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Saturday Night Live delighted fans by delivering part two of Washington’s Dream sketch, which was hailed last year as the show’s “best skit in years.”

Nate Bargatze reprised his role as George Washington to share more of his hopes and dreams for the country with his Revolutionary War soldiers Kenan Thompson, Mikey Day, Bowen Yang, and James Austin Johnson.

The sketch mocks the peculiarities of the American–English language. As his men question whether they will win the battle, Bargatze’s Washington tells them: “We will live through the battle ahead because we fight to control our own destiny, to create our own nation…and to do our own thing with the English language.”

“I dream, that one day our great nation will have a word for the number 12,” he continues. “We shall call it a dozen.”

“And what other numbers will we have a word for?” asks Yang.

“None,” Bargatze replies, completely deadpan. “Only 12 shall have its own word because we are free men, and we will be free to spell some words two different ways.”

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Day then asks: “Which words, sir?”

“Donut,” Bargatze replies. He adds: “We will also have two names for animals, one when they are alive and a different one for when they become food. Cows will be beef, pigs will be pork.”

Yang asks: “Chickens, Sir?”

“That one stays,” Bargatze says. “Chickens are chicken.”

Fans welcomed the second installment of the skit on social media. “I honestly didn’t think they could pull this off again but so happy to be proven wrong,” one said on X.

Another, taking aim at how the latest Joker: Folie à Deux film has been widely reviewed as a flop, said: “This is how you make a sequel Todd Phillips.”

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“I needed this this morning. Very clever & so true,” someone else said.

It follows last year’s hilarious skit where Washington outlined his dream for a country with its own “system of weights and measures.”

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The scene was a takedown of American measurements and other peculiarities, including lines like: “We are free men! And we will be free to measure liquids in litres and milliliters… but not all liquids, only soda, wine and alcohol. For milk and paint we will use gallons, pints and quarts, god-willing.”

Asked by one of his soldiers (Day) how many liters are in a gallon, he replies simply: “Nobody knows.”

Last night’s SNL also poked fun at the vice presidential debate between JD Vance (Bowen Yang) and Tim Walz (Jim Gaffigan).

Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph) and Doug Emhoff (Andy Samberg) watched on as the pair stared into each other’s eyes and found “common ground”, prompting Rudolph to spit out wine and exclaim: “Why are they vibing?”

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans think that a ‘marriage’ might potentially soon be on the cards.

EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick was given the good news that he would be dancing for another week in the BBC competition.

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However, when reflecting on the results in the sofa area with Claudia Winkleman, he appeared to make a surprise confession.

The Traitors host asked him about his impressions of the star judges after Shirley Ballas and Craig Revel Horwood got in a row.

He tried to tell the story about how his comic impersonation came about, saying that it was while he had a ‘cosy’ night with his partner Michelle Tsiakkas.

“We had a delirious night the other night when we were just laying there,” he explained on Strictly Come Dancing.

Eyebrows all around the studio were raised as he then appeared to stumble as he tried to further give an explanation to his comments.

This was as a confused looking Claudia seemed to be completely surprised and taken aback.

Jamie continued: “On the rehearsal floor.”

More gasps could be heard from the audience as they reacted with a mixture of both suspicion and encouragement.

Comments such as “oh was that it?” and “spill the beans,” appeared to be uttered by their surrounding fellow co-stars.

The Traitors presenter clearly wanted to know more as she exclaimed: “Week three Jamie! Delirious night, snuggled up, please continue.”

He replied back: “So we were getting cosy in a snuggle, anyways, she said some of the rumba comments.

“She was like, there were some cucarachas with the two flat feet and roll your hips in a figure eight. I saw that!”

“And that pleased me to no end,” he cheekily said before turning to Claudia, adding: “It was one where you needed to be there.”

Some viewers immediately got excited as they took to X – formerly known as Twitter.

Strictly Curse – The Lowdown

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STRICTLY Come Dancing’s latest series has already been hit by rumours of a BBC show ‘curse’ – yet what is it?

A host of Strictly Come Dancing stars have been struck by the Strictly Curse during the past two decades.

This is where celebrities who may or may not be attached in the outside world become more than friends with their professional partners.

A total of 20 relationships are said to have been impacted so far over the show’s 20 years.

It has seen relationships crumble with dance floor romances and punishing rehearsal schedules to blame.

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This includes the partnerships of Louise and Jamie Redknapp as well as Kevin Clifton and Karen Hauer.

Controversially, Judge Craig Revel Horwood once said of the curse: “I think of it as a blessing, to be honest. One person is married, the other one had a girlfriend but my point in this entire thing is: if you come on Strictly, sometimes you are in a relationship that is not working anyway.

“There has to be something wrong in your relationship before it all goes awry.”

Series one winner Brendan Cole left his fiancé, fellow Strictly professional Camilla Dallerup, during filming for the very first series in spring 2004. 

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Brendan was said to have fallen for his celebrity partner and inaugural winner Natasha Kaplinsky, although the duo didn’t confirm they were romantically involved.

One fan posted: “I predict Jamie and Michelle get married.”

But they may be disappointed as Michelle is happily in a relationship with another dancer, Simone Arena.

Jamie also previously admitted that he has no intention of pursuing anything romantic as he denied the rumours.

He explained to The Mirror: “The idea of that whole Strictly curse, well it’s definitely not going to be a thing here because it would be weird doing that with my sister. 

“Michelle and I met before Strictly and we instantly had a connection. But she is like a sister, an aunt, a mum, a best friend. She’s looking after me, she’s mothering me.”

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Strictly Come Dancing is available to watch on BBC One and stream on BBC iPlayer.

BIG Brother viewers have branded one contestant ”awful’ as he was booed by the live audience before even entering the house.

Blackpool lad Ryan, 28, ruffled feathers after making a dig at those who self-identify during his introduction VT tonight.

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The northerner, who currently lives in Stockport and works in marketing and events, vowed to “shake up” the house in his piece-to-camera.

He said: “I feel like over the recent years, it’s gone a bit tame and people are in there for other motives.

“I think having someone normal like me in there will shake it up.”

But it was when Ryan made his “anti-woke” views clear that fans turned on him.

He said: “I think I’m strong and opinionated. There’s a lot of woke people out there.

“It’s all well and good if you want to use certain pronouns, and I get that, but it gets a bit confusing sometimes with people identifying as a spoon or whatnot.”

Following his entrance interview with hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best, Ryan received some boos from the crowd,

Viewers at home weren’t keen either as they took to social media to make their thoughts clear.

One wrote on X: “Booing Ryan immediately as he deserves mmhmmm good job crowd.”

Someone else added: “Getting bad vibes from Ryan,” with a third agreeing: “Ryan talking about people identifying as spoons. Loserr.”

A fourth fumed: “boo’ing for him already KICK HIM OUT silly t**t i know ur going to be awful.”

The launch show saw 16 new housemates move into the Big Brother house.

Former Page Three girl and soap actress Emma Morgan, 53, is one of them.

She said: “To get this opportunity at my age, I wasn’t expecting it. I was getting ready to put my feet up and do a bit of knitting.”

And amputee footballer Thomas Atkinson, 20, from Carlisle, comes to the house fresh from captaining his side to victory in the FA Disability Cup.

The goalkeeper, who was born without a left hand, was also told he would never walk after having his left leg amputated when he was two.

But he now has a total of 26 caps with the England Amputee national team.

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