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  • A small dinner party goes off the rails when a son (Chris Redd) tells his parents (Daniel Kaluuya, Ego Nwodim) he has changed his major.
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  • @edgaralanfrog
    @edgaralanfrog Před 3 lety +6685

    “Promising Young Writer? Who promised you what?”

  • @zeynep7213
    @zeynep7213 Před 3 lety +7933

    "Yes, if it's anything we learned in this pandemic that the world needs more poets" lmaoo

    • @KimBlaQue
      @KimBlaQue Před 3 lety +140

      As a poet, I gagged 🤣

    • @randomizedcontentyt
      @randomizedcontentyt Před 3 lety +16

      @Changing Growing Congratulations, you got the joke!

    • @KimBlaQue
      @KimBlaQue Před 3 lety +19

      @Changing Growing I write about love, life, dreams yet to be fulfilled. I'm almost done with my second installment.

    • @fdsjlaf
      @fdsjlaf Před 3 lety +6

      Cuz scientists are doing such a great job fucking up the world

    • @zazatv6822
      @zazatv6822 Před 3 lety +19

      This was funny af.

  • @Babybuks
    @Babybuks Před 3 lety +4891

    “If you really don’t want to be a doctor, you have to” ...classic Nigerian parent line.

    • @shadtowa8986
      @shadtowa8986 Před 3 lety +86

      You can just be a disappointment instead

    • @anthonygordon9483
      @anthonygordon9483 Před 2 lety +65

      Both of Daniel Kaluuya parents are african immigrants. So I am sure he probably got this debate with his parent when he told him we was going to be a actor.

    • @spyro115
      @spyro115 Před 2 lety +8

      i say the world needs more doctors cause most if not some who are doctors of this generation nowadays act like they couldn't careless about treating a patient who came to a hospital for urgent care.

    • @harniejr.6279
      @harniejr.6279 Před 2 lety +19

      Not just Nigerian but African. Kaluuya is Ugandan as his parents are.

    • @Babybuks
      @Babybuks Před 2 lety +24

      @@harniejr.6279 I can't speak to what a classic "African'" parent line is as i have Nigerian parents so that is my only experience and Africans are not a monolith.

  • @TurboShotIncredible
    @TurboShotIncredible Před 3 lety +6048

    This is probably the most culturally accurate sketch of African parents!

    • @rthomas986
      @rthomas986 Před 3 lety +186

      Caribbean parents too!

    • @calibreezi5179
      @calibreezi5179 Před 3 lety +1

      czcams.com/video/jyfoVghdrQc/video.html

    • @topekabasiclegalserv
      @topekabasiclegalserv Před 3 lety +263

      Both Daniel Kaluuya and Ego Nwodim have African parents. I am sure they are re-enacting something.

    • @thekrakenhead4318
      @thekrakenhead4318 Před 3 lety +78

      indian parents too

    • @aggoldstein
      @aggoldstein Před 3 lety +103

      Jewish parents too!!! We really are all much more the same than different.

  • @mohamedosman2613
    @mohamedosman2613 Před 3 lety +3921

    I love how Kenan's character is just mindin' his own business, until he hears the poem
    "nuttin wrong wit being a doctor"

    • @casey4602
      @casey4602 Před 3 lety +30

      LMAO

    • @princeekeson12
      @princeekeson12 Před 3 lety +65

      Keenan's character was sneak-dissing.😆

    • @les7613
      @les7613 Před 3 lety +31

      @M77, I know, that is when I busted out laughing!! It made it funnier because it looked like Keenan wanted to laugh so bad also!!🤣🤣

    • @chiefnarx
      @chiefnarx Před 2 měsíci +1

      My favorite part!!!😂

  • @Ms-er1bq
    @Ms-er1bq Před 3 lety +2154

    "Oh no! We are bleeding!"
    "Is there a poet in the house?"
    ROTFL! And I'm an English lit teacher! But I'm also the daughter of Nigerian parents so this skit was HILARIOUS!

    • @dionlow
      @dionlow Před 3 lety +14

      I'm an English teacher too...i was rolling

    • @advikdeshmukh805
      @advikdeshmukh805 Před 3 lety +4

      @@dionlow I hope you’re not an English teacher... because it’s “I’m a teacher too” not an

    • @michaelwilliams369
      @michaelwilliams369 Před 3 lety +2

      That part had me dying! 🤣
      Perfect way to end that skit.

    • @dionlow
      @dionlow Před 3 lety +17

      @@advikdeshmukh805 definitely am. Typo. Thanks for the catch. That's why we teach editing and review

  • @yodhin79
    @yodhin79 Před 3 lety +2061

    My parents are immigrants from India. My best friend growing up was Musa who's parents are immigrants from Nigeria. They literally had monthly get togethers to discuss how disappointed they were in both of us for "becoming too American".

  • @tylerderubio2534
    @tylerderubio2534 Před 3 lety +1646

    “You can be a doctor for 40 or 50 years and then write when you retire” 😂😂😂

    • @vl5008
      @vl5008 Před 2 lety +56

      Lmao yeah that’s real Nigerian parent sentiment lmfao.

    • @byanymeansnecessary9329
      @byanymeansnecessary9329 Před 2 lety +13

      @@vl5008 and a smart one

    • @ziyeren5509
      @ziyeren5509 Před 2 lety +6

      Really good idea tbh

    • @RideAcrossTheRiver
      @RideAcrossTheRiver Před rokem +1

      @@byanymeansnecessary9329 Writing doesn't work that way.

    • @AdumbDriver
      @AdumbDriver Před rokem +7

      My mother actually hit me with a similar line. She said she'll pay for med school and once I made my own money I could do creative writing.

  • @OvSpP
    @OvSpP Před 3 lety +3662

    Ok, if you really don’t want to be a doctor, *you have to.*

    • @ntuma9170
      @ntuma9170 Před 3 lety +44

      🤣🤣🤣😂😂. That line felt too real.

    • @blmm47
      @blmm47 Před 3 lety +3

      the orignal. czcams.com/video/-542YQ7k1qY/video.html

    • @NellieKAdaba
      @NellieKAdaba Před 3 lety +1

      😆

    • @PAWNB3YOND
      @PAWNB3YOND Před 3 lety +3

      I read this multiple times 🤣🤣🤣

    • @susiedupuy9532
      @susiedupuy9532 Před 3 lety +4

      I tried that with my son. He joined the army.

  • @chincity
    @chincity Před 3 lety +5013

    They need more African skits! This was phenomenonal

    • @barbieblue3336
      @barbieblue3336 Před 3 lety +40

      Other cultures are like this also

    • @72jurg
      @72jurg Před 3 lety +47

      @anime dumpster fire I felt this skit and I´m white central european :-) some things are universal

    • @yourrrsmile
      @yourrrsmile Před 3 lety +40

      @@72jurg ok and?

    • @yourrrsmile
      @yourrrsmile Před 3 lety +27

      @@barbieblue3336 ok and?

    • @Iamwhoiam993
      @Iamwhoiam993 Před 3 lety +18

      @@yourrrsmile
      My sentiments exactly! Very well said! 🙄

  • @yiweitang8070
    @yiweitang8070 Před 3 lety +2323

    As an Asian kid heading for law school this fall, I must say, actually you can totally be a creative writing major, and that will be magically totally fine with your immigrant parents, as long as you go to law school after college.

    • @amanday3103
      @amanday3103 Před 3 lety +47

      That’s assuming you get into law school.

    • @stebossm3195
      @stebossm3195 Před 3 lety +33

      American law ..limits you.to.america ... American doctor..the world is your oyster

    • @augustalavenderblue7353
      @augustalavenderblue7353 Před 2 lety +72

      As the Slavic daughter of a math teacher and an electrical engineer who can’t do math to save her life and is heading to law school with a history major, I can attest to this.

    • @justjackiie
      @justjackiie Před 2 lety +9

      @@stebossm3195 You can study international law.

    • @51OAKLANDER510
      @51OAKLANDER510 Před 2 lety +8

      Says the person barely having any life experience, acting all high and mighty now because your about to go to law school. I could already tell your gonna be a good lawyer by your attitude and bossy mentality. Telling people how to live thier lives, shhiiieeeet. We need more people like you.

  • @kwadwoadjepong-boateng8737
    @kwadwoadjepong-boateng8737 Před 3 lety +2916

    As a Ghanaian, when she said “Eheeeee!” I died. Couldn’t be closer to the truth. They should’ve added “look at your life”

  • @junkmail1164
    @junkmail1164 Před 3 lety +1641

    My African dad to me: “You have 3 choices for your profession”
    1. A doctor
    2. An engineer
    3. A disappointment

  • @imfromdowntown
    @imfromdowntown Před 3 lety +1338

    “I wake up and my emotions are as blue as blue paint.”
    😐
    “You know, uh, ain’t nuttin’ wrong with being a doctor.”
    😆

    • @KSP30
      @KSP30 Před 3 lety +7

      Hilarious 😂

  • @nyanteea226
    @nyanteea226 Před 3 lety +993

    i have completed 6 years of schooling in design, gotten a masters in design, and i'm currently working in design and my Liberian mother still says "it's never too late to become a nurse like your cousin". lol im triggered

    • @afrochica
      @afrochica Před 3 lety +41

      Girl I'm Liberian...I still get suggestions to go back for nursing. And I major in nutrition decades ago. So you can imagine how conversations go with family. 😏

    • @cmwashington
      @cmwashington Před 3 lety +44

      It crosses cultures... I'm Black-American and in HS, I said I wanted to be a doctor (which was BS - if you were a HS honors student, they only directed you to medicine or law... I chose medicine, but I never even LIKED science.)
      Got to college and changed my decided that I need to be realistic and chose law. Then changed my major to philosophy and FELL IN LOVE. Landed a doctoral fellowship in right out of my BA program. Free tuition and living expenses paid. I did drop out, but landed a decent gig with TONS of upward mobility and I took advantage of it and moved up quickly - based on accomplishments.
      One day - YEARS LATER after MANY professional accomplishments - I was complaining about my job and my mother reminded me that I was supposed to have been a doctor. As I was an adult at the time, I LOST IT!
      I listed every accomplishment I'd had thus far and told her "With that statement, you have negated EVERY SINGLE THING I HAVE DONE. I DON"T EVER WANT TO HEAR THAT AGAIN."
      It's been over 15 years - and she's never said it again. Sometimes, you gotta pop-off.

    • @x-x101
      @x-x101 Před 3 lety +6

      @@cmwashington 👊

    • @HEYBESTFRIENDHEYYY
      @HEYBESTFRIENDHEYYY Před 3 lety +6

      At least you had the guts to pop off I'm still scared😬😂

    • @solomona85
      @solomona85 Před 3 lety +16

      Lol! I’m Liberian too and I’m triggered too!! I received my undergrad degree in Marketing. I worked as a travel retail buyer for 6 years before transitioning into nursing, my family tells me I finally have a real career smh

  • @kerina6594
    @kerina6594 Před 3 lety +1111

    They got the Nigerian family spot on:
    Firstly the son being called David
    secondly ‘can you pay the bills with an award?’
    😂😂😂😂😍

    • @WonLotto100M
      @WonLotto100M Před 3 lety +5

      They’re a Ugandan family.

    • @fakeemochick
      @fakeemochick Před 3 lety +65

      @@WonLotto100M they literally say in the first 30sec that the mom made Nigerian stew. I think they are half Nigerian, half Ugandan

    • @sydposting
      @sydposting Před rokem +24

      @@fakeemochick Ego Ndwodim is Nigerian-American and Daniel Kaluuya is Ugandan-British, so this absolutely checks out.

    • @sergiodelrioreyes7655
      @sergiodelrioreyes7655 Před 3 měsíci

      Why the son called David?

  • @shazzari
    @shazzari Před 3 lety +2159

    Listen in African families, you’re either going to be a doctor or a lawyer. “What is creative writing? Eeehhh” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @xxxafterglow
      @xxxafterglow Před 3 lety +102

      Same in Asian households - engineer ok, too.
      Damn, we should form a support group.

    • @Kembo14
      @Kembo14 Před 3 lety +63

      My sister wants to be Neuro surgeon, my brother a lawyer, and there me non-profit social worker 😃.

    • @TK-do4qk
      @TK-do4qk Před 3 lety +10

      Or an engineer

    • @brielleo2926
      @brielleo2926 Před 3 lety +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134
      @baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134 Před 3 lety +8

      @@Kembo14 Equally important and necessary, thank you 😊

  • @Quartzquiz333
    @Quartzquiz333 Před 3 lety +1698

    Black, White, Asian, Hispanic...doesn't matter. Parental disappointment is universal.

    • @killyourjoy
      @killyourjoy Před 3 lety +6

      Stay strong 👊

    • @marcalvarez4890
      @marcalvarez4890 Před 3 lety +158

      "IMMIGRANT parental disappointment is universal."

    • @Quartzquiz333
      @Quartzquiz333 Před 3 lety +34

      @@marcalvarez4890 My folks are from the U.S. Trust me, it happens here too

    • @minervaloves
      @minervaloves Před 3 lety +5

      @Deport ALL Trump Voters even white? 😂 😂

    • @byiza9484
      @byiza9484 Před 3 lety +1

      @@marcalvarez4890 nigga wut?!

  • @riveselliot
    @riveselliot Před 3 lety +873

    The funny thing is you know these actors had the same convo w their parents

    • @dharanishakthivel7263
      @dharanishakthivel7263 Před 3 lety +187

      Ego was in med school when she got into SNL

    • @vl5008
      @vl5008 Před 2 lety +20

      Damn.

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před 2 lety +96

      @@dharanishakthivel7263 And on the Elon Musk Mother's Day episode, her mom actually was there to say that, while she's proud of her daughter for being an actress on a sketch comedy show, she would be prouder of her if she became a doctor.

    • @joykelly440
      @joykelly440 Před 2 lety +15

      They are the most successful comedians alive! Regular work & the longest running show on tv. Well done comedians that aren't doctors.
      Haha. I know a few doctors who would have been better off as something else--they sure aren't happy or good at what they do.

    • @hi2978
      @hi2978 Před 2 lety +11

      @@dharanishakthivel7263 she was pre-med she never made it to medical school

  • @simmonedavis97
    @simmonedavis97 Před 2 lety +230

    "Promising Young Writer, who promised you what?" Lmaooo I love her

  • @beasamsung3803
    @beasamsung3803 Před 3 lety +2201

    No true Nigerian child will break that kind of news... In front of “company” or In that much close proximity to a slap or death! 🤣🤣🤣

    • @chibaby0306
      @chibaby0306 Před 3 lety +35

      facts hahahahaha

    • @kasemalin3293
      @kasemalin3293 Před 3 lety +18

      You mean African

    • @tinyqx5427
      @tinyqx5427 Před 3 lety +49

      All u see is blinding white light if too close to ur parents

    • @casey4602
      @casey4602 Před 3 lety +19

      @@tinyqx5427 seeing Tweety birds and stars. LOL

    • @afrochica
      @afrochica Před 3 lety +27

      Hell no... I don't think so. That would be a "dirty" secret i would have to live with until death. 😆

  • @seabunnie1218
    @seabunnie1218 Před 3 lety +1993

    as a korean person and aspiring english major, this is dead accurate
    (edit: equally as useless- an aspiring history major now)

    • @barbieblue3336
      @barbieblue3336 Před 3 lety +23

      Get out now

    • @winsuma8253
      @winsuma8253 Před 3 lety +66

      Emphasis on the deadly. My mom is gonna kill me when I tell her I want to major in theatre.

    • @9jah4lyf
      @9jah4lyf Před 3 lety +32

      @@winsuma8253 😂 better make it a double major

    • @sheilagreenedartley9104
      @sheilagreenedartley9104 Před 3 lety +17

      My mom is Korean and I felt that in my soul. LOL

    • @nitha609
      @nitha609 Před 3 lety +10

      My daughter is also an English major 😩

  • @ARCReviews
    @ARCReviews Před 3 lety +807

    This sketch hurts so good! Dad is Tunisian. Mom is Filipina. Both are doctors. Me? "I'm enlisting in the Air Force!" Yeah, that didn't fly.

  • @ayoifeoni
    @ayoifeoni Před 3 lety +807

    As a Nigerian who actually got into uni to study medicine but is now a multimedia artist, I can relate 😂

    • @dr.braxygilkeycruises1460
      @dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 Před 2 lety +59

      On behalf of your parents, "You are a complete disappointment and it is not too late for you to become a doctor. Now please pass the Jollof Rice." 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

    • @ayoifeoni
      @ayoifeoni Před 2 lety +11

      @@dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 😂 good one

    • @jeremyp2164
      @jeremyp2164 Před rokem +2

      no theirs jobs in the multimedia field.

    • @WaluJohnSingogo
      @WaluJohnSingogo Před rokem +1

      @@jeremyp2164 lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @crosstudio
      @crosstudio Před rokem +5

      @@jeremyp2164 "multimedia artist? so you paint my house? how much you charge? waaah! In american dollars? I'll do it myself. Who brought him here?" ---in my grandfather's voice.

  • @norasmith2474
    @norasmith2474 Před 3 lety +2181

    As the daughter of an immigrant I relate to this deeply.

    • @ForNoOne1
      @ForNoOne1 Před 3 lety +47

      That's because immigrants know what it's like to be actually poor

    • @Purple_haze81000
      @Purple_haze81000 Před 3 lety +17

      Omg, yes. My Peruvian mom wanted me to major in Accounting.

    • @Jonadawong
      @Jonadawong Před 3 lety +21

      Oh yes, as an immigrant this is real. The pressure and expectations.

    • @canelover9033
      @canelover9033 Před 3 lety +2

      Because yall are elitist

    • @abbyc4457
      @abbyc4457 Před 3 lety +3

      Every immigrant family ever. Lol

  • @toryrods
    @toryrods Před 3 lety +2734

    "The world needs more poets"
    "Yes, because the pandemic really showed us how we need more poets"
    LMAOOO

  • @alexandriadanyelle5406
    @alexandriadanyelle5406 Před 2 lety +75

    I told my mother I wanted to be a writer, she told me I could write law books AFTER becoming a lawyer lol.

  • @nathanb5923
    @nathanb5923 Před 2 lety +136

    “We were lying” and then went on to call Nick’s sculpture ridiculous and ugly. This whole sketch from start to finish killed me 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @BlackSniperStudios
      @BlackSniperStudios Před rokem

      Very very ugly 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💔

    • @1talldaddy
      @1talldaddy Před měsícem

      the funny thing is that Nick's parents didn't deny anything they said.

  • @taranwakudu
    @taranwakudu Před 3 lety +521

    As a Nigerian who did not become a doctor, I can say this is super accurate 😂

  • @ciararose9978
    @ciararose9978 Před 3 lety +1884

    “i can be an author.”
    “no!”
    “a journalist.”
    “no!”
    “a professor!”
    “HELL NO!”

    • @robinpreese
      @robinpreese Před 3 lety +15

      😂😂😂😂

    • @calebboller
      @calebboller Před 3 lety +39

      Everyone with an arts major is "going to be a professor" 😂

    • @reginaldcharles1133
      @reginaldcharles1133 Před 3 lety +2

      Haha...Hell no

    • @larrymcjones
      @larrymcjones Před 3 lety +15

      My parents are professors I just showed them this skit lol

    • @GalvestonGuy
      @GalvestonGuy Před 3 lety +2

      Lol...this was a pro-conservative sketch...I bet the writers had NO idea.

  • @wwechampion
    @wwechampion Před 3 lety +162

    What makes this skit even funnier is that Daniel and the actress that plays the Nigerian mom probably got a similar lecture from their folks when they told them they wanted to pursue acting.

    • @Johanna288
      @Johanna288 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Wow! Fortunately, my half-sister Gessy was raised by a doctor, so she became one easily. As for me, I was mostly raised by my biological dad Luc, so I had to become like him, Mr. Porter. Or more like HHA or The Help like my deceased mother, Lourdes.

    • @yagirl3612
      @yagirl3612 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@Johanna288nobody asked your life story

    • @cokesquirrel
      @cokesquirrel Před 3 měsíci

      @yagirl Okay fatty whatever you have to say. Good luck on the rest of the month hopefully nobody mistakes you for a whale

    • @xletragedyx
      @xletragedyx Před 3 měsíci +1

      I hope not. Daniel's been acting since he was a kid. Ego definitely got and still gets that talk though

    • @wwechampion
      @wwechampion Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@yagirl3612 😂😂😂 what a hilarious shut down haha

  • @africannonsense6025
    @africannonsense6025 Před 3 lety +97

    “Promising young writer, who promised you what?” 😭😭😭😭

  • @OvSpP
    @OvSpP Před 3 lety +380

    You just know this happened to Ego and Daniel in real life.
    *WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU’RE GONNA BE AN ACTOR?!*

    • @thecharchive1020
      @thecharchive1020 Před 3 lety +43

      haha ur right - on Seth Meyers’ show ego said that she was prepared to pursue organic chemistry before getting hired lol

    • @serenakengne5835
      @serenakengne5835 Před 3 lety +34

      As for Daniel, he said multiple times that when he got his first Oscar nomination, his mother asked him "is it going to get you a job now ?"

    • @OvSpP
      @OvSpP Před 3 lety

      @@serenakengne5835 well now he’s won an Oscar, but after that speech she might be asking the same question!

  • @robertwilliams2457
    @robertwilliams2457 Před 3 lety +548

    Daniel Kaluuya's parents: "Can you pay the bills with an award?" "Will you buy a house with an award?"
    Daniel Kaluuya: YES!

    • @timotheedusserre1512
      @timotheedusserre1512 Před 3 lety +2

      Actually, Daniel kaluuya plays the father, cris redd plays the son

    • @jojomakes
      @jojomakes Před 3 lety +5

      Timothee Dusserre Are u being serious or trolling?

    • @protoguy
      @protoguy Před 3 lety +3

      My brain immediately went - A DEGREE IS AN AWARD.

    • @protoguy
      @protoguy Před 3 lety

      @@jojomakes He's 100% correct.

    • @ahmadsumadi1292
      @ahmadsumadi1292 Před 3 lety +11

      @@protoguy the OP is talking about Daniel Kaluuya winning awards as an actor in real life. Not this skit.

  • @gv3793
    @gv3793 Před 3 lety +212

    This hit too close... I went to school to become a doctor and then changed to history. My parents, “it’s in the past, how you going to pay for your bills? With a story about a dead guy?!”

    • @gigiisaiah1476
      @gigiisaiah1476 Před 3 lety +7

      💀💀😭😭😭

    • @whatevezzz
      @whatevezzz Před 2 lety +6

      I switched to computer science and my dad still got mad.

    • @ijeonu2405
      @ijeonu2405 Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@whatevezzzyour own is different. Computer science is relatively new. When they see tou bringing home cash, it will be added to their list of profession.

  • @eminosose
    @eminosose Před 3 lety +249

    Me: This is not how Nigerians speak
    *Ego says "Ehen"*
    Me: This is exactly how Nigerians speak

  • @princeLC
    @princeLC Před 3 lety +775

    Yo this was so genius in every way! And being African I remember telling my family I wanted to be a writer and they told me “Do you want to be homeless too?” 😁😁😁

    • @monahyancy4268
      @monahyancy4268 Před 3 lety +24

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣ahhhh! African parents oh!

    • @niax6920
      @niax6920 Před 3 lety +9

      I’m cracking up! 😂😂😂

    • @princeLC
      @princeLC Před 3 lety +11

      @@monahyancy4268 ehhhhh ma sista I am telling you ohhhh!!!

    • @monahyancy4268
      @monahyancy4268 Před 3 lety +5

      @@princeLC I remember my uncle wanting to have a conversation with me in front of my dad when I was in undergrad about me pursuing acting in college lol. My dad said "my man, it's what she wants to do with her life." I wish you the best with your writing and see you on the red carpet my friend!❤🙏🏿

    • @princeLC
      @princeLC Před 3 lety +7

      @@monahyancy4268 Aw likewise love I’m actually a filmmaker! Check out my work! My family still asking me how much money I’ve made and honestly with all the money I’ve lost maybe I could have chosen being a doctor as a minor! Lol
      czcams.com/video/e1uUyi7Qghk/video.html

  • @oe5801
    @oe5801 Před 3 lety +282

    All that's missing is his Mummy screaming "You've killed me "😭😭

  • @jenniferkuhn2768
    @jenniferkuhn2768 Před 3 lety +317

    I swear Daniel Kaluuya is so amazing in every skit. He is one of the most versatile actors out there right now.

    • @GaryPhelpsII
      @GaryPhelpsII Před rokem +2

      So it WAS Daniel Kalluya! That’s the sign of a great actor.

    • @GaryPhelpsII
      @GaryPhelpsII Před rokem +1

      Kaluuya; sorry 🤷‍♂️

  • @NyamatsatseWacho
    @NyamatsatseWacho Před 2 lety +75

    I'm Zimbabwean 🇿🇼 and it's the "Eheee!!" that sold this skit for me! 100% African 😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @user-dt5wo5ju1p
    @user-dt5wo5ju1p Před 3 lety +537

    As an African this hits home so hard... I told my mom I didn't want to study medicine she literally wailed and passed out.... Im an internist now.... She won lol

    • @francesehima5106
      @francesehima5106 Před 3 lety +36

      That's why I'm an attorney 😂

    • @kodeh7931
      @kodeh7931 Před 3 lety +9

      👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

    • @AProjectFor
      @AProjectFor Před 3 lety +8

      @@francesehima5106 SAME

    • @Faridbuza
      @Faridbuza Před 3 lety +22

      African mothers are dramatic like that 😂🤣😅

    • @angelicaterry3367
      @angelicaterry3367 Před 3 lety +15

      If i were Ego i would live in these comments because the comedy just keeps on giving. "Wailed and passed out", that's impressively passive aggressive, lmao.

  • @pcstdma2010
    @pcstdma2010 Před 3 lety +267

    I know a Nigerian whose parents generously gave her 3 options. She could be a doctor, a lawyer or a disappointment.

    • @AdrianColley
      @AdrianColley Před 3 lety +15

      That's a Gina Yashere joke, and you forgot the "engineer" option.

    • @LahTafari
      @LahTafari Před 3 lety +2

      Yes, for a while Computer Engineering jobs were hot

    • @chizobaea
      @chizobaea Před 3 lety +2

      Sounds about right

  • @crystalclear5677
    @crystalclear5677 Před 2 lety +34

    I HAD to pause the video at 1:30, bc I'm a Nigerian student who changed their degree course from a science to creative writing and I had to clutch my head in emotional distress😭😭😭

  • @bellaendale7174
    @bellaendale7174 Před 2 lety +80

    When SNL roasts your culture it means you've made it to mainstream America. Wow ...big ups to all our groundbreaking Nigerian stars representing us well.

  • @amberrockson5088
    @amberrockson5088 Před 3 lety +572

    Having gone to Drexel as a pre-med with a Ghanaian father... I am triggered LMFAO

    • @triggeredmother1558
      @triggeredmother1558 Před 3 lety +5

      yes I'm committed to Drexel for next year in chem

    • @superduperjoi6800
      @superduperjoi6800 Před 3 lety +2

      specifically for you

    • @kodeh7931
      @kodeh7931 Před 3 lety +10

      My lil brother was accepted to Drexel for engineering back in 2001. He came to my parents talking about he wanted to do criminal justice. That’s when my parents turned exactly into the ones in this skit.

    • @Akshunpakd
      @Akshunpakd Před 3 lety +2

      @@kodeh7931 My parents are descendants of slaves and if I had said I wanted to major in criminal justice they would have turned into those two as well.

    • @angelliquec305
      @angelliquec305 Před 3 lety

      he'll be happy as long as you finish

  • @MGi23
    @MGi23 Před 3 lety +441

    “If you really don’t want to be a doctor... you have to.”
    “You can be a doctor for 40-50 years and then do your little poems when you retire.” 😂😂😂

    • @oyinlolalonge200
      @oyinlolalonge200 Před 3 lety +5

      Sounds like a plan

    • @monahyancy4268
      @monahyancy4268 Před 3 lety +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @thesuncollective1475
      @thesuncollective1475 Před 3 lety +4

      follow your passion or save lives..they got a point

    • @deathwizard1996
      @deathwizard1996 Před 3 lety +5

      Why pay to be a poet
      That is free
      Do a poetry in the free time of life

    • @ironmantis25
      @ironmantis25 Před 3 lety +3

      And earn 300+ grand a year for 40 sounds like a plan. Write poems when you are loaded.

  • @ssm1093
    @ssm1093 Před 3 lety +69

    When she said, “Ok! Linda Pine!” hit me hard 🤣🤣🤣

  • @MunaAgbo
    @MunaAgbo Před rokem +67

    As the daughter of two Nigerian parents, this is 100000% accurate

  • @winsuma8253
    @winsuma8253 Před 3 lety +567

    A few weeks ago I told my Ghanaian mom that I want to be a playwright (needless to say, she wasn’t happy).
    When this sketch was over, she called me and when I picked up the phone she said, “That one reminds me of you!”

    • @volleybrawl1
      @volleybrawl1 Před 3 lety +22

      Your Ghanaian mother watches SNL? lol

    • @OvSpP
      @OvSpP Před 3 lety +21

      She called you? Your mom is classy

    • @youaintasbadasyouthink
      @youaintasbadasyouthink Před 3 lety +27

      While she is entertained by a show written by modern day playwrights of comedy

    • @Bree8tiveBEing
      @Bree8tiveBEing Před 3 lety +16

      I hope you continue pursuing your dream/goal. The world does need more poets and playwrights, the world just don't be knowing that until they experience the work/art created that changes their lives.

    • @BluDrg777
      @BluDrg777 Před 3 lety +12

      My Ghanian dad sent me this after he sensed I stop premed and doubled majored humanities

  • @gshak33
    @gshak33 Před 3 lety +695

    “Is there a poet in the house?!”

  • @devinsimmons1009
    @devinsimmons1009 Před rokem +39

    I love how Daniel and Ego are representing their African roots in this sketch, at first they said Nigerian dish, then Daniel said Ugandan dish.😆 🇳🇬🇺🇬🇳🇬🇺🇬🇳🇬

  • @jhenrymusic7588
    @jhenrymusic7588 Před 2 lety +57

    My neighbors are from Nigeria and when they have gatherings I love to hear this kind of conversation go on. Some of the older ones do "NOT" have a filter and DO NOT CARE that you are literally right there in front of them and I swear it's so uncomfortably hilarious lol. But I love em to death.

  • @RawBerserker
    @RawBerserker Před 3 lety +132

    Never thought they'd drop a perfect "God forbid" on SNL.... ever. But of course Daniel makes us proud with his.

  • @GL-yt
    @GL-yt Před 3 lety +943

    As a Chinese guy I relate to this 120%

    • @KOVIDGOON
      @KOVIDGOON Před 3 lety +4

      Are you doctor?

    • @RaymondHng
      @RaymondHng Před 3 lety +16

      @@KOVIDGOON No, engineer.

    • @15thCrypt
      @15thCrypt Před 3 lety +25

      2 Haitian parents so I can also relate
      If it isnt doctor, lawyer, or engineer its nothing. I showed my mom a drawing when I was younger just because I thought it was a good drawing and she said something about art not being a good job or something (I was like 14). My dad doesnt know what computer science or IT is so we just tell him my major was computer engineering because it has engineer in it

    • @JarrodHahn
      @JarrodHahn Před 3 lety +23

      I'm studying for med school. Can I rent out a strict Asian parent to roast me like once a week? It might help.

    • @ltoe1219
      @ltoe1219 Před 3 lety

      I’m white and I can agree

  • @barrykooky5802
    @barrykooky5802 Před 3 lety +39

    It’s the sound of death when he mentions “creative writing”, the whole village in Nigeria already knew that David is a Doctor in the making & then this😂😂😂

  • @micmaliss
    @micmaliss Před 3 lety +36

    😆 "OH NO, WE'RE BLEEDING!" "Is there a poet in the house?" Best ending to a sketch from SNL in a while.

  • @livetime5815
    @livetime5815 Před 3 lety +600

    A major problem.
    "Is there a poet in the house?"

  • @nakitenderitah6620
    @nakitenderitah6620 Před 3 lety +141

    Me as Ugandan who just had the same conversation with my parents LITERALLY LAST NIGHT

    • @Iamwhoiam993
      @Iamwhoiam993 Před 3 lety +3

      ✊🏿🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬✊🏿

    • @angelliquec305
      @angelliquec305 Před 3 lety +6

      It's not too late to be a doctor

    • @lindsay3314
      @lindsay3314 Před 3 lety +2

      🇺🇬🇺🇬🇺🇬facts

    • @MaxOakland
      @MaxOakland Před 3 lety +3

      I hope you get the life you want whatever that ends up being

  • @emmk7744
    @emmk7744 Před 3 lety +94

    As a former pre-med major with African parents (🇨🇩🇷🇼) who switched to economics, I feel seen 🤣🤣🤣

  • @James-xo6mx
    @James-xo6mx Před rokem +16

    “Yes, if there’s anything we’ve learned from the pandemic is that the world needs more poets” 😂😂😂

  • @robertwilliams2457
    @robertwilliams2457 Před 3 lety +92

    Ego and Daniel probably went through this their entire life growing up. Both are now successful and getting revenge on their parents.😂😂😂

  • @emchatman
    @emchatman Před 3 lety +137

    “Okay LINDA PINE” Lord these African skits are hilarious

  • @ambientsentient
    @ambientsentient Před 3 lety +22

    “You can do whatever you want AFTER you retire” oh my gooooosh, the amount of times I’ve heard this 😭😭😭

  • @clothilde1623
    @clothilde1623 Před 3 lety +225

    “If there’s anything we’ve learned from the pandemic it’s that the world needs more poets” 😂

  • @sscswimmer1
    @sscswimmer1 Před 3 lety +106

    The creativity to think of a line as bad as "as blue as blue paint" is actually quite high.

    • @oyinlolalonge200
      @oyinlolalonge200 Před 3 lety +2

      Indeed... he wouldn't even make it as a doctor is the message...

    • @user-pg7uj4bp4q
      @user-pg7uj4bp4q Před 3 lety +5

      the more i read it though. like something Becket would write. it pokes fun at the poetic contrivance of attributing colors to our emotions by using a deconstructed simile to emphasize the superficial. just as we might paint a wall blue regardless of the wall's inherent qualities, so too do we paint our poems with overwrought literary devices that ultimately stultify emotion, which naturally eschews the order poems impose it. "Blue as blue paint" suggests the paradox of using a written form to express the ineffable.

  • @treymarks4122
    @treymarks4122 Před 2 lety +5

    3:15- The African jumped out lol I love it

  • @Siran4228
    @Siran4228 Před 3 lety +21

    “Oh no we are bleeding! Is there a poet in de house?!!”
    😂😂😂

  • @eljefesinnaman2603
    @eljefesinnaman2603 Před 3 lety +117

    This speaks to me. The humor and sarcasm. Feels like home.
    “Oh we are bleeding.”
    “Oh no, is there a poet in the house?”

    • @Akshunpakd
      @Akshunpakd Před 3 lety +1

      Sarcasm - the universal language.

  • @liliybugg1153
    @liliybugg1153 Před 3 lety +136

    “Oh no we’re bleeding!!... is there a poet in the house?!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣 this was great.

    • @kjrey9878
      @kjrey9878 Před 3 lety +1

      The skit made me laugh...that line made me spit out my beer. XD

    • @liliybugg1153
      @liliybugg1153 Před 3 lety

      @@kjrey9878 🤣🤣🤣 that’s amazing

  • @neokrix
    @neokrix Před 3 lety +47

    Ego and Daniel are a powerful duo!

  • @user-wj9yn6lm7o
    @user-wj9yn6lm7o Před 2 lety +37

    Had no idea Daniel Kaluuya was this funny 😂😂 He has a great comic skill. They need to have him hosting again and write good sketches for him 😂👍

  • @madgemackles4337
    @madgemackles4337 Před 3 lety +287

    “Is there a poet in the house?”
    Yeah I cackled

  • @kwazylele805
    @kwazylele805 Před 3 lety +254

    As a Nigerian, I love this so much!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @genesisthepoet815
    @genesisthepoet815 Před 11 měsíci +4

    As a poet …
    I find this hilarious 😂
    Lmao @ “… is there a poet in the house…” 🤣

  • @Steph_ani3
    @Steph_ani3 Před 3 lety +75

    As a Nigerian, I love this skit. Has my parents name all over it

  • @passiveagressive4983
    @passiveagressive4983 Před 3 lety +80

    Why do I feel Daniel had this exact conversation with his parents when he told them he wanted to be an actor 😂😂😂😂😂🇬🇭

  • @DeniseNsabimana
    @DeniseNsabimana Před 3 lety +350

    This is so accurate 🤣.. the African parents😂...

    • @camille9803
      @camille9803 Před 3 lety +11

      Caribbean parents too. Soooo relatable. Painful.

    • @monahyancy4268
      @monahyancy4268 Před 3 lety +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @TheSuperNats
    @TheSuperNats Před 3 lety +56

    Im a Haitian-American Psychologist and my cousins are computer engineers, pharmacists, nurses etc. I have two cousins who want to be in the arts and it’s not easy for them in our family with our parents 🥴

  • @ldemanddanzig4978
    @ldemanddanzig4978 Před 2 lety +12

    "Those sound like great careers"
    "NO, Debbie, they are not."

  • @tyo789
    @tyo789 Před 3 lety +76

    Kenan: “why, you know it’s not gonna taste the same when you do it” 😂😂😂

  • @sunkissedqueen2885
    @sunkissedqueen2885 Před 3 lety +83

    Did Ego write this? This is BRILLIANT

    • @AddBowIfGirl
      @AddBowIfGirl Před 3 lety +26

      She finally had a fellow African who could play her husband. 🤩

    • @mchoffner8497
      @mchoffner8497 Před 3 lety +8

      Ego is hilarious. To fully appreciate her talents, listen to Comedy Bang Bang. Entre P Nour is a a timeless fan favorite.

  • @guyfam2
    @guyfam2 Před 3 lety +51

    I’m not Nigerian, but when my 11 year old told my educated aunts that she wanted to be a house wife I thought they were gonna burn the house down.

    • @spcbelton
      @spcbelton Před 3 lety +4

      Ur 11yo is goofy as hell.

    • @guyfam2
      @guyfam2 Před 3 lety +3

      @@spcbelton ooo k, well she’s no longer 11. But again oooo k.

  • @ThatBeeyatch
    @ThatBeeyatch Před 3 lety +40

    African parents all went to the same school of how to handle your children . This is my mum I swear . 😭😂😂

  • @ambrosia417
    @ambrosia417 Před 3 lety +241

    These are TRUE African parents, tho! I'm a child of Ghanaian and Cameroonian immigrants. I studied Journalism, not pre-med, engineering, or law. Love SNL for creating this sketch.
    UPDATE: I shared this skit with my W. African parents on Sunday -- my mom was laughing with tears in her eyes! Then she shared it with her friends! She said she saw herself in the skit. Even funnier? My brother's name is David and he changed majors in college.

    • @kaushikmalepati2495
      @kaushikmalepati2495 Před 3 lety +10

      Breaking the cycle, you go girl!

    • @barbieblue3336
      @barbieblue3336 Před 3 lety

      We all have two parents

    • @Iamwhoiam993
      @Iamwhoiam993 Před 3 lety +4

      Great combination princess! Lol 👸🏾🇬🇭🇨🇲👍🏾

    • @fuddyduddyhorsemanship
      @fuddyduddyhorsemanship Před 3 lety

      @@barbieblue3336 maybe only one is African or maybe the other has died?

    • @fuddyduddyhorsemanship
      @fuddyduddyhorsemanship Před 3 lety +1

      Dianne O, there are some very good black reporters on the US TV news networks. Maybe something to aspire to??

  • @eschwarz1003
    @eschwarz1003 Před 3 lety +417

    This may be Egos experience with her Nigerian parents after she got a Bio degree from USC; she had talent though and made her comedy career a few yrs thereafter

    • @9jah4lyf
      @9jah4lyf Před 3 lety +93

      Trust me... her parents are probably secretly hoping she will still become a doctor. Nigerian parents are hilarious

    • @ambrosia417
      @ambrosia417 Před 3 lety +49

      It's loosely adapted! She wanted to be an actor. The only way her parents agreed was for her to study pre-med in the city of her choice -- LA. She kept her major and hustled in comedy in LA.

    • @LahTafari
      @LahTafari Před 3 lety +3

      It's basically her life style

    • @OvSpP
      @OvSpP Před 3 lety +3

      May be? I’m all but certain this was her experience, at least to some extent.

    • @jones2277
      @jones2277 Před 3 lety +2

      i'm lucky this wasn't my experience. we have writers, visual artists, and actors, and supportive family.

  • @sweatshoes26
    @sweatshoes26 Před rokem +2

    “Creative who?” Is a line I think about all the time lol

  • @dazem8
    @dazem8 Před 2 lety +19

    I especially love Ego in this... must have pulled inspiration from her own parents being Nigerian 😆

  • @TsetsiStoyanova
    @TsetsiStoyanova Před 3 lety +3262

    African parents are like Chinese Tiger moms!

    • @msontopoftheworld
      @msontopoftheworld Před 3 lety +77

      Maybe we should call them African tiger parents because certainly not all/most of them are like that. Mine certainly weren't 😊

    • @vivekgovekar6342
      @vivekgovekar6342 Před 3 lety +76

      I have flashbacks from my Nigerian professor whose daughter got into med school 😂

    • @Fresharies
      @Fresharies Před 3 lety +22

      @@msontopoftheworld well you’re one of the lucky ones

    • @duyle-ej6ty
      @duyle-ej6ty Před 3 lety +54

      @@msontopoftheworld No copycat. Tiger mom is for Asian. You may try lion moms/dads for African parents.

    • @SocialismKills
      @SocialismKills Před 3 lety +11

      I thought that muhwhite supremacy is holding them back. And if it does, how come that Asian and african migrants in the US earn more than the white population?

  • @jessicakoo9023
    @jessicakoo9023 Před 3 lety +93

    A few months ago I saw an Instagram live with Ego and Bowen abt how they were both supposed to be pre med in college but then decided to pursue comedy. Both having immigrant parents they talked abt their experiences and this skit perfectly captures it

    • @OvSpP
      @OvSpP Před 3 lety

      I saw that live! I’d it just me or does that feel like A catalyst that sparked the royal friendship?

  • @deborahstephens863
    @deborahstephens863 Před 3 lety +6

    AS A NIGERIAN I AM SO TOUCHED THIS IS SPOT ON!!!! the accents, the parents, *creative who* *God forBID* THANK YOU SNL!!!!!!

  • @EntertainmentTadayyyy
    @EntertainmentTadayyyy Před 3 lety +3

    WHO promised you what?...😩😂😂

  • @indigo8256
    @indigo8256 Před 3 lety +263

    We need an Indian version of this. I, as an Indian, can verify that the only career options are Doctor, Lawyer, Accountant and recently Engineer has been added to this 'extensive' list.

    • @dewilew2137
      @dewilew2137 Před 3 lety +33

      Why? It would be the exact same skit with different accents. Most immigrant families share these sentiments.

    • @metraharvard2991
      @metraharvard2991 Před 3 lety +9

      @@dewilew2137 You are 100% correct. I'm German American and it was Pre-Med or Pre-Law. My parents weren't going to pay for anything else. But at least you end up with a career and no debt...unlike your friends that had fun in college LOL

    • @canaisyoung3601
      @canaisyoung3601 Před 3 lety +9

      But SNL doesn't have any cast members who are from India or its surrounding areas. At least not yet.

    • @themelanatednomad6989
      @themelanatednomad6989 Před 3 lety +1

      @@canaisyoung3601
      They should.

    • @themelanatednomad6989
      @themelanatednomad6989 Před 3 lety +3

      For Nigerians it’s Doctor first, Lawyer, Engineer. It used to be accountant, but the money went down.

  • @danyellejones2799
    @danyellejones2799 Před 3 lety +73

    “Oh no we are BLEEDING‼️🩸Is there a poet in dee house? Someone call a poet!”🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

  • @Theartsymuslimah175
    @Theartsymuslimah175 Před 3 lety +11

    I don’t even think ego and Daniel was using cue cards

  • @hibaq08
    @hibaq08 Před rokem +3

    “if you really dont want to be a doctor, you have to” 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 african parents for the win always

  • @dena81
    @dena81 Před 3 lety +129

    Having parents that were immigrants from Egypt...I feel this so much. This is when my mom would say "That's a hobby not a career"

  • @ellalivingston3947
    @ellalivingston3947 Před 3 lety +52

    THAT LAST LINE AHHHH "is anyone a poet"????

  • @fredricknwabilor7271
    @fredricknwabilor7271 Před 2 lety +8

    My younger brother told my Nigerian Igbo dad that he wants to study geology sometime ago and this happened, I only escaped this cause other people told him computer science also brings a lot of money currently. I'm happy to see a sketch that pokes fun at Africans and not humiliate them. thanks guys

  • @queeng1713
    @queeng1713 Před 3 lety +9

    As a West African poet, feel both seen & come for simultaneously

  • @MsTimelady71
    @MsTimelady71 Před 3 lety +99

    It probably didn't take much for Daniel and Ego to get into their roles.