Watch out, Domingo. You’ve got competition.
Mike Myers‘ SNL cameo as Elon Musk has racked up 15 million views on YouTube, making it the show’s second most-viewed YouTube clip this season.
It’s a feat made all the more impressive by the fact that it’s only been six days since the clip was posted.
Myers made his debut as the tech mogul in last week’s cold open, which imagined Musk crashing Donald Trump‘s Oval Office confrontation with Ukranian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Though he appeared two weeks prior on SNL‘s primetime 50th anniversary special, it was Myers’ first appearance on a regular episode of Saturday Night Live since 2015.
Online reaction to SNL‘s chain saw-wielding Musk was swift and largely split along party lines. Musk himself issued a terse five-word response Sunday afternoon: “Humor fails when it lies.”
The sketch was the most talked-about moment of last week’s Shane Gillis-hosted SNL. The week’s other semi-viral hit, the Gillis-led pretape “CouplaBeers” currently stands at 5.4 million views.
Myers’ Elon Musk debut is the sixth cold open to rank among the show’s ten most-viewed YouTube clips this season, and the first post-election cold open to crack the top ten.
The complete list (as of Saturday at 6:00 pm ET) follows below:
- Bridesmaid Speech (Ariana Grande/Stevie Nicks) – 18M views
- Elon Musk Cold Open (Shane Gillis/Tate McRae) – 15M views
- Dave Chappelle Stand-Up Monologue 2025 (Dave Chappelle/GloRilla) – 14.6M
- Harris and Trump Rallies Cold Open (Jean Smart/Jelly Roll) – 12.7M views
- Family Feud Election 2024 Cold Open (Ariana Grande/Stevie Nicks) – 12.3M views
- 2024 Pre-Election Cold Open (John Mulaney/Chappell Roan) – 11M views
- Washington’s Dream 2 (Nate Bargatze/Coldplay) – 9.7M views
- VP Debate 2024 Cold Open (Nate Bargatze/Coldplay) – 8.7M views
- Fox News Kamala Harris Interview Cold Open (Michael Keaton/Billie Eilish) – 8.4M views
- Domingo: Vow Renewal (SNL50) – 8.3M views
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