Weekend Update: Ramaswamy Calls GOP Party of Losers, Ivanka Testifies in Fraud Trial - SNL

Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like Vivek Ramaswamy calling the GOP a "party of losers" and Ohio becoming the 24th state to legalize marijuana.
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[@marakahn24]

Michael's delivery of "It sunk" was so good

[@1craley878]

I know right, he's always making me laugh because of stuff he adds to jokes off camera.

[@king1maduro]

And so did the joke😂

[@Primus-ue4th]

I personally like all the laugh tracks

[@1craley878]

@@Primus-ue4th stop it. How pathetic are you claiming to be that you say that you don't like something but you have so much time to waste that you watch it anyway and then find some comments to post on. Find a hobby other than internet troll.

[@sndsiwrite]

Had to explain it to the less floatsom types!(Dense)

[@irri4662]

A Japanese translation of the will smith slap 😂😂😂

[@johnlibradilla6692]

At least there wasn't a slap

[@commandercaptain4664]

They forgot the part when Will yelled HADOKEN!

[@GlorifiedTruth]

I thought Colin's jokes were a bit off in this Update, but he did hit that one out of the park.

[@77Creation]

😂@@commandercaptain4664

[@jlachlan1]

Nothing makes me smile like seeing Che upset the audience and look around like the cat that ate the canary.

[@smiletime]

It was a mouth-gapingly good joke, though, and I’m a woman.

[@RW-gp1dq]

He's not funny and should be replaced.

[@cleverusername9369]

​@@RW-gp1dqyou have no sense of humor and should be replaced

[@Devilninja333]

@@RW-gp1dq snowflake

[@lemongavine]

Bill Burr does that too

[@gamesturbator]

Wish these were much, much longer. They're my favorite part of SNL.

[@troyallen8223]

They really need their own hour. There's plenty of material to choose from that never gets touched

[@davidbarnes1113]

They’re certainly the funniest part of the show at this point!

[@daviddavis2894]

1:49 And if we can do anything about it, I’ll be white after 2061

[@al28854]

i thought the writer's strike was over, maybe less writers being hired back and with the same budget.

[@aintnomeaning]

And the live audience doesn't know how to laugh at jokes, it's kinda sad.

[@sjorgen9122]

That elephant joke was so stupid but I think it's my favorite

[@jakehix8132]

the graphic for it was also just great.

[@franjkav]

Look up “elephant joke” a la ~1960s

[@nate9361]

I think "sunk" from Che did it for me lol

[@RuthBhmand]

Margaret looks suspicious to me, you guys, I think she might be involved somehow.🫣

[@DeRussellMasina]

It's parallel to what humans actually do

[@humanlifeforce]

"...Bibles Bursting into Flames! ..." 😂

[@danielkayam]

Whoever did the Margaret the Elephant graphic deserves a raise.

[@Sara-ij1iq]

really? a raise? no.

[@janelliot5643]

Thanks for pointing that out. Not having watched closely I had to go back and it was well worth it.

[@peterborchek2637]

Biden is president and boarder line zombie. Why isn't that made fun of

[@BeccaGhusn]

@@peterborchek2637 they literally had a "biden is old" joke in this video

[@peterborchek2637]

i know what are the odds at this point@@BeccaGhusn

[@TheKeller101]

4:15 I don't know why but just the way he says "sunk" has me in stitches

[@thethird3d]

For some reason it reminded me of Beevis and Butthead Eheheheh…Sunk

[@cranjismcbasketball2565]

These two are the highlights of SNL! I love when they just smile so proudly while the audience is either groaning or laughing their heads off.

[@pupstop1]

Jost and Che's Weekend update is always funny and I like how they often put each other on the spot.

[@yakityyak8894]

Some jokes are good. But most are bad. I'm a liberal by the way.

[@BNA_Est.1988]

“Shorties and shady stuff” 😂😂😂

[@nancymorrison9978]

Love Michael's shifty eyes when he says something that could possibly be inappropriate. Lol

[@NasXShady]

“You don’t like it, or…?” Che’s reactions after the joke are hilarious 😂

[@vintagelady1]

Love how they crack themselves up. These 2 definitely deserve their own show.

[@Bigsky1991]

Or not. Seeing them mug at the stuff THEY wrote is unbearable.

[@Scriber42076]

@@Bigsky1991 yet you watch n cry every week. See you next week

[@Kevinschart]

The circle j continues. Every week you people come in here and make the same comment. "OMG! So cute how they laugh at the jokes they helped each other write". "And the canned post joke responses are just too much. I literally can not!" If they deserved their own show that would have it by now. They have been at it for just about a decade. The segment is fun, but you goofy fans are unbearable.

[@Scriber42076]

@@Kevinschart yes the circle jerk of republikkkanns crying never ends. The mean TV show hurting thier feelings. Crying every week. When you say "you people"? What does that mean? "Same comment"? Like SNL going broke etc. So as an adult. How does a TV show hurt you?

[@Scriber42076]

@@Kevinschart if tRump deserved to be president he would've won. Lmfao So your upset at a TV show. But your in love with a draft dodging sexual abuser? Hmmmmm

[@ColinFilm]

Colin and Che's little back and forths to each other after the Titanic joke were perfect! Sometimes it's the little off-script bits that hit the hardest. 😂

[@WizFrizzle]

Colin went dark with his jokes this week 😂

[@senister14]

I couldn't stop thinking about Michael oohh jokes.

[@lloydmiller4439]

Yeah surprisingly darker than Michael.

[@D3ADBOY]

That bankman fried prison joke was on point

[@Lisanoencasa]

I hope Sam himself hears it, hands down best zinger!

[@fuzzywzhe]

He won't do hard time. He's too politically connected. I bet it's less than 5 years, and he'll be out in 2, in Club Fed.

[@Quintesson05]

​​@@fuzzywzheI feel the same way about Doubledealin' Donny. The judge (or jury) at one of his trials will sing "Guilty!" like it's _Cop Rock_ on Broadway, get a sentencing recommendation from prosecutors that exceeds James Earl Ray's 99 years, then he'll wind up walking free before the following World Series.

[@fuzzywzhe]

@@Quintesson05 Trump will be found guilty and then will be exonerate on appeal. Basically there's no case against him in any of the trials, but that won't prevent him from being found guilty. They know it won't stand appeal.

[@holycrapchris]

That Insanely Unrelatable Anecdotes joke was channeling Norm MacDonald

[@oceanographergirl]

The way the word "sunk" was delivered just SENDS me. Burst out laughing.

[@lindsayalisonstevens3592]

I laughed too much at the ‘bottomless water’ joke 😂😂😂

[@Marlowespodcast]

Colin with the "cuz it's the Titantic" was so on point🤣

[@TentinQuarantino_]

“Sunk” 😂

[@nathanm.6147]

​@@TentinQuarantino_ i do that whole "oh, i get it" bit a lot with obvious jokes, but Che just taught me the timing of where to put another tag with that lol​

[@Fifthelement203]

They did not come to play with the high level of jokes tonight 😂

[@CAP198462]

I 🤭 far too much at that Jared Leto joke.

[@sohft]

haha suicide

[@meaganaventine]

Funnier when you consider Jared Leto is Scarlett Johannesens ex boyfriend

[@DaMorg3]

@@meaganaventinewait really?! 😂 that’s f***ing hilarious.

[@Kitty8791]

​@@DaMorg3Yeah, before she married (& divorced) Ryan Reynolds. Though it's kinda a cringey look for Colin, seeing as he got the girl in the end, but still had a need to mock her ex?

[@tentardigrades968]

@@Kitty8791Umm Jared Leto mocks himself by being an absolute garbage human being.

[@JTickett]

Have to say I do really like this being one 5min video rather than split into two vids :) Whoever made that change... it's noticed and appreciated!!

[@SteakNAleOrPonderosa]

Why.... did I laugh so long and so hard at that Elephant joke?

[@1craley878]

The joke about not being able to swear in trump due to fires starting when he touches a Bible just was so believable and I lost it on that one. Lol

[@mabotiyn]

You can’t swear a devil with a bible

[@1craley878]

@@mabotiyn I know that, I would have thought they would have have too.

[@kingbullyrock8739]

@@1craley878 Biden is going to Hell for supporting Palestinian genocide.

[@robinlware]

Dumb joke just like every Lib. Make America Great Again

[@stone1andonly]

What they don't tell you is that Trump's real name is Damien.

[@SuperBC1975]

Colin Jost and Michael Che are one of the best if not best SNL anchor duos. "Talk amongst yourselves,"

[@CalebJacobs459]

Nope. Seth is better.

[@PhysicsMathandMe]

Huh, didn’t know Seth was an “anchor duo”

[@CalebJacobs459]

@@PhysicsMathandMe Seth is better.

[@KVdaKrook44]

Seth 😂😂 stop it yall these 2 are better if not tied wit Jimmy and Tina

[@CalebJacobs459]

@@KVdaKrook44 Wrong again.

[@jamoore2581]

That good sex joke was so true.

[@rossreisman]

how did they not use iceberg lettuce for the titanic joke

[@blackqueen164]

"Bottom-less water" was golden😂

[@billyjbryant]

Che upsetting the audience then questioning his life are always the highlight of the updates lol.

[@harleycao13]

I love how they just stopped trying not to laugh!

[@s1rdaddy]

Best segment of any show😂

[@ellierose6]

The Bibles kept bursting into flames did not get enough attention.

[@SidewalkCitizenLA]

"Japanese subtitles of the Will Smith slap" best description of her misspeak EVER! 😂😂😂

[@ericj.9636]

“Bottomless water” 😂😂

[@TrillBelichick]

“It’s the Titanic.” “Cause it’s the Titanic, right.” “It sunk” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@-Th7-]

Another outstanding edition of Weekend Update. Colin and Che woke up and decided to go full savage with their material. Love it

[@Becky_Cal]

“Leather hooker boots” 😂😂😂 “Shorties and shady stuff” I can’t with these guys! Too good. 💀

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Love the Japanese translation of will smith it was hilarious 🤣🤣.

[@LalithoTheRedBorderCollie]

@3:12 the moment Colin locks eyes with Ben 😂 within the crowd

[@GamerplayerWT]

“…making a wig out of a labradoodle….” I lost it! Hahahahaha!

[@jamestays8416]

"Where he will be used as an alternative currency". Damn son.

[@Pizzlier]

Cell phone labeled, Shorties and Shady Stuff! LOL 😂

[@adctd2gtr]

That Bankman-Fried joke about alternative currency was perfection.

[@mgmoody42]

Why is the Closed Caption conversation completely different from the actual conversation?

[@tomholroyd7519]

Lol I need real subtitles but hahaha funny how few people notice

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@mgmoody42 same here, Closed Captions have no connection to the word’s coming out of their mouths

[@sleeplesskitty449]

glad I'm not the only one that noticed.

[@mgmoody42]

It turns out that the 2nd released video for Weekend Update is where the subtitles belonged. How did they mess that up? Oh well! 🤣🤣

[@ObamaFromKenya]

@@mgmoody42 that would be confusing for the hearing impaired. Do better SNL 😠

[@philanimyeni4460]

One of my favorites segments of SNL 😂😂

[@tennisCharlzz]

One of the funnier weekend updates!

[@darrylskylar8757]

Che and Jost are the best duo ever!!!

[@nicholasgarrick8855]

Great weekend update collin ,and Michael che killed it always prefect sum all the news this week but im sad it was too short 😂.

[@candyfloss1416]

still laughing at the redhead joke. doesn’t matter how played out it is it gets me every time.

[@TheFMHatter1986]

The titanic joke I instantly got it 😂😂😂

[@beboppalooka9897]

They went HARD on this one!! Good job boys!!

[@aprilschoening966]

On a serious note- her daughter is 25 years old- a grown ass married adult.

[@al-bot1094]

Is she running for office?

[@Maxrepfitgm]

​@@al-bot1094Is Hunter?

[@Ochreification]

Which makes her having a Tiktok account even more pathetic.

[@al-bot1094]

@@Maxrepfitgm no. Hunter isn't. You should tell the moron Republicans that too.

[@gageshippy2256]

@@Maxrepfitgm he's helping his dad collect money from all the companies Biden is giving tax breaks to.

[@byrdman45111]

Love their chemistry

[@BradleyWong_]

The captions 😂

[@heeyyyy1662]

The last two jokes had me wheezing 😂

[@JohnnyBNerdy]

The Sam Bankman-Fried joke was phenomenal I almost choked laughing

[@RS-od6yd]

Vivek knows GOP is a party of losers, that's why he is seeking a Republican nomination 🤣🤣

[@yogeshkmrful]

Or he isn't a liberal cuck 😂

[@jayellington3998]

How is this show still on the air?

[@hair4571]

@@jayellington3998 because people watch it,,, what a stupid question

[@Emk315]

Tell me one thing Vivek said on that stage you disagreed with?

[@shantabalu]

RS You said it!! Dems won't touch him with a ...... 20 foot pole. LOSER Vivek .... has an .....ARMY of Indian BOTS ....... who praise him..... if he says 2 + 2 = 4!!!!!

[@jorgerodriguez85]

Sam Bankman Fried went to a salon called The Puff & Poodle.

[@user-ri3tg3is1v]

Ramaswamy looks like Squiggy from "LaVern and Shirley."

[@TRayTV]

Margaret wa surprisingly funny.

[@plat2716]

Hearing him say "it sunk" makes me realize how people kinda avoid saying it so explicitly.

[@user-zt4sm3go2i]

ALWAYS the BEST part of SNL !!!!!!!

[@Odysseus38]

The middle east joke even caught che off guard i love it 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ronniecoleman2342]

Gawd these guys are funny. They probably are the best news duo in SNL history.

[@moralfortitude...2217]

Ego N's impersonation of him was spot on 💯... the WHOLE episode from start to end was BEST ever, lmbo @ each & every sec.

[@kmcg6444]

I love the "after" on the Titanic joke.

[@jdizzy5484]

3:03 that look of absolute disgusted concern

[@A.Briggs628]

I love Weekend Update!! These two guys crack me up! 😂❤

[@robbiegarber898]

Uh-oh, some poor SNL writer thought "Monotreme" was the name of a species instead of an order. Get 'em, nerds!!!

[@christopherlundgren1700]

I already corrected the mistake in another comment. Nerds away!!

[@rjrmonkey]

It might as well have been "A new animal, called a mammal was discovered...."

[@KennethHabeck-yg7ln]

Seth calls such nerds “jackals” for his weekly feature simply dubbed “Corrections.” (My second favorite thing Seth does after “A Closer Look.”)

[@KennethHabeck-yg7ln]

(Seth Meyers for anyone not sure who I meant.)

[@christopherlundgren1700]

@@KennethHabeck-yg7ln I've been known to jackal a time or two.

[@lalacoe8678]

Vivak wasn't criticizing Nikki's daughter for being on TikTok. Nikki attacked Vivak for being on TikTok, so Vivak was just pointing out that her own daughter is on TikTok.

[@shantabalu]

lalac Paid BOT Cleaning up....after vivek messes up......ha ha

[@TheCommunicationCoach]

This segment has always been the best of SNL!!

[@allthenewsordeath5772]

Good jokes this time around, well done writers.

[@erents1]

Hilarious, you guys rock!

[@JennyverseLive]

Brilliant this week!!

[@CloudCray]

3:36 - At the end of the Elephant joke, Colin Jost makes the ol' Norm MacDonald deadpan face

[@brainflash1]

"The way the promotion works is: if we buy enough albums, he'll jump" I'LLTAKEYOURENTIRESTOCK!

[@batgurrl]

Weekend update continues to be the best part of SNL. Titanic Menu was a favorite of mine. Sunk. I Look forward to SNL posting it in entirety Monday Morning.

[@DunedinMultimedia2]

But the jokes fell flat

[@pdxcorgidad]

@@DunedinMultimedia2 Meh not all of them were great, but some were genuinely funny. What I recommend in the future (though the Rules of the Internet will prevent you from taking advice from somebody you disagree with) - instead of making a subjective statement, say it's your opinion the jokes fell flat.

[@davidknightx]

Norm MacDonald would've LOVED that Israel school joke.

[@Cybrix]

Norm wouldn’t enjoy anything about modern-day SNL. The jokes he used to make would have gotten him fired and cancelled today.

[@EvanF]

At 3:46 you can see Michael register how much backlash the joke will get in real time

[@nicholasbyram296]

There is a silent minority of Americans who worked in restaurants and are quietly pleased that the US will be 1/4 Latino...#BestCoworkersEver

[@pauladouglas9891]

Wig out of a labradoddle! Lol

[@LeftyRed]

Great bits tonight!

[@jonroesler8155]

Loved, "It isn't important how (Ramaswamy) knew Haley's daughter has a TikTok account."

[@Cooper43642]

Do they write the jokes for each other and then wait for the reaction? This was hilarious. Always love these guys

[@canaisyoung3601]

That's the general consensus, according to the KZbin comments here. There might be some truth to it, there might not be. Who knows?

[@kx4998]

They did that before

[@Syn410]

That's a special "skit" they occasionally do, they usually just write racial jokes that the other has to read. These jokes are mostly written by SNL writers with their input also

[@billyjbryant]

Most of the time, no, that's only something they do from time to time and they announce it beforehand in most cases

[@ericb9252]

List of who cares what Vivek Ramaswamy has to say: 1. Vivek

[@TheNonEdibleCheese]

You'd be surprised, he's becoming rather popular, especially compared to anyone else other than Trump.

[@drewgoin8849]

His mother hopes he says, "Here Mom, I got that money I stole from you in that stock fraud job."

[@rickwrites2612]

I mean he's not wrong. The GOP are a party of losers, but this includes him.

[@albertgaspar627]

Vivek is like the kid in school who thinks he figured out one thing that makes the popular kid popular...so he copies the behavior...without realizing the popular kid gets away with being a jerk because he IS popular, not that he's popular for being a jerk.

[@Cybrix]

You people are sure having a difficult go of smearing Vivek without being able to fall back on your tried and true tactic of falsely accusing your opposition of being “racist”.

[@MeatBicycle8678]

I’ve seen a ton of hosts back to Miller and McDonald. This hits so close to home.

[@laurenw.8178]

JARED NOOO 😂 but fr I lost it at bottomless water 😂

[@HeTurnsHimselfIntoAPickle]

Weekend Update never disappoints 😂

[@Joe-dime-a]

Idk when you started watching, but I can assume you never watched Norm

[@HeTurnsHimselfIntoAPickle]

@@Joe-dime-a Oh yeah, Norm is way past my age. I started watching when Colin is already on the seat

[@Joe-dime-a]

@@HeTurnsHimselfIntoAPickle ay man okay fine then we ain’t arguing bout nothing 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jamesm9995]

Do you seriously find this funny ?

[@Scriber42076]

​@@jamesm9995YES!. See you next week crying again.

[@Tanlantas]

Do you know what I love about the Biden jokes? The fact that I can laugh my arse off at them and NOT have to wait for Biden to get on twitter.. or x. or what ever the hell it is now, and listen to him cry and whine about a comedian making fun of him.

[@andrewowens4421]

Yeah, because Biden can take a joke. It's a good thing to be able to make fun of someone, even someone you _support_ because it shows that they can be criticized without denouncing them.

[@askthepizzaguy]

Having a President you can joke about instead of a joke for a President is indeed the better deal. Thankfully, people wisened up (slightly) in 2020.

[@Killswitch1411]

Your biggest complaint is Trump going on Twitter.. Your stupidity has no bounds.

[@user-xv2lq2nh4l]

I've never heard Biden complain about a comedian joking on him unlike the great pumpkin who lashes out at comedians for no reason but being honest

[@Killswitch1411]

@@user-xv2lq2nh4l Joe Biden doesn't even know where the hell he even is. SO how the hell do you expect him to have any reaction on someone giving him shit? Either way Joe doesn't care, the jokes on us and he's laughing at all of us and idiots like you support him.

[@tomholroyd7519]

I love that intro music

[@SusanBame]

Is anybody checking the closed captioning? Looks a little off.

[@wesmorton1247]

Hits every time. Love this duo

[@1oldcrow350]

As a redhead.......well duh!

[@thatcrazymick]

I love it when Che says Colin's name with disappointment LOL

[@zesty9815]

4:35 Jared Leto climbed the Empire State Building ... but did he swat at any planes while he was up there?

[@tomlakosh1833]

Surely DJT and all his corporate “children” qualify as 3-star Michelin chefs given their unrivaled expertise in “cooking the books”.

[@Rob_Thorsman]

I'm not sure Eric eating paste can be referred to as "cooking the books."

[@vargasfamily282]

The Accountant’s Cookbook

[@tomlakosh1833]

@@vargasfamily282 the specialty of conneries de grift l'orange

[@tomlakosh1833]

@@Rob_Thorsman but he whips it into a meringue with truffles

[@yogeshkmrful]

None of them can compete the Biden kids in cooking crack

[@jonathanwinfield6000]

While I am conservative I can get a laugh out of the mockery of both parties. Having said that I can say Weekend Updates with Colin & Che are one of the few things left on SNL that remains funny. I actually become disappointed when I cannot seem to find new clips. Keep it up!

[@bby_plut0]

bad bunny music is that good too 😂😂

[@Steelburgh]

That SBF one was gold, Colin.