The Engagement - SNL

A newly engaged couple (Ryan Gosling, Chloe Fineman) shares the good news with their friends (Ego Nwodim, Andrew Dismukes).
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[@Igaveyoumyfakename]

"I am NOT a part of this." "You're the MAIN part of this." LMAO!

[@israelcm7246]

😂😅😂

[@alexgosling5550]

1000th like hehe

[@alexgosling5550]

But yeah that was funny haha

[@sheshebrad]

"And, bring $12,000. dollars with you"! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Nicolae_Mew]

Hello again, frequen SNL video commenter 👋

[@mintee119]

Ryan’s nonstop harsh whisper really sells this one

[@Fixatedwatcher]

It has to be a nod towards Harrison Ford.

[@danmaddox2849]

Lmao the whole time I was like why just doing a normal whisper? I thought he screamed too much in a previous sketch

[@Readysetgo2007]

​@@danmaddox2849 That wouldn't sound as funny though... 🙂

[@Readysetgo2007]

@@KK-111 That would feel so random. :P

[@sammyyy911]

@@KK-111thank god your not a writer

[@kellylingro3288]

Andrew's "On _Groupon?"_ is killing me

[@emu314159]

I didn't realize that was still a thing.

[@claudiaschiffer5093]

Ryan has to stop dyeing her hair

[@JRMagro]

Its barely hanging on.. which makes it even more frightening haha ​@emu314159

[@The3bros.cool-gf6fs]

"i didn't mean a word of it" lmao🤣 ryan just brings his ALL in to snl

[@tloonair]

Died lol

[@melissa8500]

When he said that the tears started streaming down my face because at that part I was just laughing so hard. Why is whispering so funny 😂

[@AnimefortheLazyman]

I know. Some people complain when the cast or stars break but I Iove it

[@francescaa8331]

Yes! So funny. He was great in every sketch, as always.

[@literallysatan4598]

Ryan Gosling is fighting for his life trying not to burst out laughing 😂😂

[@leodegas7731]

Definitely needed the hat from the open to hide his face.😂

[@lilysophiaax]

am convinced he will never be able to do an snl without laughing

[@dietotaku]

ryan gosling doesn't break... he QUACKS 4:12

[@jamiew1342]

These are the hosts I love. Theyre so into it but barely holding it together.

[@jamesjazzy8040]

I know he ruined the Show.He laughed through everything when it wasn't even funny

[@Room142]

For some reason the whispering made it so much funnier

[@commaJim]

Loud whispering is great

[@eeo1973]

How did he not hurt his voice? It hurt me to listen to it.

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

That's part of the joke

[@brandonisner5214]

​@eeo1973 First thing I thought of. I was wincing the entire time. Funny, but yes, that would have been painful.

[@chand911]

Yes. The point.

[@bobhess7036]

Ryan Gosling is such a natural on the show. He is just so very relaxed and very clearly having FUN.

[@claudiaschiffer5093]

he has to stop dyeing her hair

[@ReginaGeorgeSlay-my8fg]

And stop breaking character to laugh over lines that aren’t even funny.

[@AnimefortheLazyman]

@@ReginaGeorgeSlay-my8fgi prefer the breaking of character. To me that’s the funnest part and makes them human. Why else watch a live show?

[@ehroinng]

“I still meet with him (therapist) because I feel bad, but it’s like talking to a coconut.” I had to pause at this to wipe my tears…

[@RyanxyzMc]

"im going to leave tonight" "why are you doing this" hahaha

[@Son-of-Krypton]

You are the main part of this Brad ! I’ll see you in Turkey ! 😂

[@jdcompas]

That's the second most unexpected break of the night... the News and the nation knows #1! 😂

[@Missunderstood103]

I found a guy on GroupOn who can do facial reconstruction.....

[@marcushamilton8991]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marcushamilton8991]

@@Son-of-Krypton😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ThomasLiljeruhm]

I love how they accidentally walk on to the set too early, quickly hide, and walked out again.

[@user-xz6fy8ls3b]

ooo i wasn’t paying enough attention, do you have a time stamp any chance ?

[@justanothergaming2086]

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[@MatthewVlossak]

@@user-xz6fy8ls3b2:22

[@vern888]

@@user-xz6fy8ls3b2:23

[@kathryn7016]

around 2:20

[@Luv_my_cats]

That snort laugh Ryan did after throwing his glass was everything 😂😂😂

[@conniera]

I watched it 10x to hear if someone farted 🤣

[@StuartGarlick]

I think someone offstage got splashed with drink and shouted, "the F***?" 😄

[@JLoon824]

Yeah, I'm surprised more people aren't commenting on the offstage outburst. Who takes themselves so seriously to yell like that when they incidentally got splashed as part of the act?

[@Jay-uo5of]

“I will see you.. in Turkey.” I was in tears watching this with my dad

[@CGLiz]

Not the Jojo Siwa 😭🤣

[@rafaeljoublanc129]

The heck is a Jojo Siwa?

[@CanItAlready]

​@@rafaeljoublanc129 "Joelle Joanie "JoJo" Siwa (/ˈsiːwɑː/; born May 19, 2003) is an American singer, dancer, actress and internet personality. From 2015 to 2016, she appeared as a dancer on two seasons of the reality television show Dance Moms alongside her mother, Jessalynn Siwa. In 2017, Siwa signed to Nickelodeon and acted in various shows and films. Under Nickelodeon, she released several children’s songs and her own feature film, The J Team. She was included on Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2020." I've seen the name but I wouldn't know her if I saw her on the street.

[@thisisit3333]

I LOVE that Ryan said, “I don’t know who that is!” YESSSSS.

[@francescaa8331]

Lol. Guy tries to divert by talking about Siwa. Other guy has no idea what the heck he's talking about. That was pretty funny.

[@CGLiz]

@@rafaeljoublanc129 🤣

[@SashiCat96]

The kiss on the forehead😂😂😂

[@katehu7194]

Dismuke is a natural actor. Really wonderful and plays well with Gosling😅

[@annieduda939]

This is one of the best sketches in a while, totally feels like a classic SNL sketch

[@maildeliverysubsystemmaile9178]

100% agree! I thought the same thing! Nothing crazy or off the rails inappropriate. Just good old school humor! 😂

[@thisisit3333]

OMFG I haven’t laughed so hard in a while. This sketch was perfection. Waaaay too real. So many of my guy friends effed up like this. Yet it’s also painfully hysterical.

[@Nirndust]

I was thinking the opposite. It does not look like the OG SNL at all :/

[@nico_lerov]

Excactly my thouths!!! (Maybe it is not classic Snl sketch but it feels right)

[@possum8723]

snl. Landshark.

[@Ellzmaury1]

That random forehead kiss at the end 😂

[@unanuevapecula]

yes.... and see you in Turkey... poor Brad😊

[@Ash-yw8tn]

because that's his best friend

[@Readysetgo2007]

So cute 🙂

[@phillipbaker1950]

Priceless!

[@mainly_marvel]

oh to be brad

[@janefitch4254]

“Why would you say that, Brad??” Yeh, why Brad?!” *death stare* 😂

[@ericw8978]

Gosling is so good. "Brad" is such a difficult name to pronounce. But he nailed it! 😅. Now THAT is acting!

[@bryguy87]

Ryan is killing it! “I’m not part of this” “You’re the main part in this” 😂😂😂😂

[@lilysophiaax]

i just know his throat was hurting 😭😭

[@lls3676]

Don't forget the $12000 in cash.

[@Readysetgo2007]

​@@lls3676 Brad should write it down. 🙂

[@marianafavela8527]

I was crying in tears

[@frallan521]

"my therapist got dementia during covid" is hilarious

[@t.brooks7602]

"It's like talking to a coconut." Pure nonsense!!! 😅😅

[@therapytalk1]

i love it

[@nataliaalfonso2662]

My IRL therapist literally got a brain inflammation during CoVid. And I had to baby her and make sure she went to the doctor and got the correct neurological care. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@drewjames8594]

@@nataliaalfonso2662 The fact that this makes you cry laugh tells me you need to seek a new therapist asap.

[@nataliaalfonso2662]

@@drewjames8594 don’t you think……… the fact that my therapist…….. refused to go to the doctor for weeks… and I had to teach her that the symptoms she was experiencing might indicate brain inflammation…. All while I was in trauma therapy for the trauma of having had an infection doctors were ignoring that almost killed me a few months before….. And it turned out I was 100% right and then the therapist would log on every week to cry and ask me for help…. While her brain was inflamed and she couldn’t even keep straight anything I was telling her…. And that she wasn’t even granted a sabbatical or disability when she begged for it even though she had been trying to convince her clients before that the system is not as bad as everyone was telling her it was…. Is something to laugh cry about? Do you not think YOU might need a therapist to talk about why you weaponize therapy as an insult for people?

[@alexreid4131]

That vein popping out on the side of Ryan’s neck is it’s own character 😂

[@carlgreisheimer8701]

I like the way Ryan throws him under the Bus about prolonging the engagement.

[@kirkreid743]

Please give Ryan an Emmy for his work on SNL. This is comedy gold.

[@kayliahferrero]

they gave justin timberlake an emmy and people like ryan are paid dust...

[@whyisntitpossible404]

I think Ryan Gosling is earning enough to get by

[@frances1227]

@@kayliahferreronot really paid dust, but yes he’s definitely more deserving of one than Justin timberlake. This whole episode was gold. Even the promos were funnier than most of the other episodes

[@zedermeder]

Yesss and give one to Ayo Edebiri while you’re at it.

[@rominamarosan3567]

for what? he kept breaking character

[@JoelAnsett]

"my therapist got dementia during covid" is outrageous 😂

[@Littlething41]

But the fact he's still going because he feels bad is insane! His therapist won't remember! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Allisonthestallion]

It's like talking to a coconut is one of the wildest things I've heard in my life 😭

[@mainly_marvel]

​@@Allisonthestallion right 😭

[@rickycervantes5993]

🎉turn uup🎉😂

[@johnnymossville]

he should have added,.. just like joe.

[@prodigal71]

"Why are you doing this?" 😂😂...my favorite line!! Lose it every time 😅

[@lucygarrett9785]

The whisper sounding like a raspy voice kills me and I don’t know why 🤣

[@jonahtrejos]

"so... did you see jojo siwa changed her look?" had me dying

[@AadiKattyayan-ib1jt]

What was this refrence?

[@juliabuonincontro8617]

@@AadiKattyayan-ib1jta girl named JoJo (who grew up publicly abused on reality tv) has been desperate for attention since she started fading in relevance. She came out as allegedly gay, then faked a pregnancy, then started her own reality tv show where she abuses girls the same age she was when she was harmed on tv (some of her victims have recently spoken out against her and her mother), and in order to avoid the negative press she changed her look to dark and edgy, trying to redirect our attention again. They shouldn’t have mentioned her in this sketch. It feeds her attention meter.

[@dolphin8766]

​@@juliabuonincontro8617 I didn't hear about the ppl she abused.

[@C.k.101]

@@dolphin8766yeah it was bad, she told a disabled girl who had just gotten surgery and was bleeding out of her belly buttton to put a maxi pad over it and keep dancing.

[@user-jk4kk9di1m]

Thanks for the information 😊 ​@@juliabuonincontro8617

[@lucero3945]

Ryan is comedy gold. He is either cracking us up cause he's breaking in a scene or he is making the scene so much better and selling it!

[@francescaa8331]

He's got great timing. He's one of those guests that always makes the sketches funnier.

[@tokyodirect4594]

The whispering really made this so funny. And Ryan is cracking not because of himself, but because he is in the moment thinking of what he is putting poor Brad through and it's hard to look him in the eye. "So. Didya see Jojo Siwa changed her look?" is one of the funniest small-talk guy-banter lines ever uttered.

[@mr.ceoofdecision]

This crowd made the show even better, they brought so much energy to the show which really helps the actors!

[@annaelisavettavonnedozza9607]

100% agree!

[@May_Odaigahara]

ryan's whisper is insane in this lol love it

[@EdT.-xt6yv]

He is channeling "here is Johnny"

[@channamasala1]

I like how he brings Kenergy into everything now

[@kitcoffey7194]

Can you feel the Kenergy?

[@ryanhale1654]

My GOD you're such a nerd! "Kenergy"?! For real?! Kenergey. Wow

[@miola2083]

I ❤️ Kenergy!

[@bpal7006]

🤮

[@MrGenexxx]

@BelFun-ix5et sick of that joke maybe. Who isn't at this point? It's 2024 already. Time to move on.

[@annap.1911]

“I found a guy on Groupon” I’m dead. So good.

[@Ashka159753]

On GROUPON?! 😂 This is such a great sketch! Ryan is killing it!

[@maverickbourne2.0rph.]

😂😂😂

[@JesseBingham]

I know that it’s 1:30 AM and I’m exhausted, but Ryan’s snort break at 4:12 is the first time that I’ve ever paused a sketch because I couldn’t stop laughing out loud

[@jh9369]

I thought he farted😂😂😂

[@mothmansuperfan7513]

I thought it was a creaking chair

[@naypalm311]

That part really got me! 💀⚰

[@natalieb3766]

4:10 it sounds like someone off stage yells "THE FUCK?", which Ryan appears to be reacting to.

[@DanaJaneWriter]

​@@natalieb3766totally!

[@seffishestopal5950]

I love the panic in Ryan's voice as he said "I think I made a mistake."

[@stev6963]

This was a genuinely funny episode, filled with many great sketches. Ryan Gosling is so much fun, it’s hilarious how much he breaks doing SNL.

[@ckaydw]

This was one of the best acts. Ryan was so good at whispering . I love the look on his face. I laugh every time he whispers. 😂😂😂😂

[@carag2567]

The snort sound Ryan makes at 4:13 trying not to break is even funnier than if he had actually cracked up 😂😂😂

[@ecmirand21]

It took me 5 minutes to get past that! 😂😂😂 I can’t believe it took me this long to find this comment! I keep rewinding, and laughing harder each time. Amazing 🤌🏼

[@carag2567]

@ecmirand21 THANK YOU!!!! OMG someone else who appreciates this subtle but ridiculously hilarious moment!! 😂

[@user-kb9cu4rl9z]

I think someone yelled What the f*ck, and Ryan snorted. Too funny.

[@lempikka]

@@user-kb9cu4rl9zomg i had to play it back but you’re so right!!!😭🤣

[@kimberlyschwed622]

I thought it was a fart

[@cavecanem2826]

Gosling is such a brilliant actor he makes all of his skits great.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

Yes, but aren't great actors supposed to control their laughter? It really detracted from the surrealism and dark humor of the scene.

[@dbadagna]

@@KingoftheJuice18 Gosling apparently has no formal acting training. He calls his method of acting "escape-room style," referring to the popular activity where participants are locked in a room and given a series of clues and puzzles to solve in order to escape.

[@KingoftheJuice18]

@@dbadagna Interesting.

[@francescaa8331]

​​@@dbadagnaThat's interesting. I've heard of other actors mentioning this style, but they didn't use that term. They were not formally trained. They feel thrown into a situation in the script, and they kind of act their way out of it - towards a conclusion, using what they know about their character from the script (clues), experimenting with different ways (of using the clues).

[@erikkibler3466]

‘Escape room style’ yeah that sounds a lot better than…no formal training style.

[@MJR_ATX]

This had to be one of the best episodes in the last three decades

[@ChillWithSabi]

Ryan’s work is always astounding.

[@keremdemirayak225]

“I’m going to start a new life in Istanbul” 😂

[@ryanambrose7273]

It’s not like he can go to Constantinople #TMBG

[@bodobodo7211]

I'll see you in Turkey (whispers)

[@kaansininide8282]

@@ryanambrose7273 Yeah It's been a long time gone

[@melisaklc282]

⁠​⁠@@ryanambrose7273it’s not costantinopoli. It name is ISTANBUL

[@lafee3760]

@@ryanambrose7273now it’s İstanbul

[@vokkagirl]

the gentle kiss at the end was everything

[@organboi]

It was nothing.

[@JoeZaccaris]

That's the power of Groupon at work

[@oodell160]

The desperate hoarse whisper is chef's kiss 😂

[@SadeWithTheReceipts]

"I didn't mean a word of it". Baaahahahahahaha 😂😂

[@profmerlinpants]

"You are the main part of this, Brad" is fucking hilarious. 🤣🤣🤣

[@marcushamilton8991]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Readysetgo2007]

That one and the last lines are the best parts of the skit. 🙂 And that 12 000 hehe...

[@suchinmehrotra]

This plays out like an I Think You Should Leave sketch.

[@aberdeenstuart4410]

I mean Tim used to write for snl

[@CreativeC13]

It really does! I wish they would do more wacky stuff like this.

[@randommminator]

Shoutout to the dude at 4:11 who burst laughed and broke everyone; that champagne glass is one tough cookie!

[@rebeccaclark1018]

It sounds like Wally the card guy

[@LittleKantBoy]

Do you know what the “ah” sound right after the laughter (around 4:12) is?

[@naypalm311]

​@@LittleKantBoyRyan is trying not to laugh and he makes like a snort noise

[@loriwright848]

Brad reminds me of Alan.

[@smokejc]

that was Ryan

[@EKSATable]

Why isn't ryan a full time cast member?

[@himmura]

Gosling is great in SNL.

[@birdfluencer]

ryan struggling to whisper makes this so much better

[@_JONGFIRE]

"On GroupOn?!😂😂

[@lealmelisa]

Lol 😂😂😂 So 2010's

[@Meowzahhh]

😅 haha

[@JoeZaccaris]

@@lealmelisa the word "Groupon" takes me instantly to the early Obama years LOL

[@vcarter0723]

Ok after “I’m going to leave tonight” I just lost it, had to pause to hear it because I was laughing too loud, this was great 😂

[@mattharrelson7462]

The kiss at the end solidified it lol

[@xtalviper]

Is someone saying "THE FUCK?" at 4:11, and that's why Ryan laughs?

[@amywestlund]

I heard it as just a “Ha HA” 😂

[@DementiaAcerbus]

Searched the comments to make sure I wasn’t alone

[@edgilmartin]

Yeah, they even reacted. Something happened for sure!

[@JTnine]

Guessing the glass should've broke but who knows

[@Phoenix-gd4xw]

I think so.😂

[@igorshubovych]

I love this kind of simple sketches that goes crazier and crazier with each dialogue line

[@guaman04]

The actress who plays Harrison’s wife is simply gorgeous😍

[@toryevanss4512]

Chloe's dress is the start of this skit ❤‍🔥

[@velvetbees]

Kissing the other guy on the forehead was just the cherry on top for this skit. It was great!

[@chillones9574]

I came back for seconds, Ryan's whisper was on point, he crushed this skit. and his "ya brad, why" hahaha

[@e2theoc]

I love the way Gosling turns on him when he suggests not going on with the marriage 😂

[@cheesefactory4234]

Ryan Gosling nearly laughing made this so much funnier! 😂 The dude cannot hold in his laughter.

[@victorianovak7479]

I love when Ryan laughs during sketches. It kinda make it even funnier

[@innovations116]

Ryan was on a roll tonight ..he laughed in all his skits lol

[@pierrecusmybladdersempty1938]

His quack at 4:12 is making me wheeze uncontrollably! Truly living up to his last name there lol

[@sharonshin4574]

Ryan Gosling did an AMAZING job on SNL. ❤️😎LOVED how he kept on laughing.

[@saddozz]

The forehead kiss was a chef's kiss.

[@A.H._]

actually, it was a Ryan’s kiss im sorry, i couldn’t resist the terrible joke 🤣

[@MrSvmarinov]

You're my best friend 😂

[@jobaershovon7637]

Ryan's frequent character break in skits make them even better.

[@TiqueO6]

Sometimes it's really hard to tell if breaking makes it better or not, some of them are just a failure of good writing but others are good and are kind of ruined by breaking.

[@FeuerUngeheuer-z666z]

Wow, just when I thought the writing recently wasn't that good anymore, you killed with two great shows in a row. Thanks & cheers 🤘

[@recreatio]

"harrison, im so glad that worked out!" "i didn't mean a word of it... ill see you in turkey."

[@josevelasquez7758]

They really have improved skits this season. Jumanji and this one are best I’ve seen from snl in a while.

[@DelKidd]

Agreed!!!💯

[@adversarialxvx]

hard agree

[@samarittan9308]

You're joking

[@DMTim]

Beavis and Butthead was amazing too

[@selardohr7697]

Also George Washington sketch with Nate bargatze was so funny

[@ecekocak]

Hi from Istanbul! Love to hear a reference to my hometown. Waiting for you here, Harrison.

[@jamesalan3450]

Dismukes has really blossomed, makes every skit he is in a little bit better...

[@alextthomas]

does ryan laugh in every sketch? I love it

[@kengeorgejones6855]

Nice to see another Andrew Dismukes lead sketch. This was my favorite sketch of the episode - good buildup and ending and strong performances.

[@adversarialxvx]

snl has killed it with this episode and ryan with andrew on a skit is just the best

[@marcushamilton8991]

Ryan saying I didn’t mean a word of it, I’ll see you in Turkey and he kissed him on the forehead, and said farewell Brad you are my best friend, and then grabbed his suitcase and left is priceless 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MartinisnOlives]

Gosling seems to have so much fun doing SNL. ❤

[@RobeLifeMusic]

This sketch got crazy real quick!

[@EdT.-xt6yv]

Next: Harrison in turkey

[@jimminniehan2548]

i'd forgotten how funny Gosling is and him cracking up is so funny lord

[@user-ub5kd7vr9j]

SNL couples are always mixed raced and that's so refreshing.

[@melissafitzgerald4556]

I cannot stop watching this; it is gold from top to bottom and Ryan’s facial expressions are so good

[@ramirezproductions0826]

Ryan cracking up like a fool in a sketch will ALWAYS be one of the funniest things I’ve seen 😂

[@lw3269]

This was so unhinged and I am here for it!

[@Hannah-nm8bo]

Ryan makes everything amazing

[@EcksTheGuide]

That snort-laugh had me dying. Lol'd big time

[@Acer_Maximinus]

4:09 Dismukes flinches and Ryan just about lost it.😂

[@b-dub6865]

Now that’s the way you end a sketch!! Hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@nyurkareveronvazquez6625]

I think he laughed on each and everyone of them, I loved it so much!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Jawn..]

Going off of the fact that almost every sketch for this episode was hilarious and knowing how good gosling was last time, I wouldn’t be surprised if a lot of the writers held their best sketch ideas for this one show.

[@jonimerchant5954]

Ryan is the whole package. Funny, silly, handsome, shy, sexy, good father,

[@tyler6320]

good actor, nice hair, pretty eyes,

[@IO-_-Ol]

Charismatic. Seb from lalaland still makes me feel gay

[@jameswilliams-zr8co]

and he can play scary characters and criminals.. drive, place beyond the pines

[@adversarialxvx]

i feel like Dismukes really is becoming the mvp of current SNL lineup and Ryan is just the best host ever

[@bluxverse]

This might be the funniest SNL skit of all time.

[@SeemaKhan-jc6yn]

😂Its like Chandler going to Yemen!! Gosling is just❤❤❤

[@GenevieveKiara]

it makes it so much funnier when their trying not to burst out laughing 😭

[@user-yo3vt7ft1p]

Ryan tried so hard, but just couldn’t help it. So good.

[@laurenbendik2006]

His pained whispering in of itself is hilarious

[@_heycupcake]

Whispering is so hard I hate it 😂😂😂

[@johnbod]

This is one of their best episodes in a long time. Also dismukes is so underrated. I can't think of many other cast members that can hit the right tone for a joke as well as he can.

[@Tarantulisimo]

Ryan totally sells it with the switching back & forth -- and of course the "whisper"