Satellite Delay - Saturday Night Live

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A news team is having a difficult time getting a report from Costa Rica because of a satellite delay. Aired 09/24/11
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[@SleepyPossums]

The real villain here: the silent cameraman who just does NOT give a shit if his coworker is getting eaten alive

[@cowel8734]

Lol for real 🤣

[@number3stunner118]

Must be a former wildlife documentary camera man... "Just let nature take its course. We shouldn't interfere... Leave that turtle on its back to die."

[@Kaito57]

Cameraman : I ain't paid enough to care about those details, pal.

[@ibalrog]

Union rules are very strict.

[@jmag579]

Python gotta eat too. 🙃

[@femmeaurora]

I think I'm lost in Kristen Wiig SNL side of KZbin...

[@tomoakes6653]

Aurora Winter I'm content staying lost in this corner of KZbin 👌🏻

[@ejo3707]

Aurora Winter i think all of us are

[@ryan-ug9uj]

me too.and definitely not complaining. :D

[@femmeaurora]

I'm still stuck in this side, you guys.. Couldn't find my way out.

[@WarKeineAbsicht]

I’m there deliberately

[@AfroSamurai1089]

"The Sun is setting in Costa Rica."

[@screencrash7118]

First 🥵

[@DoctorNemmo]

@@screencrash7118 No you aren't's'd've

[@carl_anderson9315]

Every time my country is mentioned in movies as natural destiny (heck, even the Jurassic Park saga is supposed to take place in Costa Rica) I don’t know if it to feel proud of it or pissed because it’s so cliche.

[@CsykKrit]

@@carl_anderson9315 a few of his books take place here. I think he really liked it.

[@chaseallen372]

I knew this would be here ya love to see it lol

[@slateflash]

I like this sketch. It starts off with just a seemingly innocuous technical issue which soon gives way into absurd hilarity. Well done, SNL

[@lolabrini3758]

slateflash loving ur comment😍and excellent command of english: so refreshing

[@benr77]

hilarity, really? an entire sketch built on a pretty boring gag using props as a crutch. I thought this one was D.O.A.

[@CatGamer-wc2ij]

Now if it was only funny. Still poetic.

[@hbwrks3921]

Thanks for the review. I'll watch it.

[@luisalcalabeltran7942]

I like this comment. It states an objective fact about the comedic elements of the sketch, and at the same time protrays a personal positive opinion about it. Well done, KZbin comment section stranger

[@DCDSG]

I just love her face so much at the beginning with that dumb smile, she’s able to keep it for so long

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

I wonder about the logistics of her performance, like, did she give it a 10-count or something before answering what she was clearly hearing in real time?

[@GenieVillain26]

There is something about the obviously fake looking practical effects that makes this all the more hilarious than it would if they were more realistic.

[@pem1974]

Those beetles looked pretty real tho.

[@shamicentertainment1262]

the spider still freaked me out. that's why i'm never going to tropical countries

[@Dutch3DMaster]

Well there is something to be said for making something to real... I once made a video effect that suggested people taking over a show by using our frequency (as if they were transmitter pirates). This show had been severely plagued for years by seriously bad reception from transmitters (often resulting in either test cards showing or seriously long frozen frames) due to a public Wi-Fi network in the city (our transmitters relied on the same frequency, and the network might also have been operating outside standards). The person who was watching at one of the receiver sites that was meant to pick up one of the mobile camera's saw the video effect of the supposed interruption come on and not only he, but half of our crew immediately felt absolutely devastated that "it was happening again". Needless to say, the effect looked a little bit to real to some people :P.

[@jmag579]

Python was real but HIGHLY trained. 🙃

[@lizxu322]

@@jmag579 highly trained to look plastic?

[@IlaughedIcried]

I just have to say that this sketch has the cutest puppets I've ever seen on SNL. That tarantula! SO CUTE!

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

There's one on the Muppet show with the Banana Boat song (Harry Belafonte)

[@IlaughedIcried]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 I'll have to go rewatch! Harry + the Muppets = perfection.

[@floodlime8620]

It’s really fluffy and adorable!

[@only257]

@@floodlime8620agreed 🎉

[@xdaethsheadx8661]

"Wow... I am never getting Botox. Yeah... don't get herpes either..." haha that killed me xD

[@AA-mv2nd]

I don't get that.

[@CoolerSphinx]

Kristen wiig is one of the best comedians snl has had

[@tarfap.kpamber9732]

None like her.

[@lancelove3663]

Nah..shes just gorgeous and funny.

[@OverwatchUA]

Probably THE best ever! She's hilarious, has perfect voice and insanely beautiful!

[@toreckman8899]

And the hottest.

[@LakshmiMuralidhar]

Disclaimer: No Denise was harmed in making of this video 😂

[@codiserville593]

Are you sure? I thought at least one Denise was

[@trinisniper7064]

U are gorgeous

[@chaolihai-innit]

Kristen's amazing

[@sarakhh1892]

I kidnapped Ben Affleck so he could dab on my face. Lol

[@BonoLightier]

I'm taking a degree in journalism and I will be Denise when I finish it!

[@miriammone6478]

are u denise already?

[@teehee6916]

@@miriammone6478 I wish they get notified

[@blackhokage1744]

@@teehee6916 lol

[@invictus88]

@@miriammone6478 lol

[@shancon6377]

There is a delay guys. Let's wait.

[@carl_anderson9315]

As a costarican, I confirm we have boob biting snakes. Don’t get me started with our sloths.

[@TheFrugalVideoGamer]

"You're gonna need 3 things: Sunscreen, a passport, and *spatial awareness"*

[@MrDino1953]

One of those rare SNL sketches that they knew how to end properly.

[@christiangarcia4925]

Wait... isn't SNL sketches normally end well? I've seen a lot of it that end well.

[@SmackDab]

@@christiangarcia4925 watch the show live sometime 🙄

[@christiangarcia4925]

@@SmackDab what's the difference?

[@SmackDab]

@@christiangarcia4925 you’re more likely to see the lesser known (and hopefully sooner forgotten) duds that comprise a sad majority of SNL’s archives

[@christiangarcia4925]

@@SmackDab well then, i'm fine watching all of their uploaded skits.

[@CrazyCartoonCat12]

Even though I'm terrified of spiders, the one crawling on Kristen's face is kinda cute for some reason.

[@drumsNstuff79]

"Oh the sun is setting!" I just died!!! "How does not feel that?!?"

[@rizkyanandita8227]

Botox

[@Bolo_Podoleo]

That spider was adorable.

[@richardjones2455]

I liked the boob-snake.

[@siuuuuuuuuuuuuu811]

Weirdo

[@LadyEng]

I agree

[@hadracks]

Snake was adorable also, and surprisingly affectionate for a cold blooded creature...

[@AvreeL89]

Fluffy

[@sophonphotirut5630]

What the actual fck the cameraman was doing? Lol.

[@Priestofgoddess]

The same as all the other people who prefer to film crashs instead of helping.

[@estudiordl]

Running.

[@thaisqueiroz3464]

sometimes the reporters set it all alone

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

You can't get good union workers in Costa Rica.

[@charlesarturo7718]

Thinking he was going to get a Pulitzer for documenting this tragic event....

[@ningchannaga8444]

Binge watching Kristen wiig's SNL sketches. Who's with me?

[@marktombson6358]

✌️

[@jessymoore8868]

Had a 9 month delay on my end but I'm with ya!!

[@Ravenleaf182]

@@jessymoore8868 I too have 9 month and 3 day delay, but yeah! lets do this! ...or maybe you already did, but hey! see you at the finish line!...or not, I guess you'll be gone by then. Man this is an awkward comment. I'm committed to it though.

[@joshuathomas390]

I just started watching her work.. she's hilarious

[@vanshikakar1501]

Meeeee😆

[@eyecomeinpeace2707]

What killed me was the news team's Western New York accent complete with the Northern Vowel shifting.

[@rachelrachel9152]

Yeah im from buffalo i was trying to figure out what accents they were going for lol

[@eyecomeinpeace2707]

@@rachelrachel9152 I have been going to Buffalo-great city by the way, from Toronto all my life. True there are the regional areas accents i.e. Tonawanda, Orchard Park etc but for the most part, people sound very similar to Southern Ontarians.

[@charlie-obrien]

@@rachelrachel9152 I'm Buffalo, born and bred and Alec was spot on with a Buffalo east side accent.

[@jennafox8556]

'Tom, quit it with the botox. I don't tell people you have herpes." 😂

[@Darius89x]

Just the comment I was looking for 😂😂😂

[@tarajh]

The props dept had way too much fun creating that giant snake! Haha

[@dielaughing73]

Who do you think was down there poking her with the first snake? My money's on Hader

[@georgianawilliam9544]

That giant snake killed me haha

[@littlejoe9381]

The sun is definitely setting alright...on your life.

[@tangibleandroid285]

I have a monkey's penis where my human brains are supposed to be. Um...yeah, it's a problem.

[@pop5678eye]

Despite common misconceptions, old satellite delay has almost nothing to do with the signal having to travel the distance (the round-trip even to geostationary satellites is less than half a second) rather the bandwidth limited by the weaker signal to that distance. This is why in true depictions of old satellite delay the resolution is also crappy.

[@MarkLipka]

*Thank you!* 😁

[@TheCatBilbo]

I've just received your comment two years after you posted...low bandwidth. Hello from the future!

[@jimreily7538]

Well excuse me, Professor Brainiac, but I _worked_ in a Satellite broadcasting facility for 10 years, I think I know how a satellite broadcast delay works.

[@tomitstube]

since watching a lot of these snl shows from 2008-12, one can't help be impressed with abby elliott's work.

[@blackbird5634]

Even a fake spider like that makes me edgy.

[@oneworld9071]

In that region there are vendors with carts selling fried tarantulas and grasshoppers....... allegedly pretty tasty :)

[@blackbird5634]

@@oneworld9071 People swallow an average of #8 spiders a year in their sleep. Zero % percent is acceptable to me! I desperately hope someone out there is getting MY entire % percentage so that I'm at the far far end of the survey. P.S. Covid has killed my Bucket List "fruit bat eating" wish, and I am NOT substituting 'giant spider' for it!!

[@subhraroy3069]

Man that snake caught me off guard thought that real for a sec..

[@easyvnie6496]

Youmust Trustme No, YOU are obviously an idiot.

[@easyvnie6496]

Youmust Trustme No, YOU are obviously an idiot.

[@marvingray9758]

Lol same!

[@luckybarrel7829]

Me too, I jumped a little.

[@logann7942]

That spider is ADORABLE.

[@michaeleverett2597]

I like how the spider and the snake each took off like kids who had been caught in the act.

[@refinedsugar]

Lol ... That huge snake head coming down at the end.

[@tobiadeyinka2169]

i screamed so loud when the snake came out. damn.

[@ryanpalmer4991]

That spider is surprisingly adorable

[@TheGigiparce0]

Being from Costa Rica I got to say they got the size of the bugs and snakes right! hahaha!

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

The things on her face were flying cockroaches, yes? Thank god I live where only the firearms will kill you. I'd have a stroke seeing something like that irl.

[@bamabelle7075]

I used to know a man that I nicknamed Via Satellite. Anytime you addressed him, it took a full 5 seconds or more for him to speak. He'd just look at you for what seemed like an eternity, then suddenly respond.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Omg. It's as bad as friggin Zoom.

[@dielaughing73]

Was his name Puddy?

[@THETRIVIALTHINGS]

Abby Elliot was really underrated.

[@Windwond]

Alex Mercer totally agree.

[@yourinnerlawyer4035]

Nope.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Abby has a pretty goofy dad, and had a hilarious grandfather. Three generations in TV, movie and radio comedy is hard to top.

[@THETRIVIALTHINGS]

@@chasbodaniels1744 Chris Elliot was awesome! Funny AF.

[@RageTVHTX]

@@THETRIVIALTHINGS Chris Elliott wasn't for everybody. He used to do bits on Late Night With David Letterman. Dave seemed to like him but he got really annoying. I usually changed the channel and come back after chris was gone

[@joshmatecki5463]

When Alec started talking with a Buffalo accent I knew we had a good skit on our hands

[@Matt-cc2vc]

This is far from a buffalo accent lol

[@jorgejorge8878]

I love how simple and yet funny this sketch is

[@Arrie0802]

hahhaha note to self dont drink soda while watching this

[@reggin867]

Don't get herpes either

[@greenwaldian]

@@reggin867 lmao

[@mariaswift7195]

Kristen is so funny!

[@robertd8362]

Olla Mara do you fancy yourself more like SKIPPER or her sister BARBIE ?

[@Dutch3DMaster]

Not going to lie, we once had a live broadcast surrounding a Dutch festivity in my city that we eventually had a transmitter switching to about a 10 second delay (this was a buffering mechanism to make it stop going to really low bitrates). This was working both ways, what the camera saw was 10 seconds in the past compared to what we were seeing in the technical director's room, and the intercom was about the same time back, so some things needed a 20 second time-window before we would switch the camera live, which (obviously) made things difficult and really required us to be super alert (and this was with a cameraman who knew how to handle his camera as if it was always live). At one point we were able to switch back the intercom by about a 2,5-5 second delay and gave the cameraman and reporter the instruction to move to a different location. Upon counting along at which we were absolutely sure the camera operator and reporter had heard the instruction we forgot the delay in the camera itself, and we accidentally switched live a little too early. We heard the reporter negotiating with the camera operator about a certain spot to stand by saying something like "No, look we can go here...." *see the cameraman make an even more steady shot than he was already doing* and then a loud "Oh fuck!" from the reporter for being in the wrong place while being asked to come back on camera for a small standup. They once said digital equipment would make things so much easier (and in some places that definitely happened), but the almost delay-less equipment costs soooo much money that in these cases it's absolutely annoying when there is no budget for it.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

In the US, they use a delay on purpose because Christine Chubbuck (sp?) Killed herself with a gun on live TV. There's a few movies on it.

[@porterbrass]

😂😂love them all. I think the Buffalo accents are more Minnesota though.

[@raphlineuk]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂omg I can't stop laughing best sketch ever .well done guys

[@ishp2singh]

I love so many SNL sketches, but this surely is my favourite!

[@sipdoppen]

The timing of the Kristins lines are amazing

[@valhalla1240]

this is so dumb it's genius :D

[@Support4MySingers]

Alex was good in this skit! He can really act!

[@sandilewarrentm5491]

+Support4MySingers alex?

[@Support4MySingers]

+Sandile warrent Mbatha Oops I meant Alec!

[@danbobbit153]

+Support4MySingers Yea, he's an actor.

[@Support4MySingers]

danbobbit153 Yeah so are other actors who have guest starred and they were pretty shit! Just because someone's an actor doesn't mean they're good at it!

[@Vinyadan]

Ever watched "Glengarry Glenn Ross"? I think you should. EVERYONE SHOULD!

[@ayusharmarkar6522]

Second time spider coming hilarious 😂😂😂😂

[@Yanni75]

Would have been even better if she kept freaking out and looking for spiders while they weren't there... because of the delay..

[@surfing_youtube]

This sketch was so thrilling and funny at the same time.

[@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo]

The giant snake 🐍 kills me 😂

[@uddamkumarrr]

This is awesome...I love the reporter she is a fabulous and gorgeous Actor.

[@daniSteph19]

hahaha greetings from Costa Rica! Pura vida!

[@bernardpolicarpio651]

Hahaha is dat real?

[@arkcrc]

@@bernardpolicarpio651 lol nop haha

[@arnoldmogielinski93]

Alec Baldwin killed it in the end with 'don't get herpes either', LMAO

[@alexgosling5550]

This was hilarious!! Laughed more and more throughout.

[@Rick-nx3iy]

Kristen kristen kristen....loving her 😍

[@winterkrash]

One of the funniest SNL sketches for me

[@AlexDogwalker1234]

Alec Baldwin about to break, omg i love this

[@garland1962]

Laughed out loud at the Anaconda!🤣

[@jake4lif3]

They even got our Buffalo accent right lmao

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

2:55 -- Man, that snake is getting to the second base I've dreamed of for years.

[@hirotadashi-hamada7312]

One of my faves so far.

[@vanessasaetern05]

Only Kristen wiig can make the most exaggerated skits hilarious. Even if the skit isn’t funny, she is!

[@nicarainbow5646]

The first time I went to Costa Rica I was very surprised for the huge Iguanas everywhere in Playa Hermosa, some can even follow you

[@i_likebeing_home8733]

"It's enormous!" lol :D

[@noelmarshall1692]

The sun is setting on Costa Rica lol

[@Madfattdeeb]

This was so funny, I had to take a moment before going back to work. 🤣🤣

[@KimSearch865]

One SNL gem that escaped me previously... ooh look it didn’t end on a flat note! Amazing!!

[@BigFredMachine]

And she really is like that now.

[@antotheja251]

This is seriously one of my faves... i just loooooveeee this

[@panda-bm4de]

the guy who's hand is painted as the snake, is having fun, I see

[@ninjaface598]

panda4247 wish I was that guy doing the snake 😈

[@ultimatehistoryofcgi8897]

it snake puppet not hand

[@flisko123]

@@ultimatehistoryofcgi8897 even a blind man can see its a human hand

[@ultimatehistoryofcgi8897]

@@flisko123 then you are fu..king blind. watch it dont read just comments.

[@riaantjie8626]

Did you just assume the hand’s gender?

[@sammyeagleson5352]

I don't blame the snake for what its doing...

[@kylestubbs8867]

Which one?

[@ValensBellator]

“She’s more Botox than woman” 😂

[@reydanawebb-robinson9964]

The spider is on her face 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@barryt2666]

The sun is setting on Costa Rica...LOL

[@markkeith9055]

I would never kill a spider of that size. It's probably big enough to be reasoned with.

[@RuaTheRapoet]

"There's beetles all over your face!" - a sentence I'll have to use again sometime

[@trinibobbit]

hahahaha....funniest snl skit in a long time...so absurd u cant help but laugh....i was eating cake while watching and started choking when the giant snake came on hahahahaha

[@neilsonhans4763]

The cameraman must be pretty sick to see and do nothing

[@fearless_cloud]

massive props to the prop team for this

[@nazmussadat7852]

I can't stop laughing😂😂😂😂! I LOVE KRISTEN WIIG

[@AmusementLabs]

I love how the spider is just there going "h-h-hello human...helloooo"

[@VerityFraser]

Props to the props department for this one.

[@LackaDaisyUK]

I expected so much from this skit. They made similar signal delay thing at humor news in my country and it turned out hilarious, when reporter was answering everything one question back, so I expected this to be the same. You don't even need a satellite to make all those botox jokes :(

[@ixlnxs]

That was precisely what made it so funny: you got one joke answering one question back, and when you think you know where this is going, it's all spiders and snakes.

[@gbtn92]

😂the end hahahaha

[@singleasasin]

"... Looks like we are having some delay ." :-)

[@GeorgeRRuge]

Oh my God, the spider's back!!!! I'm laughing so hard

[@chriswelter3859]

Wiig trying to keep a straight face while a fake snake pokes her repeatedly in the boob literally made me spit out my coffee. The algorithm sometimes DOES provide

[@wendigo53]

That spider is a great actress.

[@jutjubow]

It made ma laugh so hard! Thank you SNL!

[@TheCstar07]

"She's more botox than woman" 😂

[@celieboo]

I've forgotten what Alec Baldwin looks like San Trump makeup.

[@njnjhjh8918]

For anyone in the comment section, that should be "sans", probably an autocorrect since it got capitalized

[@sammer0304]

0:24 Alec totally delivers "I know I'm excited!" wrong lol

[@ownpetard8379]

Props to the Props Dept.

[@padfoot6615]

Costa Rica be like that , biggest insects and reptiles I’ve even seen

[@TheMonolake]

That was really funny..i needed a good laugh ..thx. I love kirsten.

[@vazjc]

How have I not seen this, it's hilarious!

[@chim-choo-ree]

This is stupid. I love it.

[@morrisyates7151]

OMG THAT'S THE GUY THAT WAS IN THE CAT IN THE HAT AS LARRY OMG MEMORIES