The upper echelons of the "Saturday Night Live" YouTube page include a number of all-timers, such as Melissa McCarthy's turn as Sean Spicer and Ryan Gosling unable to keep it together after a close encounter with extraterrestrials. In the coveted No. 2 spot is an episode of "Black Jeopardy," featuring Tom Hanks as a MAGA hat-wearing contestant named Doug. No sketch, however, has more views than an Amy Schumer-starring clip called "Porn Teacher," which clocks in at over 90 million clicks.
The sketch stars Schumer as a math "teacher" eager to discipline her bad-boy student, Ricky (Kyle Mooney). Unfortunately, another student (Aidy Bryant) keeps interrupting with questions about the upcoming test; she later asks Ricky to give her a ride home as her dad can't make it. "Porn Teacher" is an airtight adult film parody, replete with trite innuendo and a bow-chika-wow-wow soundscape. But it's Bryant who really bolsters the sketch, in part because of the very surreality of her presence (did she think the adult film set was a real school? Are they living in an alternate dimension?), a bit that's hammered home when her mother (Vanessa Bayer) makes an appearance.
"SNL" has long trafficked in titillating sketches, a feat made all the more impressive by the constraints of FCC regulations. "Porn Teacher" is yet another sketch in a long line of sketches that don't quite cross the line, whether it's "Hermione's Growth Spurt," another most-watched sketch, or the tongue-tied "Corksoakers." But if the annals of YouTube are any indication, "Porn Teacher" is miles above the rest.
