Singing Sisters (Amy Adams) - SNL

When their Christmas wish expires, three women (Amy Adams, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong) return to their natural state. [Season 40, 2014]
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[@samanthasipin9291]

Cecily said in an interview that in rehearsal the moment they started rocking the sled she cried laughing. I would have loved to watch that footage

[@XxShadowGTxX]

I was wondering why she looked as if she was gonna lose it, when she's one of the strongest ones to keep face and nothing was seeming that funny to do it to her.

[@jamesmcinnis208]

How sad.

[@Sc0rphionx]

This was 5 years ago, I hope you grew up to be a woman with any sense of self personality

[@charliek7896]

Don't be a bully. Do better.

[@johnnydork5264]

@@charliek7896 What?!! I don't think you know what that word means, kiddo.

[@cjhere750]

I lost it when she says "I get to yum yum garbage"

[@cjhere750]

+Oivali I try not to laugh at that part but I can't help it haha

[@himdotcom]

"You GET to???"

[@tommyhalili3975]

Cecily is a god send

[@leedaniels319]

CJHere same ha

[@rainbowcanoe17]

my favorite part

[@Magellanicloud13]

Anyone else genuinely impressed with their harmony?

[@fivesix3868]

Yes! They were great!

[@terebertuccivoicemusic9821]

yeaaaah!

[@kaymountainalight70]

I repeat it quite a few times 😂😂 so good

[@Veggie_King]

I actually need a full song of that

[@lourdesparedez2786]

Yeeeeessss

[@theblackgate1991]

Me, watching this for the first time: This sketch is so stupid 1 month later Me, rewatching the sketch for the 15th time: 🎵As he zoops down the fire tube🎶

[@kittykittykitkat]

The more I re-watch, the funnier it becomes. I couldn't even smile the first time I've seen it, bc stupid, but yeah, by the 15th time, there's a guaranteed chuckle and the stupid songs randomly popping inside your head for days.

[@conneycandy669]

😆

[@yaelfeder9042]

I thought it was poops lol

[@velveteenrabbit5804]

When you consider this is actually the only line which makes sense...

[@jon123etc]

Where were you when Santa fell? Ting ting ting!

[@laal67]

I love how he says "Yuck" before opening the purse...

[@sirdeadlock]

That's garbage for you. Smell it before you see it.

[@sapphioca1965]

Maybe he just really hates flashy coin purses

[@rodneybilovsky2654]

Kate McKinnon Inc. 😂

[@nelson1587]

Lol yea.. probably ran out of time trying to figure out how to open the damn thing.

[@homegirl44]

Could've been the smell

[@daves6120]

"Absurdist" humor is the hardest stuff to pull off, but when it works, I think it is the funniest. This one really worked for me, completely off the wall.

[@krashd]

If every sketch was like this one or the Timecrowave sketch SNL would be a big hit in the UK.

[@no_peace]

That's just how women flirt these days

[@sapphioca1965]

I love how Cecily is doing all the work moving the sleigh and Kate is just sitting there looking pretty

[@Username38472]

Holy fuck that's exactly what I thought😆(Kate's so hot I can't-)🔥🔥🔥

[@conish64]

Kind of like every sketch they appear in together

[@cindydarchin9295]

dismmmal _ Don’t really get what you are trying to say here

[@skydiamond8705]

@@Username38472 do you know why was because she Laughed everytime when they got in it so to take her mind off it she would push the Sleigh

[@GadereneLegion]

Kate’s in the middle, so it makes a lot more sense for Cecily to rock the sleigh.

[@tiptapkey]

I want to know who thought to themselves, "raccoons who want to be women who sing and flirt with dudes... also, in the 50's at Christmas. Awesome idea!" Do they have a dartboard with random words on it?

[@allieschwarz8023]

This makes me wonder - would raccoons choose to eat garbage if they could have whatever they wanted as part of their Christmas wish (if "a Christmas wish" is a thing)? I'm pretty sure they'd rather have fresh food, if it were available to them, and wouldn't opt for yum yum garbage.

[@SuperChuckRaney]

I guess A Raccoon can wish what a Raccoon WOULD wish, if a Raccoon could wish, Christmas Wishes. Ring-a ding-dong.

[@tiptapkey]

***** My bad lol

[@allieschwarz8023]

Arysta It looked like the 1950s to me, too. Oh well.

[@noraclem3372]

That comment had me laughing harder than the skit!

[@Steve27775]

Wasn't sure about this one, but when I found out they were raccoons, it all fell into place.

[@PIXPromosMore]

Agreed, it's definitely one of those sketches that makes more sense when you see it a second time (knowing what happened the first).

[@hamooon]

take it you're not into the bizarre part of humor. I was laughing before I knew they were raccoons

[@PIXPromosMore]

Actually, I was, but once the twist was revealed, I was able to appreciate it more.

[@mrchiledonut]

Yeah, exactly. I thought it was kind of funny due to its randomness, and when the raccoon thing came, it was kind of groan worthy. It also kind of felt like Twilight Zone...

[@Qermaq]

I watch this over and over and love it more and more. Is it the old-timey radio-friendly Received English delivery, or is it more? Where were you when Santa fell?

[@Xenite]

I love really really weird ass sketches. This was amazing.

[@mloftin6472]

TF

[@MichelleLalindeNoack]

Ladies, every time a sleazy dude asks to buy you a drink, just tell them if you guess it wrong you'll eat garbage, then he'll just leave you alone.

[@aditishetty8209]

But what if it's some freak who is into that?

[@lukenaoumovitch4477]

Omg. That is brilliant. Yes to get away from sleazy dudes at a bar but also....kinda everybody creepy?😂

[@Wyatth58]

Guys...every time an entitled twat expects you to buy her a drink, just tell them to eat garbage. Then maybe they’ll buy their own drink. 😁

[@realdavidjones1623]

@@Wyatth58 oh stfu, its called being a gentlemen

[@KatorNia]

@@Wyatth58 Well said. 👍🏻

[@lightningstriker1769]

For the past 6yrs, I've re-watch this skit every so often just to beat the blues. It always works.

[@koleyw932]

Me too, always gives me a lift.

[@no_peace]

I love it so much

[@nimuek3107]

It's a Christmas tradition.

[@kingbeauregard]

I came to this video late, but I keep coming back to rewatch it. I love how it's mindful of how, even if raccoons could speak and had roughly human intelligence, they still wouldn't think like humans. Thus, Santa doesn't go down a chimney, he zoops down a fire tube.

[@npmerrill]

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[@no_peace]

Where were you when Santa fell? (Ting ting ting)

[@emilynelson9174]

Aw man you think YOU got here late oof

[@beatnickblanket]

Boom bom bing Bing bing bom Tingalingading on Christmas day With a ting and a dong and a ling and a tang and a ding dong langlanglanglanglang Then just one ting and a ting-a-ling Biniberryboomboom Santa Claus As he zoops down the fire tube! As he zoops down the fire tube! It's almost Christmas The tings are really tinging and the bungs are really bunging For Christmas! Where were you when Santa fell? Ting ting ting!

[@dorian4404]

I was humming this song to myself this morning when I suddenly figured out what the "fire tube" was... I apparently needed 24 hours to get that.

[@HMFREAK29]

Kinda hard to sing, but is catchy

[@Qermaq]

I think he zoops down the fire tube, doesn't make any more sense but doesn't make any less sense!

[@beatnickblanket]

Qermaq I think it's just a weird portmanteau of zooms and swoops.

[@missmona08]

Ooh. Sounds dirty with the tingalings. Santa please zoop down my fire tube!!

[@broadwaymelody33]

Their Christmas songs have become classics in my house.

[@jamieyan1830]

broadwaymelody33 i

[@MsCunningLinguistic]

And he zoops down the fire tube!

[@unusualchair937]

@@MsCunningLinguistic nnmoknnmk

[@unusualchair937]

P

[@unusualchair937]

@@jamieyan1830 5ll

[@Lehmann108]

One of these totally whacky, non-sensical skits that often don't air. I'm glad this one did!

[@fuzzylumpkin49]

This sketch was definitely written under the influence of drugs. ^_^

[@--7600]

Or maybe they were just chewing on some garbage.

[@laurelburks820]

Obviously

[@euodiapercy1231]

Or written by racoons

[@jessykapop]

100%

[@AbbaZabbaOlyFrn]

@@euodiapercy1231 those sneaky little trash eating bastards 🤔

[@wormcrimetime2890]

I’m convinced this entire sketch was just a fever dream

[@LuisMedina1]

I may be wrong, but I think the guy who titles these has a thing for Amy Adams Golden Globe® 2015 Winner.

[@autumnhenderson-brazie7581]

yes.

[@doug905]

Or she has a thing for herself.

[@sepehr_moghani]

+Luis Medina Who hasn't?

[@autumnhenderson-brazie7581]

+Sepehr Mn true.

[@JKnight1316]

this made me laugh harder than the sketch

[@yer_old_pal_Jerky]

This is like a condensed meal-in-a-pill version of one of your favorite classic Christmas specials ever, and I legitimately and unironically adore it.

[@Jayjee762]

as he zoops down the fire ttuuuuubbeee XD

[@sanaminatozaki2140]

Gotta give credit to Cecily for rocking that sleigh all by herself and carrying the songs at the same time.

[@GoodLifeMedicine]

"...because sometimes there's dead mice in there." That line cracks me up every time I watch it -- which is plenty often.

[@alman54]

In almost every shot, the three sisters are holding their drinks with both hands. They can't give up their raccoon instincts.

[@kellyherring3749]

Neither can I, honestly

[@kitcoffey7194]

I wanted to know their guesses

[@Rocket33r]

This sketch feels like someone was really high when they wrote it.

[@sweiland75]

You don't need to be high, to have a good imagination.

[@FOX11GUY]

sweiland75 Some parents beat the imagination right out of them.

[@annic7995]

Yeah, high on klean sketches. 😀😉

[@TheFaro2011]

So high

[@jericoricablanca5864]

Hahahaha true

[@SayAhh]

Tonight's (12/10/22) train sketch reminded me of these sisters.

[@taylorlconner]

Literally just came here after seeing the train sketch to make sure I remembered this one correctly!

[@carleeelizabeth]

i was SO happy

[@CthrillaJ]

"as he zoops down the fire tube" haha

[@SeriousMcnegative]

One of the best modern SNL sketches. "where were you when Santa fell?" genius!

[@jon123etc]

Ting ting ting!

[@yavi_n]

"That's just how women flirt these days." 😂😂😂😂

[@sean8081a]

Love the faces Amy Adams makes.

[@doglover5524]

Lyrics to the first song: Boom bom bing Bing bom boom Ting a ling a ding on a christmas day with a Ting and a dong and a ling and a dang and a ding dong ling ling ling ling ling Cause there's just one ting and a ting a ling Figgy fairy boom boom Santa Clause As he zoops down the fire tube As he zoops down the fire tuuuuubbbbeee. You're welcome.

[@Pyrethryn]

I love you so much right now, I can barely ting a ling a ding right now. xoxo

[@HealthyandLovingLife]

😄

[@nevaehlheaven]

It doesn't say "cause there's"?

[@ldee5478]

3:01 I like how he said "aww yuck" before he even opened her purse. Lol

[@esesenordenegro2064]

Kate, Amy and Cecily were fantastic. I love this sketch.

[@autumnhenderson-brazie7581]

this skit will never not be funny to me.

[@OnThaMove]

And you will undoubtedly never be funny to the video either so just leave, and you're even.

[@LE33099]

+Clint Shepherd read the comment again slowly, bro

[@yhenry77]

Those pesky double negatives.... strike again.

[@NN-cj6qv]

Clint Shepherd ha ur dumb

[@buttsmagee]

i just noticed that one of the lyrics is “where were you when santa fell” 😂

[@jon123etc]

Ting ting ting!”

[@Concetta20]

I love how they were spoofing The Andrew Sisters and 1940's Christmas songs + it goes into Monty Python land or perhaps Tanukis.

[@tcc17301]

This skit gets funnier and funnier every time I watch it. I think I’m on my hundredth time and I’m dying

[@yusefendure]

Amy Adams can do no wrong. Her plus Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong make this comedy gold.

[@lightningstriker1769]

It's such an endearing sketch, one of my top 5 of all time.

[@kingbaco1233]

4 years later but any other recommendations????

[@no_peace]

Santa baby lol ​@@kingbaco1233

[@karimcnay2510]

This skit had that super bizarre quality to it that kind of made it feel like 70s SNL and I actually laughed quite a bit! Love weird, non-sensical sketches from these guys.

[@Chloe-uu2tr]

jesus christ Kate McKinnon is fucking gorgeous

[@RylstaMr]

if this aint me

[@magnoliaskogen]

and really musically talented, too

[@LiamRedmondVideo]

Well she is quite pretty. Yeah PRETTY LESBIAN, hyuck, hyuck, hyuck!

[@davidkrebs1853]

Really? Hmmm.

[@Mimi-ss3xx]

Omg at first I was like what the hell is going on? Then they turned out to be raccoons which made it even funnier 😂

[@CountryCowboy008]

This actually has a huge potential to be a cute Christmas Film that we'll watch every time the season comes.

[@afrosymphony8207]

Man i am saving this, as a writer this perfectly illustrates how an ending can elevate a story to incredible heights

[@lb1367]

“As he zoops down the fire tube!”

[@sophielee1130]

I come back to watch this sketch every holiday season its my favourite thing ever

[@larryk1153]

Oh but their voices are in perfect harmony

[@reallydumbforeal1]

did Amy Adams legally change her name to "Amy Adams Golden Globe® 2015 Winner" ?

[@AndreDreamlover]

reallydumbforeal1 Amy is my favourite actress, but that was funny af

[@reallydumbforeal1]

I like her too!

[@lilywelsh5308]

Cecily and Kate are the best on SNL right now (adding in Aidy) and Amy really works well with them

[@koleyw932]

They really do have a great ensemble here.

[@alexm3998]

nyum nyum garbage

[@cyjazz]

Damn that was some fine harmony, over there!

[@usehername1]

I don't understand how they come up with this and I still laugh

[@livamber202]

“Did you know it was us up there ? “ 😂

[@beckettkenny9690]

I don’t think I loved this sketch when it first came out, but something about it’s stuck with me all these years

[@Ladyrants]

Don't know why I love this sketch so much. Maybe it's the Christmas theme, plus the tunes are catchy, plus there is this immediate postwar thing going on, plus the women keep twitching around like raccoons only you don't get that until the unexpected end.

[@BattleBladeWarrior]

Yea, thats my favorite part about this. Leading up to the end, you're like what the hell is up with these ladies? They talk funny, they act funny, they keep asking if they look right and want to eat garbage. . . . But then it all makes sense once you find out they're raccoons. And then repeated watchings are even more hilarious cuz you can see whats going on.

[@DustinBarlow8P]

That was actually heart warming in a weird way. Merry Christmas you silly racoons!

[@Dorilana]

They were sooo good together. So flippin' talented. 'zoops down the fire tube' though? Lol 😂

[@BattleBladeWarrior]

Yea, I loved that! :D Because "goes down the chimney" is just too normal for a racoon, I guess

[@raspyswirly]

Watching this is still my favorite Christmas tradition to date

[@angiespurs5773]

This one is so weird and ridiculous. I love these ones!!! "Where were you when Santa fell? Ting ting ting!!!"🎶💯🎉😂😂😂😂😂

[@aceorb1996]

This sketch is so random... like, I have no idea why anyone would come up with this. Yet I find myself coming back every year to watch this, like some really weird Christmas Special... so um... good job SNL writers I guess?

[@DanielGarcia-zd4yq]

Cecily Strong wrote it!

[@taradreams3]

I liked it when bobby couldn't get her clutch open.

[@waywardsunshine]

Tara Straubinger he started the line before he opened it too 😂

[@johanmalm8378]

Maybe some lube would have helped

[@ChrisWolff2013]

If you don't like Amy Adams I never want to meet you.

[@autumnhenderson-brazie7581]

agreed.

[@deteststar7479]

fuck you

[@timkinss]

+General Pervert No.

[@TralfazConstruction]

Arguably America's Sweetheart she is.

[@economicist2011]

Not a romcom fan or even much of a live-action Disney fan, but I can watch Enchanted again and again. She's fucking awesome. Great in The Fighter too.

[@conz8084]

They must've rehersed the crap out of that song.😂

[@CrooningForLeftovers]

Kate McKinnon is the most gifted new cast member to come along in years … are you taking note, Hollywood ??

[@eggplanthose]

Narrator: Hollywood did take note.

[@joesimon2018]

@@eggplanthose She needs to create a "breakthrough character" that Hollywood can make movie around. Bear in mind that that isn't a better talent...just a different one. A lot of SNL breakthrough characters bombed at the box office. "Pat" and those "Roxberry Guys" come to mind

[@daisyprincess301]

Dude.... Kate looked like Marilyn Monroe

[@Gina231329]

Alligator Snak Snok Not at all. Their facial features are nothing alike. Other than a blond wig, no.

[@ponchred]

And your guide dog agrees with this?

[@TheBriceKennedy]

Better than Monroe... easily.

[@cobrax236]

Not at all, are you blind??

[@YourDadsUnclesFriend]

@@Gina231329 Kate didn't wear a wig.

[@Emma-ot4rc]

That was kinda cute though. Adorable puppets at the end lol

[@MsHannahFlower]

My life will not be complete until this is turned into a full length feature film.

[@JetSetDiva]

I don't know what kind of Robitussin fueled, midnight fever dream thought up this skit, but it's goddamn amazing.

[@ObscuredByTime]

Right there with you. Very cool and original.

[@csmith2005]

Thank Bobby Moynihan's beautifully weird mind.

[@Alexander-px5yz]

Kyle’s accent is fantastic 😂😂

[@mwk89]

A timeless sketch. I could easily have seen the sweeney sisters doing this back in the day (also, how great were Mooney/Moynihan? Hope that pairing keeps up)

[@sawyera363]

The utter weirdness of this sketch is what really makes it for me!

[@ioncekilledamanwithmyshoe]

Lmao, he said “oh yuck, there’s just garbage in here” even before he opened the purse, lmao.

[@gabbyferro2434]

I want them to do a full Christmas album!

[@kellyherring3749]

Yes! It's what the world needs!

[@AvgJane19]

I don't even know why this was funny, but it was.

[@binaryg]

Yep!!!

[@JenBuilt]

One of the best absurdist sketches

[@johnmossey]

One of the most underrated SNL sketches of ALL time. Just flawless all the way through.

[@godzillathemusical7293]

I love that snl built a giant sleigh set just for a thirty second singing scene

[@rodrilover17]

I was hoping dooneese would show up

[@brooke2802]

Rockerdude17 😂😂😂 "...as he zoops down the fire tube- and IM DOONEESE!"

[@gijose83]

or SHANA!

[@mootbooxle]

Brooke Michelle hahahahaa that's the perfect moment

[@rachezzel]

Or Shud!

[@jessicavictoriacarrillo7254]

Dooneese was probably born that year

[@simonhbrooke]

This strange and funny but written down it must have been impossible to tell.

[@jordan84]

You have to watch this skit once, then watch it again, and it almost makes sense..Almost lol. Love it.

[@Username38472]

I love the way Cecily and Amy work to move the sled during those short songs and Kate is just sitting there,looking hot and pretty as always 🤣😌🔥

[@irh1606]

the amount of times i think about this song every day, year round, is unhealthy

[@macieham.629]

I would give anything to watch this sketch for the first time again

[@alyssahoffman8855]

Cecily is hilarious!

[@alexchan4074]

They sound good

[@nathanlazenberry982]

1:43 and 3:08 for the short songs.

[@sarah.s.flanagan]

One of my absolute favorite snl Christmas sketches

[@kjamison5951]

Me at the start: “What’s with chewing garbage?” Me at the end: “LOL!”

[@theomegaconcern9564]

What a strangely wonderful sketch

[@MrImastinker]

Good God, Amy Adams is beautiful...

[@Kutulu369]

Everyone in this skit it talking like John Mulaney and it's killin' me!

[@economicist2011]

Sketches like this are why I always imagine the writers' room for SNL being a lot like it's depicted in 30 Rock, only with a bong and a volcano in the middle of the table, along with a bowl full of LSD-laced sugar cubes. Fucking awesome.

[@Barbarian857]

This is so inspiring -- the motivation they might have used to be a raccoon transmogrifying into a glamorous singing sister. As a creative person, I can't get over it! It has my mind going in so many directions.

[@CountryCowboy008]

Three racoons who get to be humans every Christmas Eve in quest of trying to make their Christmas wishes come true... Hmmmm... Sounds like a great plot for a Christmas movie that we'll surely watch every year!

[@Mashy8722]

thank God for the end lol or I would have continued to be really confused lol

[@JT-dj9vx]

Lol thinking the same ha

[@vincentvega4034]

"and I gotta forget about this haircut" cracked me up.

[@mkatz621]

remember we aren't going to swallow the garbage just chew it. What a weird sketch I had no idea where it was going.

[@Qermaq]

Sometimes there are dead mice in there.

[@willcoleman2458]

I love how in a lot of SNL sketches you don’t know where the idea came from, and there aren’t any technical jokes, and you don’t know why it’s funny, but it just is.

[@VJ1tv]

This is going to change my Christmases forever.

[@VictorHageman]

The funniest part of this is that they've captured an actual awkward flirting technique, where you pitch how you want to be treated (masochistically) and pretend afterwards it's the other's idea, for the original fantasy to come true and increase potential pleasure: "These are your rules, mister."

[@GoodLifeMedicine]

Great observation

[@sepehr_moghani]

How long did they take to memorize the first song!!

[@aimeemckinnon5161]

they only get a couple days as the show is written on a Tuesday night!