Wake up and Smile - SNL

When the teleprompter breaks on a morning talk show, the hosts can’t handle it and everyone begins to freak out. [Season 21, 1995]

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[icebergo]

One of my all time fav snl skits. Waaaay darker humor than anything they were doin at the time.

[hakimitus]

Ha! I love the genuinely shocked reaction from the audience when he bites off the weatherman's head.

[theKeshaWarrior]

I love how their show is from Phoenix but they're showing weather from the East Coast lol.

[tommyhill]

This is my favorite type of sketch. Normality breaking down into complete absurdity.

[jadenova]

Ron Burgundy will read anything you put on the teleprompter.

[rhiannon]

The SNL cue card department wrote this sketch to justify the continued use of handwritten cue cards rather than computerized teleprompters. We see you, Cue Card Wally!

[hecticdmc]

"THE WEATHERMAN IS DEAD!" - well that escalated quickly.

[tylerkeller]

Will Ferrell plays the most perfect uptight white guy of all time

[Daniel_Delayne]

4:14 that mad scream of pure desperation surely one of the highlights of Ferrell's SNL days 😄👌

[wrinkleneckbass]

The weatherman's name changes from Tim Baker to Tom Bulcher to Jack Shaker because she doesn't even know his name after 20 years lol. And I love her reaction when Ferrell starts eating the weatherman's head, she reaches out towards the camera and begs for the words to come back. What a great skit.

[jh]

That’s actually a pretty convincing fake head for tv.

[sabatino]

Almost 20 years later and I'm still quoting this sketch. One of the top 5 all time.

[TheAskTrixieChannel]

I love how Nancy manages to develop every nervous tick, ever.

[ThePsho]

Incidentally, the pots episode of Kerry and the Gang was easily the best of the series

[chadlong]

This is the best SNL sketch of the 90’s.

[Gomez]

“I was thinking someone should get a group together with guns to sweep out those ghettos” Whoa! 😳

[jenniferwintz]

David Alan Grier gets two snaps and a twist!💖

[mercster]

Dude I remember seeing this when it was live on TV. One of my favorite skits ever...somehow I forgot about it for years, and just found it again in recommended videos. I will never forget again!

[therealunicornselene]

"Notions make this country happen"
She wasn't wrong

[collinmartin]

The only thing more disturbing than that murder was the level of detail on that prosthetic head, because that looks a little too close to the actual guy.