This was terrible.

In 30 years when monkeys and humans live together, mulaney will be canceled for doing this.

That is so true...

@@kmb957 I was going to go with extra weak sauce but terrible is accurate too

Well said.

please don't destroy wrote this one

Yeah, they could’ve really thrown a real monkey-wrench into it.

The specific behavioral details were great, but this is an ape (chimpanzee), not a monkey. Chimp Judge or Ape Judge would have been just as funny as a title, and more accurate. But massive props for a very funny and weird sketch. I love the please don't destroy guys.

Its the specificity that pushed it over the top. Broad humor is... silly and shows no appreciation for the finer points... like shredded paper piles and monkey sign language.

Love animals. So I really enjoyed this.. the 'monkey behavior humor' was funny as hell I thought.

Me and Stephen Colbert every day since day after 2016 election!!

For me, it's almost every day, regardless of what goes on in the world.

Yes, we've all been feeling very cornered.

Me every day since I was born.

I’m having a really bad week and I came back to this video simply to express: same.

Ooh-ooh aah-aah!

@@Aeronor2001 wow. Reported!

You realize that's why the defense attorney was wearing a face shield, right?

@@Aeronor2001 dude, what the actual hell is wrong with you? We FINALLY have some decent monkey representation in the media, and you immediately resort to specist slurs?! Reported, blocked, and currently summoning my discord social justice group LFPOC (liberation for primates of color) to doxx you. You will not tear us down! #MonkeyLivesMatter

@@Aeronor2001 yeah what’s up

Watch the classic Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer SNL sketch too :)

So agree and also thought of unfrozen caveman

You are not right

@@graciefecik9019 Yes, indeed. He totally made me miss Phil Hartman performing Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer, yet this was still awesome on it’s own.

He's quirky as hell, great show

That was the best line!! The way he said it was perfect

“And I’ll take THAT shiny thing”

this was weirdly relatable XD

I mean...everybody works with primates.

The "i love you you are baby" thing KILLED ME

Lol must make them frustrated

You really should switch it up with "I recognize the shape in the blue and the grey" and occasionally throw sand at them to assert dominance.

You're not a proper dad if you don't irritate your kids with dad jokes.

I do the same thing with my gf but a different snl sketch. Whenever she asks me to go get something, I saunter off slowing singing "Doctorrr. Reginald. Saundersss..."

😂

The court did appreciate that particular clarification.🤣

Exactly!! Lol

I’m still laughing about that part!

Just be glad he didn’t throw something else.😉

They would normally pee for dominance or throw poo. SNL did not dare to go there. Or they push women in front of subway trains in NYC.

It was so slick but for those that know, it was amazing.

I immediately thought of Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer. Best sketch ever.

I can see the creationism vs. evolution jokes already.

@@tedsheridan8725 "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm just a caveman. I fell in some ice and later got thawed out by your scientists..."

@@KN-jr6tx "Your world frightens and confuses me..."

I got one... Monkey Judge- John Mulaney Plaintiffs Attorney- Caveman Phil Hartman Defense Attorney- Southerner Chris Kattan

and as someone who works in Amerikkka's courts, I can attest THIS IS ABOUT ALL JUDGES IRL. They are all idiot liar morons, appointed by your Mayor Giulianis and your President Trumps. Even the Declaration of Independence and Constitution say JUDGE = CRIMINAL.....but no one read them!

It’s not. Caveman Lawyer. Planet of the apes sketch.

That's ironic because this is one of the more obvious and direct rips of a prior skit I've seen SNL do. It's just caveman lawyer drawn out more and as a judge.

So I’ll be honest I didn’t know about the other sketches. Willing to admit I’m wrong. Either way though I loved this one a lot :)

Yeah, there was a cut-for-time sketch of beauty contestants as the attorneys.

Still waiting for it.

Nope

Damn right. Can he not just come back to write? Even part time? Don't kill me but this season needs it.

@@loveforeignaccents Ok Trumper.

@@Carlos-xz3vi Madea must be more your style.

cecily is the key to so many great sketches

@@bdp8102 👍🏻yes indeed

@@bdp8102 Absolutely, she's the show's anchor, her and Kenan with his SNL knowledge and writing are a hugely understated part of this SNL era that started a few years ago

I am wearing perfume but I am not fruit.

This was my favourite line 😁.

🤣🤣🤣 That was next level.

thanks!

MAYBE Ferrell, but that’s about it. Mulaney killed it.

Not even Jim Brewer? Jim Carrey? Andy Serkis? Chris Kattan? Coco the ape? Imagination is cool

@@MarsCapone No

Much like Beck's Baby Boss skits.

Present: cast/s Past: cast Past Participle: cast

@@chancemiller9340 casted*

I believe Josh Server from All That could also have pulled it off.

If Phil Hartman was alive this would have been perfect for him as well

Check out Unfrozen caveman lawyer

Seth MacFarlane would have been fine.

You know he probably wrote this skit lol

That's like the 1000th time I've read that EXACT line on EVERY SNL video. The EXACT word-for-word. Now THAT is a bad miracle, huh?

I would like to see kyle as monkey judge, as well, but it was absolutely hilarious like this too

nah i would have been better, he's washed

You said it!!

Melissa has the best smile in entertainment.

Totally missed it. This was a role to get her some lines, but they weren’t delivered well and anyone could have filled that role. Keenan, John, & Cecily were the scene. Melissa & the court cop were… 🤷‍♂️

I really liked Melissa in this.

@@chancemiller9340 yeah, Melissa is terrible

@@P__114- I wouldn’t say that she was terrible, I just don’t think that she added anything to this scene. Frequently she didn’t add to a sketch. (She was better doing a character on Weekend Update.) I feel like the writers never figured out how to make her a positive contribution to a sketch and/or she never figured out how to take a small part and run with it and that’s why she’s now leaving the show.

I heard it as "one-many" ... as in he can't count except "one" -> "many".

I watched again. It's definitely "one-many". He gestures it with his hand.

@@UkeCan1 i loved that. idk how to count, but i know what i have 😁

Yeah a very funny sketch!

Well said! I had tears in my eyes from this one.

"let the record show that this shiny thing is now mine"

The Monkey Judge Rules!

That was this reminded me of too

With hints of Lionel Hutz.

Thanks for that memorable line. Phil was my favorite on SNL

@@scottbott655 Loved his Clinton impersonation. The McDonald's Clinton SNL sketch is a classic!

@@coachjpark yup. And his Ronald Reagan, Ed McMahon, Charleston Heston to Anal retentive chef. I miss that guy

Oh absolutely!!

i studied nonhuman primates in undergrad and i thoroughly enjoyed this skit!

Except chimpanzees aren't monkeys. Minor point, doesn't really matter.

@@kimberlyscott6354 "Monkey Judge" rolls off the tongue better than "Chimp Judge." I think that's as deep as it gets.

@@Angie-Pants Truth. In Anthropology there are different classifications of primates and chimps are not monkeys. In Comedy-Everything is Monkey!

Yes, this is SNL. Every once in a while, it can have funny stuff.

YESS

Why would you ever watch something that you don’t find funny? I don’t understand these people who comment on SNL posts saying “this show hasn’t been funny in 30 years”. Why are you doing something you haven’t enjoyed for most of your life?? This is why the world sucks.

@@WhyTheHorseface to get straight to the point. You came to my comment with a bias. That's not at all what I said. I complimented a very funny sketch and made a tongue-in-cheek comment about the narrative surrounding SNL. To be clear, I check out most of current SNL on KZfaq. I don't find most of the sketches to be particularly funny. Your comment reveals that you probably get a kick, for whatever reason, out of blowing other peoples' internet comments way out of proportion. "This is why the world sucks???" Jesus, man. I don't know what else to say. Get a grip, for starters?

@@danielrasmussen2167 They blew it WAY out of proportion at the end😬 but I could also assume they're someone just frustrated with people watching and commenting negatively instead just letting things be when they clearly don't like something, after an extended period of time(I think it's pretty obnoxious too). It's hard to read "tongue-in-cheek" in dryly written online comments, so it was hard to know if it's a "joke" about the narrative or just contributing to the narrative. Especially when you clarify that you don't enjoy "most" of the sketches. There are hundreds of them and everyone has a different sense of humor, and there are those who think bc they don't find "the majority" funny, and others (and there are plenty) do, they're objectively bad and the other people are dumb. NOT SAYING THAT'S WHAT *YOU* SAID but it's easy to make assumptions like that when people go out of their way to give *backhanded* compliments. Do what you want but people can always make assumptions from impersonal online writing. I'm sure I'll get some aimed at me for my comment but luckily I don't care lol

So you're saying you're single?

I actually thought that is was going to parody the trial lol. But this took it up another 10 levels lmfao

Were you smiling? Or were you baring your teeth?😁

@@girlyghoul You beat me to that comment. Lol

Yeah, I turned to my friend after this one and said, that's an all timer. I had to pause it after "I won the juice" I was laughing so hard

It’s weak at best.

This is mid your honor

Hey guess what, you can't tell me how to form an opinion. I said it's one of MY favorites. So even if you think it's a burning pile of entrails it's still one of my favorites.

And that says it all

Idk. that Will Forte episode was super hilarious

he didnt write this. please dont destroy did.

@@katherine5207 I apologize. I thought it was him,

@@katherine5207 is it possible he pitched some lines? PDD may have come up with the premise and most of the sketch but somehow I get a Mulaney vibe from the line “unless that surprise witness is a ratty old stuffed animal for me to violate…”

@@brianmorton9419 haha yeah he's not credited, but it's possible for sure. the thing is also though that mulaney's delivery is so distinctive he can make every line sound original

@@katherine5207- How do you find who is credited for writing the sketches? I've tried to look this up before, but haven't figured out the process. (Up until now, I thought that you just had to know a writer for the show and ask them.)

glad you're back, John.

Except that he said "I WON the juice"... And SNL does "sketches", not skits....haven't we been through this many times, people?? You and your little brother did "skits" for your grandma...and she would give you a hard candy...😁

@@axelkyster2642 My deepest apologies; I lost myself. I forgot I was commenting on a youtube video, where can I send the check?

@@derjukee Cash is fine. Or bananas...

Caveman lawyer was the shyt!! 😆🤣😂😹...Phil Hartman played that character to the hilt! God bless him!

Your modern comments frighten and confuse me. My primitive brain cannot grasp these ideas...

@@kdub1242 lmao 🤣😂😆💀😅😭🤣😂😆

Or "Monkey Judge: the Musical"!

oh they will