How a Bill Does Not Become a Law - SNL
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- A Bill (Kenan Thompson) tries to explain government to a little kid (Kyle Mooney), then President Obama (Jay Pharaoh) and his bullying friend Executive Order (Bobby Moynihan) explain how things really work. [Season 40, 2014]
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"I'm an executive order and I pretty much just happen". Gold.
+Elena Gilbert Whats "sad" is how people are not marching on Washington to protest it. Our founders would already be forming militias to stop the madness.
Literally lol-ed
@Ryno LASCAVIO- I don't think you understand how the Founders did things.
Thing is boys (or girls), we elected Obama, meaning that most of America wanted someone who would make a decision like that in the White House.
good job stealing a comment
Pushing him down those stairs? That's called a "veto" :D
RIGHT THERE! A funnier line than anything the SNL writers could come up with.
@@jbrisby but that was literally the whole joke in the video
But a President can only veto a bill once.
Wait, my sister is a veto
Lol
Y’all are talking about Trump and Obama while we should be focusing on how a piece of paper is smoking another piece of paper
does it count as cannibalism? I mean, he didn't eat the paper, but he smoked it so...
Probably not cannibalism, but definitely still enough to get him into a psychiatric ward.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!
@@winny8139 That brings up an important question - Does smoking the remains of a human count as cannibalism?
@@tyler5580 .............LET'S FIND OUT *loud intro music starts*
That is a *damned* good Obama voice impression though, gotta hand it to him.
Especially the facial expressions.
I guess when you have six black cast members, one of them's bound to be able to do Obama.
@@jbrisby his look is 8/10 and his voice is 9/10, it sounds just like him and looks pretty close as well
Is it better than AlphaCat?
Jay Pharoah
"Adorable you still think that's how government works."
AMAZING
Works*
Rip
"One Year Later..." um...sure looks like this is how it works.
anavan7 it was edited
lvl 1 comissioner
lvl 30 president
that's how Obama works
A twelve year old can write funnier jokes on Twitter. I know because I am one.
"I'm an executive order, and I pretty much just happened." (takes in a cigarette)
That part cracks me up every single time. Pure gold!
Agreed!
+Cody Fuqua "Cracks" me up lol
Perfect impression of Donnie and Barry's mutual Best Buddy!
Halfway in the song and then stop while that kid in shocked, probably education changes in whole strange way.
Bread Ok
"I'm an executive order, and I pretty much just happen."
*proceeds to smoke a cigarette*
Had me rolling for a good minute 😂😂
"That's it!"
*”aww that’s adorable you think that’s still how government works”*
@@MM-uw5uj shit was Stale you was better of not commenting with that lame shit
Aijalon Taylor ubknowni was just quoting something from the video and why u cussing so much lmaoo 😂
@@MM-uw5uj fuck shit sick bitch
Remember when Obama complained for hours on end on Twitter about this... me neither
true
👏👏👏
Remember when Obama got tough on China....
me neither.
Mark Crawford you mean just like trump
@@markcrawford5810 lol the Chinese hated Obama....in contrast they love Trump because they have learned so much about trade wars and targeted economic attacks on the US to use in the future as unrestrained trade wars are not taboo now..
Kenan screaming "Aah, you black-ass... !" at 2:06. Gets me every time.
YUP 😂😂
Me too!!!
LMAOOO
Bruh I thought he said jack-ass at first ngl 😂
How didnt I notice that 🤣😭
"Look at the Midterm elections, people clearly don't want this....AWW YA BLACK A***"...... I'm in tears lol
Bold 4tress I'm just seeing this and I'm crying too!!!
That was rhe funniest part!
2:03
I just passed a turd so large that I did a double-take when I saw it and thought it was a dead Dachshund in the toilet.
🤣🤣🤣
I love it when he ducks into his costume to "read himself". XD
“I’m an Executive Order and I pretty much just happen”
The music cutting off just killed me.
And then have a smoke!
"Ah, ya black ass!" LMFAOO
+TheTop20freak That was the best part. LOL!!
Our history teacher showed us this after we watched the original one
Edit: I was literally in 8th grade when I made that comment and now I'm graduating in like a month wow
Sarahb 2003 wow what a coincidence so did mine
Mine too!
Sarahb 2003 mister christenson is cool, aint he?
Sarahb 2003 my government teacher showed my class this
Sarahb 2003 same exact thing happened to us
Kenan was brilliant in this sketch. Totally nailed the original voice of the cartoon, and perfect comedic timing.
I agreed he has a decent singing voice. Funny as hell!
My history teacher showed us this and he replayed it like four times because we were all laughing after the original. He so forgot that the bill cussed 😂
Well why not teach kids about executive orders?
"My legs! They were made of paper!"
Ow! I think I landed on my keys!
i read that right as it happened
The 1flym It’s funny cause it’s true
life imitates spongebob
Who else is watching this while wearing a jock strap?
Kenan sounds just like the guy from the actual cartoon.
Melissa0774 yeah 😂
He doesn't and you know this
Nah.
He truly does.
I thought he sounded like Dave Chappelle when he was imitating Rick James.
I'm an executive order, and I pretty much just happen"
*smokes a cigarette*
Its a joint
That's it!
I love that SNL trusted (accurately!) that more than 40 years after Schoolhouse Rock's debut, the American public would still remember all the cartoons.
The Simpsons kept it in the general consciousness.
and yet they introduce the sketch by saying they'll be returning to an episode of schoolhouse rock, when schoolhouse rock was made to be shown between episodes of other shows. it wasn't a show on its own back in the day.
@@kyshtym Ha, true!!
Jay Pharaoh does a damn good Obama Impression.
Jay is hittin on all 8 cylinders.
+Arvo Luskie Jay Pharaoh? V12 Slr.
+MARIOBRO How can you tell?
More like W16.
Definition
“SNL only makes fun of Trump”
If by Trump you mean every president since 1976 lol
What part of this seems AT ALL to be trying to "make sense" of what Obama was saying?
Also, I'm sorry, but the rest of us are pretty clear on what Trump is saying or doing. Just because you believe him when he says "I never said that" doesn't mean the rest of us are going to doubt the video evidence of him saying it. Just because he deletes a tweet doesn't mean the rest of us don't remember seeing it. Nobody has to make up anything when for some reason he refuses to stop talking.
@Clorox Bleach Cause trump has alot of material for SNL
@Clorox Bleach they actually don't exaggerate. A president who stands in front of a crowd then praises a politician who attacked a journalist. And the sad part of that, people cheer!
A lot of snl vintages made extreme level fun of other presidents sooooo
Look Im no Trump supporter but lets not pretend SNL is super biased. This is the only skit I recall making fun of Obama, SNL, since Trumps election has 1-2 skits PER EPISODE based on Trump related things. Whether or not they are valid is a moot point.
2:43 I love how he has to check.
Kenan Thompson can make us laugh just by falling down a flight of stairs.
This is how I learned how a bill becomes a law
Same here my teacher showed this to the whole class
+S4mLee Productions My teacher didn't want to get in trouble, but she referred us to it lol
The social studies teacher in my school showed this to the 5th graders, and up (I don't know exactly which grades he showed it to, and I also don't want to give away my age).
Except an executive order is not a bill...
Well, you obviously know he showed it to the 5th graders, so I'm guessing you'er in 5th grade. which would make you around 10 or 11.
"Look at the midterm elections people clearly don't want this, Oh you black ass" lmao every time
I rewinded it like 5 times
LOOOOOL
I rewound it about 10 times and I’m still Laughing😂
“Ah my legs they were made of paper!”
Pure gold
2:07 “Ow you blackass!” Underrated
1:37 i'm an executive order and i pretty much just happen. I died
Still one of the best SNL skits of the last few years. Clever, funny and political without being divisive, overly simple or biased. It's what most of their skits should aspire for.
well either that or orange man bad!
That's because the completely agrees with your inherent bias. There's no such thing as an unbiased viewpoint.
@@juliuscaesar5397 Ageed. And even if it was possible, this is POLITICAL satire. POLITICAL. By definition it has to be bias
@@juliuscaesar5397even yours
Either this sketch or that game show sketch "Republican or Not".
"I'm a national emergency, and I pretty much just happen."
😂
This is even funnier now
Oh my sweet summer child
it is " I'm a executive order, and I pretty much just happen"
@@bridgettewalker3739 haha
1:18 I swear I heard him say “WOODROW WILSON!”
The animated segment were the Bill falls down the steps gets me every time.
you know you're screwed for your history test tomorrow when you're watching this to study
+Emily Rose Especially considering this video has nothing to do with history.
+Trey Warnock the test was on the basic way the U.S. government functions, including the difference between a bill and a law. And I received a 98% on it.
+Emily Rose Very nice! Congrats!
Emily Rose i know this is 2 years late but great job on the test!
My life tho
“Ah! My legs! They were made of paper!”
Best line
"I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill
And I got pushed off of Capitol Hill"
"Well I was explaining how the White House work the old fashioned way
Then Obama pushed me 3 times off with nothing to say."
"So it seems I'll never be a LAW, but hope and pray that I will,
But today, I will still be a bill..."
Im just picturing Kenan singing this and dying
These lyrics are great. They shoulda used these
"Oh, that's adorable. You still think that's how government works."
we had to watch this for history class. wish we watched this version
FizzyFlive avf same
My teacher showed us both lmao
Jd
2:55 its heartwarming to see the executive order being concerned for the bill 😂
🎶"I'm an executive order and I pretty much just happen"🎶. 😂😂😂😂
Watched this in Gov today. Better than the original.
l-lewd
1:12 Keenan literally has a CRYING over here!!! Why didn't I see this live? Lord please don't take me by laughing over here tonight!!!
0:24 Kenan Thompson sings just like the voice of Bill of School House Rock in that clip.
2:06 *LMAO with Keenan's reaction!!!*
Probably their most cutting satire of Obama during the whole 8 years
Try their only....
Corey Miller Yeah, competence is pretty hard to make fun of. It left out the Senate changing the rules for Obama to stop legislation, so it’s biting but not even close to why executive orders were necessary to get anything done.
@@lookbovine and its not like trump doesn't spam them
Trump has issued more executive orders in one term then Obama did in both
And Obama is still worse....somehow?
@@corey9857 you obviously didn't watch snl back then
They critiqued him at every point, and the only reason they critique trump so much is because he fuckw up every other week
@@jidk6565 I see you beat him so bad he deleted his comments. Lol.
I found waldo
Nice, I didn't expect a Corridor Digital fan in a history video!
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
I know that's right!😂👀👀
AJ Traynor lol
my friend was wearing that shirt today and i said the same thing
"Boy! You really have to climb a lot of steps to get to this capitol building in Washington DC!"
That hits different in 2021...
Uhh.. Why? Because those dudes stormed the capitol? What does that have to do with how many steps there are?
No. It really doesn't hit different.
“Ah my sweet, Woodrow Wilson!” How did that get no laughs. Guess there’s no history nerds in the audience.
Edit: well I guess I don’t know what joke I thought was funny four years ago about Wilson. But thanks for the likes, I guess?
'AH MY SWEET WENDELL WILLKIE!' would have been funnier. Worked on Bugs Bunny.
Because there needs to be some pre-understood context for the joke to be funny. What does woodrow wilson mean in the anatomy of a bill? If I say, I feel ripped off like Abraham lincoln in the Theater. The joke has some context that made it funny (that being, Abraham lincoln got shot in a theater).
I just assumed he meant P*nis
@@johnpijano4786 well he was a president and signed atleast one anti-immigration bill into law, he was also a terrible president
Please explain this for non-US people :)
My legs! They were made of paper!
Im getting hungry looking at the bill lol....looks like a burrito to me!
Same...yum yum 🌯🌯🌯
Can’t unseen
😂
OH! I bet EVERY black actor dressed up as a giant, rolled-up, sentient piece of paper looks like a burrito to you! Racist.
@@weezact7 woah easy there tiger. Who said anything about him being Black.
"I think I landed on my keys." is such an under appreciated line
Fun fact: The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order.
“Or grant legal status to 5 million undocumented immigrants” *WHAT*
except unlike what the song says now it'll just die because congress is too lazy to go through the same shit again
@@taloob493 they did take it to the corts in the end they found that Trump had to keep not inforcing the law (Acts of Congress) because Obama had refused to enforce the law.
@@hens0w @taloob That is why the only solution is Civil War. This has nothing to do with politics. It is us and them. The elites vs the common people, and we need to send the political elites to hell.
@@joelweymouthtais You're actually a fascist, my dude.
P.S. Undocumented immigrants are, in fact, very much "common people."
Kenan looks like he's about to burst into laughter every time he says/sings something.
I know I cracked up.
3:01: Last one, oh no! The bill has been rolled over until the ground!
the protests today make me think of this and now it’s gonna be stuck in my head for another 6 months
same prison mike
Prison Mike, what's prison like?
Heh, that 'reading myself' bit was a really clever visual pun.
I thought so too ^.^
2:50 is me when I exercise..
Who is here after the Capitol Hill Breakin
Ha that is why I checked the comments.
Me
I had the original Schoolhouse Rock song stuck in my head the day before. Super spooky. But yes, that’s why I’m here lol
Here before and often. Love this sketch.
It wasn't a break in they were trying to let Bill in.
“I’m an executive order and I pretty much just happen” 😂
I’m not alone, I die every time I watch that. 😂😂😂 To think everyone says the SNL only picks on Republicans
" That's cute you still think that's how government works "
OH! MY LEG! IT WAS MADE OF PAPER!
This just becomes increasingly relevant comedy over time
1:05 the arm in the shot tho
💀
look at the face he made at 1:50
In 2:26, notice how the music starts up late
“You still think that’s how government works”😂🔥
Ah, that was hilarious! Keenan yelling, “Oh, you black ass…” as he rolled down the steps was so unexpected, I sputtered before I lol’d. Such silliness😂👏🏽👏🏽.
I remember watching "how a bill becomes a law" when I was in elementary school. That was good times back then
Every scene with Kenan cracked me up! Like how he keeps getting pushed down the steps and climbs up all disoriented!
1:11
2:06
3:00
Ow my legs!!
They were made of PAPER!
One time a government teacher of mine asked "How does a bill become a law?" It was one of those "short answer" response questions, and for the answer I put "bribery" lol
LMAOOO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
that would be funny if it happened
@@yipchad2248 it’s called a rider and you can do it
I find this statement 2 years later and must ask: did the teacher give you credit?
The original song has been engraved in my head for a long time
Saltine Boi same here
Aw man that song was my jam back in school
“Aww, that’s adorable. You still think that’s how government works.”
My thoughts exactly.
Keenan's talent is that he can make anyone who's on stage with him look 10x better than they are. I think he's also hilarious
Can we talk about the fact that this has more views than the actual video
1:45 Who here thought of Jay Cutler?
Dude I watched this in 8th grade history lol.
+TheLaprasDuck lol same
+Marcy Peetrangavens me too
Me too
Same
Omg me to
"boy, you really got to climb a bunch of steps to get to the congress"
Gerald Ford: *Vietnam Flashbacks*
At 2:07 - Keenan saying something: Ohh, you black ass...." - good thing he couldn't finish THAT sentence 😂🤣😂
We had to learn the original one in class several years ago and I just found this
0:13 *really* aged well. 2021 be like that. :(
"My sweet Widrow Wilson." hahahaha
"I'm an executive order and I pretty much just happen..." has been stuck in my head for years now.
Hilarious! That's the funniest thing they've done on "SNL" in a long, long time.
I laughed so hard while watching this, I had to cover my mouth so I wouldn't wake the neighbors!
the xylophone as he fell was a nice touch... :')
Omg Kenan's impression here was spot on!
I was at Capitol hill this week for a DC trip, I almost fell down those steps
2:19, Mr.President, is this constitutional?
Jay really has Obama down to a science.
Nails pretty much every impression he does
I remember watching the actual thing in like 6th grade history class. I feel old.
"Look at the mid-term elections people clearly don't want this"
y e s
I have listened to the bill song since I was 2 years old lol
We're doing School House Rock Live for our school play, we're singing this song lol
This was played in my government class after we watched the original one!! And it was hilarious!!!!!!
They allowed you to watch a video with smoking in it? shame on them!
@@ericamcrae1610 Touche'!
I didn’t like how he he it in his right hand so close to burning the kid.
“And I pretty much just happen”
-some executive order
Flipping through the channels Saturday and caught this live. First time watching SNL in years. This was hilarious. I really did LOL for several minutes. Cool how it brought back memories watching cartoons on Saturday mornings too.
We watched the original in my class when we were learning about the constitution, I wish we watched this though xD
1:36 "i'm an executive order and I pretty much just happen"
yet he creates holidays
One of the best cold opens of the 2010s, hands-down