Colonial Williamsburg - SNL

[@user-km8od7jp2t]

"Soon to be jumped in the parking lot" Wheezing

[@larindagriezel5771]

that's the part that killed me

[@maureenlebronsantiago2912]

😂

[@johnmauer1974]

I didn't know they had a parking lot in colonial times 😖😖😄😄😄

[@flappynautgood6694]

As if

[@47CryXMA]

Meh. Those knee socks are inaccurate.

[@sulaimandaud9581]

Jason Sudeikis is one of the best actors whom other actors can bounce off and go over the top with.

[@drakashrakenburgproduction5369]

And I head he's a nice guy too which makes me love him even more!

[@DWilliam1]

Very underrated IMHO

[@dirkdiggler.]

Who

[@crabman732]

In Comedy, that's known as the "voice of reason"

[@claudec34]

One of my favorites ever, Actor not skit

[@DimitriosChannel]

John Reilly is like the only SNL guest that doesn't have his eye glued to cue cards. Good acting on his part.

[@Jeff-cr9ho]

love that guy. he is so underrated

[@dharmallars]

Don't forget Melissa McCarthy!!! Never even seen her take a glance

[@quarstrongforce]

He can play Mr. W Bush.

[@retepz]

I think he's looking directly at them the whole time. It never looks like he's looking directly at Jason Sudeikis.

[@DrMcMoist]

Tom Hanks is also very good.

[@mkmartin559]

"Maybe get a churro or somethin'" just sets the tone so well

[@gleelover7933]

😂😂

[@jesusmaryandjoseph6]

As a native Virginian, my English dad became obsessed with Williamsburg when I was a kid and we ended up going to Williamsburg for vacation for 10 years straight, it was great the first few times the other 14 were overkill

[@ryanmichael1298]

I've been there twice, the second time was overkill.

[@QuentinBaggett-z1t]

Oh damn

[@QuentinBaggett-z1t]

Sorry for your family's story,

[@penultimateh766]

That place is awesome. Get in the spirit of things man.

[@annmarieb239]

@@jesusmaryandjoseph6 dang! 😂

[@Thagesthoughts]

How the hell did Keenan make a dorky bell intimidating? That's talent.

[@TheEchelon]

How is that bell dorky? You could knock someone out with that...

[@Foxy02016]

Skills, which he has a lot of

[@iagomartinezdealegriamader52]

Keenan hits it out of the park in ever sketch he is in

[@darkprose]

I think it’s the sheer anger and power he clearly put into ringing it-what sold it for me was his hat! The way his hat cocks downward, darkening his eyes. Oh, and all that and he was right in the racist’s face. Keenan is amazing. I think we all take him for granted because he’s not just a cast member, but a part of the institution of _SNL._ Like Lorne Michaels, I can’t think of the show without him. And Iago (cool name, btw) is right, Keenan’s work on the show is so consistent. Sketches are always hit and miss, but Keenan is always reliable. I can’t imagine _SNL_ without him! I bet a lot of fans feel that way.

[@carag2567]

@@darkprose Bro, your comment nailed it. Keenan Thompson has, at this point, joined SNL legend status. The show would not be what it still is without him because he elevates every single piece he's in. He's also the longest running cast member in SNL history. We're lucky to witness his talent.

[@mkb285]

2:46 "I'm just treating her the way I-MY character would've treated her in colonial times" That was smooth.

[@randalrobinson3424]

Half of this sketch may be too accurate. Twenty years ago a friend of mine described a visit to Colonial Williamsburg where he observed a cast member blatantly ignoring a question from an African American girl because he was "in character."

[@pambisugar8286]

Randal Robinson The joke is the part where he's fired.

[@judasgoat1035]

I thiink you are full of crap

[@pambisugar8286]

judas goat You're lucky. You "think" he's full of crap. I wish I could think that too. I *know* that these things happen regularly. People like you I think wouldnt do this and would be really upset bc its not what you would do personally. So, it really is shocking and disappointing to you. It hapoens thogh. And it really hurts

[@judasgoat1035]

ok..point taken.

[@pambisugar8286]

judas goat Thank you. I was hoping you wouldnt be mean...And thank u for being one of the good guys

[@stillnotspicy]

there are no slaves just unpaid interns.

[@Redorgreenful]

Vishnu Ananthkumar Goddamn that’s a good burn

[@BarginsGalore]

In America there are just interns and prisoners.

[@casucasueq4479]

@@BarginsGalore You forgot college athletes.

[@BarginsGalore]

Darnell Jackson. You right

[@BarginsGalore]

Darnell Jackson. And immigrants

[@whomst7448]

As someone who grew up *in* Williamsburg, and could literally walk from my house to Colonial Williamsburg (which I did a lot, there's a Barnes and Nobles and Baskin Robins right there, lol) this is hilarious (and sadly too accurate)

[@TralfazConstruction]

Best vacation with my mother, father and younger brother circa July '64. My most vivid memory is visiting the Governor's Mansion. We stayed at a motel with a Pocahontas theme; may have even been named that.

[@elinovak3770]

Massachusetts 1600s

[@soccerchamp0511]

Are you saying that a lot of the interpreters are racist?

[@spencer_fife_and_drum_john9152]

@@soccerchamp0511 they are not we are everything accept that we have tons of people of color

[@soccerchamp0511]

@@spencer_fife_and_drum_john9152 can you say that again in English please? What you wrote literally makes no sense.

[@2rad2paytaxes]

Okay so here’s the real tea: I used to work as a costume interpreter for Colonial Williamsburg all throughout high school and I heard from my history teacher that while he worked there many years before, there was a mock slave auction and apparently it was an absolute shit show for everyone lol. Needless to say, it didn’t last very long

[@jessica_jam4386]

WaterDragon788 omg that sounds horrible

[@helloitsme.5604]

Wtf

[@johnbrown9641]

hey gotta stay in character.

[@LisaJones2011]

I used to work at the museum in Plymouth and they apparently tried to put a severed head of an Indian chief at the fort. That didn't go over well either.

[@sophiaschier-hanson4163]

I think I vaguely remember that this was still going on when I visited as a kid. We did not go.

[@mckenzie.latham91]

This is like that south park episode with the reenacting employees who take the job seriously even to their own deaths,

[@joelwillems4081]

"We ain't got no phones in our time."

[@1badjesus]

0:26 LOL they BOTH almost broke after "get a churro" I think due to audience member's odd laugh lol

[@GlennDavey]

to be fair, it was an oddly funny throwaway line about the food offerings at supposedly "authentic" historical parks...

[@1badjesus]

@@GlennDavey true lol

[@JenniferDelRey]

“As I’ve told you before, my name is Denise.”

[@comraderaoul]

"You say your name right, right now." Dee-NICE.

[@elinovak3770]

Hello beautiful Denise

[@AkanamesMalestrom]

He refused to harken to his words of wisdom.

[@franzschubertv2874]

I harken he indeed did not.

[@Megan-he5nl]

As a local, it never gets old seeing the historical actors checking out of the grocery store in costume after work.

[@jtl-en4yx]

Or you walk into a restaurant and there is a whole table of redcoats or bluejackets!

[@justintrites1699]

One lives right down the road from me..every time I see her driving by in her costume I can’t help but chuckle😂

[@noname8354]

I went to w&m and one girl in a class worked in cw so she would sometimes come into class in costume.

[@LilJay03]

"tHErE weRE NO sLaVEs iN cOLOnaiL wiLLiAmSBurG." That's the entire point of this sketch.

[@LilJay03]

Ed F booboo oh really? Oh that's interesting.

[@YugiohMaster1987]

Ed F booboo Thank You! Like a simple Google search would correct so many uninformed individuals. I literally just googled it and it gave a break down of everything, from slaves, to bakers, to what type of vegetation...literally everything.

[@LilJay03]

@Mr.agent 47 it's meant to be "durr" talk.

[@pambisugar8286]

frank ponds. The point is that regardless of historical accuracy, this lady had to deal with mistreatment at work. The truth is people work at jobs that may not have a basis in what we as employees believe to be true BECAUSE WE WORK TO LIVE...PAY BILLS...PAY FOR HOUSING AND HEALTH CARE. And wherever a person works, he/she should be treated equally as described by Tile 7. Ever enjoy the Lone Ranger? Well, sir, the show is inaccurately based on a white man when in fact the real person the show is based on is a black man. I'm sure the white actor and his family and future generations enjoying his earnings dont mind and did not want him treated like the black man from which the character was based. THINK just a little. Try it, unless it hurts to much. Dumb Ass!

[@pambisugar8286]

Mr.agent 47 Because he is an idiot. That answer is simple.

[@10fingersofdeath]

I went to this nightmare as a 11 yr old in 1976 with horace mann barnard elementary. 4 black kids in the whole grade. The looks the actors gave me were unforgettable.

[@jtl-en4yx]

A lot has changed since then. they now have lots of black visitors and black employees as well as a policy against racism.

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

I stayed in Williamsburg-VA in 2012. I loved it. I wish I could return to explore and learn more. I've never seen so many Union Jack flags by the way.

[@xzcvzxvxcvz]

“Those knee socks are inaccurate” Gonna use that one

[@jtl-en4yx]

To be fair inaccurate or inappropriate socks or hose will ruin a costume!

[@overworlder]

Pretty sure the contemporary term was stockings.

[@abbiefunk2000]

Oh Kenan you are a legend

[@abbiefunk2000]

Tyrel J. Ur real close buddy but thats not gay IM gay :)

[@jamesjack38]

Adam Malec he dont

[@DigOleBickInya]

he's the weakest Afro-American that was ever a castmember.

[@EZRDEN]

Keenan had me on the floor!

[@monkabrahms7997]

You like it?

[@torridd]

Maya gets laughs with just that disgusted look as she leaves

[@superbaddctv]

"Your not talking about the slaves are you?" "No No there are no slaves around here" 😂

[@connerclark3678]

Well... not anymore.

[@gleelover7933]

😂😂😂

[@sbdcxhdhhx8076]

Being from Williamsburg and living near colonial Williamsburg makes this even funnier

[@jaeviens2893]

I work for CW and it is funny lol

[@iko4007]

jason is a hot dad

[@kimberlyk8119]

Specially as mr. Miller.

[@pixelfox9666]

It's an interesting line that they have to walk, being historically accurate in a place that is literally set up as a living museum specifically so that people can experience what life was like at that period of time, without betraying any of our more enlightened modern attitudes. They do it so well, however. I attended "court" one time at Colonial Williamsburg and got to play a magistrate. The "head magistrate" (the employee setting things up) simply informed us all that, as a woman, I never would have been appointed to that position back in the 18th century, and that was that. We all know that they viewed people of color (and women) as inferior to white men back then, the reenactors acknowledge that, then everyone moves on. Also, although this skit was HILARIOUS, the boss wearing a modern suit was super distracting. Employees wear period-appropriate clothing and act in a period-appropriate AT ALL TIMES when visible to the public. Even the kids.

[@abc-bu7nr]

I've got a feeling that the guy was sent over corporate (hr) lol

[@gorky1986]

Love the way he calls: Mammy?!

[@kylestark7409]

As a reenactor, this can be somewhat accurate, as people try and "stay in character".

[@numbers7n]

‘Those knee socks are inaccurate.’ 😂🤣

[@ogilain]

Oh there are some awkward moments at Colonial Williamsburg. I remember visiting and as we were listening to an in-character re-enactor portraying a free man of color, when in-character "Thomas Jefferson" walked by. The black re-enactor accurately went out of his way to reassure "Massa Thomas" that although this gathering was technically illegal due to the large number of African-Americans in the crowd (who would likely have been slaves in 1775), "we were just discussing religion and meant no harm." The white dude portraying Jefferson was so befuddled he damn near broke character, mumbled something about believing in freedom of religion, acted like he'd never heard of slavery, and speed-walked the hell out of there (I suppose to somewhere where he could talk to tourists about the nice things in history rather than slavery).

[@chosenlight7289]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@liasilva8916]

Was it the young Thomas Jefferson or the old one😭

[@gleelover7933]

4:19 Aggressive ringing of the bell 😂

[@stevenwayman4950]

Jason is always an excellent strait man in skits.

[@yoda908]

I honestly should not have been surprised at Kenan showing up the way he did😁

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

This is hilarious, but the funniest part is that the writers think Colonial Williamsburg has a corporate office! 😂

[@CorePathway]

I betcha they do.

[@gildedlillyproductions2943]

It does 🙄

[@rdiddyspace1708]

I've been to Colonial Williamsburg as a tourist, (dressed up in colonial clothes I scrounged up). Being asian this skit was amusing to me when he mentioned asians. The actors there just reacted as confused as they would back then and I tried to blend in as my character would have done back then and also in the modern day. I had a good time but yeah there are things much better today than back in the good old days.

[@jtl-en4yx]

That may have partly been because you were a visitor wearing period clothes. You would not think that would be unusual, but when they see someone in period clothes they sometimes think you must work there and get confused because they don't recognize you. I know of at least one Asian who works there as an interpreter so it is not unheard of.

[@rdiddyspace1708]

@@jtl-en4yx cool glad to know there are others. thanks for sharing. yeah a lot of regular tourists not costumed kept asking me. "where are the restrooms"?

[@Scooter_Alice]

This feels like that one weird "history buff" kid that's weirdly interested in the axis powers lol

[@MuttonfudgeRacing]

I would have really lost it if he said 'I'm gonna wreck it" at the end of this sketch.😆

[@ronnieeilert8491]

All I hear is Wreck-It Ralph.

[@ConduitAssassin]

Wreck-It Ralph called me the n-word at Best Buy

[@王珂-k7d]

hah?

[@Squirrel36]

Wreck-It Ralph and Dale Doback would have slapped Gary into orbit.

[@redboneshoneypot2960]

I'm sure that beat down in the parking lot was EPIC!

[@escoba1971]

Redbones Honeypot indeed 💪😁

[@junkersintutus4282]

Redbones Honeypot OMG your screen-name is rather evocative.

[@macy131]

onlyfacts Thug? Really? The customer was in the wife’s face over a damn handicap parking spot. And her husband defended her. The customer was an asshole and a coward. If anyone is a so called “thug”, it’s the damn customer. Might wanna change your username to only opinions

[@Moneyg73]

One for the ages. Lol

[@Moneyg73]

@@macy131 👏👏👏

[@chartreusemaiden604]

Very accurate. But having worked colonial Williamsburg. It's guests. I worked at one of the Taverns. And white guests would see me and be like " OH! Look there a mixed one. They really are authentic." I was a cook and hated being around people, but every now and then I would help bus. So I had to dress up. Which I loved. But the customer always ruined it for me. It gets worse. The white customers. I cannot stress that enough, they were always a white couple or family. And say "We want to real colonial experience. Can we have a black slave serve us?" My jaw dropped when I heard them say that and I remember Cindy's face dropping too. But more like "ugh, this request again" Cindy was white and tire of that shit. But Nope, because the meals are expensive that mean excellent tips. Almost every black waiter signed up. Skip got the job, and I was in the back when skip came in. "SKIP? WTF? Why did you take that table?" He was said "because that means those will be good tippers. The can leave up $100 in tips." At the of the night he gave me $20 of his portions. And I just felt dirty, because I needed for gas to get to my second full time job at the school down the road. I was so angry at myself.

[@elizabethdegroot89]

I’m horrified they’d have the balls to ask something like that, and that the staff in charge would let them. I’m relieved Cindy didn’t care for the bullshit. But don’t feel bad about taking their money. Honestly they deserve to be financially bled dry, and the way I see it it’s less about you swallowing your pride and taking money for something possibly humiliating and more about sticking it to them and them being too stupid to realize you are.

[@fl0pZ3]

seriously that’s horrible im so sorry

[@MrTreework]

I live near Williamsburg and just got an actual ad for it before watching this

[@grantgilbert2822]

Reilly is great in this sketch obviously but Sudekis is low key matching him and is really funny in this. Also Maya really sold her line

[@philipjubileo.omonoji8151]

You guys are ever so crazy 🤣🤣🤣. I imagine the laughter and fun they must have had during rehearsals.

[@PrstgeWrldWde]

2:39 best stink eye I’ve ever seen

[@matthewmcneill5320]

"those knee socks are inaccurate" is a good button on the scene but imo a better one would have been "could I trouble you for an escort to my car?" and Sudekis just laughs and says "no"

[@jtl-en4yx]

People are usually escorted off the premises when fired so that the don't try to damage anything on the way out.

[@Slop_Dogg]

John C Reilly is such an underrated actor

[@sarcastic4982]

people stay so in character at Williamsburg like the mascots at Disney world

[@elinovak3770]

Massachusetts 1600's

[@theultimatereductionist7592]

John C Reilly kills it.

[@elinovak3770]

Massachusetts 1600's

[@seanburns4168]

I have been to Colonial Williamsburg it was a very fantastically fabulous place

[@jtl-en4yx]

I agree the SNL writers just don't like it cause it's a private foundation.

[@idoncare026]

Just say you’re a bigot who works there 🙄

[@michaelfraser4767]

Maya Rudolph is a treasure.

[@eccho3291]

I have literally met someone like this. Kissed my hand and everything.

[@sithlordhibiscus9936]

I work a few minutes away from CW... We should have churros! That would make the haunted house tour more interesting!

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

I was like “man, don’t go for churros, go get some overpriced peanut soup from the King’s Arms!”

[@sdw261]

They'd all get shot in the parking lot if it was me. 😁

[@AlexTheCrayChick]

omg I love Hamilton 😍😍😍

[@thatstheway103]

alex time low why would u say something so controversial and so brave

[@thatstheway103]

It’s a meme

[@dharmallars]

alex time low 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@luminarymani]

LOOOL

[@elizabethdegroot89]

This shit took me off guard lmao

[@jaelenspencer7720]

The writing in this era was just superior. Much like Gary himself.

[@mbayatab4326]

He would do anything for historical accuracy😅

[@ItsaMeGo]

Every historical reenactment site and Ren fest, ever.

[@imoon5858]

Young Jason 😄❤️

[@feliciajenkins5041]

The way he rang the bell 🔔😂😅🤣

[@franceszapata951]

Please include closed captions so that the information is accessible to everyone

[@allsimplekings]

JASON SUDEIKIS

[@suqmadiq3651]

+Anna C I feel ya

[@aloveoflibraries]

I miss him on snl

[@kyleneopperman6186]

Jason’s hair looks great here

[@gustavgnoettgen]

"These knee socks are inaccurate."

[@elinovak3770]

Massachusetts 1600's

[@amandal4144]

I live not too far from Colonial Williamsburg and yup. This shit happens.

[@annolsen4943]

You are lying

[@gaeriefire1385]

“it’s what my character would do” ah, so he plays a rogue

[@johnwilson1851]

I've actually been to colonial Williamsburg and I lived it

[@johnmauer1974]

Kenan got the best line

[@sapphirewingthefurrycritic985]

Historical accuracy isn't bad just don't use it as an excuse for your bigotry.

[@perseus9428]

🤣🤣🤣He's a character right out of South Orange County, California.

[@SemiSweetEdits2]

Colonial Williamsburg! _You're gonna have a fun effin time!_

[@jtl-en4yx]

No doubt! the shows and dramas in the evening are fantastic!

[@bjmccann1]

I know that she's happily married, and that I don't stand a chance, but DAMN!!! Maya Rudolph could get it!

[@spencer_fife_and_drum_john9152]

Inlibe and Williamsburg I love it its beatiful I suggest u guys visit

[@rosemarywilliams9969]

😒I just love when someone doesn't look at me while speaking to me.👀

[@LukeLenn0n]

If you change the boss and employee to RPG game master and player, it'll turn into a much more common scenario.

[@magellagoldstein]

I knew someone like this in college - but it wasn’t a historic setting. He took all poly sci classes and dressed like Ben Franklin.

[@Robocoppat]

Anytime you see John C Reilly, you know it's going to be funny.

[@amckx81]

Unless he's playing Watson in Sherlock Holmes...

[@johnc8209]

Shoutout to those who got a colonial Williamsburg travel ad hahah

[@brettjames7996]

I live near there not too far away, love walking around it and getting the gingerbread cakes

[@jtl-en4yx]

The gingerbread and the queen cake is awesome!

[@brettjames7996]

@@jtl-en4yx I recently got the recipe offline and made my own

[@joeruth123]

I wonder what Townsend's would say about this?

[@johnpelletier7641]

John C. was brilliant here.

[@baileynicolebailey7030]

We don’t have churros in Williamsburg 😂

[@Infamousgiraffe]

Bailey Cooper I wish we did though

[@keving2407]

Yea yet to see a churro anywhere lol

[@Wavylikedaviee]

.... Busch gardens has churros 🤷🏾‍♂️ 😂😂

[@ramonw9430]

The premise of this skit was taken from a prank played on the actual Colonial Williamsburg by Eric Andre. They dressed up as slaves and went to Colonial Williamsburg. Genius!

[@wienersmcbutts]

Some SNL writers have been swiping a lot of their sketch gimmicks from other peoples jokes for almost the past decade. Eric Andre, Howard Stern, Key and Peele, numerous you tubers, etc.

[@nigel900]

Ahh yes. I always enjoy watching Dr. Brule playing new roles with SNL cast members like... Jerry Radangus, Kreenan Troffgan, and Meyers Drangle...

[@tardersauce3578]

Kenan’s hat falling down on his face is the funniest thing

[@gleelover7933]

4:06 😂😂😂

[@eboooo]

I loved the email part

[@jannyjanjanet]

As a Virginian who went to colonial Williamsburg for field trips...wow!

[@pcarebear1]

Janet Robinson Ditto LOL we went for 4th of July. It was amazing, but the close historical acting (I'm 1/2 Hispanic, mom looks Native American) when we asked questions in the apothecary about herbal remedies got awkward. The other visitors (African tourists) shared a laugh and bonded w/us.

[@Wavylikedaviee]

That and Jamestown

[@elinovak3770]

Massachusetts Williamsburg 1600's

[@jtl-en4yx]

@@pcarebear1 Folks in the Apothecary get tired out answering the same questions all day, that may be what you picked up on.

[@Falicity345]

I'm more interested in the jamboree tbh What happened?! lol

[@Christy-myplace]

Keenan!! 😂

[@theunknown4570]

Just bored and sick laying in bed watching these

[@jojopemb2218]

Neil Tipton Same!!!! lol

[@elinovak3770]

Because you don't know your American history pussy

[@TnseWlms]

Shouldn't the boss have waited until he was finished with his demonstration?

[@rebeccajane]

Thank you!

[@elinovak3770]

Massachusetts 1600's

[@TnseWlms]

@@elinovak3770 This is Virginia, not Massachusetts. In fact, the Pilgrims intended to establish the Plymouth colony in Virginia, but the Mayflower strayed off course.

[@hiatusfromtheworld]

The end makes it. Keenan ftw

[@patbateman6729]

That Damn Dewey Cox

[@nikp6302]

I’ve never actually seen any slave actors here, maybe I just missed them? Idk I’ve lived in the southeast Virginia area all my life but only been to the actual colonial Williamsburg a handful of times

[@Tanagra180]

Agreed, they wanted to poke fun at the fact everything is so whitewashed. I too grew up going to colonial Williamsburg without seeing slaves. I went back in 2005 and there was one.

[@futuredr.rhyzswag9812]

They use to have slaves when my dad was in high school and all the high school kids would go fuck around for some extra cash. It was easy to get because you HAVE to be black and obv no one wanted to be a pretend slave. They don’t have any now and they also don’t force the “only white people” can be the colonial actors anymore. I know it’s for a skit but I also wonder if the person who wrote this was a Virginian lmao or some random person who heard that CW exists

[@jtl-en4yx]

I know that have interpreters portraying slaves at the Randolph house. They actually do a whole program there on the enslaved people at Williamsburg.

[@reasonablyserious]

I wish we'd get a tv show about Mr Morrison, too.

[@timkat649]

WENT TO WILLIAMSBURG,VIRGINA WITH MY CLASS WE REALLY LOVED IT AND IT WAS A GOOD HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY

[@elinovak3770]

Massachusetts Williamsburg 1600's

[@RollingOrmond]

2:38 - That look lol

[@BrianBattles]

Kenan just can't be menacing

[@nadamasdisponible]

There is probably a real person just like that