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00:00All right, well, now this missed me a little bit.
00:02Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:04And today, we're counting down our picks
00:06for the most hilarious times SNL cast member Kate
00:09McKinnon made her co-stars crack up during a sketch.
00:11Probably because he still might be contagious.
00:13No, just because Florida seemed like a freaky place.
00:18Number 20, weekend update.
00:20Billie Jean King on the Sochi Olympics.
00:22In 2013, President Barack Obama sent a bold message
00:26to Russia during the Sochi Winter Olympics,
00:28taking aim at its treatment of the LGBTQIA plus community.
00:32For the US delegation, he enlisted openly gay tennis
00:35icon Billie Jean King, a move that SNL just
00:38couldn't resist spoofing.
00:39Well, you look pretty excited to go to Sochi.
00:43Yeah, I couldn't be more excited, Seth.
00:45I'm President Obama's big gay middle finger,
00:48and this bird's about to get flipped.
00:50In this weekend update segment, Kate McKinnon
00:53portrays King as a no-nonsense rebel,
00:55ready to spread love and a little gay havoc
00:58in defiance of Russia's laws.
01:00I'm going to drive my Subaru out back into Red Square
01:03doing donuts and blasting Melissa Etheridge.
01:06McKinnon fires off zingers left and right,
01:08playing up every lesbian stereotype imaginable
01:11and leaving Seth Meyers giggling pretty much
01:13throughout the entire bit.
01:14Be careful over there, Billie Jean.
01:16You could get in trouble.
01:17Get in trouble?
01:19I'm from trouble.
01:20Number 19, film panel.
01:22It's nearly impossible to keep a straight face when you're
01:25sitting across from one of Kate McKinnon's
01:26many iconic characters.
01:28Oh, wow.
01:30Wow, what a beautiful hospital this is.
01:32This time, it's Debette Goldry, the legendary Hollywood
01:35actress who somehow turns every conversation
01:38into a bizarre nostalgia trip about her traumatic industry
01:41experiences.
01:42Have I ever been sexually harassed?
01:44Good Friday, where do you want me to start?
01:45In this sketch, Goldry joins two other actresses
01:48to discuss the Harvey Weinstein allegations
01:50and recounts her own encounters with the disgraced producer.
01:53I was invited to his hotel room.
01:56And when I arrived, he was naked, hanging upside down
01:59from a monkey bar.
02:00Despite McKinnon's outrageous statements,
02:02Cecily Strong and Leslie Jones manage
02:04to keep it together for most of the sketch.
02:06But right at the end, McKinnon questions where she even is.
02:10And Jones can't help but crack up just a little.
02:13A Pandora's box is open now, and Pandora's pissed.
02:18Who's with me?
02:20No, I'm asking, who are these people?
02:23I blacked out.
02:24Are these the Angels?
02:26Number 18, Weekend Update, Brigitte Bardot
02:29and Catherine Deneuve.
02:30Speaking of older actresses recounting their experiences
02:33in the industry, back in 2018, veteran French performers
02:36Brigitte Bardot and Catherine Deneuve
02:38criticized the Me Too movement for going too far.
02:41That was all the fuel SNL stars Kate McKinnon and Cecily
02:44Strong needed for this Weekend Update segment.
02:47Oh, Brigitte, come on.
02:48No, no, no, no, we were having fun, huh?
02:50Let them get to know you first.
02:52Oh, so cute.
02:53She's 83 years.
02:54While Strong as Deneuve starts to walk back
02:56some of her comments, McKinnon's Bardot
02:58digs her heels in, even going as far as calling
03:01for Harvey Weinstein's release.
03:03And me, I stand by everything I have said.
03:07And I'm not going to let you down.
03:08I'm not going to let you down.
03:10I'm not going to let you down.
03:11I'm not going to let you down.
03:12I'm not going to let you down.
03:13I'm not going to let you down.
03:15I'm not going to let you down.
03:17And I will double down.
03:18Yeah.
03:19Free Harvey Weinstein.
03:22The two performers continue to banter,
03:24culminating in a hilarious exchange about their ages,
03:27which causes Cecily Strong to break character.
03:29Brigitte is very old and very wrong.
03:32Yeah.
03:34You are freaking old, too, bitch.
03:37Can't say we blame her.
03:38Colin Jost was laughing the entire time, too.
03:41Number 17, deep quote game night.
03:44Kate McKinnon may not be the star in this sketch,
03:47but she's the one who succeeds at cracking up
03:49host Daniel Craig.
03:50Or we could quote.
03:52What's that?
03:53We could quote, like, say lines from movies and guess them.
03:58Oh, oh, OK.
04:00Is that a game that you like, Jeff?
04:02Yeah.
04:03Yeah, it really is.
04:04McKinnon plays one half of a couple
04:06alongside Craig, who invites her co-workers over for a game
04:09night that quickly spirals out of control.
04:12OK.
04:13I need two new suits off the rack, one light and one dark.
04:19No clue.
04:19Oh, no, no, no, no.
04:20I know this one.
04:21This is the aviator.
04:22Oh, damn it.
04:23That was too easy.
04:24McKinnon herself breaks early on in the sketch,
04:27as Heidi Gardner forces everyone to play a deep quote game that
04:30leaves most of them stumped.
04:31From there, McKinnon pulls Craig down with her,
04:34practically laughing right in his face during their exchange.
04:37What was that?
04:40It's my turn.
04:40Here we go.
04:41Nevertheless, Craig manages to get through it
04:43before losing it completely at the very end.
04:46Enough of this.
04:47Get out of my house.
04:48Brokeback Mountain?
04:49Brokeback Mountain.
04:51Get the hell out.
04:53Number 16, Study Buddy.
04:55Kate McKinnon has played everything
04:56under the sun, from male and female politicians
05:00to an awkward teenage boy in the recurring Study Buddy sketches.
05:03While my mother won't be here for another 3 quarters
05:05of an hour, I could wait by the door or clean something.
05:12In this installment, McKinnon's character Josh
05:14calls his even more awkward friend
05:16for advice on impressing his crush, played by Carey Mulligan,
05:19after a study session.
05:21Hello, Jason speaking.
05:24Jason, you are not going to believe what's going down.
05:27I am laying next to the hottest girl I have ever seen.
05:31My good man.
05:32Aidy Bryant plays the friend Jason
05:34and has her own moment when she breaks character.
05:37Though that's more thanks to the ridiculous lines
05:39than anything else.
05:40Now she is looking at her gecko.
05:43Should I tell her the plant life in the tank is not ideal?
05:47Do you feel the gecko is in danger?
05:50Not in danger, no.
05:50Well, then leave it.
05:51Well, enough alone, my friend.
05:54There will be time for that down the road.
05:56The real kicker comes when McKinnon locks eyes
05:58with Mulligan and starts narrating their every move,
06:00causing her composure to completely crumble.
06:03Jason, my life is changing.
06:05And yet, I must admit, I am afraid of losing you, Jason.
06:12Nay, my good man.
06:14We will always have each other.
06:15Honestly, it's a miracle she even lasted that long.
06:18Number 15, weekend update.
06:21Rudy Giuliani on Trump's election lawsuits.
06:23The 2020 presidential election was pure chaos,
06:26but SNL provided some much needed comic relief,
06:29both for the audience and the performers themselves.
06:32I'm glad I made it to the show on time,
06:34because first I went to 30 rocks.
06:37That's a granite quarry in New Rochelle.
06:39What a night.
06:40In this weekend update bit, Kate McKinnon
06:42revives her savage Rudy Giuliani impression
06:45to tackle Donald Trump's claims that the election was stolen.
06:48She wasted no time roasting Giuliani's infamous
06:51Four Seasons total landscaping fiasco
06:52before diving into some questionable ballot theories.
06:55OK, first we're going to throw out bogus mail-in ballots.
06:59Colin, these ballots, they could be coming from Mars.
07:02Throughout her entire tirade, Michael Che,
07:04who must have been grateful he was off camera,
07:07was unable to hold back his laughter.
07:09Meanwhile, Colin Jost, who had been giggling throughout,
07:11finally cracked up loudly when McKinnon
07:14showed just how thorough the poll watchers
07:16would be during the recount.
07:17We're going to get this close.
07:19See, this is legally close.
07:21Nuts on back.
07:22That's where a poll watcher ought to be.
07:26Why are they so hot?
07:27Number 14, new wife.
07:29Even the most legendary comedians
07:31crack under pressure when they're
07:33egged on by Kate McKinnon.
07:34I'm basically the kitty ambassador
07:36to the twink republic of quonk.
07:40What does that mean?
07:41Jan, are you paying attention?
07:43She said she is the kitty ambassador to the twink
07:48republic of quonk.
07:49This sketch features host Larry David
07:51as a cartoonishly rich guy introducing
07:54his new wife, who is a big deal in the gay club
07:56scene, to his co-workers.
07:57Yeah, you guys can come, but you got to bring three friends.
08:00And they have to be either buff, cute, or rude.
08:02Two out of three.
08:03David actually nails it for the most part,
08:05rattling off gay lingo like a pro,
08:07much to the amusement of Kate McKinnon.
08:09So what is this song about?
08:11What is it about?
08:13Are you listening?
08:14It's like when you're walking into the club,
08:16and the A-list queens and tweets are up front
08:18with the Molly crowd.
08:19McKinnon, however, seems to be on a mission
08:21to get the others to break.
08:22And she ultimately succeeds when she grabs David's arm
08:25and makes him look her in the eye.
08:27From then on, he barely holds it together.
08:30Ending the sketch on a wobbly note.
08:32Is everything OK?
08:34You got some mass.
08:38Yeah, I'm sorry.
08:39I'm sorry.
08:42I took my prep on an empty stomach.
08:47Number 13, Teacher Fell Down.
08:49Some of the funniest SNL sketches
08:51are those that feel like they were dreamed up
08:53during a wild psychedelic trip.
08:55Teacher fell down.
08:58Are you OK?
08:59Yeah, because you really fell down there.
09:02You need, like, help?
09:03No, no.
09:05It's too late for that.
09:06This one falls squarely in that category.
09:09Kate McKinnon stars as a driver's ed teacher
09:11who takes a tumble in front of the class
09:13and stubbornly refuses any help getting up.
09:15This is all funny now, but it's not going to be funny
09:18if it turns out I've got two broken legs
09:22and I'm in a full-bottomed mermaid cast,
09:26wheeled around in a trash bin.
09:28What follows is a bizarrely introspective monologue,
09:31accompanied by overly dramatic music,
09:33where she rambles on about exceeding
09:35everyone's expectations.
09:37Girl, I'm on the ground.
09:38Oh, I'm where I belong.
09:42They always said I was too frail,
09:44said I wouldn't live past three, and I wish I hadn't.
09:48Oh, no, don't tell us stuff.
09:50As this goes on, you can clearly see
09:52Pete Davidson and Aidy Bryant struggling
09:54to keep a straight face and looking just as clueless
09:57as the rest of us.
09:59Number 12, Madame Vivelda.
10:01Even though we didn't get any new songs
10:03during her SNL hosting debut,
10:05Adele still brought her signature charm
10:07and unwavering tendency to crack up at the slightest thing.
10:10Yeah, 2019 has sucked,
10:13but I think 2020's gonna be our year.
10:16Totally, yes.
10:17Oh, we're fighting for 2020.
10:18In her first sketch of the night,
10:20Adele starred alongside Bowen Yang,
10:22Eggo Wotem, and Heidi Gardner as a group of friends
10:25visiting a psychic in 2019
10:27to hear what 2020 had in store.
10:29I see him, he's washing a bag of Doritos with soap.
10:37Yes, and you are screaming at him.
10:40You're crying, you're screaming,
10:42that's not enough soap.
10:44As the titular psychic, Kate McKinnon predicts
10:46a series of wild events that leave
10:48the group of friends horrified.
10:50Well, except Adele.
10:51While McKinnon reads her palm,
10:53Adele ends up staring at her for too long
10:55and inevitably falls into her character-breaking trap.
10:58Oh no, I see no concert in 2020, only coloring.
11:04Monday, coloring.
11:06Tuesday, coloring.
11:09Every day, coloring.
11:11Number 11, Africa tourism.
11:13The Adele-hosted SNL episode also gave us this sketch
11:16that was as funny as it was controversial.
11:18Witness the wonder, the escape,
11:21the story, the sandy beaches, the massive bamboo.
11:26The bit aimed to poke fun at sex tourism,
11:29with Adele playing one of three divorcees
11:31encouraging people to visit beautiful, beautiful Africa.
11:34The wildlife, the culture, the food,
11:39the nightlife, tribesmen.
11:41Almost as soon as the sketch starts, however,
11:43Adele breaks character, and it's thanks to Kate McKinnon.
11:46Once McKinnon realizes that the word tribesman
11:48is the singer's kryptonite,
11:50she milks it for all it's worth,
11:52repeatedly mentioning it
11:53and pushing her further over the edge.
11:55So what are you waiting for?
11:57Set sail for Africa, all of Africa.
12:01Zimbabwe, Kenya, Ghana, Tanzania, tribesmen.
12:07In the end, it just becomes a full-on giggle fest for Adele,
12:10who is never able to fully recover
12:12until the sketch wraps up.
12:14Number 10, weekend update.
12:16Ruth Bader Ginsburg on not retiring.
12:19Kate McKinnon has a knack for out-there impressions
12:21of political figures like Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
12:23Rather than trying to be as accurate as possible,
12:26she instead turns the Supreme Court justice
12:28into a wild child.
12:29Colin, the bench is now my porch.
12:33I'm gonna sit on it all day and scream,
12:35no, get out of my yard!
12:36The performer's version of Ginsburg speaks her mind
12:39to the point of making weekend update host
12:41Colin Jost lose it.
12:42She also finds time to eat a bunch of emergency powder,
12:46taking the segment into the wonderful world
12:48of physical comedy.
12:49McKinnon's antics earn her laughter from the audience
12:51and her co-stars.
12:52You're supposed to put it in water first.
12:54Yeah, yeah, I know, yeah.
12:57You got a little kind of all over.
12:59Clearly dedicated to the performance,
13:01the comedian goes for broke
13:02and steals the show with some dancing.
13:05And that's a Hopkins burn.
13:07That's a Hopkins burn.
13:15Number nine, last call with Dave Chappelle.
13:18As a creepy bar patron,
13:20Kate McKinnon shows that she's nothing short
13:23of a fearless performer.
13:24You know, I was looking at you
13:26because you have that certain still here quality.
13:30This version of the recurring sketch features a hookup
13:33with the equally daring Dave Chappelle.
13:35McKinnon and her scene partner
13:36push the boundaries of good taste,
13:38eventually driving Kenan Thompson to the edge.
13:41Something's happening here.
13:43Yeah, it's called the first sound of the apocalypse.
13:47Their water fountain act breaks up Thompson
13:49in a hilarious finale.
13:51Given some of the chaotic lines
13:52and physical comedy from this sketch,
13:54it's incredible that he lasted as long as he did.
13:57The writers of this script must have been begging
13:59for someone to break with this crazy hookup.
14:07Ah, damn it, Anthony.
14:09You let them get to you.
14:10Number eight, actress round table.
14:13For this scene, Debette Goldry is a spunky actress
14:16who explains the hardships of Hollywood's golden age.
14:19Alongside younger performers,
14:20the character recounts the harassment she endured
14:22from men in the olden days.
14:24They actually tried to teach me how to read once
14:27by putting peanut butter in my mouth.
14:28And then they remembered,
14:29that's how you make it look like a horse is talking.
14:33So they gave the part to a horse.
14:35Goldry also has a positivity about her that's infectious,
14:38making her comments sound nonchalant coming from her.
14:40McKinnon's performance still manages
14:42to get scene partner Margot Robbie breaking
14:44before it's all over.
14:46You girls know how it is.
14:50No, we don't.
14:52Is that a thing that happens?
14:53Robbie clearly holds it together as best she can,
14:56but can't help it after some of her co-star's funniest lines.
15:00It makes for a round table discussion
15:01full of surprising revelations and laughs.
15:04All the time we have.
15:06Well, I know what that means.
15:08All right, you krauts, get your kicks while you can.
15:13Number seven, another close encounter.
15:16Back for a second round,
15:17Ryan Gosling joins Cecily Strong and Kate McKinnon once more
15:20to describe his communication with aliens.
15:23The latter performer cranks up the sketch early
15:25with her mannerisms and wild stories.
15:28They were all dropping in,
15:30scrambling to mash up my cheek meat like it's pizza dough.
15:34Right, some would knead for a bit, you know,
15:37and wait for another turn.
15:38Gosling even becomes McKinnon's helper,
15:40posing as a model for an extraterrestrial demonstration.
15:44The host shakes with laughter
15:45as his co-star goes off on a lengthy speech
15:47about her encounter.
15:48I'm standing in the space in there
15:52looking for the source of the tear,
15:54and I was like, hey, last guy who did that
15:57got double-barreled pink eye.
15:59While you might've thought this wouldn't be funny
16:01a second time,
16:02the sketch proves itself with a few inventive changes.
16:05It's clear that the cast is still smitten
16:07with McKinnon's character once more.
16:09Number six, weekend update,
16:12Olya Povlatsky on the Sochi Olympics.
16:14Channeling a rural Russian woman,
16:16Kate McKinnon disappears into the part of Olya Povlatsky.
16:20Her character segment about the Sochi Olympics
16:22is much more than a sports announcement,
16:24delving into Povlatsky's personal life.
16:26Last man I dated was a real dog.
16:29Oh, unattractive guy?
16:30No, no, he was actual dog, Seth.
16:33But he was way out of my league.
16:35He was top lawyer in my village.
16:38This includes horror stories from her country
16:41and her interpretation of laughing.
16:43Weekend update host Seth Meyers tries to keep up
16:46and frequently chuckles through the funny routine.
16:48McKinnon's ability to switch emotions on a dime
16:51causes her co-star to hold back laughter several times.
16:54When asked about her dating life,
16:56the character produces more giggles
16:57with her attempts to use hip lingo.
16:59I'm the one who got away.
17:02Are you dating anyone now, Olya?
17:05Seth Meyers.
17:07You must be hungry because you are fishing.
17:10Meyers clearly shows that he enjoys the exchange
17:13as much as the viewers do.
17:16Number five, film screening.
17:18Brought together to talk about acting,
17:20the star-studded cast of this sketch
17:22tries to have a serious talk.
17:23The discussion quickly derails
17:25after Kate McKinnon's Debette Goldry takes over.
17:28Well, yeah, I mean, Samuel Goldwyn had a rule
17:31that all of his starlets had to eat arsenic tablets
17:34to make their skin glow.
17:35Her descriptions of Hollywood are wacky
17:37and sometimes awful trips down disturbing lanes,
17:40making co-stars like Leslie Jones crack up.
17:43We're just lying on a train track waiting to get rid of.
17:52Oh, my God.
17:53It's all so ridiculous and unexpected
17:56that you cannot help but laugh at McKinnon's performance.
17:58Seated next to the comedian,
18:00Emma Stone really loses it
18:02as she listens to Goldry's explanations.
18:04The breaking only makes this entertaining sketch
18:06all the more hilarious as a result.
18:08We don't blame Stone either
18:10because we'd probably be laughing a whole lot more
18:12with this kind of script.
18:13They used to make me do a whole screen test
18:15just for my toot.
18:17What part of your body is your toot?
18:19I'll give you two guesses and they're both right.
18:25Number four, apple-picking ad.
18:27Among the more entertaining duos on the show,
18:30Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon have a history
18:32of making each other laugh on screen.
18:33This sketch about an apple farm
18:35doesn't stray from that tradition.
18:37Select from our varieties like huge, soft,
18:41tiny, hard, green, orange,
18:45and apple.
18:47The duo comes together to advertise
18:49an awful place to find fruit,
18:50complete with some details that start to crack them up.
18:53McKinnon can barely take it anymore
18:55as she crumbles under the hilarious banter.
18:57We also have a petting zoo.
19:01We do.
19:02We have a petting zoo.
19:04Tell them, Hank.
19:05Both she and Bryant eventually regain their composure
19:08long enough to finish the funny commercial.
19:10With the added benefit of watching two friends laugh,
19:12this sketch is even better than it initially sounds.
19:15Wanna hear more about us?
19:17People usually don't.
19:18We're unmarried sisters.
19:20My hair's been in one braid for 40 years
19:23and now it grows that way.
19:26I'm 28.
19:27Number three, weekend update.
19:29Dr. We Notice on Trump's televised health exam.
19:32Not every weekend update segment
19:34has to be a Pulitzer-winning piece of writing.
19:36This appearance from Kate McKinnon's character,
19:38Dr. We Notice, proves this,
19:40providing a hilarious premise
19:42with a simple joke and enjoyable voice.
19:45But he feels so good, he said,
19:47I may be immune.
19:48What is this?
19:50And now he's holding rallies.
19:52Yeah, who does this?
19:53He do this, we notice.
19:54We hate this, he do this, we notice.
19:56The talented performer has a tough time
19:58getting through her own sketch
19:59as she keeps using the same play on words,
20:01breaking the host Colin Jost.
20:03McKinnon is having a blast throughout.
20:06It's okay, doctor, I'm in amazing shape.
20:08Yes, we notice.
20:11Okay, but we're gonna do it anyway, okay.
20:13Okay, thank you.
20:15Blood pressure.
20:18She also seems to be losing her composure
20:20and maybe even her sanity.
20:22By the end, the premise comes together
20:24like an inside joke that everybody on stage visibly loves.
20:28Cade, Cade, are you okay?
20:37I'm obviously not.
20:39Number two, hotel ad.
20:41With some incredibly precise writing,
20:43it's difficult not to cackle at this premise
20:45involving a sketchy hotel.
20:47An eclectic bunch of staff members
20:49run down all the amenities for guests.
20:51Mm-hmm.
20:56We put the hospital in hospitality.
20:58Billie Eilish hides her laughter behind a smile
21:01as her co-star checks off one absurd item after the other.
21:05At one point, the singer breaks
21:06because McKinnon decides to nudge her.
21:08And breakfast, and breakfast.
21:12And breakfast means morning here at Business Garden Inn
21:14and Suites and Hotel Room Inn.
21:16The latter's chaotic energy fuels a script
21:19that cannot be beaten.
21:20Having to stand next to the comedian throughout the sketch,
21:23Eilish has a front row seat to laugh along with the audience.
21:26And hiding from the police.
21:30So join us at Business Garden Inn
21:31and Suites and Hotel Room Inn.
21:34It's like we always say,
21:35we may not be the Ritz-Carlton.
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21:54Number one, Close Encounter.
21:57In one of her greatest recurring sketches,
21:59Kate McKinnon owns the scene
22:01as someone describing an alien encounter.
22:04Yeah, a little different for me.
22:07I had my shirt I came in with,
22:09but my pants were gone.
22:10Her co-stars have a hard time listening to her
22:13without losing it.
22:14While the other survivors have pleasant stories,
22:16McKinnon's character goes off on tangents
22:18that get crazier than the next.
22:21Did y'all get the knocker stuff?
22:23No, no knocker stuff, sorry.
22:26And did you feel threatened, Ms. Rafferty?
22:29No, no, no, no, no.
22:32The lines become so strange and hilarious
22:34that most of the cast holds back laughs.
22:36As for the host, Ryan Gosling,
22:38he can barely contain himself during the sketch's climax.
22:41It's easy to see this sketch going down
22:43as one of the performers best on the show
22:45for its contagious laughter.
22:46I had to just chill up there
22:49with my damn coot-coot and prune shoe on
22:52till the place opened up.
22:58How well can you keep a straight face?
23:00Do you think you'd be able to withstand breaking
23:02next to the Kate McKinnon?
23:03Let us know in the comments below.
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