Behind the Sketch: Diner Lobster with John Mulaney and Colin Jost - SNL

Writers John Mulaney and Colin Jost share the origins of Diner Lobster.

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[UltaBlueRev]

John Mulaney dramatically asking "Who's this guy?!" and it pans over to Pete Davidson uncontrollably laughing — gets me everytime 😂

[nickfunk]

Release the 17-minute version you cowards

[maram]

I love how Kenan looks directly at the camera when he says "Clawsette" as if he's trying to telepath "LAUGH EVERYONE LAUGH" to the audience.

[MrTravisHD]

Diner Lobster is the pinnacle of the current SNL casts performance and writing. Whenever someone makes a comment about “the current cast not being the same, man!” I refer them to Diner Lobster.

[teresas]

Sketch: Earns award from PETA for saving a lobster
Also Sketch: "Let's go kill that baby cow!"

[Billibab]

why are the writers of SNL so freakin amazing ahh

[upat]

Lobster Dinner will go down as one of the best sketch in SNL history.

[claudiah]

Colin Jost and John Mulaney not wearing suits radiates some kind of cursed energy I can't comprehend

[EnLaLuna]

LOL “if this video was not 17 minutes than they made cu-“

[keel]

"We won an award... because we saved a lobster"

And... killed a baby cow

[Mandalor]

This is a perfect example of how execution is everything. Kenan really sells this sketch. Without his performance the whole thing goes from being brilliant to just kinda silly. Plus the commitment to the set design. One of the best ever.

[muraddiab]

I don’t give a shit that this happened on tv. I still think John should win a tony award.

[lisacraze]

One of the best SNL sketches of ALL TIME (and I started watching SNL with episode 1 many, many years ago.) Thanks for having the courage to revive the idea last year. --the other standout for me recently was the Weezer bit featuring Matt Damon & Leslie Jones.

[alainart]

I loved that sketch *SO MUCH.* We _need_ more Broadway parodies.

[dr.braxygilkeycruises]

The Diner Lobster sketch remains one of my all time favorites on SNL. I watch it frequently. Keenan is amazing as is everyone!

One thing: the fact that PETA gave them an award is weird. The last line in the sketch is something like, "okay, I'll have the veal instead" which is still an animal. That organization sucks (don't get me started! Lol).

[kengeorgejones]

All the John Mulaney content on here this week has made me happy.

[emic]

kenan knows how to nail every damn joke and every damn character 💯 of the time 😭

[jerryturner]

One of my all time favorite bits. When it was over, I actually applauded.

[jeffwei]

And now we have Bodega Bathroom! Please do another every time you host, John Mulaney.

[Cwitch]

When I saw them go live with this, I simultaneously sang along & laughed through tears. 😂 The absurdity of the premise juxtaposed with the reverence with which they treated the reworked music had me repeatedly asking the tv through gasps, "Oh, they're not really going to..." followed with "OMG! They did it!" I don't think I've had that reaction to SNL since Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood. 🤣😱🤣

This is definitely one of their better casts, and I remember sneaking out of bed late to watch the first one through the heater grate in the hallway. I was lucky; it made "land shark, " kind of spooky that way.