Saturday Night Live really did it. After a military canine (I call it a dog) became the unlikely hero of the recent U.S. raid that left Al-Qaeda founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi dead, it was almost inevitable that the weekly sketch show would bring in a real, live dog to do some jokes.

Now it's happened, and it went about as well as you'd expect a sketch featuring a dog propped up in front of a live studio audience would go. Unpredictable things happened, people laughed when they weren't supposed to, and what the sketch lost in polish it more than made up for in heart and adorable fluffiness.

More dogs please, SNL.

Topics SNL

Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.