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  • A movie trailer introduces a live-action story for American Girl dolls as they travel to the modern world.
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  • @OvSpP
    @OvSpP Před rokem +11113

    American girl dolls carry more trauma than a toy left in Sid’s room.

    • @madnessarcade7447
      @madnessarcade7447 Před rokem +88

      Y’all joke about it but there actually is an American girl doll movie
      They are called An American girl they are cute kids movies

    • @clarissamoll666
      @clarissamoll666 Před rokem +14

      @@madnessarcade7447 ªºk

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před rokem +64

      Least the toys in Sid's room can fight back.

    • @jom678
      @jom678 Před rokem +18

      Sad but so true
      Can you image them as housewives 😱🤦

    • @disavowalf3351
      @disavowalf3351 Před rokem +39

      Y’know I’ve never understood the characterisation of Sid, he’s just an imaginative kid. My husband & I are both artists and we see Sid v differently to y’all…cos we did head swaps and body mods on our toys…it was super fun and meant we could carry on playing with otherwise knackered toys…! Yeah, it is rather horrifying if you know the toys can feel but Sid doesn’t know that til the end and is clearly upset when he finds that out…but really he was just exploring his creativity! (Yeah, it s a bit shitty when he does it to Sally's dolls but otherwise…!)❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

  • @matthewjarek3026
    @matthewjarek3026 Před rokem +10733

    I actually like the premise of this movie: A bunch of time displaced girls from different eras with tragic backstories team up to travel through time and try and prevent the wars and disasters that affected their lives. LOTS of potential there.

  • @LynzeeFord
    @LynzeeFord Před rokem +4903

    MAJOR PROPS, to the costume department on this one! Especially Samantha & Addy!

  • @Valentina-ng4hh
    @Valentina-ng4hh Před rokem +898

    Here is the thing with American girl doll books. They were BRUTALLY honest about history, and WE LOVED THEM. Not only were these stories amazing but it was a great way to learn REAL things that happened back then. Sadly if these books were released today you know they would be banned. Little girls now are missing out big time since the original American Girl dolls were discontinued.

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před rokem +34

      I could swear the books were challenged (not banned, but did catch heat for being "too real") in the 1990s. I know Goosebumps was, even if the horror was cheesy camp.

    • @JaiCatLady
      @JaiCatLady Před rokem +9

      @@canaisyoung3601 goosebumps was banned??? GOOSEBUMPS?? Why??

    • @hannahg5441
      @hannahg5441 Před rokem +18

      They’re writing new books now with great adult talent behind the series. Britt Bennett has created a new historical character in the Harlem Renaissance called Claudine.

    • @NessaH
      @NessaH Před rokem +15

      @@canaisyoung3601that’s so pathetic. What do people have against learning history?

    • @planetoii
      @planetoii Před rokem +16

      @@NessaHthe same as learning the horror in factory farms. If it’s horrible, it just doesn’t exist and you don’t have to think about it if no one mentions it.

  • @erinpowers7217
    @erinpowers7217 Před rokem +4834

    Those under-nourished girls were the foundation of my entire childhood

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před rokem +42

      Mine too. I remember reading the ones about Molly McIntyre first and I'm old enough to remember when Addy first came out.

    • @janetclaireSays
      @janetclaireSays Před rokem +36

      You know who really loved those dolls? The mothers! I became more excited about my daughter's Felicity's clothing, four poster bed and the fold out screen backdrop to her home - and I know it was the same with all the mothers of her friends with their dolls! 🤣

    • @gabrielmaroto18
      @gabrielmaroto18 Před rokem +19

      That’s OK!

    • @avengerwidow9
      @avengerwidow9 Před rokem +14

      they were my entire personality from ages 8-12

    • @Audreylin29
      @Audreylin29 Před rokem +1

      Me too!

  • @daydreamcomedianne
    @daydreamcomedianne Před rokem +4738

    Don't forget Felicity and the psychological turmoil of her best friend being a loyalist during the American revolution, and that time she had to steal a horse that was being abused by the town drunk!

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před rokem +111

      I just said that they forgot Felicity. Sarah Sherman could have easily been her (or if Cecily Strong stayed on the show, she probably could have been her too). Was Felicity retired from the American Girl doll collection? Did the writers just forget she existed? Or did they not have enough female cast members to include her?
      EDIT: Other American Girl dolls they forgot include Cecile Rey, a wealthy, New Orleans black girl (Punkie Johnson could have played her); Julie Albright, a hippie chick from 1974 with divorced parents and feminist ideals (that's probably not dark enough, unless you say that her ideals back then mean nothing now or something), Kaya, a Nez Perce American Indian who was a slave girl; Rebecca Rubin, a Russian-Jewish immigrant from 1914 who wants to be a movie star back during the early days of American cinema; and the most recent one, Kakani Akina, a half-Japanese Hawaiian girl with blond hair (definitely some accusations of cultural appropriation and people not knowing or caring about mixed-race people).

    • @lulusobel8643
      @lulusobel8643 Před rokem +51

      @@canaisyoung3601 There were a bunch of dolls they didn't include in this sketch, like Nanea, who I'm pretty sure got bombed(?), I think they just didn't want to have too many characters in the sketch.

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před rokem +69

      ​@@lulusobel8643 Yeah, that makes sense. But Felicity was part of the OG American Girl Dolls from the 1990s and nostalgia just made me flip my crap over who's missing.
      At least they got Samantha, Addy, Kirsten, and Molly right, especially Samantha and Addy and, to a lesser extent, Molly (Molly McIntyre wasn't that chubby, but I'm letting that slide, since Molly Kearney and the costume people got the look down).

    • @ebmosier1
      @ebmosier1 Před rokem +35

      I noticed that right off, and it's weird that they included Kit who came after her.
      Maybe because the Merrimans had enslaved people in their house and her father's store?

    • @thebritons
      @thebritons Před rokem +12

      Hey y'all. Stop it. I support you being an adult and doing whatever you want to do. But stop it. Like stop it yall.

  • @AmaraEmme
    @AmaraEmme Před rokem +3641

    American Girl was groundbreaking for their dedication to historical accuracy of material culture (including the material culture of people who weren’t rich), how they introduce kids to some of the horrors of history in an age-appropriate way, and how they focused on a more racially and culturally diverse set of characters than any doll series before it. As a kid, I knew I was holding something special when my Addy’s drinking gourd was made of real gourd, when my friend’s Kaya had real abalone in her hair, or when my sister’s Josefina’s accessories were made of real leather. Real cotton, wool, wood, feathers. Working metal whistles. Work dresses, not just ballgowns. AG captured the everyday reality of regular preteen girls, instead of telling the same story of an older rich teen who never had to do menial work. And it did so in a tactile, immersive way.
    Ofc the irony is that the products were unaffordable for most girls, and there were some historical inaccuracies, but overall I appreciate the scholarly foundation of the series. There’s a cool article on the academic committee behind Addy that had to decide how to introduce rich preteen girls to slavery and racism, what type of slave to make Addy, how much trauma to give her, how dark to make her skin, how textured to make her hair, etc.

    • @captaincrunch784
      @captaincrunch784 Před rokem +117

      Smantha's accessories were like $20 in 1988!!! EACH. My mom found a rando 18" doll truck I used instead of the legit one

    • @firecracker3911
      @firecracker3911 Před rokem +117

      Unfortunately unaffordable, but appreciate the effort.

    • @icarusgotooclose
      @icarusgotooclose Před rokem +306

      The books weren't unaffordable though, and the library often had them. I loved those books and never really had a desire for the dolls (I'm sure my parents were grateful). They were expensive and the books were the best part anyways.

    • @wishuponadream91
      @wishuponadream91 Před rokem +81

      I had a huge chunk of the series and probably every Samantha book, but Samantha herself would only be mine if I paid for her myself. By the time I was finally able to have that money to spare, Samantha had been discontinued. 🥲😅

    • @nothingtoseehere7554
      @nothingtoseehere7554 Před rokem +30

      do you happen to have the link to the article? that sounds really interesting

  • @abhayjoijode
    @abhayjoijode Před rokem +177

    "Nobody said hi to me :(" Addy was my favorite American Girl! There is one passage where she is talking about how her family is moving into a nicer place and she is excited about having "Two whole rooms! And the apartment had a stove so Mama could cook their meals" that I still remember 20 years later because I was happy for her! but at the same time she had to go through so much and she was so bright and kind and loved reading and even with all of her trauma she was still able to excel in school.

    • @PreppyweppyPenguino
      @PreppyweppyPenguino Před 4 měsíci

      I know I love addy and I’m trying to complete her collection

  • @CalamityCannon
    @CalamityCannon Před rokem +1997

    The profile of the chonky little foot is so scarily accurate to AG dolls - just a wonderfully hilarious contrast to the (also distorted) Barbie high heel. God is in the details 😂

    • @sarahpaty6108
      @sarahpaty6108 Před rokem +14

      True

    • @mariskelley8831
      @mariskelley8831 Před rokem +27

      They do have oddly triangular feet, don't they?

    • @CreativeC13
      @CreativeC13 Před rokem +19

      You can tell a true fan wrote this!!

    • @Ahsatan-vw3ok
      @Ahsatan-vw3ok Před rokem +7

      That's basically how my thick ass wide ass feet look irl :(

    • @TheSouthIsHot
      @TheSouthIsHot Před rokem +1

      Oh so that's why her feet look that way. They creeped me out.

  • @markojones334
    @markojones334 Před rokem +1772

    It shouldn’t be funny but the girl saying “Look what I can do” and then coughing up that blood cracks me up! 🤣

    • @TheRealColt45
      @TheRealColt45 Před rokem +75

      I was dying almost as much as she was

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před rokem +17

      ​@@TheRealColt45😅

    • @rosestrife1498
      @rosestrife1498 Před rokem +38

      True but it low-key kinda doenst make sense because it was Kit and she was alive during the great depression. Would have made more sense if it was Addy or Samantha.

    • @gabrielmaroto18
      @gabrielmaroto18 Před rokem +27

      That’s OK!

    • @samanthasaunders9495
      @samanthasaunders9495 Před rokem +7

      @@rosestrife1498 it was Kristen that was coughing. She’s the mid 1800s

  • @amyecorbin
    @amyecorbin Před rokem +299

    As an adult American Girl Doll collector, I am so happy they pronounced Josefina's name correctly.

  • @Cappuccino_327
    @Cappuccino_327 Před rokem +143

    Tbh the addy American girl doll book was the first book that made me cry. I was in the fourth grade when I read it. The pain she had to endure as a slave, and being separated from her family, I can’t imagine the pain of losing your family forever.

    • @rfrolicarts
      @rfrolicarts Před rokem +8

      I watched the theatrical adaptation of the first book... the worm scene made me want to vomit. That was some real stuff.

    • @Cappuccino_327
      @Cappuccino_327 Před rokem +7

      @@rfrolicarts ik how she described it in the book was nasty af too so I bet a live action version of that is even worse

  • @thinagarrett
    @thinagarrett Před rokem +3237

    This is an SNL script I can get behind. I grew up playing with American Girl dolls and they’re under-appreciated even by the people who get so mad that Barbie dolls don’t support healthy beauty stereotypes or any of that.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před rokem +45

      I don't know when was the last time you looked at Barbie dolls, but they are very different these days. I was in that I owe looking for a gift for someone, and noticed that Barbies now come in all colors and shapes

    • @centigradz2centigradz289
      @centigradz2centigradz289 Před rokem +12

      Barbie uses colour to attract their customers. American girl dolls are not as flashy.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před rokem +2

      @@centigradz2centigradz289 or fleshy, when you think about it. I'm sure all dolls have the same body mold, just the way the original Barbies did

    • @thinagarrett
      @thinagarrett Před rokem

      @@LindaC616 I’ll be honest, it’s been a good couple of years.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před rokem +12

      @thinagarrett I was really amazed. There were several different shades and tones, curvy bodies, thin bodies, a little bit of everything. I remember visiting a neighbor to play with her grandchildren. She had a collection of Barbies from the 50s, and it was always cool to see redheads and brunettes since I was not blonde myself. When I was young enough to play with them, blonde was the only option out there. Strange that we went from the 50s where all hair colors existed, to blond and then on to different races, hair colors Etc

  • @kirstenpaff8946
    @kirstenpaff8946 Před rokem +618

    Sometimes I do question my family's decision to introduce me to the American Girl books when I was 5.
    Also, not knowing her exact birth date was the least traumatic part of Addy's story. She was forced to eat bugs as a punishment, saw people being brutally beaten, watched her father and brother be sold off, had to leave behind her grandparents and baby sister to escape to freedom, traveled at night through unfamiliar territory in constant fear of being tracked down by her enslavers, and almost got caught by a group of Confederate soldier, all in book one.

    • @benzaiten933
      @benzaiten933 Před rokem +51

      nothing builds character like traumatizing little girls?

    • @hillakatz5855
      @hillakatz5855 Před rokem +61

      holy shit these were...kids books???

    • @JP-ve7or
      @JP-ve7or Před rokem +92

      Sounds like a book that would get banned in Florida today.

    • @amyball3342
      @amyball3342 Před rokem

      Are you serious?
      That was Addy's back story????what the fu*! Unbelievable. Horrified. I'm horrified. If we are going to include horrific trauma, then Samantha needs to be in a work house, Felicity's mother and herself are witches accused, and Kirsten is kidnapped and raped and sold.

    • @kellygreengables3936
      @kellygreengables3936 Před rokem +54

      ​@@hillakatz5855 They were children's books for maybe like ages 10+? Historical fiction is usually a little bit more intense. I don't remember the details ever being graphic though. So some people just enjoyed the books with these backstories, others just enjoyed the dolls and the movies (which were usually more lighthearted).

  • @hawkfirequeen5766
    @hawkfirequeen5766 Před rokem +1039

    As a former die-hard American Girl fan, I now want an American Girl movie where they all meet each other.
    And I can't believe they didn't mention Samantha's best friend being an orphan child laborer raising her younger sisters or Kit almost getting run over by a train while escaping from prison.

    • @bridgerhibbert2993
      @bridgerhibbert2993 Před rokem +57

      "That's okay." 🙂

    • @therapypony
      @therapypony Před rokem +11

      Nellie! my favorite

    • @Nora-gu3gc
      @Nora-gu3gc Před rokem +4

      They are coming with one so be prepared

    • @jellycat9104
      @jellycat9104 Před 5 měsíci +1

      me too I think they should’ve included that Samantha had to teach Nellie to read

    • @explodingmangos3416
      @explodingmangos3416 Před měsícem +1

      Or kits family being on the brink of bankruptcy during the great depression and taking in strangers to live at her house that ended up stealing from them and framing her friends for the crime

  • @christinemerritt974
    @christinemerritt974 Před rokem +139

    “From the girls who play soccer magazine” could not have been more historically accurate.

  • @patriciasalem3606
    @patriciasalem3606 Před rokem +758

    OMG, dying. I worked for American Girl when they were still Pleasant Company and there was no internet. Famous people would call and order dolls and accessories for their daughters. We had to go to doll training school to learn all those horrific stories. 😅 Nailed it.

    • @Lilliana3
      @Lilliana3 Před rokem +11

      Did you happen to meet Pleasant Rowland while working for American girl?

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před rokem +2

      😅😅

    • @katie-allen
      @katie-allen Před rokem +42

      Wait this is iconic tell us more

    • @luannnelson2825
      @luannnelson2825 Před rokem +34

      My favorite thing Pleasant Rowland did was pay for the the pipe organ in the Madison Symphony Orchestra’s concert hall. (There were other big donors, but her donation was the largest.)

    • @ariadnefrolich7243
      @ariadnefrolich7243 Před rokem +4

      Sounds like a fun job!

  • @Bernz718
    @Bernz718 Před rokem +1467

    Ego had really been killing it this season.

  • @robynmoroz7692
    @robynmoroz7692 Před rokem +190

    Okay, but those first couple Addy books were traumatizing, they nailed this!

    • @blumoon187
      @blumoon187 Před rokem +56

      I still think about the last book where her brother comes back but is missing an arm and is fucked up with PTSD.

    • @MelissaBlue
      @MelissaBlue Před rokem +54

      The Addy books were hands down the best because of this. The other girls had difficult lives, but not escaped slave dreaming of reuniting with family difficult.

    • @tinmanlover1994
      @tinmanlover1994 Před rokem +25

      ADDY NEEDS A MOVIE

  • @jenaminton7009
    @jenaminton7009 Před rokem +135

    Honestly, that's why I love American Girl dolls because they dealt with personal issues. Josefina is my favorite. I'm glad that her aunt Tia Dolores ended up becoming her stepmother in the end.

    • @tinmanlover1994
      @tinmanlover1994 Před rokem +3

      Yes I like the end of her story a very happy ending

    • @tweetthang96
      @tweetthang96 Před rokem +6

      I really don’t want to come across as rude, but I thought you’d wanna know (if you didn’t already) that, in Spanish, “tia” means aunt. So just aunt Dolores or tia Dolores would be just fine!

    • @ericathorn1298
      @ericathorn1298 Před rokem

      I dont see anyone suriviving the end of the movie. Cough 😊

  • @nicholasgarrick8855
    @nicholasgarrick8855 Před rokem +544

    Beginning to think the writer on this shows kid is going through an American girl phase😂.

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před rokem +67

      Also, some of them are old enough to remember them back when it was just the dolls, the books, and the historically accurate clothes and accessories.

    • @LindaC616
      @LindaC616 Před rokem +13

      Both of them were good sketches though

    • @henrytawnn8694
      @henrytawnn8694 Před rokem +34

      Seeing as they have done several American Girl Doll related skits, I assume one of the writers went though that phase.

    • @laurahamilton8868
      @laurahamilton8868 Před rokem +3

      @@canaisyoung3601 Wait, there's more now?

    • @sarahvangorden7551
      @sarahvangorden7551 Před rokem +2

      That's exactly what I thought! Several sketches in the past few years

  • @emilyfothergill2515
    @emilyfothergill2515 Před rokem +409

    Okay but that samantha outfit is perfect

  • @jaimelubin6497
    @jaimelubin6497 Před rokem +83

    I remember there being an intense discussion with the girls in my class (either second or third grade) where everyone loved Molly as a character, but no one wanted her doll because she had glasses.

    • @sarahschroeder4739
      @sarahschroeder4739 Před rokem +9

      😂❤😂

    • @jaimelubin6497
      @jaimelubin6497 Před 6 měsíci +3

      @@alliwantsapepsi Molly had great official outfits and I thought her book storylines were some of the best.

    • @TheMewtata
      @TheMewtata Před 18 dny +1

      Must be a little kid thing, before everyone had glasses. She’s so adorable with them!

  • @inkstainsandantiques6265
    @inkstainsandantiques6265 Před rokem +128

    Ana de Armas is scarily accurate for how I picture a live-action version of Josephina being. Josephine was my favorite AG doll growing up so I wouldn't complain if she played her.

  • @shahartley
    @shahartley Před rokem +638

    Ego as Addy was perfect. And I remember reading those books over & over. Great time to have grown up.

  • @katie-allen
    @katie-allen Před rokem +467

    Yes I loved their tragic backstories! As a child I was so dramatic and one of my favorite games was to pretend to be an orphaned maid and then to die of scarlet fever. Looking back I’m like girl…. why 💀
    And how did they know I played soccer 😭

    • @marylyn3081
      @marylyn3081 Před rokem +9

      You must have been a really funny kid. You made me laugh lol!

    • @ginntastic
      @ginntastic Před rokem +28

      We would have gotten along well as kids. I used to play orphanage where we had to escape an abusive orphanage. Now I'm thinking this might have been related to reading all the American Girl Doll books.....

    • @jennifergersch9126
      @jennifergersch9126 Před rokem

      I don't remember Samantha being an orphan.

    • @MelissaBlue
      @MelissaBlue Před rokem +15

      Oh oh oh I had a favorite of pretending I was a recent immigrant from Ellis Island and was working to get enough pennies to eat and have a place to sleep. I was 11 when I came up with this game, so I don't know if that's better or worse. But I loved educational historical fiction, starting with the OG AG!

    • @MelissaBlue
      @MelissaBlue Před rokem +9

      ​@Jennifer Gersch that's why she lived with her grandmother. I don't recall the books spending too much time on the sad details of her parents' deaths.

  • @ellierose6
    @ellierose6 Před rokem +43

    This was pretty epic. The feet in that opening shot. The writers and director nailed it, and no actor took over what they knew to be a perfect sketch.

  • @KayleeFarnes
    @KayleeFarnes Před rokem +42

    I'm obsessed with the costume design! They did an incredible job.

  • @LeDivaHeartsAll
    @LeDivaHeartsAll Před rokem +262

    One of the best memories from my childhood! - a girl who played soccer 😂

  • @samfilmkid
    @samfilmkid Před rokem +204

    This actually seems like something Greta Gerwig would direct.

  • @rebecca8866
    @rebecca8866 Před rokem +42

    Honestly if this was a real movie I would see this in a heartbeat.

  • @technicolordreamer
    @technicolordreamer Před rokem +47

    I would watch this movie! Addy definitely deserves more love! I remember reading her first book almost in one sitting. Also, Kirsten could use some love too!

    • @newvision4l314
      @newvision4l314 Před rokem +11

      Addy is literally the strongest American Girl smh

    • @freeree838
      @freeree838 Před rokem +8

      I got an Addy doll as a gift as an ADULT and cried happy tears.

    • @5fingerjack
      @5fingerjack Před rokem +8

      Kirsten, whose best friend died of cholera and was jettisoned off of the boat, never to be mentioned again. "I'm okayyy!!"

  • @dacronic1646
    @dacronic1646 Před rokem +223

    The coughed up blood was freaking hilarious.

  • @MaddysinLeigh
    @MaddysinLeigh Před rokem +46

    The soccer thing got me! My sister was obsessed with American girls and played soccer so it fits.

    • @aubrey04
      @aubrey04 Před rokem

      i used to love american girl dolls (never got any but i definitely wanted them) and played soccer for a major of my life so i second that

  • @ComradeStiv
    @ComradeStiv Před rokem +17

    YES! The best sketch comedy is served up risky, *_inventive_* , with big fat dollops of uncomfortable truth. This one was art.

  • @simplyparticular
    @simplyparticular Před rokem +69

    Someone at SNL is processing their AG trauma and I’m here for it.

    • @dannizinn6477
      @dannizinn6477 Před 4 měsíci

      They must have done their research. Samantha's bitchy orphan comment is a running joke in the adult collector community.

  • @Paineinyourblank
    @Paineinyourblank Před rokem +36

    (Blank stare) "That's ok" What I say to myself at least once every day to get through it.

  • @pnwolivia
    @pnwolivia Před rokem +182

    This was amazing , I LOVED my american girl doll and learning about her bummer historical background

    • @daydreamcomedianne
      @daydreamcomedianne Před rokem +10

      Addy and Kirsten were tied with having the most tragic backstory. And while Molly's wasn't as sad, she gets a friend from England whose parents died in the blitz and is still traumatized by it!

    • @lemonaidy
      @lemonaidy Před rokem

      Emily's parents don't die in the book. In Emily's book it explains a little more about it. They sent her to America to have a new life with a new family. Her mother sends her letters from England

  • @laurarichter1780
    @laurarichter1780 Před rokem +166

    To be fair mollys dad isn’t a prisoner of war he’s a doctor serving overseas.

    • @sarmajere2866
      @sarmajere2866 Před rokem +42

      And Samantha is one of the sweetest kids ever. I'm not a huge fan of the doll, largely because there was a period where she was the one who got all new stuff, all the time, at the expense of characters like Josefina and Kirsten, but the character is pretty cool. Her bff, Nellie, is still better, but...

    • @laurarichter1780
      @laurarichter1780 Před rokem +26

      @@sarmajere2866 oh yeah I remember that period. Also bummed they left felicity out. Didn’t they clean her hair with lemon for the Christmas party? That would have been funny. I’m 39. I can’t believe I remember that 😂

    • @sarmajere2866
      @sarmajere2866 Před rokem +6

      @@laurarichter1780 Ooh yes I think SO, now that you mention. Ha I'm the same age so we were probably getting the catalogs around the same time. Crazy!

    • @jennifergersch9126
      @jennifergersch9126 Před rokem +2

      That sounds familiar.

    • @lsmc8909
      @lsmc8909 Před rokem +1

      To be fair….

  • @leonardvole9760
    @leonardvole9760 Před rokem +29

    My 2nd grade teacher read the Addy book during black history month and it was legit one of the more formable stories we read that year.

  • @pepepecaspicapapas4726
    @pepepecaspicapapas4726 Před rokem +16

    This also doubles as an Oregon Trail movie trailer

  • @ericb9252
    @ericb9252 Před rokem +55

    "Look what I can do"
    *coughs up blood*
    Classic Sarah

  • @wille5080
    @wille5080 Před rokem +25

    This sketch was fact checked by Thomas Dean, a man who bought an American Girl doll, but it wasn’t for him it was for a friend. It was a gift.

  • @al_pal_
    @al_pal_ Před rokem +37

    I got the Kirsten doll when I was 6. My mom started to read the included book to me and when she came to the part where the friend died of cholera, she became so distraught that she refused to keep reading. I still don't know the ending to this day.

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před rokem +2

      You can find out by actually finding the book. Or reading about it online.

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 Před rokem +8

      That reminds me of the mother of Phoebe from Friends, who always cut off stories and videos before they reached any sad event, so she never learned about Bambi's mother dying, what happened to Lou Gehrig, etc, etc.

    • @videohistory722
      @videohistory722 Před rokem +1

      If you're okay with spoilers now, I can tell you.
      Do you just want the ending of the first story, or all of them?

    • @roddo1955
      @roddo1955 Před rokem +2

      @@faithlesshound5621 wh Joey, reading little women and Rachel spoiled the ending. He put the book in the fridge.
      'Beth is very sick...'🤣

    • @quinnellen
      @quinnellen Před rokem

      She finally gets her trunk.

  • @rosiequartzie2230
    @rosiequartzie2230 Před rokem +29

    When you find out an important part of your childhood was actually dark as shit 😂

  • @Ay-B
    @Ay-B Před rokem +129

    SNL is on a vendetta against American Girl. 😂

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před rokem +19

      First, that sketch where Mikey Day is accused of being a creep because he was found in an American Girl doll store during a fire. Then the Travis Kelce sketch that was similar, but executed differently. Now this.

    • @ImAlsoMerobiba
      @ImAlsoMerobiba Před rokem +20

      That's OK!

    • @marisgoldenhour6212
      @marisgoldenhour6212 Před rokem +3

      @@ImAlsoMerobiba 😆😆

    • @mariskelley8831
      @mariskelley8831 Před rokem +3

      Nah, there's at least 1 woman in the writers' room who grew up with these dolls. Between this & the sketch in the Travis Kielce episode, there's at least 1 diehard AG fan on payroll

    • @Sentinel82
      @Sentinel82 Před rokem

      More like on a vendetta against anything to the right of Stalin. 😂

  • @Sassyellechica
    @Sassyellechica Před rokem +27

    I always ❤ when they do American girl doll sketches. As someone who worked at the 5th ave store its funny to see how they have fun with the dolls

  • @WardNightstone
    @WardNightstone Před 7 měsíci +5

    HOLLYWOOD: JOKES ON YOU SNL! GREENLIT!

  • @BP.COOPER
    @BP.COOPER Před rokem +81

    Conan O’Brien did his own remote improv version of this years ago, it’s hysterical. totally worth watching its here on YT

  • @MarinaAndTheDevil
    @MarinaAndTheDevil Před rokem +135

    Have A24 produce this, Ari Aster direct this and it would be my favourite movie

  • @alisagumm8547
    @alisagumm8547 Před rokem +19

    Addy and Molly were my favorite back in the 90s

  • @Annie.747
    @Annie.747 Před rokem +16

    I can’t tell you how bad I want to re-play that American girl doll that has the online game that you jump from rock to rock in the waterfall😂 that was IT

  • @tangoangel2782
    @tangoangel2782 Před rokem +25

    THIS SHOULD BE TV SERIES!!!

  • @allykins1767
    @allykins1767 Před 10 měsíci +6

    You can tell the girl playing Molly doesn’t actually wear glasses because she purposely touched the lenses. You don’t do that unless you want to be robbed of the blessing of seeing clearly!

  • @LittleMissMaddie1998
    @LittleMissMaddie1998 Před rokem +19

    I loved American Girl dolls and books when I was kid. This was nostalgic and hilarious

  • @davrosdaleks1
    @davrosdaleks1 Před rokem +7

    There’s at least one writer on this who’s a big fan of AG.

  • @jenniferbates2811
    @jenniferbates2811 Před rokem +4

    "And tragically, I wear glasses. ".....🤣🤣🤣

  • @cranjismcbasketball2565
    @cranjismcbasketball2565 Před rokem +13

    Pretty sure that if they made this movie, it'd do well. It's hilarious and a throwback for many people.

  • @writerspen010
    @writerspen010 Před rokem +43

    This was funny, but why does everyone act like Samantha was spoiled and bitchy? She was so selfless when it came to her best friend Nellie (helped her and her sisters escape an abusive orphanage, taught them to read, gave away her mother's (?) doll as a keepsake of their friendship) and spoke up against big issues of the day like child labor.

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před rokem +2

      But didn't Samantha start out kinda spoiled before realizing the messed-up life her friend Nellie had?

    • @writerspen010
      @writerspen010 Před rokem +13

      @@canaisyoung3601 She was privileged, but I don't ever remember thinking Samantha was spoiled. Besides, she's 9 when the books start out. It's not like you come out of the womb aware of how your life differs from somebody else's or start out with perfect mannerisms. The fact that she even became Nellie's friend shows how little Samantha valued the privileges of her upbringing when compared to the value of kindness and friendship, despite their differences in social standing. Had Samantha been spoiled, I don't think she would have bothered to become Nellie's friend once finding out that she was a servant.

    • @sabrinamoses8415
      @sabrinamoses8415 Před rokem +9

      I totally agree. Samantha was soo nice. She didn't seem to have any rich friends to begin with also. I loved how she was sooo nice to Nellie.

    • @whispersweetnothingsuwu
      @whispersweetnothingsuwu Před rokem +9

      @@canaisyoung3601 Actually Samantha was pretty tomboyish and non traditonal in so many ways she was deemed a weirdo to the other rich spoiled girls in the books because she did a lot of non lady like things. She is a pretty cool character for a lot of reasons.

    • @CherryFrog321
      @CherryFrog321 Před rokem +3

      ​@@canaisyoung3601 she was definitely privileged and a little sheltered. But never a spoiled brat or anything.

  • @kevinminter8114
    @kevinminter8114 Před rokem +7

    “That’s okay!”

  • @mrcritical6751
    @mrcritical6751 Před rokem +38

    Why does this feel like a perfect existential horror film? Just a load of girls with messed up backstories living in an abandoned orphanage and slowly dying one by one

  • @ellenday2155
    @ellenday2155 Před 11 měsíci +10

    This would actually be a brilliant movie.

  • @hiveminds2988
    @hiveminds2988 Před 10 měsíci +8

    I would unironically watch the hell out of this. (In case anyone actually wants to make this movie)

  • @pembrokelove
    @pembrokelove Před rokem +6

    My niece is obsessed with these dolls - I got her Josefina for Chanukah and she takes her everywhere.

    • @MelissaBlue
      @MelissaBlue Před rokem +2

      I remember getting my Kirsten doll for Chanukah back in the 90s. It was the best 8th night present ever!

    • @pembrokelove
      @pembrokelove Před rokem +1

      @@MelissaBlue my sister (same niece's mom) had Kirsten growing up. The love for AGs runs deep in this family.

  • @toronto2112
    @toronto2112 Před 10 měsíci +3

    This helped me work through the fact that there are now historical American Girls from the 1990s.

  • @InvaderHog
    @InvaderHog Před rokem +10

    lolol this is the most accurate thing I have ever seen- I read all of the books when I was a kid and was obsessed with the dolls and I was also a girl who played soccer I have never felt more seen!!!!

  • @nicolegonzales5283
    @nicolegonzales5283 Před rokem +4

    Heidi’s dead eyed “That’s ok!” whenever I remember something tragic….

  • @77Creation
    @77Creation Před rokem +33

    This for all the people that long for “the good old days”. 😂😂😂

    • @Sentinel82
      @Sentinel82 Před rokem +1

      I think this was a bit before those days. 😂

  • @ammcd2012
    @ammcd2012 Před rokem +5

    I used to have the cut out Addie paper dolls in the 90s..
    She gets better outfits once she gains her freedom 😂

  • @Callmekatielee
    @Callmekatielee Před rokem +4

    Okay, you didn’t have to call my sisters and I out with that “girls who played soccer magazine” line.

  • @bostonreese4807
    @bostonreese4807 Před rokem +51

    Their back stories always had a dark essence to them. My mother got me every race and ethnicity when I was younger to help teach me about culture, clothes, food and traditions, etc. Each doll came with a book or a booklet explaining who they were and a little about their life.Some dolls had long, drawn out stories. So I’m waiting for American girl to give the green light to a movie like this lol. Doubt it will happen tho.

    • @oliviastratton2169
      @oliviastratton2169 Před 7 měsíci +1

      There were a couple American Girl movies that came out when I was a kid. I remember seeing ads for one about Felicity and one or two others. But I never saw them, so I can't vouch for the quality.

    • @bostonreese4807
      @bostonreese4807 Před 7 měsíci

      @@oliviastratton2169 I remember that vaguely too. Can’t imagine how they’d do in the box office if they made them today. But if it was a good budget, they could be good!

  • @Ayurveduh
    @Ayurveduh Před rokem +17

    Yoooooo!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂 I Had an addy doll growing up!😂😂😂

  • @BbGun-lw5vi
    @BbGun-lw5vi Před rokem +6

    The way Heidi said “My friend Martha died of cholera.” 😂

  • @moonpeachxo
    @moonpeachxo Před rokem +8

    i remember these books better than most that i read when i was 10 because of how deeply they affected me.. core memories still

  • @asifallintonothingne
    @asifallintonothingne Před rokem +2

    I was waiting for Kit to pipe in: "My dad got laid off!" at 0:51 haha

  • @xXAcidBathXx
    @xXAcidBathXx Před rokem +6

    I was OBSESSED with American girl as a little boy. My favorite was Kit because I for some underknowable reason was hyperfixated on the Great Depression. Looking back I was a really weird kid.😊

  • @katemccubbins2729
    @katemccubbins2729 Před rokem +6

    I read all the books as a kid and I'm still traumatized by the scene where Addy is forced by her slave master to eat worms

  • @ChanelGloe
    @ChanelGloe Před rokem +7

    As a lady that grew up OBSESSED with these dolls, I appreciate this lol. I miss the old American Girl. the books were everything to me!

  • @noelledaigle6645
    @noelledaigle6645 Před rokem +2

    This reminds me of sobbing reading the Addy book when her brother who she thought was dead came back from war

  • @heathercurry898
    @heathercurry898 Před rokem +5

    Never could afford the dolls, but I was crazy into reading the books.

  • @Kjane921
    @Kjane921 Před rokem +9

    Kirsten’s family home burned down and reading that story gave me a lifelong fear of fire! But that’s okay!

    • @vanyadolly
      @vanyadolly Před 6 měsíci

      I'm glad I only found out about that as an adult, because it's going to haunt me for the rest of my life 😂

  • @LIZZYRULES
    @LIZZYRULES Před rokem +23

    I never had an American Girl doll because they were so expensive. But I did get the catalog to look at. 😔

  • @wardenm
    @wardenm Před rokem +3

    That ending... SUCH Oregon Trail vibes. 😆 The rest will die of dysentery halfway there.

  • @officialjocelyn9108
    @officialjocelyn9108 Před rokem +3

    "I don't trust none of y'all." Relatable!

  • @MPPG663
    @MPPG663 Před rokem +3

    The part about not wanting to attend the sleep over was hilarious but also a universal fear lol. Genius

  • @filmsbyjohnny
    @filmsbyjohnny Před rokem +3

    "That's okay!" -- this will be my new personality mood. hahaha

  • @bri2252
    @bri2252 Před rokem +4

    Never had the dolls, but had the books & still do preserved in a special box at my parent’s house. What a nostalgic skit. ❤️

  • @Allaiya.
    @Allaiya. Před rokem +6

    American Girls were our childhood. Man it’s sad they don’t make the historical American Girl dolls or books anymore for today’s generation.
    I had Kristen & my sister had Samantha. I wanted to get Josephine or felicity as well. And all the accessories & animals. They were flippin expensive though.

  • @jadabug13
    @jadabug13 Před rokem +14

    I loved my Samantha doll and I played a lot of soccer 😭 How did they know???

  • @savannaherickson6895
    @savannaherickson6895 Před rokem +13

    american girl fandom rise up 🙌🏻

  • @cowsaregreat-bj9us
    @cowsaregreat-bj9us Před rokem +2

    Is it bad that I forgot it was an sln skit by the end and got excited about the movie for a second 😂😂

  • @DrAndyShick
    @DrAndyShick Před rokem +8

    The other four went on to die of dysentary

  • @TaylorKnightCosplay
    @TaylorKnightCosplay Před rokem +21

    Molly’s father wasn’t a POW, he was a military doctor taking care of US soldiers in England.

  • @DLTA5
    @DLTA5 Před rokem +3

    "That's okay" as they dump Heidi off the wagon. Lol

  • @micahsnow346
    @micahsnow346 Před rokem +1

    “No-one said hi to me” is so wrong and SO funny 😂😂

  • @TheSingingEater1.0
    @TheSingingEater1.0 Před rokem +5

    I had no idea I could relate so much to American dolls

  • @aguaperrodin889
    @aguaperrodin889 Před rokem +17

    Loved this one! Also Josephina was always my favorite as a little girl 😊

  • @infires2013
    @infires2013 Před rokem +8

    I think its atrocious they're doing an American girl doll skit without zach woods in any shape or form 😭

    • @Amir-rb5vi
      @Amir-rb5vi Před rokem +1

      Underrated comment

    • @ghostcooky
      @ghostcooky Před rokem +1

      No cause zach always said he wanted to voice or be an American girl doll!!!

    • @rimatan2561
      @rimatan2561 Před rokem +1

      I can't believe I found this comment I was thinking the same thing 😭😭😭

  • @ENT683
    @ENT683 Před rokem +3

    I wish they had felicity but I’d totally watch a second episode

  • @laurenconrad1799
    @laurenconrad1799 Před rokem +8

    Samantha's story was set in the Edwardian era, not Victorian. 😉 Also, love this sketch.