How a Bill Does Not Become a Law - SNL

A Bill (Kenan Thompson) tries to explain government to a little kid (Kyle Mooney), then President Obama (Jay Pharaoh) and his bullying friend Executive Order (Bobby Moynihan) explain how things really work. [Season 40, 2014]

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[JeffreyGillespie]

"I'm an executive order and I pretty much just happen". Gold.

[chiroptera]

Pushing him down those stairs? That's called a "veto" :D

[MegaChickenfish]

That is a *damned* good Obama voice impression though, gotta hand it to him.

[justrob]

"I'm an executive order, and I pretty much just happen."




*proceeds to smoke a cigarette*
Had me rolling for a good minute 😂😂

[randomgamingproductions]

"Adorable you still think that's how government works."

AMAZING

[gabrielaubry]

I love it when he ducks into his costume to "read himself". XD

[michaeldougherty]

Kenan was brilliant in this sketch. Totally nailed the original voice of the cartoon, and perfect comedic timing.

[JunKazamaFan]

"I'm an executive order, and I pretty much just happened." (takes in a cigarette)
That part cracks me up every single time. Pure gold!

[mundane]

Kenan screaming "Aah, you black-ass... !" at 2:06. Gets me every time.

[Pharry_]

“I’m an Executive Order and I pretty much just happen”
The music cutting off just killed me.

[jtietjen]

Y’all are talking about Trump and Obama while we should be focusing on how a piece of paper is smoking another piece of paper

[rae]

Our history teacher showed us this after we watched the original one

Edit: I was literally in 8th grade when I made that comment and now I'm graduating in like a month wow

[theflym]

"My legs! They were made of paper!"

[Al-gotc]

My history teacher showed us this and he replayed it like four times because we were all laughing after the original. He so forgot that the bill cussed 😂

[IlaughedIcried]

I love that SNL trusted (accurately!) that more than 40 years after Schoolhouse Rock's debut, the American public would still remember all the cartoons.

[Melissa]

Kenan sounds just like the guy from the actual cartoon.

[tandjaymcgee]

"Look at the Midterm elections, people clearly don't want this....AWW YA BLACK I'm in tears lol

[addiererecich]

I'm an executive order, and I pretty much just happen"
*smokes a cigarette*

[endersdragon]

Remember when Obama complained for hours on end on Twitter about this... me neither

[BroForce]

This is how I learned how a bill becomes a law