‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Is One of the Best ‘SNL’ Sketches…Ever
Something I’ve learned about myself recently is that, when I’m alone—which is at least half of the time—I rarely laugh out loud. As someone who loves comedy and will be the first to tell you if something is funny, I found this realization kind of sad. Perhaps it’s because laughter feels like such a social endeavor that I feel uncomfortable doing it in my own solitude; if I’m not laughing with someone, does my laughter even make a sound?
But even I was not immune to the irrepressible giddiness on display throughout the entirety of Ryan Gosling’s most recent Saturday Night Live hosting gig. Just as he broke in nearly every single sketch—a pleasure whose virtues we’ve already extolled—I found myself unleashing loud guffaws alongside him and the rest of the cast during what was maybe one of my favorite SNL bits ever: Gosling and SNL star Mikey Day playing regular dudes who just happen to look exactly like Beavis and Butt-Head.
It’s an incredible premise for a sketch, so brilliantly ridiculous that I’m shocked it hasn’t happened already. I’m hardly alone in thinking that this was among the funniest stuff SNL has done, at least in my lifetime. Even Heidi Gardner was losing her damn mind at the sight of Mikey Day’s incredible, award-worthy makeup as Butt-Head, which was the best moment of breaking character in an episode full of them.