World War II 101 - SNL

[@svavarkjarrval8757]

I just returned from France and can confirm that there are still French people, even today.

[@jeghaterdegforfaen]

But where does the French people live?

[@saiyanfang1047]

@@jeghaterdegforfaen somewhere in western europe

[@eetmahbykechorts5925]

Why are you trying to lie to people sir?

[@tahimig1]

What a damn shame

[@PhoenixGameMovies]

@@tahimig1 Is france an instrument?

[@andremarceau2736]

As a teacher, this is not even the tip of the iceberg. Fifty times a day, I have to keep a smile on my face while thinking WTF.

[@supercoolbrian]

Yeah, those kids in the skit didnt know basic history, but at least they weren't constantly disrupting and arguing with each other. I'll take dumb students over students that harm others or actively disrupt or fight against the learning process.

[@psyop6942]

@@CooterCoy Wow...your reaching

[@gog9o9magog]

as a tv viewer of snl for the last 40+years i have to do the same.

[@drethethinker6418]

When I was in the eighth grade, I was placed into the "average" class because I messed around in the seventh grade. I remember the teacher asking VERY simple questions and I was the only one to answer. Kids used to talk about how smart I was, and I just remember thinking--"No, y'all just dumb!" Luckily the teacher decided to move me back to the honors class. I learned my lesson and never messed around again. As pretentious as the honor students were, it was better than the alternative.

[@nordmark16]

I really hope this isn't the tip of the iceberg, but it's the whole thing. If your kids don't know where Europe is or can't name one country in Europe then the school system has failed them terribly

[@tlightning8383]

This class is above average since every student is actually engaged.

[@joshuaeisenstein9867]

too true

[@dignafelicisima]

totally true

[@narata1541]

LOL, I didn't realize that. When I was in school, the students weren't so nice. They would probably be yelling, fighting, or fighting and yelling.

[@danb6838]

or actually IN class!

[@heatherperleberg7816]

My history teacher plays a CNN 10 video and the screws around at his desk for the rest of the time. Fun stuff.

[@tigerhattom5111]

I was in a senior US history class when a girl (who went on to “graduate with honors”) asked about the Civil War, “Didn’t the north have an advantage because they were fighting down hill?” The teacher took a moment, pondering what he was asked, then went to begin to explain that moving from north to south wasn’t ‘moving down hill’ but in that moment he lost the spirit just like Jerry does at the end of the sketch and just sat back down at his desk without another word.

[@AtmoStk]

Hahahahahahha

[@binabina4445]

That is so sad

[@steveneumeyer681]

that is hilarious!

[@danieldressler4349]

I imagine she was referring, but did not know the details, to the battle of Gettysburg. The turning point of the war, where the union had the high ground, and the confederates were fighting uphill. Your teacher was smart, but by assuming the girl was making a baseless comment missed that rather her misunderstanding was to underestimate the scope of the civil war.

[@tigerhattom5111]

@@danieldressler4349 That is a very generous and extremely positive guess as to her thought process but I can assure you this was an extremely ditzy mind 'thinking out loud.' Why I pointed out that she did graduate with honors was to say that she wasn't a complete simpleton by any means, just someone who did the base level and didn't think much beyond that.

[@alexander3543]

Jerry is actually quite convincing as a teacher

[@HONORTONUMERIC123]

Yup.... That's right.... The way he acted from the start to the end was so perfect with the lines and the topics.....

[@benjamincoggins6568]

Definitely. Much more convincing than he is as a ‘comic’.

[@mxplk]

He would have made a GREAT history teacher.

[@zyfoxmaster1]

He has a lot of experience dating children

[@d3xbot]

the looks of despair, the slow realization that he's not gonna get anywhere on this topic, yeah that tracks :/

[@VictorSilvestri]

I'm convinced this isn't an SNL sketch but actually an alternate universe where Jerry Seinfeld is a history teacher

[@daverichards9141]

You mean Jerry Thompson.

[@tcsandman]

Quite believable! He seemed to know his lines so well he hardly seemed to be reading cue cards 🤔

[@sstills951]

You're convinced? Well unconvince yourself because it is obviously a SNL skit.

[@DrRestezi]

I'm confused; what else did this Seinfreld fellow do besides teach history?

[@ksham7065]

Bizzaro World or The Nexus of the Universe?

[@CyberCheese392]

Why does the description mention when this was aired? I thought we didnt have to know dates?

[@ellieadele3769]

CyberCheese lmao

[@Lue_Jonin]

You get a star for the day because that was pure GOLD 👍

[@EPrimeify]

This is the greatest and most clever comment I've ever read.

[@sallyheartjack]

hahahhahaah

[@dahawk8574]

Even the day of the week seems too specific. Having class on a Saturday, at night.

[@averyetvspecial1487]

The way Farley puts his hand down after “besides the snakes” is all-time SNL gold for me.

[@nathanmoses1953]

Farley is SNL gold.

[@JoshuaWillis89]

To this day, this is probably the most accurate representation of a real classroom from a teacher’s perspective I’ve ever come across on TV or in film.

[@jedijones]

It goes hand-in-hand with Ben Stein's class in Ferris Bueller.

[@quantanglement]

@@jedijones Bueller......Bueller...

[@ricopedrajrs]

An American classroom, of course. Even Canadians lead Americans around Europe by the nose.

[@kzero1499]

@@jedijones that's Seinfeld here after another few years. As all semblance of life escapes his voice, then his eyes, eventually his every thought is monotone and dry - each day becomes just another day calling out yet another forgettable name, wishing he spent his youth pursuing literally anything else.

[@jedijones]

@@kzero1499 Ben Steinfeld.

[@Josh-tz1uw]

Seinfeld teaching David Spade, Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and all these other legends. They all look so young

[@soXCold]

BABIES!

[@mangaslugwars]

@Godly Star fury @5:02 "They put up the berlin wall" - Chris Rock

[@mangaslugwars]

@Godly Star fury @3:57 "Sweeden?!" - Chris Rock

[@gabrielfreedman8507]

Godly Star fury yes he was 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@anandvyas2701]

Godly Star fury yes he was lol

[@YoooRico]

This is why you need atleast one smart kid in the class so the teacher doesn’t become an alcoholic

[@OMGWTFLOLSMH]

You don't even need "smart" kids. You only need them to _attempt_ to read a bit and follow the program. Some of it will thus sink in through osmosis. But there are too many distractions in school. Social media, girls, boys, hormones, video games. I think I'd homeschool my kids at least 50% of the time, if I was ever dumb enough to have any.

[@israellopez-lazaro5846]

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH Yeah but who always answers the teacher's questions and moves the class along? The smart kids.

[@otherssingpuree1779]

@@OMGWTFLOLSMH School is not to study, it is just to know what to study and gain a grasp on becoming comfortable with other people. You study at home.

[@markusorth5450]

As one of the smart kids, I concur.

[@deltaflyer1441]

I was that smart except I think I drove him to alcohol because of my constant bugging

[@Controversial_Celebrity_Quotes]

As a former teacher, I can tell you that this skit actually plays out each and every single day in classrooms across America.

[@thepolarbear8449]

It’s this bad? Really?

[@mrkt78]

It was the elementary school, I guess

[@brunoreis4203]

​@@waltermoldren4991is it this bad?USA is the most powerful nation in the world.There's no way people in the USA are that dumb.

[@ichoosewombo2124]

​@@thepolarbear8449Whats funny is that people may think "omg millenials and zoomers are so far gone", this is satirizing gen X.

[@blakeriedel9983]

yes, this bad LOL

[@steelydan449]

“Besides the snakes” arm goes down slowly. That gets me every time.

[@TheMrIVXX]

Chris Farley is a national treasure

[@OldieBones]

Best part of the sketch

[@dannyrutz3792]

That was so good

[@marksoquetjr4693]

That's my favorite part

[@nugsymalone1247]

Any major dude will tell you Chris Farley was a gift to us all

[@williamritchie5462]

This has to be the most stacked cast of all of snl history

[@MikeConrow]

That’s why I saved the vid to my mvp playlist 😂

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

Nah

[@TimothyReeves]

Yeah, except for John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Chevy Chase, Eddie Murphy

[@scerva]

@@TimothyReeves never heard of em

[@randymillhouse791]

Chris Farley could have worn a bra...

[@kennytennessee2078]

"Mr. Thompson, the French are still in Europe today!" DEAD

[@DrControversy]

Not for long, though.

[@Perkeno]

And they are as annoying today...

[@yoyobanana9183]

“Don’t write that down”

[@abrahamlincoln7907]

One K thumbs up in 2 days, nice👌

[@kennytennessee2078]

@@abrahamlincoln7907 lol thanks. AMA

[@knottsafterdark]

My dad was a history teacher, and he laughed at this so hard! He said that it was like having surveillance footage of his own classroom!

[@leavingitblank9363]

Glad he has a sense of humor about it... unless that was the laugh of a psychotic breakdown.

[@seanl67]

This skit was frustrating and hilarious at the same time.

[@young321bookie]

You were half-right there.

[@connorfernandes2]

Where the fucks my comment Sean dont answer me slave

[@AConquerorsVendetta]

They predicted the future 😔

[@phillee8875]

@@AConquerorsVendetta they didn't predict the future. Art imitates life.

[@Woodshadow]

Jerry wishes he was still allowed to hit kids

[@djp3525]

I taught World History for 5 years. This would've been a good day.

[@AdamHolland-Adz]

I have a question for you Mr or Mrs World History teacher, did you ever have to teach Australian history? And if so, did any of your students think the country was really upside down? If not, could you please share the most outlandish, incorrect thing you've heard? XD

[@iesusegoconfidoinvobis4309]

@@AdamHolland-Adz Teacher, "Who won the Civil War?" Student, "France"?

[@lamarravery4094]

I would've been one of your best students. I loved learning about history and know a lot about it.

[@mkechandler5776]

Well at least they're trying lol

[@siddg1463]

This clip reflects reality. I taught 3 years of history. & I agree, this would’ve been a good day

[@slipperyh8390]

"Who was Indiana Jones fighting against?" *Chris Farley frantically waving his hand* "Other than the snakes?" *Chris Farley slowly lowers his hand*

[@jckcrnt]

yep thats exactly what i just saw in the video i just watched, thank you

[@chogan73]

I spit out my water at work during this part, never saw this clip before. Christ I miss Farley.

[@ZelenskyTheMadClown]

Yeah. We watched the same video.

[@pedro.edubio]

I'm a teacher and from time to time I return to this video, just to remember that what happens to me is something relatively common and that I shouldn't take it personally that my students are so... unaware of world and scientific events.

[@isabelledabadiedelurbe3442]

They are all so sweet, polite, and really want to please their teacher. A good day for a public school teacher.

[@stevenspenneberg7407]

When Farley shoots his hand up and then slowly brings it down is a classic bit.

[@kgatch113a]

I was the guy in most history classes who knew everything, so I'd always raise my hand. The teacher would inevitably call on other people and after 2 or 3 guesses someone would get the answer....and I'd pull a Farley. Then I'd get a low mark on class participation.

[@joelwillems4081]

@@kgatch113a Same. I actually got sent to the principal's once in grade school for getting frustrated at knowing but not being called on. I learned to work on other projects during most classes. Teachers weren't really necessary.

[@kaneinkansas]

@@joelwillems4081 In 6th grade my teachers used to ask me questions, to make sure they got things right. Not just history, geography too. On the other hand I could spell worth crap and had no idea what 3rd person plural meant in English class.

[@dead-prophet]

This is actual footage of Jerry Seinfeld teaching a high school history class.

[@sujithnair2784]

The class is high for sure.

[@nigels1383]

It's a skit. Not real students

[@Diego-tz4pb]

It was a joke relax

[@Red777Ghost]

Where's the footage of Jerry Seinfeld dating a high school girl

[@andmantf]

Makes Sense

[@alfredgetzlaff5570]

Shout out to "Mr. Mac", a truly legendary and kind and engaging HS world history teacher. Teachers like that are one in a million!

[@barb2793]

Nice

[@Saixah]

I had a "Mr.Mac" best math teacher i had in middle school.

[@youthchildofgod7381]

My World History teacher in 9th grade showed us this very clip one time and after we were all laughing our butts off, the teacher laughed while he said to us “This is what it’s like teaching you guys a lot.” I feel sorry for high school teachers.

[@AAAA-gj7tn]

@@toastedjoe1013 I've never heard of a teacher having 3 months off. Usually their summers are 8 weeks of unpaid time. Oh, and they put in a lot of unpaid hours during the school year.

[@joelwillems4081]

@@AAAA-gj7tn It's not unpaid time. Their salary includes their summers off, school year breaks, long weekends, snow days, etc. Every salaried position works "unpaid hours".

[@AAAA-gj7tn]

@@joelwillems4081 It is unpaid time. Teachers don't receive paychecks during the summer (unless they are teaching summer school) - and if they do, it's because they deliberately chose to have their pay spread out throughout the entire calendar year (and therefore receive less money per check). They work on 10-month contracts. They don't get paid summers off. Oh, and every salaried job has paid breaks and long weekends. They're called paid vacation days, paid sick days, and paid holidays. Snow days don't really matter because teachers are required to work the same amount of school days each year anyway. A snow day is the equivalent of an office worker being given Friday off, but being told they have to come in to work on Saturday. It doesn't reduce a teacher's total number of workdays. And yes, every salaried position works unpaid hours - including teachers - but teachers seem to work more unpaid hours than a lot of other professions. I'm an engineer, and I rarely have to work on weekends because I am given enough time during my workday to properly do my job. I know teachers who spend their entire Sundays grading and lesson planning for the week, because they don't have time to during the school day to properly complete these tasks. Those are unpaid hours.

[@ericurban3926]

@@toastedjoe1013 Do better

[@billblaski9523]

@AA AA If I was teacher, I'd choose to get paid over 12 months. That's tight that they get the option of doing that

[@slockhrt]

As a former community college instructor and an IT instructor with high school & college students, this is SO realistic.

[@davidkugel]

I have heard community college math professors say that their students can not even add or subtract whole numbers without a calculator. How do you teach them College Algebra?

[@davidkugel]

@Devil Dub Yes, math is racist. So is the Math SAT. I am the son of a lowly Jewish elementary school teacher. My friend got a higher score on the Math SAT than I did. Stanford accepted him and rejected me. The Math SAT, math and Stanford are all racist. We should do away with the SAT, AP tests and ACT because they are all racist.

[@DavidRealMusic]

I'm a history teacher. You guys laugh but this is my real life smh

[@wisemankugelmemicus1701]

It's so true. I just graduated high school and I was the only student who not only knew the material, from HABIT. I was even able to teach the teacher sometimes.

[@daveyhouston]

No way kids were not this stupid but there was no internet

[@DavidRealMusic]

@@daveyhouston I don't call my kids stupid just under informed and with no real desire to correct their current ignorance.

[@kyleshiflet9952]

I feel bad history teachers y'all have it rough

[@australianclaude_527]

Lucas Bell sounds like you could be one of the stupid ass kids in his class, he said he knows history and your ass talks about how cool he thinks he his. I might not be a genius, but I think I can say that he didn’t try flexing his game with history facts

[@HalfLifeExpert1]

My 10th Grade World History teacher LOVES this skit. He played it for us at the end of the year. Our class was, of course, nothing like this one. We all were laughing hysterically.

[@sethlaw3394]

My students wouldnt get this at all

[@williamfreeman6935]

Or, maybe he was trying to tell you something...... 🤔

[@chrisserrific]

Watching this after having actually worked with kids, I've got to say, this is an incredibly well-behaved class.

[@dwaynecarter736]

true story.

[@bdsbckjdskl]

Yea this was 93 , same yr I was in school ! So I can relate to this behavior and our World history class ☺️

[@eltorpedo67]

This was how we behaved in the class in the 80s.

[@zeke1220]

Oh, they're supposed to be kids...

[@QuantumBraced]

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin

[@paftaf]

QuantumBraced It’s the “median” not “average”, but I share the sentiment.

[@danielcampos5727]

Redwood Madrone your comment proves you’re below the average lol

[@paftaf]

Daniel Campos Ok boomer.

[@Coolbillion]

Daniel Campos not really. Let’s assume there’s only 5 people. If there‘s one person with 100 IQ, three with 110 and one with 70 then the average is 100 but that doesn‘t mean that half of the people is below average. The median, however, has by definition half below and half above. I think you‘re the one who just proved he‘s below average.

[@danielcampos5727]

Coolbillion average is a generic definition of the three averages in statistics: median, mode, and mean. I am aware of their differences lol

[@browsertab]

this isn't a sketch, it's a documentary.

[@Tommah1000]

thejobloshow hahahaha

[@bobbastion7335]

Art imitates life

[@adorable3817]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 EXACTLY what I was thinking. I want to laugh, but that's really what it's like

[@wordup2yourmother]

So that's why it wasn't funny. There were more laughs at the Eskimo guy abusing dogs in the first documentary.

[@helloiambear5531]

Best comment^^^^

[@MrBuc128]

I like how Chris Farley’s hand went down incrementally when his answer was wrong 🤣

[@2nostromo]

I think he was gon say that arab guy with the big knife

[@TheDilligan]

This isn't even a joke. This is literally exactly what high school was like.

[@Hopeswilldie]

So in your class there was complete silence and people rivaled to be correct? Good for you. It doesn't matter if they were clueless by the way, this is actually a healthy learning environment. Knowledge here has value.

[@docjohnson1]

Now adays its just forced revisionists

[@BH-wh2vo]

@@docjohnson1 You mean like holocaust deniers and Republicans who claim to be "the party of Lincoln" while ignoring the trade in party values since then?

[@cody7141]

What an original comment! Keep it up!

[@GOATMENTATOR]

My classmate in high school could not show in the map where africa is. that is fucking insane

[@quiet451]

Did every classroom have the "You said we weren't going to have to know dates" kid?

[@KISSARRAH]

Why would you not need to know dates in a History class?

[@faceoctopus4571]

@@KISSARRAH I'm a history major. Exact dates usually aren't very important.

[@jeremyscungio16]

@@faceoctopus4571 but knowing when the nazis took power and when the Berlin wall came up are pretty important

[@SC-gn6bc]

KISSARRAH Exact dates are sort of old fashioned. Most history classes today focus on bigger pictures and ideas. It’s more important for Sophomores to know why the war started than when the war started.

[@emw1994]

@@faceoctopus4571 I think that's the educational system making excuses for itself.

[@youtubeaccount9058]

This is the exact age and appearance of Jerry Seinfeld that is burned into my mind. It's exactly how we'll remember him when he's gone.

[@mkatkapone9387]

Jerry was cloned after Seinfeld

[@kamikaze4172]

After watching Seinfeld? Yes

[@putriscool]

something about seeing THIS version of seinfeld in an snl skit is kinda jarring, its like he only exists within seinfeld the show, hes just frozen in time forever

[@elenaherwagen3529]

He'll outlive us all, you know that, right?

[@moistnugget4147]

Death comes for us all eventually but history stays forever

[@krishasija2346]

The amount of comedy legends in that room is crazy

[@nueve08]

Imagine if George Constanza had been the teacher there...."Does anyone know anything at all??? Come or tell me! I'm losing it!!!" Hahahaha

[@dominicparralez8074]

Serenity now

[@abetteryou2025]

you want a big salad huh?

[@AltoStratusX1]

George would probably hand out work sheets then read the paper and sleep at his desk or something

[@CategoricalImperative]

Dammit! Someone said it already. Nice Dominic.

[@dpatel313]

"george is getting angry"

[@FanosSlapVt]

This is so incredibly accurate didn't even need jokes

[@ChrisInAVan]

@Tong Zou East meet West.

[@seanmurphy9632]

Ah. That's why it wasn't funny.

[@kevinalbus721]

There were none

[@pop5678eye]

No it's fantasy. Students responding to questions so rapidly?

[@seankeogh1401]

I mean normally you have the boys who are massive world war two buffs. But I'm Irish so maybe it's different here.

[@jokerswildio]

Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Chris Rock and David Spade....talk about a 90s powerhouse!!Awesome skit and more real to life than one would probably assume.

[@grantk932]

I wish Norm MacDonald was in that skit as well

[@iianneill6013]

Thought I saw Kathryn Hahn there, too...

[@lukesmith9692]

​@@John-ik2egslow down kid

[@robinanderson6893]

Who is the gal in the front with shorts on? “I thought you said we weren’t going to have to know dates!” She’s HILARIOUS!!

[@christophercowan1645]

when he smacks spade with the stick, "you don't need to write that down!" I was dying. Great timing.

[@sam3524]

The kid writing down that there are still French people is actually how so many students take notes though 😞😞

[@Rex1987]

History is certainly a subject that I really like and know a good deal about, but I think many have been to a class they felt that was hard. Then the teacher says something which is super basic knowledge but you don't know, so you take all the wrong notes about it 😅

[@arthurrubents]

Sadly, I know.

[@SRose-vp6ew]

If he really needed to remember that there still are French people it doesn’t matter if it’s on the test or not. That would actually be good note taking. I think people need to realize there are still French people. 😂

[@AnnoyingAllie3]

​@@Rex1987Yeah, and some students don't get the history basics, like these students in this skit. -_- so they feel they have to write verbatim what the teacher has on the board. I'm a senior and see kids do that no matter what. '-' I asked one to name a state, she said Africa, I've never wanted to scream in a pillow so much before

[@jameshicks12]

Your comment has 666 likes

[@jakerossino4594]

We’ll never get an SNL skit with this many legends like this again

[@chiragasnani3437]

They weren't legends yet at this point.

[@FjodorDostojewskij]

Watch "Total Bastard Airlines" from SNL. It's another roundelay of legends.

[@hellokittyangel211]

@@FjodorDostojewskij That's because it's around the same era. Almost everyone in that skit is in this one.

[@mr.mysterious7940]

True dat. I miss those days.

[@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530]

If only the skit were actually funny.

[@MrNicoE]

"What was happening in Europe the decade before WW2?" "France"

[@niamh8920]

It's like that one guy in Hamilton during the second or third cabinet battle where Jefferson asks who provided them with help and he just says France kinda like Kermit the frog

[@project-gladiator]

Sad thing, France is still happening

[@ncooty]

I love Chris Farley's sheepish hand withdrawal.

[@Dporticus]

there is way too much comedic star power in this clip for me to handle

[@jaerivus]

Dporticus Ellen Cleghorne can have that effect on younger folks.

[@Tman896]

This level of comedic legends can never happen again sadly.... RIP

[@ohnoestheydidnt]

Dang, Ellen Cleghorn was crushing it in this clip!

[@AConquerorsVendetta]

ohnoestheydidnt who was she?

[@vooveks]

Yeah and it's got Adam Sandler in it.

[@edwardlinbeck8923]

This dude who played the teacher would make a great voice actor for a bee

[@carultch]

He was a voice actor for a bee.

[@Mikey-vz1em]

@@carultch no duh

[@kdwaynec]

@@carultch Really? I want to know all the details! Don't leave anything out!

[@carultch]

@@kdwaynec There is an animated Dreamworks movie called "The Bee Movie" that Jerry wrote, starred in, and produced. Jerry is the voice actor for a bee named Barry B. Benson, who learns to communicate with a lady named Vanessa, and talk her in to filing a lawsuit against humanity for enslaving the bee population in the honey industry.

[@cassuttustshirt4949]

@@carultch Are you thinking of a B movie by any chance? As in, one that doesn't have high production values? I'm pretty sure there are no movies about bees.

[@ivymooney9221]

This is honestly what it's like when a teacher assigns reading for the night before and no one reads. Except usually there is one kid who actually did the reading that everyone tries to copy.

[@GreenRanger881]

So accurate

[@Charll]

@@Dezmont01 i'm just saying, if you want to have a life, complete the work then, play

[@Charll]

@@Dezmont01 i'm not a fucking teacher, i'm just stating what u could do better as I consistently get good grades

[@BuckerydogSchmuckeryDog]

@@Dezmont01 1. You're gonna have to deal with reading you don't want to do your entire life, so suck it up buttercup and 2. There is like less than an hour to get all this done, especially with history, how the hell do you think they'll get through the required material if that doesn't happen? What magical solution do you declare for that?

[@BuckerydogSchmuckeryDog]

@@Dezmont01 also in ap classes they have to copy straight from the material other wise they are being unfair and sending you to take the test completely unprepared. This year my school started super late because of renovations and we only get 44 days of school in the entire year. We are actually fucked right now. Those hellish courses are to prepare strictly for the ap test, because otherwise it's totally unfair

[@goopfella1385]

this is actually better than an average high school classroom because nobody is actively going out of their way to be a disruptive asshole

[@aidanfogleman2060]

Jerry Seinfeld: "Yes, Germany! Let's talk about Germ-" Some random kid: "swEDeN"

[@HIKARUAUSTIN]

Aidan Fogleman thats chris rock you uncultured swine

[@wince9537]

That's Chris Rock you uncultured swine

[@bigol9223]

That's chris rock you uncultured swine

[@BasketballIQYT]

That's Chris Rock you uncultured swine

[@aidanfogleman2060]

That's Chris Rock you uncultured swine

[@bradkassing616]

Yes, this is what teaching high school is like. Except now there needs to be a student with, what he thinks are, invisible Airpods.

[@Akina023]

Brad Kassing and someone that won’t quit asking to use the bathroom

[@adorable3817]

What are air pods?? 🤔

[@ceebeeii6723]

And looking at their phones instead of paying attention....

[@1papester]

Exactly. But when I showed middle school kids Jay Leno's Jaywalking videos, they took notice. No one wants to look that ignorant. They started paying attention to geography!!! And the classroom was so quiet! very. weird.

[@lucasbell4831]

@@ceebeeii6723 OK boomer

[@drewcovert3088]

Very bold to begin a sketch with "this is not funny."

[@smiffwilm]

Probably was just tired of hearing it at the end....

[@Pwnzistor]

Unlike modern SNL- SNL with Adam Sandler, David Spade, and Chris Farley had a license to be that bold.

[@H-Real_8]

90s snl sketches are the greatest thing to ever happen

[@nystagmus]

I thought you said we didn’t have to know dates

[@pauliojr]

5 Legends in One Room. In MY Order: 1. Jerry Seinfeld 2. Adam Sandler 3. Chris Rock 4. Chris Farley (R.I.P.) 5. David Spade

[@itsmeitstrue]

pauliojrdiy 1.Farley 2. Farley 3. Farley 4. Farley 5. Farley

[@kevinoconnor497]

Nah farley, Sandler, rock, spade, and Seinfeld

[@MrAlexarctica]

Kevin OConnor I just don’t see how you can put Spade above Seinfeld. Seinfeld’s one of the greatest comics the world has ever seen.

[@jwatch2869]

That's half the cast of grown up 2 as well!

[@pyrobryan]

I'd put Farley above Rock, but otherwise I agree. I might even put Rock at the bottom of the list. He's had a good career, I just personally never found him to be all that funny. Of course, if Farley had been around longer, he'd probably be at the top of the list.

[@derrickrowe9533]

I teach history at the university level, this really happens

[@93Jubilee]

Sadly.

[@foljs5858]

@@elliot1481 Everybody gets a participation trophy

[@zikry4787]

OK I don't know if this is just me actually knowing the answers or if this is an americasn thing but my god if what you're saying is true people are dumb

[@demogog3449]

Me too

[@ScottSullivanTV]

I am a STUDENT, and I can confirm people act like this in college haha.

[@Max-nh3gp]

It is SCARY how accurate this is. My high school in a nutshell.

[@robotbjorn4952]

Any good stories?

[@mariooshx5947]

@@bigchezzy8989 hola hola hola. European well know about cointinents and World. Dont put in one basket with ignorant anglo-saxons who see only own country and think that others are nothing. so in england and USA you have most stupid and ignorant people about history, geography and economy.

[@tyronicusmaximus4230]

@@mariooshx5947 you're who he was talking about stfu

[@CammyD415]

@@bigchezzy8989 lol that's funny that you're a fucking liar and made that up

[@spiritusIRATUS]

@@bigchezzy8989 Except English are more like Americans than Europeans. And pretty much no country in Europe likes them.

[@wakeup6995]

So many of the SNL greats! This is when SNL didn't suck!

[@csours]

It's weird that they just recorded a normal high school classroom in the US and used it as a SNL bit.

[@thearchangel9835]

lol is it just me or jerry actually seems to have some incredible teacher material

[@SRose-vp6ew]

Jokes on us. This was the government trying to use SNL to teach Gen X that French people still exist via “comedy.” Government education was so desperate to get unsupervised 90’s latchkey entertained to death Americans to learn… something… somehow… somewhere. 😭 🤣

[@adamisom4295]

Whoa, it's been *almost* as long since this was aired as it had been since the Berlin Wall went up. 1992 - 1961 = 31 years, 2019 - 1992 = 27 years

[@danger.snakes]

I thought we didn't have to know dates

[@TheTrueCaptainAwesome]

I would just like to say, to know that the top ten comments here are within the last two years speaks volumes about modern America.

[@thewanderingmistnull2451]

@@TheTrueCaptainAwesome That they're finally going back to the good SNL sketches to watch them?

[@chuckfranson7565]

And it's only gotten worse!

[@sithrulezz423]

@@danger.snakes I was literally going to comment the exact same thing, glad I checked replies first!

[@ruialexandre6197]

I'm a teacher and this felt sooo real.

[@rickrolled4202]

Seinfeld, Farley, Sandler, Spade, Rock, this whole cast was stacked.

[@nendoakuma7451]

Pretty sure Seinfeld was just the guest host.

[@shaystern2453]

stacked with shit

[@mrchopsticks3]

@@shaystern2453 Big fan of today's woke SNL, are you?

[@-oiiio-3993]

I'm sure Farley could use a bra, but the others mentioned?

[@Iancirp]

@@-oiiio-3993 Don't you mean a Bro?

[@ittdust]

As a teacher I find this to be accurate. You spoon feed them clues and they still can't figure it out.

[@Aranyparipaa]

The Human brain unable to think logically. The brain has associative structure, and need to implanted what are the "correct" ways. By itself cannot figure it out if not clear methods to follow. As an adult we can do heuristic approaches toward resolutions but for youngs not teached directly. So this is why the present education system is painful for each.

[@Saber0003]

Honestly most kids just don't care if your teaching method is talking at them. You need to engage them in ways other than just conversation.

[@jeremyseinfeld1209]

You sound like a shit teacher

[@MrGksarathy]

From the student side, sometimes it's just exhaustion.

[@MastaSmack]

@@MrGksarathyeah, you have to add something funny or something that helps to spark memories in people's heads...I used to use jokes to ace all my tests.

[@JaneAlison008]

The guy playing the teacher should have his own show.

[@fungoose2195]

shutup, shh shutup stop it you know what your doing stop it. shutup ,

[@aidanhugh2490]

Eh, I don't think so, if he had a show it would be about nothing. Ba-dum-doo-ba-*pop*

[@lifechiropractic1279]

yes, but what would they ever call it?

[@lethersing5909]

​... France?

[@hazelbaumgartner9706]

@@lifechiropractic1279The Bee Movie: The Show

[@nborin]

Impossible to run a class without everyone on their phones

[@technoober2538]

Wow Jerry Seinfeld on SNL what a treat.

[@christopherduncan6394]

I thought ya like jazz

[@The_Notorious_N.O.E.]

And he seemed to have memorized his lines because wasn't making it totally obvious that he was reading from cards as so many guests do.

[@vanmoody]

Today some of the regular cast looks like they are reading cards. @@The_Notorious_N.O.E.

[@technoober2538]

@@The_Notorious_N.O.E. Yeah he was very natural like he did it before Im sure there was a readthrough but this was different.

[@The_Notorious_N.O.E.]

It's just that when you can tell they're reading from cards it takes away the suspension of disbelief and ruins the acting

[@TheBoredVP]

Attempting to increase the rigor, then defaulting to spoon feeding. Yep..I have done this...

[@stellaliebler1336]

Akhil Raman you like jazz?

[@Gumbier_Than]

I don't know how teachers do it. I'm ready to run screaming in the night when helping my kids with homework. So...much....slow-walking.

[@young321bookie]

@@stellaliebler1336 Lol. :)

[@jlgmail1580]

Raiders of the Lost Rigor ( I really hated that word when I taught)

[@johnc646]

@@Gumbier_Than agreed

[@dthill96]

My history teacher showed this to us in sophomore year of high school. 🤣

[@williamshaw9047]

Our English teacher talked with the class about this sketch my sophomore year.

[@iterativegrowth]

My dad left to go get a pack of cigarettes 17 years ago. He'll be back any day now.

[@TheGodYouWishYouKnew]

Danny Thill Shouldn’t he have been teaching you history?

[@xylos16]

TSG... goat application

[@eLiFILMSinc]

Is it because he lost all hope and knew this was relatable?

[@MattAshe]

This is like the time in my class where the teacher and a student got in a SERIOUS argument about whether or not Alaska was actually to the "bottom-left" of the United States.

[@StarkIller-df7gw]

Wow 😂😂😂 I had someone at the age of 12years old ask me how to spell COW! 😂😂😂Its 3 letters. If you can't spell cow after at least 7years of schooling your in serious trouble! He was heading to High School in 6months damn it! 😂

[@SemperCallide]

This skit is really underrated. Doesn't have a giant laugh moment, but very true to life, and great performances all around.

[@dwaynecarter736]

this is tons more funny than the "van by the river" ones that everyone praises.

[@allstarmark12345]

The “I thought we didn’t have to know dates” was INSANELY funny

[@neoneherefrom5836]

And there’s “underrated” guy.

[@funkmasteryoda8323]

Thanks for explaining to everyone why this skit is funny. Couldn't have laughed at it without you telling me why.

[@christopherramsey7027]

“Mr Thompson, the French are still in Europe today” lmao

[@towerprep45]

Christopher Ramsey he said it so innocently.

[@deltaone2837]

@@towerprep45 I a French and that kid is right !

[@justkiddingde6506]

Well, we tried to stop that political group, but we were hindered to do so 😬🤷🏻‍♂️ Greetings from Germany

[@naj5338]

Thanks to the USA. Same goes for the Germans , the rest of Europe and probably Britain as well. Could have been occupied by NAZIs and then by the Soviet’s if not for the USA.

[@tugboat2030]

"How did they get that name? Europe?" As a Social Studies teacher, that's actually a great question!

[@Mama2CDHsurvivor]

Agree. Though it was off-topic, which frustrated Jerry, the history of the name is interesting."Europa was initially a Cretan moon goddess, who was incorporated into the Greek mythology as a virgin Phoenician princess. She was the daughter of the King Agenor of Sidon and Europe was named after her."

[@gm2407]

@@Mama2CDHsurvivor In the words of Adam Sandler. "I was gonna say that."

[@robertrichard6107]

I think Gov. Bush had it right Yerup.

[@carultch]

@@Mama2CDHsurvivor Who came up with the name Asia?

[@Nathan411466]

How did they get that name? Earth?

[@vabez00]

This is gold. Jerry is so committed to teaching... and tries to offer so many hints... But even he has a limit. 😂

[@joaomartins3367]

The stages of a Teachers career, briliant. It's all excitement and about shaping new curious thinkers when they are young, but by the time they are close to retirement, they just want the kids to stay quiet

[@ZarkowsWorld]

They realize most are spoiled idiots anyway.

[@kalebpost20]

You’re thinking of the Communists that’s 1961 in the classic Jerry delivery. Love it

[@daneh977]

🖐.....I thought you said we didn’t have to know dates?

[@lockdownmytownbykevinjohns6224]

''Been There Done That'' 32 Years as a High School History Teacher. When I discovered this SNL sketch about 10 years ago, I started to show this to EVERY class the first day of Class. I am 100% Certain that only a Former Social Studies Teacher could have written this sketch, it is so absolutely SPOT ON.

[@MG-pv4uq]

Jerry did a good job portraying the problems faced by an American teacher. Very relevant skit more today than then. - From India 🇮🇳 with Love ❤

[@factcat6847]

I'm German and I did an exchange year in the US. This sketch encapsulates my experience so perfectly. I was asked by two different people if Moskau was in Germany and then if Russia was in Germany. Someone also asked me if Hitler was still alive.

[@pepenero6168]

It’s spelled Moscow in English

[@playerpage]

Let me just apologize for us all.

[@factcat6847]

@@pepenero6168 I have my autocorrect in both languages, the German autocorrect must have kicked in 😅

[@factcat6847]

@@playerpage I also met some really nice and smart people there. Especially my high school teachers. They were so committed to their students but it always seemed like they have to work against the system instead of with it. In Germany it would be unheard of that teachers buy supplies for their entire class from their own money. Either the parents would buy it or government assistance would help out but in the US many teachers provided notebooks, papers, pencils, etc. because students didn't have their own material.

[@crisgayle2581]

I'm German and I did an exchange year in the US. This sketch encapsulates my experience so perfectly. I was asked by two different people if Moskau was in Germany and then if Russia was in Germany. Someone also asked me if Hitler was still alive.

[@hunterotails2015]

"I have it on tape." Lol! Haven't heard that one in a while.

[@The_Notorious_N.O.E.]

What's tape? 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@sirius4k]

Bring it with you tomorrow.

[@hockeyguy2005]

Sadly that's what we did most of my tenth grade year in technology. Our class was full of dumb jocks who though it fun to cut the circuit breaker put staples in the outlets and watch em blow when the teacher turned it back on. Then they would wait for someone to go in the bathroom, turn out the lights and start swinging. It turned into 5 to 10 people at a time would go in, turn out the lights and have like a mosh pit type gathering of the minds. 3 months in and the teacher gos in to break it up and he winds up volunteering himself to go into the bathroom and daring the students to try it. He made it through fine, about a week later we go into class and there's remnants of a first aid kit, there's tops to syringes, medical gauze... Mr Thomas had a heart attack. Mr. Rembish replaced him and after a week of trying to teach, all he did was bring in videos to watch and that's what we did. The room lights were turned off, the t.v. turned on and everyone slept, watched the movie, cleaned there shoes and gave haircuts. It was the most institutionalized pre jail setting I've ever been a part of. That was my last year in vocational study. Public schools in Waldorf MD sucked.

[@chewcodes]

To be fair this did air in 1992

[@adorable3817]

@@hockeyguy2005 that's horrible, sorry about your experience. Thank you for sharing. 💚✌😊

[@oscarjohnson2130]

I remember in my Junior year the class was doing a fill in the blank for fun and it was super easy, like elementary level history. Someone asked who we fought in the Revolutionary War. I shouted out "The British" and my one classmate asked "Now how could you possibly know that off the top of your head" It's scary how much people really don't know about history

[@Nation4]

The high number of high quality funny people in this room is outstanding.

[@Australian123Gamer]

Oh god this is way too realistic.

[@jetnut89]

Australian123Gamer It’s funny cause it’s true.

[@Luke_Segovia]

I bet jerry wrote this skit

[@haroldfarthington7492]

I know XD

Yes, an Australian would somehow know if this is accurate... No, it isn't...

[@serniebanders1917]

@ it is though. Sadly

[@nathantinsley5987]

It's impressive he actually has his lines memorized for a 6+ minute sketch versus the hosts that fumble through a 3 minute sketch obviously relying on the cue cards.

[@wingnutofcoolness]

In the first season of Seinfeld you can sometimes see Jerry mouthing other actors lines while they were speaking. He got better.

[@BrettfordBolts]

You can see him reading the cue cards lol, every time he looks towards the corner of the room

[@CaptHayfever]

Nobody on SNL memorizes all their lines. They're all specifically told *not* to memorize their lines, because sketches frequently get altered right before going on the air.

[@DementedDistraction]

@@CaptHayfever I remember Janeane Garofalo saying one of the reasons she quit SNL is because she would memorize her lines and Al Franken would bitch to her about it all the time.

[@ramseykeilani9569]

What's even more annoying is cast members like Leslie, who've been on the show for years and still can't get through a sketch without fumbling

[@CS-ox1hv]

When I watch the old SNL clips with the Seinfeld characters I can't help but see them only as the characters they played on Seinfeld lol

[@nashbearden8905]

One of the best skits for sure.

[@andrewzabinski2205]

Its funny but painful. I wish it wasn't accurate.

[@KairuHakubi]

I mean, if this is how the teaching works, just asking questions, then nobody's going to have answers you have to give the answers first, then ask later and see who remembers

[@pingpongstar11]

If it wasn't accurate it wouldn't be funny.

[@mako25lp]

I would say it reflects today’s classrooms more than ever.

[@treystephens4490]

How is it accurate?

[@GraigEnglish]

Students trying to engage with a teacher who rolls his eyes at them for not already knowing what he was supposed to teach them

[@TheJoemm]

This is what teaching is actually like. It's not even exaggerating.

[@yrualamepooperscooper8563]

Jerry Seinfeld Chris Farley Adam Sandler David Spade Chris Rock What a treat

[@hamnchee]

Plus some girls.

[@makelikeanail]

Visda58 Ellen Cleghorne, Siobhan Fallon, Beth Cahill, and Melanie Hutsell.

[@hamnchee]

@@makelikeanail Some of the well known greats. pretty funny for girls!

[@derkaturka]

Y R U A sexist dick??

[@ohnoestheydidnt]

DONT FORGET ELLEN CLEGHORNE BABY- THE BIGGEST STAR OF EM ALL

[@elainepatino5625]

This sketch was hilarious because it’s true. In a way that’s what was fun about school, the number of times the teacher would try to pry an answer out of the class saying there are no stupid answers or questions only to be immediately hit with one. 😅😂

[@ZeroChannelZero]

4:26 JERRY: Who in the movie was Indiana Jones fighting CHRIS: * arm shoots up * JERRY: besides the snakes. CHRIS: * arm ratchets down * Welp this moment summarizes my entire K-12

[@rodrrico]

You mean Tim, that's Tim Dillon.

[@jedijones]

He could've said he was fighting the French and been correct...Belloq.

[@travisdonaldstanley6420]

Do you remember the movie Terminator? ... That was awesome!

[@midlwestern3237]

The red head lady in the green sweater was Elaine's roommate on Seinfeld, who dated Kramer.

[@jkyax]

That's Siobhan Fallon, you uncultured swine!

[@paigeholleman6645]

She was also the bus driver in Forrest Gump

[@veghead05]

Also Edgar's wife Beatrice in Men in Black 😂

[@chadnorrick4485]

I think that was some of the finest acting from a host. He didn't rely on cue cards.

[@Pulseczar1]

There's a reason Seinfeld was such a great show..

[@oldoddjobs]

He's amazing, reminds me of the time I went to a play called King Lear or something and none of the actors were looking at cue cards for the whole thing!

[@kgisabeast]

Which is funny because most consider him the weakest actor in Seinfeld

[@zanti4132]

@@kgisabeast Which only proves he cared enough about his show to hire the best, rather than second rate talent where he would be the stand out performer.

[@zachsmith3]

He’s clearly looking off in the distance but alright

[@freemarketjoe9869]

Jerry has the nack of being great in anything he is in. I never liked SNL that much, but he is a riot in everything.

[@venoxidegaming1432]

This isn't a SNL skit. This is an accurate representation of the education system in the USA.

[@caletevelen2647]

It's an exaggeration for the typical classroom, but not by as much as one might think. There certainly are classes this bad, or close.

[@cody7141]

Thanks for repeating the same comment that's already been posted 100x

[@johnbarton1339]

You were once a kid did you actually care about ww2 in school ? I no I didn't I was way to busy sleeping! And drooling!

[@bk-lu6ty]

Jesus... everyone’s got some kinda hate boner for America

[@JohnGoetzGaming]

Wayne Joseph No I loved history and anime in school and enjoyed many of the books. I also hated high school kids when I was in school it was like all of them just wanted to sleep and do drugs the whole time they’re all so boring and basic

[@superdudeman666]

Is this a comedy sketch or a real life documentary from inside an American class room? I can't tell the difference.

[@LetsSmokePodcast]

Sincerely, superdudeman666 #irony

[@congealedbox7854]

+davick1 Do you even know what irony is?

[@kaustavganguly4034]

It's a sketch off the British comedy show Mind Your Language.

[@TroyOi]

Good question. It was comedy 25 years ago, when it aired. But, to borrow from Marx, what was once comedy now repeats itself as tragedy.

[@easylee]

100% documentary

[@eric_torres_music4436]

Unfortunately for history teachers, this is what actually happens in a history class....

[@robertorolfo]

@Xakkil Exactly. They probably pretend it didn't happen. Same thing in Japan.

[@aquamarine99911]

@@robertorolfo Then you guys are as ignorant as these students. Yes, Japan does soft pedal its atrocities in WW2, but Germans make themselves acutely aware of it. Obviously, they don't build monuments to the Nazis the way Americans do to the Confederacy, but their students are well educated on the subject. Also, Germany is the biggest (or second biggest after the US) supporter of Israel.

[@ricarleite]

@Xakkil "Why are the pages that go from 1933 to 1945 ripped off?" "CLASS IS OVER!"

[@irfanfiaz2401]

Really?

[@mikewalsh7318]

It happens in every class.

[@lonelyone]

Jumped here from the reference on the Fly on the Wall podcast. Chris Farley raising his hand to say “snakes” 4:19

[@maverick9296]

I had 2 history teachers in high school and they both showed us this because they were afraid we were gonna end up this, by saying “this is the kind of class I don’t want you to be”

[@beddythebest]

"Mr Thompson, the French are still in Europe today" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@1gr8chef123]

HOW DARE you say much hurtful things YOU FUCKING TWAT!!!!!!!!!!

[@edinfific2576]

Yes, and that's a problem that the Europe will have to solve. 😁

[@lateblume4208]

Chris farley trying to answer snakes xD

[@young321bookie]

Snakes?

[@Agent1W]

+Late Blume Thomas "Tommy" Callahan back when he was struggling to get past school, who also attended the same class as his friend Richard seated in front of him.

[@dloren6183]

They should of turned this into an actual sitcom... it would be hilarious