Top 20 Most Controversial Saturday Night Live Sketches Ever

when it comes to comedy where do you draw the line welcome to watch mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 most controversial saturday night live sketches ever for this list we're looking at snl skits that towed the line between laughter and public uproar we'll be including weekend update but excluding monologues as they already have a list of their own number 20 weekend update pete davidson's first impressions of midterm election candidates with the 2018 midterm elections approaching pete davidson offered his opinions on the candidates but walked right into controversy this guy's kind of cool a dan crenshaw oh come on man hold on as a picture of ex-navy seal dan crenshaw appears you can hear michael che laugh nervously off camera pete isn't thrown off in the slightest and proceeds to mock the veteran's war wound which definitely upsets some viewers crenshaw included i'm sorry i know he lost his eye in war or whatever the following week the newly elected representative was invited to appear on the show and given a chance for rebuttal pete was also made to apologize live on air something practically unheard of on snl davidson later addressed the incident in his 2020 stand-up special alive from new york poking fun not only at himself and his apology but once again at crenshaw number 19. air lingus ladies and gentlemen welcome aboard flight 192 from dublin to cork making connections to new york city it's hard to say whether viewers were more annoyed by the lazy stereotypes in the sketch the accents or just the fact that it wasn't particularly funny you know about the words it sounds like not saying anymore about it and the word we're talking about sort of rhymes with running the irish airline crafted a tongue-in-cheek response calling the sketch unwatchable in a tweet written in the style of american president donald trump i collect my points [Music] [Applause] who is irish said she was surprised by the backlash and is actually a frequent flyer with air lingus also can anyone explain the joke about all the dogs of course this wasn't the only time snl relied on irish stereotypes and failed to stick the landing number three would you make me for supper um wait the cousin is still playing number 18 rosetta stone this commercial parody starts off innocently enough with some happy rosetta stone users showing off their newfound skills may guston los camarones in a rapid escalation of events things take a turn for the creepy when we cut to some men who purchased the thai version of the software for rather perverse purpose i'm learning thai so i can go to thailand for a thing i'm also learning tai for business while most language programs teach simple conversational phrases the thai vocabulary seems to be tailored for very specific ends with rosetta stone tie you can learn great conversational phrases like how much is that for the whole night the show received backlash from the thai government with the cultural minister demanding the clip be removed from youtube for quote tarnishing thailand's image number 17 biker chick chat welcome to biker chick chat i'm don it's not unheard of for someone to drop an accidental f-bomb on live television but imagine doing so on your very first episode as a featured player you freaking just threw an ashtray full of butts at my head you know what you stood up for yourself and i love you for that during the biker chick chat sketch jenny slate accidentally lets one slip and you can instantly see that she is completely mortified she has since denied the speculations that this was the sole reason she was fired after just one season but years later with a little perspective and distance she decided to flip the narrative questioning whether a man would have received as much backlash on the day that i got fired i ordered like four pizzas and like ripped into a bong and was just like well i don't know man number 16 michael cohen wiretap cold open mr trump we're in big trouble donald trump and his administration have been the source of many sketches over recent years with countless big names jumping on the bandwagon stormy this is michael cohen are you alone yes and what are you wearing so when the scandal emerged about stormy daniels and trump we knew snl would be quick to respond just tell me what do you need for this to all go away a resignation yeah right being president is like doing porn once you do it it's hard to do anything else while your political stance might affect how outrageous you find this cameo the adult movie actress made quite a storm with her surprise appearance in the cold opening a lot happens in this skit but it's the final few minutes that really grab our attention and amidst all the action stormy had a message for the president i know you don't believe in climate change but a storm's a common baby number 15 weekend update leslie jones when people named lupita nyong'o the most beautiful person in the world leslie jones's response at the update desk sparked some serious backlash and i agree that she is very beautiful but for me personally i'm waiting for them to put out the most useful list you know what i'm saying leslie acknowledged niango's beauty but also joked that back in the days of slavery her own size and strength would have been considered more important leading to a better love life master would have hooked me up with the best brother on the plantation the sketch ignited a firestorm on twitter where commentators took issue with her casual approach in a series of 15 tweets jones fired back stating that the joke was about her painful realization that black men aren't really interested in her number 14. heroin am as will soon become apparent snl loves a good spoof commercial in this case they used the format of a typical pharmaceutical drug ad to introduce a much harder substance i want to use heroin but i also want to get stuff done that's why i reach for heroin am it follows three parents who use heroin am to keep up with their hectic lives so now i can chase the dragon while i also chase this little guy this sketch divided viewers with some unimpressed at how flippantly the issue was being addressed especially as snl alums chris farley and john belushi both died of drug overdoses however others loved the sketch crediting it as a good way to get america talking about an uncomfortable subject side effects include it's heroin so all that stuff number 13 first he cries in this skit host b arthur plays a doctor delivering biopsy results to a couple and it is not good news will i still be able to play the violin the name of this sketch parodies nbc correspondent betty rollins book first you cry where she documents her struggle with breast cancer however this version has the self-centered husband playing the victim as he's distraught about living with his quote-unquote deformed wife post-mastectomy what about me i'm stuck with some kind of hideous deformed freak bad not only did this prompt a barrage of complaints but b arthur received an angry phone call from a viewer who tracked down her hotel room number larry's going through hell right now you took away something very important to him on the flip side betty rollin did write in to voice her support of the sketch number 12 weekend update governor david patterson state of the state snl's take on politics is usually comedy gold but that doesn't mean they don't occasionally miss the mark hello yankee stadium when fred armisen parodied new york governor david patterson rather than focusing on his political career or scandals they focused on his blindness everything will be reduced to rubble and flaming piles of garbage or as i like to call it where am i new jersey needless to say the governor was unimpressed accusing the show of relying on offensive stereotypes stop stop stop however when he appeared on the show beside fred armisen it looked like it was all water under the bridge he was able to laugh at his own expense but also gave the cast a taste of their own medicine by throwing in some shots of his own you know working in albany is a lot like watching saturday night live there's a lot of characters it's funny for 10 minutes and then you just want it to go away number 11 did jesus uncrossed if you're gonna parody jesus christ be prepared to ruffle a few feathers [Music] guess who's back christoph waltz takes the lead in a movie trailer that gives this biblical story a quentin tarantino style makeover it's incredibly gory and bloody plus we're pretty sure that the source material never included guns i need me eleven apostles we're gonna be doing one thing and one thing only killing romance some religious groups were offended by this sketch which portrays jesus as super violent rather than forgiving the council on american-islamic relations released a statement saying that they understood the show wanted to quote provoke a humorous response but that it was quote a distasteful portrayal number 10. alan dershowitz visits hell you know those jokes where you don't know whether to laugh or groan i'm a huge fan oh well thank you in this sketch attorney alan dershowitz makes a pit stop in hell where he's greeted with open arms by the devil in hell we meet the writer of baby shark flo from progressive mr peanut and mark zuckerberg look who it is jeffrey epstein great to see you what are you doing here ah just hanging but it's adam driver's epstein that receives an audible mix of groans and laughter due to his edgy punchlines i wish you could have been there in person yeah yeah yeah it's too bad i was murdered i know from a pun about his death to a joke about how the devil appears to him we'd be lying if we said we didn't wince even a little yeah to me the devil is a woman my own age number nine world's most evil invention while at a supervillain convention the attendees compete for the most evil invention in the world it can reduce a monument to the size of a toy there's a shrink ray and freeze gun pretty standard villain stuff but when dwayne the rock johnson's character steps up things take a seriously dark turn and even the other villains voice their outrage oh my god what's wrong what's wrong my most evil idea was a blizzard in july [Music] right well i went in a slightly different direction with the assignment a number of viewers objected to the skit arguing that it trivialized sexual abuse the sketch also takes a strange turn as it's revealed that this has all been a disturbing commercial for white castle number eight teacher trial with ronda rousey you know when they say some things are better left to the imagination now mr daly can you point out your former teachers for the court uh yes uh they're right there giving me butterflies so cheesy blurring fantasy and reality this sketch sees a 16 year old student testify in court after his affair with his teachers is exposed the defendant ms luna texts i'm with miss torkelson come over for some private tutoring winky emoji face the apparent joke here is that everyone is super impressed by a kid scoring with his teachers despite the legal and moral implications and how long would you say the encounter lasted uh about five hours oh i remember those days some pointed out that if the genders had been flipped no one would think the sketch was funny once again snl was under fire for joking about a serious subject as some viewers argued they'd gone too far let the record show the witness means my mate number seven gonna get me a shotgun name gary johnson in this sketch garrett morris plays a musically talented prison inmate who presents a song about his life philosophy [Music] morris later said this was his favorite skit but he can only imagine how it would be received in the age of social media [Music] according to him the song was inspired by a racist old woman from north carolina who had a similar song using the n-word he argued that political incorrectness is what made snl so great back in the day but now people are too afraid of causing offense number six father-daughter ad chris rock's shark tank sketch may have missed the mark but it was this spoof of a toyota commercial starring guest host dakota johnson and cast member taryn killum that drove viewers to express their outrage on twitter you need any help with your bag no that's all right i got it how about some walking around money dad it's okay viewers are lulled into a false sense of security thinking that what they're watching is a heartwarming moment between a father and a daughter then a pickup truck full of heavily armed men comes into view you be careful okay dad it's just isis the controversial cherry on this dubious sunday is when a tearful father tells these men to look after his daughter and one responds to america so really they couldn't have been all that surprised that this sketch would incense viewers number five starbucks ferismo you know when you go to a coffee shop and let's just say it's not the coffee that's bitter well this sketch was about bringing that experience home with the starbucks verismo this is tea i ordered a latte okay so one tea one latte no i just no tea i just want the latte uh okay the coffee machine is rude stupid and incompetent the female version ver quonica is no better what viewers noticed though were stereotypical black accents and jokes that reinforce negative stereotypes that's stupid surely there was plenty to laugh about without falling back on racist tropes to get to the punch line needless to say the sketch left viewers with more of a sour taste in their mouth than expired milk number 4. safe light auto glass this sketch first made headlines when safe light auto glass tweeted their disappointment the controversy only continued when snl suddenly made it disappear without saying a word at safelite we know how busy life can be the sketchy spoof commercial involves a safe light repairman played by beck bennett who keeps smashing a woman's car windshield in order to essentially stalk her teenage daughter played by melissa via senor you know i came out at halftime and it was cracked again no worries so who won the game this time while the sketch does a pretty good job mirroring the source material these very dark added undertones just seem unnecessary you must be tall for your age laney's 17. so basically a full woman while snl did their best to erase any memory of this sketch the damage had already been done number three word association we guarantee that this skit would never fly today in a job interview sketch chevy chase and richard pryor engage in a word association game fast slow rain snow white things start out innocently enough but the game soon exposes chase's character's prejudices becoming heated and racially charged colored redneck jungle bunny pack of in a climactic moment that makes us wince chase throws out the n-word and pryor is not taking it lying down dead paul mooney who wrote the skit said it was inspired by his own interview for snl it's been called one of the show's most shocking and greatest sketches number two canteen boy and the scout master this recurring character played by adam sandler is considered an snl classic but this particular sketch divided audiences you know it seems like the moment you get out of the city all your problems just sort of fade away alec baldwin plays a scout master who makes obvious and uncomfortable sexual advances towards canteen boy according to baldwin the sketch caused 300 000 phone call complaints and the loss of seven affiliates problem solved your problem solved but i think my problem's just beginning the boy scouts of america weighed in on the controversy too in response to complaints when showing reruns the sketch was preceded by a disclaimer saying that canteen boy is actually 27. given the character's childlike nature though the clip has a considerably darker tone before we unveil our pick for the most controversial snl sketch ever here are some honorable mentions the missing bailout sketch removed by nbc for legal reasons we're very happy we were sort of wondering why we were sort of wondering why you asked us to come today what up with that did samuel l jackson just drop an f-bomb i want to thank my guest the incredible samuel l jackson man hey oh so come on sam it's a [ __ ] nude beach did they set a record with the number of times they referenced male anatomy hey who's the new guy with the penis oh that's doug hey doug hi hey pretty small penis yeah that's okay emeth riding the ice pony is not the best advice thanks to emeth now i don't even need to leave the bar to get my sweet shabu shabu mama can smoke that chunky white crunch anywhere before we continue be sure to subscribe to our channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications [Music] number one the situation room tiger woods accidents snl's tone deaf take on tiger woods affairs left some viewers understandably fuming i will strive to be a better person than the husband and father my family deserves yeah you will we see the golfer at press conferences and every time the camera cuts back to him he's sporting a new injury clearly caused by his wife played by blake lively i've been really clumsy this week even his cries for help are turned into a punchline believe it or not i actually ran over myself many viewers pointed out that if the roles had been reversed it would have never been treated so lightly while some people did see the funny side most thought the show had gone too far do you agree with our picks check out this other recent clip from watchmojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos you

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Length: 19min 30sec (1170 seconds)

Published: Sat Aug 01 2020