Zuckerberg On SNL: "I Invented Poking" [Video]

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Saturday, January 29th, 2011


The Social Network star Jesse Eisenberg hosted “Saturday Night Live” tonight and opened the show talking about the movie’s impressive eight Oscar nominations. The monologue then switched to video of actual Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg watching his two “Berg” doppelgangers backstage, ”Why can’t I go in there, I’m the real Mark Zuckerberg? That guy’s like my evil twin and that guy’s Andy Sandberg. Those guys are such nerds! I mean I invented poking …”

Watch the whole “Awkberg” skit, above.

Via Mediaite/NBC


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