The 50 best comedy sketches of the 2010s, from popular favorites to bizarre marvels and everything in between
From Liza Minnelli and her lamp to “Too Much Tuna,” it’s been a great decade for sketch comedy.* Illustration: by Ari Liloan Sketch comedy has always been one of the genre’s trusted forms, but as comedy has evolved — grown shorter, longer, bigger, stranger, launched numerous podcast networks — where does that leave good old-fashioned sketch comedy? Surely not in the dust. But sketch comedy has shifted in the wake of our far-too-online era, and often for the better.
Aerobics Meltdown Having to keep high-kicking in the face of unspeakable tragedy feels like an apt metaphor for the decade, no? Twin Bed “ Twin Bed” was an all-star showcase for SNL’s female cast: a joke-packed pop song in the style of an early-aughts girl group. The track was written by Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider, who would co-author a number of the decade’s best SNL sketches before going on to create The Other Two. Each lyric is more quotable than the one before it, but Lil’ Baby Aidy’s mom’s feud with her friend Jean takes the cake .
Improved Open What is there to say about comedy other than sometimes you just want to see the same two guys over and over again in the form of the SNL opening credits? Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim alternate classic New York scenes — getting a dollar slice, waving down a cab, going to a strip club — in an attempt to deliver comedy in a “funnier and faster” way to their audience.
Put a Bird on It It’s almost impossible to believe now, but there was a time — in this very decade — where birds were on everything, as exemplified in Portlandia duo Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s most famous sketch. After Bryce and Lisa decorate a variety of homegoods with hand-painted birds to maximize tweeness, they’re terrorized by a live bird, reminding the viewer that what is adorable is often extremely frightening.
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