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So many good ones, I can't choose.

Miley Cyrus and Kyle Mooney's Sex Tape -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEqStuivoio

Santa Baby -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkrpvCs-kfE

The Day Beyoncé Turned Black -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ociMBfkDG1w

Wells for Boys -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BONhk-hbiXk

World War II 101 -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdf_XdDwc-o

Chris Farley's "Down by the River" skit is my #1 of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv2VIEY9-A8

If we're digging into the classics, my prototypical excellent SNL skit is always Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AzAFqrxfeY

Papyrus skit direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVhlJNJopOQ

For me, it’s definitely Meet Your Second Wife: https://youtu.be/MJEAGd1bQuc

Those are both in my top 10, but IMHO "A thanksgiving miracle" ("Hello from the outside" Adele sendup), Cowbell, Taco Town, and United Way (Peyton Manning beaning that kid in the back with a laser pass), Kristen Wiig's Christmas Morning, and -- omg, best for last? -- Kate McKinnon's Paranormal encounters (really any of her Ms Rafferty skits) are all up there with Papyrus and Grouch.

I'm sure there's recency bias at play, but those are the ones I can think of now that just HIT.

Taco Town!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evUWersr7pc

I forgot about the Paranormal encounters, those were top notch

Haunted Elevator (ft. David S. Pumpkins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rS00xWnqwvI

"The Midnight Coterie of Sinister Intruders" is my all-time #1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfDIAZCwHQE

Agreed Papyrus is top 3, I might quibble over the grouch because I think either the crime scene skit or the coroner skit might take 2 and 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo6CyNNC60M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjS8cA2Jfzc

There's so many I was trying to think of, but the one's that probably had the most staying power with the family and friends at the time were the Celebrity Jeopardy ones, by far. So many bad Sean Connery impressions for months, if not years. Here are a few...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEghu90QJH4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch_hoYPPeGc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaFSkWfFhO0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5iwY7QUTY

Za (james franco) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkP2F7kWn7A

Spelling bee (also james franco) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02S8t0F1inc

Career Day (Adam Driver) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7HD2xG92-0

What's that name (bill hader) -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rImxuuD_kwM

Both "What's That Name"s easily make up two of my top three, with Papyrus being the other one.

The only good SNL skit is World Peace Rap (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce3ST3wRPCI) because it's a parody of a YouTube video from 2006 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--Vaz9jW054&t=75s).

There aren't any other good ones. I imagine the audience for SNL is entirely those people who reply to everything with GIFs from The Office.

Amendment: Stu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OJ7aW3Df5U) is okay because it's how I learned that Eminem stopped dying his hair and looks like a dad now.

For me it's "Levi's Wokes"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adPXDTvADD0

My favorite recently, and very close to home for me, was Home Repair Show with Oscar Isaac: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma70ghSEMys

Edit: another one with lasting power in my household is Man Park: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XOt2Vh0T8w

Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks

Jim Carrey did a pretty good Matthew McConaughey SNL skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3eN9u5N2Q4

Maraka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1CeEXkNBGs

More cowbell.