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Nate Bargatze’s Washington Sketch Was Almost Cut From “SNL” | Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco | February 25, 2026



Nate Bargatze had to fight for his now-iconic George Washington sketch.

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  1. @JW_______

    February 25, 2026 at 5:44 pm

    The Washington sketches were hilarious, but to be fair, not actually accurate, because the U.S. inherited the English system of measurements. That didn't change with the American Revolution. The metric system didn't exist for a long time afterwards. The U.K. adopted the metric system in the 20th century.

  2. @JasonBBell

    February 25, 2026 at 5:44 pm

    Nate obviously wanted so badly to talk about the "invention of television" bit after Conan praised the SNL Washington sketches, but he knew he couldn't.

  3. @purleybaker

    February 25, 2026 at 5:44 pm

    Nate has his craft honed to an unbelievable degree. It would be crazy to him to do anything besides what he does. If you want something different fine just get someone else.

  4. @ajquick7585

    February 25, 2026 at 5:44 pm

    I don’t think for a second that Conan isn’t grateful to Lorne and he clearly thinks the world of him. That said, it was always beyond obvious to me that Lorne wasn’t the thing that ever made SNL good. SNL had good years in spite of Lorne.

  5. @wmc125

    February 25, 2026 at 5:44 pm

    "All of it is exactly accurate" well except that none of it is accurate, since all of the "imperial" system of inches, feet, yards, miles, and the rest, had existed for centuries, and the metric system hadn't been invented yet. Good work, Harvard boy.

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