Magical Mysteries SNL is a popular sketch comedy show that airs on the NBC network. The show is known for its hilarious and sometimes controversial content. It features a variety of sketches, musical performances, and celebrity guest appearances. One of the main features of Magical Mysteries SNL is its focus on magical and mystical themes. The show often parodies popular magical and fantasy stories, such as Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings. These sketches feature the cast members playing characters in magical worlds and encountering absurd and comedic situations.

12 'SNL' music videos that are equal parts catchy and hilarious

The music and comedy worlds often collide whenever Saturday Night Live airs from Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

Cast members such as Andy Samberg, Chris Redd, Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kenan Thompson and beyond have made the SNL music video digital shorts connect with audiences even more than the live sketches. They’ve done it all, from parodying popular songs such as “Gucci Gang” with “Tucci Gang,” honoring the always phenomenal Stanley Tucci, all the way to sharing original tracks such as “Bottom Of Your Face” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, falling right in line with pandemic-era humor.

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It’s fair to say that SNL keeps the laughs coming with both their songs and accompanying music videos. In fact, it may be time for a whole vinyl collection of these hilarious tracks.

There are many amazing music videos in the annals of the show’s history, but here are just 12 that stick out to us in the best way. Check out our favorites below!

“Magical Mysteries”

This parody of Insane Clown Posse‘s “Miracles” video is almost too good to be true. Perhaps an SNL staff member is a Juggalo and made this track as spot-on as possible. Some may look at this music video and see it as a mockery of ICP, but it’s quite the opposite. In fact, in a New York Times interview, both Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope shared how they were honored that Saturday Night Live parodied their work. “I remember back in the day when “Weird Al” Yankovic did ‘Amish Paradise,’ off Coolio’s ‘Gangsta’s Paradise.’ Somehow Coolio got mad,” Shaggy 2 Dope explained. “If ‘Weird Al’ wanted to do one of our songs, I’d be like, ‘Hell yeah.’ To me, it’s the same thing with Saturday Night Live.” As an added bonus, Violent J actually called his mom after he saw the sketch. Parody is another form of flattery, and SNL made many Juggalos proud.

“Corporate Nightmare”

Host Kristen Stewart and cast members Pete Davidson, Kyle Mooney and Mikey Day all channel the scene in a Sum 41-sounding “Corporate Nightmare Song.” In fact, Stewart rocks a fiery red-and-yellow hairstyle just like Hayley Williams‘ iconic do in Paramore‘s early days. Beyond that, Mooney offers serious Mike Dirnt vibes. This perfectly captures what it’s like to be a punk in the corporate world, where you want to rage against the machine but still have to do some adult responsibilities here and there.

“I Love My Dog”

Host James McAvoy and cast members Thompson, Redd and Davidson teamed up to make a hardcore rap about how much they love their bitches, er, dogs. The SNL writers saw that opportunity and seized it. Plus, if you were a fan of McAvoy in Split, Glass and more, you will adore him as the man who’s far too aggressive about his dog love. Though, does such a thing exist? Dog parents will empathize fully with McAvoy’s character.

“Murder Show”

This music video was made for true-crime nerds everywhere who binge The Ted Bundy Tapes doc as self-care. After all, there’s nothing better than a murder show, right? Well, according to host and musical guest Nick Jonas, cult shows are where it’s at. For all of us who can descend into crime documentaries for hours, SNL saw us, heard us and made a song just for us. Plus, it has a delightful poppy beat that’s perfect for your summer playlist.

“NFTs”

Davidson, Redd and musical guest Jack Harlow made a parody of Eminem‘s “Without Me” video for “NFTs.” While it was hilarious, and Davidson really does look like Marshall Mathers with bleach-blond hair, this still doesn’t exactly clarify NFTs for many of us. But that’s OK—it’s still a rad video. Seeing Redd in a floor-length leather duster channeling Dr. Dre and Davidson in a superhero onesie was all we really wanted to see, anyway.

“Boombox”

It’s hard to pick just a few Lonely Island music videos for this list. After all, the comedy trio of Samberg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone gifted us classics such as “I’m On A Boat,” “Dick In A Box” and “I Just Had Sex.” Many comedy and music fans have seen and heard these, but another underappreciated standout is “Boombox” featuring the Strokes‘ own Julian Casablancas.

If you need a refresher of all of Lonely Island‘s greatest hits, you can check out the 100th Digital Short extravaganza, where they ran through all of the fan favorites with a star-studded cast, including Justin Timberlake, Michael Bolton, Natalie Portman and more. Thank the musical comedy gods for granting Samberg his breakout with the viral SNL song sketch “Lazy Sunday” featuring Chris Parnell. Without it, we may not have had more Samberg offerings that truly changed the industry and how young generations perceive overlapping jokes with music.

“On The Couch”

The Weeknd teamed up with Redd and Thompson for the ultimate ’90s-inspired, sexy slow jam. Scratch that, it’s actually a hilariously accurate slow jam where Melissa Villaseñor, Ego Nwodim and Heidi Gardner‘s significant other characters are kicking their dudes to the couch for the night. It was the perfect placement for a musical guest and host Daniel Craig to combine forces and both be absolutely hilarious. Couples in long-term relationships may appreciate this more than others. Sorry, singles, you’ll be on the couch before you know it.

“Tiny Horse”

This may be one of the most absurd SNL music videos, which makes it one of the best. In “Tiny Horse,” Timothee Chalamet shows off his singing chops to his palm-sized stallion. Chalamet had the chance to cheer on his best friend “Tiny Horse” and was kind enough to share him with us. Chalamet also appeared in the most recent episode of SNL with Kid Cudi, Redd and Davidson where he played a “Weird Little Flute.”

“(Do It On My) Twin Bed”

The late-night sketch comedy show blew us away with this song when they combined some of their most talented current cast members with iconic SNL stars of the past. Noël Wells, Kate McKinnon, Vanessa Bayer, Bryant, Cecily Strong and Nasim Pedrad made one of the best comedy sketches on TV in 2013, and we aren’t the only ones who believe that. Along with host Jimmy Fallon, they captured exactly what it’s like to get it on during the holidays when you’re surrounded by your extended family, old pets, Hanson posters and more. The cast even shared childhood photos of themselves and showed their glow up to adulthood, aka the time in life where you do it twice a year on a trundle bed. Think of it like another rite of passage.

“Slow”

If there’s one thing SNL is incredible at making fun of, it’s the horniness that perseveres in most of our mainstream music. In this case, host Adam Driver and castmates Redd and Thompson are too literal when it comes to taking their time with their significant others played by Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim and musical guest Halsey. Don’t expect a quick text from these guys, ever. Beyond being laugh-out-loud funny, there’s also a cute turtle cameo.

“The Negotiator”

For all the stoners out there, this SNL song is almost too real. After consuming a bag of weed gummies by accident, host Regina King‘s police officer character begins to hallucinate a giant Davidson gummy bear on the roof, who’s later joined by a gummy bear Bryant, Marge Simpson and the sun baby all grown up from Teletubbies. Davidson calmly sings, “You should not have eaten me… You’ll be high forever,” which, well, if you know, you know. King’s character also hilariously said, “I’m definitely dead,” which everyone who has overdone it on an edible will scream at. Plus, it features a laid-back beat, perfect to listen to whether you’re sober or as high as the Empire State building.

“YOLO”

The Lonely Island returned after Samberg’s departure as a cast member in 2012 to perform their digital short “YOLO” with host Adam Levine and musical guest Kendrick Lamar. It showed off the brand-new era of the comedy trio, and this song appeared on their LP The Wack Album, alongside “Hugs” featuring Pharrell Williams, “I Run NY” featuring Billie Joe Armstrong and more incredible collabs. Beyond making fun of the acronym that, unfortunately, dominated much of 2012, they made some pretty good points. Also, it seems as if the Lonely Island were prophets when this was released, as Samberg sang, “There’s no such thing as too much Purell/This a cautionary tale, word to George Orwell.” They could’ve never guessed how relevant these lyrics would be. The Lonely Island have since moved on to creating films and working on other mainstream comedy projects, the most notable being the movie Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, which is a fabulous satire about the ins and outs of the music industry.

Do you have a favorite SNL music video that compares to your favorite alternative ones? Sound off in the comments below!

If You Ever Wondered How That SNL Juggalo Parody Came About…

Last December, SNL released the above parody of the infamous Gathering of the Juggalos infomercial and we all collectively wondered if there was a metalhead on the SNL writing staff. Well, SNL fansite, Live From New York, It's Saturday Night recently interviewed one of the writers of the sketch, Michael Patrick O'Brien, and asked him how the whole concept came about:

My officemate Jason Sudeikis and I were shown the 14-minute 2009 infomercial for the Gathering of the Juggalos. I was actually sent it a few times by friends while I was at Second City, but didn't really watch it until I was hanging out with Jason one writing night. We showed it to Colin [Jost, another SNL writer] and were all just fascinated by it on several levels. I grew up in southeast Michigan so I was familiar with ICP and some of the ideas of the fan base (I'm no stranger to Faygo soda). So, Colin and I decided to write a parody. It was an interesting challenge right off the bat because we were parodying something that was not known by many of our viewers, so we tried to make it funny on its own.

So a kid from Michigan decided to parody his Detroit homeboys. But O'brien said he wasn't just trying to parody the Gathering, but all outdoor type festivals:

The fact is, in the past 10 years I've become way less into all-day outdoor concert events and the video is making that statement as much as it's parodying the ICP infomercial. There's never any bathrooms, you're sunburned, you haven't heard of half the bands… Hopefully anyone who's been to Lollapalooza, Warped, etc will relate to this fictional festival that is the worst of all those things. In some ways, the Juggalos infomercial became the style and vehicle to make that message.

He mentioned that he was surprised that something that he wrote at 3 in the morning ended being a "cultural phenomenon", with Ass Dan getting recognition on the streets, as well as him being personally invited to this year's Gathering:

I didn't really know it was a "cultural phenomenon." It's hard to get a gauge of what real people are talking about when you're here all the time. Bobby Moynihan said people were yelling "we love you, Ass Dan" to him on the street and I was really shocked. Ass Dan, along with the whole first parody, was created collaboratively by me and Colin from something like 3-7am one writing night. Colin would mumble fictional band names as he went in and out of light sleep on the couch in my office.

As a side note, the reason I was not able to do this interview for awhile is that I was down at the 2010 Gathering of the Juggalos! ICP and Psychopathic Records have been extremely generous towards us and they brought me and a friend down to check out the event we'd parodied. I thought that was pretty awesome. My friend, Brad Morris, and I shot some bits for a side project we do called Almost Pimps, and then put the camera away and just enjoyed walking around the festival talking to some really unique people. They were welcoming, even when they heard I'd written the SNL parodies. The roughest thing that happened was that Brad got "bag tagged" (backhand slap to the crotch) by a guy for asking him when Dave Matthews was playing.

It's good to see that the ICP guys have a sense of humor about the whole thing. I'm sure they also recognized that by being parodied on network television, they also gained a few fans here and there as well as a tremendous amount of publicity. For those of you who are comedy nerds like I am, I definitely recommend reading the whole interview, as most of it is about how he landed his job, and working at SNL on the whole. Hopefully, we have more rock related parodies coming in the new season of the show which kicks off in September.

SNL Transcripts: Ryan Phillippe: 04/17/10: Underground Rock Minute

Announcer: Stankmouth Soda presents the “Underground Rock Minute”!! Bringing you all the latest in underground rock and r-a-a-a-d-d.

[ TITLE: UNDERGROUND ROCK MINUTE ] [ INT. UNDERGROUND ROCK MINUTE STUDIOS – DAY ] [ DJ Super Soak & Lil’ Blaster stand side by side. ]

DJ Super Soak: Ha-ha! What’s up ninjas!? It’s DJ Super Soak again!

Lil Blaster: And I’m Lil’ Blaster!!

DJ Super Soak: Today, we’re gonna show you the new video from the Thrilla Killa Klownz!

[ Publicity still of ASS DAN and his THRILLA KILLA KLOWN partner. Both are wearing baggy, white clothes and matching facial paint and Asian inspired tattoos on their necks. ] [ BACK TO STUDIO ]

Lil Blaster: You may know their previous violent songs like, “I’m Gonna Stab Ya Face!” and “Curb-Stomp Your Enthusiasm”.

DJ Super Soak: Ah!! Love that song! But this song takes the band in a whole new direction!

Lil Blaster: True, true it’s got a positive message and yo! It makes you think!!

DJ Super Soak: That’s right! Here’s Thrilla Killa Klownz with “Magical Mysteries”.

[ CUT TO MUSIC VIDEO ] [ CORNER TEXT: ][ THRILLA KILLA KLOWNZ ][ “MAGICAL MYSTERIES” ][ UNDER-UNDERGROUND RECORDS ]

Ass Dan: Ha-ha! There’s so many confusing things out there!

Thrilla Killa Klown: Well get your magnifying glasses out, ninjas! We’re going to take a closer look at life!!

Both: [singing]“The world is full of magical mysteries,
Puzzles unsolved since ancient history.”

Ass Dan: [singing]“Where does sand leave at night?”

[ Both men are in black and white pictures. ]

Thrilla Killa Klown: [singing]“Did people used to really live in black and white?
Is the world round or is it flat?
How come no one can tell me that?”

Ass Dan: [singing]“What’s with islands?
Get more land!!”

Thrilla Killa Klown: [singing]“What’s with deserts?
Get less sand!!
What is Alaska?
Who is Brazil?
Isn’t a volcano just an angry hill?”

Ass Dan: [singing]“How did God even think of dirt?
Erasable pens make my head hurt!”

Both: [singing]“Metal, girls, iron, fire!
How’d they get my voice in a telephone wire!?”

Ass Dan: [singing]“Why are pants different than shirts?”

Thrilla Killa Klown: [singing]“Blankets!? How do they work?”

Chorus (V/O): “The world is full of mysteries ”

Ass Dan: Yo! How do suitcases always know where to meet you? Huh?

Chorus (V/O): “So many magical mysteries ”

Thrilla Killa Klown: Are kids small? Or just far away?”

Chorus (V/O): “So many magical mysteries ”

Ass Dan: Why do some mountains look like Presidents?

Thrilla Killa Klown: What the fuck is a clock?

Ass Dan: Now’s here’s a list of some stuff – –

Thrilla Killa Klown: [singing]“Trees, swans, capes, a horse ”

Ass Dan: [singing]“Triangles, witches ”

Thrilla Killa Klown: [singing]“A different horse!”

Ass Dan: [singing]“The world has 10,000 people ”

Thrilla Killa Klown: [singing]“And Santa Claus created all of us equal ”

[ A young boy & girl are dressed like Ass Dan. ]

Thrilla Killa Klown: [singing]“Ass Dan’s kids look just like Ass Dan!”

[ Two similar dressed kids are next to Ass Dan. ]

Thrilla Killa Klown: [singing]“And my two kids just look like Ass Dan!”

[ Thrilla ponders on the lyric he just recited. ]

Ass Dan: [singing]“So with every note, let it bounce off your brain!!”

Thrilla Killa Klown: [singing]“The mysteries of life can’t be explained!”

Ass Dan: [singing]“So fuck you books!
We don’t need your tricks!”

[ Thrilla grabs his crotch. ]

Thrilla Killa Klown: [singing]“And all you scientists
Can suck on this!”

[ Both men shake hands. ]

Ass Dan: Ah yeah, ninjas.

Thrilla Killa Klown: Life is a beautiful thing!

Ass Dan: Take two, fresh! Ass Dan! 2010! Ha-ha!

[ EXTREME CLOSE-UP OF ASS DAN ]

Ass Dan: I’m gonna live forever! Ha-ha!

[ FREEZE FRAME IN B/W ] [ SOMBER MUSIC ] [ SUPER: “ASS” DAN, 1981-2010 ] [ BACK IN STUDIO ]

DJ Super Soak: Oh yeah! Oh yeah! That was tight! But for real, on a serious note, Ass Dan did just die while we were playing that video there.

[ Lil’ Blaster’s fighting back the tears. ]

Lil Blaster: [quivering] Whoop-whoop!

DJ Super Soak: That’s all the time we got for the “Underground Rock Minute”!

Lil Blaster: I’m Lil’ Blaster!

DJ Super Soak: And I’m DJ Super Soak! Get your crunk on! Whoo-hoo-hoo.

[ A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF DJ SUPER SOAK ] [ SOMBER MUSIC ] [ SUPER: IN MEMORY, DJ SUPER SOAK, 1974-2010 ]

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These sketches feature the cast members playing characters in magical worlds and encountering absurd and comedic situations. The show also incorporates elements of mystery into its sketches. This includes spoofing detective shows like Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie novels.

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1. John Smith - 1/5 - I was really disappointed with "Magical Mysteries SNL". The sketches were just not funny at all and the performances felt forced and awkward. The whole concept of combining magic with comedy seemed intriguing, but it fell flat. The jokes were predictable and the magic tricks were nothing special. Overall, it was a waste of time and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone looking for a good laugh.

2. Emily Davis - 2/5 - I had high hopes for "Magical Mysteries SNL" as I'm a fan of both magic and comedy, but unfortunately, it didn't deliver. The sketches lacked originality and creativity, and the humor felt stale and recycled. The magic tricks were underwhelming and didn't add anything special to the show. The performers seemed like they were just going through the motions and the whole thing felt rushed. I expected more from a show that promised to bring magic to the comedy stage.

3. Sarah Johnson - 2/5 - "Magical Mysteries SNL" was a letdown for me. The sketches were disjointed and lacked coherence. The attempts at humor were weak and the magic tricks didn't add any magic to the show. It seemed like the performers were trying too hard to be funny, which resulted in forced comedy that missed the mark. The show had potential, but it failed to live up to it. I don't think I'll be tuning in for another episode.

4. Michael Thompson - 1/5 - I don't understand the hype around "Magical Mysteries SNL". The jokes were cringeworthy and the magic tricks were nothing more than simple illusions. It felt like a poor attempt at combining two genres that didn't mesh well together. The performers lacked chemistry and it seemed like they were trying too hard to be funny. The show fell short in both comedy and magic, leaving me thoroughly unimpressed. Save your time and skip this one.

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