@Sky Scraper You clearly haven't flown much. I have, it was one of the worst of my many flights. How do you NOT have assigned seats for your customers? 🤷
I wonder if they have to get approval from the company for these skits? I mean the one about State Farm is funny. But this one is hilariously brutal. 😂
Southwest is the only airline that’s always had a sense of humor. Wouldn’t be surprised to see this turn up on their on-board tv screens just before the safety briefing.
@moveovermike That’s not racist. She’s speaking in AAVE dialect. Jamaicans, Australians and Irish all have their own English dialects. So do we….and we’re proud of it!!
The last time I went to a waffle house, one of the employees was fully asleep on the counter. I would like more sketches exploring these former waffle house employees please.
There is such a crazy range of people that work at Waffle House. From the nicest mom types to the crustiest pirates. One late night when I was a teenager, the girl at the counter was so pretty she could have been a model. Bright green eyes and auburn hair. My only thought was “why is she working the late shift at Waffle House?”
I am a loyal Southwest flier and I found this extremely funny! Anyone with a true sense of humor can understand the messages in the ad. SWA truly dropped the ball over the holidays, and thus needs to get their act together, but I think they will.
Can we acknowledge that maybe SNL needs to just embrace pre-recorded sketches? They can still do the live monologues and live music, but if the strength of the writing team is more cinematic, lean into it. Some of the best sketch comedy shows ever made relied on it, so too can SNL. I'm here for it
They can't do any worse than when MADtv did the same thing near the end of their run on FOX (and continued during their ill-fated revival run on the CW).
This is so funny. Me and my family had the experience of a lifetime flying with them in December during the meltdown. The writers did a great job with this one. 😅😅
------Beyond horizon, I traveled SW this last year and took my small dog, WHO I had to pay for. They counted her as ONE OF MY BAGS! It was like I was being penalized for taking her. We each had a ticket!!!!
This was originally in the Aubrey Plaza episode but cut before air. They added Michael in. Made even more sense for last week but it's still good to see most of the cast (Heidi is very funny in this).
@S A ✨Spirit airlines✨ The Good: They do emergency checks on all their safety equipment before the flight starts The Bad: 25% chance the air masks missing & nothing pops down from above head at the beginning of the flight. The least they could of done is stick like a piñata or a raccoon or like confetti or something up there for effect…
@Aly Lol. I would've thought it's the other way around. If people actually cursed outright maybe we'd feel freer...and therefore, younger...? 🤷🏻♀️ lol But I'm glad to help keep you young. Lol
I wanna know why only piloting sea vehicles with one eye is considered societally acceptable a La pirates, but oh I wanna pilot a ship in the sky and all of a sudden my eye patch isn’t cool anymore? The hypocrisy
Lmaooo! I'm glad to see Michael B. Jordan do a comedy skit. He seems to always pick these serious roles where he's furrowed all the time. It's good to see him loosen up on camera!
@kitkat Southwest also sends out free booze tickets often , especially if you are traveling during a holiday. I too have had little to no problems with Southwest. As long as you are ok with open seating, its actually a pretty effiecent flight.
@Skypost4ever ohhh ok thanks for explaining, I thought all airlines did the free drinks if it’s long enough? I’ve had the same selection of drinks offered to me on Alaska, United, JetBlue, Delta, and southwest. Southwest is the only one with open seating though and free two checked in luggage
@kitkat you get a free drink if the flight is long enough. I usually just get coffee, but they have water, some juices, and some sodas. They offer some alcohol on some flights but that does cost extra.
"We hire now exclusively from Waffle House, so come at them if you want, and these big bitches don't play" I mean, I've heard people transition from working at a waffle house to prison guard, because at the end of the day, they dealt with less shit at prison.
The way I screamed when she said “they upgraded to 2008 Dell computers” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that man at the end with a missing eye and Micheal b Jordan saying they hired ppl from Waffle House and they not finna play 😂😂😂😂😂😂 sent me innnnnnn😂
@chorizo727 Delta may be the best of the three main legacy carriers but they don't meet Southwest's history of great treatment to both their employees and customers which is what made the recent fiasco so egregious for an airline that is usually excellent in those areas. Not to mention that Delta has also engaged in the same corrupt practice of prioritizing buying back their stocks over their employees and customers but then again most US Airlines are guilty of that.
For many many years, the employees of Alaska Airlines maintained a website for a spoof airlines called "Skyhigh Airlines." It had hysterical lines all over the website, like "Flying is expensive. Let us cheapen it for you." And "Skyhigh Airlines: Putting Passengers Third." Trying to book a flight on this website usually resulted in 5 to 10 plane changes and stopovers in small cities. And the cheapest fare was "Cargo Class." I miss that website. They took it offline a few years ago. 😢
The Starbucks thing holds down for any US airline in Economy lol. Recently flew from EWR-LHR on United, and the United Crew were just chatting with us all in the starbucks line next to the gate. Actually made the service on board feel much more personable because we’d all just met.
After that, a beancounter took over as CEO. The current CEO who started not long before the meltdown even admitted to that and promised to make the needed changes. He's more operationally oriented.
The delivery on “these big b*tches don’t play” was absolutely gold 😂
Man I tell you, it is so funny when you hear someone say bitch that you never thought would say it😂😂
Put at least 1 per plane (like an air marshal, but more cost effective).
@Judette Lol
@Bodystomp Agreed
@Annoying Neighbor Lol
"You bought a Southwest ticket. You don't respect yourself. So why should we?"
Best. Slogan. Ever.
Damn I just bought a flight with southwest 😭
LMAO, "exactly" ...straight Savage!!
@Sky Scraper You clearly haven't flown much. I have, it was one of the worst of my many flights. How do you NOT have assigned seats for your customers? 🤷
Yoooooo!! 😂😂
They make a good point though. I fly Delta!
As diehard Southwest fan, this is absolutely hysterical, and is in line with everything I love about them.
@John Snow Actually, its economically best to use 1 airline because you get points.
imagine being a diehard fan of an friggin' airline, CRINGE
Umm why?
Agreed. And they're also the cheapest.
You don't have to a "fan" for eveything you use. People get way too attached to the dumbest things.
These SNL commercials are so much better than the regular commercials
The best one is the rock doing the medication commercial.
Facts!
boomer humor
@S A lol 😂
the lounge being inside the starbucks line was golden, "we'll hold down 2-3 tables for you" 😂😂
Yes, gold.🥇
White rabbit, a few of the "wrong kind" of mushrooms maybe???? Hhhmmm mmmn?????????????
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I love that their upgraded lounge is inside an ACTIVE Starbucks. That's true sincerity there.
Digby door----- , because it's comedy, I think they get a pass.
I wonder if they have to get approval from the company for these skits? I mean the one about State Farm is funny. But this one is hilariously brutal. 😂
The half blind pilot at the end got me! 😂
I was on da floor after he took off those eye glasses! 😂😂
The comment I was lookin for😅😅😭😭
😂🤣
Michael B Jordan has incredible comedic timing
@Bryan Baquiran for his timing? Umm... you sure ?
You have the sketch writers to thank for that
He’s the worst one in this sketch, but ok
@J I nahhhh lol, but we’re not talking about Creed.
No
Southwest is the only airline that’s always had a sense of humor. Wouldn’t be surprised to see this turn up on their on-board tv screens just before the safety briefing.
@Matt Hunter what's wrong with stone tablets? So we're the 10 commandments!
When you've effectively wiped out competition in your industry, you can afford to laugh at yourself-- 'cause what's anyone gonna do about it?
@Mark H. Well, mmmmmOK then.
The commercial IS the safety briefing; don't tell the FAA, mmmkay?
On board TV screens? really Southwest??? Have you ever flown them?? Their safety briefings are one stone tablets!
I flew on Southwest last night and saw some flight attendants a few feet away from me watching this, they had a good laugh.
As a SWA flight attendant, this is absolutely genius😂😂😂😂
Which Waffle House did you come from? 😂
@William Krause 😂😂😂
@SkipperbySkip As a could potentially be a SWA flight attendant in an alternate reality. I second this.
As a former SWA flight attendant, I agree!
“You showed your ticket at security right? You good.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well I speak woke dialect, it’s racist!
@moveovermike That’s not racist. She’s speaking in AAVE dialect. Jamaicans, Australians and Irish all have their own English dialects. So do we….and we’re proud of it!!
I saw that actually happen at a southwest gate in Denver last week. Dead ass.
@moveovermike It’s AAVE and it was hilarious.
snl writers have been peaking lately this is fucking amazing
@Oof McGoof I feel sorry for your generation
@Oof McGoof Ahh, you write words same me do. Best friends in a life forever?
@Daniel Walker Is problem nothing. Happy you write SNL comedic tidbits. Hope SNL give many moneys you. Talent most best in history you are.
Thanks for you. Me am writer that do SNL laugh sentences and proud and happy you make me doing what you said in words.
The last time I went to a waffle house, one of the employees was fully asleep on the counter. I would like more sketches exploring these former waffle house employees please.
You can't think up sketches crazy enough to match some Waffle House experiences.
@Megan Miller Could have been a pirates daughter. 😂
If I want a waffle, I just sneak on over to a Day's Inn and make my own. Don't pay a dime and I always get my fill! The syrup's not real though.
There is such a crazy range of people that work at Waffle House. From the nicest mom types to the crustiest pirates. One late night when I was a teenager, the girl at the counter was so pretty she could have been a model. Bright green eyes and auburn hair.
My only thought was “why is she working the late shift at Waffle House?”
Heidi's wig is a topic of its own.
Heidi's wig is from the Bernadette Peters Collection.
@Carlos Chambers 😆😆😆 most definitely! you win. 😁💙🖤✨
😂😂😂😂
That wig is hilarious
I am a loyal Southwest flier and I found this extremely funny! Anyone with a true sense of humor can understand the messages in the ad. SWA truly dropped the ball over the holidays, and thus needs to get their act together, but I think they will.
As a Southwest shareholder this is both funny and hurts.
@Glenna Aycock Ahhhhhh hahaha hahaha hahaha Love You!
You bought Southwest shares...If you dont respect yourself, then why should we? 🤣🤣🤣
@Take The5th They are still underperforming so why the flex?
I just noticed today LUV reinstated its dividend. Nice!
It’ll blow over, although an upgrade of the computer system is probably in order. I’d still make SW my carrier if flying down to San Diego from Sac.
As a former Waffle House employee, I concur 💯% 😂
And they just did a whole skit on Waffle House. I guess they like talking about it.
Did you take the new job offer though?
That was both mean AND phenomenally funny. The perfect blend. 🥰 😆 🤣 😂
@Fifi Gigantor Gigantor lack of comedic recognition acumen, eh?
Am I missing something? What is mean or cruel about this abysmal attempt at comedy?
It's like something out of MADtv, only not as cruel.
I feel like this ad should be on TV to promote their airline. It's such a hilarious and realistic commercial!
The New Zealand Airlines Christmas commercials are hilarious!
"Hey man, let's keep it real, YOU bought the ticket." ...had me in tears.
“These big bitches don’t play.” 😂😂😂😂 I love Michael B. Jordan.
As someone who use to have to fly Southwest for work (because that’s all they would pay for), this is spot on even before the holiday fiasco 🤣
This hits so close to home and the way I feel after dealing with Southwest, I want to laugh, but can't, because I'm still crying inside.
“If it that important to you, just walk.” 😂
Best line in the whole skit lol
I snorted! 🤣
Can we acknowledge that maybe SNL needs to just embrace pre-recorded sketches? They can still do the live monologues and live music, but if the strength of the writing team is more cinematic, lean into it. Some of the best sketch comedy shows ever made relied on it, so too can SNL. I'm here for it
They can't do any worse than when MADtv did the same thing near the end of their run on FOX (and continued during their ill-fated revival run on the CW).
Monologue, Weekend Update, and the live music. Everything else would be way better prerecorded.
That Waffle House line was so perfect!
Delivered with precision.
The luggage colors and the one eyed pilot had me rolling. Brilliant writing and delivery.
Lmaooo the political joke inserted into the luggage bags is genius 👌🏾
I didn't peep that either.... Thanks 👍
I wondered how MANY folx would miss that! It was GOOD!
That flew right over my head 😅😆😆
This is so funny. Me and my family had the experience of a lifetime flying with them in December during the meltdown. The writers did a great job with this one. 😅😅
SNL writer are killing it this skit was amazing, and hilarious literally give southwest airlines run for their money🤣🤣.
------Beyond horizon, I traveled SW this last year and took my small dog, WHO I had to pay for. They counted her as ONE OF MY BAGS! It was like I was being penalized for taking her. We each had a ticket!!!!
How are the benefits at SNL? I assume you work for them
Love the new SNL. They’ve been killing it for a while now.
Whatever they do to improve, they better keep the 2free check bags!!! It's mainly the reason why I still will fly southwest
Yesss
You can’t buy this publicity. As an exec at southwest, I just want to say thank you for keeping us in mind when you choose to fly
I still love Southwest! 😂
You are not welcome sir
I always love flying with Southwest. Hopefully, whatever happened is fixed and back to business as usual.
Seriously 😂😂😂 and then 🤣🤣🤣 sorry but have to admit it was #RightOnTheMark...I was laughing so hard I started to😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣
This is absolutely 100% hilarious and I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Thanks Southwest!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Heidi literally is in just about every skit Michael B is in!!!!! 😂😂😂😂
The glasses removal at the end physically jolted me into laughter
This was one of the best skits of this season! Red bags Dallas!
@moveovermike you nailed it!!
@Sarah Dee San Francisco
@Vernon Hubbard thankfully SW does not fly out of my local airport, so I'll never find out!
@Sarah Dee you don’t want to know! 😅😅😂
I have a zig zag pattern multi color bag. Where will that end up???
Petition for a Bad Girls Club reboot but it’s all ex-employees of Waffle House
Breakfast Girls Club
So the catch a charge season
The Blue Waffle House D;
That's redundant. You should separate them by jail.
The waffle house reference was gold 🤣🤣🤣
@Bodystomp definitely
Perfect delivery of the joke.
@ddebenedictis no problem 😁
@C-wordplay Yeah totally good!
@ddebenedictis Okay thanks I think 🤔 😦
Heidi’s wig looks straight out of the 80s, and I’m kinda here for it. Like, it’s bad, but it kinda works at the same time?
That's Texas hair, for a Dallas-based airline
that's what they said about the computers
Like the southwest computers?
When your hairdresser says perms are making a comeback, and you say where. Found out where... The airport
No it's not bad. They paid her $100k to wear that amazing "prop".
That Starbucks line 🤣💀🤣 “We just get there early..!” 💀
This was hilarious!!! I will have to say that I was sad that I didn't see this one live, but it was a great skit!!
I was in Denver airport when the melt down happened with SW, I wasn’t laughing then. But this SNL skit is pretty hilarious 😂
I feel your pain.
Southwest Airlines: "You obviously don't respect yourself, so why should we?" 🤣
@Missy E ....Lol....I had no choice but spirit for those late night flights to ATL from Bmore.....
I feel attacked 😂
lol Actually true for Spirit or JetBlue
I live in Baltimore and they take up like 2/3 of the airport. "We know you have choices when you fly" like no, I actually don't...🤣
@Maya Ram that's even worse. Lol
If the flight attendants used to work at Waffle House, can we at least get some in-flight hashbrowns?
Single-handedly one of my favorite ideas for airplane food ever: hash brown. Ingenious.
Amen to that!
Nuh-uh. I need them ALERT so they can throw chairs at people who are being obnoxious!
They only come on the side with a purchase of 2oz of meth or more.
@Taylor O'Rourke LMAO.
I work at a regional airport for both Delta and American and we were dying at this skit 🤣
Swa FA here.. I was stranded during Christmas and even though it was no where near funny...
This skit is HILARIOUS.
They're not wrong 😬
This was originally in the Aubrey Plaza episode but cut before air. They added Michael in. Made even more sense for last week but it's still good to see most of the cast (Heidi is very funny in this).
This is hysterical!! One of the best SNL parodies in a long time
One of the best sketches in many years.
So many great moments in this clip but the pilot taking off glasses made me laugh too hard and drop the phone. So thankful for my ottercase.
This was the best SNL episode in a LONG time!
Oh my god!! I just died laughing at the end with the half blind pilot! My stomach hurts now from having to catch my breath 😩😂😂😭😭😆
Somewhere spirit airline is breathing a sigh of relief
I was looking for Spirit comments. Thank you!
@S A ✨Spirit airlines✨
The Good: They do emergency checks on all their safety equipment before the flight starts
The Bad: 25% chance the air masks missing & nothing pops down from above head at the beginning of the flight.
The least they could of done is stick like a piñata or a raccoon or like confetti or something up there for effect…
Spirit Airlines... fly anywhere in the continental United States for $28 but bring your own lawn chair!
They didn’t get roasted & toasted tonight, but oh you wait- it’s always on the horizon.
Funniest thing I've seen on SNL in a long time!! More writing like this and they've got something again...
a "you good" shoulder shrug is Southwest Airlines' entire business model.
If you showed me this advertisement not knowing it was SNL, honestly I would have believed it.
@Aly Lol. I would've thought it's the other way around. If people actually cursed outright maybe we'd feel freer...and therefore, younger...? 🤷🏻♀️ lol
But I'm glad to help keep you young. Lol
@utubefreshieagn seeing people censor themselves in the comment section keeps me young.
Ikr! It's too f*ckin real! Lmao
JAJ's character as the one-eye pilot got me LMAO! ..." Welcome Aboard" 🤣
I wanna know why only piloting sea vehicles with one eye is considered societally acceptable a La pirates, but oh I wanna pilot a ship in the sky and all of a sudden my eye patch isn’t cool anymore? The hypocrisy
"Blue bags go to Charlotte." 😂Michael Longfellow wins most soothing and reassuring delivery
Lmaooo! I'm glad to see Michael B. Jordan do a comedy skit. He seems to always pick these serious roles where he's furrowed all the time. It's good to see him loosen up on camera!
I would have loved to see the reaction on the faces of the Southwest airlines executives. That would be priceless.
After the Waffle House joke, I really expected someone to throw a chair
😂 They should have invited Waffle House Wendy to be in this skit
I actually giggled at an SNL skit for once 😅
In all seriousness, I've never had an issue with Southwest airlines. Love open seating, love free drinks, love the free carry-on and personal item.
@kitkat Southwest also sends out free booze tickets often , especially if you are traveling during a holiday. I too have had little to no problems with Southwest. As long as you are ok with open seating, its actually a pretty effiecent flight.
@Skypost4ever ohhh ok thanks for explaining, I thought all airlines did the free drinks if it’s long enough? I’ve had the same selection of drinks offered to me on Alaska, United, JetBlue, Delta, and southwest. Southwest is the only one with open seating though and free two checked in luggage
@kitkat you get a free drink if the flight is long enough. I usually just get coffee, but they have water, some juices, and some sodas. They offer some alcohol on some flights but that does cost extra.
What free drinks?
The captain with the eye had me dying
This seems like a way better experience than real southwest.😂
I actually like flying Southwest Airlines. I also actually loved this skit.
"We hire now exclusively from Waffle House, so come at them if you want, and these big bitches don't play"
I mean, I've heard people transition from working at a waffle house to prison guard, because at the end of the day, they dealt with less shit at prison.
Waffle house line was gold
If airlines used Waffle House employees, you would not see any passengers acting up. They are trained to go 😆
I appreciate that the pilot's uniform is actually accurate.
SNL’s costume department is honestly next level for stuff like this
The way I screamed when she said “they upgraded to 2008 Dell computers” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that man at the end with a missing eye and Micheal b Jordan saying they hired ppl from Waffle House and they not finna play 😂😂😂😂😂😂 sent me innnnnnn😂
Hey Southwest is very professional. And it's great they've upgraded to 2008 computers.
Hey at least they are now have 21st century software. Now they are only about 12-15 years behind their major American Competitors. 😆
Hysterical, even though I have never lost luggage with them over 20 years of flying with them. 😂 I got to try that lounge next time tho 😜
Heidi and her wig killed it / you obviously don’t respect yourself, why should we.
“Don’t show up with a blue bag, blue bags go to Charlotte” 😂😂 dead
So literally, sports teams colours.
I've always loved Southwest. They really messed up this time. Hoping they do everyone right that missed their holiday.
Ya they gave us apology points, and i got a refund on the flight they cancelled.
@straberryshinigami15 g Very true. The entire Domestic US Airline industry overall just sucks here in 2023.
Better than Spirit
@chorizo727 Delta may be the best of the three main legacy carriers but they don't meet Southwest's history of great treatment to both their employees and customers which is what made the recent fiasco so egregious for an airline that is usually excellent in those areas. Not to mention that Delta has also engaged in the same corrupt practice of prioritizing buying back their stocks over their employees and customers but then again most US Airlines are guilty of that.
I died at the ThinkPad with the red nipple... TWICE 🤣🤣🤣
When that pilot took off those sunglasses at the end of the skit I almost pee my pants, now that was hilarious!🤣
"You don't respect yourself, so why should we?" Facts 😂 😂
Bruh the Waffle House line 😂
The captain’s eyes FINISHED ME 😂😂
For many many years, the employees of Alaska Airlines maintained a website for a spoof airlines called "Skyhigh Airlines." It had hysterical lines all over the website, like "Flying is expensive. Let us cheapen it for you." And "Skyhigh Airlines: Putting Passengers Third."
Trying to book a flight on this website usually resulted in 5 to 10 plane changes and stopovers in small cities. And the cheapest fare was "Cargo Class."
I miss that website. They took it offline a few years ago. 😢
Thanks for sharing - I wish I had the opportunity to see it. It sounds hysterical!😁
The cyclops pilot took me OUUUTTT!!! 😆😆😆
hilarious! the one eyed pilot at the end was a great clincher.. LMAO
Funny as #%^! 😂 You guys nailed it 🤣🤣🤣
Even South West couldn't make a better ad than this.
Nailed it. Now if Southwest and Spirit could just merge.
The Starbucks thing holds down for any US airline in Economy lol. Recently flew from EWR-LHR on United, and the United Crew were just chatting with us all in the starbucks line next to the gate. Actually made the service on board feel much more personable because we’d all just met.
Tell me why I thought that this was an actual ad until I saw Heidi and was like: "Hey, since when is she in commercials?" 😅
That was absolutely hilarious!😂
Yo the pilot only had one good working eye 👁️ 😂😂😂. That was good and I’m so glad I seriously haven’t had to fly these past few years. 😊
Taking off the glasses made me laugh out loud
Love the ending wow. This was a classic in itself lol!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Well damn... They've totally nailed it this time.
Almost choke myself at the end when the pilot removes his sunglasses....😂😂😂Welcome Aboard!!
LOOOOL loved the ending with the pilot! Loved the whole skit.
As someone sitting in Dallas for the third day because Southwest uses a guy with a garden hose for deicing this skit really hits home.
That pilot with one eye toke me clean out! 😂😂😂😂😂
This one was excellent, the State Farm commercial was also brilliant.
As someone who's mother works at Southwest, hilarious
20 years ago Southwest was such a great airline
After that, a beancounter took over as CEO. The current CEO who started not long before the meltdown even admitted to that and promised to make the needed changes. He's more operationally oriented.