Michael Che - Lying on Your Résumé, Paying Taxes & The History of Sexting

Michael Che imagines getting a regular job, complains about paying taxes and explains why we shouldn’t be freaking out that teenagers are sending each other dirty pictures.
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[@michaelsherron5750]

"I learned English for free." LOL!

[@cslworldwide]

Michael Sherron it’s the first thing he learned

[@primus75]

Its a pyramid scheme! 😂

[@presidentoneday6634]

😂😂😂 my sis got an English DEGREE, she's 25k in Debt, and jobless. Worst mistake of her life.

[@jakobcrawford2753]

@@presidentoneday6634 I have a degree in English Literature, no debt, but no decent job LOL. Why did I continue to go to college when I couldn't decide on a career choice... Thanks mom. Life is strange when your interests change.

[@presidentoneday6634]

@@jakobcrawford2753 my Dad told her to be a lawyer but she said it takes too long. And teaching was her passion. When she got into life, she realized that passion comes 2nd. After you get a degree that makes money.

[@TrillDistic]

"I talk to this dude everyday and understand everything he says"🤣🤣🤣😂

[@mondler107]

"WE owe Sprint 90 dollars" 👌😂

[@ayosese3005]

You must be roaming...lol

[@ilMioMondoSulTuoTubo]

man can you explain me this joke? I havent really got it but seems gold T.T

[@xwatchid]

The Bill for roaming can be excessive.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

yes. completely true!!

[@SilkyLew]

@@ilMioMondoSulTuoTubo It's pretty straightforward lol

[@hollywoodshopaholic]

This guy is so SMOOTH with his delivery, he's just talking like he would to a friend.

[@bisiwakeham5128]

hollywoodshopaholic kjhbnmlllpppplkllpl

[@alexjordanofficial1116]

So natural. Not trying!🤩

[@amandaroselalagos5429]

He’s really good. So natural like he isn’t even trying. Good comedy.

[@deltadia]

Was about to comment the same thing... silky smooth!

[@AddyZed1203]

Do none of you have any clue what SNL is?!

[@JDizaster]

Che: 'I learned English for free.' Me, an English major: *dies*

[@mellie3882]

John Mulaney:Mood.

[@DontreadPimpBoy]

Hey maybe I could use you one day

[@alison4316]

Same. Same same same lol

[@taniajoy5203]

Same!!

[@johndanielson3777]

I’m an English minor and I felt that

[@jeremybust9532]

That was a shockingly accurate description of the us tax system

[@fuegococoa]

Jeremy BUST shockingly?

[@jmedina6625]

Yall know the reason we pay to file them is because tax filing companies (Intuit which owns turbotax) lobbied to pass a law that allowed them to charge for a service that shouldn’t be needed

[@DrSeanKennedy]

Julian Medina Filing taxes is free. You CHOOSE to pay for the service.

[@aaronmendoza277]

@@DrSeanKennedy been doing my own taxes for years and its shocking how much that people take from you when you pay someone

[@byanymeansnecessary9329]

Taxes are extortion

[@christopherbeddoe406]

I had an engineering professor who used to joke about English majors because his daughter was one. She ended up getting a job doing technical writing for a company and made twice as much as he did as a professor. He was hilariously proud of her for monetizing that English degree.

[@itsabovemenow1016]

I know a girl $60k in debt with theatre degree…. And she was supervising the snack counter at an AMC. Then COVID stopped even that.

[@jasmim6612]

it’s really a question of luck in a lot of cases. wish it wasn’t like that.

[@itsabovemenow1016]

@@jasmim6612 I don’t begrudge anybody getting the education they want… as long as they can pay for it. I have a hard time feeling charitable to people who chose the most expensive schools on the planet for Philosophy or Art History telling me they need college debt relief.

[@durandus676]

Engineers are not known for clear easy to understand writing, it got so bad, my group of grads was forced to take a technical communications course in my department.

[@ryant7905]

@@itsabovemenow1016 why don’t they. Do only the super rich deserve to go to these top of the line institutions and major in whatever they want?

[@RuthKoheifish]

Che: I have a friend who's $80,000 in debt with an English degree. Me: Oh, John paid off $40,000 - good for him!

[@kyngfryday5201]

I was thinking the same thing!!!!

[@justinpettit3432]

Who?

[@TMHYAH]

😂😂😂😂

[@indigotheindieghost7214]

@@justinpettit3432 John Mulaney has a bit wherein he rants about how his Alma Mater already took $120,000 from him so he could study English, only to be asked for monetary gift

[@MO-ju1zm]

Lol I thought the same thing. I am like 1/3rd way there.

[@zenarashid4422]

Wait till Sheryl sees this in 3-5 business days.

[@babysharkcrew1905]

I'm dead 💀 put me in a coffin and send me back to Cali

[@ttmsdriver5895]

Omm 😂😂😂😂

[@DannySullivanMusic]

haha man perfect comment

[@siphiwomhlongo3688]

"And he don't speak a different kinda English, I understand everything he says" 😂😂😂 #dead

[@neomcdoom]

“I didn’t have a Super Nintendo but I could PICTURE it”

[@adammarchant555]

“WEE owe Sprint $90, you must’ve been roaming”😂😂🤣🤣

[@ahmedalfatih7723]

Why does a wrestling company owe 90$

[@addisugamebeyene2216]

I didn’t get this joke, as English is my third language, can you explain it to me? 🥺

[@Bobby0wnz]

He seems so comfortable doing this. I'm gonna keep my eye on this guy. Edit: holy shit he's hilarious

[@geraldworldwide23]

bobby harris watch his Netflix special it’s fucking hilarious

[@timmygrey5377]

He smooth with it..i like him

[@devinlabuda5713]

Check out the podcast he did with Joe Rogan. I don't know did your a fan of JRE but this guy who I skipped over multiple times cause I thought he was gonna be a typical black guy comedian but no he is actually highly intelligent and a cool cool dude. I've been watching ever since I like him a lot now. If it hadn't been for that I'd never have stumbled upon this gem of a dude.

[@connectedone2343]

Brilliantly done

[@madgreek253]

@@devinlabuda5713 What JRE episode is that. Ive watched almost all of them and I dont ever remember him being on there. Just searched youtube and nothing.

[@shourabhrawat978]

we owe China 11tri dollar "we?"

[@theiosif3632]

I don't owe China shit. WE owe Sprint 90 dollars.

[@clipsedrag13]

@@theiosif3632 I'm sure I do too.

[@BrandonPlay2Much]

If you're reading this please like this comment & Subscribe to my page. I'm an upcoming comedian from Memphis and would love your support.

[@QueenOfPrinciple]

"You"must been roaming

[@donx2341]

Shourabh Rawat classic 😂😂😂😂😂

[@pdjokes]

''' She was wearing a helmet" Man, I died.

[@theomgsee8217]

“You owe China 11 trillion dollars, we owe Sprint $90.”

[@Juugo211]

4:47

[@friednoodles1954]

Michael Che is hilarious. Always loved this dude. Glad hes returning for the new season of SNL as co head writer.

[@JacyndaMinor]

Yeah it’s neat that he shares that spot with someone that went to Harvard. Makes his college material even better. Good for Michael! If you haven’t watched his HBO series, it’s pretty good.

[@willyloehman2812]

You and u only,, he sucks

[@QueenLadySupreme]

I made my resume so good with the lies and still didnt get the darn job .....yooooo I relate😂😂😂😂😂

[@Casskgk]

Background checks is what got me lol

[@george_MF_washington]

It’s like Dave Chappell and Hannibal Burres had a child

[@joemunene3694]

Quit reading my mind

[@klynch572]

Funny guy. His special was funny!

[@carloscasanova2759]

Dead ass

[@MadameMarge]

Exactly !

[@tellmesomething2412]

Franklyn Ajaye

[@alexcosta2614]

His delivery is so natural, it's as if he is not on a stage

[@bemawells3452]

" An English degree is a Pyramid Scheme."

[@susansusan138]

He reminds me so much of Dave Chapelle.

[@levitezoe1804]

, I like his kind of funny very mellow and funny

[@adrienne0122aw]

yes, reminds me of Chappelle

[@towertube6772]

“Wait till Sheryl sees this in 2-3 business days”

[@JaxMchunu]

Sheryl/Cheryl is such a 70s name 🙆‍♀️🤣

[@chestelle4554]

“I learned English for free” 😂

[@iminyomommy7889]

the way he said "ok now watch the birdie." 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@SNUPE_FOXX92]

I honestly was rolling the entire video 😂

[@apersonuhhh7195]

gosh dang i love his delivery

[@Aurorus2086]

"You're gonna let me pick the president, really? I don't have to take a test?" I mean, things didn't go so well last time we had to do that

[@luckilemon]

I’m sitting here as a Junior in college pursuing.... yeah English.... yeah to be an English teacher.... forsooth, it’s a great major that allows me to.... well use words like that

[@luckilemon]

Well Rick I appreciate your interest in my comment and glad you took it so critically and seriously and made a clear point to analyze my grammatical preferences in a KZbin comment but this use of an "extended" ellipsis was to serve the point of hyperbole to poke fun at the fact that an English major can be seen as useless thus this punctuation further exemplifies my acknowledgement that many feel this way. That was a run-on by the way.... Oh and I used this "extended" ellipsis ironically just now, oh and an "extended" ellipsis isn't actually a thing.

[@luckilemon]

You're really going to make assumptions about my ability to write through a comment on KZbin?

[@nianiah2212]

Words like... u are broke or i is rich? (Steve Harvey voice)

[@404Miiks]

Nathan Bowyer LOLOL.

[@zazabrown732]

Nathan Bowyer a pox on you!

[@vadaski5038]

Good to see meek mill doing stand up

[@ddavis4730]

It's the eyes

[@docholliday4672]

I didn't notice it till u pointed out 😂

[@MattyHam123]

Dwight Howard

[@stutteringcris468]

You guys are insane!!... He clearly looks like eminem when he was blonde!

[@RMadrid57]

Well Drake ruined his rap career so now he’s a comedian 😂

[@rafthethinker4948]

Omg this is so relatable, I'm self employed and i don't get a return, i have to pay

[@raymondharris6599]

That China line had me crying!!!😂😂😂 TOO FUNNY!!

[@Jacobzxl]

“I seen a white lady steel a bike, she was wearing a helmet”😂😂😂

[@Anthony-uf3oz]

*steal

[@99gentsia]

Great to see you doing stand up. Always a fan, right from SNL days.

[@WumboLifts]

Lolol I like him

[@kaylaa572]

Siddharth Panigrahi its still the snl days

[@jaggedsigns3O11]

CRAWWWWWWWWLING INNNNNNNNNN MY SKINNNNNNNNNNN

[@gabelogan56]

SNL days? dude that's still the only thing he's known for. He's still on it. Every week.

[@DelonteOthers]

Are you from the future? Lol

[@vulturebrain5123]

Yooo when he said “we owe sprint $90 dollars” I almost died and when he followed with “you must’ve been roaming” I then actually died ☠️👿😭

[@tubevagabond]

Is it me or does his cadence / delivery remind you of Hannibal in some spots?

[@WriteOn1986]

Same thing I was thinking

[@thecrapjunkie3976]

NEVER! Hannibal is not funny at all!

[@AM-cr4vz]

3:09 especially

[@actionjackson2721]

“You must been roaming” 😂😂

[@Gameang123acdc]

“Alright now, watch the birdy” lmao

[@asuniqueasthespellingofmyn1124]

The Polaroid bit...I lmfao. That was hilarious! Send help-I cant stop laughing.

[@missbundy508]

I stumbled upon him n I’m having happy

[@playmaka8755]

He's the truth

[@cjordan1161]

@@playmaka8755 hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

[@lysse1984]

Michael Che has taken the top spot or my fave comedians - and I watch/listen to a LOT haha. I know he's on SNL but I desperately need more straight-up, stand up comedy from him. His voice and delivery are just fucking awesome.

[@emilystone6108]

I love Micheal Che more than I can put into words

[@owenides4496]

Are we gonna talk about how he picks up his drink, waits almost an entire minute, and then takes the TINIEST sip before setting It down?? 0:37

[@daavidmoseley5071]

That shit made my anxiety shoot up for the longest.

[@SkateSka]

It happened, nobody got splashed by accident, everything is fine. Great subject matter there, buddy.

[@MoyolagosTV]

It was so weird 😂😂😂

[@phillipsseanc]

Lol probably just to do something with his hands. Standing and talking and knowing what to do with your hands can get frustrating for some people.

[@thejack0fhearts43]

Not everyone drinks pineapple-mango-fruitberry Fireball... I’ll bet you’ve never tried bourbon before, have you?

[@Dbjjr26]

Hes my new favorite comic. Seriously hes in a league all of his own. Great delivery, great movement and tone. He is made for this

[@neilcoles1780]

wow...didn´t discover Michael Che before....brilliant stand up. Just no weaknesses in this material, every one a zinger

[@justindwilson1457]

Dude cracks me up so slept on

[@yuanxin9264]

The delivery is gold.

[@SadeWithTheReceipts]

HILARIOUS! SNL INTRODUCED ME TO HIM, AND I'M GLAD.

[@amandablossom3030]

I love this guys deliver. His punchlines, everything. The way he brings facts into his jokes is awesome. He definitely be telling the truth though. Love him.

[@cjordan1161]

Girl , where did you go to school? " be telling the truth " .....get outha of here.

[@stffaluffagus6128]

“You must have been roaming” 😂 this guy is cracking me up!

[@nonaeubinis4934]

Michael Che is underrated!

[@pennylane4718]

"wait til cheryl sees this in two-to-three business days" lmfao

[@meahall]

"I don't understand the news, I don't watch the news." This man runs Weekend Update.

[@justlooking3649]

Who disliked this? Probably Colin

[@andyouasiansdonthearthatwe5162]

Lmao! Colin who?

[@winterlover89]

That made me laugh so hard. Thank you. :)

[@sedulous7281]

@@andyouasiansdonthearthatwe5162 I was going to ask the same question

[@Max_Le_Groom]

I think Colin Myers from weekly update SNL

[@firesign4297]

😀😁😂

[@nikkiu.2148]

The joke about sexting in the 70s 😂😂😂

[@CoryMck]

"I'm too stupid to understand the news" Don't you update people on the news every weekend?

[@johannaweichsel3602]

He just reads the TelePrompTer, but I think he's also self-deprecating.

[@CoryMck]

Johanna Weichsel I think it's a bit unsettling that the man responsible for writing jokes about the news doesn't even know what he's making fun of. I'm sure he does understand the news, which is what makes this joke fall flat for me. That's like saying Lebron James doesn't understand Basketball he just aims for the hoop.

[@thomasmartin6299]

@@CoryMck I think you are diving way too far into the joke.

[@jondrenhwang5921]

@@CoryMck it's more about relatability if anything he obviously does probably have some extent of understanding but if you think this far in it's no longer funny

[@CoryMck]

@@jondrenhwang5921 He's literally famous for giving people news... And he made a joke about not being smart enough to watch the news... You don't have to think that far.

[@tyh4180]

He's low key saying some real shit lol

[@marctouss1862]

che should do more stand up.. he's funny on SNL.. but he's hilarious on his own..

[@BlacStarArmory]

"I learned English for free" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@connallycomedy]

Michael Che is everything I want to be in a comedian. Best Weekend Update Host Ever 👌🏾

[@savannahmanhattan9237]

This is my favorite set of Che’s!

[@chokinonashes61]

Che's stand up is the best.

[@wasabi_seaweed7317]

He doesn’t know politics but spits straight facts

[@provokedtrailormonkey2433]

"Its the most interesting thing he owns" got me screaming

[@Dailycarlovers1]

Solid set, definitely checking more out

[@Quantum_GirlE]

Love this guy! He's been great every time I've seen him. :)

[@stevey02]

the art in comedy is bein able to tell jokes without it sounding like a joke & he is smooth with that

[@perryfromashesoffolly2350]

So genuine and calm. Right on.

[@adudewithachannellifeisgoo4566]

How have I only just found this guy he’s brilliant 🤣👌

[@artistevivien]

Same! Whatever better late than never, thanks KZbin suggestions.

[@meshiawriter]

I didn't even know he was this funny! Snl is holding him back

[@gocpng4699]

He Wild

[@kingRukus39]

right tho?!?!?!? they go t this very funny man doing nothin funny. At least he getting his money

[@MyNokiaN73ME]

I hardly find something that makes me laugh these days. This guy is good.

[@unholy7324]

I consider myself a stand up fan but I don't go out of my way to find new people to watch but I'm glad I found this cat. This is my humor personified.

[@erikkoenig2631]

“I don’t know the news” *does weekend update abt the news on SNL*

[@SussexSandra]

Oh, I didn’t know he was so funny. Really well spoken, beautiful delivery, relatable. He is definitely someone to keep an eye on. Hopefully he won’t get all Hollywood and fake.

[@ryandavis6660]

Fantastic! Funniest stand up I seen in years

[@jaylew889]

How come when someone talks about being in debt while performing on a comedy central special $80,000 is the number that always pops up

[@1986svs05]

That's the average price for education. It use to be 75k

[@armandoalvarez2229]

This guy is going far I think. His delivery is on point and super funny !

[@nikoenciso01]

That's resume part was hilarious 🤣

[@bonitarogers8843]

Funniest dude I’ve heard in forever. Thanks for the laughs! I’ll be coming back and I won’t be the terminator!

[@darrenwells3642]

I really enjoy his material and delivery

[@satevo462]

It just dawned on me how addicted I would have been to sexting as a teenager if we had these smartphones...

[@pitbull82]

Dude's pretty funny just discovered him so I'm on a binge

[@BigZencreates]

That pyramid scheme joke😂. For someone who wanted to be an English teacher. Just brilliant

[@jwebbs999]

That was so fkn good. I'm in tears.

[@sarahlovee1865]

One time I was ordered to clean out my dad's office, not sure why this was my job, but eventually I did it. And came across all the letters they had been sending each other while he was out of town. To this day I still wish so badly my curiosity hadn't gotten the best of me. There were printed photos. Like that you had to go have printed at a store.. that poor photo developer and I share a very sad bond.

[@anwarbanks]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ZannaZatanna1]

up until he said his friend taught English, I thought he was talking about John Mulaney even if the amount was too low 😅

[@DorianGayle]

This guys is one of my favorites

[@Jaym4]

This video was too good, this dude is going places

[@robinford336]

Michael Che is genius hilarious 🤣 ❤😂

[@kay049]

“english major” do i hear john mulaney?

[@monadamus42]

This guy is great!

[@beckv8526]

I didn't know he did stand-up. He's great!

[@gaelnea4871]

This guy is hilarious, I'm glad I saw him at my school

[@RatnikCarrick]

"Wait for Cherryl see this in two or three business days" :D

[@kamyk2000]

This dude is great, funny as hell.

[@love2cats]

Love Michael Che!!!!

[@chevchelios2136]

Just found this guy, hes a legend!

[@shanellebiddle4767]

He explained taxes so much

[@chanelname969]

This was great!

[@b.waynepresents2992]

Just watched a couple of his other sets.. Dudes gonna be a star.