Penelope: Traffic School - SNL

In traffic school, the chatty, boastful Penelope (Kristen Wiig) tries to one-up all the other students and the teacher (Amy Adams). With Bill Hader, Kenan Thompson and Casey Wilson. [Season 33, 2008]
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[@neversaygoodbye4]

I was reminded of this tonight when a boy at work said “I have a headache,” and a girl literally said, “I get chronic migraines, sooo..” 😂😂😂😂

[@shutupandletmego8941]

well my dad sad is called after migraines so........ his name is migraine soooo......

[@shutupandletmego8941]

guess he has it worse soooo

[@TheNsider]

Females do that

[@fenudel2734]

TheNsider alright incel

[@cadenschmidt6877]

@@shutupandletmego8941 my dad was actually the first migraine, sooo guess he has it worse than you soooo

[@artchercreative4739]

"i was just speeding so fast i broke the sound barrier so.. i drove to the future so.. in the future i already took this class and everybody passed so congratulations!"

[@alexasofiawilson]

LMAO!

[@rowatron]

@newswars-dotcom I know what they were going to say sooner because I'm psychic soooooo... And I liked it faster soooo...

[@agoosecalledxaro6679]

So...

[@MelindaHenderson]

lmfaooooooooo

[@jakehiller6444]

This line deserved a bigger laugh from the audience I was cracking up

[@oblivi0nXchainz]

Penelope is one of Kristen's best characters on SNL

[@kristynanetrhova8679]

I like Gilly! :DD but Penelope is great! :D

[@OpinionatedChicken59]

oblivi0nXchainz I think she's the best character there's ever been on TV so my compliment's a little bit better than yours so...

[@parkheejin8757]

oblivi0nXchainz I like Sue acted by Kristen too

[@irfanarahan]

The "two a-holes" is also epic..

[@helloitsme.5604]

Target lady

[@karlalocada2995]

"....that's my eye in the pyramid." hahaaha

[@Matthew-mz8ct]

Everyone in the universe hear me, so I laughed louder than you, so...

[@majed8192]

That's when I lost it 😂😂

[@seansmith5468]

👌

[@sandras2624]

😭

[@ItsBritneyBitch1]

I have watched ton of Kristen Wiig's skits and love her more than any of you do sooo...

[@reemalshamsi9714]

Well i was the one that hired you to write and direct them soo... and they were based on my ideas and you just helped to make it happen .. sooo what do you say about that? And im thinking of ideas for future skits that y'all have to wait To find what they'll be about . Sooo..

[@babarsuhail5678]

Well, I have watched ALL of Kristen Wiig's skits, so...

[@stefanellasizzarettia8417]

Well I am secretly Kristen Wiig and I see myself in the mirror everyday,sooo....

[@happycamper6888]

Well I also watched all her movies, so.... and I commented on all her videos so... And I also own a wig so my last name's almost wig so I'm alittle bit wiigier than you soo...

[@sophiex638]

Well I bought I bought all the rights to her skits and had brunch with her so I guess I’m just a little bit closer to her than you soooo

[@cordeliax8972]

penelope reminds me of some people i actually know

[@continuousself-improvement1879]

All the people I know are Penelopes, so I know about this more than you, sooo..

[@khizrafarida5234]

@@continuousself-improvement1879 😂😂

[@TheBriceKennedy]

Exactly! That's what makes this character so amazing - we can relate.

[@smeghead3471]

Continuous Self-Improvement but I’m the Penelope you know soooo...

[@rene9406]

I actually personally know Penelope, so...

[@songbird6414]

I love the implication that everything Penelope says is true. It adds just a tiny bit more weirdness to the skit

[@worldscalephotography]

Everything I say is so true it becomes reality so... I can actually create things with my mind and I created this sketch in my head and it just appeared on your feed so....

[@rong2912]

Condos on Jupiter are totally a real thing. I've seen them because I have a 50 acre ranch on Jupiter, so...

[@davidmarshall7752]

Yes ! Though I'd also say I'm married to the implication everything she says is true and it adds a ton more weirdness to the skit... sooo ...

[@songbird6414]

@@davidmarshall7752 *furiously wrings hands through hair*

[@unclearnuclear]

It makes it tragic. No one believes her! Yet it's true!

[@tiffwxy]

Speeding so fast I broke the sound barrier 😂

[@samiagius422]

Tiff Wey Well I broke the light barrier so.......

[@sedlyholmes3722]

Tiff Wey what flash thing to saay

[@sandras2624]

I straigth up cried laughing the first time i heard that 😭

[@ayoifeoni]

I absolutely lost it when she said that's her eye on the pyramid 😂

[@Crimson11100]

I never knew Kristen Wiig was so talented, I've only seen her in a few movies and I came across her sketches by chance. She should have her own show!

[@norwayguy1976]

***** She makes alot of movies. Just search at imdb.

[@warwickwagner4797]

Actually I think she's really talented.... and I've seen her in loads of movies, probably more than you....and I think she should have a dozen shows, sooo.....

[@odettejewel7114]

Warwick Wagner Well I am the supreme lord of the universe soo..... Yall should thank me for creating the person who created the first human beings so they could reproduce soooo.......

[@i.1213]

Crimson11100 she's one of the best actresses ever.

[@arthurcurry2003]

I always knew she was talented beyond her movies, sooo. Lol. Couldn’t resist.

[@MyPronounsISwhom]

Amy Adams' face is forever and always holding back tears of sadness. No one knows why.

[@AanchalGhai]

Ayeee

[@obvichanelnumber_1]

I know why which means I am smarter. Soooo

[@nina_summers]

Yes lol

[@nelozeed4395]

YO! I am glad someone else said that! To me she looks like she is always just about to cry or just got done crying.

[@gambitwilsonbillyho953]

What???

[@agustinalima]

Summary of the whole skit: “Weird flex but ok”

[@Meeskait1992]

ikr

[@takeafuckinchillpill1405]

i knew that was the summary and even wrote it on bestsummaries.com but it was deleted bc it wasn’t fair to the other summaries sooo...

[@MrDino1953]

WTF is “flex”?

[@musicalproton4452]

@@MrDino1953 To show off / bragging.

[@sudiptaa6159]

I think Penelope is the best annoying character :D

[@TRONvsRINZLER]

I guess you haven't see the 'Two A Holes' on SNL

[@revnge1]

Sudiptaa you think

[@1992Sorcha1992]

I think I'm better at being annoying soo

[@beepshep1064]

apparently, you havent seen the Gilly skits

[@areturningdog9722]

I find the character more annoying than you do, soooo....

[@kbhprinsesse]

"My house is a macadamia nut, soooo... my front door's a big almond, sooo..."

[@sumoclift]

Amy Adams looks so cute .

[@BlutigeTranen]

*is so cute

[@jmartinez2289]

i think amy adams is cuter than you think she so....

[@kentonpryor7091]

She always looks great!

[@TETCOM.]

Casey Wilson's cuter......annnd...she invented steps.....sssoooo u owe her 5 dollars every time u walk in your house sooooo....yeah...

[@andrebyrd1337]

I just realized she was in the muppet movie. So, technically she wasn't lying when she said she was best friend's with Kermit the Frog

[@simonhbrooke]

Funniest part of this skit is the extras. They're like aliens that just read a book on human body language that day.

[@blueribenaberry]

The woman that can't stop staring at herself on the cameras is the worst haha

[@sander-fx8wu]

I read all the books on the human body, so.... i also read all of the books on the mammal, reptile, amphibian and insect body, so...

[@sala8763]

Sander well I’ve read every book about all forms of life including bacteri sooo.. watchuhavetosaybouttht hmm???

[@areturningdog9722]

Actually I'm an actual alien being, sooo...

[@khadishab2745]

@@sala8763 I am a book soooo.....

[@TheLovelySheri]

I invented the internet soooo

[@isaakzuniga8562]

Sheri I invented the internet better sooo....

[@sarahrodriguez1980]

The internet was already invented by me before you I was just too busy inventing things like outer space and celebrities that I let you claim the invention so...

[@isaakzuniga8562]

Sarah Soup yea... but I invented the solar system, humans, and life as we know it after I invented the internet and it’s just the weekend and I just finished school as a teacher of all the classes sooo...

[@sarahrodriguez1980]

@@isaakzuniga8562 Yeah... I made the big boom happen... it was on accident... I had a lot of beans for lunch, whichialsoinvented, and kinda pbBBl...farted it out... magical farts.. it was embarrassing but i didnt care because i created the feeling of not caring... yeah and i already graduated and became the teacher of the world's education before you even dismissed class so....

[@isaakzuniga8562]

Sarah Soup yea but... this is awkward... I invented everything before the Big Bang and the events that led up to it... and I made the Big Bang better.. soooo

[@AshrafAnam]

Yes, Amy, you *are* friends with Kermit the Frog

[@aylapias9087]

Exactly

[@timkinss]

+DeZignRimmeLuV __ Couldn't happen to a better person

[@sallyjackson8774]

yh well Kermit the frog is my husband soo .. he's more in love me soo what do you have to say about mmm soo

[@ameliakay9646]

righttt

[@andrebyrd1337]

I just commented this

[@Ancha1234]

haha, i love kristen especially as penelope.

[@tanya.24]

Ana Jakoš I love Kristen more than you so... I love her in any character she plays so... My compliment is a little better than you so...

[@underscore3836]

Friends with Kermit the frog...Muppet Movie, Amy wasnt even lying there

[@hap_pax]

HA!

[@Mongrelgrey]

While I love Kristen Wiigs absolutely brilliant delivery of Penelopy I feel that due admiration also needs to be sent towards the absolutely brilliantly vivid and realistic (in this context!) portrayal of the increasingly desperate driving school teacher by Amy Adams. It was just spot on and created a real dynamic to the scene!

[@Fedesiete]

Mongrelgrey no.

[@aly8950]

Mongrelgrey deserves awards

[@jonthehermit8082]

It’s funny for like two seconds, sooo.

[@NewhamMatt]

Amy Adams says her best friend is Kermit the Frog - prophecy.

[@yukicee429]

The sad thing is, there are actually people like this. Used to work with a girl who literally always made everything about her. Had to one up everybody to the point where I couldnt take her seriously. On the other hand, this was hilarious.

[@typ237]

I probably know more people like that than you do, so…..

[@angie-4514]

'that's my eye on the dollar bill' killed it.

[@apdronite6202]

Kristen Wiig is such a treasure in SNL. She's really dedicated into character she's playing in.

[@bluecatky]

Well, I'm a treasure too. In fact I'm a buried treasure and I buried the map with me so no one can ever find me. Soooooo.....

[@Pencraft]

I wont to see Amy Adams in a comedy with Kristen Wiig. They can play sisters! Both are amazing talented women, love them so much!

[@filmfangirls9163]

Amy Adams!! And Oh my gosh Bills expressions when Penelope talks 😂

[@harshitachaudhry3536]

My comment is newer than all of you soooo.....

[@MultiHalloweenFreak]

Uhm, guess I'll say that.. uhm, my comment is the newest, sooo...

[@ahmedalmulla12345]

Harshita chaudhary my comment is even the most newest new comment sooo

[@Nimesay1]

Harshita chaudhary Mine is the newest so...

[@nikkif2942]

Harshita chaudhary mine is newer and better than yours and also longer than yours sooo.....

[@harshitachaudhry3536]

you got me!! :D

[@unconventionalsenshi]

gotta love Penelope XD

[@ycAuntieLala]

I love this character. She cracks me up. The one up-mannship is hilarious. I was already listening before I came. That is my eye on the pyramid. OK yes. More please. We have all met someone like this. That's apart of what makes it funny.

[@Jardinier2023]

Kristen is brilliant..I love this character she invented!!

[@deliacervantes940]

OMFGosh!! I busted out laughing !!🤣🤣😂 "That's my EyE in the pyramid"... Genius writers, Perfect acting!!...

[@daveyonathan230]

I can't believe that Amy Adams never won an Oscar, she even slays the SNL skit

[@lucifera6398]

"That is my eye on the pyramid" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@narmaniorange4186]

Her voice goes in and out😭😭😭😂😂❗❗

[@sisandazondi9350]

This was posted in 2013 and I'm writing my comment in 2019, 6 years later so my comment is the newest so that means I've just watched it more recently so my laugh is fresher than all of yours sooo...

[@name4877]

My reply to your comment is a month later so its the newest soooooo... lol

[@alexandramcdonald7804]

Well I’m watching this in Jan 2020 so....I guess that means I’ve watched this more recently than you soooo.......

[@god3485]

Lexus Ehrenburg well im watching it 3 days after you soooo.... guess my view is the latest so.... but only a little bit

[@whalesharko4465]

@@god3485 yeah well yours is 5 days ago so... My comment is newer so... That makes it a little bit better so...

[@user-ce5cd1kw1y]

@@whalesharko4465 well my comment is the most recent sooo im probably younger sooo and thus smarter sooo

[@ellefant8938]

I was kindly reminded (and encouraged) after seeing Adams' slight yet visibly nervous and self-conscious vibration in showing that she vastly differs from the woman she grew into.

[@neandashelembe]

that's my eye on the pyramid lolest!

[@sbomorse]

This is THE BEST character of all of the SNL sketches!

[@BonoLightier]

I love Penelope so much!!!!

[@rayburton4867]

Kristen Wiig is so freakin talented! From this to Target Lady....

[@NewhamMatt]

In the final shot where Amy is talking, she appears to be looking in an entirely different direction to the one where Kristen is standing.

[@karmabum21]

cue cards

[@EpsilonEridani_]

Tony the Tiger is my biological father, sooo....

[@Rachel98246]

Oh my god he's my dad too, soo, I guess that makes us siblings soo...

[@trashtvinternational]

Why does she shrink in the end???

[@sallyjackson8774]

Tony tiger is my brother so I've been related to him before you were even born ...soo

[@julie-eh6nk]

sally jackson Tony Tiger is my son soo. I pressed him out of my vagina and he lived inside of me for 9 months soo.. I know him longer and better than you soo...

[@usmuse]

Because she says that if she wants to she can shrink herself to two inches tall and just walk around; Watch the wedding reception one as well when she goes black and white

[@iamjoshdelacruz]

I'm the latest commenter here sooo....

[@rachidasaritas]

😂😂😂

[@kenthansen8395]

+Josh But now I'm the latest commentor, sooo... I'll probably stay as the last comment a little longer than you soooo... I also saw myself in the future adding another comment to this thread about 6 million eons from now so...

[@valeriacapellaro2348]

+Kent Hansen I am the laterest commenter sooooo... I actually come from the future, sooo.....

[@hittingyouoverthehead]

I've seen this comment in every Penelope video so...

[@timkinss]

+Willow Tito Join us sooo... jooiiiin usss ssssooo...

[@7777skye]

Kristen is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@izmadi22]

I love SNL, but rarely actually laugh at the sketches. And when I do, it's more of a scoff. But all the Penelope sketches that I've seen so far have made me laugh really loudly.

[@fernandacerqueira2020]

They snuck in the little Tony the tiger being “just good” so well in there! Not grrrreat, just good 😂

[@gabormiklay9209]

00:13 "...I came in first and second." 🤣

[@trhone1978]

Anyone who has ever worked a job has been around a Penelope

[@mr.lafftoomuch4805]

I'm done.. . She said she was speeding so fast she broke the sound barrier and drove into the future.. .. . 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rubyponce8545]

I love Penelope, shes hilarious I wish there was more episodes with her.

[@TheModernInvestor]

I'm pretty sure I'm the best commenter and I have the biggest KZbin channel on earth sooo....

[@sammyeagleson5352]

My comments got made into a book, which got adapted into a movie which won an Oscar sooo...

[@pomegranateemporium]

The Modern Investor ...This comment is amazing. But. Not as amazing as my reply, my replies last year won an Oscar at the NASA awards given to me by Obama after I won the Pulitzer for best replies of the century propelling KZbin to stop global warming sooooo...

[@sammyeagleson5352]

Well I don't know what to say other than my comments cured cancer and brought peace in the middle east which got me my Nobel peace prize from Gandhi after I traveled back in time and saved his life sooooo...

[@jessmaloney8375]

Wel the Queen of England came to my house today and told me that she wanted to be my best friend and she wanted me to come and live with her and become the next Queen soooooooooo.....

[@jojojo89517]

MachadoSwag I invented the alphabets soo...... You owe me royalties soo...

[@kazesmaruai4504]

I love Kristen’s characters so much they’re so modern and amazing

[@jeffamunoz]

*Kristin Stewart is the best thing that’s ever happened to SNL, literally legendary!* 😂

[@spnvpng04]

Her name is kristen wiig 😩😂

[@VintageRose75]

@@spnvpng04 Actually, her name is Kristen Wiig..😉

[@delenas]

@@spnvpng04 i helped name her sooo... i was there when the mother gave birth and was deciding what to name her sooo... ive known her name all her life sooo.... 😶

[@THUNDERGODPRO]

she pops up everywhere,

[@jhey5639]

I was already listening before I came.... omg this is TIMELESS 🤣

[@JimbosliceLV]

I just watched all the Penelope sketches and have come to the concussion that She's magic!

[@Wyatth58]

Amy Adams looks great, even in her goodwill outfit.

[@jordanstuart7252]

Kristen is such a great actress and beauty. I could watch her in any skit.

[@peterromano9012]

"HI Tony the Tiger,. How are you? Just good? I thought you would be something else." LMAOO

[@vicmelepres136]

KRISTEN WIIG and AMY ADAMS LOOK SO MICH ALIKE.

[@sophovot5079]

+VICMEL EPRES white people am i right

[@vicmelepres136]

Sophovot Nah just this particular 2.

[@haotianwang3618]

can't agree more！

[@SelfReflective]

You can totally see it when they're together.

[@thsu8]

Actually, Amy is 20x prettier than Kristen. That's why one is an actress in leading roles and the other does sketch comedy.

[@jakeduffles1598]

One word: TALENT

[@girlygirl402]

Penelope is my favorite character😂❤

[@bruceinmyheart]

Penelope is so funny, but I can only find 4 skits with her on KZbin. Anyone know if there are more than this one, the Thanksgiving, the Therapy and the Wedding?

[@AmaniSa88]

best character everrrrr

[@mr.lafftoomuch4805]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bluscorpion]

It's funny when someone tries to compete with her, and her comebacks are priceless! Lmao!!!

[@OptimusPrimeribs]

She brings out just a little bit of Penelope in a couple scenes in Bridesmaids. Hilarious movie!

[@hotpansy]

that girl behind kenan and bill

[@CrisSii2]

+hotpansy it distracts me so much. Bad choice of extra!

[@redfred51]

broke the sound barrier hahaha

[@agussaefulloh8388]

"Speeding so fast I broke the sound barrier" 😭😭😭

[@frankpitochelli6786]

Absolutely hysterical gold..!!

[@itmeyaboitheline3419]

Bill looks so cute in this I just wanna ruffle his hair! 😍

[@alwaysthatgirrl]

I just love Penolape😂😂😂😭😭😭she's so damn in a funny way

[@mariaviselli5497]

Still watching her 6 years later 😂🥰

[@RyuLongRHOG]

i love this sketch more than anyone else....so...... and i laughed the hardest..... so.....

[@zenstefaniotis7379]

That's my eye on the pyramid!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@Capitaoamerica79]

Amy Adams is such a beauty...

[@treemarie3080]

This is just about the only sketch that makes me pee a little each time🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@The.Lilomay]

The eye of the pyramid I died haha

[@afanontheceiling]

“Oh hi Tony the Tiger. How are you? Oh just good? That’s weird, I thought you’d be something else.” I almost didn’t catch that.

[@SmugSuspenders]

I love Kristens compulsive neurotic characters :) I guess she must find a lot of it in herself :)

[@arturomonjaraz592]

I loooove this character hahahahahahaha

[@aracelymoran2504]

The brilliance of the Penelope skits is a few of the crazies she spews out actually are true. Just which one until the big reveal in the end.

[@Anonymous87744]

I love Penelope 😂😂😂😂😂 she has to one up everyone

[@jamebentillo3705]

XD that's my eye in the pyramid .. hahah

[@maxxh5331]

3:09 she wasn't lying there.

[@pmprajwalmaheshwari8046]

Penelope then and Chad now Iconics

[@msalem3076]

You all been quarantined for two weeks but i have been in quarantine since Spring Break, sooooooo and my class’s commencement is the only one being cancelled in the history soooooooo

[@nautuan7793]

I've been in quarantine since early March Soo just a little bit longer than you soooo I guess I win soooo

[@robertocedeno-ramirez7623]

Then Amy Adams actually became friends with Kermit the Frog a few years after 2008 :p

[@recoveryworld8619]

I would absolutely tear that up!

[@Winnipegger100]

I love when she did the 'til Tuesday band reference! Lol!

[@EaglesMan710]

It would’ve been funny if Amy Adams also said in the end, “I’m engaged to a prince from a fairytale kingdom in an alternate dimension.” 😂😂

[@HiHi-zu9dt]

Penelope actually reminds me of girls in my class 😂

[@Daribha_Kharluni]

I just love her

[@nikhilbharali5298]

3:16 - Amy Adams mimicking herself and still not being 100% 😂

[@Jayjee762]

I created every thing soo...

[@maryallgier195]

“I’m friends with Kermit the frog.” Well that’s true though

[@noudint2461]

Had watched ths 4 literally 5x now...still makes me laugh..love Kirsten Wiig.

[@nwsimon]

I've watched it 6 literally 7x now... so...

[@AndrewMacLaine]

That female extra in the back cheezing and staring straight into the camera is sending me to Mars lolol

[@mobubabe]

Did Kristen Wiig do any characters matching her AWESOMENESSS of her SNL's ones? :) (I mean was she any good outside SNL?)

[@thewinner7382]

Did you not see "Bridesmaids", it's a fantastic comedy.

[@shoesarenice]

shes in anchorman 2 and shes pretty funny