The sketch comedy show entertains viewers every Saturday evening (or for DVRers, every Sunday morning).

There have been iconic sketches throughout the last half century involving cast members both past and present.

But the most iconicSNLsketches are named as such for very specific reasons.

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But 20 years ago, they werent really a thing, especially not fromSaturday Night Live.

The video is purposely shot in an amateurish way as he andChris Parnelljoke rap in an aggressive manner.

Today, some ofthe best SNL sketches of 2024hail from the new musical comedy troupePlease Dont Destroy.

Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg right up to the camera making funny faces in Lazy Sunday on SNL.

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But itsLazy Sundaythat started it all.

He was in town and was game.

However, Beyonce wasnt.

Justin Timberlake, Bobby Moynihan, and Andy Samberg in black bodysuits making finger gun salutes with Beyonce and Paul Rudd beside them on SNL.

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Once she saw how committed he was, she was in.

The segment turned out to be one of the funniest ever inSNLhistory.

Were the dancers, they proclaim in hilarious effeminate voices as they pose seductively.

Ana Gasteyer, Molly Shannon, and Alec Baldwin sitting in a row with headphones on in Delicious Dish on SNL.

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No matter how many times this sketch is watched, it never gets any less funny.

He is Pete Schweddy, a local baker promoting his baked goods.

His signature dish is a sweet, donut hole-shaped treat he calls his Schweddy Balls.

Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, and Ryan Gosling sitting in chairs, Gosling trying to hide a laugh on SNL.

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There were other greatDelicious Dishsegments throughout the sketchs run from 1996 through 2002.

But none as belly-laugh inducing as this one.

ItsKate McKinnons character, however, who steals the show.

A group in colorful outfits sit at a restaurant looking upset in SNL.

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Spoiler alert: it usually works, and that makes the sketch even funnier.

5Celebrity Jeopardy!

Theres also the lateNorm MacdonaldasBurt Reynoldsand Jimmy Fallon impersonating a different celebrity each time.

Will Ferrell as Alex Trebek stands at a podium where three players are, including Darrel Hammond as Sean Connery on SNL

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There have been funny variations since, includingBlack Jeopardy!and the episode featuringTom Hanks.

3Waynes World

1988-1994 (2011 with Dana Carvey, 40th Anniversary Special)

Party on!

All these catchphrases are known from theWaynes Worldmovies, but they originated from a recurring sketch onSNL.

The Target Lady with a red vest raising her hands in the air and cheering on SNL.

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Mike Myers andDana Carveyplay two rockers obsessed with hard rock music and hot babes.

Put that cocoa down, he screams at Rachel Dratch.

Cocoa is for cobblers only.

Wayne with his guitar, Garth holding drumsticks in Wayne’s World on SNL.

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But Dickinson loves it.

In fact, he thinks that what the song needs ismorecowbell.

An informal idiom that means something or someone could be improved with extra quality.

Alec Baldwin holding up a green ornament with two people dressed as elves behind him on SNL.

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A band of four men plays as Christopher Walken looks on in SNL

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Will Ferrell

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