Satellite Delay - Saturday Night Live

A news team is having a difficult time getting a report from Costa Rica because of a satellite delay. Aired 09/24/11

[SleepyPossums]

The real villain here: the silent cameraman who just does NOT give a shit if his coworker is getting eaten alive

[slateflash]

I like this sketch. It starts off with just a seemingly innocuous technical issue which soon gives way into absurd hilarity.

Well done, SNL

[femmeaurora]

I think I'm lost in Kristen Wiig SNL side of YouTube...

[DCDSG]

I just love her face so much at the beginning with that dumb smile, she’s able to keep it for so long

[carl_anderson]

As a costarican, I confirm we have boob biting snakes. Don’t get me started with our sloths.

[CoolerSphinx]

Kristen wiig is one of the best comedians snl has had

[IlaughedIcried]

I just have to say that this sketch has the cutest puppets I've ever seen on SNL. That tarantula! SO CUTE!

[xdaethsheadx]

"Wow... I am never getting Botox. Yeah... don't get herpes either..." haha that killed me xD

[GenieVillain]

There is something about the obviously fake looking practical effects that makes this all the more hilarious than it would if they were more realistic.

[BonoLightier]

I'm taking a degree in journalism and I will be Denise when I finish it!

[drumsNstuff]

"Oh the sun is setting!" I just died!!! "How does not feel that?!?"

[AfroSamurai]

"The Sun is setting in Costa Rica."

[MrDino]

One of those rare SNL sketches that they knew how to end properly.

[Mlm]

Disclaimer: No Denise was harmed in making of this video 😂

[CrazyCartoonCat]

Even though I'm terrified of spiders, the one crawling on Kristen's face is kinda cute for some reason.

[ningchannaga]

Binge watching Kristen wiig's SNL sketches. Who's with me?

[tarajh]

The props dept had way too much fun creating that giant snake! Haha

[eyecomeinpeace]

What killed me was the news team's Western New York accent complete with the Northern Vowel shifting.

[TheFrugalVideoGamer]

"You're gonna need 3 things: Sunscreen, a passport, and *spatial awareness"*

[popeye]

Despite common misconceptions, old satellite delay has almost nothing to do with the signal having to travel the distance (the round-trip even to geostationary satellites is less than half a second) rather the bandwidth limited by the weaker signal to that distance. This is why in true depictions of old satellite delay the resolution is also crappy.