Sábado Gigante - SNL

A man (Nate Bargatze) who doesn't speak Spanish competes on a Spanish game show hosted by Chilean TV star Don Francisco (Marcello Hernández).
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[@redlupo6193]

That was MAGNIFICENT. I used to watch Sábado Gigante -- if anything, this was calmed down. Hats off to the always-excellent Marcelo Hernández for a genuine treat!

[@FionaKelleghan111]

I will watch anything if Marcelo is in it, including all future box office bombs. La esposa de mi padre es de Bogota, asi estudiando y practicando Espanol, and I understand a lot of this because the vocabulary is very basic. But too fast! ("Rapido! Rapido!" 😂) I replayed a lot of it. And as a newbie to Spanish gameshows, I agree with others here - you learn what's going on in a quick minute. I loved this!

[@FionaKelleghan111]

I live in Miami, and I love my multicultural, vibrant, cosmopolitan city. We are enriched by the languages, art, and food from all over the world. 🥰 😊

[@redlupo6193]

@@FionaKelleghan111 Put the captions on -- they're in Spanish and a great help. I'm learning Spanish and with their assistance I surprised myself at how much I understood!

[@Ryan_us_uk]

I hope they do more Sabado Gigante sketches with Marcello - there's so much potential to do absurd things and have him act like it makes total sense

[@Rattenhoofd]

What, this was actually a real show?

[@josedavidescobar6696]

I’m latino and the question “¿Cuánto es la naranja?” Makes no sense at all. However this was an extremely accurate depiction of hispanic daytime gameshows 😂

[@carmitch]

SABADO GIGANTE was a real show...at night. I'm Latino but adopted and raised by white people, but even I knew that.

[@judywilliams981]

They said the answer was "seis"? That makes less sense than the question did 😄

[@mememefinally]

It's not SUPPOSED to make sense. Thats the point of this sketch. None of this makes sense.

[@Ryan_us_uk]

This sketch was hilarious as a Brit who grew up watching The Fast Show comedy's Channel 9 sketches. The more surreal it is the funnier it gets, the joke is English speakers trying to make sense of the absurd.

[@vicksin]

I applaud them for taking the risk on this one you either get it, or you don't and if you get it, this one REALLY landed

[@VideosofIan]

Being both English and Spanish speaking really helps and if you have ever seen Sabado Gigante .......oh geez, this was so, so funny!

[@ramirezproductions0826]

I didn’t understand the Spanish lines very well, yet I completely busted by gut MULTIPLE TIMES 😂😂😂

[@charlesedward5047]

El Chacal de la Trompeta...solo faltó La Cuatro. 😂

[@vicksin]

​@@ramirezproductions0826 for what it's worth, you're "not really supposed" to understand. being just as lost as Joshua is the viewer experience. everything else is a bonus!

[@they65]

@@charlesedward5047I shouted at the tv “ ¡fuera!”

[@nicolruiz8810]

i love marcello for unapologetically being himself and bringing his culture to snl

[@cwg73160]

Tf? This is 2024. Are you aware that it’s 2024?

[@billyghostal]

But when Shane was just being himself everyone was like whoa hey whoa whoaa....then immediately hired Bowen

[@renser8635]

​@billyghostal Bowen aka the vietnamese mongolion tolkien

[@user-wk9gu]

@@billyghostalwhat does that have to do with the original comment?

[@MerdithLangdon]

Sometimes it’s great but they use him a lot as a token Latino and I wonder how often he writes a stereotypical character for himself vs other writers doing it

[@VideosofIan]

Just imagining a non-Spanish speaker ending up on Sabado Gigante is hilarious.

[@maynore23]

Don Francisco can speak fluent English. Still, it would be funny

[@toxikwastedump]

it could have been, this was not

[@nathanwatson1915]

Watch the Chris Farley one stuck on the Japanese game show.

[@carina9295]

nani? naan desuka?

[@danigoes208]

i absolutely love when marcello gets to lead the skits! this one was a banger

[@izi5150]

Marcello is obviously responsible for these Latin American parody sketches. I love them. Hopefully we see a Chavo Del Ocho, a Chapulín Colorado, and a Betty La Fea parody sketch in the future. I love what he brings to SNL.

[@clarissamoll666]

OMG imagine?!

[@canaisyoung3601]

Who else would it be? They got rid of Melissa Villaseñor and Noël Wells and one or both them could have worked well with Marcello. But that's not the world we live in.

[@dianakjuarez]

This sketch brought back some memories. Sabado Gigante was really that unhinged.

[@VideosofIan]

It really, really was. This was not that much of an exaggeration of how frenetic that show was!

[@LADY-E.COMEDY]

Definitely lol

[@Nightsable]

The guy with the trumpet always freaked me out as a kid

[@m.g.g.8114]

Growing up in the nineties, my Saturday nights included several hours of Sabado Gigante 😂

[@davidstrange6759]

All 37 hours of that show lol

[@Pinkricaan]

Growing up in The Bronx with my abuela who barely spoke English and I spoke NO Spanish, I felt Nate thru this skit. Now at 43 I love all of this. Do Caso Cerrado

[@Kool-AidKitten]

@@Pinkricaan For sure! Caso Cerrado would be hilarious. 😆

[@anakreyszig303]

"No lo hagas! No lo hagas!" I would love a cameo by Judge Polo . . .

[@erinjohnson1124]

If they do Caso Cerrado on this show I’m gonna pass out lmao I love that damn show. And they better have somebody play Luna aka MOOOOOONNN! 😂😂

[@someone_one_one]

No mi importa sie hablas resio!

[@she-hulkSMASHES]

I was half expecting the “y fuera!” after El Chacal comes out!

[@anniecammie]

Yes, that's the only part that disappointed me about this hilarious skit!

[@phamptom]

And “¡A los leones!”

[@MikeeHollMartz]

And the multiple hats.

[@mateoconk]

This is NOT an exaggeration. If anything, it is a tamed-down version of real Spanish television.

[@shamanbeartwo3819]

Spanish television rocks. Soap operas with a woman looking at a man and saying, "Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrobert! Bésame" followed by food commercials with a deep male voice saying, "Que sabor!"

[@Kool-AidKitten]

Marcello is shining bright this season. I love seeing him combine his Latino roots into genuine comedic skits. 😄

[@jg5670]

He truly is amazing! So happy he got promoted this season!

[@renser8635]

It's racist to utilize him in this way. SNL is just as terrible as trump was to the haitians

[@UtuadoBoyScout]

This is a HUGE throwback to my childhood watching Sábado Gigante with my family every Saturday night! They spoofed just about every iconic element of the show: Don Francisco and his extravagant hats, el Chacal de la Trompeta playing his trumpet, the lion ready to eat the contestant if they fail to accurately sing the song… I was LAUGHING and reminiscing. I will watch every sketch that Marcello is in, especially when it’s en español 🤣 Let Marcelo wrote more sketches en español, por favor!

[@VictoryXR]

I went to a Sabado Gigante live taping once. Loved it. Love reliving that memory watching this show.

[@amreyeslopez]

Somehow, this was more sane and subdued than the actual Sabado Gigante!

[@RobeLifeMusic]

Ego Nwodim's outfit is 🔥

[@kitcoffey7194]

She is so amazing

[@CalebJacobs762]

Yes. I also like Chloe Fineman's🎉

[@beatlemnkyhuman]

Mexican snl fan here. Accurate. Yeah basically. Sábado gigante was basically this. Is it still on? Yeah it’s a really authentic sketch lol

[@she-hulkSMASHES]

No, they don’t longer air Sábado Gigante.

[@carmitch]

Don Francisco retired a while back. If you watched SABADO GIGANTE, you'd know this already.

[@jessetorres8738]

For those of you who don't know, "Sabado Gigante" is Giant Saturday. As for the rest of the sketch, I'm not even gonna try to translate it for you.

[@19031589]

Thank you for your service in high school Spanish 1 lol

[@Xterminalism]

Sin miedo!

[@Franswa80]

My ex girlfriend from Guatemala made me watch Doce Carazones!

[@Dumas16]

We watched Sábado Gigante so many times as a family when I was a kid… kind of nostalgic … also very funny sketch

[@ramirezproductions0826]

Anything Marcello Hernandez touches turns to comedic gold! ¡Dios te bendiga, Marcello! 😂

[@joshifereverlark8605]

I don't speak Spanish, never seen the reference gameshow, and this was still hilarious because I felt just as confused as Nate lmao. Marcello is a gem of a cast member

[@SketchIwerks]

As a huge fan of Sábado Gigante since I was little, I can say that this is very accurate.

[@raynuh138]

This is literally how Sábado Gigante was but somehow it felt completely normal when I watched it 🤣

[@esmeralda6622]

this is especially funny because this exactly how i remember the show

[@charlesedward5047]

El Chacal de la Trompeta...solo faltó La Cuatro 🤣

[@mike-m123]

I don't speak a lick of Spanish so I'm surprised I understand parts of it. Like when he asked what channel it is and the host answered it depends, channel 3 on cable and 4 on DirectTV

[@sgrant4558]

For those who don't know, this is exactly what Sabado Gigante is like 😂

[@jregulatori4672]

That dracula @1:17, not sure why I laughed so hard.

[@evodius1]

Same!!!

[@bufordhighwater9872]

Because it was the first funny part of the sketch.

[@esmeralda6622]

it was so brave of SNL to pick up this sketch but if you watched this show back in the day it was so accurate 😭😭😭

[@liindaboniita]

The ACCURACY

[@alphakub]

please let this be a recurring sketch for Marcello!

[@davejones4946]

As a featured player, Ashley Padilla is incredibly confident and on point. I would never guess that is only her second show. Great job! 👏👏👏👏

[@gregmeli951]

Great call back to the Myers/Farley japanese game show skit. Loved this

[@marycampeau9378]

that was the first thing i thought of

[@evodius1]

Me too!

[@TheDannyShow01]

It made me happy then sad knowing Farley is gone. 🥺

[@UtuadoBoyScout]

Just for context, you may think it’s a callback to that sketch you guys are talking about, but this is a parody of a Spanish-language variety show that aired on Univision for over 50 years. The skits they did in the original show were parodied as extravagant and weird as they were in real life and makes any Latin human being feel proud of our culture and reminisce on those memories from years ago!

[@TheDannyShow01]

@@UtuadoBoyScout oh of course it’s a parody of that show. My grandma would show me it before Don Francisco retired. It was just in the same structure of foreigner being confused and weird stuff happens. 😂

[@tenn_ore]

When I began dating my latina wife, I had no idea about this show, but being with her and her family every Saturday, it was a big deal, must watch television. I didn't understand a thing LOL. "Big Saturday" was what my father in law said. And I remember the chacal and Don Francisco.

[@michaelnguyen3461]

I wasn’t even in this sketch and my ANXIETY was through the roof.

[@charlesedward5047]

Sábado Gigante. Debut in Chile in 1962 and in the U.S 1986. Last episode on Univisión was in 2015.

[@ImahSillyGirl]

4:57 🤣 How quickly that "I can handle this" went to "well, nope."

[@FionaKelleghan111]

That would be me. I'd be saying "despacio, despacio" every 2 seconds. 😂

[@UnSpecified-o9y]

I'm So glad they brought back a sketch like this Rip Chris Farley

[@CarlosParaTiASMR]

Acá llegamos los chilenos 🇨🇱 a ver nuestro clásico programa de las tardes de Sábado!! 👇🏻

[@TheRealPsychicLeoBrown]

Baby, I used to watch this growing up. Whomever came up with this needs a raise. Cause this is gold! I am dying! 😂😂

[@marcusdub07]

Masterfully executed. I watched this on Univision channel 23 growing up not knowing what was going on 😂 didn't stop me.

[@olivergarrick1175]

The exact vibe of the real show marcello aced it they even have El Chapel! Hilarious ending with stray dogs. Muy bien , yoshua Rodjyers!

[@loveforeignaccents]

This was so dumb that it was actually hilarious; especially at 4:20... 😂😂

[@andresplaza8351]

Dude....i'm from Chile,south américa and I grew up watching this shit (i'm 44 years old)...and sadly,is not only dumb...y so accurate....Don Francisco, " el Chachal" and the name , Sábados Gigantes, are real

[@loveforeignaccents]

@@andresplaza8351 Didn't know it was based on an actual show. LOL! I'll have to see if I can look up some parts of their show here on YT for comparison.

[@loveforeignaccents]

@@andresplaza8351 Just looked up some of the actual/real show, and it indeed seems crazy!! 😂😂

[@egon4564]

Hilarious because that’s what Americans sound like to people who don’t speak English. “Hamburger, hotdog, pizza…”

[@navIAMy]

This was my favorite part 😂😂

[@ln8606]

I hope this skit is an ongoing staple. There's so much Marceli can do

[@AdmiralKrunch96]

Nunca pensé que vería don francisco y el chacal de la trompeta en SNL 😂

[@poohoo4495]

Background noise for several hours when waiting for events on tv lmao 🤣

[@brandond8197]

This brought back many memories growing up in the 90s

[@newyorkernick]

This brought me so much joy. El Chacal de la Trompeta’s trumpet tune is forever deep in my subconscious. My Colombian mom watched this every Saturday night and I could hear it from my bedroom while going to sleep.

[@maynore23]

Sábado Gigante is one of the greatest variety shows of all time. That show ran for 50 years! We love Don Francisco

[@bassistheplace246]

I grew up in Broward and had this stuff come up on tv all the time. How did SNL hit the nail on the head this hard? 🤣🤣

[@FionaKelleghan111]

Ikr?? I'm in Miami. Hello, neighbor! 😂

[@Mark_R_Tho]

Dade County👋🏽

[@esmeralda6622]

this was a deep cut from my childhood

[@missmoanypants]

Right?! I’m not even a Spanish speaker but I definitely remember this show.

[@friscokidd1122]

Oh my goodness, my parents loved this show. El Chacal sent shivers down my spine.

[@jonathanortega753]

Man Sabado Gigante was my childhood memories is really highly entertaining really fun stuffs including emotional parts and huge surprises.

[@taix371]

In the 90s, my grandparents would watch that show every Sunday.

[@ashleytaveras9035]

Marcello as Don Francisco is pure gold 👏🏻

[@LocoDonaltron]

I grew up watching Sábado Gigante! 😂

[@carmitch]

Having Marcello as a part of SNL has been great for the Latino community. I didn't watch SG until I was a young adult. This sketch hit all the SG marks. I'm curious about what other Spanish-language TV staples they'll lampoon next. Could we see a CRISTINA sketch soon?

[@Hormiga59]

I knew the Chacal was going to make an appearance. I felt it in my bones.

[@lindathompson4770]

We started watching Saturday Night...Live in '75 when it first came out. Yeah, I'm old. Took a few breaks at different times, but it's still Hilarious to watch! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hambatuhan3165]

I don't understand anything but I'm laughing out loud, I don't know why? 😂

[@DeadpoolNegative]

A sketch that captures, a little too clearly, the shock and confusion many white folks like myself feel the first time they are flipping through their new cable package and hit Univision. Also: I can't believe it took the writers this long to realize Marcelo Hernandez could pull this off, because he was brilliant here.

[@FionaKelleghan111]

I'm _so glad_ to see that he's writing and showing off more of his own material. He's given pure gold 'presentations' on Weekend Update. 😂 I'm thrilled with the whole cast this year, happier than in the past few years, and he is outstanding!

[@universalorlandochica]

Watch this with my mom and grandma growing up, yes it very chaotic show lol

[@JBijouxee]

I LOVED THIS. I’m a massive SNL fan and used to watch Sabado Gigante con mi abuela growing up in PR. Yes. It was a fever dream of a show. They nailed it.

[@ak9989]

Omg hilarious! "I don't speak Spanish "😂 cinco peros😂. I use to watch that show with Don Francisco 😂

[@navIAMy]

:mocking: “I ain’t no holla back girl״ 🤣

[@egon4564]

1st generation American so identify with both the absurdity of the Sabado Gigante and why people love it so much.

[@margaretpeabody243]

I love the way Chloe keeps massaging herself on her dress 👗.

[@apureelement]

Dude, thank you for representing my childhood. This skit really hits home and I can’t wait to share it with my families once they wake up 😭❤️

[@HarryVerolme]

Love this skit. You either get it, or you can laugh at it because you're basically Nate's character. Also really cool that John Higgins was allowed to be in it.

[@BbGun-lw5vi]

I didn’t see John Higgins. Who did he play?

[@christopherspinzor3268]

2:09 - …….yeah I don’t think he knows… 😂

[@ponceje2011]

oh ma gawd... lol this made me laugh besides the memories. THank you. I'll never forget Don Francisco inviting Latoya Jackson to sing Locomotion and I was like that's not her song.... lol Yet, the audience cheered and clapped. jajajaj

[@yasssqueen3063]

Sabado Gigante was a weekly ritual!!!

[@nannerz1994]

I love how he does entire things in Spanish and you can be fluent in Spanish and it's funny But even if you don't he relies on very basic words that most other Americans can figure out just by how prevalent it is in this country. That's incredible.

[@cubandarknez]

you know, when they put it that way... Sabado Gigante was truly a fever dream

[@erinjohnson1124]

Wow, that was just GOLD. That was literally what it felt like as a teenager watching this show on Univision wanting to learn Spanish and just being like WTF is going on, but loving every second of the chaos 😂😂😂 That brought back so many memories!

[@silverhooligan1256]

Love that it was in Spanish without subtitles!

[@lilitorra]

Por favor que alguien le mande esto a Don Francisco 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lowkeybruja]

been waiting for this iconic homage ever since marcello's first sketch

[@francescahw69]

Love this i am Chilena asi que muy feliz de ver a mi SNL Don Francisco 🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@KKAkuoku]

Damn, Don Francisco’s a real life Benjamin Button

[@CalvinLimuel]

what this is a parody of a real thing?? now I really gotta watch that 😂

[@nannerz1994]

Marcelo is already such a star so early on in his SNL career

[@trackzero0]

Marcus killing it! 😂 Noice!

[@Dizzle93]

When I was learning Spanish I remember turning the channel to Sábado Gigante and asking myself “wtf is going on”. 🤣🤣🤣

[@jonny-b4954]

This was surreal haha.

[@judywilliams981]

My reaction to this sketch was basically EXACTLY the same as Nate's character's lol.

[@sgrant4558]

With this sketch - if you get it, you get it 😂

[@bricked2343]

Amazing throw back to Chris Farley on the Japanese game show! 😂

[@olivergarrick1175]

The orange puppet had me dying 😂.

[@yvonnesimpson5785]

I love this with all my being.

[@ArgenisGalvez]

Please make this a segment!

[@mollyjohn8454]

I was waiting for the “fuera!” 😂

[@obnoxiousexcalibur]

I have an ecuadorian step mom and this Univision sketch feels so my childhood

[@mrgiskard]

This just made me watch Farley's and Myer's sketch again

[@AS-kq7hw]

This is a tame version of Sábado Gigante. Add some meth, bubbles, and more animals (for no reason) to get closer to the real thing. I used to watch this show as a kid. I do not speak Spanish, I just watched it because of all the gonzo costumes, animals, and flashing lights. Language is secondary to a show like this.

[@christianziebarth5649]

Shades of Chris Farley finding out he's a contestant on a Japanese game show.

[@iacosta79]

I remember this show growing up... We would be stuck at my aunt's house on a Saturday night and couldn't go home until the adults finished watching this stupid show! LOL Big time Nostalgia watching this right now.

[@mousamnandy3916]

Marcellos comedy is so relatable to me,love his skits😂

[@ZeroShadow1998]

Alguien más piensa que esto es una secuela del boceto del programa de juegos japonés de Chris Farley?

[@mojomogul]

Essssooooooo

[@ProbablyRicky]

this hits so hard when you grew up watching this