Weekend Update ft. Bowen Yang, Punkie Johnson and Heidi Gardner - SNL

[@dianas-space]

Bowen looked like he was having so much fun playing Jafar, such a wonderful performance!

[@ScootyPuffSr7]

Yeah. And you have to give it up to him. It takes a lot of guts to try something like that.

[@quentinjohnson1694]

Better than the Jafar from the live action version

[@cmcmahon66]

I haven’t bothered much with SNL for years but I gotta say, I love Bowen Yang’s stuff. He is just fearless in the characters he will take a run at, and some of the oddest ones are the best, like the Chinese spy balloon and the Titanic iceberg.

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

With regard to the eyelashes and the Snuffleupagus's, shouldn't the plural be Snuffleupagi?

[@Palidine4M0O]

@@oracleofdelphi4533 whoa, keep it PG in the comments

[@AthenaKeatingThomas]

Wow. Bowen's Jafar was BRILLIANT. The voice. The delivery. The expressions. "The Boy". So perfect! And as always, I love Colin and Michael together.

[@duderanchboi9922]

Michael’s delivery of “Good” for the youtube prank joke was absolutely golden

[@willbrashear]

That was great

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Relatable.

[@YourMomSaysHi_Jinx]

Time stamp please

[@duderanchboi9922]

@@YourMomSaysHi_Jinx 10:56

[@carsons4896]

YES! Talk about a joke that just gets funnier the longer you think about it!

[@delisasage7127]

Bowen is such a phenomenal addition to SNL , he always knocks it out of the park.

[@javiruiz8365]

Nah!!!

[@markd6634]

He is the only one on there that i don't like!

[@cuzzdog]

Heidi Gardner just took her talent to another level of comedy. Well done. Bowen Yang does Gay comedy best. And thanks Weekend Update for keeping satire and parody alive and well in the US. Target us all...we need some humbling!

[@trainedloser]

Alot of people probably didn't get her sketch, but yea, i knew some people like that. Always busy, always triple booked for meetings, but no real sense of what they actually did, aside from being triple booked for meetings :)

[@gemrad87]

I read this comment before watching the video, and I am NOT DISAPPOINTED.

[@BradiKal61]

Bowen and Heidi are both so expressive i forsee them coming up with some recurring skit duo characters that will be epic

[@auraholly]

I love Bowen and Heidi too! They’re so talented!

[@hididdleydee]

I would love to see an entire movie about that busy frantic employee!!!

[@carlthomas5307]

I’ve laughed out loud so many times at this segment, and Bowen Yang KILLED IT as Jafar!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@CarterArts]

That one laugh after Michael said "not the way I do it" lmaooooo

[@RavenclawNimbus]

His smile there is killing me 😂

[@IndeExo]

She returns after the sex traffic joke and I swear the crowd starts laughing at her laugh.

[@Seetiyan]

And he followed it up with "Am I right Colin?" That made me start laughing all over again.

[@nothingtoseehere7554]

7:34

[@at-ul2ub]

Is it just me, or does that sound like Sarah Sherman?

[@braxtonbobo4004]

Bowen’s Jafar is on point 😂😂😂😂

[@MarcosElMalo2]

And informative! I did not know Ron Duh had a gay wedding at Disney World.

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Bowen has been one of the best casting choices in decades, he's just so perfect.

[@mrdemosounddesign4710]

Yeah he nailed it. Voice was spot on.

[@tabaxikhajit4541]

@@MarcosElMalo2 Ron DUH! I love it, but I hope he won't be popular long enough for it to catch. Just long enough to steal votes from the orange insurrectionist.

[@mikewolf5367]

This needs to be a recurring character. I think he’s the best performer on the show since Kate left.

[@batgurrl]

Weekend Update in it’s entirety is always a great start to a Monday Morning. Funniest part of SNL - Bowen Yang, stole the segment for me, time to sashay away. Loved the shine box quip.

[@atg1338]

It was horrible!

[@veecee3669]

@atg13. Actually, it was hilarious. Why do you think it was horrible? Did it make you uncomfortable or uneasy? If so, you probably shouldn't watch SNL.

[@galaxylucia1898]

It was so good!!😂

[@batgurrl]

@@veecee3669 trolls just drop comments looking for attention

[@tabaxikhajit4541]

@@veecee3669 Listen to how sweet you are. If they won't accept your lovely drip of sunshine, I will!

[@dancorwin9232]

I love that there are more and more jokes that are based on the fact that Colin didn't write them. Seeing Colin squirm through jokes he didn't write just has some special little pizzaz to it. Live it!

[@RavenclawNimbus]

Wait, he didn’t write these?

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Lol the funny thing is that he's very likely used to it by now, I think the squirm is a show. And he probably did write some, I feel like he's the king of economic punchlines, whereas Che is more of a narrative writer, you can see in his stand up how relaxed he is during the set up, a lot of comics rush thru this part, its hard to pace. I think he writes dialogue and Jost is the "closer," it's just that his persona is perfect for this set up. Just a guess tho.

[@tabaxikhajit4541]

@@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory Wow, Maybe you should be Comic Nerd? Nice analysis.They are fun to watch. Knowing the duo are also close friends gives a feel-good vibe as well. (Didn't Jost recommend Che for an interview? I think that's how this magic started.)

[@brendanmeyer1613]

i dont think he ever wrote all the jokes, they have a writing staff and che and just head the whole writing team

[@RavenclawNimbus]

@@brendanmeyer1613 Are you sure? No one seems to be telling me for sure that Colin doesn't write his jokes

[@santerikoho1579]

This update was glourious from Jafar to Michael calmly saying "good", but I might have gotten the best laugh on the Vogue cover. "Beating the previous record of 29" really had me!

[@Imeraldgyrl]

Punky’s Angela Reese is gold. An I’m lovin’ Bowen too. He’s hilarious

[@MissAnitaManbadly]

I think Bowen has reached a new performance height as Jafar. Heidi's new character Crystal is amazing - I feel like she's taken that Kristen Wiig energy and warped it into something new, strange and fabulous. Really, really well done!

[@GullibleTarget]

Yup. Totally agree. Bowen Yang has already impressed me; I expect nothing less than perfection from him. But this to me, seems to be Heidi's 'Magnus Opus'. I totally see the Kirstin Wiig commonality in the sense that she has found a unique 'style' that is totally unbridled yet still very aware of timing and intensity. I'm also a bit drunk.

[@paulogaray6666]

Wiig Vibes. Absolutely!

[@BL3SSed-Bliss]

YES, I just paused my DVR to come here in hopes of seeing others praise Heidi's character. _Tooooo legit; I know too_ many people like this. 🤣🤦🏽‍♀ (As Patrick Teahan LICSW calls them: "Rushing Nowhere" types.🤯) I _love_ Heidi's characters...this now tops my former fave- "Angel: Every 🥊gf...". _"I'm taking the kids to my sistuh's."_ 😂

[@konnihall9671]

There's a Crystal on every nursing unit 😂

[@marciabentley9557]

I just love Bowen Yang. That bit was so funny, I played it over and over like a good song laughing just as hard every time.

[@kathleenbreut1403]

Love this cast. They are all having their moments to shine.

[@cjengland2365]

Bowen's delivery was fantastic. Can we also give a shout out to SNL's costume department? Wow!

[@lynnhettrick7588]

"Mulan just had top surgery. Congrats to them!" Love it !!

[@zeros-gy7bl]

how I yelled out loud fr tho lmao!

[@katjohnson918]

"Miss DeSanté" I love it!!!

[@jwnyc3]

Bowen's best yet. And that's saying A LOT. He just keeps getting better. "I don't know what THAT is, but it ain't straight." Dyin here.

[@GullibleTarget]

I am stunned....'Chrystal' is amazing. I wasn't even paying attention to 'her, perse. It was the acting. It was perfect. Not once did she lose focus without making it look as if she was working. There were so many pauses in her lines but none of them felt empty; she filled them all.That was amazing

[@riversmcmullan5282]

Heidi is the best one on snl! She can do it all!!!!! She is sooooo funny!!!! Love her!!!

[@Johanna288]

Wow! Crystal works remotely in the weeds! Her team always on her back? Clearly, she needs a magnifying glass... Eats Kale salad csar phone but doesn't have time to talk... Ann Taylor work clothes as Che's Assistant! 😮😢😂

[@ESCTom]

Heidi's busy co-worker was so perfect. She needs to bring it back, it was so real 😂

[@dameonyoung8218]

Colin and Michael are too perfect together

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

Like an Oreo cookie?

[@tabaxikhajit4541]

@@oracleofdelphi4533 OMG, that would be distasteful if we didn't all know they'd laugh at it.

[@oracleofdelphi4533]

@@tabaxikhajit4541 Yeah, I was kind of on the fence about posting it. Luckily, there are at least 7 chill people out there.

[@21972012145525]

@@tabaxikhajit4541 why is it distasteful

[@dameonyoung8218]

@@oracleofdelphi4533 Yes absolutely but for some reason that feels a little racist XD

[@arthurdurham]

Bowen's Jafar killed it 👏👏

[@jennifergersch9126]

"Yeah, it was called England." Thank you for being real and telling it like it is.

[@KittycatDaddy]

Tina Turner was on the cover of Vogue at 73, but that "previous record of 29" was still hella funny. 😂

[@brianmorton9419]

What this tells me is that Bowen Yang understands Jafar much better than the guy who played him live action

[@PhillipTheBrandon]

The fact that he brought that costume from home might have been a clue

[@GullibleTarget]

@@PhillipTheBrandon costume? That's his bathrobe.

[@anthonynasti1279]

The sex trafficing joke had big Norm vibes and I'm here for it.

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Omg you are so right. Makes it even better, altho our sweet baby angel norm doesn't want me tearing up, but I bet he'd love for us to hear his voice in the most tasteless punchlines lol...

[@ljfarrell]

About the only solid laugh the entire show--everything else on update or the rest of the show was mid at best

[@truthlemonade9793]

I honestly don't find it newsworthy that a woman went on 24 dates in 20 countries. An average looking American female high school teacher could do that in a summer vacation with a little bit of planning and elbow grease.

[@neojd]

Everybody was in their element on this one. Solid work all around.

[@cantbelieveimdoingthis7550]

Bowen Jafar Yang calling Ron DeSantis "THE BOY" and "Swamp Rat" was the highlight of this EXCELLENT Weekend Update for me!

[@jimapplebee5322]

Between the Jeopardy joke & the Artemis II mission jokes, I was in tears.

[@ACoupleOfParkHoppers]

Bowen Yang and James Austin Johnson are the best additions to the cast in a decade. That Trump cold open and Jafar had me cackling.

[@obrian2]

I agree but EGO?!?!? She’s bad also

[@angi216]

Agreed 100%!!!

[@nikkorocksalot5254]

Colin: "Where do you work?" IN THE WEEDS oh man that was too real hahahhaa

[@johnfarmakis8518]

Heidi killed this. That’s an Old school style character.

[@kooale]

Seeing as how her performance was live & unedited, we’d say Heidi was Lucy Ball, Carol Burnett, Melissa McCarthy & M.T. Moore perfect! That’s a rare phenomenon! Great fun!

[@Mark_Wheeler]

So glad to see Bowen Yang getting more screen time this season. he's so funny!

[@shynye]

I had to pause so many times to hold in laughter at work. This was a golden segment

[@lauren23160]

More Jafar! That was fantastic 😂😂

[@SirGenesis206]

I almost spit out my drink when he said “I’ve had it up to here!”

[@ririo1281]

I love Colin Jost still lowkey being traumatized from being ignored from last time, he literally braced himself

[@EvilChicken25]

Still my favorites part of SNL, these two. And so glad the full Weekend Updates are being uploaded as a single video. I will say, I’m feeling called out because I have that exact same water bottle. I DO WORK!

[@21972012145525]

Yea, but the single video only comes on Monday. They’re dumb to wait so long to upload it

[@GullibleTarget]

A lot of people have that waterbottle. That's why it resonates with you; it is a relatable prop for an office worker skit. And let me tell you: I hate that waterbottle. I associate it with people who have their sh it together and are very organised. I am the opposite of organised. If I try to be a waterbottle person, it only highlights my inadequacies: I would forget to bring it with me and end up drinking from the machine, feeling like a failure and exposed as a fraud.

[@billyllewis]

I could watch a 15 minute segment of Che’s office assistant, Crystal. 🤣🤣🤣

[@krismccoy8581]

I have got to save this one. The ending skit with the "Coworker ..." is sooo fun! I don't know how they could write it out and plan it. I bet they kept adding stuff and taking stuff out and putting back in. And going nuts! And then to rehearsals! I bet they gave up! And whatever happens ... Happens! And it did! Heidi had everything moving. Eyes, mouth, head, face, hips and that zany attitude working some type of script. And she wasn't and couldn't stare at no cue cards! I gotta mark this and watch it daily, because I wanna catch every funny piece. U go Heidi!

[@cattheminion]

the salad phone really sent it home for me

[@jameslindsley3267]

Now I wanna see Bowen as Jafar 😂😂😂

[@adamyourke]

Probably the best episode ever! Love Jafar so much.

[@zeanian]

Thanks Punkie - I was bent over, having to rewind it because the jokes and delivery kept coming... The whole news skit was funny as hell!

[@adriandejesus2891]

Mondays are for full Weekend Update uploads!

[@sarahmontoya1951]

Why does Bowen Yang not have his own show

[@megletable]

This was an extremely solid WU ep I'm gonna need to watch Bowen twice though that was incredible

[@ToxicSpork]

KZbin comments every single week: We love the entire Weekend Update in one segment! Please post it like this first instead of broken up! SNL on KZbin every single week: Here's four individual segments, followed by one segment a day later

[@sharrigarvin3348]

Bowen's Jafar was his best bit since jointing the cast HYSTERICAL!!

[@a81l1fy]

Holy crap Heidi!!!! I cant stop laughing!!! BRAVO! So forking funny!!!

[@camila314]

that OJ joke was priceless!

[@WonderfullyMade_Lex]

The 3 of them were hilarious. 😂 Wish the news was really this entertaining lol. Was a really good show. Loved seeing Molly back.

[@SirGenesis206]

That one woman in the crowd’s laugh though! 😂😂😂 She got me!

[@oldsesalt8496]

There was a co-worker who would come over and spend 40 minutes telling you how swamped he was.

[@maddoghoek4286]

PLEASE. KEEP. UPDATE. TOGETHER. LIKE. THIS!!!

[@arthurdurham]

I am that coworker. No one understands what I do but I am constantly swamped with work

[@lockwoodpeckinpaugh9252]

Bowen is a great actor.

[@JohnSiebels]

We’ve all had that exact same coworker, she killed that

[@TheHENpp]

Bowen and Punkie were funny; Heidi had me in tears.

[@billyllewis]

Great writing this week for the weekend update.

[@PrinceTrexus]

Bowen had the Jafar voice PERFECT!

[@timwilson1882]

Bowen Yang deserves all of the awards for this performance.

[@haemusic1]

Costume and lighting Rocks! Bowen is awesome too.

[@richietaylor9870]

Between Jafar, Crystal and the ‘Last Supper’ cold open, this is one of the funniest episodes of SNL in a long while. After the recent exodus of talent, good to see the newer guys stepping up and killing it.

[@timeisnowbooth5627]

Outstanding Jafar performance

[@TotallyKoalafied]

My jaw dropped during bowmen’s segment- can this get an Emmy or something?! Amaaaazinggg

[@brittanyedwards6043]

Please make Jafar a regular character. Bowen is excellent!

[@daniellaslowik6681]

punkie's frickin got it!!!! she is fantastic!

[@bargermark3424]

O.M.G so darn funny, Bowen nailed Ron good

[@mrknopick]

Heidi as the Co-Worker = This Casts Drunk Uncle... and it's FANTASTIC :)

[@zuhaltokur8641]

I don't know if anyone is reading this but please bring Rachel Bloom as a host one day. She's created and starred in one of the most brilliant shows of our time, has wonderful comedic talent, she would add too much to this show even with one episode. I really would like to see her.

[@eveelliot4968]

Punkie hilarious and charming as always

[@jennaschuman7297]

Nothing will ever top the Titanic Iceberg but Jafar is a close second 😂

[@jrlaz0001]

Bowen Yang is incredible!😂😂😂

[@karen.daubert]

Bowen's delivery of Jafar slayed

[@angelpipessd]

Hahahaha oh I have been around WAY too many of Heidi’s “always busy” worker. And they are EXACTLY that ridiculous LOL 😂

[@bipedallifeform3990]

Great segment, and Bowen was perfect!

[@MarjieHarrison]

We need more Jafar

[@quuxummephitida1219]

Just give Bowen an Emmy, c'mon!

[@rehoby]

Heidi has never once whiffed on Weekend Update. She has an amazing streak

[@buch1224]

This was good. The BOY lol

[@dbrown554]

I love Bowen Yang!

[@mtz9532]

Bowen is SPOT on as Jafar! I hope Disney casts him as a VILLIAN soon! So good and very ANIMATED. LOVE HIM!

[@RicQuintanilla]

love these in a solid block!! THANK YOU SNL! !

[@amonstrwthn]

😂😂😂 Omg I remember the last time I was on AO3 looking at random gay fanfics, I was chuckling because there was a BDSM, noncon, and NSFW Disney fanfic with the pairing between Jafar and Alladin 😅🤣🤣🤣... The premise was so hilarious that I didn't dare to read it because I knew it was supposed to be a dark/angst fic but I would have been rolling around laughing the entire time 😅

[@jrobby4926]

Bowen is my favorite from the new cast.

[@eddieescobar4722]

That was so hilarious 😂 throwing things ...yes 🤣

[@staceyclermont4968]

Yoooo! Jafar was so good. I rewatched it so many times! Bowen was perfect.

[@shirleyrombough8173]

I love Jafar. Best SNL character in years.

[@brianhenry7348]

Bowen, Punkie, Heidi killing it as those characters!

[@760mom]

Bravooooooo🫰🫰🫰🫰🫰the whole segment as usual is great. Jafar took the cake honey.

[@joesaviano5049]

Bowen Punkie and Heidi 😂😂😂

[@trollbunny]

Bowen nailed that shit ❤

[@jigglejello]

Bowen is what keeps me watching SNL every week!

[@lakesideparkplace]

Omg he got married there!? Hahahahahaha doesn’t get sweeter then that

[@nothingtoseehere7554]

Bowen is killing it!!!!

[@corgeousgeorge]

Heidi Gardner never breaks and I love her for it

[@airam-sj2172]

Bowen is one of my favorite actors on SNL. He is so versatile, talented and hilarious.

[@JH-we7xf]

Bowen and Heidi are phenomenal!