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
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)
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Heart needs to be expunged from every movie or comedy series, he is a sell out clown who yet hasn't been proven but is definitely known to take it in the star fish just for his Career, just like Dwayne i love the stiff hard rock Johnson.
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.
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
"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
I think the whole Dr. Beaman sketch was actually on accident. I recall reading something online saying that either the musical guest wasn't ready, or there was some sort of problem with another sketch, so they just kind of threw a couple cast members on stage to improve, so there wouldn't be any dead air. Go back and watch that sketch, it's pretty obvious that nobody has any idea where it's going, which also accounts for the awkward ending. I mean, don't get me wrong, it was funny...
It kills the videos with some guy who has to constantly describe eack sketch then barely shows it after his long ‘I love to hear myself talk’ descriptions. I just usually find these sketches on RU-vid and watch those.
