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12 Best SNL Sketches Of 2016

These sketches do not disappoint.

Emilie S.

Dec 26, 2016

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As season 41 of Saturday Night Live ended and season 42 began, new cast members and writers brought their skills to the table. It seems like this season is better than the last with great episodes from hosts like Tom Hanks and Dave Chappelle.

I've narrowed down 12 of the best SNL sketches of 2016 after hours of binge watching this show during winter break. Watch them all because they are all marvelous.

1. Star Wars Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base

SNL found an original way to make a sketch about Star Wars.

2. Haunted Elevator (ft. David S. Pumpkins)

Tom Hanks hosted a great SNL episode this season. His role as David S. Pumpkins in the haunted elevator sketch was bizarre enough to be hilarious. So weird, yet so funny!

3. Election Night

This sketch is relatable, considering I go to the University of Oregon.

4. Golden Globes

This sketch shows what goes on at home when the parents are at the Golden Globes.

5. Bern Your Enthusiasm

Larry David referenced Curb Your Enthusiasm in this Bernie Sanders sketch.

6. Alec Baldwin As Donald Trump

Alec Baldwin has been killing it this season with his Trump impression.

7. Kyle vs. Kanye

Kyle Mooney is an aspiring rapper who challenges Kanye West to a rap battle.

8. Crucible Cast Party (ft. Lin-Manuel Miranda)

Cast members of a high school play sing about what goes on at their wild cast party.

9. Wells For Boys

"Check out other cool new toys for our sensitive boy line, like balconies for when they are ready to announce something or a shattered mirror to examine the complex contradictions of their being."

10. A Day Off

Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon), Trump's campaign manager, takes a day off and has to go back to work seemingly every time Trump tweets something.

11. Hillary Actually

Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon) asks an elector to change her vote in her favor in this recreation of this classic scene from Love Actually.

12. Pool Boy

Julia Louis-Dreyfus stars as a married woman who is having trouble ending her affair with her dumb pool boy, Chad (Pete Davidson).

Bonus Video: Office Hours

Benedict Cumberbatch gives an Oscar-worthy performance as a college professor pouring his heart out to Chad (Pete Davidson), a dumb college student.

These sketches were the best to come out of SNL this season, but there are more to watch. Check out SNL's YouTube channel here.

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12 Best SNL Sketches Of 2016

These sketches do not disappoint.

1. Star Wars Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base

2. Haunted Elevator (ft. David S. Pumpkins)

3. Election Night

4. Golden Globes

5. Bern Your Enthusiasm

6. Alec Baldwin As Donald Trump

7. Kyle vs. Kanye

8. Crucible Cast Party (ft. Lin-Manuel Miranda)

9. Wells For Boys

10. A Day Off

11. Hillary Actually

12. Pool Boy

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2. Appointments usually accompany weird looks.

3. Introducing yourself to someone is never without a hitch.

4. You’ve probably thought about changing your name.

5. You’re often asked why you have the name you do.

6. You get excited when you meet someone of your gender with your name.

7. You feel awkward when you meet someone of the opposite gender with your name.

8. You’ve had someone say to you, “I knew a [your name], but they were [your opposite gender].”

9. You’ve heard a bad joke/pick-up line or two about your name before.

10. People are surprised when they see you.

11. You’re extra sensitive to other unique or unisex names.

12. You’ve fought with your parents about it.

13. All things considered, you’re happy your name makes you unique.

You know that all of these things apply to you. You'll just never tell.

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1. At least I can't lose you in a crowd!

2. Oh my goodness your skin is like glow-in-the-dark.

3. Can't you just get fake tan?

4. Do you tan or just burn?

5. Your kids are going to look like Casper the Friendly Ghost!

6. *holds arm against your arm* Look how much darker I am compared to you!

7. *holds pale arm against another pale arm* Aw, at least you're darker than her!

8. I laid out by the pool almost every day over break!

9. I haven't used sunscreen since I was, like, five.

10. *adjusts selfie lighting to their face* Oops, where'd you go??

11. *after working out* Your face is SO red!

12. *wears white* Look! You're all one color!

13. You need to get some sun.

14. Aren't you excited for summer?

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6. When your friends try to encourage you after a performance, even though you are criticizing everything in your mind:

7. Knowing that there's always that one professor during juries:

8. The oh-so-attractive band/choir uniforms:

9. Realizing that a college campus is maybe not the best atmosphere to finish your latest composition:

10. Hearing "Oh, you sing opera? I LOVE Phantom of the Opera!" for the hundredth time:

11. When people think finals week is a breeze for you.

12. When you're drowning in the stress that comes with 18+ credits (and not to mention all those 0 credit classes) and people ask you how you are:

13. When it all comes down to it, though, you know that at the end of the day, music is your passion:

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10. adjusts selfie lighting to their face Oops, where'd you go??

11. after working out Your face is SO red!

12. wears white Look! You're all one color!