Please Don’t Destroy - Good Variant - SNL

Ben Marshall, John Higgins and Martin Herlihy celebrate after news of a new COVID variant.
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[@phildevitt877]

The Fauci tweet - “Hit the clubs, no masks” - killed me.

[@utubefreshie]

Also Al Roker showing up randomly out of nowhere. That killed me. Hahaha

[@snoobins4623]

"WHO OUT IN DC?"

[@LaneCorbett]

Freedomtoons level Fauci

[@lowerclassbrats77]

Exactly, there's plenty of drones who lived their lives as a 2 year game of Simo... I mean Fauci says.

[@gr6e]

@@lowerclassbrats77 your username is so accurate holy shit

[@batzvidzacc6738]

“Yo yo yo! Fauci just put out a statement ” “What’d it say?” “He just hooked up with Saweetie” LMAOOO 😭

[@aaratrika524]

I died😭

[@TriniLush7]

@@aaratrika524 ME TOO LOL

[@manuelmateo3392]

Fauci pullin'

[@Garrettdx1988]

That is what he said in the video I just watched

[@monicasainz3212]

This gets me every time!

[@gustavocecille2063]

I was expecting like a very bad ending but this was very wholesome and definitely what we needed in these dark times. The "Pokemons are real" bit was just the cherry on top. Thank you good sirs for this one. :)

[@FakingANerve]

Yeah, I was waiting for them to come out of a fever dream.

[@brianmorton9419]

I don’t know if this was a coincidence, but February 27th (this sunday) is pokemon’s birthday

[@granitegrizz]

@@FakingANerve I had the same reaction. I showed it to my roommate and she commented to herself, "Which one is hallucinating due to Covid?"

[@verislie]

@@FakingANerve aren't we all just waiting to come out of a fever dream?

[@ZOMGItsDAF]

I just wish he didnt pronounce it like that

[@laurenw.8178]

*was not expecting Paul Rudd or Al Roker, but this whole sketch in general made me feel so good!* 😁👏🏽

[@bamagrl26]

You have C-Good, your Positive meaning Attitude

[@mowiezowie3261]

I’m surprised that you expected Pokémon in this skit

[@JamesFarrOfficial]

No matter who you are, where you come from, or what you happen to believe in, I think we can all agree ... there is nothing that can't be improved by a random synth-playing Paul Rudd.

[@juleswick]

Truer words have never been spoken. 🙌

[@GenericVillain]

Yeah, even a pile of excrement. Paul Rudd can shine a turd like nobody's business.

[@ashtonandkylievideos2929]

Yeah well you know whenever 40 hands Roker shows it's a pahty

[@thomastaipliadis8533]

Totally agree.

[@benzaiten933]

I kinda expect him to burst into my room and randomly start playing - one can dream!

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

How to make a sketch even better: Include Paul Rudd!

[@squishyshelli]

No love for Al Roker? 😂

[@robertdelossantos5844]

I’m happy he was able to get a picture as a members of the five timers club with John in his jacket

[@canaisyoung3601]

That's to make up for his episode getting canceled in December because of Omicron variant COVID cases rising. They figured since John Mulaney is going to be a Five Timers Club member, let's try to make things right with Paul Rudd. And they did.

[@TriniLush7]

@@squishyshelli Right smh... made the comment into even more trash!

[@donaldstanfield8862]

Bonus Al & John! 💥💨

[@voyager1568]

The “Pokemon are REAL” line made me audibly go “wtf” and proceed to laugh harder. This was awesome

[@elivermenjivarjr35]

Not even that, it was zapados flying above the capital for me, and the igglybuff family 🤣🤣

[@christianzafiroglu6705]

That was the comedic gift we all needed. Paul Rudd playing synth, Al Roker double pounding 40s, real Pokémon, Fauci hooking up, 48 inch long subs. An embarrassment of riches.

[@snoobins4623]

I'm all about that Mulaney dance at 1:45

[@patriciainportland5567]

Don't forget the luscious locks!

[@batgurrl]

These three guys usually kill it with some subtlety but this was over the top and hilarious.

[@CM-pf1xc]

Yeah but there wasn’t really a punchline

[@Incompetences]

@@CM-pf1xc That's because it's surrealist humor.

[@batgurrl]

@@CM-pf1xc there doesn’t need to be a ‘punchline’ everywhere and often there isn’t one even

[@mass-cp6jf]

@@CM-pf1xc its meta irony smart guy

[@284436]

Really trying to picture them pitching this to Lorne

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

The Please Don’t Destroy guys deserve to be official cast members

[@canaisyoung3601]

Here's hoping.

[@judah9255]

Right!! These please don’t destroy videos are much more consistently funny than any other regular skits on the show!

[@canaisyoung3601]

@@judah9255 Does that include Weekend Update? Or is that its own thing?

[@codyhiginbotham6616]

@@judah9255 All the more reason they should be hired in the cast

[@thekiss2083]

nah they're fine exactly where they are

[@kylehogan9867]

I love how in all of their sketches, everyone usually plays themselves, and it just takes place in the writers room. It adds this additional sense of realism that makes the insanity feel extra out of place and funny.

[@trishriederer1857]

Mulaney is like the only host who is literally in every single sketch (as he should be)

[@christratton]

The he hooked up with Saweetie. Yeeuh!

[@videorocketzmillar007milla5]

He wrote this stuff..so glad he's clean and back

[@greenday61892]

Jason Sudeikis: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@tylerensley2628]

Give sudeikis his credit

[@anmnou]

Oh I want life/the world to be like this for a while...I found myself grinning from ear to ear the whole skit through....

[@tylerhackner9731]

Same I would love this

[@who0lee]

Same!!!

[@GenericVillain]

Feels good. Was it actually funny though?

[@BeeWhistler]

I think they were going for the positive vibes instead of their usual borderline disasters to just lighten things up for a few minutes what with the Ukraine and the psychotic Republicans claiming life is better in red states and other bs.

[@gjk540]

@@joeygrandview7304 It's been a full-on party here in Florida. Only three of my neighbors died from COVID in December!!

[@spricket24]

I don't know what I thought this was going to be but I laughed so hard and am still confused haha

[@Bob-fj7lr]

SNL was extra stupid this week and it's so funny

[@brassattacks2411]

it's a joke at Covid's expense because we are all so over it, and questioning the fuck out of it. of course this won't be received well but it's the fucking truth ;-)

[@amonrodriguez3518]

They suck but glad some people think they enjoyed it lol. This is the perfect comment, I don’t know what happened and I was confused, but laughed anyway! That’s funny. That’s like not getting a joke but you hear laughter so you do to

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

Console yourself: You couldn’t possibly be as confused as the writers.

[@spricket24]

@@amonrodriguez3518 basically you are summing up my life - I have Autism and rarely understand most jokes 😂🤣🤷‍♀💜

[@johnfarmakis8518]

This is the show now. Or at least it should be. These guys deserve their own sketch show. I’ve been sitting in this Covid world for 3 years now and it never crossed my mind to make a “good variant” joke. Brilliant.

[@danschumacher5427]

No small doses is better not 1/2 hours

[@monroe1814]

They have their own Sketch Show, that's how they got into SNL, do a Web search. ✌

[@noelaguirrechavez4462]

This is one of the most optimistic things i've seen in a long time. I think we're all jaded from all the stuff the world has thrown at us for a while now and this feels like the perfect break from the world, even if it lasts three minutes.

[@dylansickinger545]

I know right? This sketch makes me so genuinely happy

[@1slandgirlcaribbean304]

These three guys are the freshest and funniest part of SNL, now. I love seeing what they put together each show. 😄

[@GenericVillain]

No. Just no. You're insulting the main cast.

[@primokarma9841]

Nice try, one of those three guys

[@Aleedis226]

Agreed!

[@kortneyr03]

Easily

[@crossfoot4612]

I click on their videos first every time a new SNL comes out.

[@luluharshie3929]

This seemed like an excuse to party with Paul Rudd and I’m not mad about it

[@canaisyoung3601]

And to make up for him not really having an episode since Omicron variant COVID shut down his episode back in December.

[@bernlin2000]

Al Roker use to do tons of sketches on Conan's old NBC show, really great seeing them both on the show this week, huge credit just for having a great group of guest appearances.

[@toasterchildproductions5117]

This is such a breath of fresh air. I feel like so much content lately has been cynical, so it nice to just have some plain old silly fun

[@user-od8yh8xs9u]

these were the people pushing all the cynical content!!!!! wtf is wrong with you people's memory???

[@DasSpritzenmeister]

@@user-od8yh8xs9u but it “feels good!”

[@DasSpritzenmeister]

“was not expecting Paul Rudd or Al Roker but this whole sketch in general made me feel so good! 😁👏” - An actual comment on this...skit?

[@credenzamostro]

@@DasSpritzenmeister lmao what is wrong with that comment at all, you people are maladjusted

[@DasSpritzenmeister]

It’s normal

[@ivyinabottle]

I lost it when A Sky Full of Stars kicked in lmaooo

[@batzvidzacc6738]

This was so funny, the SECOND the music kicked in I started cackling to myself😭

[@rn6710]

Um ok

[@GenericVillain]

Yeah, cuz music cue=funny. 😒

[@ZaddyOG]

John, we don’t care.

[@sydneyb9340]

They really know how to pick the right music for their sketches 😂

[@batzvidzacc6738]

Lemme explain why I found even the song so funny: I’m gen z and I’m pretty sure the Please Don’t Destroy guys are gen z as well, and this song is such a nostalgic and random choice, it caught me off guard and made me laugh. I don’t know how exactly to explain it but I’d imagine that if you were to show it to gen z most would laugh simply based off the song choice.

[@brigidmarylucey7342]

This is my new comfort video

[@wadball]

Sherman yelling "you're positive" is exactly the energy I needed lmao Edit: this ENTIRE SKETCH was the energy I needed

[@andrewharding1511]

I want this to be real. This literally made me feel better. I had a really bad day and this has me laughing my ass off 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@the57bears]

"Putin hit with Gelvini Variant, chills the fuck out and initiates dialogues over world-wide nuclear disarmament"

[@christopherweise438]

@@the57bears - Now you're talkin'.

[@sakbrat1]

Me too! It was not a good day in the ICU. But this made me laugh hard. 😂😂😂

[@fastf00dknight41]

@@sakbrat1 hope you get better soon!

[@utubefreshie]

Ikr! Makes a person wanna be infected by the Gelvini variant so bad. Lol

[@aznrabbit]

Can we take a second to appreciate how all the full igglybuff, jigglypuff, wigglytuff evolution line is in the legislation slot?

[@ericxplosion08]

Lmao this is a sentence I never thought I would read in my life.

[@steelpursuit]

Yeeees sir!

[@seanmorris3849]

I have no idea what this means but somehow it makes me love this sketch even more.

[@loriwest4777]

This is like one of those euphoric dreams you have. The kind that make you try to to fall back asleep, hoping to reenter the dream-door leading back inside.

[@THEEND4444]

“Pokemon are real.” “Pokemon have stormed the capital.” I wasn’t expecting it, but it is perfect.

[@emmarison]

Paul Rudd with the please don't destroy guys... the group I never knew I needed

[@GMEunpluged]

Just that zapdos above the capital this sketch was class

[@Brad772006]

This sketch is like pure medicine. Because it sure made me feel good.

[@ramirezproductions0826]

Anyone suddenly noticed that this sketch suddenly became visible right out of the blue again?

[@shorezee1253]

I absolutely love Please Don’t Destroy!! They are the funniest thing on SNL besides Weekend Update. The fact that they got Roker to do that is hilarious. Please Don’t Destroy RULES

[@GenericVillain]

No. Jimmy Fallon getting Brian Williams to slow jam the news in conjunction with the Roots is nine years old, ten times more clever and eleven times more talented use of a newsman in a comedic way.

[@ikonik4789]

@@GenericVillain dont be like that

[@lorigoshert6667]

I rarely find these skits funny. Guess we all have different types of humor. I like most of the other skits on the show, but this one doesn't usually do it for me. And I don't understand why it's called "Please Don't Destroy."

[@GenericVillain]

@@ikonik4789 Then don't gush about mediocrity.

[@gking08]

Do they have an andy samberg in their punch?

[@luluharshie3929]

Please don’t destroy is making big moves 👏👏

[@ericajohnson2256]

I didn't know I needed to see Al Roker in a wig chugging beer but I am so glad I did.

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

This is the funniest SNL sketch I've ever seen in my life. Can we just replace live sketch comedy with a bunch of shorts like these?

[@KevinBessey]

After I finish watching this sketch, I watch it again. This is the reality I want.

[@colettecavazos7343]

I kept waiting for something bad to happen but it just never did

[@emilygarcia8893]

The piano intro to "A Sky Full of Stars" was genius 😂 It's so uplifting!

[@jonmine6924]

i was trying to think of the song name thank you so much lol

[@emilygarcia8893]

@@jonmine6924 LOL No problem!

[@thatcece08]

the fauci tweet "who out in D.C" killed me

[@kellishere]

I know Stefon would be recommending that office as the best club in NYC

[@thecustardguys]

Please Don't Destroy has everything *gasp* Al Roker with 6' subs and luscious locks, Paul Rudd on the synth, and midgets on horseback with gay clown Putin.

[@rdcooper987]

@@thecustardguys And, somehow, MTV's Dan Cortese!

[@thecustardguys]

@@rdcooper987 yessssssss

[@MikeBaas]

Roker is absolutely hilarious!!!!!!!!!

[@FASTFOODGAMERS]

This is 3 minutes of pure chaos and every second is magical

[@divanista9633]

Al "Forty-Hands"Roker will be how I refer to him from this day forward. 🤣

[@gamedalfthegrey]

Al Roker needs to do more sketches. In fact, dude needs to host at least once. He’s hilarious!

[@angelicaterry3367]

Have they ever had news people as hosts?

[@TheEnd-eg6wq]

@@angelicaterry3367 Ron Burgundy🤣

[@angelicaterry3367]

@@TheEnd-eg6wq lol so silly

[@gamedalfthegrey]

@@angelicaterry3367 I thought Katie Couric did it once

[@bakermateo]

We need Conan hosting SNL again. It's been 20 years!

[@benitosandovalhere]

YES!

[@karmaoutlaw]

Yeahhhhhh!!!!

[@TriniLush7]

Conan and those guys? OMG it would be off the chain!

[@johnmcnulty2705]

I was shocked to see him on an NBC show even for one minute, there's no way he would be on an NBC show in any official capacity.

[@LexingtonB09]

Im so glad they posted this again!

[@Nikl1296]

When this video started, never in a million years did I think it was going to end with Pokémon passing legislation on behalf of Americans LMAO

[@coosoorlog]

Somehow I knew that both Igglypuff and Jigglypuff would be filled with amazing solutions of all societal problems of our time. Good to have Zapdos there to back it all up with Thunderbolt and Thunder Shock though.

[@Quartzquiz333]

Must be Paul's consolation for being short-changed on his 5th show.

[@canaisyoung3601]

I just said that. Also, Charli XCX is going to be the musical guest for the Oscar Isaac episode. So, yeah, both of them got a second chance to be on SNL. Maybe not together, but close enough.

[@Xapheus]

Yes, and he also showed up in the next sketch about this very thing (Five-Timers Club) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jV7KqpKYasiDotE

[@jakem189]

I can't prove it, but they changed the music in this video and it's worse now. It used to be an instrumental of "Sky Full of Stars"

[@Emmet126]

Wayback machine?

[@Nealbader82]

AHW MAN! So glad this is back online, but miss the original Sky Full of Stars music!

[@TheSiemek]

Long hair, Paul Rudd, Pokémon being real and Fauci hooking up with Saweetie. That’s the world I wanna live in.

[@shahartley]

Paul Rudd has been a national treasure since "Clueless" & he must be protected at all costs. ALL COSTS.

[@b_d15]

I can just imagine them going downstairs to the Today show studio and asking Al Roker “hey man, wanna be on SNL this week?”

[@grobertson9]

I like that they released this absolutely joyous sketch on such a depressing week

[@elizabethlarson9655]

"It comes from the sandy beaches of Cabo San Lucas!" And it leaves behind Al Roker with luscious hair.

[@BooksForever]

I can't believe it... this ACTUALLY cheered me up in the middle of this dystopian Republican-Russian hellscape that we've been trapped in for longer than Covid. We need a new variant on that called Justice...

[@snoopyg5910]

Delusional

[@ppsuddogs8494]

Hahahaha what

[@derekseven1647]

When Al Roker showed up that was the icing on the cake. He is a TV legend and to be hanging out with these new guys it's amazing.

[@bryanbuff]

This needs to be mandatory for every human to watch every morning.

[@Sindollx666x]

These young writers are COMEDY GENIUSES. Every single one of these skits with them so far has had me dying laughing!! Incredible!

[@achilleshoplite]

worthy successors to The Lonely Island

[@drewstanley5420]

They gave Al Roker hair!!! HAHAHA!!!!

[@jackhopey8586]

OGs remember when the song was Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay

[@lizzyq3362]

it doesn't hit the same anymore 😪

[@OctoberBrisk44]

This gave me a stupid amount of inexplicable joy. Thank you for this.

[@michellebeaulieu8118]

I love that the whole video you're waiting for the other shoe to drop, and it just never does XD

[@globbyakaweirdjellyguy954]

The fact that Paul Rudd showed up caught me totally by surprise as did Al Roker.🤣 Also, be careful not to make Arceus mad or let Jigglypuff sing.😥

[@iluv.Abelmoschus.esculentus]

The best skit or anything ever...just too epic...woah.

[@connorwithanor613]

Who’s here after they changed the background music? I miss the Coldplay

[@323guiltyspark]

I'm just glad it's back. There are a couple SNL sketches that are lost to time because of music rights stuff.

[@zeroshadow2468]

We all dream that this could happen.

[@hereliesdylon]

This is just pure unadulterated madness, and I loved every second of it.

[@firtfringsfirst]

They changed the background song… used to be Coldplay

[@TyrantBircher]

The fact they got Al Roker, made me fall in love with this sketch

[@fun2badult]

These guys deserve an Emmy

[@alexsi-gm2233]

PAUL RUDD PLAYING THE SYNTH IS MAKING ME LOSE MY MIND- TOTALLY MADE MY DAY

[@Just_The_Krust]

Paul Rudd going "Roker's on the loose" in such a satisfied and charismatic manner sent me.

[@nnn248nnn]

The zooms and editing plus the extreme hype they jump to in their acting make these so good. xD

[@89cspell]

These guys are the greatest thing SNL could ask for after losing the Lonely Island guys. Every sketch they’ve written hits. I love you guys!!! This is probably my favorite sketch ever.

[@TrevorCopter]

I’ve always loved the idea of 30 Rock as just one big office/college campus/stereotypical high school 🤣🤣🤣

[@alogan6467]

The randomness of this skit is what I’m here for 😂😂😂😂

[@karlymorgan6011]

These boys are literally a gift to humanity

[@chrissypharaoh7566]

best sketch of the night

[@charleighmikkan]

*please don’t destroy is the best part of the show*

[@along191]

Please give these guys a TV show. Even if the whole show is just them in a room, it would crush

[@peggygibbons479]

Only the BEST THING EVER!!! And I bet Al Roker had the most fun he's had in 3 years!!!! I needed this SO BAD!!

[@julius_the_python]

I'm not generally a fan of these guys sketches, but Al Fortyhands Roker had me rolling

[@rustydagon598]

This video has made me genuinely happy

[@kathyrose8750]

I’m crying - I love please don’t destroy way too much! Every Sunday it’s the first thing I watch

[@farmercout10]

The entire Jigglypuff evolutionary line being at the signing is a fun detail.

[@andiewolf1540]

This was almost too good. How can they ever top this?

[@sammylee5474]

This is why I love Please Don't Destroy. I saw their cameo and Subway Churro, and just couldn't wait for to watch this. Had my laughing so hard.

[@Samantha_Lauren]

The pause at Al “Fourty-Hands” Roker 🤣🤣🤣

[@douglasjgallup]

For my money, this is the best sketch of the year.

[@dennesey]

I broke out the top-shelf booze when Al showed up.

[@TheHergeea]

Nothing was negative about this!! Loved everyone in this, even Roker with that wig got me.

[@brandonwei2430]

Even the Covid was positive!

[@joehollingworth2691]

WE'RE BACK BABY

[@fdrstan]

This is the best sketch in a LONG time. And there have been a lot of classics lately so that’s saying something. Ok bye, going to play synth! ✨

[@violetedge83]

The audible gasp by the audience when Rudd showed up💜💜💜💜💜

[@HeriEystberg]

This was like being out with your best friends and everyone is on ecstasy! 😅

[@dmandilson4874]

first snl short to make me laugh that hard in a while, love these and i love life

[@SaucyWolfTaco]

1:32 is the greatest moment in tv this year