Murder Mystery Dinner - SNL

While with his wife (Cecily Strong) and his friends (Beck Bennett, Sasheer Zamata) at a murder mystery dinner experience, a man (Jim Parsons) is upset with the character he's given and what his character must do. [Season 39, 2014]
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[@tones8675]

simply dudley goes to town sounds like a really bad children’s book

[@blues.baseball.badanxiety]

ye

[@DraconiaDrawing]

Carl Azus

[@sha11235]

Maybe he should've thought, "Okay honey, let's do it right now."

[@tones8675]

Draconia Drawing king

[@wetstinkysocks490]

Sounds like a clip id find Brazzers.... Not that I would know that tho

[@koekkiekoelkastrijder4272]

How the hell did Kate even do that spin death thing? That woman never fails to amaze me

[@Dr.Chakrabarti]

+Koekkie Koelkastrijder literally she is the best part of any skit. She really makes SNL still watchable

[@Janaparnikova]

she is amazing, but what so hard in that spin? everyone can do that, no?

[@aminaa5824]

+charlie highwalker yeah that's what I was thinking

[@hd-xc2lz]

Kate is even more amazing because she's gay! Because she's gay she's the best part of any skit!

[@elijah1110]

h d wtf does her being gay have to do with anything

[@OldDolio312]

Kate had 3 lines and still managed to make me laugh more then anybody else. Love her.

[@hd-xc2lz]

Please stop.

[@penguincommunity6218]

Saba Nawaz. I ❤️ how she said “murdered” and her face as she croaked!

[@joshuagraham4611]

The head dip she does before she falls is killing me 🤣

[@linasayshush]

I'VE BEEN MYURDYURD

[@kritav1111]

She's good and all but people just overdo it now

[@jenk5267]

"I've been meuderred!"

[@iambluegossip]

the best ever!!!!

[@hittingyouoverthehead]

Dun Dun Dun... I bet this is why Sheldon hates Raj's murder mystery parties...

[@shreyasharma1541]

+Ashcool oh yess

[@PerovNigma]

I heard it as _"I've been myurmyured!"_ Did Chris Hemsworth bang her into *unconsciousness* behind the scenes or something?

[@izziejones-munroe4578]

Stop it dude, she gay lol

[@gothifian]

2:54 that spin thing is incredible

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

It's KATE - can we expect anything less?! She is always incredible!

[@billybones1694]

Why?

[@canadianmoth]

@@billybones1694 why what. use full sentences

[@alec57]

Someone doing a spin is somehwo incredible now 😂

[@MaximRecoil]

What's incredible about it? Literally any able-bodied person who at least knows how to walk can do that on their first try. It may come as a surprise to you, but anyone can do it more than once even, and a lot faster than she did it, to the point of becoming dizzy. It's only impressive if done on, e.g., ice skates.

[@lj.6551]

"Simply Dudley goes to town" 😂😂

[@ypn.official]

This episode ruined the poem "Yankee Doodle went to town riding on a pony"

[@Truthhurts99987]

What is that mean, im from abroad and I dont get it!

[@danboyle116]

That'd make a terrific Revolutionary War jingle (set to Yankee Doodle) wouldn't it?

[@sorellana2154]

@@Truthhurts99987 usually something sexual

[@SolTrainToFreedom]

@@ypn.official noooooooo! I didnt make the connection until i read this comment! lol

[@mikerosoft4570]

Okay but...what WOULD a harmless oversexed nutball say after the maid dies?

[@anonymoussecret5948]

Well obviously NOT that he would date dead girls.

[@ifoxfirei]

"Oh darn. And here I was about to give her my number."

[@sorellana2154]

@@ifoxfirei dO yOu WaNt To PlAy tHe OvErSeXeD nUtBaLl?

[@rcoverc]

“now who’s gonna clean this up”

[@sterkar99]

Did she died?

[@Rachel98246]

Wow, that's the first time I've ver seen Taran mess up/break, gotta say, he handled it like a boss! =D

[@margaesperanza]

I'm still bitter at SNL for not renewing his contract. I barely know the men on this show now.

[@jakegreen9728]

Where did he break

[@do3807]

Jake Green first or third line I think "Dinner is sher-"

[@TCt83067695]

the best

[@MN-ug9me]

He was really great and thought he was going to be the next big thing and then well we know what happens next…

[@queezle4277]

1:27 the way Cecily went from "happy to be doing the activity" to "about to lose it with her husband" is a real skill

[@idesirefame]

Loved the smile on taran kilam's face wen he misspelled served as 'sher....'

[@yoyotombo7574]

you are the 'misspell-er" sir, he mispronounced*

[@gwencabe5879]

yoyotombo Trailbend was the time to get back in my bed and sleep over my morning with a friend of yours today I have a blessed weekend with

[@gadgetsage]

@@gwencabe5879 I like turtles

[@philliptrotter9660]

​@@gwencabe5879😣😣

[@mishawinchestermalfoy7433]

Sheldon would definitely do those things like questioning the game

[@calliebonnoitt4659]

He acts a lot like sheldon in this skit

[@jennisejones6023]

@@calliebonnoitt4659 he’s not acting that’s his actual voice

[@DravenGal]

He was so SHELDON in this!

[@donnellcoleman7784]

DravenGal he always is

[@crouchingturtle6351]

Yeah, Emmy well deserved for being exactly yourself at all times

[@nateellefsen1642]

He always is tbh

[@dilaraa3201]

You guys should see him in Hollywood series on Netflix, he was great and totally different than Sheldon character.

[@RumandCocaine]

Whos that?

[@Dyers88]

Sheldon’s awkwardness when he has to call a woman “baby”

[@gamerorp1684]

His name is Jim parsons you utter fool

[@jondunmore4268]

I know, right. It was like a hostage tape.

[@kero-chan3464]

@@jondunmore4268 I mean he is gay LOL

[@KP_Gem]

@@kero-chan3464 what does that have to do with anything at all?

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

@@kero-chan3464 -- Tell you what, if somebody didn't know he was gay before this - that line was his outing.

[@abby6286]

I feel like this is an accurate representation of how I'm handling adulthood

[@kaivickers166]

Abby - If it only came with cue and action cards, right?

[@sorellana2154]

@@kaivickers166 doesn't it? we're all simply dudley

[@sophiemontecalvo7503]

This is best chain of comments I've ever seen on an SNL skit honestly; I relate

[@Lolo_Sketches]

Fair enough

[@HouseOfCana]

a great actress is distinguished when in just one line she is able to rise above everyone else

[@weebkittenuwu5862]

Jim Parsons saying "what the hell IS this?!" Had me _wheezing_

[@KidThomsonMediaProductions]

Its awkward sometimes when you see the snl skits and they are clearly reading off of cards because they dont get a chance to rehearse

[@darkb4light06]

The Creepiest Of Pasta I feel like if they rehearsed, they would have better sketches. I get that it's LIVE, but some things would just be better rehearsed.

[@senpailonestarr2787]

The Creepiest Of Pasta it’s called improv.. for a reason!

[@MildredBonkers]

you know they do a new show every week, right? kudos to them all for adapting and memorizing as much as they can in a week's time!

[@Ep-up6ss]

They always have cards

[@DAMIENDMILLS]

They rehearse all week, that's how they get the lines out as fast as they do, but because they're also normal people, they still need cue cards. The show is live, they can't cut or do multiple takes unless a sketch demands it for a more comedic effect.

[@davidwatson7196]

That was a good laugh. I hope SNL never gets cancelled. It's hard to believe that this show has lasted since 1975. 45 years of great comedy.

[@JudiChristopher]

I love SNL ... but since I am an Acting Teacher that teaches for Murder Mystery Theatre... I was Saddened by this Script... SAD!!!!

[@naomigoodson9589]

@@JudiChristopher why

[@JudiChristopher]

@@naomigoodson9589 Because it was poorly done!!!

[@JudiChristopher]

@@naomigoodson9589 AND... it was NOT FUNNY!!

[@naomigoodson9589]

@@JudiChristopher yeah I was just wondering what specifically you didn't like

[@Kristina-kb4cu]

i still don't know what a harmless oversexed nuttball is?

[@ivanarunjic7906]

Someone like jesus christ

[@meghanmmagicss2876]

A himbo

[@YourDadsUnclesFriend]

It means extremely sexual but crazy.

[@absoluteforehead8071]

Like the security guard from the HR sketches

[@fionalilly543]

Clearly, it means a harmless oversexed nuttball

[@Humanoidfreak]

Simply Dudley is mad at the parking fee because somebody was in his spot.

[@justmckenzie4921]

I cried so hard when he had to “go to town”. I couldn’t stop laughing. 😂😂😂😭😭😂😂

[@ericblair9756]

"lucky for me, I date dead girls!" Nailed it 👌

[@simonwoods7112]

God, Jim Parsons is so good at keeping character.

[@JudiChristopher]

NOT funny in this skit.

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

when you've only got one character. it can't be that hard...

[@notsuspicioususer4080]

@@DunmoresMovieManiahe’s got more than one lol, most people just know him from the one

[@folarinosibodu]

0:33 The fact that the cast hardly ever stumble on their words is insane how talented they are.

[@josiahlikestodance]

"Am I supposed to write this thing now?" Lmaoo

[@somebody4952]

Host: The descriptions are merely guidelines, you bring the character to life. Also Host: Here are cards that tell you directly what to do

[@XaviRonaldo0]

I relate so much to Jim's character here. No I'm not talking about his Simply Dudley character

[@MattWeisherComposer]

“WHAT THE HELL, THIS GUY’S TRYING TO FONDLE ME!” lmfao

[@ericl9738]

Omg, Jim acts like Sheldon even outside of TBBT! 😂

[@donnellcoleman7784]

Eric L just like Charlie sheen

[@runewalsh750]

It's just his natural voice and diction

[@tonyisnotdead]

it's because he's only good at being himself

[@alewinter6252]

Omfg the way Kate died :D Hahahaaaahaaa

[@samanthavictoria3308]

Ale winter IVE BEEN MUEDERRED

[@monikaszymanowska5142]

So classic! I see his pain... It's literally me at school in every game or "social" situation: everybody is happy to have got a graceful role or task but keeps asking me why I won't have some fun as a Stinky Farting Frog:-)

[@oiseau_]

I love how Jim Parsons always plays straight guys XD

[@turtleboy991]

Jim Parsons always sells it no matter what character he plays! Seriously though, those other action cards didn't really give enough context. I mean, Simply Dudley goes to town? On what or who?

[@Claire18Hi]

it took me so long to write one of these and in the end no one was serious about playing it right...

[@samanthavictoria3308]

EvieLions you WROTE an SNL skit?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@Steinwaytoday]

Samantha Victoria pretty sure she meant a murder mystery thingy

[@samanthavictoria3308]

Héctor Melicoff good point

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

Sorry the others didn’t appreciate it. These sound fun. Wish I could be a character and solve a crime.

[@auroraborealis675]

I would love to play.

[@jennahyser7245]

I was frustrated for him 😂 I genuinely wanted to see this play out lol

[@phraze410]

When the bulter messed up trying to say serve lololol I love how he kept going and almost laughing

[@kitwillihnganz5972]

Was I the only one who expected him to stagger back into the room with a sword through his chest at the end? "I was such a convincing killjoy that you didn't even know I was part of the game!"

[@dariusbling8525]

To anybody who says women are not funny I present to you Kate McKinnon

[@c-lokes3636]

SNL is filled with funny women, I think they have been carrying the show since the later nineties and 2000's

[@Badgermode]

@@c-lokes3636 carrying? Keenan pete are better then all the woman I've seen

[@PaoloReaper]

@@Badgermode Pete is super unfunny.

[@DraconiaDrawing]

PaoloReaper yes

[@adeleengberg1504]

@@Badgermode dont compare them they're all funny

[@wesmathews]

"Simply Dudley Goes to Town" was my favorite children's book.

[@zzzcocopepe]

kate's faint was absolutely fabulous

[@HiLaToya]

That spin-death was well rehearsed and performed to perfection! 😂

[@hj66]

Jim Parson, playing Sheldon Cooper, playing Matt (a boyfriend who just wanted to give his girlfriend a good birthday present), playing Simply Duddly

[@Fabian.Hernandez]

"Oopsie ladies, must of been the wind"

[@foxy6481]

I'm always so impressed when someone can fumble a line and stay on track and improve a quick recovery. That anxiety in real time must be insane.

[@isabellawalker2077]

Always hilarious when Taran Killam accidentally breaks character 😂😂 love that guy

[@jvmarasigan03]

I still cant picture Sheldon not being sheldon :D

[@donnellcoleman7784]

J Victor no shit

[@kateknight1393]

A great actor is so one who can make a mistake but bend it in like it was part of it 🥰

[@Commander_Shepard.]

So who's the killer? They never solved the mystery!

[@kerankerai7872]

+Commander Shepard simplely dudley

[@sha11235]

The killer was the writers of this dumb sketch.

[@fredarok579]

The butler. The butler is always the one who did it.

[@EditedAF987]

It was David and his mum

[@AlchemillaRed]

Simply Dudley

[@fournierman]

I love Kate's twist and fall. Very graceful.

[@AphelionOfficial]

"Fanny tickler" fucking hilarious

[@gbrot001]

Poor Sasheer. They never figured out how to use you 😢 I'm so happy they're not making the same mistake with Ego ❤️

[@HoustonHitta16]

I had a frown all day and this video made me smiled like a happy kid. That guy from the big bang makes me laughs hard

[@velveteenrabbit5804]

One must admit that Was a very beautiful turn before she Fell 2:57

[@Cytron1515]

SNL never gets old, NEVER.

[@mpetersaioo4054]

Sheldon's character never fail to amuse🤣😂

[@stellalichter5669]

love that kate is just dead on the floor for most of the skit

[@shak4632]

Ok you know what? Fine. Here. I am par-ticipating. 'Ohh oopsy ladies, must've BEEN the wind. *Simply Dudley* '" ROFL love how he announces his name.

[@comalies]

i've been myurrdered!

[@jovanakrivokapic]

why am i in love with kate?

[@stifito]

Me too... she is unbelievable beautiful... and her charisma is addicting ;]]

[@putinczen7523]

gey

[@snowytowns]

KATE MCKINNON KILLED Me

[@Danonymous5000]

Mystery solved.

[@guymanson1626]

@@Danonymous5000 Lmfao

[@siddharthakvr5154]

Kate McKinnon is fucking amazing!😂😂

[@BC-jb7mz]

Simply Dudley 😂😂😂 “Who the hell is this guy!”

[@ThePwig]

Cecily is such a great actress.

[@nickwilliams6621]

Sheldon playing Quagmire's role lol. Grade A entertainment right there hahaha.

[@1point21GigaWattz]

Parsons: "What do you people want me to do?" Cecily: "Not tickle a dead woman's ass!"

[@aeyelashbug6311]

Even if this wouldn't have had a very poorly written character, this wouldn't have been a very fun murder mystery. It seems like it's basically just: do whatever the cuecard says

[@arkay1k]

Jim brings Sheldon to life ,this role looked like it's been played by sheldon

[@Kai0nTheMoon]

4 years later and the names in the description are still wrong.

[@yabasic4105]

what do you mean?

[@jenniferb.awesome]

@@yabasic4105 the description below the video explaining what it's about and who the cast is says the wrong names, it says jonah hill and Keenan played the parts

[@yabasic4105]

@@jenniferb.awesome it doesn't for me. For me it says : While with his wife (Cecily Strong) and his friends (Beck Bennett, Sasheer Zamata) at a murder mystery dinner experience, a man (Jim Parsons) is upset with the character he's given and what his character must do. [Season 39, 2014]

[@jenniferb.awesome]

@@yabasic4105 they must have changed it

[@yabasic4105]

@@jenniferb.awesome oh, ok. thx

[@vguerrero1433]

Oh.. I 100% understand ALL of Jim Parsons' confusion here. I had all the same questions 😅

[@coloneljacobs2217]

When your parents try to join your Dungeons and Dragons session

[@TRDTYukiTV]

God i love how jim puts his sheldon on for this, so good

[@makalism]

“This guys trying to fondle me!” Classic Simly Dudley! 😏

[@kristybuchanan1109]

Hearing Sheldon say ''baby" is just the weirdest thing I'm used to him saying the scientific word for it

[@YourMoodCreator]

It's fun when I imagine that it's Sheldon Cooper and it's a kind of spin-off of the Big Bang Theory

[@pieguyandfries5401]

“There’s been a murder, in savanna Georgia”

[@Arlyneya]

This comment serves more likes.

[@brodypenn]

Yeah how does this only have 15 likes?

[@katherine_queen5294]

The lightning sound effects when the maid got murdered were really good like damn they be going all out for these sketches

[@rucsandajuncu4578]

Her laugh is infectious, it's like a bell on a cats collar tinkling

[@lcephoenix]

2:52 "I've been meurdered!" and that overdramatic head spin made me fucking lose it, lmao

[@lesliehuyghe4890]

I really wanna go to this now and get my husband to be the "simply Dudley" character 🤣🤣🤣

[@musicman7229]

Michael:There has been a murder, and you are a suspect. Creed:Ight boutta head out.

[@dizzymisslizzy1428]

The enthusiasm of the other three characters throughout the whole thing annoyed me so much😂

[@sammycross9119]

Kate's role was best!! And the acting... LMAO!

[@meli.p4325]

Even he isn't sheldon, he is sheldon 😂

[@lordbuss]

In any situation when you don't want to do something, and people ask "but it's fun! What, you want to ruin are fun?" the answer "yes". That is a valid answer, essential for a happy life.

[@liveassRocker]

KATE IS THE BEST! so talented

[@alisathemushroom9923]

3:20 I thought of a line “I said I love to watch them leave, but not like this.” or “When I said ‘I love to watch them leave’ this isn’t what I meant.”

[@MovieSeriesClips]

*Need more of these murder mystery plots*

[@steviemicks785]

Is like he's Sheldon in this skit too ,being walked all over by his so called "friends". It's soooo frustrating.

[@wolfyboy]

I've always wondered: how long would it take for people to realize it's an ACTUAL murder, in a murder mystery game?

[@turzigaming]

I feel that Jim is playing Sheldon in this 😂

[@phraze410]

2:48 I LOVE HER!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 the Turn fall!!!! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tsmith4988]

0:33 The way he almost cracks makes me wonder if they purposely tried to trip him up with the cue card instead of him actually messing up the line

[@divyangtiwari2976]

2:48 - 2:55 is all that made me laugh

[@conway300]

"Simply Dudleys Fabulous Fanny Tickler, who the hell is this guy??" "Simply Dudley goes to town" XD XD XD

[@person465]

"The captain goes to town on the maid!" WTF Lmao 🤣🤣🤣

[@DamianTheLightskin]

I’m a simple man I see Jim Parsons I then think of sheldon then... I click

[@CD-lp3fh]

me too😹

[@lovelycybxr583]

LMAO this made me laugh even if I watched with my parents🤣

[@StarkIller-df7gw]

Sheldon goes to town on the dead maid no matter which character he chooses! 😂😂😂

[@EmilouASMR]

Taran Killam is wonderful

[@allisonelizabeth6596]

For a gay man, Jim is good at playing it straight!

[@glooperscooper]

...wat