Hawaiian Hotel - SNL

The island has many volcanoes ready to erupt. Aired 03/07/09

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[ahoward]

The Rock singing sweetly, meanwhile Fred is doing a wonderful Hawaiian Kermit impression.

[ianstiehl]

I feel like the whole premise behind the sketch was someone just asking the Rock in the writers room "So is there anything you're usually passive-aggressive about?"

[javish]

"Oh god skip me! I hate this kind of thing!"
"...Ok we respect that."

[random_girl._.]

The way Rock claps each time before he starts dancing

[Derpster]

Pro tip: Stay in the background table and you won't get harassed.

[TheAlexis]

Rock can sing and act, and fight, and a great comedian.. and he is always smiling. And EDUCATED- a lawyer. wow... this guy is great.

[MA-gnnl]

Being born and raised in Honolulu, this skit is painfully accurate

[nathantzhang]

the one guy who said “skip me please” is probably the out of town businessman

[littlemiho]

The Rock actually makes a point that the Aloha Spirit of Hawaii which is part of the culture among the natives, regardless of nationality, is to treat people with kindness and open welcomes. However many tourists see that this niceness and tolerance for rudeness as a sign of weakness to exploit and treat natives like shat.
So yes this skit does express frustration of many who work to appease tourists.
Tourism isn't the sole business which keeps us alive...we do have businesses and educated people in Hawaii.

[jammypotatoes]

Wow I never knew they made the Rock's audition for Moana public?

[captianprice]

Plot twist: they don't actually work there. They just like to shame people.

[jencypetersen]

3:30
"It's not like our presidents Hawaiian or anything."
"Barack Obama? Isn't he from Illinois?"
Rock: "Ya kNoW wHAt?"
How terrifying would it be to see The Rock coming at you like that 😂

[SirKevinMartin]

The Rock's singing voice is actually soothing even though he's murmuring random words.

[TheThoughtbe]

There's a lot of truth in it. Hawaii was forcefully annexed into the country and as a result, a lot of locals have a negative sentiment about tourists.

[gracedoubleu]

"Fun fact about Hawaii: Our biggest export is coffee, and our biggest import is fat white tourists."

[rogue]

pretty impressive how Armisen is actually playing that ukelele the whole time and keeping comedic timing

[TheLovelySheri]

What can I say except you're welcome.

[inklvrtatdude]

I lived in Hawaii for ten years, and everything they said was damn accurate.

[mythic]

We all know the "I dropped out of high school so now i have to dance like this in front of you people." dance!

[shawnadmire]

The clap Rock does before going back to singing is leaving me dead.