As “Saturday Night Live” continues its celebration of 50 years on television, TheWrap has listed its most viral sketches.
As “Saturday Night Live” continues its celebration of 50 years on television, TheWrap is here to list the show’s most viral sketches that took the internet by storm.
From the hilarious viral sensation about gifting your girlfriend your privates to spot-on impersonations of some of the world’s most popular political figures, “Saturday Night Live” has never missed a beat when it comes to entertaining the masses, and that’s why it has remained a TV staple in American pop culture for 50 years.
Check out our list below of the sketch comedy show’s most viral skits.
Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg rapped about what it’s like to do absolutely nothing on a Sunday in their “SNL” digital short “Lazy Sunday.” In the skit, the two jokesters express how excited they are to wake up in the late afternoon just to do lax activities like chowing down on Magnolia bakery cupcakes and watching “The Chronicles of Narnia.”
“More Cowbell” is one of the most classic skis in all of “SNL.” Will Ferrell, Chris Kattan, Chris Parnell, Horatio Sanz and Jimmy Fallon star as the members of fictional rock band Blue Oyster Cult who are in the studio recording the latest track “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper.” With guidance from producer Bruce Dickinson (Christopher Walken), the musicians surely have a hit on their hands — as long as they add more cowbell.
“D—k in a Box” is one of the most popular, and catchy sketches “Saturday Night Live” has ever done. “D—k in a Box” is a digital short and song by American comedy group The Lonely Island featuring Justin Timberlake. In the sketch, Timberlake and Andy Samberg star as two early ’90s musicians as they sing about the gifts they’d like to give their girlfriends for Christmas: their penises.
There would be no “Celebrity Jeopardy” skit on “SNL” without Will Ferrell’s first run as late host Alex Trebek. The lineup of competitors were Sean Connery (Darrell Hammond), French Stewart (Jimmy Fallon) and Burt Reynolds (Norm Macdonald).
In “SNL’s” “Club Shay Shay” skit, Devon Walker and Ego Nwodim starred as Shannon Sharpe and Katt Williams as the show took on Sharpe’s popular podcast interview series, specifically the viral episode with Williams.
