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Love Island
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
Watch on YouTube
Watch onYouTube
The premise
Here’s the bit.
Framed as an American streaming promo for the British dating series, the sketch introduces seven Islanders through glitzy name-card intros packed with bleak hometown details. An announcer then walks through the show's pleasures: couples formed on nothing, regional slang so thick it needs subtitles, the challenge of climbing out of a beanbag, makeup-free confessionals and a tearful recoupling, before one contestant cheers up on discovering her new Instagram following.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 7
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
I'm from the part of Ireland where the soil is bones.
Watch the hottest people from the worst towns immediately couple up with someone based on nothing.
You will watch 50 hours of this. You think you won't, but you will.
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Aidy Bryant
Writer
Fran Gillespie
Writer
Sudi Green
Writer
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Musical guest for episode was Taylor Swift. Part of SNL Season 45 Episode 2 (aired October 5, 2019).
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One more couldn’t hurt.
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