Franco's career as an actor is built on this. He's not really known for his dramatic ability, but he has come into his own as Hollywood's weirdo on screen.
@@prachiipandeyy She's like Mikey Day, except nothing like Mikey Day because she's funny and adds to scenes instead of just being the straight man for every sketch.
That's what makes him a great actor. Also, he WAS playing the part of a prosecutor, and unless all those court shows are over selling it, I'd say he hit a home run.
I find it interesting how Pete, when asked to clarify what he was eating, reiterates "za." By doing this, he neither lies by answering pizza, nor incriminates himself by admitting it was lasagna. Well played.
David Van Horn - Excellent point! I’ve been thinking about how SNL is an awesome opportunity for actors to show how good they are (or how bad, depending on the actor). James Franco saved this boring sketch all by himself, and I’m sure directors notice this. Daniel Craig is a good example of an actor who is just OK, but he works hard and does his best. He was “OK” in his SNL skits, but he sure put effort into them! Being James Bond doesn’t require a naturally great actor, but it DOES require hard work, and Daniel Craig was perfect for that role.
"your honor may I make an objection" " 'kay" "Lasagna zagna za pizza pissah suhh lasagna za pizza suhh pizza lasagna suhh za pizza suhh" " In that case I declare the suspect guilty" 😂😂😂🤣
"Pete, what the hell? You said you were just grabbing lunch for 20 minutes. You then spent 2 hours high as a kite looking at the takeout menu muttering 'pizza' and 'za'. We need a sketch for the pitch meeting in 20 minutes!" "....don't worry, I think I got something"
I think it was the perfect combination of the visual aids, great pacing & wrap-up, and of course James Franco selling the holy hell out his performance. Even Keenan cracked when he realized how good the skit was going.
I've watched this several times. Every now and then I think about this brilliant sketch and I come back for laughs. Franco should get an Emmy for this sketch
Lasagna- sangna ZA pizza *SUH* Lasagna ZA pizza *SUH* Lasagna ZA pizza *SUH* Lasagna ZA pizza *SUH* Lasagna- sangna ZA pizza *SUH* Lasagna ZA pizza *SUH* pizza he killed those girls
This sketch seems like somebody in the writers room had recently lost a petty argument with their friends and decided to make it everybody's problem and I'm so glad they did.
I swear I felt some spit on my face when Franco said Suh and Za.
Cassandra "sa"
And we're they eating Sub or Za?
Covid? 😬🤒
😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣
I felt it when he said "Pizza pizzeria"
"Yeah lemme order a pizza"
"Sure where you at"
"In the courthouse getting tried for double homicide"
"Dope that'll be $14.95"
Jimmy I believed you were actually Italian at first, but now I’m skeptical...
Jimmy Rustling it’s a fucking joke...
Chill out
@@bossthepastor Uhh...and you think his comment is serious? Woooooosh lol
@Jimmy Rustling you got Corona
@Jimmy Rustling Nice 👍
I love Franco's commitment to the silly premise.
Otherwise it'd totally suck
Apethantos Francos bane of existence is due to silly premises
That's the key!
Franco's career as an actor is built on this. He's not really known for his dramatic ability, but he has come into his own as Hollywood's weirdo on screen.
he's a really good actor
The fact that Heidi never broke while Franco was going on about “lasagna ZA ZA”😂
She hardly breaks character. She's like Mikey Day.
The final line is by far the best. "Well I couldn't really rely on the za thing."
She's one of the few that don't
even keenan broke briefly.
@@prachiipandeyy She's like Mikey Day, except nothing like Mikey Day because she's funny and adds to scenes instead of just being the straight man for every sketch.
He acts this so seriously like this is a real case where it's life or death.
because it was
2 girls died brah, sounds pretty serious to me
Until he started giggling
That's what makes him a great actor. Also, he WAS playing the part of a prosecutor, and unless all those court shows are over selling it, I'd say he hit a home run.
It’s almost like that’s literally his job.
I did not know I need James Franco in my life yelling about lasagna.
Joselina Bueno I should try that the next time I'm eating either for dinner with people lol
You're so true.
Joselina Bueno bitch lasagna bitch lasagna
ZA
Rock Block look at t series they’re just crying to their mamas
“TWO GIRLS ARE DEAD!”
*breaks immediately*
Benjamin Do Couto bc it's so horrible. Lol
He was nailing it, and then that made him break lol
It's cause Pete was laughing
because pete was laughing.
@The Pikachu Brothers I'm not a snl fan and I know
I just know Pete was crying laughing behind that camera LMAO
IKR 😭
He called him Mr Reynolds and then later called him Mr Williams lmaoo
It's not odd to have 3 names coulda been First name William Reynolds
Khemism Kombat You’re an idiot
Tom Smith he really is an idiot
@@thaiduitx "I don't know , guys, he sounds like he's onto something XD" -Me, Elliot Lucas
He himself is Mr. James and Mr. Franco 😄
I find it interesting how Pete, when asked to clarify what he was eating, reiterates "za." By doing this, he neither lies by answering pizza, nor incriminates himself by admitting it was lasagna. Well played.
He admits that he had sa
Shut up
While how do you have slices of Lasagna?
That is the entire premise of the punchline. The entire thing. So... good job noticing there was a joke here
"Counselor you are playing a dangerous game" the way he said it just cracked me up 😂😂😂😂
The way he said it cracked him up too.
True. He also can't hold his laugh. 😂
"Counselor, you are playing a DANGEROUS game" That line fucking killed me lmao
I'm baffled at how masterfully James Franco can turn seemingly garbage sketches into something absolutely hilarious
every time man
it's his energy
David Van Horn I would love to see him do this with Dafoe
David Van Horn - Excellent point! I’ve been thinking about how SNL is an awesome opportunity for actors to show how good they are (or how bad, depending on the actor). James Franco saved this boring sketch all by himself, and I’m sure directors notice this.
Daniel Craig is a good example of an actor who is just OK, but he works hard and does his best. He was “OK” in his SNL skits, but he sure put effort into them! Being James Bond doesn’t require a naturally great actor, but it DOES require hard work, and Daniel Craig was perfect for that role.
He's so damn passionate lol. Its admirable.
"your honor may I make an objection"
" 'kay"
"Lasagna zagna za pizza pissah suhh lasagna za pizza suhh pizza lasagna suhh za pizza suhh"
" In that case I declare the suspect guilty"
😂😂😂🤣
@@osmosisjones4912 what the fuck?
@@sonexblink716 is this the teacher trial
😂😂🤣
the lacking commas hurts to read.
@@alexavierkarkas6465 commas are not letters they should be banned #nocommas
someone wrote this script and it looked like
"za"
"sa"
"za"
"za"
"sa"
"za"
and someone said it was a sketch
taylor crawfishh suh*
It wouldn't look like that because it's just the male counsellor saying it.
It's traaaa
Counselor, you are playing a dangerous game
They said “perfection”
Franco really sold this sketch
1
franco's sketches are always funny
nah this shit sucks
Franco is a masterclass of acting
Two girls are dead!
Franco's eyes were open for about 9 seconds the whole video
monearthe$ lmfaooo
Because he's passionate! The distinction between "Suh" and "Za" is everything!
This made me laugh more than the actual skit😂
monearthe$ 😂😂😂!!!! You should see him in High School Lover. Your mind will 🤯
That's because he's half Italian and half asleep 🙄
Funniest part was 2:41 when Kenan broke character and laughed and that made Franco break character as well.
Even better cause when he breaks it just makes him look more deranged
@@danielmallory4687 exactly
I don’t know why but when the pizza guy comes in and says “I’ve got one large sUH, that one large SUH” I just crack up
You can tell he’s Italian not because he’s talking about pizza and lasagna but because he’s SCREAMING
oh he's Jewish alright
Franco? He's not Italian. Or did you mean his character?
@@CanItAlready even though he has a italian last name?
@@ADJackD It's Portuguese in his case.
@@CanItAlready wait franco is a Portuguese name? Thought it was Italian/Spanish
It's Pete Davidson's za. Pete's za. Pizza.
J. AND THE WORLD THOUGHT EINSTEIN WAS DEAD 😱
Wow!
You just blew my goddamn mind!
We demand a retrial!
its pete-suh,lmao
I can almost guarantee that this sketch started with someone joking about not being able to pronounce SZA.
HAHA TRUE
As a Polish person, for some time I thought that you spell her name like "SHAH"
Oh my god 😂😂
It's actually a legit word for pizza. 💙✌
Ben Fish lmao my thoughts exactly
I cracked up at "Counselor, you are playing a dangerous game."
I think Kenan came up with that line because that is totally a Kenan joke!
This gives me “its leviOsa not leviosA” vibes
please read a second book series.
The judge breaking as he says “you are playing a dangerous game” is so fulfilling.
Franco calls Pete Davidson 'Mr. Reynolds' when he first approaches the bench but then he becomes Mr. Williams for the rest of the sketch
Rhino Repossessed my Fax Machine you should have top comment
It was a transformative role for Mr. Davidson
And then he becomes Mr. Za at 2:49.
The characters full name is Reynolds Williams 😂
"Counselor you are playing a dangerous game" 💀💀im weak
Lashaun J The way Keenan said it made it hilarious.
Lashaun J has
I literally thought the "Za" title was a mistake until I watched
AlongCameTiffy same!!!! 😂
Me to
AlongCameTiffy Same
Four people who don't play Scrabble.
+Reason four peons who voted for Drumpf stain
"Pete, what the hell? You said you were just grabbing lunch for 20 minutes. You then spent 2 hours high as a kite looking at the takeout menu muttering 'pizza' and 'za'. We need a sketch for the pitch meeting in 20 minutes!"
"....don't worry, I think I got something"
2:06
"Mr Williams, what were you eating?"
"Za"
"Aaaah"
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I don't know how but they pulled this skit off in flying colors. STILL laughing my ass off XD
James Franco
that's how
oh hey its BCG
Death to tyranny maybe ;)
I think it was the perfect combination of the visual aids, great pacing & wrap-up, and of course James Franco selling the holy hell out his performance. Even Keenan cracked when he realized how good the skit was going.
BlackCriticGuy You're a dolt. The skit was extremely dumb.
I love how he does this perfectly, then he says “two girls are dead” and breaks immediately
They need to remake this skit where they argue over how to pronounce "gif"
By the way it's GIF not JIF!
I just recently found out that the creators of Wikipedia call it "Wee-kee-pee-dee-uh".
@@larrymcjones it's jif
@@SuperTonyony probably from the Hawaiian word wiki (fast) which we pronounce wee-kee lol.
@@SuperTonyony How were you pronouncing it?
Whoever wrote this sketch must have been psyched at how much energy James Franco put into this
It's preposterous
I've watched this several times. Every now and then I think about this brilliant sketch and I come back for laughs. Franco should get an Emmy for this sketch
M'
He's got a point.
Lasagna *ZA* pizza *SUH*.
Lasagna *ZA* pizza *SUH*.
Think about it.
Auriam a
Auriam haha suh dude
Everyone's favorite Idiot asuh ma dude
Failed *bold.*
LOLL
I can't believe SNL made a skit on the pronunciation of Suh in Pizza and Za in Lasagna and the difference between them. Too funny!
hahah
Simon James Horribly unfunny.
too funny
Unfunny
I can't believe it took them so long.
I mean ...people are doing it wrong. its so obvious!
I'm more okay with Franco breaking character than anyone else on SNL ever
Yeah he's tgefirst person here who looks like they care about acting
I agree
@Daryl Murphy II hahaha, exactly!
2:43 Keenan just totally lost it
Nobody's gonna talk about the name, "Vinny's pizza pizzaria?"
This is so dumb but Franco really sold it. Good stuff.
The fact that James Franco cracks makes everything so much better😂😂😂
Well he's a dang great actor 😎
And the muscical guest is SZA😂😂
Brandon Navarro S-SUH
IThinkWithMy Dick *her
@@pudchaa them can be used for anyone, it's a gender neutral term so saying them was not inaccurate, therefore no correction was needed.
Franco turned this sketch into a super-spreader event, and Thompson's dangerous game comment at 2:42 was gold.
The writer of this skit is a genius. I LAUGHED SO HARD 😂
i lost it when he picked up the pizza and lasagna sign
This is kinda brilliant. Who the hell comes up with this
Someone was probably high writing this sketch and got the munchies. They ordered a delivery of Suh but got a Za instead......😆
Pete Davidson.
Pete-ZA!!!!!
James Anderson SUH... Pete-suh. Lasagna- sangna- ZA
F1Mike000 no
James Anderson
WARUDO!
Objection!
Lasagna- sangna ZA pizza *SUH*
Lasagna ZA pizza *SUH*
Lasagna ZA pizza *SUH*
Lasagna ZA pizza *SUH*
Lasagna- sangna ZA pizza *SUH*
Lasagna ZA pizza *SUH* pizza
he killed those girls
Kenan: I hope you’re going somewhere with this
James for the next 3 minutes: pizza suh lasagna za
This sketch seems like somebody in the writers room had recently lost a petty argument with their friends and decided to make it everybody's problem and I'm so glad they did.
I love it's a testament to how much of a troll Franco is in real life
powec12w hes amazing
Maria Jardim b
+samuel marcel is mono-alphabetical...go back to the shithole country from which you slithered...apurate
Adres tj
Brian Smith what are you so triggered about
Yay! We’ve been in need of a Pete skit :)
T S true but I ain't seen kyle once
Pete Davidson sucks and is not funny. No one was in need of this.
Ferrari Glenn lmfao Pete is literally in the thumbnail...why are watching this video?
T S MORE PETE!!
Less Franco ALWAYS
Wow he turned shitty idea funny
Yeah his acting was amazing 😂
THE CHART! THE GODDAM CHART! 😂😂😂💀
When he brought up his board I started choking on my Caprison
im fucking crying
why, are you okay now?
Same here. I was already cracking up towards the end, but I just doubled over laughing out loud at that line about the photo evidence. L. O. L.
Yeah first time fuck always painful.
Aaa
breann wittekind
Hi fucking crying
I’m utterly surprised he got it all those times in one take. Give that man an Emmy.
*_"Counselor you are playing a dangerous game!"_*
I died, lmao!
This will forever be my favorite SNL sketch
That picture of him at the crime scene tho😂😂💀💀
0:21 he's Mr. Reynolds
2:05 he's Mr. Williams
Charlie Carter OmG you're right! LOL!!! XD
He's full name is Williams Reynolds that's why
clear evidence of tampering!
the whole things a set-up!
Mr. Reynolds is the judge. Mr. Williams is the culprit
Ammon Faumuina nope. He forgot his name
Creased at 'your honour, it is pizza-suh and lasagna-sagna-za, but that has nothing to do with this case'
I love that his voice just gets deeper when he says SUH
James Franco breaking in skits should have its own prime time special. Watch his SNL Spelling Bee skit. Worth it.
This sketch sounds like one of my phonetics classes
2:47 he was trying so hard not to laugh!! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I'm dying!!
How can something so dumb be so funny
Just checking to see if you dead or not :)
Keep his ass in the system.
The more Franco keeps saying Za! And Sa! Cracking me up 🤣🤣 He's Crazy
when keenan thompson said "i'll allow it... but i hope you're going somewhere with this, counselor!" classic law and order judges
one of the best sketches in snl’s history franco KILLED IT
Franco committed to this sketch and it definitely paid off.
I may be stoned but this is brilliant
supersandi2 indeed you are stoned
Both can be true.
fam
I believe the 2 are related
Same here and it’s both!! Freaking brilliant!
I'm pretty sure this dude was defending Trump at the impeachment trial. 😂
He speaks like him lol
James Franco deserves an Emmy for the lack of stuttering in this sketch
i can picture me drunk having this conversation truely trying to make a point haha😂😂😂 regardless I'm hungry asf NOW
Starting from 1:50 I was annoyed and then by the time it ended at 2:05 I was dying idk
James is killing it in this episode
Yeah almost all the sketches were 10/10
I've watched this sketch at least one hundred times but its make me laughing like a first time
I love how Franco breaks for a second at “two girls are dead” 😂😂😂
I'm really loving James Franco!
James Franco is hilarious!! He needs to be a full time member on SNL!!
FUCKING died at the end 😂 well I guess i don't need this evidence anymore
he even said that banking on the pizza and lasagna was stupid like he just wanted to try to win a case by using the worst argument
"You're playing a dangerous game counselor!" Idk why that part was so funny to me
How they made a sketch out of this is incredible. Fantastic
James Franco deserves an award for making every sketch the most hilarious thing I've seen in a while.
They’re breaking character with that sign 😂
James Franco really found a way to make this Hilarious.
Man I love James Franco Soo much
I really didn't know James is such a hell of an actor
he’s very passionate about acting
I’ve watched this so many times I can’t even keep track and I still laugh every time 😂😭‼️
@2:35 my French teacher teaching us how to pronounce words😂
Its funny every time I watch it. Franco has filled a lot of enthusiasm in it...
this is a master class on how you turn a stupid sketch into a brilliant sketch, you commit 110%
Who comes back to rewatch this classic from time to time?
I love that he already has a poster made about the pronunciation before the witness even when he didn’t know he would say za instead of zuh
The accused will often give statements before a case goes to court so he probably heard it before.
He kind of did have to bank on the "za" thing, because real evidence usually doesn't convinced anyone of anything anymore
Anyone else thing this would have been even better if Pete was playing Chad?
Karl Eickhoff okay. 😉
Chad makes everything better
Not really, no
No because Pete's Za
I just love how he says "Looook" and presents the cardboard with the phonetics :D
Franck breaking at 2:47 is hilarious