The reveal of her tattered hair, then the laugh, and right back to a straight face to wrap up the note made me laugh out loud 😂😂 the delivery of these lines is everything lol
@@margaritam.9118 My Dearest Lydia, When did you move into this new house? Also, my beloved you got married? Details are needed and also what happened to my dog? Yours truly, Your darling, William
Her short response and her PS made me burst out laughing just as I was taking a gulp of Coke.. Needless to say, my TV was a mess.. but the laughter was so wonderful!
It's embarrassing how loud that sketch made me laugh. I just couldn't control it everytime they showed William's face. His increasingly mortified expression was absolutely hilarious...
Carey Mulligan's appearance last night seems to prove it. Can't wait to see which British actress is the next wife to exasperate Mikey Day (fingers crossed for either Olivia Colman or Vanessa Kirby).
This whole skit was amazing!!! I couldn't breath, Mikey is so underrated ""My dear lydia why do you miss that dog?" "LYDIA! I do not have our dog!" "HAS MY FATHER PASSED AWAY!" "WHY WOULD YOU SEND A FIVE YEAR OLD TO A WAR ZONE!"
I have watched this SO MANY TIMES, and it makes me laugh EVERY FREAKING TIME. It's SO GOOD. Mikey Day is the best at these types of roles. Also Phoebe Waller-Bridge is hilarious at Lydia. These sketches of the husband and wife writing one another, while husband at war, are some of my all time favorites. As I said before it's genius writing. So is the acting.
The tune wasn't chosen at random. During WWI, British Tommies serving in the trenches changed the lyrics to something more appropriate, which started "When this bloody war is over".
@@jbuster9 I couldn't tell either, so I tried putting captions on and it said, "So, who's this French bitch your gender?" Sounds about right, up until the word "gender". Tried slowing down the video speed -- didn't help. "... French bitch you're jammed in?" What else would sound like "gender"? I hope someone can answer that. I get the gist of it, that she's accusing him of cheating, but can't decipher that last word to save my life.
I think Phoebe Waller B ridge had one of the all -time great episodes as host. Sketch after sketch was top rate. Especially Love Island. Brilliant stuff.
I thought the skit with Claire Foy was lightning in a bottle and I was nervous when I saw the title that they’d ruin it, but I’m so glad to see they nailed it again 😂😂😂
This is probably my favorite SNL sketch of all time. Super simple premise, brilliantly written, hilariously acted. I almost never laugh out loud watching sketches by myself, I was dying laughing at every Mikey Day reaction.
5:06 - Her line only gets a few chuckles, but the laughter quickly escalates within seconds after his reply!!! It get me EVERY TIME!!! Mikey Day is a genius, and I love him in every iteration of this sketch.
They’ve done WWI, WWII, by the time they get to Afghanistan: *Him* : “Hey baby, sorry I’ve been out of it, an IED went off near our camp, morale has been low...but my love for you is what keeps me going. When I double tap your pics, know that a second heart...my heart...is being sent as well, even if it doesn’t show up on your notifications. ilysm” *Her* : “🙄 I just think it’s funny that...”
“If you’re ever at a loss for words, please, find some!”
AnnaSun27 Im same. No words.
My new response to ghosting
Ex-Lover lydia
He's so demanding 🙄
K
The reveal of her tattered hair, then the laugh, and right back to a straight face to wrap up the note made me laugh out loud 😂😂 the delivery of these lines is everything lol
She needs to do more comedy.
@@jennifergersch9126 definitely does
That's the goal of the skit
Her voice when she says "French bitch", then right back to soft as she signs her goodbye is what got me the most😆
Husband: [writes a 10-page letter]
Lydia: new house who dis
😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
William: My dear Lydia, what house do you mean?
Confused,
William
D. McElroy
Dear William,
The very house me and my new husband live in.
Thank you, next,
Lydia
@@margaritam.9118 My Dearest Lydia,
When did you move into this new house? Also, my beloved you got married? Details are needed and also what happened to my dog?
Yours truly,
Your darling, William
Margarita M. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The best part was the Valedictions... "Concerned!" "Your HORRIFIED husband!" Etc
Her short response and her PS made me burst out laughing just as I was taking a gulp of Coke.. Needless to say, my TV was a mess.. but the laughter was so wonderful!
no but the short shocks sent by her wife.
Absolutely hilarious. Love this sketch. Great actors, comedians. ❤️☺️
Thank you for teaching me a new word
Hmmm learned something drunk on youtube at 1 in the morning. Gonna be a good day!
They better do a version of this for *every* war.
there's a WW1 and Civil War version already!
brainflash1 seriously
@Jim McCracken YES! "What do you mean *first* crusade, Maid Marian?"
I think we(comma)re good(period)(period).
@Jim McCracken No!
Mikey Day plays such a good patient, _but_ exasperated guy 😂😂
He is a dad so he’s had lots of practice.
Indeed.
Agreed. I lost it at “has my father passed away?!?!”
@@ZR38315 War is hell my friend.
Mikey Day is integral on SNL and doesn't get enough credit! His panicked straight man is hilarious 😂
corpius a I literally just typed this
corpius a I’ve loved Mikey Day since he was in the original cast of Nick Cannon’s Wild N Out
are you even a real account? pure cancer
Has he ever broken character? Don't think I've seen him do that.
He’s funny and a total snacc.
That’s Mikey’s son at the end, he’s so cute!!!
Really? That’s dope aha
i could tell by the way he hugged him! adorable! ♥️
His real son? Cuteness overload.
oh really? it's great he could take his kid to work then!
And so is his son.
I thought for sure that she was going to say that their son died too.
Or that she didn't know where he was.
Fr
Me too
Me too 😂
Same here lol
When she was telling William to say hi to their dog, I really thought their dog had died and she was expecting him to die in the war too.
I thought the exact same thing.
that's pretty dark man
Same 👀
Got to wonder if she sent the dog to him as well :-)
I thought she was insinuating that the dog somehow enlisted too.
I love his face when he says "YES, BECAUSE IT'S HITLER"
Too bad it wasn't cable, or he could've said, "YES, BECAUSE IT'S THAT ASSHOLE HITLER!"
“Darling Lydia, has my father passed away?! This is the first I’m hearing of this”
"MY MOTHER PASSED AS WELL!?"
I like how he wasn’t even sad they passed but more... Exasperated Lol!
@@chioma2844 In fairness he's aware that he's dealing with someone clearly not well and has no idea whether anything she says is true or false.
It's embarrassing how loud that sketch made me laugh. I just couldn't control it everytime they showed William's face. His increasingly mortified expression was absolutely hilarious...
Right! I was at the grocery store making a complete as$ of myself... I couldn't breath from laughing too hard!!
"You have sent me... a VAST amount!" really got me
I want more British guests just so they can continue to do this sketch.
Well they could do a civil war, revolutionary war and every other war with Americans.
Roseand Stem the Vietnam war could be interesting with a very hippie girlfriend or something like that
@@alicestocklistockli8394 “Dear Michelle, Why were you ON THE MOON? WITH NEIL ARMSTRONG?!?!”
@@zoepaulastrassfield2664 loll
They just did one with Carey Mulligan.
Mikey’s delivery is everything. The guy is hilarious.
Yes hes a"brave lad"🤣🤣
This better be a thing every time an English actress hosts
They could do one for the American Revolution, the Napoleonic wars, and the Crimean.
MsLogjam they did I think
Well they could do a civil war, revolutionary war and every other war with Americans
Roseand Stem Maya Rudolph did a Civil War one
Carey Mulligan's appearance last night seems to prove it. Can't wait to see which British actress is the next wife to exasperate Mikey Day (fingers crossed for either Olivia Colman or Vanessa Kirby).
This whole skit was amazing!!! I couldn't breath, Mikey is so underrated
""My dear lydia why do you miss that dog?"
"LYDIA! I do not have our dog!"
"HAS MY FATHER PASSED AWAY!"
"WHY WOULD YOU SEND A FIVE YEAR OLD TO A WAR ZONE!"
The funniest line is, "👹So who's this French b*tch your chatting to!!" 🤣
a “VAUST AMAOUNT” of hair
Allowing us to read it in accent 👏
I mean, that's how they say it lol
😂
My god this man's life is more depressing than a country song.
My wife left me, my dog ran away, at least I have my beer and my truck praise Jesus yeehaw 🎵
England is a different sort of country.
Boys aren't careful like the ladies lol
It's this song, actually: th-cam.com/video/VxqleR4rcX4/w-d-xo.html
Funny how everyone in the audience knew what was gonna happen when she mentioned his mother
Oh, yeah, by then you knew which way the wind was blowing and it was never good. ;) That was one of the funniest moments, honestly.
They have dress rehersals before they do the live show
@@ellie9248 with the same audience?
@@ellie9248 lol its was also really predicatable
rehersals also they get told to laugh still
“Hell on Wheels: Hitler’s Secret Supercar” is not even a joke title for the history channel
I’m still waiting for the moment the wife replies with just “Okay” or “K”
Brenyatta hehe
Like in the original version of this skit, the wife was like, "Will do."
or "Hmm"
Slowly turning into Chad
Why would you send a 5 year old to a war zone?
"ARE YOU BEING CARED FOR BY FRENCH BITCHES?! YES OR NO?!" - Lydia.
😂😂
😂
I love Mikey Day so much! He was brilliant in this skit and he deserves so much more credit! One of the most underrated players I believe
Amy Shin His exasperated delivery is golden 😂😂😂😂😂
phoebe too, she’s underrated
He's awful.
His English accent is genuinely awful.
No English person talks like that. I’m English.
This is probably the closest SNL has ever come to Monty Python. Great sketch.
I felt that vibe for sure as well!
Yeah. It was sillier in the 70s and 80s.
Eric Idle and Michael Palin both hosted in the early years of the show!
I agree.
There was another one they did on the Claire Foy episode, only it was a World War I soldier and his wife.
William has the patience of a saint, I enjoyed the hell out of this.
Mikey is so good at playing these roles that I can't help but get flabbergasted right along with him 😂
Who else thinks the kid is safer in the war zone?
XD !!!
🖐️
😄😂
Me😂
😂😂💀💀
Me 😁 ...if she lost the dog imagine the poor kid.
I was scrolling down the comment section to see if the little boy is Mikey’s real son because the loving way he hugged him 😊 so precious.
Texting today. One person baring their soul, the other "k"
Yes, freakin hilarious!
Story of my life Dx
happens all the time with my best friend of 10 years :)))
"HAAA ....NOOOOO" lol that delivery by Phoebe
Best thing I've seen from SNL in a long time!
t4_ta_may_toe Ventura I love the war in words skits. There is another one that is hysterical
I have watched this SO MANY TIMES, and it makes me laugh EVERY FREAKING TIME. It's SO GOOD. Mikey Day is the best at these types of roles. Also Phoebe Waller-Bridge is hilarious at Lydia. These sketches of the husband and wife writing one another, while husband at war, are some of my all time favorites. As I said before it's genius writing. So is the acting.
Your Horrified Husband William! 😂🤣😂🤣 I'm glad Mikey got to do this again. It's hilarious.
It cracks me up that the music playing for William is “What a Friend We have in Jesus”.
Spookydeathasian it was kind of distracting. The lyrics in that song are very serious and it seems like a random match
The tune wasn't chosen at random. During WWI, British Tommies serving in the trenches changed the lyrics to something more appropriate, which started "When this bloody war is over".
Umm. Still rabidly curious about the Hitler of it all. Also where is dog?
And where was Zelig?
With son.
She eat the dog
Hitler took the dog, he liked dogs.
A painting somewhere in Philly
"YES, BECAUSE IT'S HITLERRRRRRRRR!!!!!" Mikey Day and Phoebe Waller-Bridge are fiercely hilarious and perfect in this skit!
The moment he mentioned the French lady, I knew it was coming.
What's her line in response? I cNt make out what she's saying!
@@jbuster9 I couldn't tell either, so I tried putting captions on and it said, "So, who's this French bitch your gender?" Sounds about right, up until the word "gender". Tried slowing down the video speed -- didn't help. "... French bitch you're jammed in?" What else would sound like "gender"? I hope someone can answer that. I get the gist of it, that she's accusing him of cheating, but can't decipher that last word to save my life.
Oh my god, me too! 🤣
@@muppetallica actually upon listening to it like 5 times, I think shes saying, "So who's this French bitch you're chatting to?"
@@the_rebekah_leigh Yes! I just listened again. I think that's it. So funny! Thanks!
I thought she was gonna casually mention that their son isn’t his after all.
YESSSSS I WAS HOPING THEY’D DO THIS ONE AGAIN
Ivy Collins Poitras again? When did they do this before
@@osahju914 When Emily Blunt was host
@@osahju914 when Claire Foy was in.
josh miller A while back. It was WW1 though
This is easily one of the best sketches they do now. I died last time and lost it again this time. He's so frustrated!!
I think Phoebe Waller B ridge had one of the all -time great episodes as host. Sketch after sketch was top rate. Especially Love Island. Brilliant stuff.
lol.. this skit should be reserved for British actresses, they're so on point
There is an American one for the US Civil War with Maya Rudolph as noncommunicative wife.
I love how Mikey starts yelling as he's writing back to her. Classic reaction
This one had me almost in tears. I love Phoebe so much.
I died when Mikey pulled out the hair at 2:21 LMAO
ScarlettP that is a vast amount of hair! 😂😂😂 I died!
Deeaddd 😂😂😂
I thought the skit with Claire Foy was lightning in a bottle and I was nervous when I saw the title that they’d ruin it, but I’m so glad to see they nailed it again 😂😂😂
THE HAIR THING SENT ME LOLLL. Who wrote that
You have sent me a vast amount have you shorn your head completely bald?
- Concerned William
Judging by the fact that he's always the guy in them, I assume Mikey writes them
Mikey Day writes these
Hair is everything! EVERYTHING!
@@yolowell9564 ahaha No. - Love, Lydia
I love how increasingly strained the way Mikey said “lyDIA” got
The UK hosts continue to blow me away. This was a great sequel to the original "War in Words" with Claire Foy.
Original was done with Maya Rudolph on Maya & Marty... Probably the funniest version of this sketch imo
@@TrevMusicXpert oh yeah. So Maya is so good!!
UK hosts = different sensibilities. Thankfully 🥰
This is probably my favorite SNL sketch of all time. Super simple premise, brilliantly written, hilariously acted. I almost never laugh out loud watching sketches by myself, I was dying laughing at every Mikey Day reaction.
Just him getting more upset with each letter is hilarious!
Mikey Day is such an incredible cast member. Love him in all his roles.
After she shoved her hair, she looked like Winona Ryder in Beetlejuice.
LEE-DEE-AHH!!!
5:06 - Her line only gets a few chuckles, but the laughter quickly escalates within seconds after his reply!!! It get me EVERY TIME!!! Mikey Day is a genius, and I love him in every iteration of this sketch.
Her line was just as funny 🤣
Why would you send a 5-year-old to a war zone?
Jake Cook also, was that his child? XD the hug was adorable
@@jackcassidy9963 😁😂
You guys know I was quoting the sketch, right?
@@TheCinemaSimpelton yes
The whole of the UK during WW2 was a war zone.
Omg, these are gold. I love Mikey Day's shocked and upset responses. His choice to stop writing Lydia's ass was the best thing for him 🤣!
Honestly 😂 she sent their son to a war zone and told him his parents died over a letter 😂 he need to divorce her ass with the quickness 🤦🏾♀️
Dear William,
Thank you! 😂😂
i love these skits where mikey gets all frazzled and shouty 😜 his comedic timing is impeccable 👏
In my head, I answer many of my work emails with: Love, Lydia.
This was such a creative skit. Having watched older skits, this season is full of fresh ideas. Loving it
TBH, that kid was probably better off on the front line with his Father.
Am I the only one who thought she had sent him porn 😂😂
Thanks for all the like 🙌🏾 comment what your favorite sketch is....
So Did I!!!!
Porn was my first thought...but it always is.
Yep.. was expecting some black and white porn footage
Nope, I did too! 😂
Yeah some revenge sextape, did not see the Hitler twist. I did correctly guess her response though.
Ahhhh I love this sketch series! Keep it coming!
It's not a TH-cam web series. It's a TV series that goes back to 1975 . The longest-running and most-successful sketch comedy series in America.
Bruh
Without a doubt one of the best SNL episodes in a long time.
Mikey Day is brilliant at this. I feel the sketch wouldn't work as well with another actor in the panicked husband role.
this sketch doesn't work without the amazing performance by Mikey. Love this.
The kid's probably safer with Dad in the war zone than with his crazy mum.
I haven't laughed this hard in a good while.. maaaan. This was an epic skit.
Mikey Day is one of the most underrated players on SNL
The longer it goes, the funnier it is, and then comes Hitler. Lmao
I love the "The War in Words" skits they are so hilarious.
Hilarious! I wonder if Phoebe had a hand in cowriting this. Mikey Day is a great cast member and nails it every time
, my ex was named Lydia and this is pretty much what I would have expected from her
😆
OMG!!!!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!! Now we know why is your "ex" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
david taylor give her my best, yours William ❤️
I see you hooked up with new bitches; it's so obvious, in your profile pic. Love, Lydia
Same here
My Lydia would hang up if I talked to much on the phone which I feel is rather I'll mannered 😙
This is dark enough to suggest that Phoebe had a hand in the writing...
This was one of the funniest sketches I’ve seen in a little bit. I was laughing from beginning to end 😂😂😂
I'm so glad they brought this sketch back.
This is one of the best they have done in recent years, hands down.
“BECAUSE ITS HITLER!!!” 😂😂😂
The hitler bit is genuinely the peak of these videos 😂😂 can’t wait for the next one
So proud of Mikey Day, been a fan of his since his work on Wild N Out and his TH-cam sketches, especially David Blaine: Street Magic 🤣🤣🤣
One of my favorite sketches I am so happy this back
I want a show that is just all the cast members writing these letters back and forth through different wars in history, every week!!
It breaks my heart for Mikey to have to read these lines, it would feel sad for anybody, but he just seems so sweet?
I love this season so far! I've laughed at every skit, and dear lord this made me choke on air just from how funny it was. Good job!
Mikey Day is just the best. Everytime he's the star in a sketch you know it's going to be hilarious!
Mikey Day is my all time favorite. He is so under recognized but does an amazing job in each sketch
"I'm only glad your father is not alive ..." The people who laughed at this before the punchline
“As if your one of the gang” 😂😂😂😂
you're = you are
Yasssssss I’ve been waiting for the sequel
I kinda wonder what happened to the dog, lol!!😂😂
Very Monty Python: "Sargent...I...I got a letter"....but "Also, still rabidly curious about the Hitler of it all"...
OMG....I was rolling on the floor laughing the whole time i was watching this😂😂😂😂😂😂.....it's hilarious.... well done.......👍👍👍👍👍👍
The smoke in the background was a good idea
Smoke?
@@TCt83067695 3:15
@@RaymondHng thanks👍🏾
@@TCt83067695 0:19
but the Junkers JU 52 German transport in the background wasn't
6:29 adorable
WHOEVER WROTE THIS IS GENIUS. So are the actors. Mikey Day is hilarious.
I love his frustration in this. It’s freaking hilarious.
They’ve done WWI, WWII, by the time they get to Afghanistan:
*Him* : “Hey baby, sorry I’ve been out of it, an IED went off near our camp, morale has been low...but my love for you is what keeps me going. When I double tap your pics, know that a second heart...my heart...is being sent as well, even if it doesn’t show up on your notifications. ilysm”
*Her* : “🙄 I just think it’s funny that...”
Not funny, not even a little bit. It is funny to imagine all the input that went in for so little output
Clorox Bleach lmao
@@brophpiece damn
Korean war: Am I joke to you?!.
The smiley child at the end, unaware of the catastrophe, so adorable 😂