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Sábado Gigante Christmas Special
SKETCH-O-VISION
A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.
The setup
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The premise
Here’s the bit.
Marcello Hernández's Don Francisco opens a holiday Sábado Gigante with co-host Maria, dancers and a roaming audience, then picks Greg Jarrett, an English speaker who only ended up there after missing his flight out of Miami. Greg is told to choose numbered gifts, but every pick brings another baffling segment: a costumed English Hint whose clue explains nothing, El Chacal's trumpet, a strength question he misunderstands and a muscle-bound Baby Jesus who punches him. When Greg pleads to get back to his family, Don Francisco announces his grand prize: a brand-new family, delivered amid confetti.
The funny people
Meet the cast. 7
Say it with us
Highly quotable.
I missed my flight out of Miami, and instead of a voucher, they gave me a ticket to this show.
This whole show feels like I called customer service and accidentally pressed two.
Why did baby Jesus just punch me in the nuts?
Behind the scenes
The people who made it.
Liz Patrick
Director
A little extra
Notes from the archive.
This was the second Sábado Gigante parody on Saturday Night Live, following the October 5, 2024 original with host Nate Bargatze; Don Francisco publicly thanked the show and Marcello Hernández after that first sketch. Paul Rudd and Dana Carvey appeared as cameos in Martin Short's episode.
The rabbit hole continues
One more couldn’t hurt.
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