. After 40 years, you would think the show organizers would know that the show is always 90 minutes, and plan accordingly.

[@Ethan-dn1wc]

Curt Randall I assume it's in case they decide to pull a skit at the last minute.

[@kstreet]

It's not from poor planning. They test out a spare sketch or two that they're on the fence about during the dress rehearsals (in front of an audience too) a few hours before, and decide between dress and live show the bits they want to tweak or just ditch based on whether they flopped with the audience, the sketch isn't paying off with that specific host or maybe it's too technically challenging to risk screwing up on live TV. It's smart to have a backup sketch and means they can also offer some online-only content that get millions of views on YT.

[@canaisyoung3601]

Or, at the very least, extend the show to two hours.

[@peachbabygyrl]

Don't forget Candace Cameron Bure. And there maybe one non white person here and there, but they'll have a small part and never a lead part. I'm glad someone else noticed.

[@KaylaMarie_]

Jacob Sigler but most people are lol

[@redwingdog22]

clariola so why all the uproar ?

[@redwingdog22]

Jayson Crady why make a movie with sexuality of 1% of population as the focal point of a character?

[@redwingdog22]

Jayson Crady if you watched Hallmark movies, you would know they are in the movies

[@redwingdog22]

Jayson Crady Then your argument has no point, like the Will and Grace return. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@chulumancosifuba4889]

1:03 HER BLACK FRIEND WITH NO BACKSTORY I LOST IT!!

[@esterlind1983]

I hate these movies but still watch them. I have a problem 😂

[@brooklyn9392]

They're so bad but it doesn't feel like Christmas if you don't watch them 😂

[@i_only_simp_for_myself800]

Brooklyn exactly lmao. Tbh the only good thing they have is that you can truly watch them with your family and kids without fearing that a sex scene or crazy violence will show up and then embarrass you. I only watch so I will truly feel that it’s Christmas, they’re the few kinds of movies that I can watch with my grandmother and young niece, and it’s sometimes great to take a break from the psycho, dramatic, sex obsessed plots, even if the story is too predictable.

[@winslowbarger692]

I love Hallmark! What a wonderful line-up of new movies. It truly wouldn't be Christmas without the Hallmark Channel!

[@aysumaysu]

„What? It’s Prince Santa!“ That’s the moment when I lost it 🤣🤣🤣

[@guyfawkes9951]

Hallmark = "Every man is a Prince, every woman is a Princess". Lifetime = "Every man is a cheating, lying, murdering, drunken, abusive asshole. Every woman is a Princess."

[@joannryan3180]

Quantity over quality, lol. So true

[@ParisDylan1]

What's an actor got to do to get cast in one of those?! I've been trying for years!

[@Ethan-dn1wc]

parisdylan be Canadian.

[@ParisDylan1]

Haha, I'll see what I can do!

[@historylvr8000]

parisdylan They've had a few Americans on there, Dean Cain has been in some, Joey Lawrence, and Wes Brown to name a few... You have the Hallmark look...so keep trying! Lol

[@ParisDylan1]

Haha, true! Thanks for the support :) ...i'll keep on the grind...

[@thewizardofoz511]

Lol what kind of work have you done bud?

[@MsTalkingmovies]

I love watching Hallmark-movies but I have to admit that this is sooo true ;-)

[@pdxorbust27]

Canadian handsome, Chris Bearstick!!

[@j.j.9511]

Remember to Hallmark Black people aren't allowed to be the lead characters.

[@maddii34u]

Jonathan J. Or Lifetime Channel 😆😆 But I heard Lifetime changing that now!

[@batwayne1678]

There was like one lifetime movie where the lead was a black girl. 😂 Just one

[@maddii34u]

Bat Wayne lmao which one??? They did do one in Puerto Rico.

[@batwayne1678]

madz4prez "Killer Coach." It's a swimming one.

[@maddii34u]

Bat Wayne Thanks! I'll look it up.

[@thatonegirlelaine]

Christina Milian was in a Hallmark movie about a woman who gets stuck in a snow globe, so this is spot on.

[@ovoDaniel]

*I’ve never seen something so accurate in my life lmfao*

[@koldfya]

Is it bad i wanna see Prince Santa

[@ayishas4385]

Yes, and I want to see it too!!!

[@JamoSimcity47]

This should've aired 😂😂😂. Best part was, "we're blasting your ass with these!" 0:49

[@sajateacher]

Chris Bearstick is actually our Prime Minister.

[@YoureMadjusteee]

"Rudolph, Will you bring my slay around*Pause* Whaaaa" Lmao Bro I swear, I've been in the home for one full day & my mom has been on a constant Hallmark binge like this is point on!! SNL play too much but I love you guys

[@CKBrooke]

I would actually watch that snow globe one 😆

[@joshuahoward6845]

This is honestly too real, lol

[@ruckusrevolution9475]

I think it's funny SNL knows how many of these are filmed in Ottawa 🤣🤣

[@emmahernandez860]

Okay. But when are these movies premiering? I need to set my DVR.

[@cjsmith1402]

Meridith Devoe-Ellis is TOTALLY supposed to be a spoof of Candace Cameron-Buré! Hahaha 😂😂😂

[@mew10521]

I would watch young and Prince Santa

[@aishaupmanyu9677]

I feel attacked for still watching these movies and liking them despite of knowing all this🤣

[@babyvision6924]

"Accedentally becomes a princess" Hate it when that happens

[@annelisejr]

“He works too much so it’s okay to cheat on him “ 😂😂😂🙈🙈🙈

[@mafiastud6558]

OMG I'm wetting pants.....That was so hysterical!

[@frequently_unavailable9527]

When she said it's quantity over quality. I felt that, like seriously that's whats Hallmark is all about.

[@marcusvachon845]

"Quantity over quality"

[@VioletNKisHere]

I thought this was a real hallmark ad at first.

[@AppleFish]

"Rudolph, will you bring my sleigh around?" "What??" 😂😂😂

[@BDizzleNY06]

"Christmas is almost here and on the Hallmark Channel we won't let you forget it." LMAO!!

[@racheljaii3320]

I know they’re all like this but I still love them and can’t get enough

[@derlinclaire1778]

Ottawa,where Danny Aykroyd was born,and raised.Also,the actor who plays the funny store manager on the NBC TV show"SuperStore".Ottawa is the capital of Csnada,just as Washington,DC is our capitsl,friends.Also,contrary to what,s stated in this comedy skit,I believe that some Hallmark Christmas movies were probably also filmed in British Columbia,on Canada,s west,Pacific coast,especially settings with mountains on view.The Canadian Rockies run through British Columbia,so it,s a favorite site for stories involving mountains.

[@paulthenerdycat4139]

Only 21 movies!? They’re really going quality over quantity!

[@reneeangely8446]

Even before Halloween they’re showing Christmas movies!

[@jasminewinters6533]

😂 I still love those movies even though this is true. “We are just blasting your ass with these!” 😂😂

[@lauramiller1772]

“It’s either me or Christmas, Lydia”

[@allyestrada4438]

Quantity over Quality, people! Lol

[@JG-mp5nb]

James Franco a Prince!

[@lexxstrum]

OK, I work in retail here in 2021: we got a box of Christmas movies. I thought the lady on the cover looked familiar; turns out the 3 titles in there had the same couple as the main leads! I had to show my coworkers this sketch to show "life imitates art!"

[@emmamueller3921]

stop i watched two whole hallmark movies this year for actors i love and they literally had the same exact set and costumes and everything down to the cable knit SWEATER

[@jennykateb2879]

I love Hallmark, and this is SO TRUE

[@r.j.whitaker]

The black actor with no back story is so true! I noticed that last year,they cast a couple of Hispanic 👩🏽‍🍳 co-stars with no back story. Progress👍

[@aceaceron1026]

Don't forget to make the male love interest a widower with two kids.

[@grantholmes3615]

“It’s quantity over quality people and we’re just blasting your ass with these!” 😂😂😂 IM DEAD

[@GlitterC8k]

My mom is obsessed with Hallmark. This really hits the nail on the head. Why was it cut for time?!?

[@julieemeanuwa4570]

Literally all season long I've been asking myself: "Wait! How do I know that actor?" Then after a quick Google search, I'm like "Oh...yeah! From that show/movie!"

[@sga3084]

How was this cut??!!! Every movie is basically "White Christmas"(you know, white people falling in love during Christmas)

[@MysticGameStudios]

I showed this to my mom and she said "I think I've seen the ice skating one"

[@dominiqueodom3099]

1:22 That's Miss Martian from Young Justice

[@amandahood7809]

Chris Bearstick 😂

[@mmtheme752]

1:17 - 1:25 "OMG! That is SO fetch!"

[@thiswasanaccident2.064]

This is so true

[@TelikiMouse]

Everything in this is so true especially the black co worker/best friend with no backstory trope XD.

[@selenarichardson4964]

😂😂😂😂😂 my mom watches these movies every year. I am screaming

[@loganclayton3684]

I would watch all of these

[@RoyalMasterpiece]

😂😂😂 I sill love Hallmark!

[@Tappystree]

My grandma watches these non stop. Very accurate.