State Meeting - SNL

Virginia state representatives (Halsey, Kenan Thompson, Pete Davidson, Beck Bennett, Mikey Day, Alex Moffat, Cecily Strong, Kyle Mooney) call an emergency meeting in response to multiple blackface controversies.
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[@jwsm2]

"What if the black face was just part of your costume of a black person" that was probably asked at the real press conference LOL

[@mirthy8219]

And what's wrong with this? I don't get it. I belive it is a USA thing...

[@shab90]

@@mirthy8219 Lol!!! Good one there... God... I hope you're joking.

[@LGRamirez]

Mirthy White the fact that you said It is a “USA thing” leads me to believe you understand the historical significance in which you should then understand that It is offensive and is unacceptable no matter where you are in the universe. If you so happen to be at a Martian party and are wearing blackface It is not funny or flattering, so please no black face Ms.white...

[@mirthy8219]

@@shab90 Why? I don't. I really don't get it. It won't be offencive back where I live. It would be awsome costium. That's why I think it's about USA's history with slavery.

[@mirthy8219]

@@LGRamirez nah, it won't work like this. If something is wrong there, it doesn't mean is wrong here. Offcorse it will be wrong for you because you are from USA culture, if I guessed corectly, but not for me. We didn't enslaved anyone. So for me is a funny thing to watch.

[@mirenda5160]

Keenan is so good at playing the disappointed, lovable authority figure.

[@gfunk63901]

I'm gonna miss him

[@seanmurphy9913]

He learned from his grocery store days with his friend Kel

[@mirenda5160]

Sean Murphy 🤣🤣🤣

[@barbarafenkner1025]

Keenan is the best! He should not leave!

[@harrietpotter649]

@@gfunk63901 Wait, what? Is he leaving?? D:

[@sinonslife4812]

"What if the costume won a contest?" "What was the contest?" "Blackest face." Got me rolling!

[@6LjacK]

🤣😂🤣best part of the entire skit.

[@5Mariner]

AM I IN HELL!?

[@albusdumbledore578]

Ikr

[@p193]

they see you rollin they be haitin

[@irock2403]

Someone actually shouted Oh. My God.

[@adamwoolhouse8969]

The best SNL hosts are the ones that blend into the sketches seamlessly. Watching sketches like this I forgot Halsey was the host and not just a cast member. She did a great job with this episode.

[@felabooty]

I forgot Halsey was the host because I don't know who Halsey is.

[@Sofia-nu4qt]

I think it’s because she didn’t talk until the end

[@MrHerecomesjohnny]

she had 2 lines dude

[@TheMagnifikle]

I thought the same about Chance the Rapper

[@Jecoopster]

No, that means the host isn’t funny so they just put them in a sketch with barely any lines.

[@kazza1630]

2:57 That person who yelled ‘oh my god!’ when Beck said the contest was for blackest face 😂😂😂 the live audience definitely added to this sketch

[@blueshattrick]

I wouldn't be surprised if ANY of these questions were actually asked! 😂

[@vullord666]

JMH The audience always does. I miss the live audience with COVID-19 going on now

[@mambaASI]

it was barely audible

[@MeAndMyAngelWings]

“Are you gonna get mad...?” Keenan’s face cracks me up

[@mandolorian162]

See he's getting mad 🤣

[@L2.Lagrange]

"I'm not mad, I just didn't think this would be that complicated." Yep that pretty much sums it up lol

[@njosborne6152]

Jimmy Swenson Complicated, hummmm, Tell that to the fine “dress up” folks wearing “War paint” in Washington DC on “Football Sunday.” as they “honor” As they pretend to “scalp’”their opponents As The Aboriginal Peoples of America. “I’m not mad,” . . . just tired.

[@kronostime8146]

I have said that same thing to someone in the meeting. It made them madder. Then it all became a game with everyone to see how mad we could make that person. It sounded just like this skit.

[@StarAgeReactionary]

So you are retarded

[@thedogpound8813]

Cecily said "I mean for next time", I spit out my drink .... hilarious

[@shhsjjbbjs4224]

Vince Fl I scrolled through so many comments to find someone else who found that funny

[@banshee46]

"Al Jolson" made me laugh so hard. For those unaware, Al Jolson was one of the most popular blackface musicians in vaudeville

[@youtube-kit9450]

As a non-american, I was super confused. Googled it. Fucking lost my shit at the joke. People like shitting on SNL, but the clips I find on youtube tend to be fucking fire.

[@sameenj6095]

Thank youu. ❤

[@Pantsinabucket]

Even more ironically, Jolson was actually quite supportive of civil rights causes for black Americans and pushed for greater integration of the entertainment industry for pretty much his whole career. And of course his most famous blackface performance in the Jazz Singer is really a skewering of the minstrel show and the way Jewish vaudeville actors couldn’t find mainstream success if they didn’t put on blackface.

[@Hephzie101]

"BIG OLD BLACK BOOTY" Pete is dying in the background lmfaooooo

[@parlayphresh3062]

Hephzie Berry I saw that he struggling lol

[@user-sx4yu3nw4j]

2:22 [spit take]

[@cadillacstr8mk]

😁😁

[@gresabela4102]

“What was the name of the contest?” “Blackest face” You can hear a lady scream “oh my god” in the audience 😂

[@potatonado2550]

Lmao

[@erikawickwire9322]

I dont mean biracial, I mean one year I was both Micheal Jacksons..omg 😆

[@robfab5204]

Hilarious joke

[@ajp4860]

LoL. “...That is an Awesome idea !”

[@MitchellTF]

*Pauses* *Pauses* "Okay...offensive. But hilarious..."

[@hiimjustin8826]

I did that when I was like 11 and this black dude gave me a buncha candy soooo

[@AdamAdam-uf5hu]

I should do that next year

[@deepvybes]

2:19 when SNL goes meta and includes Pete in the shot of the most breakable joke.

[@devendamji8816]

"BUT IT WAS THE 80s!" 😂

[@tlynn5741]

@Jim Dandy Then you probably weren't looking.

[@joebudi5136]

1981. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJqwkIeqi9d5i8U

[@miapdx503]

@Jim Dandy "These Democrats?" Cult45? 🙄

[@Beachbby757]

miapdx Because they’re all Democrats that did😂 Someone’s a triggered Liberal and I like what I’m seeing!

[@roseJ96]

@@Beachbby757 All Democrats? Do you WATCH the news? The two main people this is about are a Democrat AND a Republican. Don't try and take the moral high-ground. Also, not all liberals are Democrats. Not all liberals even _like_ Democrats.

[@britneejackson5898]

“I’m a take a 2 week lunch” 😂😂 me every time I go to work

[@vampirebicth]

"what if i dressed in black booty?" "how could anyone tell that it was a black booty?" "because i had shoe polish on my face" SDFGJGFDSFG THE BEST PART

[@v10dodge87]

So you left out dialog that occurred in between the commentary...nice way of fudging the truth. Have to leave shit out to be cool? Yay..you're a tool

[@glennquagmire9737]

@@v10dodge87 you didn’t even spell dialogue right lmao "tHiNk yOUR cOoL hUH?"

[@donnygat]

I love Keenan so much, he is so great in every sketch lmao

[@kindanothere1321]

“Who’s your hero” “Al Joleson” OH MY GOD

[@sol15_]

Jasmine Matthew has to look him up, Oh god 😂

[@jakelieberman2455]

audience had an r/whoosh moment

[@nelle5339]

i had to look him up. oh my god can you imagine your legacy being the most popular minstrel performer?

[@davidlamb1107]

@@jakelieberman2455 one of the best jokes in the whole skit, and like 2 people laughed. Very disappointing.

[@JeremyGG]

​@@nelle5339 I had my doubts that you didn't refer to "minstrel" as a ménestrel, a medieval musician So I checked for other definitions... And now I only hope I've never said something along the line of "I'd love to see a minstrel show reenactment" to native english speakers

[@connymac6993]

No one in that audience had any idea who Al Jolson was.

[@TheMusicalFeeling]

Conny Mac right?!

[@habibaduval9988]

Who is he?

[@KatharineOsborne]

Habiba Duval he was an extremely popular singer and film star in the early part of the 20th century who routinely wore blackface while singing (he was white). His most notable role was in the first ‘talking picture’ in 1927 called ‘The Jazz Singer’ where his character wore blackface (he was basically playing a version of himself as an entertainer, and not playing a black man directly). That his style was so accepted at the time is very telling about white culture at the time. In the 40s two biographical films were made about him, and the blackface was in those as well. I saw them on VHS in the 90s (my dad was an Al Jolson fan-I couldn’t stand him) the blackface was still treated matter of fact (like there was no disclaimer on the box or anything to put it into context). Quite shockingly It’s only been relatively recently that the tide has turned (and there’s still a lot of work to be done unfortunately).

[@michaelcondry1493]

I adore Jolson

[@TimThomason]

I'm not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing.

[@alicepayne9726]

‘What if the blackface was part of a costume of a black person?’ 😭😭😂😂

[@maximumoccupancy]

No one has a logical answer to that question...

[@NRV0]

*"BUT IT WAS THE 80ssssss!!!!"*

[@LeighMet]

It wasn't funny in the eighties

[@robbielewis4740]

But what if it was part of a costume of a black person?

[@MisterRorschach90]

so what if you dress up as a Virginia state representative wearing a costume of a black person from the 80s?

[@whitenoiseihearu4018]

jordan secrist ...oh dear.

[@danielkruger4305]

lol

[@miapdx503]

I'm surprised they didn't think of that! 😘

[@marissaawesome2422]

Omg that's funny..😂😂😂😂...

[@Reza254]

You win

[@SEMcCaslin]

I always love how Keenan says no

[@RedLP5000S]

And also when he says Yes! Remember Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks?! Lol

[@themanagement69]

Jim Dandy thanks grandpa, things today are allowed to be funny too.

[@CandieP]

Jim Dandy comedy is subjective gramps, so you’re idea of funny back in the Jurassic park days may be a lot different from how us millennials see funny.

[@kineticenergy8774]

Keenan Rick rocks it. Agreed lol

[@leebuckman2785]

Black Jeopardy when Kenan is so thrilled with Tom Hanks he rushes to the podium to shake his hand and Tom backs away thinking he's coming to assault him. Hank's reaction is so brilliant.

[@Gman1998]

I lost it when she said “oh, for next time?” 😂

[@HatunTashDCCIMinistries]

On the bright side, all the politicians who resign can have a second career as song and dance group called "The Blackface Boys."

[@BuckyTheN00b2]

Scott Hopkins And yours will get way less

[@IbeCosmic]

Blackface boi

[@JT-rb2cj]

This comment is about as funny as this sketch! Dude, you should write for SNL!

[@couragekarnga8735]

Oh God. Now I kind of wanna see that.

[@joebudi5136]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJqwkIeqi9d5i8U

[@ericjensen9091]

I hope Keenen never leaves Saturday Night Live. Well unless he really wants to of course. I'll never get tired of him. So funny.

[@EricaGamet]

He seems to just be getting better...like he's just having more fun.

[@qbizm]

I read somewhere he’s been offered his own sitcom which he’s accepted. That’s usually when they jump ship. I’d be surprised if he isn’t gone by 2020.

[@ericjensen9091]

@@qbizm I'd definitely check it out if he does.

[@bigdinlaca]

qbizm it seems like the sitcom is a go but it will be done by NBC. I wouldn’t be surprised if the sitcom was shot during snl breaks and he pull off a double duty.

[@ericjensen9091]

@@bigdinlaca That'd be great.

[@albusdumbledore578]

"we are elected state officals we can't keep having this pop up!" "BuT iT wAs ThE eIgHtIeS!!!!!!" I died there Lol🤣😂

[@evabailey3860]

Omg your channel description is awesome

[@Maracujakeks]

"Am I in hell?" lmao

[@mateovazquez5658]

That's what I ask myself everyday. 😏

[@badreaper23]

Yes, but we have cookies.

[@Lost-Lilim]

That feeling when satire and reality are not so different.

[@luckyjasonfan]

"We can still do the voice?" WHAT VOICE!?!! 👀

[@Raiga345]

Lmao gonna have to give that one another 100 years.

[@theobnoxiouslycharming1747]

The one that's the opposite of beta male, nasally, dweeb voice

[@aaronhill4407]

Deep,stern,with soul and emotion😂

[@Raiga345]

@YourNatureBoy27 ding ding ding.

[@meganine4022]

I'm gonna stop you right there Phil

[@maxhole2]

Nain Martinez , SNL proves once again that it is a totally Safe Space for anyone offended by humor.

[@W4TSKY]

TriState Forestry Service lol that’s what you took out of that line? 😂 you must be fun at parties...

[@maxhole2]

atmosvere , what do you mean? SNL hasn’t done anything funny for over fifteen years. Too much liberal butthurt politically correct whining to “push the envelope” with any actual comedy.

[@CrystalRose1111]

TriState Forestry Service You sound like the very people SNL make fun of. Congratulations buddy lol

[@maxhole2]

Grace Coleman , you just proved my point perfectly. Thank you man.

[@oHawkeyeo]

2:24 Mikeys delivery is so good, Pete and even Kenan are breaking

[@yoshilu7451]

His expression and hand gesture when he says "Big'ol Black Booty" give it a perfect delivery that would break anyone lol

[@victorgalloway9770]

Pete couldn't keep character to save my life lol

[@Akkesama]

Kenan is carrying this show

[@olybobby]

I can't agree more - he's the only reason why I tune into SNL and I fast forward to his skits

[@jivitsabay840]

Kenan's the funniest. We have the same sense of humor 😂😂😂😂😂

[@RedLP5000S]

Kenan and McKinnon

[@mathscichic]

Is and has been for a very, very long time.

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

Every sketch is basically the same 4 people

[@cooldrop02]

"See, he's getting mad" America's response to any complaint the black community has ever made lol.

[@katiekane5247]

Gr8 comment. Two 👍

[@miapdx503]

No shit! But if it's a white man, ranting; oh he's just expressing himself...😩

[@npvols4321]

That's because all you ever do is complain

[@cooldrop02]

@@npvols4321 Thanks for making more point more poignant country-mate =].

[@percyperanamus7432]

" they're so aggressive, why can't they complain about racism in a nice way 😢 "

[@tobiasbenedictdrager965]

Alex's smile is so funny when he raises his hand, after Kenan asked "Or the 90s".

[@TheRealMrLane]

Pete can never keep a straight face 🤣🤣🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏿‍♂️

[@platinumpaunch4528]

Yeah pete is lame!

[@YoungChuy2398]

Trucking Lane's I like Pete as an stand up comedian but he’s a shitty actor

[@TAnd-nq6if]

What you expect from a drugee

[@ingridarlington5745]

Just like Jimmy Fallon and Jones 😢

[@MrAnthimos112]

Pete is just not made for sketch comedy.

[@mscentineonoahssecretwife5343]

What if ur half blk? Ok Halsey killed it

[@phiwei3734]

Yeah, NO.

[@nathannnnnnnnnnn]

u have extremely low standards, ms. npc

[@mione134]

@@phiwei3734 Its a joke in reference to her being biracial. Halsey is half black

[@ministryoftruth8588]

Then you're ALLOWED to destroy the country, and everyone will be afraid to call you on it since they don't want to appear racist.

[@jinakaye]

@Jim Dandy: The only thing I thought was stupid was Kenan not going off...

[@johnmarr2695]

Halsey is awesome. If she joined the cast I would not be unhappy. Her timing and sense of the room is on point.

[@ScarlettJ1221]

2:22 lmfao at Pete he couldn't contain himself 😂 and Kenan was about to laugh too

[@reachingbeyondskies6908]

This skit was funny until it ended and I realized this is our reality 😂 😭

[@Mark2756042]

It was our reality a lot more recently than the 80s on "Saturday Night LIve" with Fred Armisen and Jimmy Fallon both appearing in blackface on SNL....you know, in the current millennium!

[@Grim528]

Mark Ellsworth exactly!

[@Krossmit]

Francis Smith please don’t make this about politics

[@Krossmit]

Francis Smith sorry didn’t know 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@maryhall6193]

I agree, this is our reality and it is very very sad😔

4:17 Alex Moffat's little smile when he raises his hand 😂

[@macrocosmique]

4:07

[@sidbid1590]

Why does he look like Aaron Tveit?

[@SlowllyDrifting]

It doesn’t count if it happened in the 80s 😂

[@liltree8382]

Listen to my Lil Pump Diss song or your kid will turn out to be gay

[@letoatreides4041]

It really doesn't lol. (gene wilder)

[@CommonCent]

Or during Halloween 😏

[@mrupsingod]

@@CommonCent with a klan member is bs

[@gammasmash1924]

@Jim Dandy We are old, because SNL hasn't been funny in a loooonnnng time.

[@soppingwetburgers6493]

Keenan losing weight ? looking good my man

[@muxisium7809]

"yes, glenn?" "you gonna get mad?"

[@HatunTashDCCIMinistries]

89 people who wore blackface in college disliked this video.

[@FantasyPNTM]

Acts17Apologetics it was the 80s!!

[@Earthad23]

What if we all just stopped being so sensitive to stupid shit ?

[@fgastelum89]

*356 people lol

[@Murderus]

It’s cool if you’re jimmy kimmel and it was just a few years ago on tv tho right? That should’ve been in this sketch lol

[@KSP30]

Exactly

[@shirleefauxx]

I LOVE Halsey's hair in this skit!!

[@pinguinobc]

I haven't heard of Halsey before (except the Admiral). New cast member?

[@30catsinacardigan22]

the al jolson joke wasn't appreciated enough

[@bryanbarnes388]

Jazz Singer (1927)

[@campbecc]

probably because most people didn't get it.

[@sgshumblecrumb6046]

Sad because it's probably a predominately white, liberal audience. They know what blackface is yet they don't know who Al Jolson is.

[@Nova_the_starcatcher]

the fact that these were probably real questions asked by people kind of hurts, but I suppose the laughter helps ease the pain

[@sabrinarandall3151]

pete davidson losing his shit in the background is my religion

[@Optimist788]

“Are you going to be mad?” = “Am I going to be held responsible?” I understand the mindset I have children 😒

[@karld884]

Jeez.... now I'm curious as to what "Blackvoice" sounds like.

[@anthonyallen5139]

Go watch Night School with Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart there’s a whole skit where the principle does black voice

[@erinthesystem9608]

Possibly the character "Frylock" on "Aqua Teen Hunger Force".. or any man who can sing R&B well?

[@seanm7539]

Phoenixx Trih I really couldn’t tell you bro

[@seanm7539]

Scott Martin I believe that’s what he meant maybe

[@gnatoelee]

You can just look up “ minstrel show” and see how we are imitated

[@ebonyhagans-greene6358]

1:56 “Who was your hero?” “Al Jolson” 💀💀💀 I don’t even know how he delivered that with a straight face 😂

[@zane4218]

I had to look it up and DEAR GOD lmao

[@MentalLiberation]

Kenan is like a teacher who has to confront his students about any upcoming problems at the college. I love it

[@Alex73154]

"I'm doing that next year!" 😂😂😂

[@CuthiePatootie]

You watch this and think, "There's no way real people are that stupid." Then you read facebook comments on any Blacface article. Jesus.

[@jango7889]

look man it was just a goof it was a joke it was 2018 it was a different time i didn't do anything wrong

[@ladyweasellou3367]

Obnoxious.... apparently people can't change, can't make mistakes.... Well, no, not true.... It depends on what end of the political spectrum your on.... That's what decides if it's a forgivable mistake or not.

[@MsSonali1980]

@@ladyweasellou3367 Oh STFU! When you have changed you hold yourself accountable, don't complain about hypothetical others.

[@zozotheclown7640]

VioletteOrdinaire YOU ARE AWESOME FOR THIS RESPONSE

[@zozotheclown7640]

LadyWeaselLou being racist is NOT a “mistake”. ESPECIALLY within the older generations in 2021. yall should know being racist is wrong. be mature and own up to your ignorance.

[@alicesrabbit7126]

2:37, the way Keenan says, "Yeah, _whaT_ ?" IDK why, but it's just so dang funny!

[@emilyrose8043]

No , not biracial I mean, one year my costume was to be both Michael Jacksons so I only did half black 😂😂

[@mba1867]

I have an anus.

[@mikerod9555]

Emily Rose "biracial" isn't even a scientific term 😂😂 humans are 100% African, 99.9% identical 💯🇺🇸 The eldest Europeans are African by tens of millions of years then Hispanics by tens of thousands of years. Hispanic African (Denisovan) dna is atleast 400k years old and the Hispanics have been in the Americas for atleast 60k years. Modern ethnicities didn't spread African depigmentation genes until 5-8k years ago 😂 "When it comes to skin color, the team found a patchwork of evolution in different places, and three separate genes that produce light skin, telling a complex story for how European’s skin evolved to be much lighter during the past 8000 years. The modern humans who came out of Africa to originally settle Europe about 40,000 years are presumed to have had dark skin, which is advantageous in sunny latitudes. And the new data confirm that about 8500 years ago, early hunter-gatherers in Spain, Luxembourg, and Hungary also had darker skin: They lacked versions of two genes-SLC24A5 and SLC45A2-that lead to depigmentation and, therefore, pale skin in Europeans today." www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/how-europeans-evolved-white-skin "You and I, in fact everyone all over the world, we’re literally African under the skin; brothers and sisters separated by a mere two thousand generations. Old-fashioned concepts of race are not only socially divisive, but scientifically wrong." "Explain that genetic evidence shows all humans are 99.9% identical and do not fall neatly into physical categories some people call races. The differences among us-like skin color and hair texture-evolved as humans adapted to different environments. They account for less than one tenth of one percent of our genetic makeup." www.nationalgeographic.org/activity/all-africans-under-the-skin/

[@prezadent1]

@@mikerod9555 Stupid isn't a scientific term either.

[@mikerod9555]

Electric Sheep brainwashed people like that don't live in reality so most will deny facts and cry lol I've talked with some of those trolls before 😎💯🇺🇸

[@straw83rry1203]

@@mikerod9555 you prove my point. You hate black so much, but yet you study so much about our culture, just so you can insult someone. Just show how much a racist person is truly miserable and insecure about themselves. 😂😂😂 which is why I don't take insult to the heart. Bullies are really insecure and insensitive miserable people. Who have no life, but to down grade other people, so they can feel smart. When all reality, they have no heart or no soul. Just a one way ticket to hell.

[@tanyajuli4145]

This shoulda been the opening sketch. Best sketch of the show!!

[@alyteima4185]

How does Kenan not have an Emmy? This man is comedic gold. His skits are one of the few things that help me smile in this dumpster fire of a society

[@amazedsatsuma]

I love the subtle reinforcement of "angry Black man" stereotype threw in the segment to show how out of touch the state representatives were 😂

[@chinmaypurohit3431]

The way Alex Moffat, creepily raises the hand when he mentions the 90s💥😂😂

[@mikemcconeghy4658]

I have been in so many meetings like this. No, not about revisiting the past. Just going over the same thing again and again when it should have been clear the first time.

[@smthnbatey]

4:06 Alex's creepy smile as he raises his hand

[@sweatpantsprincess3239]

This is actually hilarious, I keep laughing. Love the skits that do that! The timing and delivery is great.

[@lenevee4925]

The double entendre question fooled me. Good one Halsey.

[@moviescatsmargs]

A lot of times the dialogue on snl can feel really stilted and unnatural but I love the way the coversation moves in this skit

[@biglizzy1234]

When he said I’m not mad every black man in America felt that lmao

[@amai_zing]

4:06, subtle, but when Kenan asks "or the 90's...", you can see Halsey raises her hand up a little more - she knows funny

[@booklover3959]

I am laughing so hard it hurts...this gets right the intelligence level of politicians.

[@dancinwithmyself3974]

Halsey is the most beautiful state rep ever!

[@manilkasheran2934]

Nobody has ever laughed louder than at 2:57 for any SNL sketch before.

[@whitenoiseihearu4018]

If i had a dollar for every Tina Turner and thriller mj costume of the 80ds..

[@macylouwho1187]

whitenoise i hear u that was because people liked them, not to mock them though.

[@whitenoiseihearu4018]

MacyLouWho ...hahaha thank you needed the laugh...

[@Mark2756042]

And I bet you never imagined when you saw those Tina Turner and MJ Halloween costumes that future generations of pseudo-"woke" college students would decree that the choice of wearing those costumes to impersonate a contemporary pop music star was the most important and defining moment of the accused's lives! And that having worn those Tina Turner and MJ costumes 35 years ago the only act of contrition sufficient for the offense is to slink into the shadows for the rest of their lives!

[@JamesSmith-vk2ky]

@@whitenoiseihearu4018 What are you saying? The MJ & Tina Turner costumes WERE NOT mockery, they were adulation.

[@numberonedad7924]

i could've sworn halsey was about to say "not biracial, bisexual"

[@scottlarock7924]

Seriously, this is the funniest and non-breaking scene I've ever seen Pete Davidson in.

[@world2349]

Great al Jolson reference. Appreciated

[@michaelcondry1493]

You can tell no one got it. Low Jolson though

[@leonardjones3134]

That was smart!

[@abigailsalmanac]

2:23 I was watching Pete because I just knew he’d break there 😂

[@TheNeshkey]

"to be BOTH Michael Jacksons" It's over for me 🤣🤣🤣. For those who'll come have fun at my funeral: I died laughing!

[@landoFPV]

"Am I in Hell?!" LMAO

[@oskari9432]

Kenan killed it this week!

[@Shalane04]

Well I'm gonna take a 2 week Lunch break before I lose my damn mind. Lol

[@a.bookmonkey6790]

I am rarely awake for these releases and I need to sleep but they're so good

[@unlagonaisnj2181]

This looks like our debrief on cybersecurity during ransomware period lol...all of the employees clicked the drill link

[@_GK_m]

I haven't laughed that hard and often at an SNL sketch in a good while. So many hilarious punchlines, all the actors totally nailed it. Kenan is so funny in this he elevates it honestly. I wish the show was this good more consistently. Not hatin just sayin.

[@flyejeezy6350]

Pete laughing at the Black booty comment is freaking hilarious 😂

[@JeremyAnna16]

Oh Glenn🤦🏻‍♀️ 😂😂

[@pomegranteappleson1628]

😂

[@jqths1974]

Pete laughing behind Mikey is great 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bean3029]

literally my favorite snl sketch ever

[@dintaifungg]

omg that al jolson one went over everybodys head😭😭

[@jannyjanjanet]

My state is a national embarrassment! But hey, this skit was funny tho.

[@bobbierobinson6269]

Do you live in MS to?

[@TotalVeracity]

This state was a lot worse in the 80's and 90's. Michael Jackson had to fight to have his videos shown on MTV in the 80's. Even in the 90's it was hard to find black music if you did not have BET. A lot has changed. If you did things in high school and college is should not matter as much. People do a lot trying to impress others. We make mistakes when we are you and hopefully we learn from these mistakes.

[@andreadeagon2301]

You’re competing with my state now ... (North Carolina).

[@katiekane5247]

Try being a woke person in Georgia. I get being a minority, it sucks!

[@mloftin6472]

It is sad that Northam has told people he will not resign because he does not want to be knowm as a racist for the rest of his life. All governors should put their state ahead of themselves. Not going to happen though.

[@chinmaypurohit3431]

This was one of the most hilarious sketches in SNL. Especially Halsey’s and Beck’s piece.

[@1Maccmittenzz]

"I'm doing that next year" was it for me 🤣😂🤣

[@gpacman4035]

I definitely chromecast the previous nights snl every time I wake up hungover Sunday 🤴🏾blunts n laughs with scrambled eggs on the side is the recipe

[@wolffillms]

How in the heck is it that Gov. Northam got the whole media to refer to it simply as a “blackface scandal”. That’s probably the least controversial part of the entire photo. Why is it that the media refuses to focus on the fact that he thought having a black man in front of a Klansman (aka implying horrible, terroristic events) was humorous. He needs to resign immediately, so that the party can get back to it’s true message.

[@josephpalmer3210]

You're right. Blackface in and of itself is subjective depending upon if it was done in malice or done in admiration, like in a Michael Jackson way. Northam's photo standing with a KKK costumed friend (or worse, that was Northam under the hood) is reprehensible and that's what makes that photo so disgusting and worthy of resignation.

[@wolffillms]

Joseph Palmer Thank you! I definitely agree that that should be the focus of the media storm of attention that has landed on him and Virginia.

[@wacobeer6469]

I don't have a dog in this hunt ... other than the truth ... but doesn't it say something about the intent that there was BOTH an (apparently) white guy in "black face" in the same photo as a KKK hood? Doesn't sound racist to me. Sounds more satirical actually.

[@wolffillms]

Waco Beer The fact that there was a white guy in blackface and a white guy in a KKK hood behind him is exactly why I took it to be so racist and horrific.

[@wacobeer6469]

@@wolffillms Would a movie about slavery suggest to you that the actors protraying the slave-owner characters in the film were racists? And BTW we don't know if the guy in black face is actually white. That's an assumption. Again, could be satire. Probably satire.

[@5Mariner]

Even when he's playing the straightaway guy, Keenan still makes us all laugh.

[@helloitsme.5604]

Kenan always looks like he's trying not to laugh when he's yelling

[@wingxzero978]

in the 80's a character did that on the film trading places. it was the 80's

[@ATLsF1N3ST91]

George Washington wearing blackface in the back of the room the entire sketch

[@maryeunicesupremacy582]

3:34 legend has it... She won then costume contest

[@brenyatta]

Mikey Days “Black Booty” story almost made me spit into my popcorn