Summary Fans are declaring one of this weekend’s SNL skits as one of the best in years.
The Beavis and Butthead sketch was hilarious due to the cast’s inability to keep a straight face.
The sketch was well-written, featuring visual comedy and great performances, making it a recent SNL classic.
One of this weekend’s Saturday Night Live skits is declared one of the best skits in years. Saturday Night Live aired this weekend on Saturday, April 13, with Ryan Gosling in the role as a host. The musical guest this weekend was Chris Stapleton, and there were guest performances from Emily Blunt, Caitlin Clark, and Kate McKinnon.
Now, people are taking to social media to declare one of Gosling’s most chuckle-inducing sketches one of Saturday Night Live’s best in years. Check out some of the reactions below:
@joerussotweets said that the sketch “might have been the hardest I’ve laughed at SNL in years.”
Others, such as @LingoUnbound, referenced the sketch as “an absolute classic.”
Drawing out a specific moment in the sketch, @jaxelburgh thought that “there was no way Heidi Gardner had ever seen Mikey Day as Butthead before this exact moment.”
Like others, @cmclymer could not remember the last time that they laughed as much as they did in the Beavis and Butthead sketch. They praised Saturday Night Live’s execution of the skit, saying “everyone is running on all cylinders.”
@jefflocker also pointed out how funny it was to see “Heidi Gardner break,” and said “Ryan Gosling is just SNL gold.”
@Jane_Blatz said that they “made the mistake of watching this on an airplane” and could not hold back their guffawing.
@Lulamaybelle echoed a similar story about laughing, saying “I laughed so hard, I was crying.”
@ThatElJefe posted a screenshot of the sketch, noting Gardner’s laughing, writing “OMG she lost it.”
@martinlieberman noted that the cast looked like they were having a blast performing it, and wanted to know the “behind-the-scenes story” that led to the sketch.
Alongside a gif of Beavis and Butthead, @lorloLauren said “Who came up with this Beavis and Butthead sketch?? Cuz it’s actually funny.”
Why This Saturday Night Live Sketch Worked So Well
Beyond the content itself, part of what makes this sketch so funny is the fact that the people in it cannot keep a straight face
Titled “Beavis and Butt-Head,” this SNL sketch starts off with cast member Heidi Gardner playing a journalist character who is conducting an interview about the impacts of artificial intelligence. Her interviewee, played by Kenan Thompson, becomes distracted by a man in the audience (Gosling) who is the spitting image of the cartoon character Beavis from Beavis and Butthead. The spectator is moved, only to be replaced by a Buttead doppelganger (Mikey Day). Though this Butthead-looking man is also moved, the two are revealed to have been sat together by the time the “interview” opens up to audience questions.
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Beyond the content itself, part of what makes this sketch so funny is the fact that the people in it cannot keep a straight face. As a number of viewers pointed out, these laughs are most notably experienced by Gardner, who cannot contain herself when she turns around to see Day. While not breaking character as fully as Gardner, Gosling later laughs too while delivering one of his lines that states that he has no idea who Beavis is.
Beyond the laughter alone, the SNL sketch is also well-written in its combination of visual comedy and amusing lines. Thompson’s character, for instance, is absolutely dumbfounded by the situation, making an amusing dynamic in the sketch. The physical location of Day and Gosling’s roles is also key, and has the perfect build towards their reveal at the ending. Combined with fantastic performances from Gosling and the Saturday Night Live cast, the Beavis and Butthead sketch can rightfully go down as one of the recent greats.
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