Cold Opening: Homeland Security - Saturday Night Live

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  • @B0orisTheSpider
    @B0orisTheSpider Před 9 lety +459

    This video never gets old. If I wanna good laugh, I just replay this video. I have to watch it a few times over, 'cause once DeNiro says "M'Balz Es Hari", I can't hear anymore.

    • @thevariousartists
      @thevariousartists Před 8 lety +14

      +John Bouras - now, after the 10th time watching it, i can hold it until awan afuqya ;-)

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      @prashanthyadamala3422 Před 4 lety +2

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    • @amylicht4818
      @amylicht4818 Před 2 lety +2

      YES!!! I totally agree!

    • @deweypug
      @deweypug Před 2 lety +4

      Facing such a tragedy such as 911 was so hard for all of us - but we overcame the blow, dealt with the sadness and healed the best we could. The ability to heal was helped out tremendously with what we just watched - I visit this all the time and laugh so hard... and continue to heal. Peace all.

  • @pinkospace9040
    @pinkospace9040 Před 6 lety +489

    I don't think DeNiro ever laughs, he just thinks: that's funny

    • @epictetusofhierapolis4461
      @epictetusofhierapolis4461 Před 3 lety +25

      That's true. He only laughs in his movie roles, and even then only ironically, right before he does something violent.

    • @dogfrosinos70
      @dogfrosinos70 Před 3 lety +12

      @@epictetusofhierapolis4461 that’s what makes him the best

    • @ndaulinendaulina5715
      @ndaulinendaulina5715 Před 3 lety +2

      🤣🤣

    • @dlambot
      @dlambot Před 3 lety +4

      @208 Joker Like i am clown? I amuse you ????

    • @Shanethefilmmaker
      @Shanethefilmmaker Před 2 lety +3

      He has an especially creepy laugh in Cape Fear. Which is jarring because he was laughing at Problem Child.

  • @mizztree81
    @mizztree81 Před 2 lety +65

    How does this video NOT have more views? It was De Niro’s first time hosting and they got him to do a sketch like THIS?? This was iconic!

  • @Anfubvinch
    @Anfubvinch Před 8 lety +281

    De Niro didn't even mess up in that one !! Perfect

    • @RetroReaktor
      @RetroReaktor Před 6 lety +6

      It's not his first time doing this bit. He have done this one on SNL right after US invaded Afganistan

  • @Knightoftheorient
    @Knightoftheorient Před 8 lety +262

    "Is there a way to identify Huus Bin Farteen?" LOL 😂😂😂

  • @yut576
    @yut576 Před 10 lety +70

    how did he do it with a straight face ..LOL ..epic

  • @davidhuff5632
    @davidhuff5632 Před rokem +41

    How did he do this without laughing? Brilliant man, this never gets old.

    • @HeatherWanamaker-hv8bp
      @HeatherWanamaker-hv8bp Před rokem +2

      Amen..I broke out laughing

    • @Shanethefilmmaker
      @Shanethefilmmaker Před rokem +6

      It's DeNiro. He could literally read all the lyrics to Lady Marmalade in that same voice and still not crack up unless the director demands he laugh.

    • @bobcobb3654
      @bobcobb3654 Před 2 měsíci

      He trained at Actors Studio. This wasn’t his first time on a stage.

  • @bobhess5986
    @bobhess5986 Před 3 lety +123

    Unbelievable how he got through this with out laughing or breaking character. Take that Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz.

    • @joediver7669
      @joediver7669 Před 2 lety +4

      Fallon ruins every skit. (e.g.. more cowbell) He chuckled in this one too! How is he still in showbusiness!? Hack!

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 Před 2 lety

      @@joediver7669 oh shut up, tightwad.

    • @sillygoose635
      @sillygoose635 Před 2 lety +3

      you can't compare the two, one is a long running cast member, the other is Robert De Niro.
      Take THAT, bobhess.

    • @psabel73
      @psabel73 Před rokem

      @@joediver7669 jimmy Fallon isn't in this skit...

    • @rodpeter6542
      @rodpeter6542 Před rokem +2

      @@psabel73 yes he is, he is the 2nd reporter

  • @andyr.3176
    @andyr.3176 Před 8 lety +256

    De Niro is such a professional and talented actor, one of the "silent" ones. He didn't even scream - like most people - when he said "live from New York ...". On the other hand, no one would expect that from him.
    Maybe it is his "aura" of dignity - or calmness.

    • @edm5378
      @edm5378 Před 2 lety +1

      Scorsese nudged him towards this style typical of middle & late-phase of JEAN GABIN

    • @bradcrosier1332
      @bradcrosier1332 Před rokem

      Too bad he’s a douche.

  • @nonh1
    @nonh1 Před 10 lety +357

    I challenge any other actor from Hollywood to say all that with a straight face.

    • @ganeshandash22
      @ganeshandash22 Před 6 lety +10

      nonh1 child's play for Leslie Neilsen

    • @administratoroftruth1250
      @administratoroftruth1250 Před 6 lety +1

      Sylvestor stallone

    • @Chariots1981
      @Chariots1981 Před 6 lety +6

      Yeah, HOW did he keep a straight face???

    • @RetroReaktor
      @RetroReaktor Před 6 lety +5

      Robert de Niro didn't have a straight face the first time he did this bit in early 2000. He was cracking up constantly reading those names.

    • @tarekwayne9193
      @tarekwayne9193 Před 5 lety +5

      Christopher Walken! No doubt!!

  • @dbal4141
    @dbal4141 Před rokem +47

    To this day one of the best skits ever on SNL

  • @coco360
    @coco360 Před 3 lety +22

    Love Horatio Sanz’s mugshot as M’bolz Es-hari

  • @MichaelCasey1988
    @MichaelCasey1988 Před 3 lety +25

    My favorite opening to this day.

  • @md.hamidulhassain6185
    @md.hamidulhassain6185 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Di Nero is really an extraordinary talented actor.

  • @benkata
    @benkata Před 9 lety +67

    one of the best cold openings evah

  • @joshsteele5701
    @joshsteele5701 Před 3 lety +44

    This is my favorite SNL bit ever!

    • @Wodz30
      @Wodz30 Před rokem +2

      Colonel Angus ftw. THIS though is my second favorite

    • @josorr
      @josorr Před rokem

      @@Wodz30 The skit about the cork soakers is right up there too.

    • @jolenegall5545
      @jolenegall5545 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@Wodz30 Christopher Walken was great fir that one and the cowbell skit. Love em both.

  • @nwjh1957
    @nwjh1957 Před 17 dny +1

    A masterful performance by De Niro. How he kept a straight face through it all is amazing.

  • @dwalensky8480
    @dwalensky8480 Před 9 měsíci +6

    I still think this is one of the best SNL opening skits ever. How he managed to keep a straight face is beyond me.

  • @veteran20002001
    @veteran20002001 Před 8 lety +63

    All those name and can still keep a straight face!

  • @Boltsfan22
    @Boltsfan22 Před 9 měsíci +4

    This skit along with "The Corksoakers" skit will always cheer you up and get the laughs going!

  • @TypOPositiv
    @TypOPositiv Před 3 lety +21

    Omg! How DeNiro did this skit w/o falling over crack up laughing is beyond me!

  • @Kragatar
    @Kragatar Před 2 lety +9

    I laughed so hard I'zheet M'drurz.

  • @villehytonen7279
    @villehytonen7279 Před 5 měsíci +3

    "I hope I got that right." 😁😁It was like he finally realized those names sounded somewhat familiar.

  • @jochenstacker7448
    @jochenstacker7448 Před 8 lety +27

    3:45 he nearly looses it :-)

  • @improvmaniac
    @improvmaniac Před 3 lety +57

    Ever laugh so hard where your brain doesn't get enough oxygen so you feel like passing out? Just me, huh?

    • @boboskeeper1
      @boboskeeper1 Před 2 lety +1

      Oh yes, I have so many times in the past. Hysterically laughing.!

    • @aragin66
      @aragin66 Před 2 měsíci

      Just now lol

  • @thehand6389
    @thehand6389 Před 2 lety +120

    Childish, insensitive, outrageous… hilarious. SNL will never have the balls to anything like that again.
    True classic

    • @ryancrits8180
      @ryancrits8180 Před 2 lety +4

      I saw this live when I was 13. Never laughed so hard in my life

    • @brandong4063
      @brandong4063 Před 2 lety +5

      Not true, last season. The super spreader event at the name change bureau. Look it up.

    • @chijen2010
      @chijen2010 Před 2 lety +2

      @@brandong4063 it’s true. This has racial overtones, the new ones don’t.

    • @MediaBrad
      @MediaBrad Před rokem +2

      I read that in Jackie Chile's voice from Seinfeld.

    • @jeremiahhanley3648
      @jeremiahhanley3648 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I would say it's not insensitive. Pretty clearly the butt of the joke is not Muslims having stupid names. The butt of the joke is our absurd response to 911.

  • @BeefBravo1257
    @BeefBravo1257 Před rokem +4

    This is a classic. One of my favorites ...

  • @langegemi-fob4414
    @langegemi-fob4414 Před 7 lety +26

    I am in tears 😭 this is my humour 💃

  • @QuakerDragon
    @QuakerDragon Před rokem +10

    Deniro's best role: Craig Fenson by far, and I really , really like his other work too. How he got through that live without even a grin is beyond me.

  • @MCO18
    @MCO18 Před 3 lety +18

    I bet the writers had a lot of fun with this one

  • @kinocchio
    @kinocchio Před 5 lety +11

    Laughed so hard, my abs are ripped.

  • @DesGardius-me7gf
    @DesGardius-me7gf Před 2 měsíci +2

    I don’t know what’s funnier, the names of the terrorists, De Niro trying not to laugh at the names, or the photos of Horatio Sans, Chris Parnell and Seth Meyers with the photoshopped beards and turbans?

  • @jackclarkson1672
    @jackclarkson1672 Před 6 lety +16

    Don't know how he kept a straight face.

  • @chrisgetskicked
    @chrisgetskicked Před rokem +4

    I just watched this for the first time and was not expecting to find this that funny 😂 the moment he said “M’balz es-hari” I spit 😂😂😂

    • @RepellentJeff
      @RepellentJeff Před 5 měsíci

      I-zheet M’drurz is where I broke. 🤣

  • @TAWAAS
    @TAWAAS Před 8 lety +22

    my face is hurting

    • @Alexiosization
      @Alexiosization Před 6 lety +1

      haha your name sounds like one of those in the skit

  • @oransby
    @oransby Před rokem +3

    Still one of the best..can't stop laughing

  • @aimanmarzuqi4804
    @aimanmarzuqi4804 Před 9 lety +16

    I couldn't stand laughing throughout the entire video

  • @charliebullock3347
    @charliebullock3347 Před 2 lety +5

    He is a legend, how in the fuck, did he do that whole skit, with a straight face, I would lost it hahahahaha

  • @TypOPositiv
    @TypOPositiv Před rokem +4

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA... NEVER GETS OLD. LOL. M'Balz Es Hari....I almost couldn't breath from laughing so hard.

    • @DesGardius-me7gf
      @DesGardius-me7gf Před rokem +1

      I don’t know what’s funnier, DeNiro’s reaction after reading the name, or the image of Horatio Sanz with the photoshopped mustache.

  • @sergiukawa
    @sergiukawa Před 10 lety +9

    Awan Afuqya!
    ahahhahaah

  • @user-hd2vt2qc1x
    @user-hd2vt2qc1x Před 4 měsíci +1

    Hysterical! A friend sent this to me only recently. It's right up there with the Colonel Angus skit!

  • @edwardbliss8931
    @edwardbliss8931 Před 3 lety +10

    I don't think people realize how hard this was to do considering 20 people in front of him were probably laughing at every name

  • @JoeMeats
    @JoeMeats Před rokem +2

    This was one of the funniest intros for me, the only intro I ever remembered since watching snl over 20 years ago

  • @bnpzarie9511
    @bnpzarie9511 Před 5 lety +16

    4:35 "What have I sunk to?!"

    • @ThrawnSr
      @ThrawnSr Před 4 lety +3

      Oh yeah, there's regret there...

  • @patricedhanis3546
    @patricedhanis3546 Před 3 lety +12

    Always funny...love Di Niro's comedy.

  • @Mark-sj3xb
    @Mark-sj3xb Před rokem +2

    The way he said “yu ssssssssuqua m’diq” cracked me up

  • @cfrincon
    @cfrincon Před 10 lety +21

    Hillarious!

  • @timrogers2638
    @timrogers2638 Před měsícem

    This will never get old.

  • @MGBranco
    @MGBranco Před 3 lety +12

    This is just perfect! Such a great actor Bob is! What a straight face! Ahahahahaha! What a classic from snl!

  • @toddisstillblack
    @toddisstillblack Před 3 lety +5

    One if my top 10 fav skits of all time on snl

  • @matthewkevinobispo6582
    @matthewkevinobispo6582 Před 2 lety +1

    2:22 subtle he was trying to hide his light chuckle with that pause

  • @avavincent9481
    @avavincent9481 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Never seen this before , hysterical.

  • @desolatesoul2304
    @desolatesoul2304 Před 2 lety +2

    My all time favorite skit! Brilliant! Lmfao.

  • @PostSasso
    @PostSasso Před 10 lety +48

    Only Bobby DeNiro could've done that. He was thinking about strangling a kitten all the while.

  • @scubawi
    @scubawi Před 2 lety +3

    One of SNL's best ever.

  • @aligillani7107
    @aligillani7107 Před 6 lety +4

    Hahahaha thats so badass. Brilliant sketch.

  • @michaelvoulgarellis8298
    @michaelvoulgarellis8298 Před 3 lety +4

    at 3:46 he showcased his experience in not breaking character... :)

  • @tshirtnjeans4829
    @tshirtnjeans4829 Před měsícem

    Hands down the greatest cold opening of all time

  • @tristandunn4628
    @tristandunn4628 Před rokem

    This always creases me up. So impressed with the way he never even smirks.

  • @jamesdean3474
    @jamesdean3474 Před 2 lety +2

    Never gets old!

  • @Jwnorton
    @Jwnorton Před 9 měsíci +1

    Sill amazed how De Niro could keep a fairly strait face during the routine....

  • @miel1074
    @miel1074 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Housbeen Farteen!😂😂😂😂😂

  • @woolewhat5893
    @woolewhat5893 Před rokem +1

    One one the best of the best of the best skits!!!!

  • @robzelich3982
    @robzelich3982 Před 2 lety +4

    Robert De Niro is priceless in this😂😂

  • @RealisticMusicFan
    @RealisticMusicFan Před 10 měsíci +1

    one of the funniest SNL sketches ever! So g'damn funny!

  • @gamingwithseth697
    @gamingwithseth697 Před rokem +3

    My mom had a friend who worked back stage at SNL so he used to take her back stage with him and she got to meet some of the people that were on the show and this night my mom was there talking to Robert De Niro right before he went on

  • @BrianWilson-ff1cf
    @BrianWilson-ff1cf Před rokem +3

    I wish I could've been in the writers' office when the first person said "Hey! I got an idea," and just watch it all get put together.

  • @Shelldamage
    @Shelldamage Před 7 lety +11

    Simply the best!

  • @ajp4860
    @ajp4860 Před 3 lety +4

    Always spot On satire.

  • @markmower6507
    @markmower6507 Před 2 lety +1

    The Threat level is Magenta, Hahahahahahahaha 😀🌶️⚡!!!

  • @darkangel_1978
    @darkangel_1978 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Between this skit, the Alec Baldwin Schweddy Balls, and the Dusty Muffin with Betty White, I don't know how they get through it, without losing it. I wouldn't be able to get through the first minute without laughing.

  • @mikegames3464
    @mikegames3464 Před rokem +1

    This & musicians for free range chickens get me every time

  • @tshirtnjeans4829
    @tshirtnjeans4829 Před měsícem

    How DeNiro kept a straight face shows what a great actor he is

  • @festus569
    @festus569 Před 6 lety +14

    Robert De Niro is my favorite actor because he acted very well in comedies for a long time.

  • @chefp1472
    @chefp1472 Před 7 lety +7

    How could he do that with a straight face??

    • @IsaacAllison
      @IsaacAllison Před 3 lety

      Thinking of strangling of the writers

  • @callmelao389
    @callmelao389 Před 2 lety

    I-zheet M'drurz - amazingly funny! xD

  • @Bikash-pb2df
    @Bikash-pb2df Před 4 lety +5

    Oh my God this is a banger😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @KeyserSoseRulz
    @KeyserSoseRulz Před rokem +4

    Epic. when SNL used to be fun.

  • @bobcobb3654
    @bobcobb3654 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Oh to be in the writers room when it came time to pitch names.

  • @GARU4YOU
    @GARU4YOU Před 3 lety +2

    can't stop laughing

  • @nigeljohnson4880
    @nigeljohnson4880 Před 7 lety +46

    I think there's few people commenting on here that may have slightly misunderstood the joke. One of the first points made is the threat level and that they're not even sure what it means. Then they go on to say that the information they've received is from a bunch of collage kids. So I'm seeing it as a joke about how paranoid this situation has become, were a government is prepared to take seriously any information they receive, no matter who it's from or how obviously immature and ridiculous it is because of people's fear of one another. It's a really funny sketch and it makes you think.

  • @andrewsylvester2327
    @andrewsylvester2327 Před 5 měsíci

    10 years on and still has me in stitches. SNL could never get away with it in 2023.

  • @mohammadsalem9903
    @mohammadsalem9903 Před 3 lety +9

    De Niro aged like crazy from 1995 to 2000

  • @cougartino7796
    @cougartino7796 Před 2 lety +2

    Still so funny!

  • @PuffleFuzz
    @PuffleFuzz Před 2 lety +1

    I was thinking about this yesterday (9/11) thank god I was alone because I started giggling

  • @benehakakakaiwi9955
    @benehakakakaiwi9955 Před 7 lety +22

    "Not available in my country"? I guess Hawai'i isn't part of America.

  • @matthew2490
    @matthew2490 Před 5 lety +3

    APUL MADEEK-AOUD 😂

  • @madelynef1
    @madelynef1 Před 3 lety

    Awesome!

  • @mslvc2011
    @mslvc2011 Před 3 měsíci

    This was the first comedy sketch that I loved, but I was 9 years old. My favorite part was the magenta intro.

  • @chrisoxford4026
    @chrisoxford4026 Před 3 lety

    How did he NOT 😂

  • @giancarlocipolla4416
    @giancarlocipolla4416 Před 6 lety

    He is too good.

  • @sumtimw0ng
    @sumtimw0ng Před 3 lety +8

    who's here after the Edth Puthie name changing skit?

  • @leenkeshramlagun7171
    @leenkeshramlagun7171 Před 3 lety +1

    Magenta 😂😂😂👌

  • @carlosnorena464
    @carlosnorena464 Před rokem

    Now this is very funny 😁

  • @user-jy7xu5gb6k
    @user-jy7xu5gb6k Před 10 měsíci +1

    The M´DIQ dude has his own show ...

  • @Chewmbacka
    @Chewmbacka Před 2 měsíci

    I am gonna put this on replay....

  • @nothingreally6680
    @nothingreally6680 Před 8 lety +4

    I just realized that Judd Apatow is trying to steal Robert de Niro's middle age look.

  • @Imataru
    @Imataru Před 9 měsíci

    Brilliant

  • @susanb1997
    @susanb1997 Před 3 lety

    This is classic!!!! :D :D :D

  • @kimcheebowl
    @kimcheebowl Před 12 dny

    Shaif Hirboush!!!!!!!!! Al-suq akweer!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂