television history
i’ve been trying to explain this sketch to people for years
there is literally no way to explain this sketch it’s just a thing you have to see and even then I’m not sure why it’s so funny
It’s a parody of the series finale(?) of this really popular teen/young adult soap opera called The OC that aired in the mid 2000s (I think it started in 2005? I can’t remember). There was this really drawn out scene where two characters (A and B) are fighting, then a third © sees B about to kill A so C shots B that song (Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap) was played over it when C pulled the trigger. Then B dies really dramatically, holding his chest, looking at his bloody hands, etc. Like longest most dramatic death on white TV (I’m sure the telanovelas and Korean dramas can do better lol, not to mention Bollywood). Just watch it here. Yes this is the original aired scene no that song wasn’t added after this is real folks. Then this happened (I want to say it was from the mind of Andy Samburg/the Lonely Island, which tbh explains a lot). But regardless of the why, it’s the most beautiful skit SNL has ever made
