# SNL Black Jeopardy with Tom Hanks **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 24, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559 "2016-10-24T00:46:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/1 "2016-10-24T00:46:39Z")
I believe it is one of the best SNL sketches of all time. It gives me hope that the divisions between are just illusory. "NOT A DAMN THING!" I can't stop giggling at that. Tom did a great job. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/2 "2016-10-24T01:37:42Z")
The entire show was one of the best I’ve seen in a while. This sketch was genius. “LIVES THAT MATTER” ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/3 "2016-10-24T02:23:42Z")
“You people are fun! Can I say that?” “We’ll give you a pass this time.” ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/4 "2016-10-24T02:30:03Z")
That was quite refreshingly good, in a lot of ways. Thanks for highlighting it. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/5 "2016-10-24T13:38:29Z")
Look at SNL being innovative on one of their sketches for once! I also think it’s hilarious because there’s a part of me that thinks it’s almost true. The stereotypical redneck dude probably DOES have a lot in common with the stereotypical black person. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/6 "2016-10-24T14:01:35Z")
Yep, agreed. That was an instant classic. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/7 "2016-10-24T14:21:29Z")
I think SNL is in line for their best season in years. So far all the shows have been much much better than in years past. Tom Hanks was great. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/8 "2016-10-24T14:29:14Z")
Thread on the entire episode [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=808418). But yeah, that Black Jeopardy was one of the best. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/9 "2016-10-24T14:33:04Z")
Here is the thread I started about the overall episode: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=808418](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=808418) I agree that Black Jeopardy was one of the better SNL skits I have seen in a while. More like something Key & Peele might have done. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/10 "2016-10-24T14:33:14Z")
I find the Black Jeopardy skits are as good as the Celebrity Jeopardy ones. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/11 "2016-10-24T14:48:03Z")
It was excellent. I especially loved the iPhone question. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/12 "2016-10-24T16:13:37Z")
I agree, I thought the Black Jeopardy sketch was so good I woke up my wife to tell her about it. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/13 "2016-10-24T16:27:52Z")
I agree with the OP, one of the best of all time. This one kept delivering. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/14 "2016-10-24T16:33:03Z")
I agree, a terrific sketch. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/15 "2016-10-24T19:38:32Z")
I initially cringed, expecting a bunch of lazy low blows. They took it in an unexpected direction and it was funny (two things they need more of). ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/16 "2016-10-24T19:52:40Z")
I liked that too, this could have easily been a skit with lazy humor and cheap shots in any direction. Hanks’ character was appreciably low key and the commonality found between the contestants right up until the end was great. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/17 "2016-10-24T22:00:40Z")
I kept waiting for them to go to the category “White People” because I was sure that was where the punchline was. Nice of them to use that as a distraction, it was clever ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/18 "2016-10-24T22:36:32Z")
Some analysis of the sketch here: [SNL’s brilliant Black Jeopardy sketch gave us some of the best political commentary of this election - Vox](http://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/24/13381668/snl-black-jeopardy-tom-hanks) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/19 "2016-10-24T22:38:13Z")
When it started, I thought it would be a just plain stupid concept that wasn’t going to be funny at all. I was completely wrong. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559/20 "2016-10-25T00:30:21Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > When it started, I thought it would be a just plain stupid concept that wasn’t going to be funny at all. I was completely wrong. You know they’ve done this before, right? At lest once, and maybe more. The last time I remember, the white guy was a professor of African American History, and he got every answer wrong. Not quite as good as this one, but still very funny. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-black-jeopardy-with-tom-hanks/769559.md?page=2)