The most interesting part of this is that Ray seemed like he genuinely wanted to earn his good grade

My dude literally built a particle accelerator and got a 20. LOL.

"What's the outside of a banana called?" "Uhh... the ᶜʳᵘˢᵗ

I watched this again and remembered that John Cena taught himself to play the piano and speak Mandarin.

Twist: This isn't an SNL Sketch. It's a camera set up in a random room at the actual university of Alabama.

"yellow, brown, really brown, green, and round" I died. 😂

You can tell ray really tried his best, not even joking, man’s could’ve just nailed one banana to a board and been done, but he put all variations available

Kenan trying not to laugh while saying “that is a round, orange, banana!” made my day

The fact that we can't blame Ray is just....He is just an adorable dork who is genuinely trying to get a good grades

its sad how close to reality this satire can be from time to time

Same energy as Doofenshmirtz's Inator losing to a baking soda volcano

Fun Fact: She was presented with a Differential Condensation Curve as vapor and condensate are separated within the condenser, and depart from overall equilibrium. If it was integral, the vapor and condensate would follow a parallel path with complete mixing so that equilibrium is maintained.

This is so true it's sad. There are specific classes that are only open for athletes to take and the average grade is like a 98%. It's so disappointing. I got a B in a class because I didn't fully understand quantum mechanics in chemistry. A friend of mine who is a basketball player got an A in an athelete-exclusive course (of the same course value) for writing a two page paper on why exercise is good for you. You can't make this shit up.

*Looks around nervously* "The..crust?"

Ray is just a sweet himbo who wants to do his best and they won’t let him :(

I love how wholesome johns character is just so blissfully ignorant

john was trying so hard not to break character

“What’s the name of the outside of the banana” “the crust?” XD I’M DYING

The way he answered a yes or no question about whether the banana gif was funny by doing the associated song dance as a way to show how much he truly understood the material, shows his true genius in how he thinks outside the box.

‘That’s not plywood, that’s a piece of lightly sanded white pine’ - Ron Swanson

"aRe yOu tRyiNg tO mAkE uS LoSe ThE gAmE, nErD!"

I don’t get this skit. The judges are talking to a person so called “Ray” but they are literally talking to thin air

The way he says “…..the crust?” KILLS ME

Almost 5 years later and this is still one of my favorite SNL skits of all time, definitely my favorite from the last decade!

"The crust" This was the best thing I've seen all day

This is hilarious after what was uncovered this week with the admission bribes.

3:37 aidy's smile at the end is sending me

I love John Cena. I grew up watching him on WWE and he’s such a compassionate, loving, generous guy in real life. He’s the number one donator for Make A Wish Foundation and granted over 500+ wishes for sick and dying fans ❤️

its funny because this was accurate af

Not gonna lie, I’d pay to hear John Cena read The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this same voice

3:40 has meme potential tbh

2:21 john cena couldn't control his laugh at that moment 🤣

had an athlete in most of my classes while at UA and this is about as accurate as you can get... but they wont admit that around here.

Anyone here after someone sold the a banana art for 120,000$

John's acting was on point.

Ray's coach was the best, he didn't care a shit about Ray's grades 🤣🤣🤣🤣

John cena is a good actor

I know the HELL out of the "Very Hungry Caterpillar"

3:21 smile was so satisfactory

I'm just glad he got an A+. He earned it.

“Bananas nailed to a piece of plywood”

Lmao, people who don't think this is funny don't understand how true this holds in certain colleges.

John Cena's smile at 2:13 just melts my heart every time

As much as I want to say this is satire, a teacher at my high school got in trouble to tampering with grades to keep a player on our school's basketball team........but the dean overlooked it and no one batted an eye.

What would've been funnier is if John Cena knew everything about the other students projects and was actually a genius but knew absolutely nothing about bananas

on another note tho this is SO spot on with almost every athlete at a major university

This relates to students at my school if they are doing sports. Yes I do live in Alabama😂😂

The character who played Ray is literally having a good physique, he should be doing wrestling in WWE with the titular slang ' U can't C Me'

I lost it at "Uhhh... The crust?"

Who the hell is this Alabama dude and why can’t i see him

Not sure if anyone else noticed at 2:50, the woman in the back is staring straight at the camera LOL

Ray is Forrest Gump’s child, and no one can convince me otherwise.

2:23 John is trying so hard not to laugh 😂

Why is there a floating Alabama jersey that is talking?

Cena is always so wholesome. Dude has a good soul.

This was pretty hilarious. Cena has awesome comedic timing. But as a professor, I can verify that none of us (at least, nobody I know) would go easy on an athlete. We do, however, have to notify administration if any student athlete starts doing poorly so that the coach knows to ride them. So there is a bit of hand-holding that goes on, but not from the professors. I've never been pressured from admin or athletics to pass a student that didn't deserve it. I have had students beg me to pass them. Sorry my man, you had every opportunity to pass the class like everybody else. I'm not a professor at Alabama though. So there is that...

What's funny is that John Cena's character is doing legit science. He had a hypothesis, did experimentation to test his hypothesis, and then changed his theories due to his findings of his experiments. That is the fundamentals of science at work.

Kinda crazy how SNL almost predicted a modern art masterpiece, just needed ducktape instead of nails.

3:45 ray laughing and dancing is soooooo cute!

My engineering department used to struggle for equipment while the football team have and excess of supplies and equipment… my college was a D3 state division!

“What’s the outside of a Banana called?” silence “Crust...?” “BINGO!”

100% accurate representation of the American school system.

I can’t overstate how accurate this is. Anyone know LeBryan Nash? How about Marcus Smart from the Celtics? I went to Oklahoma State with them and had one class each with Nash and Smart. Neither of them showed up for about 90% of the class, and in one case, missing more than 15 days was automatic failure. OSU has a “rule” stating that athletes who do not show up to class or fail a class are ineligible to play. But did either of them get penalized? I think we all know the answer. What an absolute privilege it must be to be tall and good at playing games.

That's basically every American High school

Kenan Thompson had me fucking dying, his crazy reactions he gives are just golden in these kind of skits lolol

So glad SNL showed something that legit goes on in schools.

Anyone else remember the banana duct taped to the wall that another artist just ate?

“…..the crust” killed me 😂

Who were the judges talking to? All I saw was a floating jersey and a plywood with bananas on it

3:47 can't wait to see gifs of this all over the internet

What’s sad is that Ray was actually trying

This is literally one of my favorite sketches OF ALL!!!! ITS SO GOOD

2:22 John Cena trying not to laugh after that one, got me.

I really thought this was a good skit. And I loved that John Cena actually knew his lines and didn't have to stare off to the side for most of his skits.

This is totally not true. In Reality.... Some students don't even have to show up, parents just pay money to buy good credits for them!

"…we were all blown away by your bananas nailed to a piece of plywood."

Ray was immediately appointed by the Trump administration to head the USDA.

guys the set was haunted first the jersey was floating and and a voice was coming from no where

Why is there a football jersey floating and talking

John Cena almost breaking at almost 2:23

The way he delivered “the crust” had me dead

that's basically accurate. rtr

The C man is massive. Dude looks like he could demolish a brick wall with his fists.

Ugh. This hurts to watch. I went to school with a future player for the 49ers, and they put him on the honor roll despite being the world's biggest idiot. I think he was an alcoholic before college.

I find it funny that I like John Cena in EVERYTHING but the WWE

I know this is supposed to be funny, but it just made me angry because it is true.

This is how a lot of athletes made it through high school and college.

why is everyone talking about this guy “Ray” when i don’t see anyone

It’s a floating Alabama jersey how is it talking???

John Cena does a good George W Bush impression

Definitely this is the Best SNL episode ever. I've watched like 15 times! THANKS SNL!

When the teachers say they give the special kids the same work as you

John Cena’s bicep veins look angry

3:57 I thought for sure Kenan was gonna jump over the desk, and yell it's a Jiff! (Gif)

“Are you trying to make us lose the game, nerd?” Ahahahaa

Dear China, I am sooooooo super sorry. Please give me money. Love, Chong Xina

"Are you trying to make us lose the game nerd? God nerd." I swear, I've heard this before...

what's sad is this happens even in high school with football players.

This is very accurate on how Division 1 colleges treat their athletes

Hey that's John Xina! The guy who believes Taiwan and China are the same country just like orange and banana are the same fruit.