As a black man living in the south who knows MAGAs, the skit really does illustrate how much rural whites and blacks have in common.

And how much nonsense each had been told about the other

Thank you, James! I'd like to bring you over a banana puddin' for that answer :-) If you listen to the news, you'd think the South is in a full on race war.

I know a lot of people that support trump and they are nothing like what the media and Hollywood claim.

I’m in Alabama they nailed this skit he act exactly like he’s from bama I’m born and raised down here in Mobile

@Jeron White Yeah I moved down here to work for Airbus, and they've got Dougs everywhere.

Keenan is the unsung hero that makes this skit legendary. His timing is impeccable and delivery perfect.

It's a tie between him and Eddie Murphy for the goat of SNL

The end is golden. Well Doug it's been fun

Yay pdx!

That first response to Doug when he says "YES!!" is amazing

Like it supposed to be my friend...

Kenan Thompson's character blended perfectly with Tom Hanks' character. It was as if they met in the parking lot of a Lowes or Home Depot. 100% authentic, sincere and realistic, as each and every one of us have encountered a Doug.

*Kenan

If you haven't.... You probably ARE Doug.

@danman6669 *Keenan..... Now lower your head in shame

I actually know a person like this and his name is Doug

I actually have an Uncle Doug that is exactly like this character, only he's from Jersey. Still flies a Confederate flag, though. He's a fan of losers.

Whenever Kenan plays a host, there’s always a REALLY good message in it.

Well it was good while it lasted.

What;s the message behind "What's up with that"?

@Scott *Game show host

@Scott I thought different races in middle and lower class income brackets have more in common than differences

4:25 “Yeah but my Cecil’s name’s Jimmy and fixed my refrigerator, my air conditioner, And my cat.” Amazingly clever line 😂

I'm just replying so you can see how much likes you got

My Cecil's name is Shawn. Does most of that, but hates cats and prefers pitbulls. Lol.

How does one fix a cat?

What's the meaning of that line?

I think he fixed his gas (heater).

The way Tom keeps acting the part after the titles come up at the end, shows what a damn good actor he truly is. So many cast members break character as soon as the end of the sketch is called, but Tom just went for it, explaining his views on What Lives Matter...

Lmao I didn't even notice that at first and had to go back, nice catch

I really wanted to know what Doug had to say on the subject! 😄

Sometimes you just don't want the laugh train to end lol

great catch...they're usually jogging off stage by then...Tom's a pro

They managed to make fun of black and white people with the absolute best stereotypes out there, without anyone getting triggered

luggi lu it’s the cold fusion of comedy

I'm triggered, I just have to come up with a good reason why... I'll think of something.

because it was blacks making fun duh..

Yet

We need more triggers

I was blessed enough to be at this live filming. Incredible episode.

*That's dope af 💯✨*

That’s practically sacred ground….😁

Proof that Tom Hanks can play ANY role.

He’s done comedy throughout the 80’s before taking on more serious film roles.

I keep coming back to this, it's a top 10 SNL sketch. Tom Hanks gives it the gravitas, but Kenan is the star. Also "he got teeth don't he" is gold from Leslie Jones

I haven't watch SNL since the early 90's, but I gotta give the whole cast and writers credit for this skit. Well delivered, fantastically funny, and brings people together rather than rips them apart..

They got Hanks

Same Stephen. This one hits home, Jones and Hanks helped too.

Unless you own a red hat with white lettering...

@[TRUMP]-[TOTAL WAR] not exactly. If you do some research, you will find quite a bit more detail. You will know the difference.

this is actually one of the most beautiful and thoughtful skits in snl history

This is probably the most intelligent, most perpetually relevant and downright hilarious skit I've seen on SNL in a looonnng time.

Released about three years too early

It is funny, even I had a good chuckle. And I hate SNL. But it is not intelligent.

I've been a fan of Kenan since I was a kid, I grew up watching Kenan And Kel, and I got to say, the guy doesn't miss! He is so funny, his comedic timing is gold!

I’ve always wanted to see more All That alumni on SNL.

"WHHHHHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!?! I can always hear him say that. I wish Kel Mitchell got a chance at SNL.

​@David RWell Kel was on SNL with the Kenan and Kel skit with Keke Palmer not too long ago

He was also on All That on Nickelodeon

Good burger baby! I wonder if the good chair was a play on that?

This caught me off guard. I have seldom laughed harder. Now I am going to have to watch all the SNL Black Jeopardys.

Watch the one with Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa.

This will always be my favorite episode of Black Jeopardy. My husband and I quote this regularly 🤣

This is one of the best SNL sketches. Tom Hanks is classic ... What is, "Not a Damn Thang"!! Lol

When Tom Hanks said my wife is a sturdy gal!!!!! I lost it

And his answer, "Not a damned thing!"

😂😂😂

😂😂😂😂

Darnell going in for the handshake and Doug backing up like he's getting robbed was an overlooked gem in this skit

Yes! I was just about to make that comment everyone else did. I’ve been watching the skit for a few years, it’s funny that you beat me to this comment by 20 hours

I dunno about that he felt like he's getting robbed, more like he didn't know exactly what was going to happen, and was skittish It was very relatable

I love watching Shanice trying to keep it together right after

@zimriel he put his hands up

Tom Hanks lol don't hit 😂

Still one of the most brilliant sketches ever made. Tom Hanks was absolutely perfect for this!

Every Black Jeopardy is perfect, but this one is the perfectest. When Leslie Jones does that slow turn when the Final Jeopardy category is revealed, life is given.

All four players in this were utter perfection Her slow turn coupled with Tom’s frozen face just kills me And then “Well it was nice while it lasted, Doug!”

I love Leslie trying to hold it together when Darnell goes to shake Doug's hand lmao

Lol....that was hard to stay in character for real.....you could tell she wanted to blow up laughing....

This is heartwarming, unifying, and HILARIOUS. It's awesome when humor is used as a force for good!! I revisit this one every few months for that reason. 💗

When Keenan goes to shake his hand and he drops his buzzer and recoils in fear is just so good

That’s the part that always cracks me up the most 🤣

Final category 😂😂 it was good while it lasted doug

And also the "we gonna play the national anthem just to see what the hell happened" was brilliant

😂😂😂😂

LMAOOO

This video should be in a museum. And I like how he said I got a lot to say about this because people that boil things down to a slogan aren't your friends.

At the very end as the camera is pulling back, Tom is still in character arguing with Kenan. Love it!

Fantastic artist... you have to watch him so engaged in this performance

Keenan loving that Doug knows the answer kills me everytime 😂😭

Really, one of the best sketches of all time. Still holds up and will likely be a tremendous time capsule 50 years from now.

I really love this skit. It speaks volumes yet does it in a humorous way

I love it when Sasheer looks at Tom after he backs up in "fright" from Keenan's handshake. She's like, "this dude is in character."

Whoever wrote this sketch is a genius. They really highlighted some of the socioeconomic similarities between black and white folks in this country. For better and for worse.

Correction *similarities between black and poor white folks*

Mufasa's Brother was Foul AF Point taken.

I believe Michael Che wrote it

Mufasa's Brother was Foul AF Correction *similarities between poor black folk and poor white folk*

Why doesn't it say "Poor black jeopardy" then?

Lets just face it. Keenan makes any skit hit hard!

He's been holding SNL together for years now

This skit made my day. Everybody did their part and just like in "The Ladykillers" it was good to see Tom Hanks jump back into comedy after so long and that dude's still got it

I love that line “she’s a sturdy gal” 😂

I grew up watching Keenan and Kel and Tom Hanks. I absolutely love seeing them on TV. Absolute legends.

One of my favorite SNL skits. I love Tom Hanks and I think he should host more often.

One of the all time great SNL skits. To this day still laugh at "NOT A DAMN THING"

I rewatched it today just for that line lol

@K G lol Same...just now

"Welllll ... it was good while it lasted" along with the looks from Leslie and Shasheer bring this one home perfectly. As good as it gets.

😂

@Yannick Omani Yep. Total stink eyes.

This was legit funny. Tom Hanks is such a great actor 👏🏽. I forgot it was him

Now this is how comedy brings people together

I just love Tom Hanks!!! One of my favorite actor!!! ❤

Omg hilarious! Even 6 years later. Tom Hanks is one of my favorite people of all time❤️

This is the best sketch ever written and executed on this show. Prove me wrong.

I have to agree, but there's a skit with Chris Katan fighting Jennifer Lopez, it was friggin hilarious. And another Chris is directing Julie Stiles in a movie and she can't figure out what he's trying to say. You might still be able to find it here on YT.

It's good, but SNL used to have hilarious skits from the beginning through the 80s and 90s. Dana Carvey was always hilarious. And the Patrick Swayze and Chris Farley skit had me in tears.

@Philomath67 I agree, but I also liked the Will Ferrell and Sherri Oteri was a very funny era.

This isn't even remotely close to what you described. Wayne's World skits, Chris Farley's skits, many of Will Ferrell's skits, and so on were much funnier.

@Philomath67 Yes, the 90's were the best. But Will Ferrell and Sherri Oteri did some really good skits together.

This is how you do racial humor without being racist.

Well the reason why its funny is that it focuses on class rather than race. Poor whites are the same as poor blacks.

Sentirion Beats well I’m white and black but haven’t experience any poor livelihood

@ReedBoi1603 well in the south there are a ton of poor people, white and black (a few hispanics too)

Thank you, I guess the SNL's writer didn't know how to do this type of comedy without you layin'-out the whole skit, so happy you approve!? Not!!🙄 (Sarcasm) 🤨

Sentirion Beats whoosh

I keep coming back to this skit over and again. Genius!

Easily one of the greatest sketches in snl history.

I love it at 6:04 with the category and the reactions. Keeley and Shanice look over at Doug, and Doug is like, "Okay, lets get to it." 😂

This is absolutely one of the best SNL skits of all time.

The first “YES!” From Keenan gets me every time. He really sells the shock. Love it.

It's so damn good. The quick timing and the look on his face will always be one of those comedy bits I can start laughing about just thinking of it.

I think its great I feel like the audience suddenly understands the bit

Absolutely! It's like he's reacting to playing spades with his white friend for the first time, and they know what they're doing haha.

Kenan lifts it to another level of excellence. There is no down-time in this skit.

Keenan is really hard not to like

I was brought up in a lily-white French-speaking working class environment and I realise that most of the stereotypes portrayed in the Black Jeopardy skits are very similar to ours. I believe people of any background have much more in common than they think. I find that very reassuring.

One of my favorite SNL sketches of the last 20 years. Of course Tom Hanks is great, but Kenan was the standout to me

the writing on this script as absolutely amazing! i hope whichever unpaid intern wrote this gem makes it big

Every year I breathe a little easier when I find out Kenan is still in the cast. He’s been there longer than anyone and I just hope we see another 2 or 3 years from him.

Or 10 or 20!

One of the best skits I've ever seen/heard! Kenan Thompson never disappoints--the the ladies and Hanks were hilarious, too....

This is one of the best SNL skits they've ever done. It's hilarious, topical, and surprisingly understanding of other people's views without just taking easy cheap shots. Making the Doug character relatable despite massive political differences was great, and managing to do that without coming across as preachy. Whoever wrote this one is on another level.

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I have a feeling Tom Hanks had some input here.

This skit was from the pre-Trump era. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact we weren't having cheap shots at each other like we do now.

@Jesse Johnston I don't think that's accurate. He's wearing a MAGA hat and the skit is 4 years old, which would be Trumps first year. This was right in the heart of Trump era, and fully within the time everyone was taking cheap shots at each other, which is what makes this skit so beautiful by not stooping to the level everyone else was at that time. This skit is a masterpiece of comedic professionalism.

It has Tom Hanks....he makes everything good

The Jeopardy theme song coming in on a beat really sets the tone😎

Tom's delivery of "what is, not a daaamn thing" is just so pure and golden. And the ladies' appreciative reaction to it just makes it even better. The writers and cast really outdid themselves with this one I'll tell ya h'what.

This is hilarious 😂😂😂. I've come back to this video at least 19 times and Tom Hanks is so great in this. Of course Kenan is always great in every sketch

They made fun of everyone without being disrespectful. This was gold. Wish they did this more often.

“Well it was good while it lasted Doug” 😂🤣😂

Tom Hanks, a top film star, went out of his way to take SNL seriously and perform within their format rather than trying to take over the show. He blended into the ensemble perfectly.

Ray Gordon Teaches Chess look back Tom hanks has killed it on SNL for 30+ years

True. But is that really a shock? ☺ Hasn't he run off with the title of nicest man in Hollywood for DECADES now?

@WALL91NUTZ my favorite is the Mr. Belvedere Fan Club sketch-

@S Ace Suck-up. It's so pc, it's must-not-see TV. Nicholas Stix, Uncensored

This proved if we just sit and talk to one another we'll discover we have more in common than we think.

The Snoop Dogg interview with Bill Burr is another amazing example of this. It's not a black and a white guy, it's two guys who grew up poor in the 70s.

Yes. This was the ultimate message that we are more alike than different if we just communicated and shared our ideas as humans. I'm glad to see others that understood this as well.

Faxx this comment underated 💯

You damn right

I haven't laughed at SNL in a long time. But this one always does it for me

Keenan’s “Yes! YES 👀!!” Had me rollin…

Same

easily one of the best comedy sketches of all time. amazing work

This was awesome- wish I had seen it when it came out originally. Great way to see some common ground ❤

Y'all out here forgetting that Tom Hanks was originally a damned good comedian. He killed this skit!

You're spot on. Long before he was a dramatic actor, Tom Hanks was part of the new up and coming generation of comedic actors.

The way you phrased the start of your sentence made it sound like you going to say he was a bad comedian. I'm glad it didn't end that way

@That One Guy Oh hell no. That man is one of the greatest actors of all time. Always respect that🙏

Tom Hanks is a damned good EVERYTHING! Comedian, dramatic actor, husband, father, nice guy! He could do a 2 hour movie of him doing shadow puppets and eating baloney..... and I would pay money to see it!

He is always being somebody else, but as well as if he really was. He started his career passing as female, here he is passing for black, sorta, passed for airline pilot, ship's pilot, and always as well as if it's really him. Wishing they could clone this man. Scared the bejeezus out of me when I heard he caught covid.

Keenan is the guy that comes to work. He has been doing this since he was a kid and he's a master craftsman

Great skit I've seen it several times and it makes me laugh every time.

I love Tom Hanks! He is a great actor.

Perfectly done skit! Loved every minute of it. Funny and touched on topics without being dumb.

That was HILARIOUS! Vintage 1990's satire! Well done striking writers. Pay dem writers!

Tom Hanks' comedic timing and delivery is impecable.

Yes!

People forget that he was a comedy actor back in the day.

@barnhib He was a stand up comedian before that

He started out in comedy I hope so

uh, guy began his career as a COMEDIAN

This is probably one of the best SNL skits. Pure genius 👍

Keenan should host an Oscar ceremony, he is very talented

One of the BEST skits in the history of SNL.

😂😂😂😂😂 I laughed throughout this. "You people are fun. Can I say that?" "You get a pass this time."

WHEN THE LIVES THAT MATTER CATEGORY CAME UP AND KEELY & SHANICE LOOKED OVER AT TOM , I LOST IT. ALL IN THIS SKIT HAVE AMAZING COMEDIC TIMING.

I don't think anyone could have imagined how well this bit would age.

"lives that matter" my jaw dropped

Boner Jamz oh everyone’s favorite comment: bad sarcasm

Will still be relevant in 50 years. Americans can be relied on to do the right thing, after they've tried everything else.

my jaw dropped once it got to lives that matter

Well said Roy✌👍

One of the very few modern era Saturday night live sketches that’s actually very funny 😂

Je suis français et c’est pas évident de tout comprendre, mais ce sketch est très bien interprété et vraiment porteur de fond.

A actual funny skit .. poking fun at both sides.. that's how it should be

It's probably the best black jeopardy of all the series

The way tom jumps back with his hands up had me laughing so hard!

"If I can laugh AND pray in 90 minutes, that's money well spent" lmao I love these skits

TheEmbessyNetwork you guys are really fun.. ahha

GriZz cool

All the best sketches have a natural rhythm to them and the performers actually know their lines so there are no awkward gaffs. Everyone is actually reacting to each other without breaking the illusion that this is a real game show. I bet they were afraid of what would happen if they screwed up in front of Tom Hanks so they put more effort into their performances.

Never gets old! One of the best sketches of the "Keenan Era," the absolute best being Matt Damon's "Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court."

This is my favorite one. Tom Hanks was amazing. Go Doug, Go Doug.

Still funny 6 years later - bloody hilarious.

I have watched this skit multiple times and it is hilarious 😂 every time.

This video is funny and serious at the same time which makes it one of the best I have ever seen. Kenan Thompson was a genius along with Tom Hanks, Sasheer & Shanice. I think I have watched this about 30 times and then with others reacting to it. Remarkable and memorable.

Easily one of the best written sketches in SNL history.

top shelf

@dip Michael Che's work

@Brian G Wow. Didn't know he had it in him.

You're joking right ? Best sketch in snl history ? Yea sure 👍

@Todd Simpson no, i said ONE of the BEST WRITTEN sketches. try reading the actual words next time.

Keenan is killer. That skit had me crying it was so funny 😁

I left tha building when Darnell said, “Tha sound of the broom hittin tha ceiling below us, means that tha party has to stop.” 🤣🤣🤣

This is definitely one of the best skits ever written. 😂

I have watched this over a hundred times..and I can’t stop laughing..years of laughter

this just never gets old

what an amazing skit. And can we take a moment to appreciate how amazing Kenan Thompson is? I used to watch him on Nickelodeon, and not many child actors grow up to be this successful. You go Kenan!

I sometimes wonder what happened to Kel, but I dare not look it up, in case it's something terrible...

@Bangor MC 3rd he’s not a big star or anything but he’s living a good life. He’s a big family man and youth pastor. He’s also on another Nickelodeon show rn I believe.

@Bangor MC 3rd he's still around, nothing terrible thank goodness 😅

He’s hilarious

Yeah Kenan is easily of of the greats today. Such a good and funny person

My favourite SNL skit! "Not a daamn thing!" made me burst out laughing the first time I heard it

I think I've watched this video about a half dozen times over the years and it's still funny as hell. I think it's because it was made back before people had become so easily offended by every damn thing they came across.

Keenan and Tom Hanks work well together. They should consider doing a movie.