When Comedians Broke Character on SNL

Here are some of the Saturday Night Live sketches where comedians couldn't keep a straight face
(Comedians Breaking Character)
Thanks, Alex for the voiceover

[@sstaners1234]

Nothing better than a person explaining how comedy works.

[@marcothemad]

Where would we be without this narration? Lost, lost in a sea of uncertainty.

[@pgreens]

You see, it's when they laugh when they're not supposed to that makes it funny!

[@naijaplayer]

I'm surprised ppl feel so strongly about this. I've never watched SNL and don't follow a lot of the actors, so I'm glad for the narration actually. Never seen these clips before, and didn't know all of the actors names or the context (like Jimmy Fallon misreading the cue cards, I'm not sure how ppl would have known that without the narration)

[@bsherder]

@@naijaplayer You still didn't get to see the clips if you watched this video.

[@aypawnmedia]

Is this the club against "Alex" the voiceover guy?...I'd like to join please

[@robertcolontonio7775]

Do you really need to describe the scene that we can see with our eyes. Can the commentary & just play the clips. We don't need the endless droning.

[@hikgerguy1234]

Agree 100%. I hate when people do this. Just shut your yapper and roll the clips.

[@Rambam1776]

I agree. I can't stand to watch this

[@DippyHippie]

Geez,take it easy!😂

[@robertcolontonio7775]

@@DippyHippie What, I can't hear you over the endlessly pointless dialog.

[@joe1071]

Drives me crazy as well. Same with music overlaid clips. I just learned it’s due to copyright, and if they don’t overlay commentary or music the clips get pulled. Means it’s not going away anytime soon, which is disappointing

[@ibendover4817]

When you write 400 words out of a 1000 word essay and need to add in bullshit to stretch it out.

[@InsanoShaman]

Damn just show the scenes.

[@TimmyJay02]

Just don't watch this channel again. Clicked on it out of curiosity, just won't click again.

[@stefaniemontesanti9022]

He missed the best one... The Disneyland one with Lindsay Lohan with Downer Debbie. Every single person broke character and started laughing.

[@HadrianQueen]

That’s the best one!

[@edison1]

link

[@stefaniemontesanti9022]

@@edison1 just search on here Downer Debbie Disney and it will pop up....SOOOO GOOOOD.

[@nthomas87]

That's my single favorite SNL clip of all time. It was a perfect storm and great characters.

[@thaconqueror777]

RIGHT!!!!! I cried when I watch that episode. That’s why I click cause I thought they was gonna show it.

[@diontaedaughtry974]

Bill Hader must've had the time of his life playing that wheelchair scene.

[@davidlol1983]

The 10 minutes of describing the scene to show 2 seconds of the scene really makes this video great. .... also i like sarcasm.

[@FPKRamon1010]

I hate it when people just start telling us what is happening and then shows us... just shut up and show us

[@joshuawarren551]

We really don't need the descriptions of every single scene

[@Eshu666]

Too bad

[@A.I.mpulsivity.777]

Shut up. Watch something else then. This is awesome! 😂

[@ryan335]

6 seconds in and these comments saved me from a narrator when I wanna watch comedy lol

[@dylangardner5502]

The Jason Sedakis as the judge with Jamie foxx as the bailiff is hilarious!

[@ReelEyez]

Bruhhhh I couldn’t even finish the video with all the commentary

[@dodo1234646]

If you didn't point it out, I would have missed it.

[@KaoticReach1999]

Oh man this reminded me of the days Pete Davidson was relevant...dark days indeed...

[@castlecrook43]

You talk more about the scene than actually showing it... this video could've been something 😢

[@buddylee19082]

These are LEGENDARY!!!... I'm from the Sandler + Farley era but my favorites were always the Ferrell + Fallon days. With that said, Wigg and Hader were def GOD TIER. "Breaking" character on SNL is what MAKES the skit a lot of the time!? Thank for this upload, it made my night.

[@smoochymooo]

I think it’s so special when they laugh and break character, means they’re having fun ‼️

[@relldeezy9557]

Pete broke character every episode. Thats what made him.even funnier to watch 😂

[@ret13101]

The Beavis and Butthead character break was the absolute funniest!!😂😂😂 Not mentioned here.

[@redlaw8760]

The greatest breaking of character in the history of SNL happened in 2024 with the Beavis and Butthead skid.

[@socdk]

why are you narrating?

[@AnthonyWarkia]

At least he gets paid for it.

[@vt4192]

To make more time to get paid more

[@peachyk33n79]

Transformative commentary so they can monetize their videos

[@Animalfarm4481]

Wow, Phil Hartman - a true comedic genius! Bill Hader and Chris Farley are 2 of my favorites

[@thecyrenian5988]

When comedians broke character.. Lesley Jones on the screen and we’re not talking about when actors can’t read? 🤯

[@Chubby_Lemon]

just like explaining horror makes it less scary, explaining comedy makes it less funny.

[@Righteousone18]

The Debby Downer skit with Lindsay Lohan is one of the best character breaks

[@ouishi9447]

Also the disney world debbie downer, that’s legendary fr

[@commacash]

Debbie Downer was legendary!

[@seananderson5334]

Funny that breaking character is funnier than the actual SNL skits.

[@abellewis3062]

Yes!

[@MrRedberd]

It was a big deal to not break character. Sandler did it more than the past members, but Fallon used it to make up for bad comedy and ruined by making it a cheap go to way to get laughs.

[@pauldg913]

thats SNL formula, just to break characters to make it look its funny.

[@joeramirez-zt9et]

You forgot the Christina Applegate and Chris Farley living down by the river in a van episode 😅😂

[@MrRedberd]

Farley was good at making people break, back when breaking was still a no no

[@design1of470]

4:57 Chris Parnell is the only SNL cast member to never break, and they've fired him twice.

[@thisguystrats]

Loved Chris on SNL and Archer.

[@tomhill9066]

mmm, I think Will Forte is likely to have that distinction also.

[@tree5015]

Dave and Keenan wearing panthers gear had me perplexed 😂

[@konstantinospii5500]

I am so happy that your narrator explains what is funny and what not...

[@konstantinospii5500]

@@SanDiegoI904 sounds logic...but its unessesary and people should not support this

[@konstantinospii5500]

I was ironic

[@user-vb8os3sf7x]

You don't need to talk through THE ENTIRE CLIP!

[@1212LeoSnake]

What got me was the cowbell skit and Will Farrell makes Fallon and Katan break character. 🤣🤣

[@chrisendsley5724]

Looks like Dave been hanging out with P Diddy.😂😂😂😂😂

[@yaniracabrera9358]

I LOVE it when they break character 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@joedimaggio1259]

Omg this video is like blueballs if u got them by almost laughing.. until you miss every real comedy bit due to a monotone description destructive to the actual point of the actual video. Damn this was maddening

[@DP-tt3mg]

Holdin tudix 😂😂😂😂😂

[@coreyyyyyyyy]

Can’t believe the Larry David Quantico dress rehearsal was overlooked. 😂

[@wumudapybanit1867]

The narration is beyond phenomenal, such detail, not to mention the excellent background music!

[@BEdwardStover]

Great timing saying it is something about Will Ferrell's eyes that make people break, while Ferrell is turning hie mostly naked ass to the rest of the cast, making them break.

[@MrRedberd]

his eyes are up here

[@MargoIndigo]

back when SNL was funny

[@georgegeorgiev3946]

Pete laughing in the background listening to the names WAS part of the sketch.

[@podhardcorefan3865]

Hader needs to come back

[@johnnymac6242]

Its all downhill since Hader and Wiig left. And people like Mulaney used to write for SNL.

[@MrRedberd]

@@johnnymac6242 We always say that about every new cast. They're alright. It will be sad to lose Kenan. He has been great.

[@captsuperking2862]

someone who was just as good as parnell (or better?) at not breaking was will forte. the spelling bee sketch... calling out random letters for over 1 minute straight while the audience laughed, died down, laughed again, died down again and laughed again. not only did he not break character but he didn't even change the tone in his voice. complete rock

[@josuejean912]

That's not fair! dude is half machine half awesome

[@seanmikhael1767]

You should work in stand-up comedy where you give the audience a rundown of the joke before the comedian tells it.

[@Splandrocity]

Narration of the setups absolutely kills the comedy. Congrats.

[@sorared4001]

Always a fan of Bill Hader. But damn did this video remind me of how hit or miss SNL is. Will Farrell chuckling through the line, "We miss placed your baby" Is absolute gold.

[@Sly88Frye]

I'm reading comments about people complaining about how the narrator is explaining what's going on before we actually hear it and see the laughter from the actual cast members, but do keep in mind explaining it the way he does allows for him to use less of the clip itself because he explains what led up to it and explains why so therefore you only need to see the end when they break character. The reason I say this is because it's a good way to try to avoid copyrights. Not to mention even if there was the excuse of fair use if all he did was literally just show the clips that actually would not qualify as fair use so he had to narrate over them in order for it to actually be fair use. So come on geez! There's really nothing wrong with doing the narrations and in fact it was kind of required in order for it to be fair use at all. If somehow one of you reading this does not know what fair use Please look it up because it's been part of copyright law since 1971 And this video would not be possible without it or the actions required to make sure it is part of fair use

[@Jomali]

Pete Davidson laughing as the fireman works well with the sketch.

[@jaydee8094]

I have a theory, if the jokes aren't landing, break character so the audience laugh at them and make the sketch seem funnier than what it actually is

[@BLOXKAFELLARECORDS]

Chris Farley and Adam Sandler. 💪🏽 love it.

[@SuchandSuchMaui]

Chappell won't wear a dress but he's on this thumbnail

[@mistakfresh3494]

Actors break character on SNL all the time. It's part of what makes the show special...

[@SamsundarX]

Kenan Thompson will never break character, as he can never be in character... always smiling

[@elvisjimpa100]

why must all the comentators always talk over the clips like we dont understand comedy?Just roll the clips and be quiet.

[@justinjoseph7985]

Debbie downer at Disney is my favorite

[@fatsuperfly]

Hader and John are hilarious, because I know John would switch things up. And watching hader crack was so funny

[@KyanosLoboDeSpirituSanctu]

The narrator should bring a bunch of blind people to see Chris Angel. "The dude walked through a locked gate. He just fuckin' walked through it. By the way, that wasn't your card, but how would you know?"

[@AndrewMcleod-k8p]

Yo my eyes hurt😂😂😂

[@Guitarisforgrins]

Pretty sure Pete Davidson's was part of the skit. He's a fireman hearing funny stuff, he's laughing.

[@Ic3h0rnEt14]

The Tenement Museum gets me every time

[@MichaelLasotaMusic]

Pete broke for the Fireman skit because he DID write it.

[@dwnsouthtx210]

It's so weird that firefighting is a recurring theme in his jokes.

[@bobthebuilder8110]

​@@dwnsouthtx210 It's because of his dad. His father was a firefighter but died during his efforts to save those from the towers on 9/11.

[@dwnsouthtx210]

@@bobthebuilder8110 I know that's what makes it weird, him making jokes about it, but I guess everyone handles grief/death in their own way.

[@bobthebuilder8110]

@@dwnsouthtx210 Yeah, I guess. They do say laughter is the best medicine.

[@YesImJoeKing]

Pause that thumbnail😂

[@bk-xn5tk]

Blue oyster cult. Just pure magic. U can see walken completely lose it behind glass.

[@TheEndOfABloodline]

HoldenTudiks is officially my new username. Thank you. 🙏

[@forestwitch108]

In this sketch about polish the cabbage was the most accurate accent. We eat so much cabbage it should be our national symbol, along side maybe of onion and potatoes. They are in everything.

[@mattconw]

That wasn't a break from Pete, he was playing a firefighter that found it funny

[@brekerickson5911]

"it's funny because it makes you laugh"

[@ViralTuber]

"When Comedians Broke Character on SNL" ...or put another way... "Clips Limited to The Modern Era of SNL" (since all of the original cast, and most early cast members were too professional to break character) I started watching SNL since the first show in 1975 and I literally can't remember one time they broke-up laughing back then

[@RonMexico2003]

Ass fire made Foxx break....and America die from laughter

[@boogeyratt]

Fucking love Bill Hader. It's perfect how he breaks character in character.

[@IGGY7777-q7x]

the justice sketch is my fav

[@josuejean912]

How can we talk about people breaking out of character in SNL and not talk about Kenan Thompson? Dude always look like he's about to break. Love him to death though he funny

[@Zerpersande]

3:00 This Bill Hader scene didn’t crack him up because he was running in everything. It was funny because when the female character sat on his lap, he was told by the producers that they couldn’t have any kind of rubbing or humping motion at all going on. It had something to do with censorship. So they were trying to be very very still, but it was very hard to do that while on that motorized wheelchair.

[@InfoumusMOBB]

Parnell and Farley were unbreakable Neither would break character.

[@jonathanbell9349]

That was so funny I shit my pants. I need to buy another couch

[@rayabc123]

Chris Parnell is a G 😎

[@Gudwin2334]

Debbie Downer is probably the single best character break skit.

[@TheCoolTube]

I don't think Pete was breaking character as the fireman. That was the joke

[@theRealDeusLoVult]

Someone is enjoying AI too much

[@williamwalls9768]

Good thing he explained everything because i have no idea how to watch stuff

[@skinnybuddha8988]

I usually hate when people "describe" the comedy but you didnt do that at all. These people hating dont know what theyre saying. I legitimately enjoyed you describing who broke character for who

[@samholder196]

WHY is there commentary. WHY WHY WHY does anyone feel the need to provide context to a comedy sketch in which people laugh. just let it run, man.

[@wanderlust1985]

What about the HGTV skit with Chris Katan and John Goodman?

[@davidlambert6171]

Thank you for leaving out faker Fallon! He fakes breaking and laughing!

[@skrubW]

would have been a godly video if you just weren't yapping over every clip

[@Platerpus7]

The Debbie downer Lindsay Logan is probably one of the best ones

[@welcometothemovies9157]

Kinda feel little sad when you see Pete Davidson dressed up as a firefighter

[@pablocarlos1230]

Like when a very boring person tells you what happens in a very interesting movie but in a very boring way

[@carlcat]

To me, the Beavis and Butthead with Ryan Gossling was the funniest of them all.

[@colinbaker1282]

does it NEED commentary?

[@theforce2726]

I miss Chris F. He was funny

[@alphawolf9324]

The Californians always gets me 😂

[@jacobyarmand13]

There’s no better one than Eddie Murphy Christmas one

[@gloomy2.0a]

keep commentating, these cry babies in the comments can’t tell you what to do on your channel I love the content keep going 🌟❤️

[@saturiankhazard]

I don't need you to narrate every single fart in the universe, right? I want to SEE every single fart in the universe! Stop talking!

[@eclecticsoul2514]

Wish you would’ve let the scenes play out more instead describing the scene while it was playing then switching to the next right after you were done😂

[@brody231]

RIP PHILL HEARTMAN. THABK GOD U NARRATED THE ENTIRE EFFING VIDEO, LIKE WE R A BUNCH OF EFFING MORONS HERE!!!!

[@Hellwyck]

The last sketch is called "The Boston Teens".

[@playboyprincess4436]

How Leslie Jones don't make the list😂..She has the best breaks