Serial: The Christmas Surprise - SNL

Serial's Sarah Koenig (Cecily Strong) investigates the story of Kris Kringle (Kyle Mooney), an elf who allegedly leaves presents in people's homes. [Season 40, 2014]

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[simonjenkin]

the *really* impressive thing about this is how they managed to perfectly nail a sketch about something that has absolutely no visuals at all. they created an entire visual language for an audio podcast and it's seamless. that's just incredible.

[AshleysCamera]

As an avid and dedicated listener to the Serial Podcast, this skit is absolutely hysterical. Their impersonations of the defense lawyer, Adnan, Sarah Koenig, and Dana were on point. The style of the video, the speech patterns, the music, everything, is just amazing. 

[salohcinz]

One of the best SNL sketches I've ever seen

[auntvesuvi]

The intonation of the line, "the horse wouldn't even fly". Brilliance. I will so miss Cecily Strong on SNL. Looking forward to everything else she does. 🌟

[Mick-Squared]

She did a great job on Sarah Koenig's voice. Lol

[jtuck]

This remains the most bang-on parody SNL have ever done. It probably works so well because you can tell they're actually fans of Serial. It's not even really parody, just pastiche.

[michaelgawlik]

Kyle on the phone is so funny. He matches Adnan's tone and voice perfectly.

[rrileu]

"..and then there's the Nisha call. Next time, on Serial." EVERY TIME. Couldn't be a better ending.

[peachmuffin]

Cecily did the voice PERFECTLY. I'm so impressed.

[quokka_]

I'm touched by the thoughtfulness of protecting the helper elf's identity with a face blur. 💓💖

[assclownmcgraw]

People are giving props to Cecily for her Sarah Koenig impression, but what about Kyle's Adnan Syed speech patterns? That was on fcking point as well. This one fascinates me because this is truly accurate.

[meghanlamonte]

this is incredibly on point. the SNL cast is fucking talented. and the writers are geniuses.

[iProvisionals]

This should actually be a weekly thing with Cecily

[WillieD]

I just listened to Serial over the weekend and damn, SNL nailed the impersonations. SNL is getting better than it has been in a while.

[JesseColton]

...and then there's the Nisha call.

GOLDEN

[oxhornsupporter]

Does Sarah Koenig provide a voice over for this? If not, then Cecily Strong does an incredible impression of her. The sound and cadence of their voices seems identical.

[wheatymat]

The “Righ…..you know what I mean” ? Classic Sarah!

[momjeans]

"You never, not once?"
"No Ma'am"

[manchesterunitedno]

Cecily and Kate arguably the strongest SNL casts since TIna and Amy days.

[ndRatePetronius]

The real Christmas magic of this skit is how perfectly it pays tribute to and skewers SERIAL.

Kyle Mooney is SPOT ON in his voiceover as Adnan. My jaw literally dropped when he first came on.