Lisa from Temecula - SNL

[@annieoddo1475]

She really broke every person in the sketch including herself and it’s the best thing I’ve seen in a long time lmao

[@SweetLoveTarot]

Pedro swears it was Bowen breaking that put him over the edge because he "Never" breaks.

[@R0NR0N099]

IT WAS SO GOOD She had to laugh at it herself🙌🤣🤣🤣

[@jennydykstra9510]

Even the extras!!

[@AdelAribi-c5n]

​@@SweetLoveTarot 2:55 YUP

[@Frogs84]

That’s why I’m here 😊

[@VegasAceVII]

Pedro's burst of laughter is the sweetest thing. This whole scene is hilarious. She killed it.

[@bebejeebies1583]

I love how the chair fell, she put her foot on his knee and he reached out to hold it steady.

[@Shskfjekdnf38587]

Sometimes I wonder if they’re told to break…

[@Skysdalimit247]

That in Bowens laughter. I'm trying to cover his face as well thought out laughing.

[@indierock110]

@@Shskfjekdnf38587 they were usually told not to from what I know over the years but when they do I personally love it, this is hilarious 😂 Bowen usually holds it together 😂

[@nancymcmonarch]

@@Shskfjekdnf38587 Thank you! It's happening WAY too often, and it just detracts from the skits, imo. It's hard to immerse myself in whatever bizarre situation they're trying to create when they can't commit to their own characters.

[@kellygreengables3936]

This is a formal request to let Ego lead more sketches. She was so committed here! Ego's sketches/characters (Loco, weary woman, Dionne Warwick, etc.) are so underrated, we need more!!

[@jakeb3095]

Edith pushy

[@alexvasquez537]

I love her

[@Tao_Tology]

And all it took was a bunch of the cast leaving before they, finally, gave her more time.

[@sidgrim]

I sing Loco all the time

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

@@jakeb3095 🤣😂🤣

[@scruffd0g193]

The best skit of season 48 so far, Pedro couldn’t hold in his laughter and Bowen breaking was the icing in the cake.

[@nancymcmonarch]

I remember when they hired cast members with the self discipline to STAY in character. Anyone can blow the role.

[@jatoarkanen4435]

Bowen broke HARD

[@candiceejones]

It's kinda fun when they break character once in a while. Chill out, mom. @@nancymcmonarch

[@davinaclaire3150]

@@nancymcmonarch is that a joke?

[@nancymcmonarch]

@@davinaclaire3150 Not even a little bit. On the new show this Saturday they did some very challenging skits, and almost nobody broke character. It was a huge improvement.

[@cookieeaturface]

They need to give Ego more absurd characters like this. She can really carry a sketch.

[@lisa438321]

We need a recurring sketch with Lisa and Shayna

[@Mia7189]

'Lisa? Yes, Antonio'...@3:21.

[@scottbutler5421]

The table was crazy but when she said "why? Because we're black?" Broke down everything 😂😆

[@coolboss999]

Debbie Downer Disney World rings bells

[@wrestlo]

@@coolboss999 OMG yes!!! I was thinking that when everyone broke!

[@keeleybee18]

The way Pedro laughs after seeing Bowen break is my favorite part 😂

[@felleroerdere3351]

lol mine was when Ego's face comes into the corner of the screen as she's gnawing on this steak brick and you can hear Bowen crack and then Pedro laughs at Bowen laughing. She's fuckin hoovering that thing right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKnbdJStbJmjqs0

[@benjaminscherliss4594]

Pedro was on Seth Meyers tonight and specifically blamed Bowen for taking them all down fully when he throws-down his utensil 😂

[@peggynunez391]

Seeing Bowen break was my favorite part.

[@dressedindreams2198]

Pedro is amazing in this cause on top of ALL the chaos he picks up the stool that falls and then holds her ankle like autopilot making sure she doesn’t slip even though he’s hanging on by a thread himself

[@Tazerboy_10]

🤔

[@djjones8756]

She had me when she said “imma tear this thing up” 😂

[@DavePolo1]

Had me in tears.

[@jaydapper]

ME, TOOOOOOOO! 😂😅

[@sailonbird]

And COOK MA MEAT !😂😂😂

[@2goblinsinatrenchcoat]

SAME 😂

[@kab9706]

She had me when she first said "Mm-hm, COOK my meat"

[@Caprieye789]

The sangria jar in the middle of the table deserves an Emmy

[@lkx5257]

It held on to dear life like omg

[@johnathans9432]

It deserve best supporting actress

[@Vejur9000]

Facts. I kept waiting for that shit to topple, in the middle dying laughing.

[@alikaalex]

The only one in the sketch that *didn’t* break!

[@domekichikara1639]

Ese trago es navegado (trago que se sirve en chile )

[@laalaa99stl]

There were NO survivors. This sketch broke everyone! Kudos to all the SNL staffers under the the table! 🤣

[@kellygreengables3936]

Why didn't I realize that there were probably people moving the table until this comment. That explains a lot lol

[@anthonyriche552]

They were doomed from the start 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mairarodriguez1525]

Lol 🤣

[@UandMeGod]

I just died! 🤣🤣🤣

[@nadecha5326]

They were actually having sex to give the table extra bump

[@rachelh2731]

Bowen's reaction to Ego's "oh, cause we black?" And then Pedro's reaction to Bowen... priceless lmfao

[@katierowen3166]

I think that was my favorite part!

[@shortysherbet]

you can see the extra behind her almost choke on his drink when she says it LMAO

[@deeobrien5417]

That was amazing!

[@drbkap3]

Definitely seemed ad libbed. Molly's face was also a sight to see! Ego is amazing, and it's nice to see her shine now that she can. Sad to see Kate, Aidy, and Cecily go, but it gives some of the others a chance.

[@Santos043]

@@shortysherbet I thought nobody noticed, that guy choked in his coffee 🤣🤣

[@kent.merritt]

Pedro was on one of the late night shows talking about this sketch. They almost cut it from the live show after it bombed during dress rehearsal. They made a few changes, mainly making the table shake a lot more, and decided to keep it in the show. Turned out to be the best sketch of the night.

[@qualityconcepts5762]

I'm glad they kept it in cuz the girl that played her was funny asf lol

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

​@@qualityconcepts5762 Ego Nwodim, a KING!!!

[@laurenm7669]

which show was he on?!

[@qualityconcepts5762]

@@laurenm7669 this was from SNL one of the skits.

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

​@@laurenm7669 he was on Seth Meyers

[@PatriciaA572]

She broke the internet, SNL Writers/producers and colleagues. This never gets old

[@Tezramut]

I don't know why, but the fact that it went from "She's the only sister I got!" to "Bish, we the youngest of 6 girls...?" just COMPLETELY caught me off guard and KILLED me. 😂😂😂

[@Ffejro12256]

I missed that. Great line overshadowed by laughter.

[@vannaty7]

Me too! I was dying! 😂😂😂😂

[@isaiahheathyahoocom]

I’ve watched this skit like 100 times, and just put that together 😂😂😂

[@TNDCBaby]

Yes! Why did she call her out like that? 😆

[@lrios4456]

😂😂😂

[@hg82met]

Pedro has the cutest laugh when he breaks. He seems like a thoroughly likeable guy.

[@Southernblonde1310]

I am ashamed to admit I wasn't really sure who he was until I started watching TLOU and then I suddenly got flashbacks to him in Game of Thrones. I loved him in Game of Thrones, but that series (much like TLOU) is so tragic that I had blacked it out. He seems so delightful and playful and I like him a lot.

[@Bilu0113]

@@Southernblonde1310 Watch the "Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent"

[@dalaweez]

@@Southernblonde1310 Don't forget he was also in the Kings Men sequel too!

[@hudsonja]

@@Southernblonde1310 check him out in The Mandalorian, even as a casual star wars person I love the show

[@youtube-kit9450]

It felt so natural that he laughed at that that I deadass thought for the first 2 times it was supposed to be nervous laughter written in the script, lol.

[@missnene8339]

When she said, "Why because we're black?", and Bowen dropped that fork laughter, that just did it for me! This sketch was too funny!

[@longochu8588]

And the guy behind her was about to spit his coffee.

[@caram3lcub]

@@longochu8588 You can actually hear that extra behind her choke right after she says it!

[@cjay233]

@@longochu8588 I saw that too😂

[@licialee283]

It’s Ego looking right at Bowen before and after saying nothing. He really did break everyone in that moment.

[@dressedindreams2198]

Even the extra behind her loses it in his cup of coffee 😂

[@willt.9654]

Lisa going “I know that’s right!” to her sister saying she has terrible listening comprehension skills 😂

[@dudeitssog6148]

“Oh cuz we black?” Had to be improvised cuz there’s no way Bowen would’ve broke. And it is one of the best lines from this sketch

[@sfuterfas]

That and "Antonio Banderas".

[@bopowersmusic]

In an interview, I think they said that the line was actually written, but the decision to cut to that side of the table for a reaction was made right before the sketch aired, and Bowen was not aware of that. So he wasn't expecting to be on camera. Everything about that moment is so absurd and Bowen's reaction just takes it over the top!

[@dfri1985]

u can see the background actor visibly choke whilst fake sipping on his cup

[@oddity4all2see]

Yeah she totally improvised. I love when they break each other. They probably have a contest where the 1st one to break has to buy the booze and party favors after the show

[@billgatesleavingyamomshous8177]

We over here minding our business

[@brok3nboy]

I love how she realizes how hard she’s killing it right after Bowen starts to break.

[@zo81677]

Lmao the shock on her face when Bowen breaks is too funny!!!

[@RogerJayYang]

Yeah and Bowen throwing the fork was a great gesture for the moment. The comedic timing was on point this skit.

[@CJ-oq6xs]

His little giggle and "wrap it up" hand gesture at the very end is so cute. It's like he was begging the director to just please end this because he couldn't make it through another second. 😂

[@callmeshaggy5166]

Bowen & Pedro gave up even trying to hold it together almost immediately. Even at the end Bowen is just openly signalling to keep shaking the table 😂🤣

[@ReinaReiina]

His break was everything!

[@lucaswitherspoon4519]

Every time I watch this, I think, "Okay, it can't possibly be as hysterical as the first time," but I find myself in tears each time.

[@spencoid]

LUCAS!? FROM LIVEJOURNAL? Wild to stumble upon this comment

[@Jamaicansuen_24]

Definitely in tears🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@piinkmochii]

literally me right now, i cannot BREATHE 😭😭

[@robertantonnyc]

SAME

[@jazzinikki01]

Same 😂😂😂

[@octodaddy1602]

2:21 underrated assist from Pedro with the chair, what a gentlemen! He DEFINITELY tryin to get some butt tonight

[@andredrw289]

“Antonio Banderes over here trying to get some butt while he got Cujo living in the basement” took me all the way out

[@adriennedavila3456]

Same! Lol

[@victorcrowder5364]

When she said that I was in the floor 🤣😂🤣🤣

[@janicepeaches4875]

😂😂😂

[@zephyrhills8070]

Same

[@nawlincurly]

Took Pedro out too😂

[@MackDaddi]

The pitcher itself became a character in this sketch. 🤣

[@icantollie]

Pitchers are designed to have a low center of gravity when filled up to prevent their tipping over. This is a brilliant demonstration of the effectiveness of their engineering

[@hmfrias]

so true! I kept eyeballing it waiting to see it tip off the table 😅

[@zizzie4081]

The pitcher tipping was written into the sketch, that is one funny woman

[@Under_Sky_Third_Gaia]

Word

[@graciq321]

All I hear is OH YEAH in the Kool Aid man voice. 😂😂

[@MichaelLudden]

This needs to be a series now. Need more Lisa from Temecula

[@theTrend7]

🤣🤣🤣🤣YES!!! Always ordering terrible meals!

[@MagTheSag90]

One of the problems with new SNL is they dont have recurring characters anymore

[@stunninglymoii]

I agree

[@MichaelLudden]

@@theTrend7 personally I think they need to lean into the weird but stuff out of nowhere references 🤣🤣🤣

[@CC-si3cr]

@@MichaelLudden but = butt

[@erin4370]

2:56 I love love LOVE watching Pedro think he’s safe looking at Bowen and the busting the second he realizes he broke too 😂 I love when you can see Pedro painfully trying to refrain from laughing. Like his while body flinches😂I laugh the same way as him, body lunges forward and my laugh comes from my gut and throat like a over the top Jim Carey laugh bursting out, so I know that feeling and it makes so much better 😂

[@AA-qb7ni]

The skit is already hilarious but everyone breaking character and laughing makes it 10x funnier 😂😂😂

[@dennile_7355]

Literally It highkey felt like golden age snl where the jokes were hitting and everyone was having a fucking blast

[@shejean]

AA The Carol Burnett Show was like this in a lot of the sketches where they were never ‘retaken’. The TV audience saw the sketches as they were ‘filmed before a live audience’. The ones where Harvey Korman was almost NEVER straight-faced when he was in skits with Tim Conway. Tim could never NOT crack Harvey up. Hilarious! Carol, herself, had a hard time keeping a straight face, too! Loved it!!! Check out Tim as a dentist with a syringe of novocaine; and Harvey as his patient. A classic.

[@marquizzo]

At 0:03 you see Molly Kearney doesn't have a wine glass, so she tries to cheer into the air. Three seconds in, and this skit is already going off the rails. XD

[@charlesgong4510]

Debbie Downer Disney World

[@AA-qb7ni]

@@marquizzo omg 😂😂😂

[@cas4040]

That last “COOK my meat!” Fully did me in. Full circle. I have loved Ego for so long. She’s great in everything she does, even the cell phone commercials. 😂❤

[@joonasvuomajoki2636]

Bowen's reaction to that is priceless. He just completely breaks down. Just looks at someone standing off camera like "I can't handle this. I'm done."

[@jeralgrant]

The wide camera even shook from laughing at that last one. This sketch killed the whole studio.

[@joebrown479]

I say this all the time now: "...COOK my meat!..." with a lot of unnecessary attitude.

[@RasCricketSmallAxe]

She's been my crush for a long time. she's not only beautiful in this skit, she damn funny 😆

[@RasCricketSmallAxe]

@@joebrown479 It's a thing now, lol

[@Purplefoxsoul]

If this was the 90’s she’d get 5 sketches and a movie, I need more of her

[@tatefranz5812]

And a sitcom.

[@carloschambers8423]

"Cook my meat!" Is this week's "Hold on Madonna's calling me". Ego was a STAR in this skit!!

[@noncreativeguy7284]

I need a movie of Lisa from Temecula absolutely destroying Walmart in court

[@angelicaterry3367]

@@noncreativeguy7284 can you imagine the mayhem!

[@mione134]

🤣 True. We need more of Lisa

[@GTGoWGod]

That, "Oh cuz we black?!" line even got the extra drinking out of the coffee cup over Ego's left shoulder breaking character 😂😂😂

[@awfuleverything]

The best part is they changed it after dress rehearsal so that right after she says that it cuts to the 3 non-black people and they're supposed to look scared, but they couldn't get to Bowen in time to tell him so that's why he cracks up. Molly got the memo though so they react appropriately.

[@ccramit]

This skit is only 2 weeks old, but I come back to this when I'm having a bad day and everyone breaking just makes my day better.

[@illTortuga]

I just did this today 😂 I hope you have a great day tomorrow!

[@existenz01]

SRSLY!!!! #same

[@lyrafiddle]

Me too!

[@ncard00]

Fix your life so you don’t have bad days, don’t cure them with positive stuff, remove the negative stuff.

[@dafaq05]

@@ncard00 everyone has bad days, it's normal..

[@rene2033]

"Cook MY meat!" is gonna be one of those quotable lines I will never stop using now!! There's also something extra hilarious about this since I used to live in Temecula. 🤣🤣

[@lunayoshi]

Hi from Escondido! I clicked on this link because I know a bit about Temecula and wow, one of the best impulsive decisions I've made in a long time.

[@TrioneJohnson]

That lines regarding the steak was from the Black Jeopardy skit. I forget which one...

[@AmyReindl-c3n]

@@TrioneJohnson It's one of the prizes on the Black Jeopardy skit with Chadwick Boseman.

[@alexiswilliamsinc]

“Well Done Steaks” 😅 and the margarine containers, I think… It was my favorite and I don’t watch Chadwick’s skits much since that year. 💔

[@MmmK-f2v]

Ha ha my family lives in Temecula too!

[@kev3833]

Bowen in all the skits tonight. So proud. Love him. He deserves it because he’s so talented

[@cicalinarrot]

Absolutely, he's a future classic cast member.

[@Sillybillyilly]

I've yet to laugh at anything he's done.. but I like him nonetheless

[@FEARNoMore]

@@Sillybillyilly Tig o bitties!

[@ReadingswithDebbie]

Loving Bowen from England!!!

[@chronicalIyoffline]

I love him so much his podcast is hysterical too 🥹💞

[@boloreynoso3054]

2:55 love how Pedro looked at Bowen and broke too, it was such a genuine laugh, loves it xd

[@KeithDevaughnII]

She did so good it felt more like a prank on her co-actors.

[@MrMann0123]

Absolutely, that was my vibe about it.

[@PowerDiva]

Yep... I said it above, but I really wonder if 'why cuz we black' was a line that was not in the script. That moment seemed to break everyone, even the people in the background. It really feels like no one expected that line... esp Bowen who threw down his fork and gave up lol

[@badbiker666]

I was thinking that Ego changed up some shit after Dress Rehearsal! Took everybody by surprise.

[@GalaxyNexus1]

​@@PowerDiva it seemed as if much of what she did was improvised. And it all was amazing. 😂

[@PowerDiva]

@@GalaxyNexus1 it's interesting... I know that SNL is famously strict on stuff like that. Because it's a live show, Lorne Michaels expects them to stick to the script and you can get fired for going off book. But I also think maybe he's softened up recently, because there's been a few skits like this where it really seems like someone threw their castmates for a loop. It may also be a situation where she approved it ahead of time and they just didn't tell the cast. I can see the show allowing that. Either way she's pretty amazing, and this sketch was hilarious.

[@michaeljamesleslie]

"Oh...cause we're black" had me on the floor. I have watched it 20 times. Ego Nwodim becomes a star with this sketch. I loved when she asked about ketchup.

[@dawntaylor2669]

Yeah, I can't tell you how many times I've watched it. I was in tears from laughing.

[@amandahallman1091]

And the loud thump of the steak falling on the table sounded like a brick 😆

[@veiyi]

the man in the back when she said that had me

[@Squirrelnumberone]

You think it’s gone be nasty without ketchup?

[@angelicaterry3367]

@@Squirrelnumberone The way she delivers that line kills me every time

[@brooklyngiraffe]

Pedro is a class act. At 2:24 he cradles Ego’s ankle when she accidentally knocks over the chair and uses his knee for leverage. What a gentleman!

[@EmrahUncu]

And that make Pedro crack more.

[@drewlop]

Idk, mighta just been trying to get some of that butt

[@Tyrael112]

He's copping a feel now, but he ain't getting no butt tonight.

[@chelsearoses22]

@@Tyrael112 😅😅 No ifs and no BUTTS about it

[@dqniel1755]

Class act? He was trying to get some butt

[@TuckG360]

Lorne Michaels HATES it when cast members break during the skit. He must have been going nuts on this one. It's an instant classic. More, please!

[@nancymcmonarch]

Really? It's gotten to where I thought he was giving them bonuses for blowing the skits. Laraine, Gilda, Danny and John never sat around laughing at their own jokes, because they were professionals. But these days, more often than not, the cast just doesn't give a shit about keeping it real.

[@wcarroll920]

@@nancymcmonarch - What difference does that make?! If the audience genuinely and unexpectedly laughs then that should be the end result….

[@nancymcmonarch]

@@wcarroll920 Laughing because the cast is so unbelievably lazy and the whole thing has gone to hell is very different than laughing because the sketch is funny.

[@fenwar9060]

​@@nancymcmonarch Consider this, the reading rehearsals of certain skits coupled with time constraints, we're able to get this to live taping on the quick. It was during the performance that the cast realizes just how abysmally written it was and couldn't help but laugh. In truth, the sketch wouldn't work even if they didn't break character.

[@nancymcmonarch]

@@fenwar9060 That would almost make sense if they hadn't repeated the same horrible sketch just weeks later. Beating a dead horse won't make it tap dance.

[@tylercundiff9975]

Props to Molly for preemptively knocking the wine over AWAY from Pedro at 1:40! Between that, Pedro helping Ego with the chair, Punkie making sure the whole pitcher didn't go, and Bowen trying to wrap things up, it was really sweet seeing everyone support each other through the collective break 😂

[@thedeejaeebee5babee]

I caught that too! I think she was trying to save the clothes too, by spilling it away from everyone.

[@JeromeGentes]

YES!

[@telikaandfam]

good catch didnt notice that

[@lcephoenix]

@@thedeejaeebee5babee they* for Molly :)

[@Soboba.Fett69]

That skit sucked. The only reason people are giving it praise is because she said "why cause we're black" that's not clever or cheeky.

[@beckandjess]

The fact you can even see the background actor CHOKE ON HIS COFFEE when she says “because we black?” has me crying

[@HausofHair_Orlando]

Good eye 😂😂😂

[@MARBOOMUSIC]

Hahaha good catch

[@ZomBeeQueeen]

Omg great catch!😂

[@LegionIvory]

There was another guy in the background desperately trying to hold in laughter. lol

[@SelahDavison-CDHS]

I didn't notice. I need to look again

[@paul7673]

This skit kills me. She destroys the place and then turns around and says “y’all need to do better.” And I can’t get enough of “I know that’s right.” Too funny.

[@RogerJayYang]

"y’all need to do better.” - Ego Nwodim [dramatic pause] :o

[@arshanadouband6577]

COOK MA MEAT😂😂😂

[@openfly4u]

COOK. MY. Meat

[@skywalker6648]

"Antonio Banderas over here"-Lisa from Temecula, LOL.

[@roro515_video]

I can’t watch this enough. Lisa from Temecula is pure gold.

[@dressedindreams2198]

PEDRO PICKING UP THE STOOL AND HOLDING HER FOOT!!! I don’t know why but it’s like the sweetest thing to do when everyone’s trying so hard to keep it together and he’s still concerned she might slip

[@IjeomaThePlantMama]

She had her foot on his knee because her chair fell, hence why he was stabilizing her. I had to watch it again to notice haha

[@allieg7147]

It’s the hottest thing I’ve seen to this day. If a man does this to me I’ll marry and have kids immediately 🫣

[@tiarra03]

@@allieg7147 same

[@vivianjones9749]

Yep, ovary overload!

[@LeeKnowsCatss]

@@allieg7147 Ok good, I was worried I was the only one simping about this

[@yvesmaker]

Ego KILLED IT. This is her best sketch so far and this needs to be a recurrent character

[@kab9706]

Yes, this character was an INSTANT CLASSIC. Like up there with Debbie Downer. Amazing character.

[@jeffreyolin626]

Have you seen "Loco"?

[@gregoryreed4866]

1 million percent recurring character

[@LGF18]

I agree it should be recurring

[@LynzeeFord]

Agreed!! I'm not even mad that everyone broke.

[@Pete_Finch]

Bowen tossing his fork and giving up might be the hardest I've ever laughed watching SNL, including when Stefon broke all those times. How does Ego not have an Emmy nomination yet?

[@JJVernig]

And the sound effect of that fork is nicely on tape. One reason or another it makes it just a little bit better...

[@yurdp]

He was having trouble keeping it together even before that line! Her line just broke him! 😂😂😂

[@17thknight]

HIs reaction is SO GOOD. It's not just that he broke, it's that he full-on gives up. That look of defeat is amazing.

[@panas043]

Apparently this sketch was going to get cut and Pedro told Lorne that they had to do it and that it would be a hit. Thank god he did.

[@THEFEZFEZ]

I haven't literally laughed out loud at an snl skit in a while. I don't know why or how. But this one got me good.

[@davidh3023]

Everyone breaking is the best part of this skit. I laughed so much.

[@armandoucles5346]

“Trying to get some butt” 🤣🤣🤣

[@TenTenJ]

Ditto 😂

[@rocketreindeer]

I was laughing out loud. And when Ego said, "because we're Black?" it turned to total pandemonium. Some comedy is so weak and canned these days, when I laugh hilariously it is awesome.

[@damianperea702]

😂😂😂

[@CoffeeManiac20]

Pedro sounds so natural when doing sketches, doesn't feel like he's reading cue cards and also damn pitcher never fell

[@Jae-pe2xh]

I said the same thing. It was like the only time he looked at the card when he broke character

[@DepressicaRabbit]

He just seems so real doesn't he

[@ashlei315]

I was rooting for the pitcher to spill 😝

[@Nazenko]

I swear it’s gotta have a magnet or something under it and the table, no way it doesn’t fall otherwise lol

[@Jae-pe2xh]

@@Nazenko I think there was a person underneath

[@GizmoOnyett]

You can tell Pedro has a good temper, he giggles so easily!

[@okieinthemix]

The sangria pitcher was the real MVP. Pedro killed the entire night. Probably one of the best episodes of the last year.

[@nellyc1002]

He did! The Spanish mother was spot on!

[@Buc-eesGurl]

I totally agree!! I was thinking the same thing about how every skit was hilarious! Not just a couple or a few, but all of them!! Great show!!

[@kmay181]

Punkie deserves an award for keeping the sangria from tipping over while at the same time delivering all her lines.

[@cjmitchell881]

@tonymixtapeclub SUCH a great show! I haven't laughed out loud and said a real "WTF?!?!" so many times in one SNL episode that I can remember. Everything from start to finish was top notch.

[@fallenangelz291]

The only thing that kept this episode from being a solid 10 was having Coldplay as the musical guest!

[@jeffs6090]

"Cause we're black?!" Bowen practically on the freakin floor!!!🤣🤣🤣 I'm surprised the extras in the back kept it straight the whole time.

[@erikshaw7]

The timing on that was so great

[@richbaboon9345]

The background character flinched while he was drinking out of the cup 😂😂😂

[@TenTenJ]

You know that was impromptu.

[@Vincent-fo7xp]

She purposely made eye contact with Bowen as she delivered the line, The timing was too perfect lol

[@FEARNoMore]

@@Vincent-fo7xp I hope they repeat this sketch & Ego keeps trying to break Bowen. lol

[@DrReginaldFinleySr]

I almost woke my wife up. This had me dying. Watching Bowen break had me howling. He broke so bad he couldn't even hold the fork. He was so done.... like her steak.

[@dreamquesttv]

Cook MY meat!!!

[@elainazimmerman5105]

Cook my meat!

[@ckelcro]

Cook! My meat

[@thomiahinnant7327]

In bed under my blankets trying not to wake up my husband currently😂😂😂

[@atlanteancherub2560]

He was extra extra well done. 🤣🤣🤣💀

[@EpicPrideGaming]

I love that Bowen's break triggered Pedro's break by just looking at him. Hilarious scene! Ego demolished this sketch!

[@pm6129]

Y’all see the way he held her foot up there for her when cutting the steak?? He DEF trynna get some butt tonight 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@shj78492]

Antonio Banderas over there!!!

[@JesusPulledMeThrough]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!!! Both of you! I can't!

[@laurelciummo8502]

😂😂😂

[@AnthonyJMurph]

WITH CUJO IN DA BASEMENT?

[@cherie3708]

😂😂😂

[@notfamedtvpersonalitydrphil]

I love how when Bowen breaks at 2:57 Pedro seems like he’s going to mostly keep it together until he looks at Bowen’s face and it’s all over for him

[@renegade5522]

"Antonio banderas over here, tryin' to get some butt while he's got cujo living in his basement" Broke me, I'm crying laughing 😂😂😂

[@supahmariostyle]

That Antonio Banderas caught me off guard too lol

[@Soboba.Fett69]

This shit sucked bro Snl isn't funny

[@renegade5522]

@@Soboba.Fett69 okay

[@lesleyd2448]

😂😂

[@jenniferfranco8263]

She’s did great job

[@strong1amI]

I watch this once a week. It doesn't get old-part of prayer time and laughter therapy.

[@sarah-phillips]

Ego once again proves she is one of the greatest cast members ever. We were crying laughing at this sketch. Everyone was amazing. Pedro was a great host!

[@formermpc10]

Huh? Ego did a decent job but, comparing to Gilda or Tina? No way.

[@mikes.7654]

@@formermpc10 She's at least Tina's equal, and I'm sure if you asked Tina herself she'd agree.

[@SectionChief]

She really has been a stand-out since she joined the cast and increasingly so at that.

[@positivelastaction3957]

What?????

[@janellestevens2316]

@formermpc: Gilda, and Tina were both great, and they are obviously two of YOUR favorites. What planet did you come from where you think that YOUR OPINION trumps everybody else’s??!! Get a grip. You don’t get to make a decision for the population….

[@racky2227]

This was the funniest sketch in a long time! Ego is masterful. Please bring back Lisa from Temecula! Antonio trying to get her butt with Kujo in the basement! Hilarious!

[@jimmorrison4ever529]

I haven't laughed this hard in a long time lmaoooo

[@sidoniemany2339]

@Moni Lein It's a dog. I don't know much about it beside that it was a movie from a Stephen King's book.

[@jamarmiller6999]

@@sidoniemany2339 YES! That movie traumatized me as a kid lol!

[@sylviashell3794]

@moni lein it was a dog who pretty much went rabid and terrorized and attacked the humans around him. Scary horror film by Stephen King

[@flipczech]

Ego, hell yes!!!!

[@srichey444]

@ 3:23 Pedro: "Lisa" Ego: "Yes Antonio?". Crying!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cheesaw1]

"... But she's the only sister I got!" "Bitch, we the youngest of six girls!" R.I.P. me. 👼 Most underrated joke.

[@PrinceMontrey]

Yesss! I was weak also!

[@Penultimate]

This is the joke that finished me off

[@classyjohn1923]

i dont get it

[@ckelcro]

@@classyjohn1923 what's tripping you up

[@bpark3726]

Agreed that one killed me 😂

[@coolboss999]

2:57 Bowen giving up and dropping his fork absolutely sent me. I hope this becomes a reoccurring sketch with a new twist each time 🤣😭

[@mattfinnish]

Ego absolutely killed in this. She played it so straight and sincere. I was in tears from the moment she started cutting that steak, but everything leading up to that was perfect.

[@jamiesilva8189]

COOK MY MEAT! I love her so much.

[@rebeccacuevas4471]

@@jamiesilva8189 Me too. Pure comedy genius.

[@jgilc2691]

Absolutely love her because she makes me laugh. In every skit. Impeccable timing. A sign of a genuine comedienne.

[@jgilc2691]

SNL needs to continue with this skit. I believe there is only 2.

[@wrestlo]

The delivery of the “oh cause we black?” line broke all five guys in the room. Love seeing extras break too! 😂😂😂

[@Southernblonde1310]

That man choked on his drink. 😂

[@tridachia]

I think that wasn't in the original script

[@Inkpinkierosie]

😭😭😭💀💀💀meanwhile they blonde was like 😮😂😂 and everyone else was laughing lmfao 🤣

[@wrestlo]

@@Southernblonde1310 that had me lmao

[@Southernblonde1310]

@Elderberry McPlasterpants I think they might have changed the line at the last minute or it was ad-libbed. Bowen and Pedro did not seem prepared at all. Bowen seemed genuinely shocked and couldn't hold it together. I don't think it was her delivery. I think she ad-libbed AND it was the delivery of the ad-lib.

[@ELWest1000]

I definitely want more of Lisa all the way from Temecula; can you imagine all the other things she'll disrupt? 🤣

[@AndrastaVanGaea]

#BUMP! More #LisaFromTemecula, Please! 🙏

[@jayar7436]

Claiming that someone is trying to get some butt from her. Lol

[@Lov_The_Real_Lol]

Yes!!!! Regular character!! SNL has FINALLY found the right one!!

[@abbywilson5988]

Ego needs more recurring characters, she has such great characters!

[@AlizMari23]

Lisa at someone else's rehearsal dinner, wedding ceremony, wedding reception, birth of their first child, the child's graduation 😂 😂 😂

[@poppinmycollar]

After nearly a week (and rewatching nearly everyday) I can confidently say this is a new classic for SNL.

[@existenz01]

Legit!!!!!

[@detrickfagan3925]

I am still watching this skit. If it pops in my KZbin play/search, the Lord knows i need to laugh!

[@aja1108]

Gospel brunch is also goid

[@williamreedmusic]

I’ve probably watched this 20 times never gets old

[@mrock828]

They never use Ego enough, she's been one of the funniest if not THE funniest on the show. I just love her!

[@11cabadger]

Cuz she black...

[@MeloniousThunk]

I wanna see that Ego supercut

[@gabe7996]

She's not as versatile as some of the others. She's good in her roles though

[@Sapotequeen]

1,000% agree!

[@adctd2gtr]

Not since the Debbie Downer at Disneyland did the cast break so hard, and it's amazing. I don't even know how many times I've come back to watch it again.

[@yepisaidit1507]

I was thinking this!!!

[@aces985]

I can’t have CHILDREN

[@adctd2gtr]

@@aces985 Had me CRYING all buhjillion times I've watched that. Rachel Dratch is a goddamn treasure and I miss her comedy.

[@jmh086]

This steak is BUSSIN'

[@sheilamiller6435]

Oh I’ve watched it at least 20 times.

[@VitaBruti]

Ego is a master of improvisation. When her chair fell, without missing a beat, she had her foot on Pedro's knee.

[@SiSi-xg1hk]

& he even held onto her foot, great scene partner 🤣

[@allyestrada4438]

He just went with it! A true professional 😂

[@UkeCan1]

@@SiSi-xg1hkHe also picked up her chair.

[@ChristopherSAllen]

It’s even more hilarious when you notice the extras behind Lisa start cracking up. 😅

[@erikshaw7]

This is gonna become a new iconic SNL sketch. Hilarious 😂

[@locrytham]

Yep. Also calling that now

[@LKK.]

Yup, blowing up like the Debbie Downer Lindsey Lohan Disney sketch.

[@tetoffense7659]

Kinda stupid imo.

[@christinesoares267]

I really hope so.

[@nataliec2715]

my thoughts exactly!

[@sorenadix6411]

I loved how Pedro held Ego's ankle while she attempted to cut the steak! 🤗

[@1missing]

He tryna get some butt

[@jadedjene8786]

😏could hold my ankle

[@UkeCan1]

He also picked up her fallen chair.

[@WreckerALeX]

It's just Antonio Banderas tryin' to get some butt while he's got cujo living in his basement!

[@jadedjene8786]

@@WreckerALeX 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Lulzswag]

I'm not sure I've ever seen an SNL skit where everyone broke character this bad. It's amazing.

[@Mskittenlover12]

Then you've never seen Debbie Downer at Disneyland.

[@Lulzswag]

@@Mskittenlover12 I'm about to then. Thanks

[@Lulzswag]

@@Mskittenlover12 OK, I do remember that now.

[@mirnaflores7114]

More cowbell lol

[@lonelyone]

@@Mskittenlover12 Damn, that was enjoyable. Any other corpsing classics?

[@mcpeez010]

“Cook my meat” at the end 😂😂 I’ve watched this so many times, every line kills. WE NEED MORE LISA FROM TEMECULA!

[@Duves]

Never seen Bowen break this hard! This was hilarious for all the accidental reasons! Instant classic! Even the extra in the back choked on his drink during Ego’s “because we’re Black” response! 🤣🤣😂😂💀

[@yellowonesdontstop]

😆 that extra in the back at 2:56 gagging

[@alfie6441]

The one at 2:57 was shaking 😭

[@nikkimiddlekillsday5161]

Ego went from saying and doing racist to experiencing it in the restaurant lol

[@chrisgetskicked]

Ego is hands down THE funniest current SNL cast member. “Cook my meat” and “bitch we the youngest of 6 girls” had me dying 😂😂😂💀

[@nookiebee504]

"The youngest of 6 girls" part had me crying 😂🤣🤣

[@britbanana8412]

Yes!!! "Cook my meat" killed me!

[@TomcatProwell]

Agree 100%....LOVE Ego

[@celebratingthesoaps]

Ego is a gem. She and Bowen always crack me up.

[@andrewmundy]

Seriously, I feel like Ego is always made into a skit support but she should be the skit main more often

[@ladyblahblahist]

“cuz we black” even broke the background characters 😂

[@juancarlosgutierrezmorales1747]

priceless

[@savingsdiaryshorts]

You got good eyes because I had to watch it again to see that part LMFAOOO 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Shan-ez6vt]

Glad that dude didn't choke on his coffee!

[@butternuttt]

"that man didn't give me no ketchup!" lmfao

[@DuoForbidden]

Ego was definitely the MVP of the sketch, but I also want give a honorable mention to the pitcher full of ice tea not turning over. Punkie did save it a couple of times, but it's amazing that it didn't turn over lol

[@angi216]

I think that's sangria, not iced tea

[@Beefer-e4j]

I think it was on a track, cause I was fascinated hahahha

[@nicky7738]

I love Bowen just frantically motioning to wrap it up at the end 😂

[@mister_manager]

It seems like Pedro was supposed to say "how about a piece of that butt" at the end and now I can't tell if that would've been funnier or not lol

[@binnad7091]

That looked like a cry for help if ever there was one. 😆

[@Paula-zt9ol]

@@mister_manager I caught that too lmaooooo. But everyone was laughing and breaking too much for him to get to say it I guess 🤣🤣😂

[@FourEyesFive]

The way she talks about the ketchup

[@r3hcook]

Just noticed that 😂 I love Bowen. He’s hilarious!

[@jinyoungsbae951]

I freaking love Ego. That "Oh, cause we black", with Bowen completely breaking😂😂😂

[@Southernblonde1310]

That man was blindsided. He had no idea what was about to happen. He dropped that fork real fast and just went with the chaos.

[@rainbowskunkdash756]

The only detail about this sketch that I hated was the racial comment. That could have been taken the wrong way in anyone else's hands.

[@ChampagneSoPetty]

@@rainbowskunkdash756 damn rainbow you ever been to a Dave Chappell show?

[@markdavies9117]

The breaking was funny. But Ego MADE this skit. She kept delivering funny lines - and it looks like she made up the one Bowen broke on. I think she got the waiter, too.

[@familybikeride]

Did she ad lib that? I don't understand why he was caught off guard. They did sketch in rehearsal. Funny to watch.

[@tellthetruthtrish]

Every so often I’ll come back to this clip for a laugh and it gets me every time 😂😂😂

[@AlemanMK7]

Sketches like this show you that sometimes a simple premise, if executed just right and effortlessly, can bring iconic moments and plenty of laughs.

[@kidrobot.]

well obviously

[@jennaperkin]

Bowen gave a hand signal right at the end after looking dead over to the cameras because he couldn't stop laughing. 10/10 sketch.

[@binnad7091]

I feel like that was, "PLEASE get me out of here. I need an adult!" 😆

[@brooklynbutter5357]

That hand signal seemed more like a ‘I can’t hold it together anymore and we gotta wrap this up’… I mean between the breaking of all the actors and the long audience laughs, they were running out of time. Pedro Pascal didn’t even get his last line out

[@jamesfreed5242]

I thought he was signalling them to shake the table again.

[@lynnhettrick7588]

I had to go back and watch the end again to see Bowen's hand signal since I was just watching Ego the first time through! lol

[@Phyrre56]

I'm guessing the production assistants under the table who were shaking it had a monitor, and Bowen was giving them the signals when to shake and stop. The monitor probably stayed on the wide angle the whole time, so the TV audience wouldn't see the signals.

[@PneumaNoose]

This is the funniest I have ever seen Ego. She absolutely KILLED this sketch. When she improvised and used Pedro’s leg when the chair fell over was golden.

[@Ljoose]

haha i was wondering if they put a stool or bench in place for that part of the scene, but I did realize Pedro was holding her ankle and was wondering why. It would make sense that he was just making sure she didn't lose her balance while she put her foot on his leg. LOL

[@LivingGospel]

This can make me laugh every single time!

[@sheilamiller6435]

My daughter made it in to the studio audience that night. Can you imagine actually being there for not only the funniest skit in a long time, but with Pedro Pascal hosting and Coldplay as the musical guest?? She was so dang lucky!!

[@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn]

She won the lotto. Even though they're free, It sounds like a pain in the butt to get tickets to watch a live taping of SNL. That's cool she got a great host and good musical guest to watch live

[@zephyrhills8070]

@@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn how do u get them

[@jewferigno6920]

What a weird thing to lie about

[@carolineharris2620]

Omg!!! Good for her! I live I Texas and LOVE NYC... took my middle daughter this one time and her favorite singer, Christina Aguilara was musical guest.. we got off the flight, ran to hotel, then straight to SNL.. stood in line but NADA.. it is too hard to get tickets.. waiting list is a year I believe. I was just hoping for a miracle. Went back to the hotel where we were upgraded to a suite overlooking Broadway due to a mistake staff made and watched SNL on TV. I was thrilled to have been in the same building that the show was taped in. Brandy is no longer with us however, I have that special memory.

[@Action_Figure_King]

The maitre D, Devon, used to work with me back home in Kyle. Pretty cool he made it to SNL.

[@LGF18]

I haven't laughed this hard in a decade. I was crying and gasping for air. Loved it so much. Thank you Ego!

[@bobknobbe3561]

do you also laugh at handicapped people falling in traffic and children being abused?

[@SardineNipplesXX]

@@bobknobbe3561what

[@btreglioable]

@bob knobbe idiot 🙄

[@peterburman5193]

I love how Pedro didn't just chuckle, he BELTED out a laugh! I'd be the same!

[@Jungshook0123]

When Bowen dropped his fork in defeat, it was like perfect timing haha. Also so random, but his shirt looks a lot like the one Jungkook designed on Run BTS

[@PhoenixContorta]

Molly's petrified facial reaction to Ego "cause we black?" is underappreciated lol

[@chewcodes]

the absolute stare they did while bowen was laughing his ass off lmfao

[@Inkpinkierosie]

😭😭😭💀💀💀

[@eurobeatking]

Even the guy in the background backwashes into his cup when she says that. 🤣

[@SarahB1863]

Was that an ad lib? Bowen reacted like he wasn't expecting it.

[@bw2532]

She did great for the skit. They forgot to give her a glass at the start so you just see her cheers everyone with her hand cupped. 😂

[@BlackJackManson]

Pedro looking and then double looking at Ego gnawing on that steak at 2:00 and then busting out laughing takes me out every time. 😂

[@CherryBlossomskt]

Thanks for the time stamp 😂😂😂

[@dominikgose2609]

That was like a triple take lmaooo

[@amylalonde2585]

To the writers: I’ll be disappointed if Lisa doesn’t become a regular character 😂😂😂

[@CC-si3cr]

Lisa might be too busy. She is the lead litigator for big class action lawsuits.

[@Laphin]

Yes! Please bring Lisa back!

[@angelaa.4377]

😂😂😂😂 Hilarious!!!

[@janellenapoleon9877]

Fr she’s hilarious

[@TKitty-pp6gh]

And you better not leave one speck of red in her meat!

[@georgeclay5909]

This is one of the funniest sketches in recent SNL seasons. Ego always comes hard

[@sookwon1201]

Pedro’s multiple sideways glances at ego at 2:00 before he cracks has me dying 😂 must’ve rewatched it 2 dozen times already, dying

[@alfie6441]

He finally breaks because Bowen kept outwardly laughing

[@crystalclear675]

I keep re watching 2:57 over and over again! It’s those moments when you’re trying not to laugh but then your friend breaks and it’s over for the both of y’all! Lmaooo

[@mattbernabe]

@Crystal Clear This is the part I keep rewatching. Pedro is trying to stay in character, but once he sees Bowen cracking up, he can't keep it in. And the girl sitting in the middle, staying in character with shock expression on her face, while the other two are laughing.

[@RMTStudios]

@@mattbernabethat’s what I find the funniest

[@SSJQ127]

The writers were ON POINT this week! One of the best episodes and sketches I've seen. Loved seeing everyone break lmaoo

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

it was the performance that carried here

[@spectrecam831]

I've never watched something so chaotic, yet so beautiful. Joy in the purest form.

[@karolllaaagomez]

my favorite skit ever 😭

[@Indy_21]

Ego, looking straight faced while she's attempting to cut her shoe sole, making the table look possessed was gold. She nails the "so not bothered" look. 😄

[@ellimoemoe74]

We need more Lisa from Temecula.. she is super funny..

[@khen6789]

I live in Temecula and I definitely want more skits of Lisa from Temecula! 😂

[@ME-hm3tc]

I want ‘Lisa goes to Walmart’ and ‘Lisa visits Hollywood’

[@mememefinally]

Can anyone explain why she is from Temecula specifically..? Or is it just a random detail that she is from there?