Top 20 SNL Sketches of the Century (So Far)

Live from KZbin, it's the best "SNL" sketches of the century so far! Our countdown includes “Election Night," “Lazy Sunday,” “Haunted Elevator (ft. David S. Pumpkins),” and more! What's YOUR favorite "SNL" sketch of the century? Let us know in the comments!
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[@WatchMojo]

What's YOUR favorite "SNL" sketch of the century? Let us know in the comments!

[@bradcoreshhockeymon4888]

celebrity jeopardy

[@r_gmc7222]

Second comment

[@MrRonald327]

The Californians: Stuart’s Dad.

[@Blaqsnake]

This needs a part two

[@Jman417]

More cowbell please!!

[@Jkev24]

Career Day is probably one of the greatest sketches of all time. Driver was so damn good in it.

[@linziRyan1965]

Because he’s fucking amazing

[@jp_wilson]

I mean, there are like 5 career day sketches but I think everybody does know what you mean

[@jnielsen90]

I thought when he hosted it would be really lame too......I did a total 180 by the end of the episode

[@daisygutierrez_7123]

My favorite SNL sketches are the two employees who think they are getting fired and they begin to tell the other workers what they hate about them 🤣😂

[@tmbline]

That's my favorite too! Cecily and Bobby were too funny!

[@dougy_dawg]

Oh my gosh I also love how many of them there are, and I love the way they say BITCH all the time! Iconic 🤣

[@troublemakerbros4267]

@@dougy_dawg "Cause you were put on this earth to be a *biiieeetttttchhhh* " LOLOL

[@queerym87]

"What's up with that" should NOT work as well as it does. But, damn, Keenan makes it like new with every "ooooo wee!"

[@santiagocarretero2825]

And Jason Sudeikis dancing in a red tracksuit

[@loreleimarivaine6241]

I’m at Honorable mentions, so if number 1 isn’t Stefon and Seth’s wedding I demand a recount.

[@mohammadabdulfarooqi3068]

Which one?

[@bluepower1177]

I’m guessing van down by the river

[@bluepower1177]

Oh it’s of the century so far. Never mind 😂

[@jimbedard1996]

Too much Saturday night live!

[@jimbedard1996]

WHA no you have no reason to believe that it would happen

[@thelegendinhisownmind7038]

One of my favorite SNL skits, from this century, would have to be the puppet class sketches where Bill Hader plays a Vietnam vet named Tony, who creates an exact puppet replica of himself, so that he can use the puppet as an outlet to tell his ghastly war stories to the other puppet class members. I can't remember if Seth Mcfarlane is in all of them or not, but the original one, where he's the instructor, is probably my favorite. I wish it was included in the top 10.

[@danielhamilton1130]

I was expecting that one to be top 6

[@youfuckinknowit]

That is one of the best, for sure. I love showing that to people who haven’t seen it.

[@TheDUDERulez1]

MacFarlane is only in the first one.

[@linziRyan1965]

The puppet class is amazing

[@johnchvatal2451]

Don't know how "Debbie Downer at Disney" and "Dear Sister" didn't make the list

[@luke.2005]

There is too many good SNL’s for one list my favourite is bank breakers I think it’s really underrated

[@joshconnell8797]

Dear sister is goated

[@oliverk.8312]

MMM WHATCHA SAY

[@marcusabston6365]

What about Black Jeopardy with Chadwick Boseman? That was hilarious.

[@EqualityforFlatbush]

EXACTLY ! Amazing sketch

[@midnightfury4584]

“In the face!”

[@BGvibes115]

EXACTLY they totally dropped the ball

[@kristinzorn9522]

One of my Top Faves!

[@BubblesTheBard]

"I wanna be you when I grow up!" "AND SO YOU SHALL!"

[@brianv1372]

You teased us with “Debbie Downer” at the beginning of the video but left it out of the countdown entirely? What’s up with that?!

[@WatchMojo]

Sorry, we try to tease by including shots of things that don't make the list or honorable mentions. The editor must have just wanted to pay respects to that skit and give it some face time!

[@srami004]

@@WatchMojo PUT IT ON THE LIST. lol

[@sac0812]

Ooooohhhhh weee. what's up with that?

[@babu357]

They always do that. I'm used to it now. lol

[@calebk9111]

@@gamerkathan It's not clickbait because it's not begging you to click on something. You were already watching the video.

[@anyak1446]

I need Adam Driver on every season of SNL

[@aolson72178]

Loved the midevil times so funny

[@jeremyfryar3424]

@@aolson72178 to me that was one of the best skits ever. I can’t watch that skit without cracking up

[@linziRyan1965]

It’s classic

[@BitWrecker]

You and Jon Oliver both lol

[@cleobinx]

Yes!!

[@rextrek]

Debbie Downer at Disney World with Lindsey lohan - Hysterical

[@TH-gy6kt]

the Dave chappelle, recent sketch with aunt jamima and uncle ben, is probably one of the funniest sketches if seen in along time

[@beckywiththefrizzyhair]

YES! I cried laughing just from Maya’s “But I’m aunt Jemima!”

[@danielczako4910]

Did you see the one with the rock as Coco the wrestler?

[@goblinb]

The Adele 'Hello' Thanksgiving spoof gets me every time. I'm also fond of the Disney Princess reality show spoof. And the Kristin Stewart Tostino spoof is friggin hilarious!

[@taylorlussier675]

"My name's Sabine. What's yours?" "I... I've never had one..." I had to scramble to find my inhaler that I hadn't used in two years because I couldn't breathe after that short.

[@jeremystimpert4438]

OMG "close encounter" gets me every time.

[@Phanthief95]

Alex: “We can’t keep playing if you don’t let go of the pickle.” Connery: “That’s what your mother said last night!” Still makes me laugh.

[@audreyquinn73]

The Grouch/Joker sketch is fantastic, but nothing beats "D*#@ in a Box!" Timberlake & Sanders are absolute perfection. That Emmy was earned and deserved!

[@nicksullivan4994]

Every Time Kenan Sings “OoooWee! What’s Up with That? What’s Up with That?” I always Laugh and Sing-a-Long!😂🤣❤️📺🎶

[@ad8554]

Hey Lindsey! 😂

[@Lvetto]

"(Do it on my) twin bed" and "Santa Baby" deserved at least honorable mentions.

[@woody_you_want]

Honestly, I love anytime Bill Hader did a dateline sketch

[@HelloCorey]

Debbie Downer at Disney. Pure gold filled with laughter

[@ravencrovax]

Where is "On A Boat"? That was always my fav of the Lonely Island bits.

[@AlexKnowlton]

My favorite Lonely Island sketch: Jizz in My Pants

[@danyel1977]

adam driver needs to be a regular on SNL i swear all his sketches are GOLDDD

[@Phenomanation24]

"Stu" sketch on December 5, 2020 should make the list now.

[@maggies4095]

That was one of the greatest things I've seen in awhile. Only Pete Davidson.

[@rominavonborstel4689]

AGreed

[@ryanmccarthy7858]

100000%

[@cleverusername9369]

The negotiatior and murder show too

[@drewscholl6347]

Bowen Yang was a special surprise

[@Funkytowwn101]

PAPYRUS!!!!!! I KNOW WHAT YOU DID!!

[@missycitty9478]

"Santa Baby" with Vanessa Bayer and Ryan Gosling is definitely one of my all time favorites. Just amazing!!

[@sunnyboi2461]

The John Mulaney SNL Musicals will forever be one of the best recurring sketches in Modern SNL History : )

[@Superabound2]

Never understood his appeal one bit

[@jalabi99]

"Black Jeopardy!" with T'Challa (the late great Chadwick Boseman). "Aw hell naw, Karen! Keep your bland-ass potato salad to yourself!"

[@8698gil]

I'm glad you picked cowbell for number one. That one has always been my favorite, ever since I first saw it 20 years ago. Will Ferrell is comedy gold.

[@amaki027]

"I'm on a boat" is underrated

[@travisneill704]

I played that nonstop when I got my first cruising sailboat

[@natalyaizergina8837]

I love the Stefon’s scenes, all his news appearances, he is hilarious

[@JoeSelf1982]

Girldfriends Game Night w/ Bill Hader and also written by Cecily Strong. Top 20 easily.

[@geekishgir]

YES!!! Omg 😂😂😂 I sent that to so many friends

[@Pretty.Horrible]

Jimmy said he was laughing so much in the Lovahs sketch is because Will was feeling up his leg under the water. 😂

[@femkev.5245]

I literally could not stop laughing the first time I saw David Pumpkins and I still laugh at it years later. Definitely my favourite SNL sketch ever.

[@Jkev24]

It's one of those sketches that is so bad it's hilarious. I absolutely love how dumb it is.

[@mags9392]

My favorite is the Christmas wrap with Timberlake and Fallon!

[@mohammadabdulfarooqi3068]

Fallon is funny and lame both

[@mags9392]

@@mohammadabdulfarooqi3068 true.... I think that's his signature 🤣

[@allysonchen4286]

"You're a Rat Bastard Charlie Brown" skit still makes me laugh

[@LeahElisheva]

😂. Marty Short’s Larry David is Hilarious!

[@aaronb8637]

Where's the Peyton Manning/United Way clip and has everyone forgot when Dwayne Johnson played Sasquatch and had a duet album with Neil Diamond?

[@Jkev24]

Oh yeah that Peyton Manning skit is in my top 20 for this century for sure.

[@slothmolegaming3713]

this is the first time I've ever seen the woman behind the voice. I was not ready for this.

[@ZackBlackwood97]

Have you not been watching for the past year?

[@brianv1372]

Not only does she have an iconic voice... She’s also one drop-dead gorgeous Canadian beauty! 😍 🇨🇦

[@slothmolegaming3713]

@@ZackBlackwood97 no

[@jackambrose2762]

“Bern your Enthusiasm” By a Mile

[@HippieMumboJumbo]

YOURE NOT NORMAL, BERNIE,

[@MissB2483]

I don't watch SNL but that damn "Maine Justice" skit with Jamie Foxx had me in TEARS!!! 😂😂😭😭

[@Blcastillo74]

I looked for this comment because I didn’t want to repeat it. Thanks for it that SNL skit had me in tears.

[@MissB2483]

@@Blcastillo74 That 1 was hilarious!

[@Blcastillo74]

@@MissB2483 especially because I’m from Louisiana and as exaggerated as it is, they’re pretty accurate especially the dialogue. Sad to say I understood everything they said 😂

[@adrideppe]

The fact that after my family saw Melissa’s sketch of Spicer we started referring Sean as only Melissa and would forget his name because of it 😂😂

[@kngtrdr_]

Based on the number of times he appears in it, this list only re-enforces the fact that Tom Hanks is a damn national treasure

[@woody_you_want]

Kyle Mooney deserved at least one spot on here with his 90s sitcom parodies

[@wahoohoo6864]

I don't know what year Schweddy Balls was but it's my all time favorite.

[@BlenderStudy]

My favorite SNL sketch was the Joe Pesci Show skit. The real Joe Pesci and Robert De Niro paid a visit to the SNL set to deliver a harsh beating to the fake duo. Now, that was hilarious.

[@stefani.m.1987]

The alien abduction skits are by far my favorite but I’m biased towards Kate McKinnon💜 The one with Ryan Gosling is even funnier bc he can’t hold back from laughing. I don’t blame him.

[@missladwig9844]

My favorite snl skit has to be Matt Foley from 1990's. Chris Farley was aboustley funny. I like celebrity jeopardy that's pretty funny too.

[@witchbtch8155]

THIS century.

[@erwinekkel9676]

I hired a professional speaker he has been drinking coffee for 4 hours now. He is about to be ready let me call him in.

[@wickedtreefarm6914]

Anything with Chris Farley is the best.

[@janeenharrison1953]

I loooove the more cowbell sketch, one of my favs too! I think it's the idea that no one thinks about that however strong the cowbell sound is and they centralize and emphasize in a sketch in a serious manner...such an intelligent comedic twist, it's SMARTLY funny!!!

[@tmbline]

The next twenty should include Stefan, and the Stu sketch from last night's episode!

[@ashleysmeltzer893]

Omg,they need the “old prospector” one with Will Ferrell on here

[@WatchMojo]

haha AMAZING!

[@sarahhollister150]

I truly thought More Cow Bell was a mid 90’s skit. My decades are starting to all run together

[@bare365]

WWE Promotion Shoot w/The Rock it starts out lite but by the end everything goes off the rails when the Rock tells the junkyard mutt that he catfishes his ass...🤣🤣🤣

[@FlorGosetti]

For me the birthday and slumber partys when Melanie meets her friends's dads.. those are priceless. Also Gemma with Benedict Cumberbatch

[@cleobinx]

Yes!!

[@GodsAlto]

The sketch, "Come Back Barack!" is my favorite.

[@juliehendricks1348]

You are absolutely right! I never get tired of that sketch, it makes me laugh and cry too!

[@susanspencer1267]

I'm a big fan of the "Christmas Morning" skit. Very on point!

[@ele6077]

how is dear sister not on here?! thats one of the greatest snl sketches of all time

[@lonewolfrcs1331]

omg i was actually listening to don't fear the reaper when the number one skit come up and all i hear now is the cowbell lmao classic

[@dougy_dawg]

Can’t believe any of Kristen’s recurring characters except for Kathy Lee showed up, even in the honorable mentions. Was really hoping to see some Target Lady, Sue, or Penelope. I love Kristen Wiig

[@fiona8781]

TAHRGHETT LADy

[@KissChanel]

Fun fact: At 11:22 Will Farrell kept playing footsies with Jimmy underwater during the scene, that's why he couldn't keep a straight face. You can see him trying to move his foot LMAO

[@jenewok]

Debbie Downer at Disney World is my favorite and it's only briefly shown in the intro? It needs to be in the Top 10!

[@katlady8552]

These recent sketches are why I know when people say SNL sucks that they haven't watched recently. Of course there's going to be bad sketches. But they have so many funny ones too! Lots of classics in recent years.

[@EmilFoghVids]

I really love the saxophone guy curse with John Hamm. 😂

[@Hoodythehoodlum75]

Where are The Bee Gees with Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon

[@leobien0717]

Hands down black jeopardy with Tom hanks lol red blue we are all the same. Closest Tyler Perry, bbw fans

[@PrinceTrexus]

I love how in the close encounters sketch you see both Aidy Bryant and Ryan Gosling trying so hard and failing to keep it together as Kate McKinnon steals the show

[@fromthehaven94]

"Most visibly Fallon"... in almost every sketch.

[@juliakay6204]

If you didn’t know Cowbell would be #1, you don’t know your SNL.

[@karlafornia]

Chippendale Dancers--Swayze and Farley, Debbie Downer--trip to Disneyland, Job Interview--Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor, Schwetty Balls--Alec Baldwin, James Brown "In the Hot Tub"--Eddie Murphy

[@midnightfury4584]

All good ones, but most of these were not in the past 20 years, and that was the point of the list.

[@TheMiKeYM1KE]

That Election Night Sketch hit different lmao

[@15Candles]

My personal favorite SNL sketch : Every time Alec Baldwin becomes Donald Trump 😂

[@Ttreblerebel]

My family loves the cookie secret sketch. I'm partial to the backpack fashion show 🤣

[@cleobinx]

That was great .

[@UlrichTheOmega]

I know without the Diner Lobster there be no Airport Sushi, but I still the sushi sketch is superior.

[@sproulxbw]

I love the list! I would have had “The Pizza 🍕 Eater” in my top 5 but to each their own

[@WatchMojo]

Solid!

[@patriotjay1999]

Tabitha...the one about dog training your husband/boyfriend is hilarious 😂

[@batgurrl]

Love your SNL lists Watchmojo. More Cowbell and Dick In a Box are my two tops. Any time Larry David showed up as Bernie made me smile

[@bethnorrod5942]

I Wish It Was Christmas Today will always be my favorite sketch.

[@amandarenee63503]

HANDS DOWN, My favorite was the Delta Airline "Mark" sketch with Amy Schumer hosting that I can no longer find because of Copyright issues from using the "Spice Girls" song without permission... I would love to see this again! Flight Attendants - SNL with Will Farrell was also really good, but I miss "Mark"!

[@RandomlyGenius]

Close Encounter was dope! 😅😂😂

[@paulbowers1639]

It's nice to see you. I dig the new format

[@bikkiikun]

Where is the Vermont sketch?

[@beaudure01]

Good choices, but “Do It In My Twin Bed” should be in the top five. You could easily have four Adam Driver sketches. I actually prefer the sleepover and Science Room sketches, but the ones here are also great.

[@seangraves5981]

I'm so ecstatic you're here to explain why snl sketches are funny for those who can't see the obvious. Thank you for breaking down everything for the one's that doesn't understand what humor is.

[@julieroccia6344]

The one where Matt Damon and Leslie Jones fight about Weezer. Also, where Leslie Jones (meghan markles cousin) takes lessons with Emma Thompson to meet with the royal family.

[@papawsgaming8762]

Glad you put "So Far" in the title..might have mistaken some of these sketches as having come from the future :P

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

Will a future Celebrity Jeopardy skit ever happen again now that Trebek, Reynolds, and Connery are gone? I hope not.

[@Jkev24]

Only if they did an afterlife version. I can see a jeopardy heaven edition where Alex Trebek is hosting and then midway through some evil music with flames and smoke appears with Sean connery emerging from them. Burnt Reynolds played by Norm can make an appearance as well. This could really only be a 1 time gag and really probably should only appear if Will Ferrell hosts again.

[@mikadyo4680]

Last week’s “The Rona’s” needs to be on the list now

[@Rafael-S]

David S. Pumpkins still cracks me up as if its the first time.. 😂

[@nidhihebbar7472]

I love The Californians sm partially for the reason for its very existence... bill hader said in an interview that the cast had a bit where they asked lorne micheals why he was late to a meeting. he would explain every road blah blah blah and they found it really funny so they created a sketch based on those long-winded explanations.

[@Colin.Smith.Pianist]

My favourite is hands down What Up With That! And from the previous century, "Land Shark."

[@jonathanbohm6489]

Crazy to think most of these involve Kenan Thompson he’s a national treasure

[@wolbaman]

SNL Mid-Day News; possibly their best skit ever 😂

[@Coolkingman]

The skits with Kristin Wiig where she gets super excited about everything, 😂

[@Alicegab300]

My favorite sketch is the CVS audition tape. Forever iconic. "I have a life!!i have it!!"

[@1800renzo]

I'm glad a lot of these are from my time as a fan!!!

[@chriskelly9201]

That was fun! Thanks

[@BABESZ5]

Sinkhole in Tampa! (with Margot Robbie)

[@katiek6393]

Did you guys forget Bill Hader exists? Stefon, Laser Cats, Keith Morrison, James Carville, Vincent Price (and that's just off the top of my head)? At least one of those should have made it, instead of 3 different lonely island numbers. Not to downplay what they do, but maybe a little variety?

[@erinburchiel3071]

When I was in elementary school my teachers recreated the cowbell sketch for our talent show. I didn't realize that was what they were doing up until recently

[@LeviBulger]

Grouch is my favorite of the century so far. Maybe in my top 3 all time.

[@cleobinx]

I love the flight attendants with will farell as well. “When I say death you say final, death is ... final ! Death is .... final! Just imagining how pumped up Leslie Jones is and how hilarious will played that