Top 20 SNL Impressions Done in Front of the Actual Person

These "SNL" impressions are even funnier when they're done in front of the actual person. Our countdown includes Bill Hader as Dave Matthews, Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek, Jimmy Fallon as Jerry Seinfeld, and more! Which "SNL impression left YOU the most impressed? Let us know in the comments!
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[@MsMojo]

Which SNL impression left YOU the most impressed? Let us know below, and check out our video of the Top 20 Funniest SNL Political Impressions - kzbin.info/www/bejne/amaqeX-MrcmYldk

[@Jaquableu]

Belushi for sure. His Cocker was great.

[@ehhhtrain8154]

Maybe just play the skits, SHUT UP and wrap up with a summary at the end. I couldn't make it through the second skit.

[@TinaJohnson59]

Well when you don’t show much of the impression, how are we supposed to come to a conclusion?

[@brendenmoorgas5167]

You spoke more than the actual impressionists.

[@stevenlawton4925]

Please just shut up!!!!

[@jayhobson8229]

How about showing the actual clips instead of taking over the whole thing

[@kellycreates3310]

They did show the clips.

[@ChaosandFlow]

Copyright.

[@emilievalenti5256]

Way too much talking over the impressions. 😢

[@user-ix1rp9ff3p]

well if you want MsMojo's channel shut down for copyright infringement for unauthorized use of video clips then go ahead let her not talk

[@slim56100]

@@user-ix1rp9ff3pthat would be a massive improvement

[@garrettduell]

Or describing how amazing the next scene is, and then not showing what she just described.

[@ckaydw]

I agree with you. She tells you the best part. But you don’t get to hear it. She didn’t need to talk so much.

[@jponder924]

Right on! Show us the funny. We don't need the explanations!

[@Spadfa11]

I love how the host describes the greatness of the impressions, while not letting you hear the impressions that are being teased in the background.

[@senianns9522]

How annoying was that? A program about the host!

[@jaster6056]

Yes I'm stopping after 2 mins - life's too short to listen to someone explain the comedy you're about to watch - how gauche.

[@staceyproctor132]

I had to quit watching. Let the clips SPEAK for themselves. Too much commentary.

[@SapphireKaiAu]

Same.

[@davidcoates7615]

Yup. Me too.

[@TinaJohnson59]

They talk about how great the impression of Jennifer Aniston was even being in sync with her, yet you don’t show it. GEEZ!

[@wandertree]

I can't watch this. Why do we need a host wasting our time with what we can see and hear with our own eyes. Just show the clips!

[@TK0_23_]

You should probably just stop watching Mojo Top 10s. Thats their thing. You have only yourself to blame. No sympathy.

[@lindsaygarcia9131]

It's about copyright issues

[@tabaxikhajit4541]

Yes! I listen to a bit of it, and if anything is interesting I have to make a youtube search for the actual videos. If I weren't playing this in the background, I would not have the patience for it. Still it helps us find those gems we might have missed.

[@Nurichiri]

I'm disappointed they didn't actually show the Anistons in stereo like they did with the Seinfelds and the Cages.

[@drinkinslim]

It's INCREDIBLY hard to believe they have over 5 million subscribers. And yet they do. That shows how crazy KZbin is.

[@bazzer124]

"Dueling Cockers" remains one of my favorite SNL skits ever, especially since I saw it in real time. Cheers....

[@Aushra1969]

I remember the skit with Norm McDonald as Bob Dole with Bob Dole as himself. It was hilarious!

[@AcidCasper17]

One of the best cameos ever. Bob Dole was such a good sport.

[@tabaxikhajit4541]

Norm was talented. He is missed.

[@iguanazilla]

And Norm and Tommy Lee! 👌🏼

[@patrickdoyle6201]

Bob Dole wouldn't do that. That's not something Bob Dole does!😹

[@bellroad100]

The Walken Family reunion has always been one of my all-time favorite sketches! Amy Poehler is HILARIOUS! 😂

[@LWms517]

John Belushi's Joe Cocker impression. Hands down.

[@samwhite7124]

Barry Gibb Talk Show is gold

[@prole2554]

The episode with Mike Myers impersonating Mick Jagger failed to mention Mick Jagger's EXCELLENT impression of Kieth Richards!

[@rctopfueler2841]

You missed it then they clearly say mick is doing keith

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

He was more lifelike than the real thing.

[@ken90ny]

No one gonna talk Bernie and Larry David?

[@kimberlyplayer]

I thought that would be #1.

[@seantlewis376]

There will have to be a #30.

[@jentleil2183]

The absolute BEST ONE EVER

[@user-fp5vf9qh3i]

You missed off Bill Hader doing John Malkovich, with John arguing with Bill claiming he doesn’t sound like that and Bill clapped back saying “Yes, yes you do. You sound exactly like that!” Edit: also Bill doing Robert De Niro to his face and then tricking him into saying “you talking to me?” Which Robert refuses to do because he gets asked all the time to do the line.

[@PyChick]

That exact John Malkovich scene is one of my fave moments!!

[@user-fp5vf9qh3i]

@@PyChick Mine too and was wondering why it hadn’t made this list because it’s one of the most watched and popular videos on SNL’s channel that’s why I mentioned it along with the Robert one where Bill managed to trick him into saying one of his most famous movie lines ever, and Bill has been the only person outside the director of that movie who has gotten Robert to say that line because he point blank refuses to say it for anyone because he’s always getting asked to say it. And it’s a shame that we’ll never see Bill playing Vinny ever again because he said that he was once @tck by an Italian woman who wasn’t happy with how he was speaking because her husband speaks and sounds exactly the same way Bill does as Vinny. And it was that character that actually started his career! I’m also glad that he’s changed his mind about not doing Stefon anymore (which I hope he does at some point changes his mind about not playing Vinny anymore!) because again some people who aren’t part of the LGBTQ+ community went after him for it because they deemed it offensive, so he put out a statement saying that he was no longer going to play that character anymore until the actual LGBTQ+ community got involved especially the G part and told him that they love the character and pleaded with him not to retire the character of Stefon which Bill then put out another statement saying he’s changed his mind and would continue to play him. Same thing with the small people community, they didn’t have a issue with him calling them the M word and they not only actually found it funny, but they also actually dress up as some of the things he called them for fancy dress parties and Halloween. He actually gave them a lot of different costume ideas with what he called and described them as instead of the usual costumes that everyone wears. It was people who aren’t part of the community that had a issue with it which is why he 🛑ped using the M word when referring to them, which is actually the funniest part of the characters breakdown of places and people in the NYC nightlife scene! These people need to mind their own business and worry about their own community instead of sticking their nose in to other communities that’s nothing to do with them! If the people who are part of the communities that he’s talking about have an issue with him then fair enough it’s between them and Bill like with the Italian women who @tcked him over Vinny. (And she’s the only person that we know of that has an issue with that character of Bill’s just because her husband sounds and talks exactly the same as Vinny according to what she told Bill after she 👋🏾ped him in public when he was in NYC once!) nobody else from the Italian community had an issue with Bill playing that character. These woke people need to give their heads a wobble and leave him alone, because he’s not being malicious or me@n when he plays these characters, he’s doing it as comedy! 🙄🤦🏾‍♀️

[@robinsmith5442]

The best thing with Trebek himself coming out without trousers in a Tournament of Champions.

[@kevinpittman2517]

the fact that they made note of Nicolas Cage wanting to play in every film ever made had me rollin.. there for a while he was pulling 5 films a year.

[@PTSDad79]

I was watching live the night that Joe Pesci and Deniro went on stage. That was completely epic.

[@wildbao]

They were not Beyoncé. They were her backup dancers.

[@barbara6849]

Where's Keenan Thompson as Charles Barkley (with Charles Barkley as Magic Johnson?) That was hilarious!

[@carlbrucefroehlich3986]

No Dana Carvey as Dennis Miller, babe?

[@charleneinman3625]

Adam Sandler doing Eddie Vedder will always be my favorite!

[@BradyPires7]

andy samberg doing nic cage always kills and the both together was amazing

[@kenthomas1109]

Man - NAILED it again! I was holding out for Walken, but kept thinking Cocker, Palin, and Hillary could take it… I’d forgotten about Reno! SOOOOO many to choose from. Great collection, MsMojo!

[@wildmike951]

Number 1 is Eddie Murphy as Stevie Wonder singing. This skit is from the 80s and still gets talked about....Eddie was the best.

[@vikkibrown2023]

@wildmike951~~Ya just can't go wrong with Eddie~~Belushi was great too~~R.I.P. Mr. Belushi~~Watching this was such a waste of my time~~There was only one or two people that can do Walken so perfectly but I can't remember their names~~Some o.k. Adam Sandler's~~Some people are gonna hate me for this, but I cannot stomach Amy poelar and her sidekick~~They are not funny, just annoying~~I watched SNL for years~~I stopped 4 ever ago~~The originals and some there after were alright~~So many people just don't know real humor anymore~~Wish we could go back in time to watch the real SNL~~For many years I'll watch now and then to check the new people out, then I ask myself why the hell is this shpw still on??...Jeesh~~Have a great day/nite~~😀😀😀🙃🙃🙃~~

[@wildmike951]

@vikkibrown2023 I agree. Nothing like the early years and 80s with Joe Piscopo and Eddie Murphy.

[@vikkibrown2023]

@@wildmike951 I know, right~~lol~~

[@jus10lewissr]

I cannot believe I forgot about Will Ferrell's Janet Reno impression, but I suppose I ought to add in that I also forgot that Janet ever existed. I haven't heard her name mentioned in more than two decades.

[@ENIEINC]

Now I have to watch these on the snl channel so i can enjoy them!

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

It's not a well-known sketch, but David Spade impersonated Michael J. Fox in front of the man himself. Fox was so close to breaking with laughter which drove Spade right up to the line himself.

[@floridaredneck]

Andy Samberg as Cage is incredible. I think that was the best and they could pass as brothers. But, Tina Faye's Sarah Palin character on it's own wins the prize. Faye could go anywhere dressed like that and anyone would be convinced she was Palin and could even walk in The White House without her identity being questioned. Thanks for the compilation video!

[@patrickwestover4272]

You forgot Bill Hader as Lindsey Buckingham

[@donedwards5301]

That's so damn fun. . . all of them. With the ups and downs SNL remains so great.

[@marysparks3769]

Number one was exactly what I thought it would be!!!😆😆

[@user-xz3dn2nt5n]

THIS JUST MADE ME MISS MY OVERALL DRESS LOL😂

[@scottsmith1525]

The best part of the Stevie Wonder/Eddie Murphy one was at the end when Eddie said "Ya still suck, man". The best parts were cut out.

[@macmaccourt]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="443">7:23</a> Joe Cocker - John Belushi by FAR the best!

[@hollienelson6738]

Joe Piscopoe and Eddie Murphy as Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder😂

[@tarasanders1699]

🎵Girl, you talk to much… you never shut up! 🎶

[@davidcanatella4279]

It's nice to imagine that the war criminals being parodied are human for a moment.

[@Dreengirl]

Tina Fey, John Belushi, Dave Matthews ❤️

[@jamesmckenzie9529]

The narrator in this video is really in love with the sound of her own voice! But, so happy for two seconds of impressions each

[@christinemathies7236]

This is pretty great! I love MsMojo!

[@number4cat1]

Again, thanks for letting me know who/what was funny on SNL - I wouldn't have noticed otherwise.

[@lindamcclain5569]

OMG this is great! I loved it.

[@melodythemassagetherapist6957]

Another super video!!! Love it!!! Asking which one we like best is like asking which song or ice cream flavor do you like best. I have 100 favorite songs and hard to pick just one ice cream flavor!! Hahaha!! But I did LOVE the Tina Fey/Sarah Palin impersonations!!! She was AMAZING!!!!! Happy weekend!!! 😎

[@jungersrules]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="845">14:05</a> Yay! I cannot find a clip of this, except for a very short one, here on YT. Thanks!

[@MarkDeChambeau-lo1rt]

I cannot argue with the acts you featured, especially the Adam Sandler and Christopher Walken bits, but I wish you had included Jimmy Fallon's "Old Man" performance when Neil Young showed up next to him and they finished the song as a duet. Unbelievably great.

[@cathm8523]

Andy as Nick Cage is spot on! I couldn’t tell the difference with my eyes closed!!

[@maryroberts2099]

Mike Myers’s as Mick Jagger was hilarious

[@Sakana_Ren]

Imho, Tina Fey as Sara Palin is number 1. She did Sara better than Sara herself. 😂

[@hollienelson6738]

I honestly couldn't tell the difference!

[@timstreeter2392]

Abby as Zooey for me but, John as Joe is classic!

[@kirkdavis3929]

I always LOVED the Sean Connery and Burt Reynolds acts on Celebrity Jeopordy. And Where is the BEING John Malccovic impersonations by Bill Hater?

[@denisebeverage4814]

Thank you, Dr Dray! Couldn’t quite bring myself to try the snail mucin but ordered the 1004 Serum and can’t wait to try it--thank you! Love your videos and have learned sooo much from you❣️You are awesome❣️Love your vlogs and really happy for your new house. God bless you!❤

[@edricksimmons4484]

Snl is a timeless show!!! Been watching since the 80s!!! 😂

[@patrickdoyle6201]

I would think a list like this could have the information of when each clip originally aired si people can find them

[@Bryan19777]

Nic Cage is the king of not breaking kayfabe. He's Nic Cage! He's always on 24/7!!

[@karenlbellmont6560]

I'm Walkin' to bar .. 😂

[@MohdHatta-km8fo]

Hell agreed 😂

[@gdaholic]

Suggestion! Make that a demand! Please intro before, play the clip, then recap!

[@TheeKookyWildflower]

Am I having Deja vu? Wasn't this done already?

[@ferxsniper]

Christopher Walken 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@batgurrl]

Excellent list but what about Larry David as Bernie Sanders getting an honorable mention? Not a straightforward impersonation, but it deserved mention. Vanessa as Rachel Green was the most delightful for me❤️

[@Threecrazydogs63]

Whenever this would happen I would go nuts. The one with Nicholas Cage kills me🤣🤣🤣😮

[@thomholbrook7286]

What about David Spade doing Michael J Fox in front of Michael J Fox? Fox almost broke. Or Andy Sanberg doing Mark Wahlberg? Or Jimmy Fallon doing Mick Jagger, playing his reflection???

[@HSeddiegilbert]

America's Most Wanted: Former Child Actors. Spade as Fox (with Fox as Danny Bonaduce) and Chris Farley as Mindy Cohn! Classic

[@charliec.6285]

Spade as Fox should have been #1. Wasn’t even on the list.

[@jamesrawlins735]

I can think of at least 10 other impressions that were amazing. That just shows how talented the SNL cast was at doing them. My favorite not on the list: Ben Stiller as Tom Cruze (Tom Cruise's stand-in).

[@vonier13]

100% agree with #1

[@Buggy-su4oy]

There was also the Cold Open when Vanessa played Miley's innocent Disney self at the Infamous Grammy Awards just before Miley as her new wilder self was to go on and tried to convince her not to as it would have horrible consequences.😊

[@davidcole2337]

Best is Will Farrell doing Red Hot Chili Peppers Drummer

[@leesashriber5097]

Loved this!!! Thank you my friend 😊

[@melissawilkerson5221]

No mention of the weekend update with 3 Dennis Millers?

[@katia.luna213]

😅 Andy, your Nick Cage impression sounds like my dearly departed Bill Paxton from when he was in Aliens 😂❤

[@al201103]

You're dogmeat, pal

[@BadManWithAMadPlan]

Never ever smoke salvia. I spent 300 years in Hells waiting room with nothing to watch but my life flashing before my eyes on a large glass cube on a giant wooden table. It really sucked.

[@samuelcollantes1175]

Happy saturday morning, Rebecca, take care and God bless you. Greetings from Colombia to you as well

[@gullinvarg]

No Dueling Brandos (John Belushi and Marlon Brando)?

[@donnywilliamson5807]

You talk about Jennifer Aniston and Vanessa Bayer saying what at the exact same time but don't show it. How dumb 👎🏼

[@edwardranno7119]

💯percent

[@amymoorehead7185]

This was fun.

[@stephencoopet7860]

Tina wins hands down as Palin

[@valerieking5265]

Did anyone notice how well Joe Cocker's pants fit him?

[@arielfangirlmendez]

Did anyone remember andy did an impression of marky mark in marky mark talking to animals?

[@hooyah_whit7054]

Im Walken!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kvrharishkumar7408]

It's like presenting a PowerPoint but putting a whole lot of information on the damn slides 😢

[@cathwalsh9921]

I love judge Judy 😄

[@NickCC23]

Abby Elliott's impression of Zooey must have been a Bear to pull off. I'll see myself out.

[@bobackerman54]

Stevie Wonder and joe cocker were my favorites

[@rick86508]

You talk too much You worry me to death You talk too much You even worry my pet You just taaaaaaaaaaalk Talk too much!

[@potterpotty01]

So what you're telling me with this list is that SNL ran out of ideas years ago and they just repeat the same skits time and time again.

[@cindyhoomalu1566]

Great content! I would have liked it even more with less commentary and more of the clips. 💜

[@patlagando4427]

Completely destroyed the video by talking over it.

[@s.mittle]

I'm guessing you've never heard of watch mojo then before now LOL

[@DrJekyll38]

Jerry once told Jimmy on The Tonight Show that his impression sounds like "Me from the 80's".

[@TejanoMusicLover79]

Honorable Mention, Fred Armisen As Prince!

[@fodroumpouras4038]

And the jerry lewis impression?!!!

[@shannonnickels1894]

Joe Cocker had cerebral palsy

[@thewayfaringtraveller]

This shows that the impersonations from the earlier casts seem far superior to the newer. The only more recent one that that seems spot on was the fella impersonating Jim Carey. IMHO!

[@samgatchalian5347]

How is Maya Rudolph's Beyonce isnt on this list? Justin's Jimmy Fallon is funny hahah lol!

[@zacharystone6902]

Abby Elliott did a good Meryl Streep too

[@bloodchilde]

Okay, now say it with me: "feb - RU - ary"

[@royrogers4025]

Rumor is that Stevie Wonder is not blind? Stevie Wonder uses sunglasses because the bright lights bother him while performing. Soon people assumed he was blind, maybe because of Ray Charles? Stevie never corrected the assumption that he was blind?

[@morgetha]

Before I even watch, I think Nic Cage is going to be #1.

[@violeta-dorahorga6199]

This is one of the best series so far

[@johncaldwell88]

Totally agree this is absolutely unwatchable with the host in the background

[@kimberleymonari3560]

******HILARIOUS All!