Saturday Night Live generates a lot more headlines for its topical political coverage and impressions of pop culture figures, but the lifeblood of the show has always been evergreen weirdness. Many of the best sketches of all-time involve original characters just living their lives or parodies of movies and TV shows that have been off the air for decades. The recent Christmas episode was a good reminder of that, as arguably the most viral sketch of the entire night was a parody of 1990’s Home Alone.
Given the popularity of the spoof, SNL dropped a behind the scenes video of the breakout sketch this week, and it’s a fascinating look into what it takes for the show to produce such a sophisticated pretape. Extensive work is needed from the production design team, the costume team, the effects team and, of course, full buy-in from the host.
