Scandal - SNL

A recent college grad (Lena Dunham) starts working for Olivia Pope (Sasheer Zamata) and feels overwhelmed by how fast and skilled Olivia's team is, as well as being awed with Olivia's relationship with the President (Taran Killam). [Season 39, 2014]
#SNL
Subscribe to SNL: goo.gl/tUsXwM
Get more SNL: www.nbc.com/sat...
Full Episodes: www.nbc.com/sat....
Like SNL: / snl
Follow SNL: / nbcsnl
SNL Tumblr: / nbcsnl
SNL Instagram: / nbcsnl
SNL Pinterest: / nbcsnl

[@RivasSarah123]

I love scandal, but I've had the exact same questions as Kelsey while watching the show.

[@ilovefriends5490]

RivasSarah123 Ikr 😝😂😝😂 They seriously talk so fast at times I have to pause the video read the subtitles slowly and then I get it !!😝😂😝

[@JAIONTEE]

I never thought about the details to be honest. I sorta just went with it. Now I’m looking back thinking how the hell did they do so much in so little time. 😂

[@riley2235]

Lol same! 😂😂

[@aaqibzia8785]

I love big pussy

[@nomad9699]

💍

[@shadyjoanneboots]

As a fan of Scandal, I can confirm that this is a pretty accurate spoof.

[@willcstgd]

shady boots Is right this show is really badly timed.

[@laughsngasps]

shady boots scary accurate

[@jim7627]

As a fan of Scandal; you live a sad life .... MAGA!

[@jefflittle8913]

LOL! You just said she lives a sad life and then ended your response with MAGA. Sad. Very sad.

[@kimayapanash8998]

i liked your comment when it had 999 likes...dont know why but it ended up making me really happy and satisfied

[@margaritam.9118]

How long will it take to decrypt this? 24 hours. I need it in 1 minute. Done. That's basically how every crime movie/series works.

[@aadityabhattacharya]

Greta M. Try The Wire my friend

[@allahbole]

Which always made it irritating in meetings with sponsors who hadn't been involved enough to realize that the way things were on TV wasn't reality. Yes, it really will take 500k and three years to develop that algorithm you requested.

[@banshee37]

Could also be a Star Trek dialogue

[@marissag.w2517]

Yes! Which is annoying because then people expect it that quick. I cant do it that quick dude slow down lol.

[@tubian323]

I'll collect the DNA sample and have the results on your desk by lunchtime.

[@dynky333]

Strangely accurate representation of the show

[@Engeaneous]

Ollie Sibanda and

[@_JONGFIRE]

@@Engeaneous and what?

[@axelle32]

This was hilarious, one of the best skits I've seen in a really long time. Fitz touching Liv was so hilarious and spot on.

[@janinekristiannosabel3499]

Hahahahahahhah

[@naszata]

Check the one about Homeland Security Anne Hathaway rock there

[@StarkIller-df7gw]

Awesome sketch! I'm that person always thinking this makes absolutely no sense. This is my kind of humour! 😂😂😂

[@Evija3000]

I haven't watched Scandal, but this reminds me of pretty much every investigation and heist movie and show I've seen.

[@alberto8461]

If you ever do go back and watch Scandal you will also see just how good a spoof this is of specific characters and actors on the show (they included lots of references to the main cast in a pretty short video). Of course on the show there are lots of new characters coming and going. None of them express any surprise or confusion when asked to do impossible tasks or when seeing other characters follow absurd instructions ridiculously quickly, pretty much always with complete success.

[@paimon2391]

It’s actually pretty accurate especially the part of olivia/president

[@evanadams5110]

I think leverage is a bit better because it takes them days but still that is astronomically short

[@stanislausklim7794]

I forced myself to watch it, it's not great. It's over the top and cliched.

[@iscott3187]

Very Ture

[@derp8185]

"so yeah, I'm really sorry your boyfriend is the president" oh my god, lololololololol

[@MrDino1953]

Ella Green - Yeah, that line hasn’t aged well has it? And imagine the president putting his hand all over your face right now (early 2020)....eew!

[@rc1982]

That reply also didn't aged well. In 2021, the president is realy KNOWN by several videos puting his hands on women heads in the stranger ways...

[@rc1982]

@@BoraniumArt, you don't know about that? Really?

[@lvega5606]

@@rc1982 the president in the skit is not Biden. Try to keep up.

[@rc1982]

@@lvega5606, yeah, but I am talking about REALITY. Have you heard about it?

[@SoffyLoves]

Never seen a full episode of Scandal but this sketch was really hilarious.

[@tinaloye2014]

Soffy oh you should but stop after season 2

[@revdrianinvian1841]

Each episode oh the first 2 season of Scandal are literally like this sketch.

[@bobbybobbinson]

Soffy Same here

[@CarlosEduardo-qf5gr]

I only watched the first episode. This skit perfectly describes why I didn’t continue.

[@greenhornet8262]

Carlos Eduardo you’ve missed out if you only judged the first episode

[@sarah_b_555]

"Harrison, I'm gonna need you to go to Mexico." "Already went. The ambassador's wife is bugged."

[@tnbn55]

Speed Force!

[@aaronpatrickmusic]

He should've been wearing a sombrero and poncho for that part lol

[@the1theonly_princesseri934]

aaronpatrickmusic right🤣

[@c.9231]

The actor who played Harrison in this sketch really nailed the impression!

[@vivek.r6779]

I died

[@JordanjamesX]

the girl playing Olivia pope is awesome!

[@Prof16440]

+JordanjamesX she got a donk

[@zorgo12]

+Lawrence N whuut?

[@jadeshepherd8627]

is that Lena Dunham?

[@arabian8873]

+Jade Shepherd Yes.

[@jadeshepherd8627]

Nick Armstrong this isn't supposed to be mean at all. Did she lose weight?

[@JasonB95]

Flaw-less! Dying in my chair right now. When Fitz touched Olivia, I just lost it!

[@theylov3it]

Jason Barnes sameeee😂😂

[@donnellcoleman7784]

I want to win u back , I always love you

[@darlinemushqurrh1174]

Exactly where I lost it as well😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@StarkIller-df7gw]

And that's the President makes it 100× better! 😂😂😂

[@eljayexplorer]

Aidy would’ve played the hell out of that part

[@thelovelyvalc]

I completely agree!! But the girl who did it also did an amazing gob too. But yes Aidy would have killed also

[@RikerWilson]

The Lovely Val C Lena Dunham is a disgusting person

[@dmegamanful]

Riker Wilson k

[@KenAdams-mb9fw]

She kinda looks like Aidy now.

[@jigsawdiva7313]

The face acting is so good in this one. I swear. Jay and Beck could literally have no lines, and I would recognize them from the show. They’re all amazing. And that Fitz/Liv scene was hilarious. The writing is spoofed so well.

[@ninas769]

"Olivia, I feel like you always walk faster than I run even though you're always dressed for like a formal wedding" Scandal

[@AmyW1995]

This writers for this sketch... I applaud you. I really do. X'D

[@thewinner7382]

I think Lea's performance pulls most of the weight here

[@prasadk5082]

Totally.........same here....

[@StarkIller-df7gw]

Was brilliantly written! So hilarious! The President sticking his finger in her mouth! Classic! 😂😂😂

[@maemae2626]

I love Scandal and this skit was so spot on 😂 when Fitz touched Olivia 😂

[@mariellegordon5785]

Yes she always has that open shaky mouth lol

[@vivek9chavan]

The most likeable Lena Dunham has ever been!

[@crebegea]

Yeah. Still not enough.

[@happycamper6888]

This is pretty close to her character Hanna she plays in her own show. If anyone had taken the time to get to know her, maybe you wouldn't be such giant douches.

[@pinkscy2453]

Happy Camper she molested her sister. No thank you.

[@xcarkeysx1190]

pacificae WHAT? Tell me what happened please

[@candice_ecidnac]

xcarkeysx, you know you can Google stuff, right? You clearly have internet access. It's really not hard, and it's much faster than waiting for someone to fill you in.

[@briank5357]

“You walk faster than I run and you’re always dressed like you’re going to a formal wedding” lmfao

[@TheBasher-_-]

Bruh the strides Olivia Pope makes are wider than the whole feminist movement over the past 60 years. 😂 If Olivia Were born in 1960 there would have been a woman President in 1961.

[@virruz7779]

Never seen Scandal nor heard of it but this is one of the best skits I've ever seen.

[@aminaa5824]

Same

[@christophercollins3632]

Lena’s face at the start, the dumbfounded, mouth agape look, is one of the best facial expressions I’ve seen on snl. It’s absolutely perfect.

[@debinhaawv]

This is gold

[@thomasorourke4036]

Six years later still hilarious.

[@JaybeePenaflor]

9 years later and it still is!

[@user-fk7sk9ut1t]

“I have zero connections to anybody” - Story of My Life

[@jessicad8686]

I know people hate Lena Dunham, but this is a legit well written and acted comedy sketch. The timing, the wit, it's all great.

[@fathimathhuwaiza6663]

it would have been funnier if it was Aidy Bryant in the brown pantsuit

[@latoyagant4802]

Fathimath Huwaiza exactly cause that’s who she acting like anyway. Especially when Aidy does the sketch about the bday party and crush on girl dad

[@solarcowgirl]

Yes!

[@mp3holder94]

@@latoyagant4802 I was thinking the exact same thing!!

[@MiguellaGorilla]

God yes!

[@jessicacooper2993]

True!

[@CDB-iw1ed]

"You can't win me back, because I'm not a prize at a state fair!" I wish I had that self-confidence. Phenomenal little line lol

[@LuckyFish3000]

“Not to be whatever..” I’m dead 😭😂

[@rajaty3881]

very well written.

[@MitchYouCantScratch]

Lena's role seems to be mroe fitting for Aidy Bryant. Maybe that's because Lena seems to be imitating her comedic styling.

[@Farandawayga]

But Lena was the guest so....

[@trinidadinternational]

I've heard a million millennials talk like that.

[@emilyc.4000]

Lena could have been put in Cecily's role and Aidy could have been Kelsey

[@waynej2608]

@@emilyc.4000 No! Never replace Cecily, ever.

[@aresha888]

this pretty much sums up every episode of Scandal :D

[@sen-cher]

So no one else sees that Quinn (Cecily) looks just like Mellie in this skit 😂😂😂😂

[@KL-bg8fi]

I see it.

[@sendyeaster8400]

I see it too

[@CitizenofGallifrey]

I wish they'd do another 'Scandal' sketch.

[@jayblack2093]

Unfortunately, Sasheer isn't on SNL any more. They could get another woman to play the spoof version of Olivia Pope but she was amazing; it probably wouldn't be the same.

[@tejaswoman]

There's nothing left to be done to it. This encapsulated the funny thing about the show

[@kanikagaral7637]

for some reason cecily here looks mellie grant than quin

[@KL-bg8fi]

Agreed!

[@yonad4674]

True

[@jayblack2093]

Cecily looks like Mellie Grant most of the time. They could be sisters.

[@stanislausklim7794]

Is it just me or does Gretchen Whitmer kind of look like Mellie?

[@Czeckie]

Sasheer is overwhelmingly stunning

[@naimhussain6013]

3:30 "what, where did that picture come from?" was the exact question on my mind when i saw her show the picture

[@jeffreylarsen4614]

This role is really good for Lena Dunham. She’s good at pointing out the little things we want to say but don’t

[@frankjbriand9411]

the Mexican senator looks like Judge Joe Brown

[@noneofyourbusiness302]

Thank you! I kept thinking, I know this man, but who is he?

[@dangallagher256]

Theodore Ramirezzz

[@stanleysims1946]

I thought it was Geoge Jefferson

[@personal7375]

Kelsey: "If it's a ball, you should go instead of me. Just saying you're a stunning black woman in a phenomenally white tailored pants suit and these are the fanciest clothes I own" 😂😂😂

[@christopherheick8158]

“I have literally 1000 follow-up questions” 😂😂😂

[@AirQuotes]

lena looks great with long hair

[@abbymorrison6857]

"Make it look like an electrical fire" "Easy" *Furiously types with one hand*

[@MrinalSingha]

1:56 Epic face expression.

[@YTFlove4ever]

Lol tht was actually done exactly like that on the tv show. they nailed it! !

[@kyuven]

i wanna see a show about Kelsey going from job to job like this.

[@abbiefunk2000]

I was having tiny heart attack the whole time over how adorable Lena's character is xDDD

[@aoikemono6414]

They really missed the most prominent aspect of every scandal episode. The longwinded, forceful, and fast speeches characters spiel off for dramatic effect, usually over some social or political issue. They are kind of impressive, until you hear one too many of them. Then it just sounds like overinflated melodrama, making a molehill into a mountain.

[@henryhaynes2147]

Scandal is my favourite show and this is extremely accurate😂

[@AcademyAwardsPerson]

2:29 is so true because she really does pull that stupid face.

[@KL-bg8fi]

Hater😅😅😅

[@TheWalzkristin]

Olivia's face after that touch😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@anjishnu8643]

As someone who has never watched Scandal, this seems quite an accurate depiction of what the show could actually be.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

literally the problem with mot of these type of action shows nowadays, the pacing is way too fast and absurdly unrealistic

[@burtonguster2983]

“these are the fanciest clothes I own”. 🤣🤣🤣

[@kvil908]

😂😂😂 This is literally every episode of Scandel. I love Scandel.

[@scottgurstein]

If you love "Scandal" so much, I want to suggest you first learn how to spell "Scandal."

[@neuroling]

Lena is pretty much all recent college grads in any industry.

[@quinngoses9157]

"Okay I am coming over there right now, because I fully do not believe you" Lololol

[@KulturanCov]

I love how this is hilarious even if you haven't seen one second of the show lmao

[@kijiji93]

Lena Dunham looks really good with long hair..

[@jmsmith1767]

I watched Scandal because of this sketch. Pretty accurate. Great show.

[@scottblack7182]

I love how every character was like a super human with a personality disorder except the almost non existent president who seemed to only be there to serve a weird nonsensical and unrealistic love triangle 😂. Props to whoever wrote this one it was spot on

[@immaculab.4231]

superhuman with a personality disorder is truly the best way to describe all of them

[@scottblack7182]

@@immaculab.4231 ❤️

[@JuiceMyRandomness]

I love how realistic she is.

[@SM-vb8fj]

despite the (justified) hate that lena gets, she was great in this sketch

[@jadeshepherd8627]

why does she has justified hate, may I ask?

[@ElectricalSwift]

Hooo boy. Jade if you google her name now you'll have a field day.

[@Dont_at_me]

She accused a women of lying about her friend raping her

[@THERealRibbitBartono]

Jade Shepherd um she has the gall to point fingers and call other people a whole slew of things but meanwhile she was abusing her little sister

[@mk89ner]

Is it me or does Lena Dunham look slightly less annoying with fake longer hair 🙄

[@DamienHurts]

PERFECT. EXAMPLE. OF. SUBCONSCIOUS. SEXISM. ... wow. you guys are all just walking stereotypes aren't you

[@ignaciolopezlezama3521]

DamienHurts did you just assume his/her gender?

[@abcdefgold]

Lena Dunham is still fucking annoying though, long hair or short hair

[@DamienHurts]

Oh my god... i think i just did.... Is that politically incorrect? FOH

[@DamienHurts]

and you're inherently hateful and project your own self-loathing and someone far more talented than you. See how it feels?

[@danielwilliams7562]

Sasheer is both gorgeous and talented. I wish she stuck around on SNL a little longer

[@mlw9195]

Same!!!

[@rikititi1848]

Okay. After watching this clip I genuinely went and watched the first episode of Scandal and I can confirm that this sketch is 100% accurate. Seriously, go watch the show if you don't believe me.

[@emnm144]

I’m in the middle of watching scandal and before tI saw the title I saw Huck and I was like HUCK? And then I saw Quinn and I was SHOOK. The clothes are spot on

[@sarablackwolfdancer9359]

OMG in this situation I would SO be Kelsey.

[@angiemuema7995]

Lena did a really good job on this one.

[@xPorsum]

lmao it's been a while since I genuinely laughed at an SNL skit

[@andreal5445]

You missed out all her ALMOST crying faces....

[@soulonfire6459]

This has to be the funniest skit. Great comedy. Cool to watch when it just clicks with all the actors.

[@carlosvoices966]

I've never seen Scandal, and this is one of my favorites SNL skits of all time.

[@rikititi1848]

Kelsie is me watching my favourite TV show all the time 😂😂

[@solarcowgirl]

But like who would not be like that intern?🤣

[@KL-bg8fi]

Right.

[@GayaK91]

"Okay, I wish my dating problems was that the guy was the president" Uh, not at the moment, you don't

[@amberts180]

OMG!! I used to LOVE Scandal. This feels like such a lifetime ago

[@natedogg4116]

Coronavirus has me watching every SNL video ever put on KZbin.

[@DelishaPowell]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 the part at the end “I already went.”

[@paimon2391]

2:26 is so accurate 😂

[@a.static.kaleidoscope]

2:26 the way her expression changes, hilarious

[@salehahussain2403]

I would watch this a thousand times than watch scandal. This is gold

[@theeleanorshellstrop]

Lena Dunham’s wig is so nice. The costume department nailed it

[@jonhohensee3258]

Lena was really good in this. She was funny and likable.

[@salmaessam5081]

i can't believe how accurate this is 😂

[@davids4576]

This just reminds me how underused Sasheer Zamata was during her time on the show. She was always so brilliant when given the chance to do more.

[@aquamarine99911]

Totally agree. I especially like when she was in that Brooklyn bubble sketch after the election. OK, she doesn't have as much pizzazz as Leslie Jones does. But there should have been room for both. I often wonder if American TV execs or audiences are intimidated/mystified by a very attractive black woman who doesn't act as a stereotype.

[@linavlo849]

Lena looks Gorgeous with the long blond hair! :) Also great performance!

[@nikkyreali274]

Lina Vlo @

[@BonoLightier]

This is like every crime show ever!

[@KL-bg8fi]

Exactly!!!

[@Rose-uf1eh]

Bruh the accuracy brooo

[@Fenrisson]

That's 100% how it feels to be in a first day at a new job.

[@faliqkhudadost1603]

def one of the best skit. I just started cracking up even more ; the bourne series throwback visual pops up in ma mind kept coming 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lucaslayton3974]

never watched scandal... are they really fast?

[@jayfreeman1770]

its listed as a political drama but its just a bullshit romance fantacy with inacuracy. yes they are fast, like the fake type of fast-this sketch was soo accurate.

[@lucaslayton3974]

Jeffrey Mboya lol ok thanks.

[@gaspra6058]

+Jeffrey Mboya of ok there is a romance fantasy. if people wanted to watch a show about political agenda they would watch CNN

[@shonokrohan9145]

beck's hair 😂😂

[@Blimey15]

This was perfect. So funny.

[@stormglass2882]

I just accidentaly opened GarageBand! 🤣

[@alexthelizardking]

it's like a self insert fic come to life

[@heluce174]

Sasheer was so good, she wasn't on SNL nearly long enough.

[@gabriela-tb6un]

"Ethnically diverse" Where dem asians at!?

[@rocknroll9queen]

+Gabriela Choo 2 black ppl + 4 white ppl = ethnically diverse lol.

[@aaandreina08]

+MistahF and one Latino

[@paulavezzulla7400]

who?

[@sophiesophie986]

guillermo diaz, the man who plays huck

[@mar2d258]

Pretty Dashing that's beck Bennett. not Guillermo Diaz. idk if he plays him in the sgoe.or what but there are no Latinos in this sketch.

[@ayens.4945]

Olivia Pope lacks the "If you want me, earn me" spiel hahaha but i love this

[@momerathramirez5205]

Hard to believe that Cecily is the only actor in this sketch who's still on SNL 😢

[@mp3holder94]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@alisagumm8547]

​@@mp3holder94 Ikr 😢

[@tejaswoman]

Not as of last October 😭

[@Tonyhouse1168]

):

[@DraconiaDrawing]

On windows computers: i AcIdEnTaLly OpEnD gArAgE bAnD

[@ronayiasamaroo240]

Has no one noticed that Beck Bennett looks like a sim?

[@methoril]

Beck's hair lmao

[@rosamariamendoza1466]

Yeah right, that threw me in a loop!!!😊