Jerrod Carmichael Monologue - SNL

First-time SNL host Jerrod Carmichael talks about what happened with Will Smith at the Oscars and coming out on his HBO special.

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[onefootsteve]

Note that he never said "Will Smith", "Chris Rock", "Oscars", or "slap". And, how he so effortlessly segues into his own story, and ties it up so well at the end. This was one of the most sharply performed AND written comedy monologues on SNL in recent memory. And he was also great in the skits! No, I didn't know who he was until a few days ago, LOL. But I am so impressed with this guy. I'm gonna watch his special tonight.

[jakehuang]

"Those claps did nothing for my self-esteem"
Glad to see Jerrod coming back to doing stand ups. He has a really unique style and delivery.

[johnmiller]

SNL needs to do more of this. It's nice to see an actual comedian, and one not super famous, hosting the show.

[sndrb]

this was maybe the smoothest snl opening monologue I have ever seen, relaxed, confident, touching on current events, vulnerable, a good callback and funny af. kudos, really impressive.

[hyeonjusong]

the way he alluded to "it" without ever explicitly saying what "it" was, and closing with the same punchline @Obama, was just brilliant.

[jovanbrown]

He should get the John Goodman and John Mulaney treatment and be asked to host every season as far as I’m concerned he’s brilliant

[olumide]

I remember his short lived sitcom "the Carmichael show" and thought it should have received more publicity. It was clever and funny.

[karlymorgan]

Not gonna lie I’d never heard of him, but in a single monologue he became one of my new favorites 😂 He’s hysterical!

[carlochiarella]

Arguably the funniest host monologue in a very, very long time.

[naping]

To people discovering Jerrod from this, if you're into black sitcoms please watch The Carmichael Show, it's honestly one of my favourite sitcoms till this day.

[samuelgarcia]

Didn’t know who he is, but now I do & it’s refreshing to see someone that does this naturally and so good !!

[MadisonAiello]

Jerrod is deadass hilarious. He needs to come back and host again next season. I’m genuinely gonna go watch his special after this.

[elizabethlarson]

"It feels like it happened somewhere between Jamiroquai and 9/11." Nailed it.

Fantastic monologue!

[djpowersw]

That was seriously the best, most lighthearted, genuinely funny without doing a schtick monologue ever. Great job, dude

[valoredramack]

Never heard of this guy, but something about his energy makes what he says amusing even when he's not really even telling joke.

[KDC]

This was an incredible good SNL Opening Monologue where Jerrod said plenty without even directly mentioning The Incident...very clever!!!

[joanneweiss]

I'm laughing so hard & loving this guy! Admit I had to Google him yesterday, bc I'm 64 LoL! He's fantastic, def watching special tomorrow!

[liamariamarchenafuenmayor]

He talked about it, without mentioning it and making the point without talking about it. Which is quite clever. He talked about division, homofobia and the lack of hope and leadership. Very intelligent and subtle.

[andreadaniel]

I have never wanted to watch an opening monologue more than once… until this one. It’s so blasted good!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️

[Tyfreaky]

I'm going to be honest: Jerrod could straight up be a cast member at SNL, he gives off that vibe. I missed last night show and saw the Rainbow Bush skit first, and I really thought that he was a new cast member!