It's part of the nature of sketch comedy that bits are going to be hit-or-miss. What you see in an average episode of Saturday Night Live is a good mix of both – and even that is the result of a week's worth of material from the writers room being culled down. Some ideas don't even make it past the table reads let alone rehearsal, and Sarah Sherman recently shared a story about one of hers that bombed on a special level.

Sherman has been part of the Saturday Night Live cast since 2021 (promoted to being a repertory player in 2023), and many of her contributions end up being episode highlights. During an appearance on Late Night With Seth Meyers , however, she told the story of one of her worst ideas.

Sarah Sherman's Doomed Sketch Involved Her Being A 'Human Instrument'

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