Today Show: Hoedown - Saturday Night Live

[@rickrudd]

"I went to journalism school." She killed it as Hoda. That was hilarious.

[@brandonisner5214]

It's a great line. And yes, she was awesome with this role.

[@mikepluma7896]

That wasn't Hoda?!?!?

[@jasonmenke7423]

@@mikepluma7896 I thought the same thing. She played Hoda perfectly!!

[@Amy-dv7rg]

"Momma loves the grape!" hahaha best part

[@danielmcgraw2327]

Wow Michaela really is the best Hoda. The subtle facial expressions are perfect

[@rickdeckard3692]

Indeed

[@umy8222]

"How is she okay from that?" xD

[@subhraroy3069]

+Umy Nei "how did she not die" lol

[@iambluegossip]

funniest part

[@bertoandon9681]

I bet she teamed up with the light guys.

[@nora4981]

It’s so hilarious how Kathy hates this impersonation of her

[@akumayoxiruma]

That's because it is more famous than her.

[@carlsaganlives6086]

What also makes it even funnier is everyone bringing attention to it, asking her opinion, etc. Ya can't see her now any other way! Lol!

[@luciferrising4705]

This isn't really her?

[@mattjames7718]

I live for it, because it's so true

[@m.e.d.7997]

Honda takes them like a champ.

[@gustav4539]

The one playing Hoda is a crazy good actress.

[@canaisyoung3601]

That is Michaela Watkins. She's one of SNL's shortest-lived cast members. She was only on the show for 16 episodes (which was most of season 34).

[@mrbransformer4184]

Susan lucci

[@TamaraKane]

She's great on New Girl also, as Schmidt's fed up workaholic boss.

[@i-work-at-enron]

Love the random audience member that got excited about the Snuggie

[@Tetiktetik]

Michaela Watkins was the best Hoda. She has perfect synch and camaraderie with Kristan Wiig's Kathie Lee

[@damianmarcusmigueloz537]

yeah I agree. This actually didn't look like a skit but like the real thing. I still love Jenny though haha.

[@TheFaro2011]

Tetiktetik see I didn't know who hoda was,I actually thought she was the real one .. .

[@Sean-ll5cm]

it's freakishly good

[@7Zsta]

Jenny Slate 😍

[@danielsark4118]

Exactly

[@mmartinized]

The greatest casting injustice in the history of SNL is that Michaela Watkins was not allowed to continue beyond 15 episodes. She instantly meshed with the cast and created memorable characters.

[@leojbramble]

Wow, I did not even recognize her. Didn't know she'd had a short stint on SNL...

[@rrrusty49]

I know! Love her, esp. on The New Adventures of Old Christine. ❤️ 😆 🥰

[@TamaraKane]

I love her on New Girl, too. She's hilarious!

[@A.Green55]

"I went to journalism school" 😂😂

[@parryyotter]

No you didn’t

[@jeeepiswww]

Michaela Watkins is so talented. No other cast member could do Hoda the way she did... Sad that she was let go early..

[@laurentkelly150]

Agreed, these two had brilliant chemistry in these skits. Watkins was the perfect straight man (woman) to Kristen's brilliant off the wall imitation.

[@papillon6122]

Jānis Vīksne

[@lamb4life327]

Bradley Cooper got lost in this

[@lunetothemoon]

Jānis Vīksne totally agree

[@frostinter5316]

These 2 were amazing in these skits.

[@heyaaa3506]

When Kristin said "we got a hoe down" Bradley was so entertained :)))

[@jamesrideout123]

Kiirsten Wiig works really well with Michaela Watkins. "I went to journalism school".. "no you didn't" LOL

[@melodiefrances3898]

Michaela's Hoda is also brilliant. Watch the expressions on her face 😂😂😂

[@attackdmgcupcakeoce2515]

"As you all know i did a three episode arc on thats so raven" LOLOL

[@modarXmodar]

Kristin Wiig deserves an Oscar

[@rosierosy4525]

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[@informationbubble2844]

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[@julesg.3562]

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[@roberttrail7013]

It would be an Emmy.

[@justsayin3390]

I think you mean an EMMY.

[@carstenkollmann717]

Every day I discover a new Kristen Wiig character. Unbelievable.

[@SarahEA1]

Same

[@knifesedge4061]

Some of the best timed dialogues in comedy history . Brilliant work!!

[@f3nrir_]

"how does she not die" that agony in her voice

[@Josh-nh6yd]

I was NOT expecting to see Bradley Cooper do this but I love it 🤣

[@tobiasvilainnewman3569]

I love how everything goes silent when Kristen says “Damn right I’ve had a lot of coffee”. Amazing timing there.

[@nhyle4947]

"Someone get me a sandwich" LMAO XD

[@gcc4426]

loooool... kristen wiig. that "Gilly" move at 5:38 always gets me. hahaha

[@amg2713]

This duo is a phenomenon! I'm laughing my ass off hahahahaha. They are like another level of acting it feels so real, love them both!

[@laurentkelly150]

I really wish these two actresses would do a movie together, amazing chemistry.

[@peteradaniel]

Wow. Bradley Cooper really is an excellent actor.

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Yes, but remember his first passion is analysis and critique of the nuances of runway etiquette/presentation/style, so he really shines here, Al.

[@DomItDown]

@dsd gds 🤣🤣

[@sharontrujillo7793]

@@carlsaganlives6086 ....💜

[@IfanBarber]

Michaela Watkins was the best Hoda, they let her go too soon.

[@Ohhimark100]

I agree.

[@rupiter2008]

How many Hodas were there?

[@Trancer006]

Why did they let her go?

[@ilonildea7930]

eah why ?

[@ophthodoc]

It was a Lorne Michaels decision. Hard to figure why.

[@dr.biscuits]

Utterly brilliant...Kristen is incredible....but the skit ONLY works because the straight lady, Michaela Watkins is absolutely brilliant too.....laughed so hard at this...the timing and quips are exceptional.

[@iamwtl]

Wiigs impression on Kathy is just AMAZING!!! Spot on, people, spot on!!!

[@imresplamming7795]

"Hoda's down, we got a Hoedown" lmao

[@TheFaro2011]

you got to "light white right" that was the best line ever!!!!

[@rodrigoc.4968]

"Mi so ho ho" 🙏

[@NjorunsDream]

“That’s… 🙄 not surprising” hahaha 😂

[@Apero1Spritz]

@4:51"L:ook, I'm Kate Moss. Somebody get me a sandwich." LMAO

[@kernow9324]

I'm a Brit and loved her attempt at a British accent.

[@a90skid53]

So accurate 😂

[@MissFawlty]

Michaela Watkins is fantastic!

[@vatzjr]

Wiig and Watkins' chemistry is magical.

[@AcademyAwardsPerson]

1:35 - I like how she tries to disguise her laugh with a Hoda smile.

[@evaonyoutube999]

It's 2020, i'm only now discovering Kristen Wiig, and i'm having SO MUCH FUN. She's brilliant.

[@alansalgado2740]

Watch everything with her and Bill Hader. Or the Californians, with Bill Hader and Fred Armisten. It’s glorious.

[@RunawayPancake1]

Watch everything she's in. She's easily in the top five of SNL's all-time best cast members imo.

[@ablachraibi95]

@@alansalgado2740 fred , bill and Kristen are the golden trio

[@jackdavids2723]

I discovered her in the 2000s so ....., i’m best friends with her and a tomato so .....

[@osalas36]

@@jackdavids2723 I actually discovered her before before the 2000s..so..before the big bang so before there was even any time...so....and I'm bester friends her we have a blood pact together that we did after eating tomatoes...so...

[@crumbsies]

Michaela Watkins is just brilliant 😂 “seriously, how did she not die?” 😂😂

[@parryyotter]

She was expressing her disappointment 😂

[@user-yi9yh6rz2e]

i seriously sometimes forget that its kristen and not kathie lee

[@2008babyella]

Omg the level of chaos is hilarious 😅

[@breejean7705]

Kristen does the 'silly, attempting to seem down-to-earth' tv host so incredibly well.

[@tigergreg8]

Even after all these years, this stuff is hilarious.

[@zenithquasar9623]

I love her quite laugh and the face she pulls!

[@richardscottmusic1]

I thought I was going to have a stroke I laughed so hard at this. Just when I thought I couldn't take anymore, Kathie Lee is nailed by a light fixture!! Omg, so funny!

[@JoDee172]

They all deserve awards for this, all three delivered their roles for the skit perfectedly

[@kellysworld100]

Kristen ALWAYS makes me laugh!

[@demonitized6208]

Yes kristen is good but Michaela just bring a new level of realism. Microexpressions and stuff

[@johrathbun]

Ya always need a straight guy to play off against, and Michaela did a great job!

[@Yui-zb8fm]

That's why the whole skit works fantastic Kirsten is one step beyond but Michaela is so real you really think the whole show is real.

[@Ransomhandsome]

Absolutely! Wiig is so wonderfully over the top that the woman playing Hoda Kotb almost gets lost. Her performance is absolutely brilliant.

[@vicinvesta8349]

Almost feels like deep fake, it is so good. Kirsten, on the other hand, is overplaying it a bit, IMO.

[@offbeat65]

@@vicinvesta8349 - That is to suggest that the real-life person is a buffoon.

[@devhappy9584]

It scary that this sketch feels like a real tv show, omg

[@sergiolobato1798]

This is my favorite Kristen Wiig character! I wonder who writes for her Kathy Lee bits?

[@kalishakta]

They used actual dialogue from the real show...

[@eli3568]

@@kalishakta I need to see the real footage they took this from! lol

[@SubTropicSam]

This is so much better than SNL today

[@johnball8758]

People have been saying that for 40 years. SNL has always been hit or miss.

[@artvandelay48]

4:52 Kristen’s dancing kills me every single time I watch this. And I come back to this often. Gets me every time 😂😂

[@ourtime-downhere6931]

Michaela really nails it in this role

[@jondunmore4268]

4:05 -- as soon as Bradley Cooper appeared, I lost it. That look! Whoever put that look together deserves an Emmy. *And what was that walk* - ???!! "Sigajoo sigajoo - SCRATCH - sigajoo sigajoo sigajoo..." 🤣🤣🤣 Just - speechless!😶

[@veejonesify]

‘I went to journalism school…’ ‘No, you didn’t. No, you didn’t!’

[@paulcooper8818]

Brilliant sketch. Michaela's naturalistic Hoda reactions to Kristen's over the top Kathy Lee is hilarious. Everybody knows their lines and nobody looks like their obviously reading off of cue cards

[@johnball8758]

who is kathy lee johnson?

[@paulcooper8818]

@@johnball8758 I dunno

[@emilyclarke2780]

Michaela Watkins will always be the best Hoda, she’s so underrated

[@GabrielRamirez-oc4iw]

"If you had a man in your life ho down" 😅😅Wiig is everything

[@admiralcrunch4731]

I like that Kristin Wiig holds onto Michaela Watkins arm at 4:38. It makes me think the actresses are good friends in real life. :)

[@thatgeminiankid]

I was soooo shocked when Bradley entered in his get up !! 😂😂😂

[@aaccrr78]

Every time Kathie Lee gets butthurt and pissy when someone brings up the SNL impression on the real Today Show it just makes the sketches that much more hysterical lol

[@jshepard152]

Absolutely. It's hilarious how offended she was.

[@ashleigh677]

We’ve all had a friend like Kathie that really knows how to push buttons while being completely in the dark about it.

[@ernstjohannes37]

Michaela watkins is SO good in these

[@kevins6114]

When I’m having a bad day, I watch this skit. I always laugh my a** off.

[@danuk2136]

"The scoop?? Ay ay matey yo ho hoda and a bottle of ruuaaamm!"

[@black76561]

I’m seeing Bradley in a whole new light 😂😂😂

[@luciferrising4705]

A light white right. I'm high as a kite!

[@hakimitus]

OMG - when the light suddenly - LOL - I haven't laughed so hard at an SNL sketch in a long time! OMG my stomach hurts!

[@rajeevsowale1706]

I just love the faces and expressions Kristen makes... love her

[@AlbertWeijers]

This is the best Hoda, she keeps her smiles.

[@partyisntoverr]

I just lost it when the light fell on "Kathie", and feel a little ashamed of it😄

[@oscarfun100]

Poor Hoda. She planned that accident. It didn't work. :(

[@TheTimer1337]

I think the lighting guys had enough of her :D

[@factsoverfiction7826]

@@TheTimer1337 Agree: That was skilled labor, for sure. 🎇

[@elvisperri2717]

she is incredible!!!

[@thesprawl2361]

I love the way Wiig slips in a kind of Popeye face into her chuckling/mugging

[@nopenotes]

Michaela Watkins so underrated.. I hope we see her on SNL again.

[@Julie-wr8dj]

She’s done quite a few independent movies- she’s definitely a working actor now.

[@nopenotes]

@@Julie-wr8dj yes I think I’ve seen her in a show a few years back. She’s so likable.

[@jondunmore4268]

She got that MILF energy.

[@quinnaddison420]

I’m so glad she’s been working so steadily. She’s definitely a fantastic film actress.

[@CatherineAKennedy]

What's even more hilarious is Kathie Lee 'reacting' to Kristen doing her... omg - far too funny ... I thought it was over exaggerated until I took a look at the way Kathy Lee carries on and also the way she treats Hoda - spot on...

[@antred11]

These 2 are amazing together. I'm not even into SNL that much, but I could watch hours of this. :D

[@chrisrobinson5874]

😂😂😂😂😂At 2:41 when she motions being strangled ... I’m done folks

[@PrepSail]

She is so incredibly talented. What a gift to the art.

[@MR8M]

I have watched this so many times :D

[@harmonic4play597]

Kristen Wiggs is a Stainless Talent, I Just can't Stop Watching Her Change Expressions Every Second, She's a Top Class Performer

[@KrytenKoro]

STIJ SWHCEESS TCP?

[@draggindrugin]

Bradley's legs are damn good. they looks even better then Wiig's and Watkins'

[@Biggy4891]

I miss Kristen.

[@PalmurcioWorld]

Everyone miss Kristen :(...

[@mikeyd946]

Mama loves the grape 🥴

[@No2Troy]

" We got a hoe down!"

[@midnajanedoe]

one of fav charactr Kathie Lee G. in the house!

[@monica-elena2201]

She has a great comedic timing!!! Kristen, you're great!

[@chelleglenney156]

Makes Kathie Lee mad means it's dead on. 😂

[@slappymcslapster8845]

"white wine walking....mama loves the grape!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Synochra]

Kristen is insanely good at this

[@bnpzarie9511]

"What IT IS IS IT'S basically a blanket with sleeves". Quality tv.

[@vicinvesta8349]

This one is absolutely classic. Worthy to be mentioned with Chippendales audition, living in a van down by the river, or need more cowbells. Michaela is killing it as Hoda.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

I'd happily erase all those Farley sketches, he was absolute garbage. Fat, loud and never, ever funny.

[@ZeroFortyFive]

4:51 "Scooby-Doo" LOL!

[@IggyLazarevic]

"Me so ho-ho".

[@khalifajohnson2280]

I never understood why my family members hated her (Kathy lee) and NOW I DO 🤣Kristen did a great job lol my momma used to be like idk how Hoda doesn’t slap her 🙃🤣😩

[@twilightblue8566]

OMG was that Bradley Cooper?? He was so funny. This is my favorite SNL Kathie Lee/Hoda skit. LOL We gotta Ho down. Kathie lee had this played over and over again on Today the next morning. She loved watching the Hoda character crash to the ground. Was the falling light fixture an accident?

[@da96103]

All the Today Show SNL segments looked more organic than the usual sketches that you actually believe that you are watching the Today show.

[@diegocastrolizarazo2749]

Michaela Watkins was so underrated. She was perfect for this.

[@morganm1797]

Kristen Wiig is the funniest😅 she impersonated kathy-Lee perfect hahahahahaha

[@raindropsneverfall]

I have a feeling that Bradley actually dances like that when he's drunk :p

[@canaisyoung3601]

Bradley's been a recovering alcoholic since he was 29.

[@carlsaganlives6086]

@@canaisyoung3601 THAT explains his passion for the nuances of runway style.

[@007nadineL]

He is gay ilr

[@scj7408]

@@007nadineL cap asf

[@VirenderSingh96]

Momma loves the GRAPE HAHAHAHAHAHAA