Debbie Downer: Thanksgiving Dinner - SNL

Debbie Downer’s (Rachel Dratch) comments on feline AIDS, small pox, eczema and food poisoning during Thanksgiving dinner makes everyone leave the table, even the turkey. With Luke Wilson, Amy Poehler, Fred Armisen and Horatio Sanz. [Season 30, 2004]
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[@johnmac91]

Rachel Dratch has the perfect face for this character.

[@BrianCScott-br2cu]

Rachel Dratch was PERFECT to be Maris Crane...............

[@hankthetank8039]

Too bad Michael Jackson never found his perfect face.

[@aceburgers8801]

@wmfivethree same

[@DiscoDashco]

Of course she does! - Rachel Dracz created her and co wrote the scripts : )

[@PC2000]

@@hankthetank8039 *wah wahhhhh*

[@chompet123]

I'm pretty sure she wasn't informed about the walking turkey, she looked legitimately surprised when it started to move!

[@kylestubbs8867]

No, I think she was satisfied with being right about its disapproval.

[@sha11235]

+chompet123 I liked it in the Disney one when they cracked up and tried to hold it in.

[@sasohal]

+sha11235 The disney debbie downer is an SNL all time clip - they talk about it in the SNL documentary thats shown on VH1

[@dagshadowville]

+NapsterDawson Which is of course the one version they don't have on youtube.

[@ernest747]

bullshit

[@albundy6008]

I used to work with a woman like her. If you commented on what a nice day it was, she would have to point out that all that sunshine increased your chances of getting skin cancer.

[@f0xyvixen]

Well she’s definitely not lying.

[@fuzzy6813]

that would be my mother....😔

[@cindyvargas9277]

Al Bundy What did you you do about it?

[@bernadettepotenti301]

I've me a lot of Debbie downers in my day especially when I was a cna every day there was unnecessary drama and negativity just sayin

[@chickmagnet1497]

* Womp.... waaaawww... *

[@BillyReplies]

"Guess who's got eczema?" is quite possibly one of the funniest lines ever written. The writers and Rachel Dratch are treasures to comedy.

[@ellendinkelmann9342]

i don't think she knew that turkey was supposed to move xD

[@BacadoTheSkoggy]

Maybe it wasn't supposed to move

[@christophercampbell628]

She might have known, but she might not have seen it in action yet or had time to rehearse seeing it move. I've done a little comedy acting before, and it takes a lot of practice to not laugh.

[@liljill6500]

She didn’t!

[@jayhgoodwin]

"I'm sure (Grandma) loved most of you" 😂

[@jackbaradog]

"I'll tell you what the pilgrims did bring... smallpox"

[@coreylineberry8557]

*Sad Trombone WAAAAAAH-WAH*

[@fuzzy6813]

😂

[@sharonsmalls6846]

@@markdavis7397 Truth!!!

[@johnnysacrimoni2404]

Big whoop

[@julieporter7805]

She's right. It's just the inopportune times to share it.

[@ObscuredByTime]

Rachel Dratch deserves so much credit for this character. It fits her face to a fking tee. Only she could pull this off so perfectly. It's like she was searching her mind for a comedy sketch, took a look in the mirror and said "Bingo (wah wah waaaahhh)."

[@meghanwilliams4295]

Debbie's facial expressions, along with that ridiculous horn, has me headed to an early grave...🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂💀💀💀☠

[@soulstrength]

LOL...have you seen the Debbie Downer Disneyworld? HILARIOUS!!! THEY could even stop laughing. I think it was the first one.

[@Steve27775]

By the way, it's official, they've located my birth mother. Deceased.

[@soulstrength]

You caught me off guard, at work! LOL LOL

[@sammytheusername6818]

Steve27775 *leaves table and brings food with*

[@Cjnw]

DCD / décédée

[@fuzzy6813]

thank GOD......

[@chada75]

Whoop Whamm

[@andrewc.2952]

I love this series but seriously- she's super educated and has insight on international affairs and I just love it.

[@TheGreatAwesome]

I don't know if this is sarcastic. But, no, she isn't super educated. She's a horrible person who has collected all of the world's miseries in her tiny brain and obsesses on them and then takes pleasure in making everyone as miserable as her.

[@tedb4150]

debbie downer keeps it real

[@chickmagnet1497]

at all the wrong times lol

[@user-sy3fj1yn1x]

Real down!

[@glenncalzada1707]

Yes. Real depressing. That's not a way to live.

[@amstephens2449]

Hey

[@paulswatsell5209]

I love Rachel s eyes

[@JamesBWBevis]

Especially when she's not being Debbie Downer. They're gorgeous.

[@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

These 'Debbie Downer' episodes are so funny because they remind us of people we know that are like that. I personally know of at least two 'Debbie Downer' people in my life, lol.

[@jennfischer959]

Right!

[@HighlanderNorth1]

👉 I can think of thousands of modern day "Debbie Downers". They don't use that term anymore though. Now they refer to themselves using 2 new terms: "SJW's" and "Antifa". 😖

[@gabrielclark2907]

@@HighlanderNorth1 *womp wump*

[@phoenix0282]

@@HighlanderNorth1 dont forget Woke

[@HighlanderNorth1]

@@phoenix0282 Oh yeah, how could I have forgotten them..... If behaving like that equals being "woke", I'd start calling myself "sleep", so that no one mistakenly lumps me in with that group of fools.

[@childofpersia1213]

Debbie Downer is very smart. "What other things do you know Debbie? Do tell."

[@iwillnotbesilent]

So much of us are so busy finding fault with everything that we have forgotten our sense of humor. Debbie Downer cracks me up!

[@akiman712]

Oh the sounds r killing me. When she asked did u guys get tested? And u hear that little *womp womp ..i was in tears

[@hotmoms8951]

"And you gave that speech about feline AIDS." "It's the number one killer of domestic cats." *meeeoowww* *meeeoowww*

[@theos1022]

Someone on the writing staff must know my wife. 😂

[@theresac9099]

Theo Smith 😂💀😂

[@heathertackett7956]

Theo must be married to my cousin! He just doesn't know us because we quit inviting her..lol

[@lovetoread9042]

Lol

[@simplybeautiful6498]

I am very so sorry... I have a Cousin with the Downer Syndrome and it sucks the air out of the room every time...😑 Funny but NOT!

[@oxfordpictionary]

Rodney Dangerfield! 🤣

[@laurenw.8178]

I love Rachel Dratch, she's always so on point (she's actually from the same town as me, and graduated from the same middle and high school too!) ❤

[@Ciclopea2]

"Well, i guess it's just you and me, Mr. Turkey" so funny XD

[@Cjnw]

4:23 - #MeghanTrainor: #MrAlmost Debbie's Thanksgiving turkey 😛

[@stevarino1989]

3:55, her face when it cuts back to Mark. I'm dying.

[@MJ-dh6pu]

You know who's excited about Christmas? The credit card company.

[@thereisnosanctuary6184]

Wahhh, wahhhhhh!

[@vincentaurelius2390]

Debbie Downer needs a friend like the Target Lady.

[@amberoleary724]

2:31 Poehler's face is twitching cause she's holding back a cackle lmao

[@AgentDerevko]

3:42 "AL - KI-ADA" LOL

[@Cjnw]

Amen

[@natureandphysics403]

I love the hesitant zooms! Even the camera guy is depressed.

[@kylerainey6315]

Honestly every dinner needs someone like this

[@aboodlifetv778]

The walking turkey really got me so good 😂😂

[@wintersbattleofbands1144]

My mother is a version of this. Can't tell her anything without it being spun into something at least mildly negative. Had to finally confront her on it.

[@johncooper705]

I can be walking around my apartment doing random jobs and suddenly go MEOW MEOOOOW!

[@BusterChestnut]

Debbie was just too woke for her time. These close minded simpletons weren't ready for the truth.

[@vivianamartinez9355]

You said it.

[@donaldwarnick3412]

I love when people refuse too speak like an adult. Then wonder why nobody takes them seriously.

[@maureencarey4769]

I agree with you! She was willing to "go there" as they say and talk about the topics that most people would be too afraid to discuss. She was too "woke" for her time and that's why she alienated everyone at the dinner table.

[@whatthefrickbro]

BusterChestnut it was 2004

[@alicelu5691]

no wonder they put them into a hospital....

[@southparkboyproductions6040]

Thanksgiving 2019 and I’m watching this again!

[@robbirob557]

2021 now

[@lulun3724]

“ Living on the down-Low” Lol 😂 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sphynxkittens5894]

😂😂😂😂 I replayed that part 10 times😂😂

[@daleandrews9356]

I think practically everyone knows someone like this. It's called "raining on someone's parade!"

[@IWasAPepper]

There was a whole turkey on the table and they were eating sliced turkey.

[@MadableStudios]

Ding

[@MadableStudios]

Lol you should watch cinemasins!

[@panther1203]

Illuminati confirmed

[@KaySquared202]

Pepper Downer

[@MadamBateman]

IWasAPepper Ha! That bothered me too.

[@reganwolf4405]

"you know who is excited about x-mas?" Your credit card company 🤣🤣🤣🤪😅🤭

[@soulstrength]

2:36 I love how they cut to the turkey! Great job camera crew! LOL

[@TheMariavb89]

Rachael Dratch is a serious gem. I need all the Rachael Dratch scenes compiled in a playlist, youtube!

[@Chu_Nyanning]

I’m actually the Debbie Downer of my family. But I use a happy tone in my voice to make it sound funny which makes it even more *”wah-wah”*

[@theCharmed1Nisha]

Me too!

[@ronniewoodinsteadofmt2615]

For the love of GOD . I’m sure everyone in your family lives to hear your stories. And self admitted? Go take a walk .!!

[@sammyeagleson5352]

"and that was before we got around to shattering their spirit" the way she looks at the camera😂😂😂

[@BoRaiChoWins]

She makes the greatest faces. Thats what makes these sketches hilarious

[@stinkiebhlood6473]

Kind of a downer when you realize she tellin the absolute truth but simply at the wrong damn time....

[@ladyreverie7027]

Literally she is spitting facts about Thanksgiving.

[@E.C.2]

Watching TV is a downer.

[@n3493]

3:25 Debbie always keepin it real xD the faces she does after, are so cute!

[@annerako]

3:54 Amy's trying to keep it together, lol

[@_ttnxo]

2:31 and 2:56 lol

[@angelwild9145]

She is absolutely hysterical! 🤡🤣❤️✌️🎉🏙🐉👍🏻

[@starlight2815]

I actually like Debbie Downer, she speaks truth!

[@enuphsayd9746]

I need someone like her to bring to my next family gatherings. They're a bunch of conservatists.

[@yeahthatshouldwork]

@@enuphsayd9746 spelled "conservatives"

[@enuphsayd9746]

@@yeahthatshouldwork Definition of conservatist : one who supports conservative forces, principles, or ideas --Merriam Webster

[@waykool698]

EnuffSaid ok?

[@Snailsgale]

I love this so much. I am totally like her and it takes so much effort not to comment on air pollution when someone mentions a beautiful sunset lol

[@ytyt3922]

I don’t know how she manages to get through this without cracking up, especially the close-ups combined with the “funny” noises

[@Iceis_Phoenix]

It's not funny thats why.

[@n3493]

@@Iceis_Phoenix it's so funny 🤣🤣

[@sakuramiku1856]

Debbie Downer is literally my friend, we would have a normal conversation and then suddenly she's like "in the town next to mine a young boy died because he was brutally murdered"

[@billgateskilledmyuncle23]

Pretty sure the oven would've killed the bacteria, Debbie. Meow, meooow.

[@notmyrealname9296]

It's so funny because what Debbie says is actually true.

[@IntergalacticSpaceKitten]

Her almost cracking up over the turkey made it even funnier. Lmao

[@georgiethumbs2438]

It must be hard as hell to do this skit without laughing.

[@AquaMarino]

every sing time

[@ChaCha.44]

The birthday party one with Ben Affleck is one of the best, they are all pretty much losing it, especially Ben! I think the only one who didn’t get that close to breaking character was Fred Armison 😂🤣😂🤣

[@X2Magneto]

@@ChaCha.44 Yeah, I think the Affleck one is actually the dress rehearsal version because everybody loves watching these just watch the cast crack.

[@ChaCha.44]

@@X2Magneto I agree with you there! It’s always, ALWAYS hilarious when the actors break or almost break character! I admit I love watching them try with all the power within them to keep in character, hehehe!!!!! Is that mean of me? Maybe a little 😉 (but it just adds some more great comedy to more [usually] great comedy, making the skits even better! Sometimes the skits aren’t even really that funny imo until one or more of the actors actually start to break character…or, even better…they actually end up doing it!! It’s ALWAYS such a beautiful thing! 🤣 😂

[@scottnielsen1553]

See the skit where they are at Disney World. They all loose it.Too funny

[@bobsnow6242]

That "living on the down low" line went right over the audience's head.

[@enuphsayd9746]

#DebbieDownerIsBack and this time that part will make sense in this #Woke era.

[@childofpersia1213]

Meow meow lol

[@southernoregoncatmom6519]

Child of Persia -They also used the Feline Aids bit in the Debbie Downer at Disney World Sketch!

[@blackdogvideoempire6303]

She's 100% right about the settlers.

[@elizabethcosslett8937]

I want more Debbie Downer skits!!

[@braydend8209]

It’s one day away from thanksgiving, I’m watching this super soon too

[@CarterACE-fx6dv]

:17 in and Amy already is trying not to break character. lmao!

[@KaySquared202]

Debbie’s droppin truth bombs tho

[@krelbar]

Y'know, I always thought Amy Poehler looked like a "Michelle'.

[@chellelaw667]

As a Michelle, I totally agree.

[@michellethomas5893]

Agreed!

[@Ellllllnesssyyy]

😁

[@michellemccoy7624]

What does that mean?

[@krelbar]

@@michellemccoy7624 She looks like a lot of women named Michelle I know.

[@bderrick4944]

Wow seeing this really makes you realize how much more entertaining it is when they actually break character

[@NESherv]

I knew a guy like this. I saw him at work all the time. He was in his 50s. No matter how hard I tried to lift his spirits (sometimes blatantly), his outlook was always down. If I could sum up his entire essence in one word, it would be, "Sigh..." Literally the only thing he would ever talk to me about was how bad the economy looked. I always tried to change the subject or inject a little bit of optimism into the conversation, but it never seemed to make a dent. Nice enough guy otherwise, but a real drag to be around after a while.

[@MrLikesEverything]

+NESherv I knew someone like that at my work too. It was always something about his apartment or working too much or his son or traffic, etc. It's like, man, you WOKE UP this morning alive right?

[@dero_oan]

+MrLikesEverything my Sociology teacher always finds a reason to hate our country. Things include the food lacks art, how our historical figures made all the wrong choices, how we are socially is barbaric, how we eat is idiotic, etc.

[@yungpo9853]

NESherv His whole essence was sigh... Lol!

[@Feare909]

Was his name Norman Krasner?

[@ItsBriiiiii]

go on vacation and contract malaria or mosquito borne diseases.....wah wahhhhh

[@tgguitarguy]

1:49 That line was really strange and awkward enough but Debbie made me roll on the floor with her interjection xD

[@michelleottley5292]

Negative Nancy that's my mom lmao 😂

[@bcasa3376]

Debbie on point about shattering the spirit of the Native Americans 🙌🏾

[@TangoSierra888]

The way she almost lost it when the turkey got up & walked away 😂😂

[@Mitch-rd9gs]

I love how the “wah-wah” could be substituted with the different sounds of farts.

[@sint0xicateme]

Aww young Seth Meyers. Also, I am a Debbie Downer :(

[@booldawg]

wah! waaaaaaah!

[@hertzair1186]

Perhaps before he became a socialist...

[@iminavegetativestatestudio1730]

@@hertzair1186 you are pulling a straw-man fallacy. He is not a socialist because socialists believe that 100% of industry and the means of production must be publicly owned, and that wealth will be 100% equally distributed. The policies in Europe and canada is not socialism, its social democracy.

[@elisecode2212]

he's attractive

[@AttilatheThrilla]

Amy’s face in all of these is just amazing.. Barley holding it together 😂

[@bella_bagans]

Why is this in my recommended the day *AFTER* Thanksgiving😂

[@neverthesame7887]

It's called LEFT-OVERS!!

[@violetnewstead2586]

One of the greatest ever! Funny shit. We have all met this chick.

[@albundy6008]

Violet Newstead yeah, every night on BSNBC.

[@KerayZ]

No wonder I don't get invited to family gatherings *wuuuh wuuuuh*

[@bananabread162]

Marc: will you marry me Girl: OMG yes!(kisses) Debbie: did you know when two people kiss on the lips they extract over billions of germs in just a few milliseconds

[@ernstjohannes37]

i love the ending

[@sidharthchand8072]

This is so my mom 😂

[@TheAaronmcmahon11]

Funny skit, you know what's not funny? Depression, thousands of people take their own lives every year. Whhha waaaaa.

[@masteryoda7780]

Lol the end though

[@davelo3506]

Should've just called her Debbie Realistic.

[@Jimmy-qj6fc]

reality is a downer.

[@eslteacherful]

Yup... she definitely is a downer, but at least she talks about the truth :))) She is "woke" lol

[@fayk1913]

It’s 2020 That part about the Chinese, got me:/

[@Pemberjas]

The way he pronounced al-qaeda and amy poehler’s face after.

[@hadleyedwards9412]

this skit is 13 years old today!!

[@Mitch6697]

At least she keeps it real. Need me a friend like that

[@iwannasleepplz]

It's hilarious and also true about the things that she's sayin' at the same time. where are old SNL writers?

[@tatehildyard5332]

+Emuru “iwannaslpplz” Mudkip Working on sitcoms that all ended already.

[@BrittneySamoneSilver]

"I'm sure your grandma was a great lady and really loved most of ya." 😂

[@stoptheviolence3358]

Her statements followed by the trombone and the camera stare for me laughing so hard

[@joeclayton2121]

even the turkey got up and left ......hahahahahahaha

[@treycarroll1283]

“Guess who’s got eczema.”

[@Johnflugelhorn]

GO! Debbie GO! You cleared the entire table!

[@moneyreadings]

there is no way that she was warned about the turkey lmbo hahaha im crying at that reaction right now.

[@donaldtramp3861]

Debbie just needs a friend 🤗🤗🤗

[@imaladywith3]

This is still hilarious in 2019🤣🤣🤣

[@enuphsayd9746]

I'm here from 2020 😁 revisiting bc her character is back!

[@veronicadavanzo2064]

"Did you guys get tested?" -Me

[@sphynxkittens5894]

LMFAO

[@greenlee7smythe]

Omg at 4:11 Seth got too “irritated” and almost spilled the food off of his plate but he caught it but lost his silverware lmao 😂

[@oldcutler100]

very funny, the cat meow sound effect was great

[@siri3441]

I'm a Debby downer. Also, who else has the theme song memorized?

[@MSP_aviation]

The ultimate speaker of truth.

[@negroslife3339]

I love to watch where Fred is in. His presence alone tells its worth t watch.🤪😅✨

[@theman1412]

3:31 Debbie does have a point. (The 2006 movie "Blood Diamond" touched on this)