Top 10 SNL Sketches That Keep Us Up at Night

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These "SNL" skits kept us up well past late night. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the “SNL” sketches that still have us staring wide-eyed at the ceiling asking… “Why?!”

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00:00How's it hangin'? I'm David Popkins, and I'm gonna scare the hell out of you!

00:08Welcome to Mirrors Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the SNL sketchers

00:13that still have us staring wide-eyed at the ceiling asking, why?

00:20So uh, do I win the contest? I win? Seems like I win.

00:24Oh my god!

00:27What's wrong?

00:29Number 10, Matt Foley, A Scary Story on Halloween

00:33Now as your father told you, my name is Matt Foley, and I am a motivational speaker!

00:40Oh, how we miss you, Chris Farley. In typical Foley fashion, the highly-spirited, van-dwelling

00:46motivational speaker attempts to warn some local teens about the dangers of vandalizing

00:51neighborhood houses. The teens, led by episode host Christian Slater, rather predictably

00:57don't take Foley seriously.

01:07That is, until he asks David Spade to imagine that he's an egg, and some incredible physical

01:13comedy ensues, in Farley's inimitable style.

01:16Foley's victims this time around? A glass table and a giant window, the latter thanks

01:23to a bag of flaming dog poop. What we wouldn't give for another lesson from Matt Foley.

01:39Number 9, Great Day

01:40We'll just cut to the chase here. Andy Samberg's character in this digital

01:53short is decidedly not having a great day. What appears to begin as a delightful, singing-in-the-rain-esque

01:59jaunt quickly reveals itself to be something much darker and unsettling. Samberg initially

02:11seems to be an average joe who's simply trying to see the bright side of things, and

02:15who can't relate to that. Well, before you answer that question, you might want to hear

02:20Samberg out. He's a little more than just down on his luck. Not only have his wife and

02:26kids left the building, but not even host Alec Baldwin and musical guest Tom Petty want

02:31to hang out with him. Truly a cosmic punishment.

02:46Number 8, Shana at a Halloween Party

02:51It's no secret that Kristen Wiig is the originator of some of SNL's most iconic

02:58characters and performances. A deeply talented impressionist who's game for anything. And

03:05if you're familiar with the criminally underrated Shana sketches, you'll know that we mean anything.

03:20For the uninitiated, this recurring skit finds Wiig playing the titular sexy siren,

03:26desired by every man with the great misfortune of crossing paths with her.

03:30However, as with almost any situation in which Kristen Wiig is involved,

03:35things almost immediately go awry, and Shana is definitely more than meets the eye.

03:40We're almost more worried about Ben Stiller's character in this sketch. Seek help, dude.

03:54Number 7, Headless Horseman

03:57This John Mulaney-anchored sketch is downright nasty in, like, several ways.

04:13For some reason, Mulaney, Pete Davidson, and the rest of the SNL gang had a lot of

04:18very blue questions about the legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane,

04:22and in particular, the Headless Horseman. In this iteration, Crane, as played by Mulaney,

04:28is reimagined as a truly disgusting pervert who, when encountering the Horseman,

04:34isn't even remotely scared.

04:36Look, I've been trying to do it to myself with my regular attached head. I tried yoga,

04:42and I tried stretching. I even had the town doctor remove two of my ribs.

04:46Rather, he floats a number of rather innovative possibilities as far as the, you know,

04:52detached head thing goes. When Mulaney and co. have questions for the Horseman,

04:57the audience assuredly has questions for the writers of this sketch.

05:01You came to rescue me, William?

05:03No, I wanted to ask the Horseman some questions.

05:07You ever, uh, just roll it into the ladies' room?

05:10Excuse me?

05:116. Mafia Meeting

05:13My name is Jonathan Comet, and this song is called Space Pants. Begin transmission.

05:20One can only wonder as to the thought process that resulted in this sketch,

05:25and specifically, the existence of Peter Dinklage's Jonathan Comet and his Space Pants.

05:31Dragged to a bar by Bobby Moynihan and Beck Bennett's intimidating gangsters,

05:36John Rudnitsky and Pete Davidson are spooked into paying off their $20,000 debt.

05:42You there in front, stop talking during my song! It's very rude!

05:47However, they're saved, at least momentarily, by the hilariously incongruous Comet and his

05:54close personal friend, Gwen Stefani. Why is Comet obsessed with his Space Pants?

05:59How does he know Stefani? We're not even sure we want the answers to these questions.

06:05Ladies and gentlemen, I'm happy to report, my friend Gwen Stefani is wearing Space Shorts!

06:11People on Earth hear what I say, my shorts are from a galaxy far, far away.

06:175. Chad in a Haunted Mansion

06:19Who are you?

06:24Chad.

06:25Welcome, Chad.

06:27We really wish we had Chad's total unflappability in any given situation.

06:33Here, Pete Davidson's most famous recurring character finds himself stranded during a road

06:38trip on a dark and stormy night, with his only option for seeking refuge being a creepy old

06:44mansion that he almost instantly learns is haunted.

06:47Oh no, your neck.

06:49Yes, I'm afraid it's quite gash.

06:53Gash.

06:53Luckily for him, the haunter in question is played by Adele,

06:57as a lonely ghost who seeks Chad's help in crossing over into the afterlife.

07:01Unsurprisingly, the well-meaning but dim-witted Chad turns out to be no help at all.

07:07Hello from the other side, indeed.

07:10Do you have a favourite book, Chad?

07:11Where's Waldo? The yellow one?

07:13I'm not familiar, who's the author?

07:15Waldo.

07:164. That Canteen Boy Sketch

07:19You know, it seems like the moment you get out of the city,

07:22all your problems just sort of fade away.

07:26Look, before anything, we should state unequivocally that Adam Sandler's Canteen Boy

07:32is canonically 27 years old and continues to be active as a lifelong scout due to his

07:38relative eccentricity. Seriously, that's from this sketch's title card.

07:44Now, having said that, it doesn't make this iteration,

07:47with host Alec Baldwin as a blatantly predatory scoutmaster, any less uncomfortable.

07:53Do you like wine?

07:55Actually, I prefer purified water right out of the old canteen here.

07:59I'm going to get us a little wine.

08:03Immediately controversial from the time of its airing, the sketch features Baldwin making

08:08several extremely overt attempts to come on to the sweetly innocent Canteen Boy.

08:13Thankfully, the latter has seemingly supernatural powers at his disposal,

08:18sparing himself from Baldwin's creepy wrath.

08:21Truth or dare, Canteen Boy?

08:26Uh, refresh me.

08:27Number three, world's most evil invention.

08:31So, uh, do I win the contest?

08:34I win?

08:35Seems like I win.

08:35Oh my god.

08:38What's wrong?

08:39This is one sketch where, after watching it, all you can really say is, well,

08:44they really went there.

08:46You might also be asking yourself, how did they get Dwayne Johnson to agree to this?

08:51Well, unfortunately, we don't have the answers to those questions.

08:55But if you find them, please don't hesitate to let us know.

08:59My most evil idea was a blizzard in July.

09:03Right, well, I went in a slightly different direction with the assignment.

09:07Johnson plays Roy, a seemingly mild-mannered participant in the titular competition.

09:12Roy participates alongside a host of cartoonishly over-the-top comic book villains

09:17who put forth such dastardly inventions as a freeze ray.

09:21Once you learn what Roy has cooked up, you'll not only be nauseous,

09:25but probably in agreement that he should take home the gold.

09:29Yes, yes, yes, that's exactly right, this guy gets it, you get it.

09:33Oh my god, no I don't.

09:35Number two, the curse.

09:36You, you break the sacred talisman.

09:39Maybe you shouldn't have left it lying in the street.

09:41You pay me.

09:42Kiss my ass.

09:43Remember Andy Samberg's earlier Great Day sketch?

09:47Well, if you thought he was actually having a terrible day there,

09:50get ready for the curse, in which the former SNL star seems to be in for a terrible life.

09:56It's a tale as old as time.

09:58A callous businessman, Samberg, damages Fred Armisen's offensive caricature sacred talisman,

10:04and in a show of pure hubris, belittles him when asked to pay up.

10:12Samberg quickly learns the error of his ways after Armisen places a curse on him,

10:29which entails a shirtless, oiled-up Jon Hamm

10:32appearing at inopportune times to play a mean jazz sax.

10:36And we mean seriously inopportune times.

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11:26Hey, they don't necessarily have to keep you up for a bad reason.

11:30Sometimes, it's just pure bafflement.

11:33This sketch for the ages stars Beck Bennett and Kate McKinnon

11:37as a couple in search of corny Halloween frights.

11:40What they don't expect to find, however, is Oscar-winner

11:43Tom Hanks' now-iconic David S. Pumpkins.

11:48Pumpkins' creepy cohorts make sense.

12:01That is, his fellow ghosts.

12:03Not the inexplicable B-Boy skeletons who accompany his routine.

12:08Which is what, exactly?

12:09We don't know.

12:11But they're definitely part of it.

12:14While McKinnon and Bennett, despite their increasing levels of confusion,

12:18aren't able to crack the mystery, maybe that's for the best.

12:30Which SNL sketch keeps you up at night?

12:33Let us know in the comments below.

12:35Or maybe don't.

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