Star Trek Lost Episode - SNL

[@blampfno]

The guy playing Sulu has been Sulu on SNL at least 3 times. Once in the 70s with the original cast, the mid 80s cast with Shatner, and this one. He's a set designer for the show or NBC, I believe.

[@davincent98]

Also on the episode with sir Patrick Stewart, the sketch "The Love Boat: the Next Generation"

[@elbookish2912]

that line from him was my fave in the sketch

[@gregbrown1654]

Love it!

[@RebeccaDhillon]

Such a great touch!

[@SynthiaVan]

He's the longest serving SNL employee, that's Akira. Been there since day 1. Great interview with him on yt

[@juanelorriaga2840]

“You have a...BROTHER!” He went full shatner there even the dramatic pause lol

[@paintthecosmos840]

It's even better that this is basically canon

[@Isa_is_me1021]

😂😂😂💯

[@jakemarsing2615]

Pine has clearly watched a good amount of the original series. His impression of Shatner's Kirk is excellent. Not overdone, but solid. Also...#NowThatsAStarTrek

[@jamesvgold]

Cara Macedo but he didn't play Shatner Kirk...

[@joelm33]

ehhh... a little overdone but not burned

[@CK-sn2lg]

joelm33 I think it was supposed to be overdone

[@KoshVader]

He's better in here than in the newer movies. I think they ruin his character.

[@antisomething4248]

He’s a great actor most great actors can impersonate naturally

[@saladfingersasmrparty9768]

I like how Pine’s playing Shatner’s Kirk instead of his own

[@MaskedMan66]

And not doing a bad job of it. Now Shatner needs to take his version off. 🙂

[@emiliaescobar7652]

Love It, funny as hell!

[@Lucas-cz5to]

Thats exactly the joke isn’t it

[@jason854656]

That’s because they’re parodying the original series

[@saladfingersasmrparty9768]

@@jason854656 yes I see this

[@yormpbirdhouse4407]

Chris even gets the chair pose right. Greeeeeat pauses. Anyways, Chris Pine.

[@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III]

Shae M oh chris pine you say? I was going to assume Chris Hemsworth but Im glad to specified.

[@matthewsmith3078]

Lamont Simpson Hemsworth played his dad.

[@BuckieBear]

Chris Pine got the chair pose right. You would think so.

[@SStupendous]

He plays him in the new movies..

[@jeanlouis1898]

Unpopular opinion, Chris Pine is currently the best actor of all the Hollywood’s Chrises

[@johnmarr2695]

I love the person playing Sulu is the same guy that has been playing Sulu since SNL started.

[@jdryyz]

YEEESS!! Thank you for pointing that out. He was in the Belushi sketch as well as the one from 1986! I assume he must be one of the SNL stage crew.

[@johnmarr2695]

@@jdryyz his name is Akira yoshimura and has been snls production designer since day one. He played a "new featured played" during the seasons finale this year's opening monologue. He's great.

[@digiprez77]

@@johnmarr2695 He actually started as a design assistant in the art department, took him five years to work up to production designer...

[@speedgriffon2504]

I love how he looks embarrassed to be up there 😁

[@rommelcaraccioli1343]

Yes Akira Yoshimura

[@AS-ku5fr]

Chris Pine’s impression of Shatner was terrifyingly good

[@itsmeekers]

I like the star trek restaurant

[@mshep4173]

Chris Pine's impression of Chris Pine is terrifyingly good

[@chrishouston3566]

You've never actually seen William Shatner in anything have you?

[@mshep4173]

@@chrishouston3566 yup, star trek, the idea of the joke is that Chris Pine was acting like Shattner in the new movies thereby acting like himself in the SNL parody overexaggerated. Glad you get jokes

[@davidtyler2012]

He did a great Bill Shatner without sounding too much like a parody. Now I am anxious for another Trek movie starring Pine and company. Just get a real science fiction writer.

[@pattymiller3610]

Chris Pine does a fantastic impression of William Shatner. He nailed it! He even sounds like him. Chris didn't over exaggerate the performance which so many have through the years. Shatner was always made fun of for his classical pauses, but for me, he definitely made the show worth watching. May they both live long and prosper.

[@tom_something]

I think Kate Mulgrew did a great job channeling Kirk in her performance as Janeway on Voyager as well. Not the over-the-top campy impression we see too often, as you've mentioned.

[@questioningotaku6252]

In the bloopers for Beyond, its called going "Full Shat(ner)"

[@TheZorch]

Saw Shatner live on stage once at a convention, he really does talk like that in person.

[@46GarageUSA]

No way does Pine pull off Shatner....

[@marcusfrazier5921]

Patty Miller said

[@janmcdonald3896]

Wow, Chris Pine was spot on even doing the dance in a very 60s way. Great fun & hilarious!

[@carlosrvra]

Love how Pine almost loses it to Akira Yoshimura's line delivery Sulu. It's a great line, and a great line delivery. I think one or two others mentions it below, but Yoshimura works behind the scenes on the show and has happened to play Sulu in most of the handful of SNL Trek sketches.

[@SurpriseMeJT]

I just noticed Akira too. He was in the old sketch where the Enterprise had converted to a restaurant! I had no idea who he was. Now I know!

[@RavenclawNimbus]

Seeing him in this video after seeing him in the restaurant enterprise was just.. So amazing

[@pebblebrookbooks4852]

He was in the first one with Belushi, right?

[@PabloVestory]

Not only Pine, the full crew almost breaks with that line, it's so brillant!! Thank you so much for aporting the name, then i could discover, (or re-discover him) that he has been in the SNL staff from the very first start, all seasons, he played Sulu already in 1976 !!

[@FlamingoKicker]

The Japanese guy played Sulu way back in the original season of SNL when Belushi played Kirk and Chevy Chase was Spock.

[@alucard624]

He also played him again for the Restaurant Enterprise skit with Shatner, Phil Hartman as Bones, Kevin Nealon as Spock, and Dana Carvey as Khan. Carvey's exaggerated take on Montalban was hilarious and still is.

[@alexc8123]

@@alucard624 agreed. funny stuff. the hockey glove, I can't

[@Me-qp8vz]

Yes we know... he's also in The Mandalorian!!!

[@Bokks87]

Holy smokes Chris Pine's Shatner-Kirk was on POINT!

[@bheast86]

unlike the movies

[@B-Mag]

@@bheast86 Because he wasn't impersonating Shatner. He was doing his own version and quite frankly, he killed it

[@TerryFedora]

Chris Pine trying so hard not to laugh. Kudos for keeping a straight face.

[@objectdefiance4027]

He and all of them probably laughed so much in the behind of the scenes lol.

[@Just-me-Laura]

@@objectdefiance4027 most definitely!!! 🤣

[@brianevans3634]

The way he should have played Kirk in the movie

[@RumbleFish69]

Cool fact, Akira Yoshimura has played Sulu in every SNL Star Trek skit since they started in the '70s. He's hilarious as Sulu and it's pretty cool watching him grow older with his character over the years!

[@Jaymindrew1990]

2:24. Checkov: “Captain, I’m not sure I trust this man to repair our ship,” Sulu (VERY Senior aged): “Yeah, we’ve never seen him before, . . . it’s Wierd!” 😂

[@ScootyPuffSr7]

That moment was so funny. 😂 I'm convinced that I could watch this a hundred times and still laugh at it. Also the slow burn laugh from the audience in response to it was great.

[@thatguynexus5935]

*Weird

[@DedicatedCitizen]

I take it the funny part is Sulu has never seen any of them before as he's the only one that's been in all the Star Trek skits.

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

Pine trying not to laugh lol

[@ReHePaP]

Good to see that they've had the same Sulu for over 40 years.

[@canaisyoung3601]

His name is Akira Yoshimura. He's a stangehand for SNL. Now I'm wondering if they ever do a classic Star Trek sketch, will they still keep him or will Bowen Yang take his place? I like to think they'll replace him with Bowen.

[@KennBurch]

It turns out the Federation has a crappy retirement system.

[@MaskedMan66]

@@canaisyoung3601 Nah! As far as Lorne Michaels is concerned, Leo IS Sulu. Unless they have George Takei as a guest sometime, of course, in which case, Leo will play the Kelvin Sulu.

[@jv-lk7bc]

oh please oh please SNL put Takei and Yoshimura in a sketch together! while they're both still around! should have been done for the 50th. it'd be good for all the parallel-timeline crap..

[@MaskedMan66]

@@jv-lk7bc Throw in John Cho while they're at it and call it "San Sulu Sanjou!"

[@BlackParadeMarcher1]

"Now THAT'S a Star Trek!" I never get tired of this. I have so much love for Chris Pine as Kirk

[@jkl799]

Chris Pine does a pretty good Shatner

[@thomasraven]

Yeah, he's been doing Shatner for three trek films now so he ought to have it down.

[@bheast86]

and yet he doesn't

[@WingedSoda]

Thomas Kirby He doesn't do a Shatner impression when he plays Kirk in the movies. It was an active decision that only Karl Urban would do an impression because his was so spot on.

[@firstnamelastname6202]

Is there a video of this impression?

[@hyperion9142]

Karl Urban was definitely spot on!!!

[@VforVendettas]

Chris Pine pretending to be William Shatner pretending to be Captain Kirk, who is also pretended by Chris Pine is everything.

[@bobwpodard4651]

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[@PrincessToyNerd]

It’s a Kirk-ception!!!

[@TsukiNekota]

Love how Chris is even doing the 'frowning into the distance' thing lmao

[@rachelandrews9466]

Chris Pine's William Shatner impression!! ^.^

[@525Lines]

And one of the painted screens in the back has the words LCARS on it which is the name of the operating system in the Trek universe.

[@happygoruckyrandy]

rachel andrews It was pretty good.

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

I would have enjoyed the JJ Abrams trek Movies 10X more if they let Pine play Kirk this way lol

[@sterlinglee98]

Piggy-and

[@525Lines]

The movies would have been a lot better if you gave the cast at least one season doing trek on TV.

[@derekseven1647]

Uhura is looking pretty good there. That actress looks really good in that retro makeup and uniform.

[@bluebear1985]

@myanabull I think that's Sasheer Zamata. She was on SNL for three seasons.

[@Jaymindrew1990]

1:35, 3:17, and 4:52 . . . “NNNNOOWW THATS A STAR TREK!!! 😂 😆

[@J8C5T]

I'd take a bite outta dat!

[@BACW25]

Ikr.

[@datmeme8967]

@Dr. Loomis The irony of your statement is astounding.

[@breadstal]

Pine's impression of The Shat is so on point.🤣🤣🤣

[@thebenforever]

This whole episode was fantastic. Tyson. Spocko. Pine-Kirk. Just all of it.

[@RockSleeper]

that Sulu throwback was great, and the Chekov impression was spot on

[@stanleyaviles9729]

NOW THAT'S A STAR TREK

[@Zyntex]

Stanley Aviles Now that's a supply drop

[@joshuaetchison4908]

Stanley Aviles now this is podracing

[@SpeedyEric1]

I smell a new hashtag for Twitter.

[@mikemac2888]

Now you're a parrot. Really?

[@NameCallingIsWeak]

"I was dyin lol" Best part, easily, best laugh of the week ... month.

[@johnathonsmithard7938]

Sulu was the best part of this sketch.

[@SnowDaulphin]

Johnathon Smith This actor appeared in the original one with the first cast with Belushi as Kirk. I promise.

[@markfoster1520]

Wow... they have to identify him, if that's so.

[@sheriffburfordt.justice4488]

Johnathon Smithard It looked like he had to hold it in.

[@Loverrover]

he also played sulu when shatner hosted and they did a star trek spoof in the 80's

[@Jaymindrew1990]

1:35, 3:17, and 4:52 . . . “NNNNOOWW THATS A GERIATRIC STAR TREK!!! 😂 😆

[@christopherthorkon3997]

Do people realize that the guy playing Sulu here has played Mr. Sulu in past SNL Star Trek skits -- including the Wrath of Khan parody from 30 years ago!

[@hughjass3261]

Did you know he was actually the guy who played Khan in ST2? Now that's "Redemption"!

[@pennyandrews3237]

Christopher Thorkon Thanks. 2 things. Love factoids. Love given credit where due. Also that actor is a company man 30 years in.

[@shawnmcewen6210]

Yes, I knew. Been seeing him off and on for decades.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

@@pennyandrews3237 I figured, which is why I did not use the word "actor" -- I am assuming he just works in some office somewhere for NBC .

[@derekseven1647]

Actually it was 40 years ago.

[@spenser9908]

"Sulu! Don't be illogical over here, whaddya doin'?" Classic.

[@kiddynamite1991]

That's what was missing from TOS

[@christopherjustice6411]

I need a Spocko t-shirt with him saying "Now that's a Star Trek."

[@NameCallingIsWeak]

It's a GREAT line especially the way HE says it, I did LOL hard the first 2 times I watched this.

[@Jaymindrew1990]

1:35, 3:17, and 4:52 . . . “NNNNOOWW THATS A STAR TREK T-SHIRT!!!! 😂 😆

[@Jaymindrew1990]

NameCallingIsWeak 1:35, 3:17, and 4:52 . . . “NNNNOOWW THATS A STAR TREK CRACK UP!!! 😂 😆

[@coltoncrofts6659]

Only disliked to keep the likes at 69.

[@wandaperi]

#Migos has one that says " Now, that's a T-Shirt! "

[@victorkong82]

Damn Sybok really let himself go

[@DrFranklynAnderson]

Victor Kong Now see that, and the "Still better than Final Frontier" joke at the end, is actually funny. The rest of it feels like they're actively trying to avoid humor as much as possible.

[@footlewis]

DrFranklynAnderson fd

[@evanfaas2560]

2:27 I fully did not expect that guy to talk

[@jakeflorell2167]

Funny Muffler I know.. they nerd to add him to the cast

[@jakeflorell2167]

*need

[@TheMovieActor1]

Funny Muffler it's part of the joke "we never seen him before it's weird"

[@jakeflorell2167]

Ikr

[@jakeflorell2167]

Start a hashtag

[@renswisse]

New Kirk as old Kirk... including Shatner pause.

[@amybrown1823]

Rens Wisse Its Kirkception!

[@mynameizearl23]

If Chris Pine played Kirk like this in his movies, we’d have three more Star Trek movies by now

[@romanramirez7847]

I agree.

[@ScottyKirk1]

Haha 😂

[@LasVegar]

Now that's a star trek

[@ernestkinas5973]

The funniest part of this sketch is that the guy who played Suly was the same guy who played Sulu with Chevy and Belushi forty years earlier.

[@maksillorenzo9480]

I love Chris Pine playing the OG version of Captain Kirk!

[@garysmith3037]

Kirk should have had his shirt off by the 3rd bit, and a dead security member on the floor. You'd think these people never saw Star Trek.

[@beawild]

Yep, there should have been a redshirt dead on the deck.

[@C.O._Jones]

I second the vote for shirtless Chris Pine!

[@JamesTTierce]

@@dnp713 yeah you never watched the original star trek. Kirk only hooked up with a couple people

[@ronschlorff7089]

@@beawild yep, old saying at the time of the show: "Red Shirt=Dead Shirt"!

[@ronschlorff7089]

@@dnp713 Yup, he got "action" in about a quarter of all episodes!

[@CookieDTotR]

Was that actor who played Sulu the same one who played him when William Shatner hosted thirty years ago and they did that rotating restaurant Enterprise sketch? If memory serves: "Sulu, what's happened to you?" "We're all getting older, Captain."

[@TimmyVo734]

CookieDTotR I think it is. I think he did Sulu in 76 as well with Belushi as Kirk.

[@jongroubert4203]

Yes, he's been on the show for about 40 years. He always plays Sulu whenever they do a Star Trek spoof.

[@525Lines]

I do get the impression that he's been Sulu before.

[@pvthitch]

That is beyond funny.

[@CookieDTotR]

525lines, I think you and +Jon Groubert are right, and I think +Timmy Vo has an especially impressive memory of that Belushi/Kirk sketch. :-)

[@ChicagoRonin]

This is kind of extra funny in light of Star Trek: Discovery's previously-unseen-adopted-sister-of-Spock

[@edwardwood6532]

The date on this video is May 2017, the release date for the first STD episode was September 2017. I wonder if some writer nerd heard the plan about Spock's previously unknown adopted black human sister and did the same bad idea playout for the TOS timeline as sleeper inside joke. Or it was just an example of serendipity playing out in real life, which I consider more unlikely.

[@mayaalexandra1822]

Yes. I was like "Nooo, you have a sister. Did you go crazy again, Spock?"

[@paintthecosmos840]

I mean Sybok tho

[@scribejay]

"Now that's a Star Trek!"

[@ChicagoRonin]

@@edwardwood6532 I enjoy Discovery despite its flaws, but the adopted sister angle baffles me a little. I mean, I'm all for creative thinking outside the box, but why insert something that raises questions about show that already has a very complicated continuity? I mean, would have been so difficult to simply make her Spock's childhood friend, or an adopted cousin he was close to?

[@benzell4]

I’ve seen Pine do Shatner on talk shows, etc. This is by far his best impression!

[@Dot_Con]

I literally could've watched an entire episode of this

[@Jaymindrew1990]

Connor Bradshaw 1:35, 3:17, and 4:52 . . . “NNNNOOWW THATS A STAR TREK!!! 😂 😆

[@bronzewolf6464]

I laughed at this more than I've laughed at an SNL sketch in a long time. The "Nnnnnnnnnnnnow THAT'S a Star Trek!" always getting longer and more exasperated was GOLD! Great job.

[@christopherthorkon3997]

Wow, Chris Pine does a great impersonation of William Shatner.

[@edwardcreter3609]

Christopher Thorkon Chris Pine did a better Shatner on SNL than he ever did on JJ Abrams' sucky Trek films. Shatner still rules the Trek universe. He's even a better starship captain than his next generation copy cat Jean Luc Cueball. Is this extreme? Yes! That's how we are! We are purists! We stay true to the original! All else is just sci-fi TV with the Star Trek label plastered on it.

[@timrob12]

In Abrams' defence, his movies were an alternate universe. This is shown through Leonard Nimoy's appearance in this movie as the Spock from the Prime Universe.

[@uscman]

No Wonder why he was cast as Kirk

[@christopherallen9580]

@@timrob12 the abrams movies still sucked

[@timrob12]

@@christopherallen9580 Can't judge that. I haven't seen them.

[@joshuaweston7037]

Chris Pine does a good kirk here. Also, if an episode like Spock's Brain can be aloud to exist, then I would absolutely watch an episode centered around Spocko!!! "Brain and brain! What is brain!"

[@IamJustJ.]

"Allowed", not "aloud". The first one is essentially "permitted" and the second one is when you're not whispering, you're speaking "aloud" (out loud).

[@MerkinMuffly]

Why TF doesn't SNL release the episode that had William Shatner in it? The greatest SNL they ever did/

[@dengland1234]

"You....have you ever kissed a girl? " one of my favorite lines from that skit.

[@efisgpr]

Meh

[@TK-593]

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[@EyeOnlyHaveEyes42]

Done.

[@BenWillock]

Oh hey the guy playing Sulu is the same

[@jondejoy5780]

NOW THATS A STAR TREK!

[@OzzyRampage]

Jon DeJoy Now that's a MASS EFFECT!

[@jondejoy5780]

lol

[@ZombieMaster420]

I'm commander Shepard and this is my favorite Star Trek on the citadel

[@OzzyRampage]

Dakoda Vaerus We'll Trek, ok?

[@coogrfan]

Ok, Pine-as-Shatner-Kirk is actually kinda entertaining.

[@evanfaas2560]

SCIENCE MAKES ME SILLY.

[@SybilHolidayHolidayOHara]

That impersonation is exactly how I feel about NDT. I LOVE science, and can't stand him.

[@treebles]

opposite. i love science + i absolutely love ndt! ✨🤵🏽🔭☀️

[@jeffmercier5600]

Tree Harris and yet Carl Sagan's family OKed him for the remake of cosmos. But I'm sure you know better than them. If it wasn't for Tyson, most Americans wouldn't even know what science in general and specifically what astronomy is. Hell, 2/3 of america thinks astronomy is about predicting someone's future

[@SybilHolidayHolidayOHara]

Um jeff, Tree Harris is on your side. Me? He may be awesome as a scientist, I still find him pretentious.

[@ronschlorff7089]

@@jeffmercier5600 good points, like Dr. Kaku, love him too!!

[@ellemars1817]

It's a super duper rare Alex break! Chris nearly broke too. XD

[@Listersmate2]

I never did understand why the phrase "Now THAT'S a Star Trek!!!!" didn't become a catch phrase! :-O

[@jv-lk7bc]

thank Sybok it didn't ...

[@Listersmate2]

@@jv-lk7bc Now THAT'S a Star Trek!!!!

[@Flynn94]

I love Kenan's delivery of "Wow, a lot to unpack there..." 😂

[@sacmakiz]

"Science makes me silly" theheheh

[@yoboychilli8173]

remove that 't' from 'theheheh' and finish it with another 'e' goddamn it you failed us sr

[@Tradebear]

Chris Pine's Shatner is incredible, especially in that setting!

[@bustermorley8318]

Chris Pine does a more accurate impression of Kirk on SNL than he did in the movies.

[@dupersuper1938]

Aw, when he said half brother I thought we were getting Sybock.

[@douglasdavis8395]

"The Laughing Vulcan."

[@DaFuqBoom]

Chris Pine's imression on his Kirk imression on imression of William Shatner imression of Captain Kirk.

[@haagenneldeberg6787]

Don't make it so complicated. He is doing an impression on Willam Shatners Kirk role.

[@rickacton7540]

this wasnt funny. at all.

[@BenWillock]

Wow... uh... a lot to unpack there...

[@Gaba_Ghoul]

You wrote “imression” 4 times Damn...

[@CloneJFK]

I think this guy had a stroke

[@channelforpositivitylunder9385]

Love that the actual star of Star Trek (Chris Pine) joined to create a spoof of Star Trek :DD

[@nickpatterson6099]

yeah thats what SNL does. advertise. although he was playing Shatners version not himself but thats not important

[@dukenukem8381]

"Love that the actual star of Star Trek (Chris Pine) joined to create a spoof of Star Trek" - You mean all the jj Abrams movies are not spoofs?

[@evanfaas2560]

I need more Kenan as Neil deGrasse Tyson

[@jturner7771]

He needs a deeper voice.

[@jkl799]

Kenan just brings that sparkle eye joy to just about any character he plays. Lol

[@TrumbullComic]

Why? HIs impression sucked.

[@SunyiSideUp]

It was a terrible impression. They just dressed him as Neil deGrasse Tyson. Nothing else was even remotely a nod to him, except, yenno... vague references to his interest in science fiction movies. I think Kenan's better than this. He should work on developing an actual impression of this man, before he does it on air. Neil deGrasse Tyson could be a funny character, too. All he basically did was act like a vague poindexter character and say his name was Neil deGrasse Tyson. It wasn't even a good poindexter...

[@TonecrafteLuthiery]

Funny Muffler I don't think it was a very good impression, nothing against Keenan. He's not very good at impressions in general.

[@AJScraps]

Lol I’m loving the dance sequence. Kyle and Beck win the prize 🎖

[@Bonez0r]

4:47 That last "O-oohhh" always gets me. XD

[@drodriguez3293]

*random Asian guy* "Yea we've never seen him before, it's weird"

[@A_Perez]

D Rodriguez What's funny is that he is a long time SNL production designer, and has played the Sulu character several times now.

[@luciferangelica]

Angelica Perez he looks like he lives on the beach

[@ronschlorff7089]

George Takai is still with us, he would have been a "natural" for Sulu, my all time fave, besides Spock of the original series.

[@ThrashMetallix]

Gotta love when Akira Yoshimura plays Sulu!

[@Decimator-jh4gu]

@@ThrashMetallix LOL.. Yess!

[@geekout1642]

They got Chris Pine to impersonate William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk, who was also played by... Chris Pine.

[@ws8079]

Yeah, love that!

[@PrincessToyNerd]

Kirk-ception!!

[@Batz-on-paws]

Well, THIS is the way Star Trek is killing me. I can't stop laughing Chris Pine is doing his role perfect, and Spocko... Oh God

[@Jaymindrew1990]

Skydiver The Pony 1:35, 3:17, and 4:52 . . . “NNNNOOWW THATS A SPOCKO STAR TREK!!! 😂 😆

[@Sweeny5000]

"Yeah we've never seen him before, it's weird."....Genius.

[@itsbmeGaming]

1:40 You can tell he had to do everything possible to not crack .

[@GMSpectre]

Another Sulu cameo from Akira Yoshimura?

[@chrisgarty]

Epic snl.wikia.com/wiki/Akira_Yoshimura

[@InfernosReaper]

So glad they got him instead of George Takei.

[@AbbyKidd]

Chris Pine's 1960s dance moves are on point! He's got The Shat down pretty well too. 😂

[@ZeldaNerd137]

That was an incredible Shatner impression. I would totally pay to see the current Star Trek crew remake an original episode with all of them doing an impression the entire time lololol

[@NameCallingIsWeak]

INTERESTING!! Maybe a run of Top 7 episodes, scene for scene, shot for shot, but with new sets, and better FX.

[@funnybunny680]

“Now that’s a Star Trek!” My new quote of the day!

[@brendansunra]

"I'll see you - and this is so exciting - IN THE FUTURE!" 😂

[@viper3183]

Chris Pine is so good he can play both timelines of Kirk And that "I get sexually excited by science" NDT from Kenan lmao

[@danielsmith9130]

The more I watch it, the more I die every time I hear "Now dats a Staa-trek!!"

[@Jaymindrew1990]

Daniel Smith 1:35, 3:17, and 4:52 . . . “NNNNOOWW THATS A STAR TREK!!! 😂 😆

[@GabeStrenke]

This is one of the best sketches SNL has made in awhile.

[@ThatZenoGay]

I don't even care about the dumb skit, I'm more impressed by Pine's unusually accurate portrayal of Shatner's Kirk.

[@darkprose]

Is the guy playing Sulu the guy who played Sulu in every _SNL_ _Star Trek_ sketch since the late 1970s? Never mind, I found the answer in two seconds. It _is_ the same guy! Akira Yoshimura, _SNL_ production designer. That is cool. When I saw this years ago, I thought it was just a funny line because he is clearly not a cast member. Not until watching the vintage _SNL_ _Star Trek_ sketches did I recognize him. It works either way, really, though knowing who he is probably makes it funnier. I love _Star Trek_ and grew up in the 80s and 90s watching the movies, _TNG_ and reruns of _TOS,_ but not a lot of _SNL._

[@JuanPabloSelvaje]

"Yeah, we've never seen him before. It's weird."

[@qweed54]

Chris's Shatner impression is AMAZING

[@canadiancontent352]

Google Sean Cullen William Shatner he’s brîliant

[@beawild]

His impression of William Shatner is spot on. LOL!!!

[@dudester873]

1:35, 3:17 "Now-w-w that's a STAR TREK!!" Lol 😂

[@TaswcmT]

Nobody will ever accuse Kenan Thompson of being a masterful impersonator. He's Kenan Thompson and nobody else.

[@RalphHorque]

D'oh! If Spocko was an engineer, they gave him the WRONG COLOR SHIRT.

[@eddiefaccioni2453]

It would explain the engineering insignia he was wearing.

[@martinbaxter7840]

But then, he would've been a Redshirt. We all know how that turns out.

[@1000YearBeard]

EXACTLY...and the plasma exhaust system access panel isn't on the bridge! I mean, come on!

[@ronschlorff7089]

@@martinbaxter7840 Yeah, but Scottie did ok, he was only "killed" once! Done by NOMAD, who "repaired the unit Scott" under orders from his creator, the Kirk! LOL.

[@harrisonmckinney7659]

Nerd lol

[@chumptown]

It's a bummer they don't actually have a cast member to play Sulu

[@75midge]

I think he's played Sulu in every Trek SNL sketch since the 1st season

[@TrumbullComic]

That's Akira Yoshimura, an SNL production designer who's played Sulu in every STAR TREK sketch they've done. It's a long-running gag. snl.wikia.com/wiki/Akira_Yoshimura

[@johnIZaUWL]

Joshua M. Patton did he do some cameos during the Ebersol era??? I remember a funny ass Asian dude whom I kept expecting to be made a cast member...

[@krombopulos_michael]

I thought it was a deliberate joke because he had the line "we've never seen him before and that's weird"

[@drphot6050]

Yeah but what is sadder that most Asians do stand with Blacks or Latins for friendship, justice, dating, and peace in a country they reap the benefits from everyday.

[@YouJustGotAnimated]

*N O W T H A T ' S A S T A R T R E K*

[@Jaymindrew1990]

Hamlettell 1:35, 3:17, and 4:52 . . . “NNNNOOWW THATS A STAR TREK!!! 😂 😆

[@BluDrgn426]

Im laughing so hard at Sulu's line!! 😂😂😂

[@40thCapeRifles]

"That's alot to unpack..." I'M DYING.

[@therepublicofdiarrhea7792]

Holy fuck. J.J. Abrams, please make Spocko an actual thing.

[@christinejohnson6969]

NOW THats a star trek!!

[@ConnorEllisMusic]

God Likes Porn with Ben the Demon JJ doesn't do Star Trek anymore.

[@Shinytrooper]

yeah, he fucked off to go fuck star wars in the ass

[@ConnorEllisMusic]

He's not doing that either. Rian Johnson is.

[@HerbFlowers]

God Likes Porn with Ben the Demon ur a fucking idiot

[@ElohimPenemue]

I need that Pizza Beach record in my iPod asap!

[@rebeccamiller7496]

"Set your phasers to OH SNAP!" ohhhh snap!

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Now this is a Star Trek

[@tericrossland3075]

He said now that's a star trek

[@loriwest4777]

You can tell Kenan enjoys Bobby's comedy... They should've had Spocko showing some butt crack while doing repairs on the ship.😆

[@ThreeToesofFury]

brilliant...they brought back same guy for Sulu...thats a HUGE nerd/snl callback. also...this sketch was worth it entirely for the pizza beach number.

[@1213grandjeep]

"We've never seen him before. It's weird." I lost it!!!

[@MarkWolfeDesign]

I love that the original Sulu from the seventies Star Trek sketch is in this!

[@j.p.pelzman7481]

He also was in the 1986 Enterprise restaurant sketch with Shatner

[@michaelmcchesney6645]

I really think it is amazing that they used the same Asian 'actor' (production designer Akira Yoshimura) that played Sulu in the 1976 "Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise" sketch. I've read comments wondering if they would still use him to play Sulu now that they have an actual Asian cast member (Bowen Yang). I am sure they would use Bowen Yang, but I had an idea. It is science fiction after all. What if something happened to young Sulu (Bowen Yang) that caused him to age into Akira Yoshimura? Or vice versa. That did happen to members of the crew in the episode "the Deadly Years." The thing is you want the aging to be a surprise for maximum comedic effect.

[@RomulanStar]

Pine really got the impression right. lol

[@davidhaddock7433]

Chris Pine was the only one putting in the effort here

[@baqcasanke]

I think the rest of them are just bad actors...

[@watchmenallen6309]

I loved Spocko. Give it up for Spocko.

[@NameCallingIsWeak]

"Chris Pine was the only one putting in the effort here" Please, Spocko was ... priceless. LOL.

[@amitaikatz5929]

Now that's a star trek!

[@TPTGopher]

David Haddock If this is supposed to be from TOS Season 3, the cast half-assing it makes it more realistic.

[@chasehalpern5009]

The best part is that they all had so much fun!

[@chasehalpern5009]

You can tell by the time they’re dancing*

[@acerumble]

Spocko NEEDS to be in the next Star Trek movie!

[@jerobriggs6861]

Maybe he'll be on Season 2 of Discovery.

[@Network126]

LMAO

[@priscillajimenez27]

If the actor of him (not Spocko) does play even a momentary role as a cameo, that'd be awesome for SNL viewers to reference lol

[@itsmeekers]

I've modeled my entire life around Spocko.

[@Shamy_Cartoons]

Pine did a good Shatner Kirk. So glad they got him for the skit