SNL Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks Reaction!

[@ErisRising]

Michael Che was the main writer on this sketch, and said that it came from observing how many similarities there were between the inner city neighborhood where he grew up, where there was a lot of religion, a distrust of the government, a lot of pickup trucks, and everyone had guns, and rural white neighborhoods that featured the same things.

[@steelyspielbergo]

and the women are fat

[@TheeTwanSolo]

It's very true. I'm a black man from Kentucky. I've lived in the projects & in a rural trailer park. I've always told people that THE only difference besides skin color was simply the music.

[@setsjunk]

Because when slaves were freed, the only people black people were allowed to live next to were poor whites. So they adopted a lot of the culture of those poor white people. Which is why they are so similar.

[@hamfox9714]

Same same.

[@MiddleAgedBob]

@@TheeTwanSolothe only part of that surprises me is the pickup trucks.

[@Dave_Langer]

Fun fact, the part where Tom Hanks pulls back when Keenan went to shake his hand that was an ad lib , Keenan didn't expect it

[@TrackMaster844]

Yeah, you can tell one of the other contestants is trying hard not to laugh 😂

[@rwhirsch]

hanks is an icon

[@donv21117]

Have to remember that Tom Hanks started off doing comedic movies before drama. This takes him back to his roots

[@leeyaferguson9019]

Boosom Buddies ❤❤😂😂

[@Marcellat]

That’s true! He was HILARIOUS!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bossfan49]

Remember? That's common knowledge.

[@joemckim1183]

And Tom Hanks has hosted SNL a million times and always puts on great performances when he does.

[@joegreene7619]

@@bossfan49 You would be shocked at how many young folks have no idea.

[@jduncanandroid]

Olli hit it straight on -- the REAL divides in our country are based upon economic lines, which is why the people at the top have to stir every other pot to divide people; race, religion, sexuality, etc... anything to prevent the bottom half of this country from rising up against the top.

[@jduncanandroid]

For two good bits on this, check out George Carlin, 'similarities and differences'(especially the first 2 minutes) and 'American dream'.

[@marcussabom2696]

I mean, there are some things that are unique to each race and whatnot as far as the oppression they've had to endure, but poverty looks like poverty no matter where in the world you are.

[@theoblongbox4909]

That's partially true, but doesn't tell the full story. As the sketch shows at the very end, it goes a little deeper than that.

[@17thknight]

Bingo. MLK Jr started talking about the economic divides, shows up to a union strike and that's when he's assassinated

[@MrCvjalexander]

Bacon’s rebellion

[@darkangel_1978]

If Tom Hanks is on SNL, you know it's going to be a great one.

[@moparbabe72]

Always

[@Talenin2014]

And David S. Pumpkins is his own thanggg

[@brentadams28]

If Tom Hanks is on a flight, you know it’s going to crash.

[@bossfan49]

"That's how they get you." Should be relatable to everyone in the world.

[@Souledex]

Dangerous to assume it’s always true, cause then people can manipulate and take advantage of you just as much. But that doesn’t mean it’s its not often true.

[@gustlightfall]

Only in america.

[@Souledex]

@@gustlightfall and the even dumber response rolls in.

[@gustlightfall]

@@Souledex Oh no, the government is after me! No one is interested in you and your kinky secrets. Ah typical american obsession and paranoia.

[@0Clewi0]

And that's how they don't get me... in part because my fingertip is just not reliable.

[@jaygremillion]

This is probably one of the better skits from the last decade or so...for a wide variety of reasons.

[@GoodForYou4504]

The reason i love this skit is that i grew up in the projects in my town. We were all in the same situation.

[@JakeTheLateCreates]

Tom Hanks is such a good guy, that if you woke up tomorrow and read “Tom Hanks Slaps Nun” as a headline your first thought would be, “… Man, what did that nun DO that Tom Hanks needed to slap her?”

[@alexkaen1701]

Tom Hanks, bringing people together. We can't have too much of Tom.

[@erikahutchcraft1742]

Eeeew ….he’s one of those island boys….just eew

[@chrishodgkinson3039]

Props to writer Che and Kenan Thompson (Darnell) who nailed it.

[@nuniobinez4066]

I like Keenan. He always delivers.

[@CaraK-bw6bs]

This was a super skit! Tom Hanks grew up and went to Skyline High School in Oakland, CA I was 2 years behind him there. He was voted "class cut up" even back in 1974! Oakland gave us the best ever life lessons. Not to mention RAIDERSSS grin..

[@danmayberry1185]

Martin Crane, Archie Bunker, George Jefferson and Fred Sanford all sat in "the good chair."

[@Abri412]

As does my dad and my grandpa before him. 😁

[@tru3sk1ll]

I'm a white guy and sanford and son was the funniest show I've ever seen, we lost something in America when we stopped laughing at each other, that's how you really understand each other

[@H-Vox]

​@@tru3sk1llAgreed but I will say the Weekend Update banter between Michael Che and Colin Jost is amazing, doesn't shy away from irreverence

[@christiancampbell466]

My dad was so surprised the last time he plopped down in his chair and it exploded into pieces. We were just surprised every time it didn’t.

[@bossfan49]

The categories always crack me up. "They out here sayin'" 😂 When Keenan went to shake his hand ..😅😅😅😅

[@jrobertlysaght]

I love what you'all talked about, if you are from the same social class, you got a lot in common. A friend of mine put it like this: They put $10 on the table, and get us fighting. Because of my race I think I should have 6 and you 4. Because of your gender You think you should get 7 and me 3. And they egg us on because if we stopped fighting we'd notice.. wasn't there supposed to be $100 on this table? where'd that other 90 go? And the answer is always the ones stirring us up to fight over the $10.

[@JayBigDadyCy]

Exactly.

[@antonego9581]

its why a lot of politicians don't even bother talking about governing or policy or anything useful. they just lean into culture war crap because it gets people riled up and emotional and they go vote based on that and meanwhile everything just slowly gets worse

[@TheTm9090]

No war but class war ✊

[@CX0909]

Yeah this was something we could all laugh at. When we all have a sense of humor about ourselves it brings us all together.

[@gilmourbrown185]

Very important point raised relating to the unifying nature of 'class', it's the system that maintains and propagates the divisions in society, loved the sketch (-:

[@McLeod2022]

all in... im a old white bread middle 'merican. ... i think we just need to break bread together, ten minutes together... needed this and love it.

[@slyguythreeonetwonine3172]

This sketch is probably one of the best moments in SNL. I so hoped it might be a start to showing each other we aren't different at all. It took longer for the message to be heard than I would have liked, but it's being heard, and that's really what's important. Kinda of a shame they went back to the same old slop afterwards, but it was great in the moment.

[@iiitzHimmy]

The part where Tom raises his hands like he’s afraid was completely improvised and not in the original script.

[@winterlady10281]

That skit is hilarious. ❤😂 And Corey has it right about how much we have in common.

[@boblozaintherealworld3577]

no divisions here. I grew up as mexican-american in LA. this skit brings us together. let's all stop being so defensive and just LOL.

[@truthseeker12523]

"Not a damn thing" 😂

[@caseyrogers573]

Nice little reminder of class solidarity. Very cool.

[@KyleHarrisonRedacted]

White Canadian here, grew up with not much to our names all up and down British Columbia. We also had “the good chair”, “oven heat”, “car tape”, down/upstairs neighbors hitting the ceiling/stomping the floor cause the only rent I could afford isn’t in the best of neighborhoods, “my mechanic friend” who’ll do near anything for a flat of beer and some smokes, like all of this stuff in the Black Jeopardy sketches is super relatable to me and it makes me laugh my ass off. I’ve had to scrimp, claw, and sacrifice much of myself to crawl out of the poverty line, but let me tell ya, this province man.. this province goes out of its way to render whatever gains I attain mean nearly nothing by the time I get it. It can be depressing, so my mom taught me to look back on it all, and laugh at it. Because it’s all so ridiculous. And you better believe now that I’ve finally become a homeowner at nearly 40, one of the first things my wife and I agreed on was which one was the “packet drawer” ;)

[@Charles2112pp]

I've seen different people react to this sketch and this is the first time I saw anyone give the good chair the attention it deserves. Respect.

[@rebeccao8895]

Oh yeah. When Dad’s in the house ain’t nobody sitting in his chair except for him!

[@johnmckinnon420]

We have a miscellaneous drawer. Holding various packets, twist ties, fast-food straws and many other items we'll never need, unless we throw it away.

[@kristin1533]

My mom used to call ours the "junk drawer."

[@rosemanos5123]

Don't throw it away. You may need it some day.

[@johncalhoun916]

I have lived with multiple cultures, everyone has a misc drawer. It is necessity of life and living.

[@grimmmetals5290]

I actually reach in there for the taco bell fire sauce packets but I'm pretty sure there are some soy sauce packets in there older than me 😂🤣If you need soy sauce after the apocalypse go visit your local hood or trailer park 💁‍♂

[@christianmarler2253]

That is a really good point that Olli made. Not all black people are the same, not all white people are the same, but some black folks have things in common with some white folks, and other white folks have things in common with other black folks. It seems like Olli is right that the real divisions in society are on more economic lines and not as many racial ones.

[@robling1937]

There are actually multiple of these and they are all hilarious.

[@staceycromer1172]

This is becoming one of my favorites channels. Awesome reaction as usual. Look forward to your new content gentlemen.

[@patriciadavis1393]

As soon as I saw the title I clicked because I've seen this many times and Tom Hanks is amazing in it😅😅😅

[@Raven5150]

No matter how much money you have your kitchen still has a packet dwar

[@n.ayisha]

i'm still trying to figure out why everybody has a bunch of those silver ramen flavor packets in their junk drawer. what happened to all the noodles?

[@moparbabe72]

Junk drawer is what I call it lol

[@rosemanos5123]

Exactly. We save all that stuff.

[@wahn10]

This is true. We have one. Isn't that what drawers are for?

[@patriciadavis1393]

I could watch this over and over again and it's not easy to do and Tom was so believable😅😅😅😅

[@TheDivayenta]

Brilliant! Leslie Jones cracks me up. Next up- Black Jeopardy with Chadwick Bozeman as T’Cholla!😂😂😂 Thanks for doing Tom’s! ❤❤❤ Yes- Darryl Hammond was the very saucy Sean Connery on Celebrity Jeopardy. 😂 Will Ferrell is hilarious on “ More Cowbell”. A must watch!

[@bossfan49]

The bland potato salad!

[@DandreaMBrady]

I totally agree! Chadwick’s skit as T’Challa in Black Jeopardy was good. But, the Tom Hanks’ one was the funniest one I have ever seen. It was shockingly funny and thought provoking. It was so to the point. One of the best skits from the series!!! Tom Hanks has always been my favorite actor!!!

[@katherinemcintosh7247]

Oh, the one with Chadwick Boseman is THE BEST! He was such a talent. I don’t know how he did that without laughing.❤️

[@StenyGaming]

When I saw this as a white man I recalled the time me and my best friend, also white, realized we were black.😉 We went into a grocery store at 2 in the morning and came out with fried chicken, crystal hot sauce and orange soda. This may seem racist but it's the opposite. Who doesn't like fried chicken, hot sauce and orange soda. We are not black but why is this a racist trope. Not saying that we have any idea what it feels like to be from black ancestors but when you're 20 years old, it's a bit of a wake up call. Love this sketch.

[@katherinemcintosh7247]

One of my favorite all time sketches…and I have been watching since 1975…I was a 5 year old that year, have always had sleeping problems, used to sneak when my folks were watching SNL.

[@shwicaz]

This never fails to make me laugh. Watching you all laugh your butts off makes me laugh even harder. I adore you men. Thanks for the chuckle. Enjoy the day.

[@texasfall6644]

The best I've seen in years is a skit called "Close Encounters" with Kate McKinnon. Imagine if Cecil's kids got abducted by aliens. 😂

[@barbarahallowell2613]

She's Sturdy 😂😂😂

[@im-gi2pg]

I’ve watched this a million times and this was the first time I heard “the sound of the broom 🧹 hitting the ceiling…” I just moved into an expensive gentrified old apartment and I can’t tiptoe across the livingroom floor from 10pm to 7am without the lady in the studio below me banging on her wall.😫😫😫

[@marcussabom2696]

Get her some noise cancellation headphones, it is impossible to not make noise when you're the upstairs neighbor. My heart goes out to you.

[@adampare8088]

Good reaction. You people are funny. Am I allowed to say that?!

[@bossfan49]

You can, my bah-rutha.

[@robjohnson5872]

We'll let this one slide

[@pollypocket2282]

Thank you for this… Doug reminds me soooo much of my Uncle David, may he rest in peace.

[@lindahammer-c9s]

The SNL skit was funny as hell , and this reaction video just put the icing on the cake!! I look forward too your next video!!

[@3generboiler]

You’re right .. we collectively have a lot in common.. same creator, built the same from inside out. Thanks for doing

[@black64ford]

I've seen this skit a few times and laughed my butt off, but your reactions made a new experience! Thanks guys!

[@MrBarryb505050]

Tom Hanks pulled that off

[@bossfan49]

Olli laughing like he's been through a roll or two of Car Tape in hard times. 😀

[@JayBigDadyCy]

The car tape kills me 😂😂😂😂 living in south Florida i see taped up car windows every damn day lol

[@scottjohnston3098]

....and...Doug my packet drawer is just a baggie in the fridge.

[@greywoolf6405]

When we focus on the differences we unfortunately forget everything we have in common in this human experience.

[@jarod1701]

okay

[@alceraulo8434]

You guys are great. 😂

[@steveo2737]

I cannot agree more. We are so much alike it is crazy. My family is a tapestry of different races, colors and creeds. If people stopped for a moment while we are being divided, we all want to help each other out when necessary, to help take care of homeless people, bring prosperity to our families and generations after and love one another we'd realize that the enemy is within. There are those that profit so much from the division that they created. Loved your reaction to this one. Glad I was able to stop by and share a laugh with you.

[@thisisitreactions]

Thanks for watching and speaking those words of truth

[@svtinker]

Car tape!🤣🤣🤣

[@dougpool4730]

Thanks for the laugh guys. This old fool needed it.👍👍👍

[@conhighway]

Your reactions are spot on.

[@tracyabbott3373]

Sooo true!!!!! Love you guys!

[@danielhead8123]

Shows how great Tom is as an actor

[@injunsun]

My car window, no tape. I did the pieces of cardboard wedged down in, so it could not fall on its own, tryin' to make it look like it was straight. But no. Meanwhile, when I had good windows, I had mo-fos bust in my sh*t during the rain, goin' through my dash and shiz like I got treasure up in there. The one damn window they broke that one time cost more than the f-ing after market stereo with a cassette thing bitch stole! Dayam! I liked y'all's show. Thanks for being you.

[@1978Calamity]

Kenan Thompson is hilarious.

[@MississippiPickers]

Jimmy fixed my refrigerator, my air conditioner and my cat 🤣🤣🤣

[@karenj3611]

Classic SNL skit! One of the best

[@moparbabe72]

This sketch was brilliant

[@LynnSexton-e2x]

We are all more alike than different. My dad sat in the good chair. And always got the first chicken breast! 🐔

[@BlackTalonGaming]

Haha I never noticed Leslie almost broke when Tom did the handshake bit.

[@keile513]

The White Black Supremacist with Dave Chappell ❤ Please review that incredible performance 😂

[@TheDivayenta]

Yes!! “ Did he say we were n-words? AWESOME!”😂😂

[@squarewave808]

11:30 - I had to do that exact same thing on my car window when I was in my early twenties and broke af. Eventually I figured out how to replace the window regulator, but until then there was a bunch of duct tape on my window.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

The Black Jeopardy with Chadwick Boseman in character as The Black Panther is also hilarious!

[@kanesha821]

Enjoyed this! This just appeared in my feed, so I clicked. Then I saw Corey! HEY COREY!

[@Rogers_Ranger]

omg this shit is hilarious, well done

[@jbridge7962]

This was an instant classic, i grew up poor, and i kept tape in my toolbox

[@n.ayisha]

my ex's dad had the best 'good chair' ever. i used to fall asleep soon as i sat down.

[@ClydeTheGlide-bn8mf]

Hell of a skit big ups to that whole cast staff and writers standing O. UniteOrDie

[@Thatgirl1973]

LMAO! That's my window right now! Not to mention its control panel has been hanging on by the wire harness for...I honestly don't even know. 😂🤣

[@skeletor7366]

We need more skits like this one.

[@JackW467]

She called it a "Packing Drawer", & we always called it a Junk Drawer, (ours was by the kitchen sink)

[@randychampion184]

I love that the reacting goes way past the end of the video being reacted to...good job guys

[@art3mis290]

Wonderful to start my day with a good belly laugh! Tears rolling down my face, thank you fella for your reaction!

[@DaveKramer]

Okay. Even before anything happens .. "You can do with this, or you can do with that!"

[@rolandosarabia810]

❤😂😂 Thank you guys 😅

[@mikeoh712]

One of the all time funniest skits ever 😂😂

[@JoelMcEntyre]

When the lights go off we’re all the same for the most part.

[@maxr4448]

Priceless!!!

[@EccentricAuntWanda1]

Important stuff. Loved the reaction.

[@tugsman5]

This is one of my all time favorite sketches. lmfao Reminds me of the Lowder with Crowder street interviews "Black and White on the Gray Issues." Allot more similarities than people think.

[@mikesmyth8139]

Fundamentally we are all pretty much the same. Great reaction to a great skit. Subscribing to you guys.

[@Nickel138]

It’s true. You can listen to Chris Rock, George Lopez, and Jeff Foxworthy and relate to all of their stand up if you were poor. On a serious note, if you solved our differences in race, nationality, religion, etc. There will always be a difference in classism and that scares the shit out of the ruling class. That’s why they peddle fear and division. They don’t want us united over class because they are greatly outnumbered. Anyway, great skit. Also, the ongoing joke with this sketch is that the white people on Black Jeopardy always have the worst answers. Any other character is the same. They switched it up on this and it was the whitest person you can think of. 😂😂😂

[@kelly9876]

that was why Fred Hampton was so "dangerous" to the powers that be - he was reaching out to Black, Hispanic and white groups in Chicago on the issues which should unite the poor and middle classes.

[@Nickel138]

@@kelly9876 Exactly! Well said. Same thing with all our great leaders who were giving power to the people.

[@sst3d]

Shout out for saying “it’s all the same shit..”

[@ParkAdventureFinds]

I've had my good chair for 20 years. I bought it on sale, because it was the floor model and the last one left. Best purchase I've ever made. It has no cracks in the leather, after all this time. I've babied that chair. My son's grandparents come over, guess where the grandfather sits. In my chair. I get a little triggered, but I let it slide. They've been in wars and I have to give respect. My lady has had her leather couch (throne for her) for 17 years. No cracks. Matches my chair. Also, this is one of the best SNL skits ever.

[@StanSwan]

I grew up a white kid in the 1970s in an all white area. I was in my teens when we moved to a city where there were people different than me. It was not so much about skin color but people who saw the world different, had different ways of thinking, and even different senses of humor. Glad my parents took me out of that boring all white town. Met so many great friends and learned so much about the world. I never learned anything from someone who agrees with me all the time. I see that in the worst kind of politics today.

[@mayorstoner3459]

Take the media out, we would all be friends. Well, most of us anyway.

[@aljoseph7304]

You might want to watch Rolls Royce blowout with Randy Quade. Living in Oregon this 1 hit home.1 of my favorite skits.

[@gazpacho1234]

You guys might like this 1993-1996 British comedy starring Black-British comedian Lenny Henry as a top Chef, and his and his restaurant staff and wife's hilarious adventures: black male: kzbin.info/aero/PLB32A14286F5B026F

[@sb7984]

Love the big chair joke! That's right "You get your young ass up!" Just like" Turn the heat up Grandma's cold!" Meanwhile you're so hot you're dizzy. But it's the right way act!

[@Heritage367]

The people at the top need the people at the bottom to keep fighting; otherwise, we might realize we have a common enemy, and turn on *them*.

[@KayentaMoenkopi]

Life without my 500 mph tape is not worth living. :D

[@PraxisPeabody]

Comedy. Are we talking about my man from "Big". 😂

[@wvu05]

At my office a few years ago, someone found an online quiz called How Ghetto Are You? To their great surprise, two of the people who scored the highest were me (a white man from rural WV) and a white woman from rural central PA.

[@harutogames9204]

Tom hanks is an amazing improve actor i swear 😂

[@Lawman212]

Fenom202 with the Sean Connery cut! That was the viral episode before Tom Hanks.