Bad Bunny Tributes ‘El Chavo del Ocho’ on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Skit: Watch

Bad Bunny revived El Chavo del Ocho — 1 of the biggest shows successful Latin American past — connected the play premiere of Saturday Night Live that helium hosted connected Saturday (Oct. 4). 

As 1 of the galore comedic acts helium participated in, the Puerto Rican creator wrapped Saturday’s occurrence portraying Quico, the spoiled and arrogant lad of Doña Florinda, but besides 1 of the beloved characters of the timeless 1970s amusement created by the precocious Roberto Gómez Bolaños. 

True to the sentiment of the archetypal family-friendly, drama amusement — based connected an 8-year-old orphan lad who lives successful a vicinity courtyard successful Mexico — the over-three-minute-long skit was much of a tribute than a mockery. 

It featured the mischievous vicinity kids El Chavo (Marcello Hernandez), La Chilindrina (Sarah Sherman), and Benito arsenic Quico; the grumpy dad, Don Ramon (Andrew Dismuke); the overprotective mother, Doña Florinda (Chloe Fineman); the pesky landlord, Sr. Barriga oregon successful this case, Mr. Stomach (Kenan Thompson); and adjacent a astonishment quality by Jon Hamm arsenic Profesor Jirafales.

Bad Bunny hosting SNL comes connected the heels of the planetary creator being confirmed for the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, presented by Apple Music and enforcement produced by Roc Nation and Jesse Collins, acceptable for Feb. 8 successful Santa Clara, California.

“I’m precise excited to beryllium doing the Super Bowl and I cognize that radical astir the satellite who emotion my euphony are besides happy,” helium expressed archetypal successful English successful his opening monologue, earlier speaking successful Spanish. “Especially each Latinos astir the world, and present successful the United States, each the radical who person worked to unfastened doors. More than conscionable my achievement, it’s everyone’s achievement, demonstrating that our people and publication successful this state tin ne'er beryllium removed oregon erased.” 

The creator past poked amusive astatine his haters, saying backmost successful English: “If you didn’t recognize what I said, you person 4 months to learn.”

Watch SNL‘s El Chavo del Ocho skit successful English below.