Completely one-dimensional SNL sketch, but a spot-on Denzel Washington impersonation

[NFS4]

SNL rarely makes me laugh anymore, but I hope to see more from this new guy... just ran across this Denzel impersonation from Saturday:

http://www.hulu.com/watch/184584/saturday-night-live-returns-and-exchanges

The overal premise for the sketch is a bit lame, but the impersonation simply makes it at least a 9/10 :biggrin:

Also, the cast member, Jay Pharaoh, has some other material to pull from:

According to the Washington Post he’s known for his impressions, which also include Will Smith, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Eddie Murphy, and Barack Obama.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Heh heh my man

I was just watching Malcolm X too ha

 

[brxndxn]

I chuckled some..

 

[DesiPower]

bookmarked

 

[tatteredpotato]

My buddy texted me about this. Very good stuff.

 

[lupi]

This was the first episode of the season that was rather meh to me (other than the digital short), probably cause so many of the skits were glee related.

That new black kid they brought in though has been hilarious in his segments so far this year, all the guys he's done has a voice close enough to trick your mind and the rest of the physical actions carry it through.

 

[NFS4]

LMFAO! More from this guy. Good stuff starts at 2:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbUy6X-wEOE

 

[DangerAardvark]

I like how the entire first minute of the sketch is basically "here comes a Denzel Washington impression in 3... 2... 1..."

 

[NFS4]

I like how the entire first minute of the sketch is basically "here comes a Denzel Washington impression in 3... 2... 1..."

That was the lame part... but he more than made up for it :biggrin:

 

[zinfamous]

that was pretty good. flat ending, though.

 

[EvilYoda]

His Will Smith impression is dead-on, although I listened to it on the laptop speakers. Still, the timbre of his voice is very close.

 

[FDF12389]

Marked for home viewing!

 

[NFS4]

His Will Smith impression is dead-on, although I listened to it on the laptop speakers. Still, the timbre of his voice is very close.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReSZbEkOU8U

 

[gorcorps]

Nice, both his Denzel and Will Smith are solid

 

[Arcadio]

Wow... what a waste of good talent. Impersonation was excellent, but the sketch was extremely bad....

 

[DangerAardvark]

that was pretty good. flat ending, though.

Yeah, they can't begin or end a sketch to save their lives.

 

[TecHNooB]

the reaction around 3:40 is hilarious lol

 

[Soundmanred]

He's the only (new) one that's impressed me so far, and that's just for his vocal impersonations.

 

[zerocool84]

Is that a new black guy? Also I've never seen that fat white guy before. Shows how much I watch it. Is that Kenan and Kel guy still on there?

 

[NFS4]

the reaction around 3:40 is hilarious lol

That's the funniest part -- the slow clap I didn't even really think Denzel had any "ticks" or "tendencies", but this whole sketch brought out the little things that I never noticed before -- and now that I look back, I can pick out every single one of them in his films.

 

[gorcorps]

Oh I almost forgot...

What's with you and black people again OP?

 

[classy]

I just watched this today. His Denzel is good. He has got Denzel down perfectly.