Top Saturday Night Live sketches

Saturday Night Live, popularly known as SNL, is American late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show. It is known for its hilarious parodies on current affairs and contemporary culture. This list, in no particular order, intends to document my favourite SNL sketches. The list will be updated on a periodic basis as and when a new video enters the list.

Soccer Broadcast

Idris Elba plays an injured soccer (football for the rest of the world) player who joins the broadcast team as a pundit, and plays an unthinking character who says the first thing on his mind. The sketch is funny as Elba plays the role of a stereotyped football player who is not particularly intelligent nor eloquent.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3b3iP9vuZU

E-Sports Reporter

Chance the Rapper plays a reporter who normally covers basketball games, but has been asked to fill in for the regular reporter of e-sports events who is taking his SATs. Chance perfectly plays the character who is confused about the event and the attendees, and the sketch hilariously portrays the stereotypes of e-sports events and gamers.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlnwZzK2Ngo

Sports Announcer

Chance the Rapper again plays the role of a reporter who normally covers basketball games, but has to step in for a reporter who covers ice hockey. Chance's portrayal is hilarious as he does not understand the game and is used to a more temperate climate than the cold he is asked to do this job in.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ij4a6x_mPs

Earthquake news report

Mikey Day plays a reporter who is at the scene of a legal change of name building collapse following an earthquake. He encounters some very funny characters who were at the office to get their names changed. The puns on the names of the characters are the most hilarious part of this sketch.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nv6FMEvNiWo

Michael Cohen Hearing Cold Open

Bill Hader and Ben Stiller steal the show in the parody of Michael Cohen's congressional hearings.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp8kFqycfFM

Live report

A news report about a sinkhole turns into a completely different story about an unusual couple.

Link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBcG5tOURuM

Air traffic control

An American airplane has an emergency and the pilot has to speak to a Scottish ATC who has a thick accent.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGRcJQ9tMbY

NATO Cafeteria Cold Open

Foreign leaders (Jimmy Fallon as Justin Trudeau, Paul Rudd as Emmanuel Macron, and James Corden as Boris Johnson) make fun of President Trump (Alec Baldwin) at the NATO summit continue their taunting in the cafeteria.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBjGD5VGVg0