"Gerald really.... liked shame." I'm sobbing. The world didn't deserve this sketch.

"NO, no, no that's nasty!" killed me omg

Up until like, a minute, this could’ve been a real documentary

The friendship between Aidy and Kate pushes all their sketches to the next level.

"no no no That's NASTY! All of you are Nasty sick people! HELL NO!!" 😂😂😂😂😂

This is based on a true story. Search Margaret Howe, Peter the dolphin.

The fact that this is based on a true story makes it so much funnier

*Work awhile, yank awhile, work awhile, yank awhile..."* *Did they get their hands on my diary??*

I did not expect this sketch to be about pleasuring a dolphin but these girls sold it and I found this to be hilarious.

Believe it or not, this skit is actually based on a true story. Only in reality, they gave the dolphin LSD as well. No joke. Look this shit up.

And here i thought this was about Gerald learning to speak...!

“You don’t have to work for fish, they’ll do *other* things”

It's funny yet gross because this actually happened

👵🏾 *“No, no, no that’s nasty! All of you are nasty, sick people! Hell no!”* 😂

OK who else knows this is a true story because of the RT Podcast?

The "flashback" photos of Kate with the short dark hair are incredibly attractive

1) This shit actually happened. Project head, John C Lilly. Dolphin-jerker, Margaret Howe (Lovatt). Dolphin's name: Peter. Documentary titled "The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins" is on BBC. 2) After funding dried up, Lilly started painful, abusive experiments (probes in the brain, gave them LSD, used jackhammers nearby to fuck with their sonar) on the dolphins. 3) Dolphins were moved too-small tanks, no sunlight, swimming in their own shit. Peter missed Margaret, became increasingly depressed and eventually inhaled infested water, drowning himself. 4) Lilly was a Ketamine addict, put himself in deprivation tanks, and believed he was being contacted by aliens. This was all inspiration for the Sega Genesis game "ECCO the Dolphin". No, seriously. Yes, a (completely untrained) woman did masturbate a juvenile dolphin during the experiment. Yes, he became unhealthily fixated on her. Yes, he was tortured, removed from her, stuck underground in shit-infested tank, and inhaled shit-water and killed himself, all while the project head was getting high off his ass and believing aliens calling themselves the Earth Coincidence Control Office sent him messages and images of castration as jokes. Lilly eventually realized what a horrific shithead he was, and spent the rest of his life making life better for dolphins, but only after mutilating, torturing, and killing several whilst high.

Aidy's versatility is nothing short of amazing.

"You don't have to do tricks for fish, they will do other things."

i do wish they would have thrown the LSD thing in..

This was so weird... I loved it

I hate that this is based off a very real story

i love aidy and kate's work, they're phenomenal.

"Gerald really like shame!" Hahaha

Kate is flawless

um Kate looks SO GOOD with short black hair

Aidy and Kate have such great chemistry.

The fact that this is based on true scientific experiments with dolphins in the 60s...never cease to amaze me

FOR THE SCIENCE!!!!

This was.... uncomfortable.

"We had to, for science" YOU BETTER STAHHHHHPPPPPP

Is no one going to talk about how amazing that animatronic dolphin is? I honestly watched it a few times before I realized it couldn't be a real dolphin.

This harks back to SNL's old days. This skit works because everybody plays it straight and lets the absurdity of the situation get the laughs.

I did a literal spit take when Kate said “yank it off.” Literally spit Mountain Dew all over my bedroom. Just a great sketch.

SNL did a really good job. I really gotta hand it to them.

Some say Gerald still stalks the beaches of the world. On a quiet night you may be able to hear his beatiful dolphin song....HAAAAAND!

HAAAAAAAND

Alright, well everyone knows that dolphins do speak all of the time. No one cared to listen until they finally all left, and sang as a parting way: ~So long, and thanks for all the fish~

Dolphins are also known to assault divers too when they have urges.

A “Tug” or Two and “Teach a “Dolphin” to “Speak”🤣🤣🤣🤣

my takeaway from this is kate mckinnon looks great with short dark hair

"I wasn't sure it was ethical" 😂😂😂😂

"NO,NO,NO THAT'S NASTY!" LMAO!

Imagine the look on Lorne's face when this was pitched.

Craziest thing is that this is actually a true story

anyone else think Kate with dark short hair is incredibly hot??

At least this had a better ending for the dolphin than what really happened.

The sad thing is that part of this really happened in the 1960's when researchers were trying to teach dolphins to speak.

Gerald liked shame

This is an actual story. This really happened.

this literally looked like a real documentary movie

This is funny. Love the response from "Sharon Hogg"

I love Aidy and Kate together. They remind me of my sister and me

This is so spot on perfect satire

Every time I see dolphins all I can say is "HAAANNND!" LOL!!

This just popped into my head and with out even seeing it in months I burst out into spontaneous laughter to the point I couldn’t breathe (I live alone) ... So I then decided to watch it .... again I laughed until I thought my last breathe was gone. I hope this is how I die ... laughing at this, it’s joyous just laughing soo hard.

This is actually based on a true scientific story. Radiolab even made a podcast out of it!

What's funny is that this isn't very different from what really happened in John C. Lilly and Margaret Howe Lovatt's 1960s dolphin research (if anything, the true story is even weirder than this skit). Loved the realistic recreation of '60s home movie camera documentary footage, with the glaring exception of the anachronistic A/V mixer at 1:56. Kate looks equally cute with that short black pixie cut! 😘🐬

“fish!” “hand!” “water!” “HAND!!”

At first I thought this was a real BBC show... But for real u guys nailed the editing

That sketch you laugh 5 min after watching just by reminding how bizarre and and funny it was🤣

I love it when they run out of ideas it ends up so random and hilarious😂

Is it just me or are they all so incredibly funny and beautiful 😂

Haanndd! That was the final result of all that teaching. So hilarious!

"Gerald really liked shame" Good lord

The manual release not only helped Jarold concentrate, it also helped reduce drag making him a more efficient swimmer. Fun Fact: In Teutonic the name Jarold means strong with a Spear.

"Work awhile yank while work awhile" 😆

i could tell where this joke was going as soon as she said "breeding age" lol

This was creepy.

i just watched a 4 minute long video kinkshaming a damn dolphin

"Gerald really liked shame". Lmao

I am dying...freaking Haddish KILLING IT!

Oh my god I listened to that radiolab episode two days ago, this is so hilarious with more context

“A Dolphin named Gerald.” -Black Friday Flashbacks-

For some reason... it was really heart touching

“Hey, you don’t have to work, they’ll do other things!” Gerald to the other dolphins

They nailed those pictures I really felt like they were taken back then

They should have called him Flipper, faster than lightning, under the sea!

there is a disturing amount of historical accuracy in this sketch

"So long and thanks for all the fish."

The two best females on the cast love them

This actually based on a true story. I went down the KZfaq rabbit whole once and saw a documentary about a dolphin who actually fell in love with a scientist

the way this was done was so accurate, kudos to the team

Love how SNL starts of serious then turns funny

Thank you to the entire comment section for telling me this really happened a k’spillion times

Rooster Teeth anyone? I think this is based on a true story of one time when scientists tried to teach dolphins to speak and they made a dolphin and a woman live together. The dolphin kept having sexual urges and so they would take him out on conjugal visits. However they believed that this might interfere with their test results so instead they had the woman give the dolphin hand jobs. Then they dropped LSD together. It got weird. I believe it's true.

Kate McKinnon and Aidy Bryant are a fucking power team

This is even more funny after hearing the tapes and seeing the pictures of the experiment, where they actually tried this.

"Dr. Sharon Hogg" underrated name

After his release into the wild, Gerald moved next door to an octopus commune and lived very happily ever after.

One of my favorites😂

Came for an episode on a dolphin talking. Found a story about people having sexual interactions with dolphins.

“For the science”

This is supposed to be a joke version, but it's actually exactly like the real thing. Word for word.

Yanked him off! I Died laughing!

At the beginning I thought I was a actually a documentary instead of SNL. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hmmm I watched a Drunk History about this

This disturbed me more than I thought it would. Like actually

I haven't lol'd so hard in a long time.

"HAAAND!" LOLOL!