@@olliefoxx7165 I don’t agree at all. Sounds like you hate him. Is it because he’s Asian? He’s the best new male cast member in some time. I am NOT Asian, that’s not why I like him.
Okay but why was Benedict Cumberbatch so good in this tho? Not only was he hitting those high notes, but his dance moves, and singing was mesmerizing. Could have listened and watched them sing and dance to this song forever. Cumberbatch is hilarious and one of the best SNL hosts hands down. Love when a host actually tries. He not only learned his lines, but acted them out brilliantly.
He's a professionally trained theatre actor and has been since the age of 12. It's always a treat to see him in this kind of setting because he almost exclusively sticks to tv and movies these days.
The idea was funny, good lines, Bowen was a good choice for it, Benedict brought great ideas for his character and went for it (of course). Nice to see a sketch come together like this.
Benedict Cumberbatch dressed up as an 80s Popstar dressed up as a dogman in a suit for a gig at Chuck E. Cheese singing "the pizzapie in the pizza sky, deliver me, deliver me" in a falsetto-voice is something I never wanted but now can't live without!
Cecily’s last line of“Cold linguini, Pepperoncini, where did we go wrong? Romaine is all that remains” SEALED this song for me. I can’t count how many times I’ve watched this 😂😂
There’s something about her bridge that was in every 90’s action movie. It made me think of The Point of No Return with Bridget Fonda and that movie with Madonna and Willem’s Defoe. Very dramatic. Lol
SNL needs to put this track on all streaming services. I want this to be my ringtone, my answering machine, my first wedding dance, and maybe the last song played at my funeral.
Bowen always has such amazing chemistry with everyone, but I was not prepared for how amazing Benedict + Bowen would be. I love these weird musical numbers - keep them coming!
@@davidj8658 A language’s purpose is to convey a message, they did that effectively by using it to emphasize their point. Language evolves, dude- let people use it
@@davidj8658 I meant what I said, show me one SNL sketch compilation to come out in the next 18 months that doesn't include a singing cumberbatch with doggy ears and I'll stand corrected.
I just love how this British 80s band fully committed to the chuckEcheese venue while keeping their artistic license Also the “why do they have both?” line 😂
Every time the "pizza pie in the pizza sky" line came back around I'd lose it all over again xD this is the exact brand of SNL skit that I adore; random, absurd, fun, and extremely quotable.
@@irenephillips1523 Hmmm...I don't recall specifically but a lot of 80s songs were done in this synthesized style and the musicians dressed pretty much like that. haha
He brings such a great level of creativity and talent. These sketches were all elevated with his presence. I also liked his performance in the Blue Bunny sketch.
Yes, it definitely is a catchy song, it could be a legit hit for sure! This song, the "I Sent a Bottle of Sparkling Apple Juice" Bjelland Brothers song , and the "Be Our Guests" Disney Housewives demo song stick in my head 😅😋
not enough people are talking about Benedict's character checking out Pasquale and then saying ''OH!'' like he just remembered that the audience were there lol 🤣
I laughed at that part as well. It was a small nugget that made this skit fun. I was stationed in Europe in the early to late 80's. When bands like this existed everywhere. SNL was spot on with the band.
One of the best moments of my life was watching Romy and Michelle's Highschool Reunion alone late at night in a huge movie theatre in Harlem. Literally alone in the auditorium laughing like no one was watching. Roadtrip whooohoo!
@@John_Locke_108 They really packed a LOT of very specific stuff in here and kept it moving! Katie Carrot was stunning, lol. 80's music & weirdness was always a reliable well that both Mike Myers and Jimmy Fallon regularly drew from. We really needed something in this Mothers Day show that wasn't bleh material about Mothers Day or the recent abortion headlines, and this was perfect for that.
Wasn't there a skit on some show somewhere that was specifically explicitly about that concept? I have a vague memory of something like that. Or maybe it was something that was normally for kids but there were no kids around so they were like you can say what you want don't worry, and someone took it too far? I'm not helping I know
I've just watched all of these Benedict Cumberbatch SNL clips and I've come to one conclusion: This guy is absolutely amazing and is so so underrated. What performance skills!
Is this song an SNL original?? cause the pizza pie part is outta this world! I can't believe how satisfying 5:07 is , Benedict's dance and singing and that neck movement, Bowen's harmonizing and every other aspect is just so well put together. Have been watching this every night since it came out :D
“Pizza is for Winners, so tonight you STARVE!” This whole sketch was perfection but that is what sent me.😂😂😂😂😂 Also, this is probably one of the best musical sketches that SNL has ever done. Bowen and Benedict were amazing together!
@@jasonlloyd33 they captured the 80s new wave soo well. That’s too bad you didn’t get into it but hundreds of people liked it. Benedict’s falsetto was soo 80s 👍🏽
Ikr?? I was just thinking about being tortured there for my children. It felt like PTSD. My kids were terrified by the big Chucky. This was so much better.
_Oh pizza pie_ _In the pizza sky_ _Deliver me_ _Deliver mee-eee_ This is, like, the single greatest thing I’ve ever seen and heard. Benedict’s vocals were somehow more 80s than actual 80s vocals. Genius. I’m in awe.
Holy crap.... they absolutely nailed that vibe of what too many 80's acts have turned into "artistically" when they survived (but not *_quite_* survived) into the 2010's/2020's. Edit: HOLY CRAPPOLA!!!! Cecily in that carrot outfit... I was not ready and still she completely rocked that outfit as well as that singing.
I feel like this sketch can only be truly appreciated by any person who grew up during the advent of MTV and the glam bands of that era that were featured on there like ABC, Depeche Mode, The Cure, or A Flock of Seagulls. Reflection Denied is in that same vein and the sketch parodied that on point.
spot on parody, I agree. And a commentary on how continuing to survive for 30 years as a band sometimes means ya gotta do some shitty gigs for the cash.
*Romaine is all that remains.* Just when i've recovered from Benedict Cumberbatch's castrati solo, the carrot sings 😆 This is one of those legendary SNL skits.
Never thought I'd see the day that "liminal" was used accurately in an SNL skit. It's incredible that writing this sophisticated can still translate to something so INCREDIBLY funny. Bowen and Benedict totally nailed it.
"Your coach says 'Pizza is for winners', so tonight, you STARVE"- Brilliant. Also I'd unironically listen to this song everyday. The vocals are top-notch, especially from Benedict and Cecily.
Sometimes if the actors can't nail the singing in these musical sketches the whole thing falls flat... BUT BENEDICT FUCKING SLAYYYYEEEDDDDD, AMAZING. Bowen always does an awesome job!!
This has been stuck in my head for 4 days now 🤣 Bowen Yang is always great but Benedict Cumberbatch is really amazing. Such a talented dude and it's clear that he doesn't take himself too seriously; he's self deprecating, goofy as hell, and it's almost impossible not to laugh along with him. SNL has become must-watch TV in our home 🍕🥕
So many gems to explore here. My favorite part, dark and delivered beautifully…. 1:50 “…I cried alone in the ball pit, oh father, where are you. Games and sauce Games and sauce…”
The carrot looks like she’s wearing Lady Gaga’s dress. That sing would have been a hit in the 80’s. Benedict”s voice is amazing. Remember, this is the same actor who voiced Smaug.
A specific dress or just a dress she *would* wear? Because it’s the latter then may remind you of the meat dress? It absolutely would not have. It is, which is probably why he does character voices well.
I had to come back and groove to this again. The song has been creeping into my head when I'm washing dishes or driving, and suddenly I'll find myself wailing, "O pizza pie in the pizza skyyyy...!"
I have never loved an SNL skit more than this one!!! 😂😊 Also, I love that "It's a Sin" by Pet Shop Boys was clearly the inspiration for their song lol.
Okay and maybe definitely some bits of "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Communards or some Bronski Beat thrown in there at times as well. But 80% of the song is "It's a Sin" lol.
I don't know why I've watched this skit so many times. The performances are exquisite. The music is catchy and the lyrics are actually not completely random funny sentences. I don't know how much prep went behind it but I'm amazed and entertained. My compliments to Reflection Denied. I wish they were real.
Benedict's falsetto is on point, but when Bowen harmonizes with him at the end...PERFECTION
Nothing about this was perfection. It was the low point of the episode.
Bowen Yang is a treasure.
It was quite good.
@@xanderk84 To each his own
I can’t stop thinking about it 😂
Benedict’s singing is bringing everything to these sketches. His pairing with Bowen Yang was comedy gold and adorable
If Cumberbatch could sing, why didn't he sing "Mr. Grinch" in 2018?
Bowen Yang plays the same character in every sketch. Not comedy gold.
Benedict went ALL IN on this one I loved it lol Games and sauce! Games and sauce!
@@olliefoxx7165 I don’t agree at all. Sounds like you hate him. Is it because he’s Asian? He’s the best new male cast member in some time. I am NOT Asian, that’s not why I like him.
@@briengakaplan-b1550 😂😂
The falsetto getting higher with each chorus was just perfection.
YES OMG
"Send Me An Angel" vibes
And this from the guy who voiced Smaug the dragon without needing electronic pitch-shifting!
Okay but why was Benedict Cumberbatch so good in this tho? Not only was he hitting those high notes, but his dance moves, and singing was mesmerizing. Could have listened and watched them sing and dance to this song forever. Cumberbatch is hilarious and one of the best SNL hosts hands down. Love when a host actually tries. He not only learned his lines, but acted them out brilliantly.
Agreed!!!
He's a professionally trained theatre actor and has been since the age of 12. It's always a treat to see him in this kind of setting because he almost exclusively sticks to tv and movies these days.
I love when he goes back to his theatre roots.
Same here. He's so awesome. It's just flawless how he does these skits. He's so professional and natural at this stuff.
It's in the genes!!!
BC's "pizza pie/pizza sky" chorus isn't just "good." It's hypnotic.
Deliver meeeeee
I cannot get this out of my head- on the subway, washing dishes, walking the doggo- it is haunting.....
hauntingly hypnotic!
@@sarahhowe2791 i have the same problem
There needs to be a legit recording of this song, I’d listen to the crap out of it lol.
Benedict's falsetto deserves a Grammy.
That took me by surprise, very well done
Yes!
OMG! YES!!!
wtf he's so talented 😭😭
when he sang oh pizza pie in the pizza sky i felt chills
I am so disappointed that no one in my circle found this amazing!!! So I turn here to share my love for this skit…
Pizza pie in the pizza sky! Deliver me..deliver meeeeee!
@@McCl3lland Yes! I've been singing that all day, every day, since Saturday
You need new friends.
The idea was funny, good lines, Bowen was a good choice for it, Benedict brought great ideas for his character and went for it (of course).
Nice to see a sketch come together like this.
We got cha!
Genius. 10 of 10 stars.
“Pizza is for winners. Tonight you starve.”
Games and sauce. Games and sauce.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
The way he flings that card away gives me filthy quivers
RIP Indian Ridge Little League Team :(
I will *never* not laugh at how Bowen delivers the line "the eponymous rodent, Charles Entertainment Cheese". The guy's a master of his craft.
I missed that one, until after you mentioned it!!
@@richdelaney9500 one of my favourite lines!
💯🤣🤣🤣 Everytime.
The eponymous rodent, Charles Entertainment Cheese. Classic
Bowen is funny and was perfect for the sketch
10/10 sketch “Oh pizza pie in the pizza sky, deliver me. Deliver me.” is going to be stuck in my heads for days 😂
It's still stuck in my head two months later
@@sidgrim Same 🙋🏻♀️😆
It's stuck in my head a year later!
Benedict singing is ICONIC. Those high notes!
Games and Sauce!!! Games and Sauce!!!
Yeah I didn’t realize how versatile he was!
I think if acting fails benedict should definitely go into singing LOL him hitting those notes dayummmmm
I love the idea of Benedict’s acting career suddenly failing 😂
He'd better be singing the next Bond theme is my opinion.
Benedict Cumberbatch dressed up as an 80s Popstar dressed up as a dogman in a suit for a gig at Chuck E. Cheese singing "the pizzapie in the pizza sky, deliver me, deliver me" in a falsetto-voice is something I never wanted but now can't live without!
I just had to give you the 300 like because I love your comment. Benedict is an "acteur."
Cecily’s last line of“Cold linguini, Pepperoncini, where did we go wrong? Romaine is all that remains” SEALED this song for me. I can’t count how many times I’ve watched this 😂😂
We are all that carrot.
There’s something about her bridge that was in every 90’s action movie. It made me think of The Point of No Return with Bridget Fonda and that movie with Madonna and Willem’s Defoe. Very dramatic. Lol
It's the subtle keyboard accompaniment that made it for me.
She's dying.
SNL needs to put this track on all streaming services. I want this to be my ringtone, my answering machine, my first wedding dance, and maybe the last song played at my funeral.
ruclips.net/video/pNjJWQJ3EJg/видео.html
Easy way to turn this into a ringtone
🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍❤❤❤
I need what’s up with that theme so badly
Maybe?
What?? Haha that crazy
Full of 80s vibes deliciously decorated with Benedict's vocals👍
Bowen always has such amazing chemistry with everyone, but I was not prepared for how amazing Benedict + Bowen would be. I love these weird musical numbers - keep them coming!
No, he doesn't.
Some haters don’t like how gay he comes across and call one note. Like Pete Davidson doesn’t play the same thing each time 💁🏽♂️
This may not have been a winner with the live audience, but this is going to be used in literally every SNL sketch compilation for the next 18 months.
I was howling at home and wondering why the audience wasn't reacting
Wow, “ literally “ everyone. Amazing not figuratively, but literally. I’m stunned.
@@davidj8658 A language’s purpose is to convey a message, they did that effectively by using it to emphasize their point. Language evolves, dude- let people use it
@@davidj8658 Check out the definition of literally in the MW dictionary.
@@davidj8658 I meant what I said, show me one SNL sketch compilation to come out in the next 18 months that doesn't include a singing cumberbatch with doggy ears and I'll stand corrected.
Imagine you're an SNL writer and your pitch is "80s new wave English band interprets Chuck E Cheese" and it turns out this freakin good
I like the way Alex Moffatt dances to the music
I just love how this British 80s band fully committed to the chuckEcheese venue while keeping their artistic license
Also the “why do they have both?” line 😂
Every time the "pizza pie in the pizza sky" line came back around I'd lose it all over again xD this is the exact brand of SNL skit that I adore; random, absurd, fun, and extremely quotable.
Yes, exactly! The surreal ones. So hilarious and creative and unusual.
"Deliver me. Deliver me!" That's deep dish right there.
Benedict actually sounds like someone in that genre when he sings. Also we finally got to see Aristotle, for only a minute tho
those silver shorts were packin!
that was aristotle? i thought it was melissa in a moustache, i was going to comment on her surprisingly masculine legs.
More Aristotle! So underrated
@@dietotaku does it seem he has even thicker thighs than Beck Bennett?
I counted 16 seconds. Oh well..
A song I wouldn't mind having on my 80's playlist. Ben can really hit the high notes. 3:33
Yesss!
He did seem to be channeling that 80s Glam/New Wave singer. That's what this reminded me of. 😆
Is the tune from a real 80s song
@@irenephillips1523 Hmmm...I don't recall specifically but a lot of 80s songs were done in this synthesized style and the musicians dressed pretty much like that. haha
@@utubefreshie There's hint of a piano riff from ABC's "Be Near Me" @ 4:24
Cumberbatch was so good at this act he made the chorus sound like a legit hit song.
Agreed
He brings such a great level of creativity and talent. These sketches were all elevated with his presence. I also liked his performance in the Blue Bunny sketch.
Yes, it definitely is a catchy song, it could be a legit hit for sure!
This song, the "I Sent a Bottle of Sparkling Apple Juice" Bjelland Brothers song , and the "Be Our Guests" Disney Housewives demo song stick in my head 😅😋
When he said "Oh pizza pie in the pizza sky" I knew I would be singing this in my head for at least a week. So far so right.
Me too
me too- it haunts me
@@sarahhowe2791 I guess this is just our life now. I have accepted it. 😂
@@cas4040 and I, for one, welcome our Pizza Sky overlords.
Rewatching and I almost did a spit take with my coffee.
Cumberbatch's chorus is going to be the stuff of memes from here on out.
YES! I thought of like 5 memes when he sang 😭
Games and sauce
I did not know he could hit those notes, this guy has so much talent😱
Right!!
Whether breaking Nazi code or singing at Chuck E Cheese, BC pours himself into every role. 🤣
I've watched this several time now and will many more, I'm sure. I can't take my eyes off him.
You are not even kidding! 😊
Omg it was amazing!!!!
@@dolores2716 Glad I'm not the only one who keeps popping into watch this.
Or playing a cowboy tasting Blue Bunny ice cream...
If Chuck E. Cheese were really like this, I would go every. GD. night. “Wow. I KNOW that carrot. I’ve BEEN that carrot…We’re ALL that carrot.” 🖐🤣❤️
Charles Entertainment Cheese.
@@francescaa8331 Lol! ExACTly! 🧐👍
“We’re all that carrot” got me too 😆
Benedict and Cecily. Epic as always. This may be the best unknown new wave song I've heard in years. Benedict killing it on those high notes.
not enough people are talking about Benedict's character checking out Pasquale and then saying ''OH!'' like he just remembered that the audience were there lol 🤣
I laughed at that part when I saw it lol 😂
I laughed at that part as well. It was a small nugget that made this skit fun. I was stationed in Europe in the early to late 80's. When bands like this existed everywhere. SNL was spot on with the band.
@@vapsa56 This was Mike Myers-level stuff. It's tragic that the audience clearly didn't understand what genius this was, lol.
Timestamp?
03:56
Mom- "Is this for kids?"
Dad- "Ummm, I think it's for him..."
Remember to dance like no one is watching!!
One of the best moments of my life was watching Romy and Michelle's Highschool Reunion alone late at night in a huge movie theatre in Harlem. Literally alone in the auditorium laughing like no one was watching. Roadtrip whooohoo!
Alex is funny when he dances to the song
Alex Moffett dancing is the funniest thing
It’s Moffat and I know because we share the same last name
Bowen’s harmonizing over Benedict’s falsetto at the end has me feeling like we missed out on a fully belted out version of this song
RIGHT? This could genuinely be a banger
Benedict Cumberbatch is amazing and fully committed every sketch. It's amazing.
was extremely unsure of this skit when I saw the thumbnail, but this got more legendary by the second.
One of their best skits in decades
@@John_Locke_108 They really packed a LOT of very specific stuff in here and kept it moving! Katie Carrot was stunning, lol. 80's music & weirdness was always a reliable well that both Mike Myers and Jimmy Fallon regularly drew from. We really needed something in this Mothers Day show that wasn't bleh material about Mothers Day or the recent abortion headlines, and this was perfect for that.
The joke of "not for children, but trying to be for children" will never get old. 😄
Sounds like a few things that were part of my childhood
For children and children of the mind
Wasn't there a skit on some show somewhere that was specifically explicitly about that concept? I have a vague memory of something like that. Or maybe it was something that was normally for kids but there were no kids around so they were like you can say what you want don't worry, and someone took it too far? I'm not helping I know
@@grumbles idk about the concept, but there was a skit with michael keaton called "Children's Show" that your comment reminded me of
Love that line.
Honestly not a bad song really.
Glad I wasn't alone there
I loved it!
I always love when SNL does New Wave!
It's stuck in my head
The carrot part especially
I've just watched all of these Benedict Cumberbatch SNL clips and I've come to one conclusion: This guy is absolutely amazing and is so so underrated. What performance skills!
I get why everyone is talking about Benedict but can we please direct our attention to Cecily for a moment? What a performance.
“Romaine is all that Remains” loved it. 😂
That carrot outfit is just on point
@@AnneLogg62 Especially that second one
@@toniokolie9968 ikr each piece of it was perfect. The wig, hat, glasses down to the detail of that ring.
She's a terrific singer. Total all around performer.
"We're all that carrot" was my favorite part. His validation of her reflection just feels so conversational.
Reflection DENIED.
Yes indeed!
Had me up at the break and to the fridge to get a one pound bag of peeled carrots. Dogs got some , my wife got some, and so did I. Yummy.
Noticed that too... That man certainly knows how to deliver a line
Cumberbatch's falsetto is hauntingly beautiful 😍
This legitimately sounds like a 80s song lol. Really well done. Charles Entertainment Cheese would be proud.
I legit thought this was a reproduction of a real sound and tired to find it 😢😂
This belongs on an album with "Under the Neon Lights Embrace Me"
@@aynura.2323try small town boy by bronski beat
Is this song an SNL original?? cause the pizza pie part is outta this world! I can't believe how satisfying 5:07 is , Benedict's dance and singing and that neck movement, Bowen's harmonizing and every other aspect is just so well put together. Have been watching this every night since it came out :D
Yeah I’ve got to agree with you on Benedict’s singing and dance. He was great. 🤗
"We're all that carrot."
Brilliant! Everything about this is brilliant.
“Pizza is for winners. So tonight, you starve.” Savage😂
Best sketch in a while. Love absurdist humor. Benedict can really sing. Huge replay value. 10/10
“Pizza is for Winners, so tonight you STARVE!” This whole sketch was perfection but that is what sent me.😂😂😂😂😂
Also, this is probably one of the best musical sketches that SNL has ever done. Bowen and Benedict were amazing together!
Space pants is best tbh
@@Nabooze I love me some Space Pants, but musically I think this one is superior!
Lobster diner has to be the best
I wonder who wrote this song.
This is the second musical live sketch that involves "Pizza Pie" on SNL.
"so tonight you starve" gets me every time
Not gonna lie, this song is legitimately amazing.
Brilliant on so many levels. How is this not trending.
Maybe it’s just me .. but this is nightmare inducing .. who is this funny for?
@@jasonlloyd33 they captured the 80s new wave soo well. That’s too bad you didn’t get into it but hundreds of people liked it. Benedict’s falsetto was soo 80s 👍🏽
Best sketch of the night
Most fans of 80s music don't use Twitter?
@@jasonlloyd33 this was awful
I'd honestly rather see this at Chuck E. Cheese than the actual animitronics
I would rather watch Willy's Wonderland than Chuck E. Cheese. Good movie by the way.
That's because you're not a child 🙄
Yeah they kind of scared me as a kid.
Ikr?? I was just thinking about being tortured there for my children.
It felt like PTSD.
My kids were terrified by the big Chucky. This was so much better.
@@rafstrayhorn5772 Weird that you think that's for anyone. Those things are what old white guys thought kids liked in the 60s.
As a former Chuck-E-Cheese manager, the details in this are spot-on I'm dying 🤣🤣🤣
Finally! I'm a former Chuck-E-Cheese employee and found this hilarious!
Hey! We are all that carrot.
Wow you really shot for the moon when you got that job
Did you know Charles Entertainment Cheese? 🥺
@@jeremysmith9694 what did you mean she did?
I feel as though I’m getting a “Pet Shop Boys” or a “Bronski Beat” vibe from this band…..and I LOVE IT!!!🎉🎉🎉I love this 80’s fever dream I’m in!
When my son asked "do you get this?" I screamed "Pet Shop Boys!!!"
I was thinking the same exact thing. lol!
That piano underneath "Romaine...is all the remains" is totally homaging the piano in the chorus of ABC's "Be Near Me."
@@StatusMusicDesign I thought I heard ABC in the music, too! ❤️ this!
Yeah. The beat sounds really similar to Smalltown Boy.
I love that he carried the note out gracefully to the end...
_Oh pizza pie_
_In the pizza sky_
_Deliver me_
_Deliver mee-eee_
This is, like, the single greatest thing I’ve ever seen and heard. Benedict’s vocals were somehow more 80s than actual 80s vocals.
Genius. I’m in awe.
Oh stop!! The song is in my head now
@@toniokolie9968 It’s been in my head for two bloody weeks! 😂
@@clothilde1623 Romaine...is all that Remains !!!!
Where is the single? And a complete Album would be nice..
I'd actually be psyched to have this be my Charles Entertainment Cheese experience
WHATS CHUCKIES MIDDLE NAME MUNCH?!?!? EEEEEEESOPHAGUSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Bowen's delivery of "Congratulations on the anniversary of coming out of your mother's v*gina" absolutely killed me 😭💀
You can say vagina, it's ok.
Same lispy voice in every skit.
The song itself actually works really well as a late 80s synth pop parody. Giving me real Depeche Mode/Bronski Beat vibes
I did not recognize Bronski Beat so I pulled up the first song Smalltown Boy and you can totally sing the Pizza chorus over it
"Romaine is all that remains... she's dying" I'm dying.
This is what I’d actually love to see at Chuck E. Cheese. This song deserves an award
It does deserve an award!❤
I’d be willing to catch all the pathogens that inhabit the local Charles Entertainment Cheese to experience this.
#detroit 313
#gme #theroar
Holy crap.... they absolutely nailed that vibe of what too many 80's acts have turned into "artistically" when they survived (but not *_quite_* survived) into the 2010's/2020's.
Edit: HOLY CRAPPOLA!!!! Cecily in that carrot outfit... I was not ready and still she completely rocked that outfit as well as that singing.
I love sound of the 80's.
Bring back the 80's again!!!!
"have turned into"?
that's what they've always been. iykyk.
Not gonna lie, I would buy this on iTunes. This was a banger! Unironically
For real. Been singing pizza pie in the pizza sky. Love it all and the carrot too
I thought I was the only one trying to find it 😂
I feel like this sketch can only be truly appreciated by any person who grew up during the advent of MTV and the glam bands of that era that were featured on there like ABC, Depeche Mode, The Cure, or A Flock of Seagulls. Reflection Denied is in that same vein and the sketch parodied that on point.
Totally a ripe on Pet Shop Boys
spot on parody, I agree. And a commentary on how continuing to survive for 30 years as a band sometimes means ya gotta do some shitty gigs for the cash.
For some reason I'm really impressed that the prop team could create those non-animatronics on such a short notice.
LOL
*Romaine is all that remains.* Just when i've recovered from Benedict Cumberbatch's castrati solo, the carrot sings 😆 This is one of those legendary SNL skits.
Right?! “Romaine is all that remains…”
Never thought I'd see the day that "liminal" was used accurately in an SNL skit. It's incredible that writing this sophisticated can still translate to something so INCREDIBLY funny. Bowen and Benedict totally nailed it.
I also watched "Inside."
Those writers are Harvard educated. Some of them know how vocabulate.
I also liked the “eponymous Charles Entertainment Cheese.” Incredibly erudite.
Ikr?! The liminal space between the mall and the highway🤣🤣🤣
"Your coach says 'Pizza is for winners', so tonight, you STARVE"- Brilliant.
Also I'd unironically listen to this song everyday. The vocals are top-notch, especially from Benedict and Cecily.
Coach says.
@@Danielson1818 Ah thanks, didn't catch the mistake
The vocals Bowen served at the end?!
Sometimes if the actors can't nail the singing in these musical sketches the whole thing falls flat... BUT BENEDICT FUCKING SLAYYYYEEEDDDDD, AMAZING. Bowen always does an awesome job!!
That 80's piano rift during Katie Carrot was so on point!! Felt like 1983 all over again!!
Just like Space Pants, this song deserves a award!
I also miss Aziz at Pizza Town.
And the weed gummy
I loved Space Pants
Space Pants! 🍻
When I say “Space” you say….
We might see Benedict as the live music guest someday. He kicked butt.
I feel like I am going to come back to this sketch often, but I don't quite know why. I love it
The song is catchy, and Ben sells it with gusto and can actually sing well, all of which is worth watching again
Agreed. This song is playing over and over in my head now.
I’m on my 4th watch
Same reason I watched the damn weed gummy sketch 5 times. It's catchy.
This has been stuck in my head for 4 days now 🤣 Bowen Yang is always great but Benedict Cumberbatch is really amazing. Such a talented dude and it's clear that he doesn't take himself too seriously; he's self deprecating, goofy as hell, and it's almost impossible not to laugh along with him. SNL has become must-watch TV in our home 🍕🥕
So many gems to explore here. My favorite part, dark and delivered beautifully….
1:50 “…I cried alone in the ball pit, oh father, where are you.
Games and sauce
Games and sauce…”
The carrot looks like she’s wearing Lady Gaga’s dress. That sing would have been a hit in the 80’s. Benedict”s voice is amazing. Remember, this is the same actor who voiced Smaug.
A specific dress or just a dress she *would* wear? Because it’s the latter then may remind you of the meat dress?
It absolutely would not have.
It is, which is probably why he does character voices well.
"I know that carrot. I've been that carrot."
"We're all that carrot."
This is high art.
Don’t forget the eponymous Charles Entertainment Cheese.
When BC sang “oh pizza pie in the pizza sky” the first time, I knew this skit would be great!
I had to come back and groove to this again. The song has been creeping into my head when I'm washing dishes or driving, and suddenly I'll find myself wailing, "O pizza pie in the pizza skyyyy...!"
Still slaps a year later
Way better than I expected. Truly a personal moment for 80’s kids. Saw my first in person arrest at a chucky cheese in 1984!
😆🙌🏼🙏
you've been to the Tacoma Chucky Cheese too huh?
I have never loved an SNL skit more than this one!!! 😂😊
Also, I love that "It's a Sin" by Pet Shop Boys was clearly the inspiration for their song lol.
Okay and maybe definitely some bits of "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Communards or some Bronski Beat thrown in there at times as well. But 80% of the song is "It's a Sin" lol.
@@rdt8 it was a fab homage to the 80s synth sound. Huge smiles.
Jimmy Somerville etc
I smiled all the way through this ridiculousness! Benedict went hard with this performance!
I'm 2 years late to this, but "oh pizza pie in the pizza sky, deliver me deliver meeee" has no business slaying so hard 🔥
This is a rare gem, great skit 10/10
BEN IS GREAT AT EVERYTHING!! It's amazing to see how he becomes a different person completely with each sketches!
"Pizza pie in the pizza sky"...I will be singing this all day now 🤣 Loved Benedict Cumberbatch's singing!!
This is amazing. I never knew Benedict Cumberbatch could sing. He was terrific.
"Pizza is for winners so tonight you starve!" Lol ✌️😎
BC is the whole package! Funny, talented, handsome and HE CAN SING!!!!!!! This sketch was hilarious. Can watch over and over again.
I've been watching SNL since the beginning. It has never been this consistently good. Writers, players, and guests are killing it.
Benedict hitting all the high notes did things to me.
I hope it doesn't awaken anything in me
The biggest laugh was just at the mention of Chuck’s full name.
They weren't playin' around using his full government name. 🤣
Same lolllll
I have had
"Oh, pizza pie in the pizza sky! Deliver me! Deliver me!"
stuck in my head all week.
(1:31)
I prefer the one at 3:33 , what’s your favourite
I don't know why I've watched this skit so many times. The performances are exquisite. The music is catchy and the lyrics are actually not completely random funny sentences. I don't know how much prep went behind it but I'm amazed and entertained. My compliments to Reflection Denied. I wish they were real.
I would take my kids to chuck and cheese every weekend if these guys existed.
As a former Chuck E. Cheese employee, I can confirm this is 100% accurate.
So Chef Pasqually P. Pieplate actually was that sexy?
@@girlyghoul always has been...
Yes, exactly.
Same. 1990-1991. Those were some memories I've tried to repress. Dirty diapers in the ball pit was real, yo. 🤮
@@marlamanriquez599 OMG!!! Same years!! Did you work in Jax, Fl??
I’m here for Benedict’s little dance moves and the way he sings in this sketch 😂
Yea I need to start dating i find it too sexy 😆
I feel Pete Burns vibes🥹
This is one of those SNL skits I enjoy so much that I've watched it like, ten times.
You can't just drop a hit like this and walk away, I need another song from Reflection Denied