World War II 101 - SNL

Mr. Thompson (Jerry Seinfeld), a history teacher, struggles to get his students to recall basic facts about European history. Thompson eventually gives up, realizing that his students are even ignorant about the existence of Nazis. [Season 17, 1992]

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[tlightning]

This class is above average since every student is actually engaged.

[svavarkjarrval]

I just returned from France and can confirm that there are still French people, even today.

[tigerhattom]

I was in a senior US history class when a girl (who went on to “graduate with honors”) asked about the Civil War, “Didn’t the north have an advantage because they were fighting down hill?” The teacher took a moment, pondering what he was asked, then went to begin to explain that moving from north to south wasn’t ‘moving down hill’ but in that moment he lost the spirit just like Jerry does at the end of the sketch and just sat back down at his desk without another word.

[Monster_Mover_Stocks]

As a former teacher, I can tell you that this skit actually plays out each and every single day in classrooms across America.

[DavidRealMusic]

I'm a history teacher. You guys laugh but this is my real life smh

[alexander]

Jerry is actually quite convincing as a teacher

[averyetvspecial]

The way Farley puts his hand down after “besides the snakes” is all-time SNL gold for me.

[chrisserrific]

Watching this after having actually worked with kids, I've got to say, this is an incredibly well-behaved class.

[YoooRico]

This is why you need atleast one smart kid in the class so the teacher doesn’t become an alcoholic

[VictorSilvestri]

I'm convinced this isn't an SNL sketch but actually an alternate universe where Jerry Seinfeld is a history teacher

[jokerswildio]

Jerry Seinfeld, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley, Chris Rock and David Spade....talk about a 90s powerhouse!!Awesome skit and more real to life than one would probably assume.

[JaneAlison]

The guy playing the teacher should have his own show.

[djp]

I taught World History for 5 years. This would've been a good day.

[andremarceau]

As a teacher, this is not even the tip of the iceberg. Fifty times a day, I have to keep a smile on my face while thinking WTF.

[knottsafterdark]

My dad was a history teacher, and he laughed at this so hard! He said that it was like having surveillance footage of his own classroom!

[MrBuc]

I like how Chris Farley’s hand went down incrementally when his answer was wrong 🤣

[CyberCheese]

Why does the description mention when this was aired? I thought we didnt have to know dates?

[browsertab]

this isn't a sketch, it's a documentary.

[HalfLifeExpert]

My 10th Grade World History teacher LOVES this skit. He played it for us at the end of the year. Our class was, of course, nothing like this one. We all were laughing hysterically.

[krishasija]

The amount of comedy legends in that room is crazy