And unlike that bloated joke Seagal, Van Damme would actually get a kick out of this - the show "Jean Claude Van Johnson" is basically him poking fun at his entire career.
This sketch is so good. Except Van Dam speaks better English than Seagal in real life...actually anyone who can't speak English, speaks better English than Seagal!
The JCVD impersonation is just amazing, the odd phrasing of sentences, the accent and the dead-eye half smile - plus he can pull the moves too - the beef JCVD impersonation ever!
Really? The body language and facial expressions are great, but the accent is really confusing to me. It doesn't sound like a french-speaker at all, more like some weird german-russian thing?
We've all seen lots of of Arnold, Stallone impressions and a few attempts at Seagal but I've only ever seen 2 attempts at Van Damme. I remember Chris Katan doing a very terrible JCVD on SNL years ago. This guy on Mad TV nailed it though.
Who else has imagined Seagal/Van Damme or Schwarzenegger/Stallone in Mousehunt of 1997 and The brothers Grimm of 2005?! 3:28 if terminal illness and drug/smoke/alcool addictions were people.... slaying them would be the best satisfaction ever!
Actually the story in this clip would fit 100 % on the history of Dolph Lundgren. This is the funny thing. Lundgren was the one that had a bad childhood with an evil father. He was the one that learned and mastered karate probably as a result of this violence from the father. And he apparently has still problemes because of all that. Lundgren should also be part of this.
I always recorded mad tv on a vhs tape 3000 years ago, i watched it so often, but it was german, so i never knew JCVD had an accent since his german synchro always talks normal german xD
@@kingofhisworld1 I scrolled by this purely by accident, I'd forgotten I even commented. That was me, I lost the password to that account and stopped using it some time after. Still alive and kicking, and still laughing at these amazing impressions. Your comment did make me feel old, though! Jk it's not me, that guy's probably dead. LMAOOO
@@dandycliff2 snl is like this watered down mainstream product back by a lot of celebrity endorsement regardless of how terrible it is. MAD TV does it's own thing without giving any fucks.
SNL used to be more funny when MADTV was around because they used to try to 1 up each other for ratings since they came on at around the same time.... When MADTV died it seems like SNL just got worse and worse with every passing year... They become the only game in down so they just stop trying...
Fun Fact: The actor playing JCVD in this sketch, Andrew Bowen, is the current voice of Johnny Cage, a character based on JCVD, in the Mortal Kombat video games.
You know, we laugh, but the work and dedication to really imitate thee guys is amazing. I mean especially van damme - his accent, voice, and mannerisms were spot on. Totally dedicated to their craft. More than I can say for most of the "a list" actors out there.
@@Princess2Warrior yes big fan of all the Bruce lee movies I wasn't sure which one it was from. Maybe was intentional maybe not but it did seem to resemble that scene without the punching lol.
This is the funniest thing I have ever seen. The did such a good casting job for that skit. They really sound like Van Damme and Segal. After watching this I realized that they do make faces like that in their movies. I love them and the martial art's movie genre in general. Wouldn't it be something if they actually did a movie together.
This Van Damme impersonator got some serious martial art skills
He also voices Johnny Cage is MKX.
Nah that's just acting
The amount of discipline it must have taken for that guy to acquire Seagal's distinct physique is truly inspirational.
😂😂😂😂
He probably just ate Lots of McDonald's and sat on his Ass a Lot.
I remember when Will Sasso lost weight and he played himself in a skit where he wasn't funny anymore because he wasn't fat. He's a legend.
@@alcidesprieto1967 I have never seen that but that sounds funny lol
Haha 🤣
"The question isn't how, the question is when and the answer is now" - That is an epic line no matter what!
It's a quote that even rhymes! Talk about a classic for the times!
Its not easy to talk like van damme, this guy nailed it!!!
You can't because you " don't believe in yourself "
He actually did a good Van Damme.
Lol this movie would be a hit in the 90s if somehow somewhat Van Damme & Seagal gets to collab together. xD The actual "Double Impact" film.
he nailed the kicks and nunchaku lol.
And unlike that bloated joke Seagal, Van Damme would actually get a kick out of this - the show "Jean Claude Van Johnson" is basically him poking fun at his entire career.
The emotional depth of the acting is far better than in a real Steven Seagal movie.
Hahaha 😀
Will's Seagal impression grows more accurate each passing year.
Right on...
This sketch is so good. Except Van Dam speaks better English than Seagal in real life...actually anyone who can't speak English, speaks better English than Seagal!
Almost like life reflects art reflecting life haha
Will Sasso, being a heavy set guy can still raise his leg high, impressive.
It is, but I'm fairly sure he's falling on his butt after the freeze cut
@@Teauma Even that way the real Seagal can´t do that.
Chris Farley as well
@@jonaha.k.ashazam2535
Beverly Hills Ninja!
Guy playing Van Damme is probably the best impersonation I've seen of him. Even down to the moves. Very nice and funny.
Well, then you should travel 11 years into the future to look how uncanny similar the Steven Seagull impersonation is! :)
If you're still alive, that is.
@@Phethario they are Both uncanny.
@@Kinseliplier Steven Seagal. Jean Claude Van Damme. Double Uncanny. Summer 2023.
@@ToadstedCroaks yeah
This van damme impersonator is worthy of a mini series on his own
agreed
And Keanu Reeves also,trust me
That guy is Andrew Bowen. He’s a really talented actor. He even voiced Neo in the Matrix Path of Neo video game.
@@LakesideAmusementPro to me this parody and matrix have the same level of seriousness,
Seriously i think a 5 year old could do better without knowing anything about him.
The JCVD impersonation is just amazing, the odd phrasing of sentences, the accent and the dead-eye half smile - plus he can pull the moves too - the beef JCVD impersonation ever!
Really? The body language and facial expressions are great, but the accent is really confusing to me. It doesn't sound like a french-speaker at all, more like some weird german-russian thing?
@@CamoShirthe said French-speaker…which is what Van Damme is…
@@CamoShirt not really. It means he doesn't sound like a person whose native language is french.
"I almost didn't believe you, when you said you come back home".
"I'm your brother. Why don't you believe in me?" 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
“It’s the sensitive story of two men with feelings and emotions never before captured on film.” 😂😂😂
Because you don’t believe in yourself
"STEVEN BUT HOW"
"THE QUESTION IS WHEN AND THE ANSWER IS NOW" LMFAO 😆🤣😂😅
“The question isn’t how…the question is when…and the answer is now.” Perfectly encapsulates 80’s/90’s action movie logic
Lmfaoooo
We've all seen lots of of Arnold, Stallone impressions and a few attempts at Seagal but I've only ever seen 2 attempts at Van Damme. I remember Chris Katan doing a very terrible JCVD on SNL years ago. This guy on Mad TV nailed it though.
everything on SNL is terrible.
Who else has imagined Seagal/Van Damme or Schwarzenegger/Stallone in Mousehunt of 1997 and The brothers Grimm of 2005?!
3:28 if terminal illness and drug/smoke/alcool addictions were people.... slaying them would be the best satisfaction ever!
Its even more weirder when Seagal host/appear in one of the worst or theee worst episode of SNL.
Actually the story in this clip would fit 100 % on the history of Dolph Lundgren. This is the funny thing. Lundgren was the one that had a bad childhood with an evil father. He was the one that learned and mastered karate probably as a result of this violence from the father. And he apparently has still problemes because of all that. Lundgren should also be part of this.
What really sells the Van Damme impression is how he always stands in that fight pose 😆
hes dying you know, im very emotional right now
Still funny! 😂😂😂
Best Van Damme Impression I have seen. And that Actor playing Seagal is almost identical. Really made me laugh
Just like me i laughed alot
Andrew Bowen and Will Sasso are one of the many talented MADtv cast
Perfect voice imitation. I thought JCVD himself did the voice over
Looks like Segal lost about 350 lbs lmaooooo
"I am very emotional right now" 😂
The script is literally better than 80% of today's Hollywood.
This really goes to show you how awesome MADTv used to be.
Lmao!!! I lost it when van Damme comes in the room and starts kicking and screaming lol
Me as well lol
That actor was awesome at impersonating Keanu Reeves with a Barrel roll and clip reload 🤣🤣🤣✌️✌️💯
The best Van Damme impersonation ever!
I lost it when the ninjas with "Dad's Cancer" & "Coke Addiction" written on them walked in...
Coke addiction is Van Damme's past
@@seanwhelanwhelan2648 And Seagal's present.
Did you find it again?
@@Darkko88 and Mad TVs future.
🤣🤣🤣🤣.what a bad ass sketch...ninjas dress as the cause they're fathers death
the actor playing van damme looks and sounds just like him. sasso's seagal is hysterical.
After all these year's this still cracks me up 😆
Same
I've watched this a thousand times😂
I think that Seagal got an A- in math is the biggest joke of all lol
I always recorded mad tv on a vhs tape 3000 years ago, i watched it so often, but it was german, so i never knew JCVD had an accent since his german synchro always talks normal german xD
I lost it at the end when Van Damme kicks the nurse and Steven flips him lmao 😂
As did I
Joint destruction of the nurse😂
@@Jobreguy Space Ice would've agreed that nurse had it coming!
@@Ohflipsnap Yes. The nurse's demise was clear from the outset
@@Ohflipsnaplol another space ice fan😂😂😂not sure he'd approve of Segal though😂
Oh my god have mercy I am dying 😭😂🤣 That Van Damme impersonation nearly took my life
The Ninjas named Dads cancer and Cocaine addiction had me pissing myself laughing!🤣😭
That Van Damme guy was awesome.
That's Andrew Bowen
0:39 the emotionless delivery of that line 😄
One of the best. So many layers of jokes and perfect delivery.
I can't believe they kept a serious face the whole time 😆
Lmao! We need this type of comedy today. I miss this show
"I am laughing at that special memory that i share with you" LMAO!
"remember that time when we were kids, and you did that funny thing..."
LMAOOO
@adzzzpav88 your comment is the oldest comment I've ever seen on RUclips! You still alive? 😂
@@kingofhisworld1 I scrolled by this purely by accident, I'd forgotten I even commented. That was me, I lost the password to that account and stopped using it some time after. Still alive and kicking, and still laughing at these amazing impressions. Your comment did make me feel old, though!
Jk it's not me, that guy's probably dead.
LMAOOO
The guy playing Van Damme definitely had formal training in some form of martial arts
Dear Saturday night live. This is what a comedy show looks like it makes you laugh
Right!
Best Jean Claude impression ever
I've watched this over the years and still cry laughing each time 😂😂😂.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU LOVE DAD!! WHY! WHY! WHY! WHY! . . . No disrespect to SNL, but this is better than anything I have seen on SNL in 28 yrs.
SNL deserves disrespect. It's like junior high school parodies compared to MAD.
@@dandycliff2 snl is like this watered down mainstream product back by a lot of celebrity endorsement regardless of how terrible it is. MAD TV does it's own thing without giving any fucks.
Combined
SNL used to be more funny when MADTV was around because they used to try to 1 up each other for ratings since they came on at around the same time....
When MADTV died it seems like SNL just got worse and worse with every passing year... They become the only game in down so they just stop trying...
SNL is at it's funniest when they do prerecorded sketches
What a lie. Steven segal could never kick as high as will sasso.
Will Sasso doesn't know Aikido.
Dude joke or not you may be correct
🤣
Or kick period, lol, you have JCVD who seemingly does little else but acrobatic kicks, and then a guy who seemingly just breaks arms and throws guys.
Seagull is joke. Will is awesome
Andrew Bowen - so underrated. His JCVD was perfect.
this is probably the peak of comedy, i dont think ive ever seen anything better than this.
“I understand now, you’re wrestling, with your past.”
Lol that's a perfect JCVD line.
Its a very brilliant observation about healing from your past experiences🥳🥳🥳✌️✌️💯
*smirk*
Like Van Damme & Seagal would ever make a movie together! LoL (Mad props to the actor who played in this skit...He looked & sounded a lot like JCVD!)
Quite ironic, because it's Andrew Bowen, who voices Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat X and Mortal Kombat 11, character, who initially was based on JCVD.
Andrew Bowen is crazy talented
This is funny stuff lol "The question isn't 'how.' The Question is 'when'; the answer is now."
@J b Idiot
Someone invents timetravel, this'll be one of the first lines on everybody's mind...
That slight smirk and then run out of the room with the nunchuks still tucked under his arm always kills me.
I miss the old Mad TV, it was some of the best comedy TV out there.
"Being soft can be hard... to watch!" - pure Gold.
I love how little Steven even has the pony tail.
3:35, good kick for a man his size
It's sad that Will Sasso is thinner in this skit then Segal is in real life
He's got the Van Damme dialect down.
Just add Keanu Reaves and you got all 3 most emotional actors ever >.>
Fun Fact: The actor playing JCVD in this sketch, Andrew Bowen, is the current voice of Johnny Cage, a character based on JCVD, in the Mortal Kombat video games.
You know, we laugh, but the work and dedication to really imitate thee guys is amazing. I mean especially van damme - his accent, voice, and mannerisms were spot on. Totally dedicated to their craft. More than I can say for most of the "a list" actors out there.
Damn this is good!
the jean claude van damme voice is perfect done.
2:03 he took a good breath and continued back to the ass kicking. Will Sasso is fucken crazy
The fact they cast a fat guy as Segal was brilliant foresight
He’d whoop yer tail skidmark
He got punished for getting an A- in class 😂
that Van Damme impersonation was awesome
This is a Seagal movie I'd actually pay to watch.
Best Van Dam impression ever!!!
i would literally pay big money to see a movie like this one
I'm very emotional, right now.
When you like your own comment 11 years later...
Thats funny 😄 😆 🤣
Have a great day ...and next decade
Wow 😂😂
Hahahahaah!
its been 11 years
im guessing this is going to get alot of replies pretty soon
Lmao God this is still hilarious better than SNL
“Steven the doctor said we probably shouldn’t violently shake him around too much”
How they got Seagal to perform in this is beyond me.
That's the best Van Damme impression I've ever seen. lol
maaan that seagal is the perfect double!!!!!! LMFAO!
Man this skit is perfection 😂
That Van Damme actor also does one of the best and funniest Keanu Reeves
This was fucking hilarious! That was the best Seagal and JCVD impression that I ave ever seen. Especially Seagal's facial expressions. Fantastic.
I miss Mad TV
Will Sasso got his leg crazy high in that last kick. I bet he pulled a muscle real bad.
3:12 that kick was absolutely no joke.
Round kick on the head level ?
That guy is definitely training something 👍
this was brilliant! nobody makes comedy like this anymore.
These guys are brilliant.
They NAILED their nuances and silly actions.
Even the pathetic wild-west plot lines.
Bravo!!
My dream come true: two legends reunite; this was funny from beggining to end.
The fact that Van Damme & Seagal hated each other in real life makes it more funnier in these kind of skits.
@@danskyl7279😂
Holy crap, Van Dam that's a perfect impression!
And that kick? Fucking awesome. We miss you Mad cast!
"Question isn't how, the question is when, and the answer is now"
Lol. I used to be a big fan of both back in the day. These dudes got their acting down packed. I love'd it when he did the roundhouse kick.
This is devilishly hilarious. They should make super macho funny movies again 🤣
Better acted and a much better script than actual Van Damme and Seagal movies.
He does a great impressions of Keanu Reeves and Nicolas Cage too!
His voice as Seagal is spot on!
I have seen this bit so many times and years later it's still just as hilarious, fucking timeless!
A metaphorical, ass-kicking melodrama? Yes, please!
love the smirk on Steven Seagal, lol that impersonator so cool!
What a fun era in action cinema when these guys were in their box office prime.
Better and more coherent than any actual Seagal movie out now!
This movie made me really emotional. Right now.
Bruce lee reference "why did you kill my teacher? Why, why, why, why, why," lol
*Fists Of Fury - great catch!* :D *Although I don't think it's an intentional reference to that.*
@@Princess2Warrior yes big fan of all the Bruce lee movies I wasn't sure which one it was from. Maybe was intentional maybe not but it did seem to resemble that scene without the punching lol.
@@RawDawgMaal *Very true!* :D
To be fair, I think I've heard a similar line in like 30 other kung fu movies.
One of the best bits of all time 😂😂😂
"The doctor said we probably shouldn't be shaking him around too much"
"Right, sorry"
"It's ok" 😅🤣
haha, wow, JCVD's accent is done really good.
I miss movies like those back in the days.
Their acting is incredible.
This still holds up today
This is the funniest thing I have ever seen. The did such a good casting job for that skit. They really sound like Van Damme and Segal. After watching this I realized that they do make faces like that in their movies. I love them and the martial art's movie genre in general. Wouldn't it be something if they actually did a movie together.
Don't mind me, i'm just commenting on your comment from 14 years ago...hope life has been kind in that decade and a half
Funny thing is two years later JCVD proved in the movie JCVD he actually can act.
Why why why why why 😂