Lin-Manuel Miranda Monologue - SNL - YouTube

Channel: Saturday Night Live

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA!
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> THANK YOU!
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THANK YOU! THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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I'M LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA. IT SO IS GREAT TO BE HERE
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NEW YORK CITY! I'M FRESH OFF A LONG RUN
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PERFORMING IN MY MUSICAL "HAMILTON."
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] WHICH FORTUNATELY IS ONE OF THE
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BIGGEST HITS EVER ON BROADWAY SO THAT MEANS MOST OF YOU AT HOME
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HAVE NO IDEA WHO I AM. [ LAUGHTER ]
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BUT IF YOU GET TO NEW YORK, PLEASE COME AND SEE "HAMILTON."
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IT'S SUCH A NICE ESCAPE FROM THE CRAZINESS IN OUR WORLD RIGHT
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NOW. IT'S ABOUT TWO FAMOUS NEW YORK
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POLITICIANS LOCKED IN A DIRTY, UGLY, MUD-SLINGING, POLITICAL
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CAMPAIGN. ESCAPISM.
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[ LAUGHTER ] ANYWAY, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M UP
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HERE RIGHT NOW. WHEN I WAS JUST A KID GROWING UP
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IN WASHINGTON HEIGHTS UP IN MANHATTAN, I DREAMED ABOUT
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STANDING RIGHT HERE ON THIS STAGE.
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AND WHEN I TOLD PEOPLE I WAS HOSTING "SNL" THEY WERE ALL
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LIKE, WELL, ARE YOU GOING TO DO A SONG FROM "HAMILTON"?
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I'M LIKE, NO! IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE!
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I WANT TO DO ALL THE "SNL" STUFF.
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I WANT TO DO ALL THE STUFF AN "SNL" HOST GETS TO DO.
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IT TAKES SEVEN YEARS TO WRITE A SHOW SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'M
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GOING TO BE BACK HERE. ♪ SO I AM NOT THROWING AWAY MY
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SHOT ♪ ♪ I AM NOT THROWING AWAY MY
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SHOT ♪ ♪ MY NAME IS LIN-MANUEL I AM
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HOSTING "SNL" AND I AM NOT THROWING
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AWAY MY SHOT ♪ ♪ I'M A GO FOR BROKE
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AND DO IT ALL TONIGHT TAKE A SWING PASS THE BATON
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GIVE ME THE BALL TONIGHT ♪ ♪ I GOT A TONY AND
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AN EMMY AND A GRAMMY YO WHAT I WANT IS A FAMOUS PERSON
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CAMEO ♪ ♪ IMA DO A BUNCH OF SKETCHES
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SOMETIMES I PLAY THE LEAD GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED ♪
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♪ GOT THE CUE CARDS FOR ME TO READ
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YES INDEED ♪ ♪ TONIGHT YOU'LL SEE ME
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AT MY NAUGHTIEST AND BAWDIEST NOW I'M GONNA WALK
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INTO THE AUDIENCE ♪ ♪ BECAUSE I AM NOT THROWING
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AWAY MY SHOT I'M NOT THROWING AWAY MY
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SHOT ♪ ♪ IT'S MY ONE BIG CHANCE
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TO BRING ON THE DANCE ♪ CAUSE I'M NOT THROWING
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AWAY MY SHOT CAUSE I'MA TAKE A SHOT ♪
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♪ YES I'M RIGHT IN MY ELEMENT WHO KNEW "HAMILTON"
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WOULD BE SO TOPICALLY RELEVANT ♪
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♪ THE WAY THESE GRANDSTANDING CANDIDATES
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BE TALKING THEY'RE JUST A TWEET AWAY FROM FACIN ♪
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♪ OFF IN WEEHAWKEN THEY KEEP BRAWLIN
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D&RNC KEEP FALLIN ♪ ♪ I LIKE IT BETTER WHEN
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IT'S KATE McKINNON AND V BALDWIN
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YEAH ♪ ♪ AND SO WE THICKEN THE PLOT
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STIRRIN THE POT TONIGHT I'M FINALLY EARNING MY SPOT ♪
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♪ ON THIS WALL IN THIS HALL AND I'M GETTING A PIECE OF IT
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LIKE MILEY SCHUMER TRACY MORGAN ♪
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♪ AND THIS PIECE OF ♪ [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
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♪ WELL, YOU NEVER GOING TO BE PRESIDENT NOW
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NEVER GOING TO BE PRESIDENT NOW ♪
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♪ NEVER GOING TO BE PRESIDENT NOW NEVER GOING
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TO BE PRESIDENT NOW ♪ ♪ CAUSE I AM NOT THROWING
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AWAY MY SHOT I AM NOT THROWING
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AWAY MY SHOT ♪ ♪ ELECTION NEWS CYCLES
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AND TIME WITH LORNE MICHAELS I AM NOT THROWING AWAY MY SHOT ♪
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>> ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME? >> I'M HAVING THE TIME OF MY
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LIFE, LORNE. >> THAT'S GREAT.
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ANY WORD ON THOSE "HAMILTON" TICKETS?
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>> OH YEAH, I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
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NO PROMISES, THOUGH. >> I CAN DO A MATINEE.
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>> YEAH. ♪ BUT SERIOUSLY GUYS SINCE
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I WAS 5 I DECIDED TO KEEP MY EYES PRIED OPEN WIDE ♪
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♪ WAITING FOR "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" GILDA RADNER
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CHEVY CHASE INSANE INHUMAN ♪
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♪ THE WAY DON PARDO WOULD SAY LARRAINE NEWMAN ♪
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DANA CARVEY TINA FEY VANESSA BAYER DAVID SPADE ♪
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♪ I PRAYED AND STAYED UP LATE HOPIN ONE DAY THEY'D
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I MADE THE GRADE BREATHE ♪
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♪ SAVOR IT OWN IT I SWEAR TO GOD I'M HOSTING
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I'M MAKING THE MOST OF THIS MOMENT TONIGHT ♪
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♪ AND I AM NOT THROWING AWAY MY SHOT
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I AM NOT THROWING AWAY MY SHOT ♪
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♪ AND AS LONG AS I REMEMBER TO VOTE THIS NOVEMBER
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I AM NOT THROWING AWAY MY SHOT ♪
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>> WE'VE GOT A GREAT SHOW TONIGHT.
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TWENTY ONE PILOTS IS HERE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
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SO STICK AROUND, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] ♪♪♪