Adam Sandler as a bloody surgery patient completely breaks 'SNL' cast

"Not sure what your role in this sketch is, but so glad you're getting air time."
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Chase DiBenedetto
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Chris Rock and SNL cast members Bowen Yang and Ego Nwodim dressed as surgeons at an operating table.
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How best to signal to an audience that a sketch is about to go off the walls? You throw Adam Sandler's sliced artery on the operating table. Literally.

In a surprise appearance on this week's episode, Sandler is the unfortunate, tropical shirt-wearing victim of a baffled surgical team led by Saturday Night Live host Chris Rock.

There's blood everywhere, the fourth wall no longer exists, and just about everything in this operating room is going haywire, mostly due to an inept (but really hot) nurse named Leslie (Sarah Sherman). She's a Gen Z-coded, AirPod-wearing questionable medical professional who the doctors, and Sandler, keep sticking up for, because everybody needs that one coworker you can rag on. Where are Dr. Please and Jeffrey Thank You when you need them.

Topics SNL

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Chase DiBenedetto
Social Good Reporter

Chase joined Mashable's Social Good team in 2020, covering online stories about digital activism, climate justice, accessibility, and media representation. Her work also captures how these conversations manifest in politics, popular culture, and fandom. Sometimes she's very funny.


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