There’s nothing worse than finding out your best friend in high school was actually a 67-year-old Irishman pretending to be a high school senior, is there?
Well, that’s exactly what happens in the new sketch from Saturday Night Live‘s resident comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy. In the pre-recorded sketch, Brendan Gleeson plays Tommy, who reveals his shocking secret to the boys (Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy). Tommy is not a 17-year-old on track to go to Penn State — he’s an Irishman with a wife and 13 kids.
Of course, obvious questions must be asked like, « Tommy why are you in high school? » and « But you were taking drugs in class. » And the answers, respectively are « I don’t know, I felt lost and I watched Gossip Girl and it seemed kind of fun, » and « Those were blood thinners. »
Every line in the sketch is absolutely killer, so check it out. It’s nice to see Please Don’t Destroy out of the office for once.
