Weekend Update: Christopher Columbus on Statues of Himself and His Discoveries - SNL

Christopher Columbus (Bowen Yang) stops by Weekend Update to discuss whether to take down statues of himself and brag about the things he discovered.
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[@abigailsalmanac]

“Go make sad little gay songs” 😭😭 Boygenius better perform this year

[@abigailsalmanac]

@@MiaHutchinsonShaw oh hmm maybe?? I mean they’re both queer bands

[@henrytawnn8694]

Bowen was absolutely murdering casually rolling those r's. Amazing character and great sketch.

[@tortured_poet1322]

“3 queer girls opening for Taylor swift, go make sad little gay song” currently dying 😭

[@Tao_Tology]

dying

[@zoyadulzura7490]

How do we know that's not George Santos pretending to be Christopher Columbus

[@Son-of-Krypton]

Because Bowen is talented and not a lying pos 😂

[@CatyBee]

I'm The Official Inspector and I verify this 💯.

[@shantayedincsoy1611]

Duck you. That's funny

[@tylerhackner9731]

Lol 😆 good point

[@pastramionrye247]

George Santos can pretend to be whoever he wants to. After all, Santos discovered America.

[@BryanLee]

Bowen rolling with Michael accidentally saying "discovered" was the cherry on top 😂

[@wardenm]

Amazing accent aside, the fact that they have an Asian American playing a guy who mistook America for Asia. 😂

[@CenterThePendulum]

Imagine the reaction to a caucasian american playing an asian american.

[@CloseYourBrownEyes]

​@@CenterThePendulum😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@erikdaniels0n]

I think you mean Ay-see-a

[@CenterThePendulum]

@@CloseYourBrownEyeslol. Logical incongruence and crying are your domain, not mine.

[@roym4457]

@@CenterThePendulum What? Columbus was not American. He was Italian bruh. And guess who played Kim Jong Un before Bowen joined.

[@girlyghoul]

Little known fact, but on his voyage to Asia, Christopher Columbus almost his an Iceberg. It was the same Iceberg that sunk the Titanic. But he discovered the Iceberg and convinced him to put out his album "Music". It was all bops, no skips, swear to God!

[@GL-yt]

12 tracks

[@Babesinthewood97]

Wow what a story 😂

[@FTNChicken]

Bowen's version of Columbus, is right up there with his "Iceberg that sank the Titanic"

[@adamkauffman9311]

That was my favorite Bowen clip. Original and hilarious!

[@CenterThePendulum]

You mean given a 20% esteem boost regardless of the quality of the performance?

[@Diego_i]

You mean "the boat that assaulted the iceberg" ...

[@CarysLibri]

And now the iceberg is just trying to do this album is peace! 😊

[@elizabethcramer]

Bowen Yang is the best SNL person since Christopher Columbus discovered SNL.

[@galekiwi9580]

The boygenius joke had me in STITCHES

[@laalaa99stl]

This was a remarkably tame costume by Bowen's standards.

[@canaisyoung3601]

Don't worry. They'll come up with something more outrageous in the future...provided that Michael Longfellow doesn't get to it first. That live-action Dilbert costume from last season still freaks me out.

[@RavenclawNimbus]

@@canaisyoung3601 DILBERT HAHA

[@just-tess]

the skin-hair! 🤣haunting

[@laalaa99stl]

That Lala Land snap about white people inventing jazz was on point. Quality 2016 joke.

[@bocagoodtimes1460]

We invented the instruments….shrug….😂

[@zipzonker1576]

No, white people jyst invented everything bkack use to play jazz not to mention everything else in their lives.

[@WrongholeReagan]

@@bocagoodtimes1460that’s such a good point, Boca. We whites know our place. The Chinese invented guns yet you don’t see white Americans get all high and mighty about guns *wait a minute*

[@CenterThePendulum]

@@bocagoodtimes1460 Yeah. Coltrane didn’t invent the Sax. Or the recording equipment. Or the electricity to run it. Or provide the distribution, consumers etc.

[@just-tess]

invented the instruments 😂🤣😂 not even close

[@batgurrl]

Bowen Yang is my favorite current male cast member. Great way to show his versatility. Bravo 👏👏

[@doomdoomx]

by versatility, do you mean "generic obnoxious gay man"? He has as much range as Kate McKinnon and ruins bits with his constantly broken grin just like she did. so...as usual...the gay cast member is the most overused and overrated member of the cast

[@batgurrl]

@@doomdoomx I ignore haters like you Bah bye

[@baileycash6196]

@@doomdoomxidk, I feel this episode showed more of his range, not more of the same

[@henrytawnn8694]

​@@baileycash6196Bowen plays plenty of straight characters, but these ignorant bigots can't see past the fact that he just happens to be gay. That's all they see, so that's all Bowen will ever be to them.

[@batgurrl]

@@doomdoomx one week old troll account, go away

[@Thingdeux]

Bowen could red the dictionary in that accent and I’d be dying … hilarious

[@hg82met]

There is no end to Bowen's crazy characters - keep them coming.

[@1midnightfish]

As an Italian kid I really struggled with the cognitive dissonance involved in having to fee proud of this guy while learning in school that his "discoveries" had directly led to an immense genocide... THANK YOU SNL for this skit, I think it healed a bit of my soul ❤

[@Dawn737]

The nation of Italy did not exist during Christopher Columbus's lifetime, so he was not Italian. Georgetown University linguistic professor Estelle Irizarry published her book, "Christopher Columbus: The DNA of His Writings," based on close examination of hundreds of documents written by Columbus. According to her research, he was born in the kingdom of Aragon, in Northern Spain, and his primary language was Castilian. He sailed on an expedition for Spain and was later arrested by Queen Isabella and brought back to Spain, his home country.

[@pwd1134]

Excuse me? We learn about Christopher Columbus in like first grade. Your first grade self had no idea what "cognitive dissonance" was. You weren't conflicted as a child because that's another emotion kids have no association with. You're just out here trying to be as narcissistic as possible to get fake likes on KZbin by making up comments like that.

[@calleythompson2781]

He was terrible person who was incredibly cruel to natives of the americas and his own people, to the point they overthrew him as governor and imprisoned him with cause. He did criminal and evil things even given his historical context and it would be very difficult to be proud of him despite his actions. If you want to be proud of an Italian explorer, there are dozens including the GOAT Marco Polo, so I'd focus on him or practically anyone else. Columbus shouldn't be celebrated and hopefully Italian American Catholics will find a new holiday to celebrate their heritage because he is a terrible brand ambassador at best, and a continual reminder of an evil in their history at worst. If St. Patrick or Robert Burns had done even a quarter of the atrocities committed by Columbus, my people would've stopped celebrating them or never started.

[@1midnightfish]

@@calleythompson2781 I'm sorry, which part of my comment expressed the desire to be proud of *any* Italian explorer...? Or was that a general "you" in your comment? I'm not Italian-American btw, I'm a first generation Italian Brit, with no need to worship any historical figure of any nationality - Artemisia Gentileschi and Mary Wollstonecraft are the closest I have to historical heroes (look them up, people, it's worth it) but I would never imply that they did or said no wrong ever

[@calleythompson2781]

@@1midnightfish What part of my comment implied You were Italian American? I was just commenting on the fact that Columbus Day is a terrible choice for Italian Americans to choose as their heritage celebration day (because it was a week ago and it's the reason SNL made the video) and no one should be proud of him, but a lot of people still are, especially in America. For centuries there he's been raised up as an ideal heroic figure for young catholic men, especially Italian Americans, to emulate. And you didn't express a desire to be proud but you did express a compulsion of sorts that I was responding to, because no one should feel negatively for losing their pride in an objectively evil person (or at least he was while in the new world).

[@Son-of-Krypton]

Bowen is SNL treasure 😎

[@dhalmahernandez_dy]

My favorite part of SNL! And Bowen Yang killing it as always! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@christophergarner2599]

Boygenius getting the recognition they deserve

[@mattmanley7118]

Bowen in any costume equals a darn great laugh!!😂😂❤

[@JenniferFranco-iz6nq]

Yup ha

[@SofijaSka]

He could be a great vampire on WWDITS with that accent

[@christina3maria]

i thought this was pretty clever and bowen carried it amazingly well

[@HotelCalifornia360]

I Lost it at my big BOAT!!😂😂

[@kathleenbreut1403]

Bowen is my favorite cast member. He is a gem.

[@dannynysus]

*_whisper_* ...the spice ...he knows about the spice ...the spice mélange 🪱

[@e2theoc]

Bowen is so good a owning these hilarious characters, and going on a hilarious, ridiculous tangent 😆Like Kate McKinnon and Kristen Wiig used to 😅

[@jasonadlay]

Bowen Yang is truly a treasure!!

[@heavyjr1]

Now everytime i think of colombus imma have this guy in my head 😂😂😂

[@TheSh4dowgale]

Bowen Yang is COMEDY GOLD

[@Jai-D-Music]

Bowen absolutely killed it here. Bravo

[@savannaherickson6895]

the boygenius line killed me

[@Firepuma27]

Bowen's Italian accent is molto benne

[@spongevee1]

His accent started off all Bruno Tonioli but went somewhere crazy as it went on! I love this sketch, so funny, I love u Bowen Yang!

[@dandaprezyo]

"You know Boygenius?" "Uh, that band with Phoebe Bridgers who sings the song 'Emily, I'm Sorry?'"

[@trey3rob]

Bowen is the best thing to happen to SNL in decades

[@tech-nomadic5218]

Decades is a bit of a stretch.

[@thatcece08]

Snl really did something when the made Bowen apart of the team, he never misses!

[@peepeecaca247]

Bowen always brings it!

[@tylerhackner9731]

Bowen Yang never fails

[@LycanLink]

Wait, there are boy geniuses other than Jimmy Neutron? 🤔

[@Antwannnn]

my immediate thought was jimmy neutron. but the screaming girls gave it away

[@eseschannel12]

I really thought they were talking about jimmy neutron too. Didn’t know there was a group with that name

[@o.t.]

Thee George Santos of History.

[@JenniferFranco-iz6nq]

Hahaha

[@NayatSarı]

Bowen can play anything!

[@purdysanchez]

As long as the character is a flamboyant, gay, asian man from new York.

[@martyloschen8288]

He's my favorite of all time

[@VianneyCreates]

Marco Che! LOL!!

[@lightning2367]

Loved to hear boygenius mentioned!

[@weirdalpopovich]

bowen never misses

[@kalcheus]

Thank you for putting together boygenius!

[@thecry4]

Ok, I loved this skit more than the majority of the guest appearances on Weekend update. This one was top tier. It was so stupid, but in a "omg thats so fucking funny" kind of way.

[@dadvastator967]

FYI "I discovered this living room!" will not work as a defense in a home invasion case. GREAT SKIT TYVM!!

[@a1st532]

idk what's better: Bowen Yang's commitment to that accent, or seeing "Marco" Che's genuine reaction to his co-worker/ having fun at wk @3:24

[@aaguero]

I remember Bowen's first skit on SNL, where he was leading a cycle class and said, "Abraham Lincoln was shot. It didn't have to happen!" I didn't know why at the time, but the way he delivered that random statement just made me laugh my head off. There is something very special about Bowen. He is just one of those rare comedians with a special aura of hilarity. He could play a stapler and still be hysterically funny!

[@TheAmazingBlackStar]

Man the Boygenius bit is so funny!😂

[@swhaht6807]

Owen is fabulous. Still remember his Iceberg That Sunk the Titanic skit.

[@alyssajean2327]

Bowen is pure Gold Comedy ❤😂

[@MzTeenUSA]

The way he yells MY BOWTTT!

[@matthewjames206]

"The spice-y" 😂

[@soyKamyAlexandra]

Marco Che 😂😭

[@RavenclawNimbus]

3:19 This is what got me Bowen's face 🤣

[@joshuahoward6845]

His pronunciation of Boat is hilarious

[@NewMessage]

I'm surprised he found the studio... must have been trying to get somewhere else.

[@kyleroberts3814]

He didn't just find it, he discovered it!

[@juergenwest]

I missed these guys.. welcome back!!!

[@misstessamarie21]

Bowen saves SNL ❤

[@jdhowell916]

Love the boy genius reference

[@sami-cyhmi]

2:13 boygenius YAYYY

[@techytrekki]

Guess the statues didn’t capture Columbus’s essence 😔 maybe he’ll discover FaceTune and can just edit it in photos…they’ll never know

[@joanies6778]

I LOVE Sebastian Maniscalpo, too!

[@just-tess]

so much you don't even know his name

[@mismay360]

Columbus Columbusing is a brilliant bit

[@zyxwut321]

Bowen, you're accent's slipping. LOL

[@IsaiahWesley77]

The DJ Khaled reference hahaha

[@billpiechocki]

Pretty good Italian accent.

[@tuckerbowen4626]

i feel like we don't appreciate the irony that as kids we were taught that Columbus proved the world is round, yet now all the people who still revere him are flat-earthers

[@epgmail]

He will forever be remembered as Marco Che

[@kobochaos]

Polo

[@ktripptree]

I wish they had found a way to bring back Bowen in last week's The Age of Discovery skit with Bad Bunny. Would've sent the skit over the top.

[@jonathanpeterson1984]

He sounds like Dracula😂

[@DaraWilson]

The Sebastian maniscalco joke did NOT get enough 😂😂😂

[@laurenw.8178]

This is gold 😂

[@brianfromfl1]

On my bawt 😂

[@marywatkins6798]

Bowen Yang is flat out great!

[@katerodger]

We need an Iceberg vizzy from Bowen, por favor. 🥶🥶🥶

[@divainloveforever]

❤LOOOOOOVE BOWEN!!!

[@TiffanyPeterson-qi3se]

White face?

[@J_Stevens89]

I thought the same thing. Imagine the outrage had it been a White man doing this as an asian or black

[@just-tess]

dun dun dun... **reverse...racism** kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqjCnoWXfq2VY68

[@TiffanyPeterson-qi3se]

@@just-tesswhat a nonsense argument from a comedian? Africans started African slavery and Europeans took advantage of it. Slavery ended 162 years ago in the USA, and way before that in most Western countries. Equality of the law has existed for more than 50 years in the USA. Racism is perpetrated by a small percentages of people, and playing any form of racism by any race is how you separate people based on race, and separating people is how you hold power over them. Regardless of all of that- it is still an Asian man portraying a white man- Italians were poorly treated in the United States until the second half of the 20th century, remember no one had it good, because people like you are making exceptions for who you can be racist against.

[@Babesinthewood97]

I misheard and thought he said he discovered text message 😂

[@ericaknighton747]

This ALMOST makes me like Christopher Columbus. Almost. (I do love Bowen Yang. ♥️)

[@staceycameron4157]

My dad's middle name is Erickson after Leif Erickson, the explorer who truly discovered America - almost a thousand years before Columbus.

[@staceycameron4157]

It is a family name passed down to sons. I don't know if we're related to him, but we are part Viking.

[@staceycameron4157]

I do know for certain we are related to the MacBeth's, and I have always had the luck to prove it. No luck. Only bad luck. Lolol Supposedly the family was cursed because Shakespear detailed their chant in his book. It was never supposed to be recognized on that wide of a scale. Whenever I see The Fates in movies or shows, I sink into my chair. Like, they can see me.

[@AnitaClue]

@@staceycameron4157 nice joke on the luck, but the real MacBeth died without having children, so no one is descended from him.

[@staceycameron4157]

@@AnitaClue The family of Macbeth. Not a direct descendant from the man from the play.

[@staceycameron4157]

@@AnitaClue everyone's got family sweetheart

[@evanklein3549]

Gives a nuanced meaning to the word "discovered". I don't watch SNL and I just "discovered" Bowen Yang!

[@AnitaClue]

Look up the iceberg that sank the Titanic. My absolute favorite of Bowen's skits. His first two as Chen Biao from China were good too.

[@evanklein3549]

Thanks!

[@svscared]

Lol I could barely understand what Bowen was saying 😅

[@ruggerobelloni4743]

Chico Marx was better.

[@Roy-G-Biv]

Bowen is awesome!

[@Eviltwin531]

Bowen Yang just don't miss, does he?

[@mrgrumpy888]

Was that George Santos?

[@muskyoxes]

I didn't know Columbus is George Santos

[@zesty9815]

Softball questions for Chris!

[@stevefox3776]

That was perfect

[@_braune_]

Was not expecting the boygenius shoutout... bet they're a musical guest this season!

[@HelenTudor-Douglas]

Gosh, I wish Bowen would do a follow-up skit as the Titanic Iceberg again. Because well, you know, he discovered icebergs! 🧊

[@rachelrosendo]

I love Bowen 😂

[@cleverusername9369]

I love how when he brought up Hot Ones he referenced DJ Khaled, famously the worst guest in the history of the show. Even Sean didn't like him, and Sean Evans is the most affable dude in the world. If you haven't seen it, Khaled quit after wing 3, then spent the rest of the interview trying to wax philosophical but just spouted 15 minutes of incomprehensible narcissistic word salad.

[@phatmonkey11]

Fun Fact: Columbus Day was created to appease Italy back in the 1890's. A mob of Irish and black people lynched 9 Sicilian fruit vendors in New Orleans after the Irish chief of police was murdered and with his final breaths said "It was the (insert derogatory term for Italians). There was never enough evidence to convict anyone, so the violence continued even after this. My great great grandfather, a Sicilian fruit vendor, was beaten to death a few weeks later and died in his apartment in the French Quarter, which at the time was a neighborhood of immigrants and the working poor. Since these were Italian citizens, Italy lost their sh*t and threatened war. The U.S. appeased them by creating Columbus Day. That being said, we should get rid of it and instead bring awareness to the shoddy treatment of immigrants throughout our country's history. It was bad enough being Irish, but if you didn't speak the language and were brown (back before all Italians mysteriously became white)), you were on a lower social level and pay scale than even them. This incident also helped contribute to the formation of the mafia, but that's another story.

[@Dawn737]

More fun facts: The nation of Italy did not exist during Christopher Columbus's lifetime, so he was not Italian. Georgetown University linguistic professor Estelle Irizarry published her book, "Christopher Columbus: The DNA of His Writings," based on close examination of hundreds of documents written by Columbus. According to her research, he was born in the kingdom of Aragon, in Northern Spain, and his primary language was Castilian. He sailed on an expedition for Spain and was later arrested by Queen Isabella and brought back to Spain, his home country.

[@AnitaClue]

@@Dawn737 he was Portuguese actually. He lived in Spain though. And his name was not Christopher Columbus. Two different guys, and the wrong one get the credit and is now getting the blame. The Genovese had nothing to do with all that!

[@CenterThePendulum]

So what you’re saying is don’t let a mob caught up in the moment provoke major changes in this country? Perfect, let’s let the past rest and live our lives.

[@just-tess]

wow masterclass in false equivalency there. truly impressive.

[@Dawn737]

@@AnitaClue Well, I'm talking about Christopher Columbus, the guy who Georgetown University linguistic professor Estelle Irizarry published a book about in 2009. According to her research, he was born in the kingdom of Aragon, in Northern Spain, and his primary language was Castilian. There are no existing documents in which Columbus used Ligurian, the common language of Genoa, but he did try to obscure his origins, being he was Jewish in Spain during the Inquisition.

[@ruggerobelloni4743]

I wish I hadn't seen this. It got me arguing with very nice folks just because we have different opinions. I love Cecily Strong!

[@Mhtravels3]

7/10, Bowden is a great actor

[@JPTBus]

Great to be back in Asia 😂😂

[@c-wordplay]

Great 😃👍🏾