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Thanksgiving Parade
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Nate (Beck Bennett) has invited his younger brother (Kyle Mooney), the brother's partner Diane (Vanessa Bayer), their two kids and his own partner Tess (Cecily Strong) to watch the Thanksgiving parade from his very expensive high-rise apartment, and he cannot stop bragging about the place. The fun sours once the balloons reach the window: Woody from Toy Story (Mikey Day), a beaming Madeline (Kristen Wiig) and a vintage clown with a Pennywise look (Bobby Moynihan) press up against the glass, bunch together and swivel to track the family as they move around the room. A tiny Kristin Chenoweth, blamed for holding up the route with her singing, then gets snagged in Madeline's cables and drops out of sight, so the parents hurry the frightened kids into another room. Nate answers the mishap with a Wicked joke just as Woody and the clown reappear wrapped around each other.
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Say it with us
Highly quotable.
Um, is she getting closer?
So much for defying gravity
Are they following us?
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
Kristen Wiig hosted this episode on November 19, 2016, her second time as host after leaving the cast; her first was on May 11, 2013. The tiny Kristin Chenoweth caught in the Madeline balloon's cables sets up a joke about "Defying Gravity", her signature song from Wicked. The sketch aired during Mikey Day's first season as a featured player. NBC posted the clip to YouTube on February 23, 2017, about three months after the broadcast.
Script
Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.
- 00:01
Nate
So, does this beat Thanksgiving in Pennsylvania or what?
- 00:04
Nate's brother
You know, it's really nice, Nate. So, thanks again for having us.
- 00:08
Nate
Hey, when my baby brother says his rugrats want to come to Unky and Nate's apartment and see the parade balloons up close, I answer with a resounding, no prob.
- 00:16
Nate
But seriously, how about this pad, huh? Diane, would you kill for this place or what?
- 00:21
Diane
It's really something, Nate. I don't even want to know how much you pay for this place.
- 00:25
Nate
And I don't want to tell you, but it's $28,500 a month.
- 00:29
Tess
All right, that's enough.
- 00:30
Nate
Oh, look who finally decided to join the living. Sleep well, Tess?
- 00:35
Tess
You know what? It's just it's too early for, like, the full Nate right now, okay? Hey, you guys, did I miss the balloons?
- 00:41
Diane
Oh, no. I think they're starting now.
- 00:43
Nate's brother
Ooh, guys, hey, look. It's Woody from Toy Story.
- 00:47
Oh, my gosh. Look, you guys.
- 00:48
Tess
Oh, wow. He's right here.
- 00:50
Nate's brother
Say hi to Woody, kids.
- 00:51
Diane
Oh, my gosh. Hey, this is so incredible.
- 00:55
Nate
I know, right? It's even got a steam shower.
- 00:57
Tess
She's not talking about the apartment, Nate.
- 00:59
Nate
Well, she should be. It's sick.
- 01:01
Diane
Oh, look! I think another balloon is coming.
- 01:04
Oh, yes! It's Madeline! Oh, my gosh! She's my favorite!
- 01:09
Diane
You guys, I used to love those books.
- 01:11
Bye!
- 01:12
Nate's brother
Hi, guys!
- 01:13
Hi, Madeline! Hi, Madeline!
- 01:15
Tess
Um, getting closer?
- 01:20
Nate's brother
Uh...
- 01:21
Nate
Uh, yeah, mate, you know what? Um, it's probably just the wind.
- 01:26
Diane
Oh, yeah. Does that normally happen, Nate?
- 01:29
Nate
Uh, I don't know. I usually go to the islands for Thanksgiving, but, uh, whoa! Oh! Okay.
- 01:39
Nate
It's okay, kids. Just a little windy, and that makes it hard for the people on the ground to control the balloons. Nothing big, okay?
- 01:48
Tess
Oh, my God! That cloud is horrifying!
- 01:54
Nate's brother
I think it's just one of those vintage balloons. The vintage balloon that they're bringing back this year, guys.
- 02:00
Diane
I don't know if I like seeing the balloons so close.
- 02:07
Tess
Wait, they seem to be sort of, like, bunching up together a bit.
- 02:12
Nate's brother
What is, what's happening?
- 02:13
Nate
Yeah, yeah, I see the whole lot. Kristen Chenoweth is singing some sort of song down there.
- 02:17
Tess
Oh, neat.
- 02:18
Diane
Okay, kids, let's go by Uncle Nate. Maybe we can see better, okay? Let's go right over here. Okay.
- 02:24
Tess
What are, are, are they following? us?
- 02:31
Following.
- 02:31
Nate
Uh, yeah, yeah, they're definitely following us.
- 02:35
Diane
Honey, the kids are scared. Can you?
- 02:38
Nate's brother
Yes, yes, of course. Hey, guys, guys, guys. I know they're kind of scary up close, okay? But there is nothing to be afraid of.
- 02:46
Diane
All these balloons just leave.
- 02:50
Tess
Oh. Isn't that stupid song done yet?
- 02:53
Nate
Oh, man, somebody got tangled up in Madeline's cables.
- 02:57
Oh, my God.
- 02:58
Nate
Hey, Kristen Chenoweth?
- 03:01
Tess
Oh, that poor woman. She is so small.
- 03:04
Nate's brother
kids, kids. Kristen Chenoweth is gonna be fine, okay? Okay, you know what? Let's go.
- 03:16
Nate
Okay.
- 03:17
Nate
So much for defying gravity.
- 03:18
Tess
What's happening?
- 03:19
Tess
Nate!
- 03:19
Nate
What the heck?
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