I sense that they were so terrified to do the wrong thing with this sketch and be criticised, that they dropped the ball on making it funny.

@Matt Perrette yup. Even the 80’s were pretty cool. I remember in the 90s I would have trouble deciding on which program to watch Mad TV or SNL. Since both were on at the same time on different networks. There wasn’t YouTube back then and definitely no live recordings on a DVR…. Now I tried watching the new SNL and I honestly rather watch rosanne than this crap 💩

@Marlon Estrella The entire decade of the 90s. Especially the early 90s were phenomenal.

@AndJustUsForAll Watch SNL in the 90s. The entire decade was just this.

@Matthew Mosier Exactly!

Wow lol... Having so much material from the actual trial THIS is what they came up with? 🤣

Guess they really want to do a shit sketch.

@Native Log Just came by to say I read the whole thing and it is a 10/10 read. Keep it up.

@Native Log just came to say I didn't read this. have a nice day

@Oracle of the Light objection Heresay, Mega pints, jars.. like bruh.

This was possibly the most safe and unfunny sketch I’ve ever seen on this trial. It might be time to pack it up guys.

Thry cant quit, they still have agendas to push

SNL is a great show so many unforgettable skits , dobt let this one ruin the past 40 years , when Lorne passes they will keep going and they should maybe a new vision for the future is just what they need

Only when Lorne Michaels drops dead will this long-useless show finally be gone too.

🎯

I truly believe that this opening will be listed as the most hated sketch in the history of SNL.

All agree say AYE

3 words: Elon Musk Wario

I liked this sketch I found it really funny. I think it is relative to what people find funny or not. Some will like it some won't... We don't need to be sheep and dislike the same thing just because everyone else does. It was funny :)

I think there's a lot of competition but you may be right.

You can tell Cecily knows the whole thing is bombing at the end and she still has to muster the enthusiasm to segue into the catchphrase. Also, how can you possibly do an entirely imagined “minority cleaning staff” skit in 2022 without an ounce of self-awareness?

...and you, my friend, is why SNL sucks. Why do you think they are so afraid of saying/doing the wrong thing? Congratulations...you've won the prize!

I was thinking the same thing, especially with the last part. What the hell were they thinking?

I don't get the impression that anyone who wrote this was actually really watching the trial

Cry about it

@outerrealm Maybe they have been watching the whole trial, it doesn't seem like it to me, but just from watching the sketch (which bears absolutely no resemblance to the actual event) does it strike you that it was written by someone who watched the events and wrote a sketch based on it or does it seem more like it was written by someone who just knows there is a trial, Jonny Depp is involved and they'll be discussing Amber allegedly shitting on the bed? I'm not going to go into how funny the sketch was because comedy is totally subjective, I'll freely admit that while I found it boring and stupid someone else might have found it hilarious, but just from the point of how much it resemblances the source material, you can't argue with a straight face this written by someone who actually paid careful attention to the trial and was making an earnest attempt to parody the actual event.

@Joe Schmo are you saying that people in the entertainment industry are normal people? No, normal people are the people watching the trial. The people writing these sketches are far from normal. Bet a lot of writers would want a job at SNL

Remember we can't see the dislike count but the buttons still there, everyone hit that thing

as of now it's 44,700 likes to 116,197 dislikes..ha

They could’ve done so much more with this like having the characters parody the funniest moments like the lawyer calling hearsay on his own question instead of focusing all on the fecal matter.

“This trial is for fun” They totally missed the mark on this. It’s so much more than that, and this whole sketch really shit the bed. 💖💖💖

@Jesus Gonzalez 🤦🏾‍♂️ watch the dang trial

They amber hearded the bed lol 😂

Yes I agree

@A B False accusations. You married? You ever been married for more then a few years. Her False accusations come out many many wife's mouths right now. Even my own!!! That is why I'm team Heard.

@Jesus Gonzalez You mean if only she didn't falsely accuse Depp of everything. Then yes, she'd have more support

As someone else here said, SNL, *if you’re too scared to call her out, don’t even bother.*

@John Dough some of their ads are funny as hell, but for the most part, it really isn’t all that funny anymore

It’s just SNL is not funny anymore. They haven’t been funny in DECADES. I am so confused as to who laughs or even watches this crap. The writers of this show try way to hard and fail miserably. I haven’t so much as cracked a smile to anything that’s been on this show in the past 20 years.

This sketch had so much potential but the writers dropped the ball. SO much to work with

What writers, what talent, it's all political agenda

If only Amber heard was a bit heavier and not dam beautiful. She would have the backing of American women.

Being able to embarrass a man who's been abused and also blacklisted from that very show, makes me fucking sick

Kenan Thompson will go down a one of the top 5 comedy actors of all time that can turn human crap into comedy gold. Kenan Thompson, Don Rickles, Mike Myers, Tim Conway and Ellen Degeneros

This is not the SNL I once knew back in high school. Celebrity Jeopardy is my favorite part of SNL I knew.

This had so much potential: Muffins Objection hearsay Bee/dog Personality disorder

They could have literally just reenacted the part about the muffins word for word and it would have been funnier.

I was thinking the same shit

READ TIS .............,............................,...............

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THAT WAS REAL?! My gods, There's a reason I don't watch these people. 🤦‍♀️

I was cautious about watching this and I see for good reason. Seriously, if you guys are going to ignore the GLARING and OBVIOUS things going on with thr trial, then don’t do it at all. It’s clear you are ignoring what it’s actually about in order to not “offend” people when all you did was actually offend people and the clown the actual victim. Way to be supportive of domestic abuse victims SNL!

They really said “let’s put every person of color” on staff to do the job of the help.

America is a wild country lol

Wow, this was disappointing. There were so many directions they could've gone - the makeup, megapints, muffins, all of the objections/the self objection, Amber's overwrought demeanor, Elaine's aggressive cross-examination style, Dr. Hughes having an attitude with everyone, the Scottish bodyguard testimony...and that's just off the top of my head. It's like they didn't even try.

@Brittany B I would love to see a recreation of Rottenborn reading out Depp's sexts with him asking him to read it again. Any of the "you read that *beautifully*" quips. And Depp's/Heard's former agent's whole crazy hall of mirrors + deadpan delivery whilst speaking to Elaine.

@Jenzen I dunno if Alejandro would like the additional attention lmao but yes.

Or any of Amber's extremely unrealistic testimony of her being beaten into an inch of her life but being completely fine the next day

And Amber's lawyer constantly telling Johnny to respect the court's time whenever Johnny corrects their questions 🙄

And Alejandro, who was so done with the whole thing, vaping during his testimony.

Just in case you are wondering about the dislike count: so far the video has 106k dislikes and only 43k likes.

@NotAfraid280 chrome extension

I don’t get it, I thought dislikes were hidden, how r u seeing the dislikes??

How did they manage to not take advantage of the pure comedy gold presented by the defense

@Matthew Mosier Unbased opinion

If only Amber heard was a bit heavier and not dam beautiful. She would have the backing of American women.

@Julie B thank you. All the misogynists making this about the fact that she’s a woman, when the truth is that they just can’t risk making fun of a potential abuse victim. Despite how things look, no one absolutely knows the truth for certain.

easy jokes SNL could’ve made: saying hearsay 1000x, the case’s parallels to gone girl, Johnny being sassy with the AH’s attorney, imitating the psychiatrist’s testimony, amber turd dressing like johnny everyday, fans in court laughing at everything Johnny says, etc.

"It smell like boo boo in here" was prob the funniest part of this sketch

the most offensive part of this apart from not being funny is how they made amber's lawyer look and sound reasonable and professional

The amount of disappointment I have watching this so called cold open was immense

The actual trial is funnier than this sketch.

Agreed. Regardless of what's inappropriate or inflammatory, the trial is hilarious, that's why we're all watching it. The trial is like FAWLTY TOWERS or something. And this sketch is just, "Umm, uhhh,...poop, heh-heh." It's a little funny, but the trial, every day is like, "THEY WHAT??! HAHAHAHA! HE OBJECTED TO HIS OWN QUESTION?! SHE POSED WITH THE TISSUE?! HIS REAL NAME IS ROTTENBORN?! SHE CALLED HUGHES 'CURRY' THREE TIMES?!"

Watching paint dry is funnier than this

Lol ok that’s so funny and true!!

@Missfshnt that’s news to me that I’m Johnny depp

Wow. This comment is so facts 100%

I don’t usually agree with half of their content so it doesn’t surprise me lol I wish they were like they were a decade ago. Shame on #SNL for taking sides and all because he’s a man and a victim it’s ok to make fun of him. But because they know she’s not a victim it’s ok to mock the situation and act like it’s no big deal. Johnny depp went through so much loss due to that. Was totally disgusting what they did. Imagine if it was them and they had to go public for justice. 🤔 I bet wouldn’t be such a joke. Justice for Johnny depp and all men being made to deal with double standards and justice in abuse.

When it’s the guy getting abused it’s “fun”, I guess.

This skit will go down in SNL history as one of their biggest missed opportunities.

Ok so we all agree, this was disappointing and literally anyone else whoa actually watched the trial could've made a better skit

it’s bad when the actual thing has more jokes/is funnier than the snl sketch

Your profile pic is funnier than this sketch.

The word “more” implies the snl sketch was funny at all

This

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e4KR9qbbFk Finally it's here.

I was so excited for a sketch like this… I was wrong for that

I’m a person who looks at MOST situations with the though that there could be comedy in it. This case wasn’t too sensitive in my eyes so it was fair game but when the media is too scared to play both sides in something as distinct as a court case all it does is further solidify how men aren’t taken seriously when it comes to being victims of domestic violence.

I usually love you SNL and knowing that you are satire, most of the time anything goes. However, it's just not as funny when mocking the victim just because he's a man. Doubt we would see this if the victim was a woman. Yes, the trial is crazy, but I'm glad it's getting a lot of attention because the truth needs to be known. Johnny needs justice so this trial is not silly, but necessary. Not saying you can have a sketch about this but maybe keep the one sided bias out.

It was pretty funny, they got the judge down perfectly!

So nice to see SNL do skits even though all the writters are away on holiday.

No these ARE the writers thats what makes it worse

Writters is not a worrd.

I came to this video to laugh and luckily your comment was here to actually make that happen

@Glenn Williams ❤️🥱😂

I thought "snl has a funny sketch I can watch finally". How very wrong I was

The comedy skills of this show's writers equals Amber "acting " abilities

when was the last time snl was better known for being funny than for being political?

Probably back in the 80s

I actually don’t find this trial funny and won’t be laughing until Amber is held accountable. It’s scary she hasn’t been stopped yet.

There are literally hundreds of TikToks about this trial that are funnier than this cold open.

@Patty Hardtke Last time I checked, I get to choose what I find funny and not funny.

Agree SNL is not funny any more Pretty sad when TickTock it’s more of views than you do

@Z Good, thanks. Makes sense.

@uacbpa because I had hope for better.

It would have been funnier to mock AHs testimony but I get it, it doesn’t fit the narrative that she is the victim here.

imagine waiting and thinking for a whole week and this is the best comedy you come up with

I love how pissed off people are getting like there aren’t a thousand videos about how much fun Johnny is having in court or the way he underplays his own aggression/anger with humor. I know he’s the victim in this case, it’s been pretty well established, but people are so busy watching the trial like it’s a farcical gladiator fight and waiting for chances to collectively rip apart amber that they’re wearing blinders to some of the really problematic things that have happened throughout this whole situation. I think that while the concept of the sketch it not original in nature, it does highlight the issues of 1) Johnny depp using his charm to minimize the impact of something like destroying a room. We can argue blame and/or manipulation all day, it’s still an intimidating atmosphere when someone “assaults” objects when they’re angry. 2) The very sad reality of being the people who worked for either person during this relationship. Being paid to clean up mansions/islands destroyed by their wealthy owners and to clean up ambers feces or johnnys blood must be both strange and traumatizing. 3) How truly bizarre it is for the very intimate details of a multi-millionaire’s life being told to a jury of blue collar and/or middle class people. The wealth disparity in this country is enormous and grotesque and it’s up to a group of very average people to decide if one rich person defamed an ultra rich person and if it was to the extent that he stopped making tens of millions a year. That’s insane to me.

Wish I could see that likely huge dislike number on this vid

If this isn't proof that JD has already won, IDK what is ... LOVE IT 🤣🤣

Not even one "hearsay"... how can you fail so badly.

The trial itself is more funny then 99 percent of what SNL could make

“Oh hell naw, das a boo-boo!” SO funny SNL 😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀🤣🤣🤣🤣 “she had booboo in her own bed!” 😭😭😭😭😭😭😆😆😆😆😆😆

How could they not refer to it as a “grumpy “ like Depp did????

@a c I think he means metaphorical slap

Because Depp is actually funny

Because they didn’t watch the trial.

This truly upset me highly! Let's make fun of Johnny because amber called abuse yet wheres the cold open with amber with the evidence of hearing her be the abuser be the cold open.. oh wait there isn't one? And not only that you do this after 4 weeks and she just finished her testimony with her lawyers??? New p.r. team got right to work for a.h. but tomorrow is cross a.h. and you better be ready!!!!

SNL JUST VICTIMIZED THE VICTIM!!!! WTH? It's painful seeing the ABUSE Johnny endured! 😡

Amber’s lawyer appearing competent was the best joke

@Romek Addams We wouldn't be watching this trail if what you said was true

@Jesus Gonzalez Shouldn't judge a trial based on the beauty of someone.

If only Amber heard was a bit heavier and not dam beautiful. She would have the backing of American women.

"Let's make fun of domestic abuse" "Yeah that's a good idea!"

They were so afraid of mocking the “victim” that they did indeed mock the real victim. Way to go. Kate would’ve made a great AH.

@Brian Sounalath dude amber lied

Until the trial is concluded, probably safer for them this way. Johnny Depp won't go after them for slander. Amber Heard is unhinged enough to go after them if she wins the trial.

I mean, he's portrayed as the victim

So you just wanna see your pov acted out for you ok

It warms my heart seeing everyone shit all over this skit

Imagine if the rolls were reversed? SNL would have had a field day with it.

it would have been funnier if they incorporate "hearsay" more to their script 😁

I haven't laughed this hard since I was raped in the anus by a 300 year old great white shark. I love the gender swaps of the lawyers too, great touch.

This could have been funny with a decent Johnny Depp impersonator. And good writers. And someone involved who is actually watching the trial. And so forth. There is so much great material in that trial, and they straight up missed it all.

This sketch wasn’t great but Kyle is a fucking hilarious Johnny Depp

@wiztiny • it’s a defamation trial in civil court, at least do a lil research so you don’t look like an idiot online getting mad thinking this is a criminal trial.

"A fun trail" SNL really dropped the ball on this one

This is like sitting in the back of a 6th grade drama class…. It takes my skin off to hear them talk Not a single human on here has a humorous bone in their body… the voice inflections to emphasize “the funny part” 👉🤯💨

You really dropped the ball guys. Fire the writers, redo this whole thing or just admit you're too scared to go after the actual monster

Remember yall... this is an ongoing trial. It would be irresponsible of them to completely choose sides yet. Even though most of us have... there is only so much they can say until the trial is over. Imagine if, heaven forbid, Amber wins... then lots of people would flip and bandwagon super fast and bring up anyone who dragged her.

The fact that the “Real” trial is funnier then this skit is hilarious.

It makes that trial look even more like a joke... Which was part of the joke lol that it is all hilarious and nothing can't beat that trial. SNL will never beat the big real joke of that trial.

also the Johnny Depp character didn't look anything like him. goober

SNL hasn't been funny in years!

Well said

Yes!!! 🤣

They used like 0.01% of the GREAT comedy material from this trial.

If Amber Heard was undoubtedly the victim in this case and if she had the full support of the public, like JD currently has, I wonder how different this skit would be. I mean, I think it's blatantly obvious who's side the SNL writers are on, but they didn't want to turn even more viewers to away (SNL has slowly been turning their audience away with their constant woke material) but somehow they managed to do it again. Amber Heard would have been completely and vicously roasted if the genders were swapped.

When the comments section contributes funnier references, more comedic gold nuggets, and the real truth about Johnny's case than what the professional writers delivered in this skit, you know SNL has lost touch with reality. Life doesn't imitate their social & political views.

I was so excited to see what SNL was going to do with all the material from this trial and OMG I would have preferred that they didn't do anything, nothing, none, nada, niente, rien... 😒

I laughed a lot more watching the actual trial.

@soyhard deren and I laughed harder at your comment thinking you’re even irreverent lol

Me too

Big same

Very good sketch, HILARIOUS 😂😂

This sketch was disappointing for a lot of reasons, but coming off the heels of last week's episode, it sucks even more. SNL, YOU HAVE TALENTED WRITERS! DON'T SILENCE THEM! I bet there were a dozen brilliant sketches at the read-through, but they were afraid to criticize a woman claiming abuse, so they went with this.

Y’all did this but didn’t do Ambers “bee sting” face?! Come on!! That horrible actress gave y’all a goldmine to work with!! 😂

wow…. i didn’t think SNL could get worse. and yet here we are

This needs to be redone by someone who can correctly satirise the material. Amber wasn't shown once, her lawyer needs to say objection more, they focused entirely too much on poop in the bed, and to be honest Johnny smiling is because of Amber's terrible legal defense.

I'm more annoyed with the obvious contempt they have for our intelligence.

na johnny smirks liek that because hes uncomfortable talking about things. Its like a nervous tik. He does it when talking about his childhood abuse too which i imagine he didnt find funny in the slightest.

I don’t even like tiktok but tiktokers did a way better job on this

It would have been hilarious if Kate McKinnon said "I'm Joy Reid" instead.

Clearly, not a person in this skit, the writers room, or in the audience has watched this trial, which is infinitely funnier than anything they uttered in that waste of 5 min.

missed opportunity to put Amber Turd in her place. Really low blow on Johnny Depp...This is probably why i dont watch SNL anymore.

The fact that they said “this trial is for fun” encapsulates the moronic American obsession with celebrity. People watch and comment on the trial like it’s a tv show and not the actual lives of two people in a defamation lawsuit. Celebrity worship is scary.

I’m glad we can all agree that SNL has disappointed us all with this sketch. They completely missed all the pure comedy gold that is this trial. Edits on TikTok are funnier let’s be honest.

@Ejodh08 aight

@Snowskul bro what. there was literally no reason for him to comment "i refuse to watch tiktok". like no one cares. he said the same thing under another comment too.

@Ejodh08 i don’t recall him asking you either