100 Funniest Sketches of All Time (10 – 1)
The list of the funniest sketches of all time concludes today with some of my all-time favourites. Here are the final batch of sketches from 10 to 1…
In case you missed it:
- 100 Funniest Sketches of All Time: #100 – #91
- 100 Funniest Sketches of All Time: #90 – #81
- 100 Funniest Sketches of All Time: #80 – #71
- 100 Funniest Sketches of All Time: #70 – #61
- 100 Funniest Sketches of All Time: #60 – #51
- 100 Funniest Sketches of All Time: #50 – #41
- 100 Funniest Sketches of All Time: #40 – #31
- 100 Funniest Sketches of All Time: #20 – #11
10. More Cowbell – Saturday Night Live
More Cowbell! One of the best Saturday Night Live sketches of all time, and in the hall of fame for best sketches ever. I love Walken being his mad genius best version of Walken here . Will Ferrell is a bundle of funny bones and is gutbustingly funny. And Jimmy Fallon barely keeping it together is fantastic. Some sketches put their pants on one leg at a time, but this one makes a gold record.
9. The Joke: The Musical - Mr. Show
What do you get if you turn a dirty joke into a musical. Pure genius is what you get from Mr. Show. A perfect example of the inventiveness and madness of their wonderful comedy minds. This one always makes me laugh.
8. Horse Racing Commentary - The Day Today
There is something so perfect about Steve Coogan’s commentary in this sketch, but it is the writing that delivers so perfectly. The names of the horses still make me roar with laughter no matter how many times I hear them. Christ’s Chin!!
7. Apocalypse - Key & Peele
The apocalypse can’t get any worse can it? It can. This sketch has a brilliant cinematic feel, terrific atmosphere, and a silly, surprising twist that takes the sketch to another level. Easily my favourite Key & Peele sketch out of the many works of genius they have given us.
6. Full Like A Kastrull - Veckans Nyheter
Henrik Schyffert is a comedy hero of mine. Growing up half-Swedish I sought out comedy from Sweden, and Schyffert was consistently involved in the stuff that made me laugh. His prank phone call show “Hassan” was inspired and this mish-mash hybrid of English and Swedish felt like it was made just for me. Perhaps difficult for a non-Swede to enjoy fully but still worth watching for his incredible linguistic trickery. Ultimately, I love his version of biting social commentary with bonkers delivery. Fun fact: Schyffert’s band Whale had a number one song with Hobo Humpin Slumpin Babe and it was all over MTV back in the day.
5. History Today - Newman & Baddiel
At the time this was surely the most quoted sketch in Engand and Ireland amongst students. It still holds up as one of the all time greats for me. Such a nice simple idea done really well. Two eminent history professors descend into schoolboy levels of stupid slagging. That’s you that is.
4. RAF Pilots - Armstrong & Miller
Two RAF World War II pilots babble like angsty slang-ridden teenagers. It became a recurring sketch on the show and every one of them has little gems to marvel at. But this one is my favourite, innit though?
3. James Brown Hot Tub Party - Saturday Night Live
Eddie Murphy was indisputably the funniest person on television during his stretch on Saturday Night Live. Not only do I love the ridiculous premise for this sketch, but I love how Eddie Murphy commits so fully to the bit and does a brilliant impression of James Brown. Should I get in the hot tub? YEAH
2. No Direction, Period - The Post Show
The Post Show was an online based sketch comedy team from New York and this sketch spoofing Bob Dylan’s musical output has long been a standard bearer for parody-style sketches for me. Who knew that this mock Bob Dylan documentary was something we never knew we needed. I would genuinely love to hear Bob Dylan sing some of these pop songs. I guess, thanks to this sketch, we already have.
1. Prince - Big Train
What’s the point in trying to explain one of the most brilliant surreal sketches ever written. Just watch it and be thankful you’re not a jockey. So absurd, so good.
