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Nate Bargatze Breaks Down ‘Washington’s Dream’ & Having To Fight For The Sketch After It Bombed During ‘SNL’ Table Read

Together, stand-up Nate Bargatze and 'Saturday Night Live; writers Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell were able to bring 'Washington's Dream' to reality.

“Washington’s Dream,” which has since garnered 17 million views on SNL ‘s YouTube and a round two follow-up, is a relatively simple sketch that hinges almost entirely on Bargatze’s delivery, comic timing and tone. Seidell added that the skit “could work, but it wasn’t a heater at the table.” Additional material, like the sketch’s references to football and Thompson’s bits, came through after talking through the script. “You do have a lot more say than you think you do at SNL, so part of me was like, ‘Y’all just do [whatever], I don’t want to ruin your 50 years of television ’cause I watched [Aaron Sorkin’s] Studio 60[ on the Sunset Strip],” the comic said.

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