Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) thrilled audiences once again with the return of the much-loved "Washington’s Dream" sketch, starring Nate Bargatze . Fans hailed this second installment as a comedic masterpiece, after the original was dubbed the "best skit in years" last season. Bargatze reprised his role as George Washington, delivering absurd and hilarious dreams for the future of the United States, much to the amusement of viewers.
The skit, featuring SNL veterans Kenan Thompson, Mikey Day, Bowen Yang, and James Austin Johnson, parodied the oddities of the American-English language and cultural quirks. Washington's bold statement, “We will live through the battle ahead because we fight to control our own destiny..
. and to do our own thing with the English language,” set the tone for a series of witty exchanges about language, measurements, and food. One of the standout moments in the skit sees Bargatze’s Washington making grand declarations about the language, explaining that their newly-formed nation will have a unique term for the number 12: “We shall call it a dozen.
” When Yang’s character asks if there will be other numbers with special names, Washington replies, “None. Only 12 shall have its own word because we are free men, and we will be free to spell some words two different ways,” adding that “donut” will be one of those words, referencing the Americanised spelling. Washington's Dream 2 - SNL The humour only escalated as Washington shared his dre.