The Spartans - Saturday Night Live
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The men of Sparta are pretty close. Aired 10/17/09
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Gotta love them Scottish kings of ancient Sparta
Gotta love them American soldiers of ancient Sparta
@@invictus88 Hoplites.
@@Sevenfold120 American soldiers
It's no coincidence that the fall of the Spartan nation in 200 BC lines up almost perfectly with the rise of the Pictish nation at the same time in Scotland.
Atlanta the gay part is acurate
"And all the times we had sex?" "Also gay reasons." xD
😂😂😂
Homosexuality in the militaries of ancient Greece was regarded as contributing to morale.
Their women must have had the looks of a robber's dog
Actually the term "homosexual" did not existed at that time until later. For them having sex with men was regarded as normal behavior.
dashengquan Bro, I think you need to look up Pederasty and The Sacred Band of Thebes.
That would be awkward if *ONE* of us were gay
The laugh after is pure gold
*hurhurhurhurhurhurhurhurhurhur*
Stefanos = Stefon
Oh my god, how have I not noticed this sooner. :O
stefons ancestor lmaoo
@crazy waters he’s referring to the snl skits with bill hader cast as stefon
I think this came out before Stefon on weekend update but the sketch had already happened
Was looking for this comment 😁
Slot of your names are Greek, and slot of your words, especially in the medical department
When they all said "fierce " in unison, I laughed so hard I choked on my coffee.
I didn't get that one, could you explain? 😅
@@user-qn4tq2qt5m from my limited experience with the gay community they would use 2 F words regularly, Fierce, and Fabulous. That's why I found it so funny in the moment.
@@forcesightknight oh right! Thank you so much🙏😆
No, its about their gesture that makes its fun
it's hilarious 😅😅😅
Fred armisen’s face after the “if one of us was gay” joke is so flipping hilarious to me
And Bill Hader's nervous laugh.
This makes me realise that they all shaved their legs for 300
And chests, and arms, and hands, and backs... Miss anything?
@@Silirion their faces. They missed their faces.
lol
@@Silirion sokratis dalakas you missed knees and toes
You forgot that they shaved literally everything beside eyebrows, head and a few beards
"It's never the time, Leonidas!" 😂😂😂 Fred said it perfectly.
There's always opposition for doing the right thing, even when they control the entire Congress and the presidency :V
😂😂😂
That one line was the best in the whole skit
*gasp* "THE BATHHOUSE! Okay this is now startin' ta make more sense." I swear I died at that part.
that was adorable
It's probably because of that Scottish accent, 40% of Sparta doesn't believe Leonidas was born in Greece.
Lol 😂
fax
😂
Doric dialect
Didn't know Sparta was in Scotland. xD
+Rowen Chumacera Atlast Someone
It isn't in Scotland the actor is from Scotland though
+Curly Fries Thanks Buzz Killington
actually sparta and braveheart was the same
And I didn't know most of its army consisted of American immigrants :D
How many six packs do they have on their costumes 🤣🤣😂
They actually have only one six pack in the middle of the breastplate, the ones on the sides arent representing a six pack, they were common in the ancient times to make the soldiers look stronger, also that shape is good for deflecting arrows, although not the most efficient, it looks better than having your breastplate round making you look fat isn't it?
six
Birisu Andrei I think it was a joke
@@orangeondaxbox2768 ik but I hope you guys learned something interesting if you were wondering why ancient armor looked like its covered in abs😂
Yes
"Just needed a reason to measure it" I died xD
motto of the greek army: don't leave your man's behind
Γαμόθεος 🤣🤣 lol
Ahahah Greek army really good joke I heard that you guys can swim very well my grandpa told me when they push you back in to Aegean sea
Turks brag about defeating near dead empires and their prowess. The list goes on endlessly.
@@kcinkcin3808 weren't you our slaves about 600 years you are probably a turk too don't curse on your race :))
@@cant8160 oh yes turkish imperialism is soo cool, let's commit even more war crimes. Stupid fuck^^
Can we just take moment and realize how good the actor Gerard Butler played the actor Gerard Butler from the movie 300 in this skit.
I love this sketch so much! The Scottish accent,Jason's face,"All the time we had sex?"" Also gay reasons","Just wanted to get my haands on ya"
fun fact, those uniforms are more historically accurate than the movie ones. more armor. People tend to not go into battle naked.
But they did wrestle naked
The Celts did, turned up naked high on mushrooms and scared the shit out of the Roman army
@@jimmy_the_squid9456 Celts were fucking bonkers though. Still are
No that’s not historically accurate, you just misguided a lot of people
@@dstn87godz52 i mean, power of abs vs fake chestplate? yeah, chestplate all the way
It's okay guys, not even Gerard Butler looks like Gerard Butler in _300._
So it WAS him in this sketch after all.
@@fenrisulfrvanagandr317 yes Gerard II the Butler king of sparta
Still in the best shape of that group.
I mean, this WAS well over a year after he filmed the movie. It would have been impossible to maintain that godlike body for very long.
Weird thing is he doesn’t even sound like himself in the movie. Lazy stuff right there.
Fun Fact: Whilst the Spartans did not have an elite dedicated unit of gay guys, their rivals, the Thebans, did. They had a 300 member elite squadron known as the Sacred Band, all made up of homosexual men who trained and lived in pairs. They actually played a critical role in the downfall of Sparta at the Battle of Leuctra
And got decimated by Alexander (before he was king) and King Philip, his father.
fun fact while there was no elite unit of gay guys in Sparta, homosexuality in the spartan army was explicitly welcomed. So they probably were all gay.
The question is what did the king exactly mean with friends, because in ancient greece the whole brotherhood thing could quickly get really gay. For example Achilles and Pathrokles were more than just good friends.
you mean modern authors like Plato
jajaja, good one
"Also gay reasons." *died*
"That would be awkward if ONE of us were gay."
I laughed so hard I nearly peed in my pants.
'This....is....Sparta......and it's fabulous!!
+Oliver R ahahahahahahahah
And **fierce**
Leonidas: "SPARTANS... WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION??"
Spartan: "I play the flute sir" 🤭
The funniest part of this is that Spartans used to actually indulge in gay sex, they thought it brought the warriors closer together, and most would only take wives to continue their bloodlines
Different times, different views. Also religion and morality had nothing to do with each other then.
Wait , I never heard of "Spartans indulging gay relationship (youtube censorship)" before. Can I ask for source?
I believe you are mixing up Spartan Hoplites with Theban Sacred Band.
@@hannibalburgers477 then you obviously know nothing about Spartans, maybe go do more research before pretending you know anything
@@hannibalburgers477 you should look into the pederasty in Ancient Greece. Older more experienced men would take in young boys and teach them everything, even in that area, I think. You can look it up
@@DrHardlyKummsz This is why I asked for source 🤦♂️
How mature you are. I am sure you know everything about Sparta. So how about you stop cowering under a manhole and come to me with a proper argument, you sodden-witted yellow belly edgelord?
"The bath house" "this is starting to make sense" 🤣🤣🤣
It's really motherfucking gerard butler.
+Erehe Mias So I was right all along?
+Erehe Mias And I was wondering who was that xD
is it really?! Epic!
SNL loves poking fun at their guests' most notable roles. The best one was when they made Taylor Lautner play a teenage Team Edward fan
"One could almost say he's like a son to you"
kinky
If one of us was gay
Harder daddy
no
@@nickpurnell2769 😂🤣
I loved whenever they did movie spoofs with the original actors from the movie
2:54 I rewinded like 7 times to check everyone's facial expression individually 😂😂😂😂
Bill is the best 😂
i saw this and went on to do it myself... loved it
Only one of them has a one-pack, and they gave him a Spartan sport bra, LoLoLoL 😂😂😂😂😂
“Many of us have been wondering, why do you have a Scottish accent?”
It was wholesome when that one guy raised his hand on the second count.
"Its never the time, Leonidas"
Fred understood the assignment
I don’t think Sparta had a concept of straightness. Athens and Rome considered what we might call bi to be the norm so I’d be surprised if Sparta was any different.
Sparta was famously gay
@AndreTreeCantSeeMe Athens was too . I was oversimplifying but it got the general point across.
Also while the general stance was against adult bottoms that wasn’t always the case in all social circles. Societies tend to break into different social opinions based on class, with the aristocracy usually being much looser and the peasantry usually being much stricter. As long as you weren’t publicly the bottom, a lot of the time it wouldn’t be a problem
I read somewhere-and I don't know how true this is- that Sparta actually encouraged homosexual relationships between their soldiers because it was believed that a man will fight harder than usual in front of his lover in order to not bring shame or something to said lover. Again, no idea how factual this info was. Just something I read online.
@AndreTreeCantSeeMe that was Rome, Sparta was before them. While it's true that in Rome the biggest, strongest, and largest hung warriors got to be tops...it wasn't a shame to be a bottom, they considered it taking in the warriors essence and further empowering themselves. There were all kinds of weird ideas about getting nutted in back then.
@@Blizzard0fOz93 i heard that the reason they did it was they felt the trauma would make them fierce
I like how Leonidas is not explicitly gay in this like the rest of the army but he's also not mad that he's been misled into at least 4 different gay sex related activities. Very wholesome and progressive, Mr. Leonidas.
You mean, 'I like how Leonidas does not "behave" explicitly gay? No one 'is' gay. It is a behavior.
"and all the times we had sex" lol...
FIERCE
“-And all the times we had sex?
-Also gay reasons”
😂😂😂😂😂
Favorite snl cast of all time. Will forte hader armisen always nailed it. Forte is a treasure
First I thought he was just another actor, then I just realized that he was the real Gerard Butler. yeah, it took me a few to noticed him. lol
Lmao the birth certificate joke was a brilliant jab at the American public. Bravo!
Obama's birth certificate again. Is Hawaii really, I mean really, part of America?
Bill's laugh😄😄
“It’s never the time, Leonidis.” 😏
Actually, with their...scantily clad armor and exposed skin, oiling would be a good strategy; it would make them hard to get a hold of...and make them "hard" in general.
.... I'll be in my bunk.
2:53 Fierce! :D
40% of Sparta doesn't think you were born in Greece.
But I have a birth certificate.
😂😂😂😂
motto of the greek army: don't leave your man's behind
Lol Obama
Trump-Obama reference 😂
Historically Spartan warriors were paired up with veterans and were encouraged to be lovers so that on the battlefield they would be more motivated to look out for each-other.
Not really. You are confusing them with Sacred Band from Thebes
horse shit..
Yeah as in I got your backside.
@@Lalakis weren't they both really active in homosexual relationships?
Spartans were definitely homophillic. It got especially weird when some of them married - they would cut their newlyweds hair, dress her boyish. This would go on for years [Source: Brettany Hughes, "Meet the Spartans", BBC [2003]
Bill Hader is called stephonous? 😃😃
No, Martinus.
Stephanus is his friend.
There’s probably nothing more dangerous than a vicious queen on the battlefield.
Achilles approves of this message.
"the bathouse, okay this is starting to make a lot more sense" lmao
"Are you asking for yourself or a friend?"🤣🤣🤣🤣
A Spartan with a Scottish accent 😂🤣😂😂🤣😂😂 I can't 😂🤣😂🤣🤣
Almost as funny as a load of Spartans with American accents.
That's one happy army
Watching the Spartan king talking with a Dwarf accent is something I didn't know i needed in my life but now I'm glad I have it.
bill hader could play freddy mercury
Isabel Ariel omg
holy shit
Bill hader with a beard;))
Sudekis totally made this skit work
The ok ok got me lmao 🤣
Birth certificate with the year and "BC" is totally legit :D
This is one of the funniest skits so far 🤣
3:38 I guess a real spartan doesn't need to wear an armor😅🤣🤣👏👌
"FIERCE!"
Lol, perfect!
1:56 I can't stop laughing after seeing this 🤣😆🤣🤣😆
"Need a reason to measure it." 😂
One of the funniest sketches I have seen.
Love his original Scottish accent coming through....
Just seeing their costumes makes me laugh so hard! Lolll
This is somehow the single most relatable Snl skit for me, pretty much my entire friend group and everyone I hang out with are gay, and I’m that one straight friend who half the time doesn’t realize it.
When you find out that you are the only straight person in your friend group
The BEST cast 💪
fierce!!
The birth certificate 😂😂😂😂
"I wouldn't be able to fight if I thought some gay guy was checking out my body." The opposite was true. They weren't allowed to get married until 30 in a lot of cases, and they were encouraged to get boyfriends in the army not only to blow off steam, but also to drive them to fight harder to defend their lovers.
Seriously have no idea how gayness got such a bad stigma
@Ongo Gablogian ok they didn't have the labels but like... that doesnt mean its not gay lol
@Ongo Gablogian why the fuck did it change
@Ongo Gablogian what part of why the fuck did it change even sound like argument
@Ongo Gablogian I mean it probably wasn't called gay but they definitely did call it something
The potbelly “six-pack” armor 😂
“Just wanna get ma hands on ya.” Lol
They got the real Leonidas in this awesome
Remember the Sparta spoof movie?
Leonidas: Your sword is sticking on to me
Soldier:mm.. no it's not.
Leonidas:... Carry on.
Meet the spartans
"FIERCE" 😂😂😂
Gotta love those oddly wholesome sketches
Being gay myself, this is one of the funniest things I've ever seen! XD LOL
what is it like being gay? is it true you know all the best jokes? And do you really know what's going to be in fashion like a year beforehand? Can you fly?
ruispuuro Uhm... "no" on all of those questions. Homosexuality has nothing to do with humor or fashion or flying abilities.
kurvos i know i'm sorry.,,,
kurvos Does it have something to do with bad sense of humor?
kurvos Then why did you advertise your sexual orientation in the first place?
This is Sparta!!!
Just needed a reason to measure it.
Never gets old.
"and all the times we had sex?" 😂😂
"Really everyone?"
Yes every Spartan. It's historically part of their training.
None of you illiterate idiots knows jackshit about ancient Greek history apart from the generic superficial propaganda they "teach" you in your dumbass foreign schools for a few courses. Not only homosexuality was punishable by DEATH in Ancient Sparta, but in classic Athens gay men were chased by the police of the time and they were banned from participating in any social activity such as theaters, gyms, and voting. Aristotle himself famously said to a gay man "I pitty you for you stopped being a man, yet without becoming a woman". And most statues or other depictions of homosexual behavior were the today's equivalent caricatures meant to ridicule such behavior, not encourage homosexuality let alone embrace it. So get your actual facts STRAIGHT (no pun intended) you uneducated trolls!
Leonidas with Scotish accent! lol
The crop top had me rolling!!
Stephanos --> Stefon.. 🤣 LMAO. Bill Hader... so hilarious!!
"You two walk in the woods for hours. How awkward would that be if one of you were gay?"
"Yeah, it would be awkward if _one_ of us was gay..."
For some fucked-up reason how the Hell did this SNL skit portrayed Spartans more accurately than they were in that movie? XD
Xerxes ? Is that you ???
BelladonaAtropina Lol I see what you did there XD But what i really mean was that the skit portrayed the Spartans more accurately in terms of history. Real Spartand wore cuirass armor, rather than capes, loinclothes, and being topless. This may sound crazy, but they actually practiced homosexuality too ;)
John Constantine Athenians did not Spartans.
BelladonaAtropina Funny as this sounds. But Spartans practiced homosexuality more than the Athenians did. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality_in_the_militaries_of_ancient_Greece
"Various ancient Greek sources record incidents of courage in battle and interpret them as motivated by homoerotic bonds."
Haha, now it makes sense why they were so "brave".
"Who here is gay"? - "I'm Spartacus"!! lol
I wouldn’t worry about it 😂
Goddamn, Hader-Armisen-Sudeikis-Forte-Moynihan, what an all-powerful comedy squad
Fred armisen is such a great comedian that everything he says seems to be funny. 0:46
this is definitely one of the best
Love the reinforced Speedos🤩
How has no one commented on how great Bill Haden’s beard game is. Color me jealous.
Is that Gerard Butler for real ???
Yup thats him
Bobek Mi yes
Yep, doing a Scottish accent and saying the 2nd most famous line in 300.
Yup
@@OfficerFriendly2006 hes a real Scottish
Started slowly, but then was really Solid
This is SO GOOD