16 Times "American Auto" Made Me Laugh Out Loud

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As a non-driver who let their learner's permit expire over 15 years ago and never looked back, I didn't know how much I would enjoy American Auto when it premiered at the end of 2021.

katherine shrugging on american auto
katherine shrugging on american auto

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I don't find cars (or corporations) particularly interesting, but I love me some Ana Gasteyer, so I gave it a chance.

katherine pointing in american auto
katherine pointing in american auto

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As it turns out, it's pretty funny! Here are 16 moments that made me laugh out loud:

1.When the team realized it's them, hi, they're the problem, it's them:

sadie saying You’d think these companies would hire at least one guy who spoke Spanish and katherine asking does anyone here speak spanish and sadie saying jesus people
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2.When Jack very sincerely thanked Elliot for being an "ally":

elliot saying why don't we get some Black cardboard cutout thingies. You know, inclusion and jack saying thank you for being an ally
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Watch the pilot here.

3.When Sadie was immediately proven right by a serial killer blasting "Goodbye Horses" from his Payne van:

sadie saying There’s always another news story around the corner on american auto and a cut to a murderer holding someone captive in their Payne van
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4.When Katherine had to clarify her position on murder:

dori saying I’ve been getting a few calls asking your position on murder and katherine saying Well, I hope you said that I was against it and dori saying I said, ‘I don’t know, but I’ll check.’ on american auto
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Watch "White Van" from Season 1 here.

5.When Jin the CFO called out Katherine for remembering they'd already said hello to each other:

katherine chastising the cfo for being late to a meeting even though he's already there and they said hello to each other five minutes earlier on American auto
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Watch "Earnings Call" from Season 1 here.

6.When Jack told everyone not to panic and then immediately gave them a reason to panic:

jack driving and telling katherine sadie and cyrus Okay, so nobody panic but I’ve been trying to brake for like 20 seconds now on
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Watch "The $10K Car" from Season 1 here.

7.When Katherine and Sadie roasted Elliot harder than the sun ever could:

elliot putting a ton of sunscreen on his face and katherine saying Glad to see we’ve got adequate mime representation on set and sadie saying Honestly melanoma would be less embarrassing than that
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Watch "Commercial" from Season 1 here.

8.When Wesley learned about "private" browsers:

wesley saying Is this your first rodeo? Pop open a private browser and go to town. and cyrus saying “Private browser? Those only exist to make cheating husbands sleep better. There’s still a record of everything.” and wesley saying that's not true right
NBC

Watch "Recall" from Season 1 here.

9.When Elliot made a joke about there being a crack in the wall between Jack and Sadie's offices:

elliot joking about a crack in the wall between jack and sadie's offices and wesley thinking he means so they can have sex and elliot trying to explain he meant as in pyramus and thisbe and cyrus saying this isn't the audience for greek mythology jokes
NBC

Watch "Employee Morale" from Season 1 here.

10.When Dori helped Katherine into her Spanx:

dori trying to get katherine into full body spanx on american auto
NBC

Watch "Charity Dinner" from Season 1 here.

11.When no one knew how to react to Katherine's overshare:

katherine saying she's going to finish her profile and go have sex with her husband and asking the others if they were coming and dori saying just for the first part right
NBC

Watch "Profile" from Season 1 here.

12.When Elliot tried to tell employees they can shred documents without telling them they can shred documents:

elliot saying “That makes it illegal for you to destroy any documents.”“We actually haven’t received one yet, so…” and shrugging on american auto
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13.When the crisis manager gave Wesley his card after listening to him speak for, like, 10 seconds:

the crisis manager giving wesley his business card
NBC

Watch "Crisis" from Season 2 here.

14.When the age-old Anthrax vs. Pubes debate came up:

cyrus asking why people don't just send anthrax anymore and jack asking whether pubes are better than anthrax and cyrus saying i honestly don't know
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Watch "Most Hated CEO" from Season 2 here.

15.When Wesley completely fell apart in front of Andy Richter:

wesley telling andy he's quote frunny then trying to explain he meant funny before yelling the f word and walking off
NBC

Watch "Celebrity" from Season 2 here.

16.When an employee had to fire herself because Cyrus couldn't stop crying:

cyrus trying to fire an employee through tears until she does it herself
NBC

Watch "Cost Cutting" from Season 2 here.

What are some of your favorite moments from American Auto? Sound off in the comments!