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I laugh when my coworkers make a mistake at their job
Sometimes it’s very funny, sometimes it sucks. 
Context, time and place matters. >

If the plan is to make people laugh and breaking character makes people laugh then it's the plan isn't it? 
People who have no idea under what kind of timeline SNL is made always say stuff like this. >

Allegedly, they also cut a line he was supposed to say in the bedroom with Lily von Shtupp, because Madeline Khan's delivery of the "It's twue, it's twue, it's TWUE!" line broke him every single time she said it.
He was supposed to respond with "you're sucking on my elbow". >

It depends how they do it. It's like saying "people falling over isn't funny". Well it really can be, and it can also be extremely sad or scary.
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Some "funny" things like that may also be part of a build up to another joke or building a specific atmosphere for other jokes. >


Steak is OK to be cooked Well Done.

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