Please Don't Destroy - Roast - SNL 

I hope this line doesn't just slip by. It was really great.

Was nepo truce even a thing before this sketch??

Hilarious. I missed that the first time!

@@leif1075 There were heavy rumors and suspicion, but until now there was never any concrete evidence

omg I JUST got that

That one hurt me bad. Been there.

I'm putting a treatment together now!

Hit just a little too close!

Lies again? Star Bucks Spank Bang

​@@thatkidAtrayneis ok big guy

Who are they related to?

​@@jamesqudus8688 Former SNL writers

John is the son of Steve Higgins from the tonight show. He was also an SNL writer.

John Higgins is the son of current SNL writer/producer Steve Higgins, and Martin Herlihy is the son of former SNL writer/frequent Adam Sandler collaborator Tim Herlihy. Marshall is the only one who doesn't have a famous father linked to SNL.

Hilarious

Sorry what's mean that???

@@jacksaladino They all have parents who work in the industry!

@@Dallas75040 ohhh i get it now!!! Hahaha

@@jacksaladino Seriously? You just got it? Nothing about Dakota screams talent, it's literally written on her face.

"every time" it JUST came out

@@tattoofthesunn795 Nah, it's relatable. I've already watched this like 100x. SNL is the funniest!

@@lazman5516 what is this even trying to do like what are you saying

Does my character have brain damage? Lol

She’s not that great

i usually don't like their stuff but this was hilarious

I didn't follow the nepo truce but, is it a reference?

@@ak35h22 John Higgins is the son of Steve Higgins, a former SNL producer/writer, and Martin Herlihy is the son of Tim Herlihy, also a former SNL writer/producer. Dakota Johnson is the daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith

@@ak35h22 those 3 have famous parents making them “nepo-babies” which are children of celebrities who have similar careers to their parents and had succeeded in it. and so because their parents already had connections to an industry, the child was able to use those in order to build a career in that industry. john higgins (the grey sweater), his dad steve higgins is a current snl writer and is an announcer for the jimmy fallon show. martin herlihy (the guy with glasses) is the son of tim herlihy who is an actor and comedian and also works as a writer and collaborator with adam sandler. then there’s dakota johnson who is the daughter of both melanie griffith and don johnson who are both famous actors!

​​@@ak35h22They all have at least one parent who is "in the industry." Dakota Johnson's parents are Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson. John's dad is Steve Higgins (SNL but more people might recognize him now from Fallon's late night show). Martin's dad is a very successful/prolific comedy writer (SNL and worked a lot with Sandler) Crucially, Ben does not have any similar parental showbusiness "in," so he can't be part of the nepo baby truce

I didn't get the Workaholics reference. Is it supposed to be a bad show?

@@CBlargh It'a an American sitcom about 3 college friends who works in an office. Some people comment that its like PDD copies the premise of that show.

@@evieramosi Now I get it. Thank you.

Im glad they acknowledged it... but when 3 out of 4 people in the room are Nepobabies is that a joke??

No idea what any of these mean.

The logistics might get complicated but if all three guys are into it, I don't think anyone would be lonely.

Which applies to PDD perfectly. Their movie was pretty awful. I only saw it for Conan.

I’m suprised she didn’t call them Ed, Edd n Eddy (chill, I like that cartoon)

What about a single guy the size of three guys? Does it still work? *Cries* I need to lose weight. Daddy is going to lift weights I just know it.

I didn’t get this joke :/

ikr, the menace in her voice when it gets softer is brilliant

Then the close-up on her face is hilarious

Okay and…?

Yes, I think subtle may be the wheelhouse in all their skits

yeah that's swag right there

thanks - couldn't make that out. so random and hilarious tho

Even funnier because in another PDD they discuss how his dog is in rehab in background of applause again.

Why was he left out?

@Psyman2 Martin and John dads were writers in SNL so that makes them Nepo babies

​@@fedenicoro4109Cool 😎

@@fedenicoro4109and Dakota?

@@skamanderr9671 Dakota is the daughter of Don Johnsson and Melanie Griffith.. both holywood stars

I was like 💀 ☠️

Aubrey Plaza is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

that was cold

savage

I laughed so freaking hard at that!

@@s9lecompme too haha 😂😂😂

I literally laughed out loud 🤣

i’m black and i laughed so hard at that line 🤣🤣

Di you see Martin and Ben's faces after John said that?

And zoom in 😂

Ooh, ooh, here's a roast: I can tell just from your profile pick that you're loveless.

It’s given I’m about to make y’all cry and there’s no escape 😂

@@tamariomartin9080 is like y’all. Sure y’all wanna do this?

What's the score now, pal?

That appear out of nowhere when they want to use them and then disappear again when activated.

It’s a whole ceremony they get as soon as they decide to go in the industry. First you tell your famous parent, then they alert the PON. Within a week you’re flown out to Nepo Island, just north of Guyana, to be tested for a month. The Parliament of Nepotism sees if you have what it takes to really be famous… or at least coast enough not to ruin the family name. Once the test is done, if you passed, they cut off a small piece of your ear, forge it into the ring, and finalize it with a drop of the blood of the first nepo baby, Jesus, into the gem of the ring to bestow it with magic. The nepo baby is given the ring under two unbreakable conditions: never to betray the parliament, and always to honor the nepo truce.

@@OvSpP brilliantly written ceremony description!

they had to bury Lisa Marie Presley's ring in a separate plot

Who are the two dudes related too that are famous?

Love these roasts

loved the immediate clap back because in that fight 3/4 are on the nepo side, especially since she's pure nepo. (Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith)

It's great because you also know he really did get the gig because of his dad lol

I haven't seen most of her movies so this was legit the best acting I've seen from her, lol. Not meant as an insult, I don't think I was the 50 Shades target demo so I've just missed her work.

"Yeh, it's like that," she sed. With that look. After shutting the door. Savage. 😂

​@@StevieWicksher turn in Suspira was pretty interesting but I can't say it was Oscar worthy. This skit IS award worthy.

Everyone else is excited about one of the jokes, but the deadpan right after "dry sense of humor" absolutely destroyed me.

I hope the Madame Webb RT rating does come up again.

My exact thought when she said that 🌜

13 percent on RT. Ouch. Would have been a very different roasting video had Madame Webb premiered before it.

13% on Rotten Tomatoes 😂

it didnt

bombed?? It Razzied I never thought we would get Inhumans(11%) level stupidity again but here we are Madame Web received negative reviews from critics,[97][98] who panned it as an "embarrassing mess",[99][100][101] and the "worst comic book movie" yet.[102] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 11% of 246 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Madame Web's earnest approach to the title character's origin story has a certain appeal, but its predictable plot and uneven execution make for a forgettable superhero adventure."[103] - Razzies(0%-50%) The Marvel Razzies (0%-50%)- WORST OF MARVEL-Fant4stic-On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 9% of 263 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 3.6/10. The website's consensus reads: "Dull and downbeat, this Fantastic Four proves a woefully misguided attempt to translate a classic comic series without the humor, joy, or colorful thrills that made it great."[1] As of 2023, it the lowest-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes out of all theatrical films based on Marvel Comics properties. WORST OF MCU-Inhumans-The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 11% approval rating, with an average rating of 3.70/10 based on 47 reviews. The website's consensus states, "Marvel's Inhumans sets a new low standard for the MCU with an unimaginative narrative, dull design work, weak characters, and disengaging soapy melodrama."Reviewing the season, Matt Liparota of Destructoid concluded, "Inhumans is a work with almost nothing of value for anyone. It's not even an interesting train wreck. It's just a boring, lifeless slog easily shooting to the top of the list of the worst things the MCU has produced in its near-decade of existence." The DC Razzies (0%-50%)- WORST SUPERHERO FILM EVER - Catwoman-On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 8% based on 197 reviews, with an average rating of 3.2/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Halle Berry is the lone bright spot, but even she can't save this laughable action thriller".

It bombed worse than the Please Don't Destroy movie (17% vs. 42%).

I assume she contributed

i'm pretty sure most of these insults were sourced from the reddit comments to their movie trailer.

It is weird. She was so good in this sketch, but most of her movies utilize her as if she was a completely different actress.

@@Caelinus that's because she's a BORN comedian. Her timing and straight man delivery are gold for a comedy writer.

It's because she can't act to save her nepo life.

​@@DunmoresMovieMania Nah, she's good in a lot of small indie films, like Daddio, the movie mentioned in this sketch, and Our Friend, where playing a cancer victim suits her low energy acting style. Casting her to lead a comic book was the real headscratcher.

@@ALK-le6pv -- You may be right. I can see her doing well in something with less energy involved.

please god, please send your angel and prophet to complete the whole oath.

I don't get it?

One of the few times they utilized it tonight

This sketch was gold, but the rest of the episode showed that there's a fine line between "deadpan" and "brutally unfunny"

​@OvSpP because they're the only writers with talent

She's fierce!

didn’t get this joke

@@pragyaagrawal9905 The Lonely Island is a comedy trio who used to star in SNL kinda like Please Don't Destroy does now. You can find them on RU-vid.

​@@pragyaagrawal9905Lonely Island is Samberg's trio. They're the original SNL youtube skit makers. She's calling them cheap (and maybe geekier) knockoffs.

"I love workaholics" "I HATE YOU"

@@jb7363 I was also leaning towards "geekier," as in they're such geeks they have no friends and thus are "lonelier"

13% now lol

Oooooooooh ooooooobh! Oooooooooh! And more oooooooh!

literally was the comment i was looking for 😂😂😂

AT LEAST SHE DIDN’T WRITE IT

Literally exactly the information I was looking for

although when they were doing the throwing the phone at each other or being face down on the floor after a beating - it was a gimmick but still hysterical

This is literally their gimmick. Develop one joke as the premise of the sketch and then milk it for as long as it can milked.

@@christophersullivan6405 You've now described the entirety of sketch comedy in one uneducated comment. Congratulations. You've really pinned what makes a sketch funny.

@@Nilruin That is exactly my point. The original comment was that a well written sketch doesn't rely on a gimmick. When in truth, developing the premise followed by building and milking a joke IS sketch. PDD is following the rules of sketch to a tee. They establish the Who/What/Where, establish the premise followed by a joke, and then heighten the game. Pretty standard UCB, Second City stuff. They do not spend a lot of time on objectives and obstacles relating to characters and relationships, and how that affects the comedy.

@@christophersullivan6405 I meant gimmicks like props, crazy costumes, CGI, celebrity guest stars, etc. Developing a joke isn't a gimmick, its just good writing.

She even had her own sitcom „Ben and Kate“.. wasn’t bad but the ratings were so low that it got canceled lol

I don't think this was acting, she is usually pretty funny, she has roasted people on interviews before, this is just a little more scripted

That was the crit right there.

*Closes door

Nay sir! The Nepo-Truce was not broken. They agreed to not attack each other on the demerit of Nepotism! All other insults are still free game. If not nepo-truce law, what do we even teach in schools these days

Yeah, but these damn DemocRats are trying to introduce Critical Nepo Theory into the curriculum instead of traditional nepo values. I have no idea what CNT is, but I don’t like it.

I seriously hate them now that they came out... except for Ben.

@@CBlargh”Came out?” It’s on their Wikipedia page, dude

Do we?

Only jealous people actually care though 🤷🏽‍♂️

Im glad they acknowledged it... but when 3 out of 4 people in the room are Nepobabies is that a joke??

Idk, Chelsea is up there too

low bar

Nah… not even close

TRUTH!

Show sucks. Bunch of simps.

For real. Somebody go watch that fuckin' movie!

I just watch this and weekend update.

they are the new Lonely Island

Just like her legendary pops, got that quick wit Don Johnson humor she got there.

JUST SO BRUTAL

I always thought that if Andy Samberg hosts, they need to have some kind of PDD/SNL Digital Short mash up

Meh, who cares about the critic rating. Audience score is 92%...to me that's more important for a movie like Foggy Mountain.

That movie was fun as hell

I've seen it twice and will probably watch it a few more, it's hilarious

Ripping on each other's movies while conveniently avoiding what a steaming pile Madame Web is going to be.

i get why critics hated it but honestly it was nice to watch a short comedy movie without much bigger to say then like friendship is important- deep and dark comedy is great but sometimes an eagle doing a sassy walk just tickles your ribs

Had me dying! 😂

😂😂😂😂

That took me out LOL

Uhhhhhh, that's 'they're' not 'there'. (See what what I did there? Correct use of the word 'there'.)

They are by the far the funniest thing on SNL but yea the more zany and or abstract they get the less funnier they are. Good neighbor or whatever those dudes were called didn’t take that to heart and they aren’t on SNL anymore.

@dannytallmage2971 Definitely the funniest on SNL, but that's not a high bar. They are carrying the show right now. Still, skits like the pimp my ride and ramen ones just felt like drop for me. Glad to see another high caliber video like this.

@@andevious4743 yea pimp my ride skid could have been a throw away madtv skit ramen was like a 70s SNL skit. Very subpar.

Tonight they peaked.

Mine as well. Actually my first like

This one and the Molly Shannon one are gold. Go back and find MS one.

For some reason, "Tommy" continues to be my fav but this one ties now.

@@belleslettres354 goes to look

I don't know how this whole sex thing works, but I also deserve it.

#FACTs = bet ✅ 🏆 #Emmys2025 x #SNLive x #DakotaJohnson x #ThrowingShade #CurtisJackson pls #REmix that ⤴️ 🇺🇸🗽🪙 💠 LE

Dakota could be nominated for acting, for the entire episode

Right? I'm pretty sure she is so self aware of what people mock her for and she just embraces it and laughs about it

All of them are except Ben, that’s why he gets pushed out of the circle.

They are really funny even with it though

Looks like it wasn't "cut for time"

OMG they’re moving up in the world I’m impressed

Dakota’s agent probably got on the phone and said make sure you lead with the only funny one