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With the Carnival Triumph stranded at sea four days, the cruise staff struggles to keep passengers' spirits high. Aired 02/16/13
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[@SolbreakerFinal]

I lost it at "Who ate CoCo!? We still have food on here!!"

[@Boahemaa]

I'm afraid I'm going to get kicked out of the lab! I laughed so hard at that...

[@ndronikusri1992]

On here??

[@alenajohnson8450]

I almost died

[@bepowerification]

how the heck do you fuck up a short quote from a video you are watching?

[@cabinkincade]

@@bepowerification get over yourself fatty

[@GenieVillain26]

I've been on Carnival Cruises several times. The representation of these optimistic crew members is so accurate. They would be hyping up even the hellish of circumstances.

[@principessabp]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@-null-null8857]

Must be hard to make people happy, I can't do it without drugs

[@abbymerchant2069]

If they don't hype up, the thought of their bare minimum wage would sink in as a reality.

[@calebk9111]

Yes. They're great workers. I wish people would learn to hype themselves up in this way

[@danamardell1209]

Of course 'cause the last thing you need is a bunch of muthafuckas panicked into a frenzy on a gotdamn boat

[@MohammedMuaawia]

That Chris Rock impression was absolutely spot on. If I had just heard the audio, I would have thought it was chris.

[@somehorse]

Jay Pharoah is so good at impressions. I wish he hadn't been let go. What SNL were thinking, I have no idea.

[@davidmcginness6718]

Well Michaels is known for how ruthless he is in cutting the fat for SNL. Either focus groups didn't like Pharoah enough or the guy did something to piss off Lorne

[@somehorse]

David McGinness He sounds a little unprofessional to me. Ah well, I guess he can afford to be.

[@MohammedMuaawia]

frankiegetup Doesn't matter much. SNL and sketch comedy are going downhill in general. I used to hate it when people complained about the new shows sucking, but after going through a lot of sketch content, I totally agree.

[@davidmcginness6718]

By piss off Lorne I mean Lorne has a zero tolerance policy on drug taking, alcoholism or other behaviour which affects their work. He's told cast members in the past that they're out if there is any hint of that

[@gniiiiiiiaa]

Jason Sudeikis always makes the best presenter.

[@Misscinnabon]

Ikr. I live for his videos like this. 😭😂😂

[@TRal55]

Did you accidentally type best instead of most mediocre ?

[@BuuhBlocks]

@@TRal55 most mediocre? Just say you don't like the guy next time. Saying he is mediocre is absolutely false

[@yg-dn5ms]

I love him

[@simmiedavissimmiesings8185]

I think he should have done this in his red jogging suit

[@alexthelizardking]

Cecily and Jason have great chemistry.

[@tardersauce3578]

It’s sad they had so little snl time in common

[@neoneherefrom5836]

I saw them holding hands at Reese’s

[@Ameno06]

????????​@@neoneherefrom5836

[@mizmisery44]

In all seriousness, I woke up from a 9 day coma to this playing on the tv of my ICU room... It made me laugh then and still does today

[@wendypeters6084]

That's a good way to wake up! 😅

[@khadishab2745]

Woaa can't believe this comment is real. Glad you're still with ys

[@Rightytightyleftyloosey]

I woke up from a 14 day coma to see the West Memphis Three finally got sent free. Damion Echols grew up on Death Row for a crime he didn’t commit. I was so happy! I had a tube down my throat and couldn’t speak, but I was just so happy to see him free.

[@jmolvin9055]

That's amazing!!

[@arieldacruz2044]

That is a nice thing to wake up to! Glad you’re alright :)

[@Mad_Dawg1230]

"THERE IS NO GOD!" Kenan Thompson shouting at the crew members is my favorite part of this.

[@RavenclawNimbus]

The shakiness in his voice! That line was so perfectly executed! 😂

[@ambergris9359]

And Jason's reply was the best joke ever😂

[@idkybily]

Jay Pharohs scream is EVERYTHING. And what i hold back every moment of 2020.

[@michellefinneran1209]

Wow! Seven years on in the corona-future and this popped up in my recommendations. How freaking appropriate.

[@verniejoysupat73]

Yeah ...people and KZbin really do know how to relate in our present situation 😇

[@rainbowroadthekilljoy8]

April of 2021 and look at us now :)))

[@WinkLinkletter]

How so? What is the correlation between the stranded cruise ship and a pandemic?

[@bigg46tv56]

At least cruise ships had working toilets during COVID

[@Hayne0212591997]

Hahah Fred doing the Michael Jackson impression was life threatening 😂😂

[@joeythomas9664]

Literally thought this was a covid sketch until I looked up at the monitor and saw it was Jason sudeikis in like 2012

[@WinkLinkletter]

Why are people saying that? What made you think it had anything to do with Covid? There are no masks or mention of disease, and it starts off with it being a cruise, an activity which many in fact cancelled due to the pandemic. Someone else said "this hits different after Covid!". How?

[@honeycomb937]

@@WinkLinkletter i have to assume that people were stranded on a cruise when covid hit, probably from one person getting sick and then they all had to quarantine. or something like that. i didn't really pay attention to the news when covid was starting to spread, so :/

[@ella3009]

@@WinkLinkletter at the beginning of 2020 the cruise ship Diamond Princess reported positive cases of COVID and had to quarantine. By the time the quarantine was over, 712 people had been infected aboard the ship- this number made up over half of the total worldwide cases (outside of China) at the time. 14 people died and it was a huge story and outbreak, so i assume that’s why people are associating this sketch with COVID

[@WinkLinkletter]

@@ella3009 Thank you, somehow that event existed in my media blind spot until now.

[@deannaw9128]

@@WinkLinkletter lmao exactly

[@jacquelineme9107]

Me still trapped in my house in 2021: *I wanna be the chicken, MAKE ME THE CHICKEN*

[@eIliehehe]

i keep trying to convince myself that what cecily was true. "it is NOT BETTER TO BE A CHICKEN than a PERSON."

[@placeholderdoe]

Sometimes its hard to remember just how hard the pandemic was, I hope both of you are doing better now

[@charlynegezze8536]

No matter how many times I see this I end up with aching sides and tears running down my face. They were all fantasic.

[@emilytallent9677]

Fred’s Michael Jackson impression was so perfectly unhinged I would definitely believe he was stranded on a cruise ship for days (he probably was the one who ate Koko)

[@nystagmus]

Best part of the skit

[@manaharav]

"Ten hours until we reach Mobile, Alabama! " As a stranded ship, hearing that, now you KNOW you are deep in one of Dante's Circles of Hell.

[@rrrusty49]

Oddly, Sudeikis is channeling Jason Bateman in this skit. And I love it.

[@katc5051]

He does remind me of Jason Bateman, who is hysterical

[@RavenclawNimbus]

They _are_ both named Jason

[@jaybutler779]

“Who are coco! We still have food!” I’m dying this is too funny

[@F3RAL3NTITY]

Cmon guys. It is NOT better to be a chicken, than a person.

[@heedmywarning2792]

but... nuggets are tasty.

[@kurtreber9813]

NOBODY, calls me chicken.

[@ExtremeBeatlesArchive]

He had to spend the rest of his life trying to bet back on track because his mind had been shattered.

[@boosh90]

proof that kenan doesn't even have to be on screen to get the biggest laugh

[@Misscinnabon]

This is so true 😭😭😂😂

[@devadhasanprapakaran8072]

Cc

[@Janinho897]

I mean, I totally agree, but... Did he get the biggest laugh?

[@bepowerification]

@@Janinho897 he didnt. I sometimes wonder why people on yt just post stupid things. its like they comment just to write something wrong and stupid.

[@cabinkincade]

@@bepowerification get a job

[@sen-cher]

I just need a recording of all of Jason's "come on!"

[@user-mm9vl9bj2f]

There are compilations of his characters being passed off

[@nelson2503]

I worked for CCL on board several ships for 6 and a half years. This skit brought a plethora of good memories to me.

[@Misscinnabon]

Kenan's random comments 😂😂😂😂

[@aoiN3KO]

*WE STILL HAVE FOOD*

[@mr.radical2899]

How is your post from 2 years ago??? TIME TRAVELER!!!!

[@paytontowle8305]

@@mr.radical2899 this was posted 7 years ago...

[@rad1cal300]

As soon as he said "who ate coco" I got a team coco notification

[@matthintz9468]

Cecily Strong: "It is not better to be a chicken than a person." George Carlin: "Chickens are decent people!"

[@TheLiza403]

this sketch is criminally underrated, how does it only have 500k views

[@marksoquet2618]

I think 🤔 it says 1.1 million views.

[@RavenclawNimbus]

@@marksoquet2618 uh… it changed since a year and a half

[@TeamPaul17]

Who else is getting these (scarily accurate) recommendations from YEARS ago? Stranded Cruise (2013)? The Bubble (2017)? The one with Mitt Romney (also Sudekis) speedballing milk? It's like SNL decided that The Simpsons wasn't the only future forecast in town.

[@thehorseloverful]

Lmao 2107??

[@TeamPaul17]

@@thehorseloverful Apparently, SNL is REALLY good at predicting the future, LOL... Fixed it.

[@canaisyoung3601]

The Simpsons made one lucky guess (and I'm using "lucky" loosely). Everyone knows that SNL and comedy in general has this eerie power to predict the future.

[@violetlavi2207]

@@canaisyoung3601 comedy is good at extrapolating, taking current circumstances and going for the comedic extreme. If it’s predicting the future, that’s definitely not good

[@nicolasjijon2102]

Ok I lost it when he said ¡There is no god!

[@lisetravis]

This is one of my all-time favorite sketches. I watch it over and over again.

[@ilwill5996]

One of the funniest skits ever, when he hit the insane michael jackson I lost it!

[@reign.of.giselle]

I have never seen a more demented impression of michael jackson than fred armisen's 5:22 my god😭

[@maxminghela2632]

You know it in your bones that's Kenan shouting.

[@AnilKumar-vd2xd]

*WHO ATE COCO ?* 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ajus009]

Jason is so handsome ❤️

[@twentyonepoots4776]

That Chris Rock impression was amazing!

[@Piaseczno1]

I miss JayPhay. Some, perhaps many, of his impressions were top-notch.

[@mlamarana]

After COVID right! Cruise ships jokes hits us just in the right spot 😂

[@katnon]

Bobby does such a funny cry-scream voice

[@areyoufriendly]

WOWWWW! After seeing so many snl videos on KZbin that have that ad for more videos with snl music at the end, it is SO damn refreshing that this video’s end actually makes sense and flows into that part seamlessly. Woo Hoo!

[@luvkeys9324]

WHEN I SAY DEATH IS YOU SAY FINAL😂😂😂

[@marmary5555]

Fred Armisen as Michael Jackson was the best 😂😂😂

[@antred11]

LOL, this is one of the best SNL skits ever.

[@Misterzen87]

Cecily is such a beautiful creature :o

[@manchesterunitedno7]

+Misterzen87 She is pretty and hot.

[@kishoreytc]

such a sweet creature

[@heedmywarning2792]

I'm a cannibal and want to invite Cecily to dinner.

[@aaelmore3142]

Why creature?

[@taliajung1553]

"Creature"????

[@marhiney_kaye]

"Turn us all into chickens!" Said err'body in 2020.

[@canaisyoung3601]

We'd be eaten. Is that what you really want?

[@shreyagajbhiye3782]

That MJ impression tho xD

[@meverly4133]

2020 and I'm dreaming of being on this cruise.

[@ariaanise7489]

Oh my God this is perfect. There isn't a better way to describe 2020 than a stranded cruise filled with crap...

[@froggygirl5963]

Love how the crew act like PreK teachers when they are telling off the passengers

[@angelocast]

This happened to me at the beginning of 2020. I was arriving at the port in China, and the virus just started in those days. We were not allowed to go down from the cruise and we stay there for a long long period of time. Feels almost like this sketch....amazing. step by step we are succeeding! Laugh and Love! Dont give up :)

[@amnajaved6894]

This is amazingly funny. They acted so good

[@mihaimarchidann5067]

I would volunteer to be stranded 4 days on a cruise if SNL cast would be onboard

[@RavenclawNimbus]

These are some of my favorite cast as well, so that would be great I’d also love to see Amy Poehler XD

[@jondunmore4268]

1:03 -- Not only did he get the Chris Rock voice -- he got the Chris Rock fingers! Kudos!

[@mishimakochan]

Watching this again and I just feel like adding how hot Jason Sudeikis is and how I wouldn't mind much being stranded with him on a nightmare cruise like this.

[@shayla4007]

jason sudeikis and cecily strong starring in the same sketch? my life is fulfilldd

[@moezilla6816]

Absolutely hilarious,turn us all into chickens!!!LMFAO

[@eddietat95]

WHOO HOO WHOAAAAAA I'M MICHAEL JACKSON WHOO HOO WHOAAAA WHOAAAA

[@beverlywilcox4349]

I spent the whole skit wondering if the half shirt tail out was the setup for some great punch line.

[@tuancao35]

Who knew this happened in 2020 😣

[@DoubtkeyApartments]

I’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS ONE FOR SO LONG

[@tobiasskovhansen7947]

Hands down the best cold open of the show!

[@kingfaisalmohammad93]

Awesome Chris Rock impression...😂😂😂

[@ihatezgoogle6264]

hahahaha, doing a rock impression followed by 'what else, what else' hah!

[@unikkorns]

Turn us all into chickens. 😂

[@severedghost]

I thought this was about covid until I saw the date this was posted.

[@saralance4529]

This aged well

[@toikutoassumi8381]

Someone ate 'COCO" the monkey and left the whole skeleton attached and in one piece,very skilled.

[@camthedestroyer1490]

This feels like an underrated sketch

[@McSwizzle]

4:11 Jason😂😂😂

[@r.g.w3936]

Well if that man claims to be a chicken, then he's fair game in my opinion.

[@zampster1]

R. G. W WE STILL HAVE FoooOOoD

[@antoniodragonheart8965]

The message for the rescue team was deep :D

[@geewiz8253]

It’s funny how they’re four days stranded and getting current news from the paper. 😂 👍 Gotta Love it.

[@proudtobeme92]

Helicopter dropped with newspaper

[@bassamalmulhim67]

Turn us all into chicken 😂😂😂

[@jonathancarlson7901]

Justice for Coco ❤️

[@brennencox516]

1:53 "THERE IS NO GOD!!!" LOL

[@tjcollins242]

This is so revelant in the current situation!

[@clintonmcleod6683]

Was in the navy, THERS DOOKIE ON THE WALLS!!

[@crinbob]

Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend way back in 2013? Doesn’t time fly, eh?

[@kinsate9895]

This skit was in 2013

[@baker7280]

@@kinsate9895 he knows, that’s what his comment was about.

[@unicornevil6913]

I love the comedian who comes in and all he can do is one celebrity impression

[@thebenforever]

I don't know who the "Mike" actor was but he was in that Kevin Hart snl skit with the bookstore making Hart break character. Funny as hell.

[@madgang201]

Tim Robinson! :D

[@thebenforever]

​@@madgang201 i guess he got a short run on snl? I heard he got a series or something going tho, so silver lining.

[@horacejohnson1730]

"Turn us all to chickens!" Lol. The only problem with that is the fact, you're going into a pot or oven.

[@eIliehehe]

this reminds me so much of public school 😭

[@sophiacarmichael5852]

I went to a rehab that was very similar to the distress folks expressed on that cruise ship

[@CountrySteve2]

They should have done a revised version for covid. I went on a carnival cruise one time but never again. I didnt think it all the way through and i was young enough to stay pretty intoxicated most of it so as not to think of being out in the ocean.🐢🐢🐢cara

[@ryanstauffer119]

Instead of wanting to be a chicken again, I thought Mike was going to say something like “Hypnotize me into thinking I’m on the beach! In Hawaii! Or on the Eiffel Tower! My mother in law’s house! Anywhere but here!”

[@calumsanderson6741]

RIP Coco

[@marionleedelangen2670]

You guys pronounce Oscar Pistorius so funny!!!!

[@Ddouglas0302]

This is they way it was on those Co Vid cruises earlier this year!

[@faeze.Re1]

Oh my the Michael Jackson part had me cry🤣🤣🤣😅

[@taimatsuko]

Someone eating Coco ended me 😂

[@yuoma]

6 headlines in a row, and none of them are about Trump... I’m watching it again.

[@speed2cruisecontrol784]

it’s from 2012

[@eldritchpalmerable]

Armisen took this skit to a whole different dimension (dimension with a doorman accent)

[@DunmoresMovieMania]

3:50 -- EVERY Karaoke bar is officially a toilet.

[@felixcalderon4689]

That was literally the best Michael Jackson impression Corey Feldman would be jealous😂😂

[@marisamar3247]

Jason's reaction to "The Pope resigned" headline kills me everytime

[@hillyforilly]

I worked on a cruise ship during covid and this is so accurate

[@devonc3948]

"I want to be the chicken!"

[@YayMiko]

“Turn us all into chickens!”

[@matthintz9468]

Cecily is the best!

[@massimosquecco203]

Soo right for these times...

[@willlawton2742]

That Michael Jacksit is killing me!😅

[@floating_rock172]

Make me the chicken!!!! Haha