43 Times Things Went Hilariously Wrong On "Saturday Night Live"

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All Ryan Gosling does on "SNL" is look hot and break character, and I am personally living for it.

In honor of Saturday Night Live celebrating 50 seasons, I decided to round up the most unforgettable, iconic times things went hilariously wrong on air. From wardrobe malfunctions to character-breaking, here are 43 of those moments that live in my head rent free:

5. This "Africa Tourism" sketch, where you can quite literally watch Adele start to break, like, five times before she completely loses it:

Three individuals in beach-themed dresses stand in front of a tropical beach sunset backdrop

6. Honestly, the whole first "Close Encounter" sketch, because Ryan Gosling is a millisecond from full-on laughing the entire time, and it's absolute perfection:

Ryan laughing and Cecily saying he's crying

8. When Alec Baldwin was genuinely surprised by Paul McCartney making an appearance in this "Platinum Lounge" sketch and went through every emotion in the span of five seconds:

Three people are indoors in a comedic scene, wearing suits. One appears to be speaking animatedly to the others

9. Truly any "Debbie Downer" sketch, but the way every single person breaks in "Debbie Downer: Disney World" (bonus points for Horatio Sanz literally hiding his face in a Mickey-shaped waffle) makes it the very best:

Rachel as Debbie saying she can't have kids, Jimmy covering his face, Rachel biting her fork, Lindsay Lohan laughing, and Horatio covering his face with a waffle

10. When Will Ferrell sent Sean Hayes and Jimmy Fallon into hysterics when he pulled out the tiniest flip phone known to man in "Jeffrey's":

Will pulling out a very very tiny flip phone, and Sean and Jimmy laughing

11. When Aidy Bryant's wardrobe assistant made the best possible mistake and ran on set too early in "Inside the Beltway," thus making Aidy laugh so hard, she barely made it through the rest of the sketch:

Bonus points for Cecily and Kenan similarly fighting for their lives not to break character, too:

side by side of the two trying not to laugh

14. When Kristen Stewart accidentally dropped an f-bomb in her monologue and Kate McKinnon was positively delighted:

Three performers on stage joke about being excited, with the central figure humorously feigning speechlessness

15. When Ego's line readings and over-the-top steak cutting in this "Lisa from Temecula" sketch made every single person at this table — including herself and Pedro Pascal — lose it:

A woman in a stylish top addresses a seated group at a dining table in a comedic scene

17. When Will Ferrell's character in the "Dr. Beaman's Office: Test Results" sketch was so funny, it had him hiding a smile behind his hands and made Molly Shannon laugh so hard, she struggled to regain her composure for a hot minute:

shannon laughing during the scene

19. The forever iconic "Californians" sketch, in which Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, and even Fred Armisen were constantly on the verge of breaking:

Fred saying Bill should go and breaking while he reads the list of California highways and streets Bill needs to take, and Bill and Kristen both trying so hard not to laugh

20. When Larry David gets the giggles in this "New Wife" sketch and ends up whispering his lines, which makes Kate start laughing, too:

Three actors perform a comedic scene indoors; one is dressed in a suit, another in a casual black outfit, and the third in a stylish dress

21. When Adam Driver tried to hit a fake bird with his cane for ~emphasis~ in "Career Day" and accidentally skewered it instead, making us all crack up just as hard as Pete Davidson was:

Adam driver spearing the bird and Pete laughing behind a book

23. When Tracy Morgan and Kenan Thompson had every last person in the "Scared Straight: Underage Drinking" sketch fighting for their lives not to break (and, evidently, losing):

all the characters trying to hold their laugh

24. When Jimmy Fallon was all of us watching Will Ferrell be hilarious in the "More Cowbell" sketch:

Three people confront a man named Gene in a recording studio, urging him to stop being selfish. The conversation appears tense and emphatic

25. When Emily Blunt nailed this line delivery a little too well and had to slowly lower this lampshade to hide her giggles:

Person humorously wearing a lampshade on their head while sitting on a couch, making a peace sign

26. When Kate McKinnon — QUEEN of not breaking character — was taken down by how gosh darn disgusting the basket of meat in the "Weekend Update: Smokery Farms" smelled:

Kate fully laughing and saying that's a lot of meat while Aidy says, "and the scent IS strong"

27. When Beck and Kyle's physical comedy in this "Brothers" sketch was so exquisite, it had Aidy making this face the whoooole sketch and had Cecily struggling to say her lines altogether:

Two people wearing oversized graphic t-shirts react humorously to being sprayed with water inside a room, reminiscent of a comedy skit

29. When Billie Eilish makes it halfway through this "Hotel Ad" sketch before starting to lose it, only for Kate McKinnon to notice and go even harder:

Two actors in airline employee costumes, featuring light blue shirts and patterned scarves, stand in front of a check-in desk on a TV show set

34. When Pete Davidson was literally all of us watching Kenan Thompson and John Mulaney in "Diner Lobster," aka he was full out, not-even-trying-to-hide-it laughing when the camera switched over to him:

John Mulaney and Kenan as a lobster singing "and why would someone on a whim choose from all to order him? Who's this guy?" to the tune of One Day More, then Pete Davidson openly laughing

35. When Kenan Thompson and Pete Davidson simply couldn't take Leslie Jones breastfeeding Dave Chappelle's character in "Football Party":

36. When Seann William Scott put up a good fight, but even he wasn't immune to cracking up over Will Ferrell's patriotic look in "Short Shorts for the USA":

Will in a crop top and thong with his feet on the table, while Sean covers his mouth

37. When Megan Thee Stallion tried her best, but Kenan Thompson fighting off a deer had her giggling all through this "Deer" sketch:

trying to hide her smile

39. When Ryan Gosling couldn't help himself when Aidy Bryant went to pull a gun out of his pants...while dressed like this in "Henrietta":

43. And finally, this cut-for-time "Cast List" sketch that I recommend you watch twice — once for the actual sketch (which is peak theater kid drama), and a second time to watch each and every cast member fighting for their lives not to laugh (spoiler alert: they all do, more than once):

Group of people in a TV show scene, wearing casual outfits, standing in a school hallway with lockers in the background

You can watch SNL's 50th-anniversary celebrations — which include a concert on Friday, 2/14, a re-airing of its first episode on Saturday, 2/15, and a three-hour anniversary special on 2/15 — on NBC and Peacock.

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