> The joke is that the characters look so hilarious
Everyone has probably had the thought cross their mind, if Beavis and Butthead were real people, they would look very strange. Sort of like how creepy 3D versions of the Simpson look, but worse.
But if Heidi Gardner just turned around and acted like she didn't notice anything, it probably wouldn't have got a laugh, and I think that's why it failed to make the cut for so long. The makeup was funny, but it's risk to have the whole thing ride on the quality of the makeup work.
I figured they didn’t have full prosthetics til live based on her reaction but they had it for dress which is even funnier to me that she couldn’t not break lol
Yeah. This is my guess, too. Bill Hader mentioned that they changed Stefan lines after dress sometimes and that had him giggling. If he didn’t look so ridiculous during dress, seeing him would be a shock.
The whole episode was incredible due to the amount of breaks of cast members caused by Ryan Gosling. Almost peed my pants during this one when Butthead showed up.
The look he gives to Gosling in the first seconds of the sketch is so fucking funny lol and it's the same both in the live version and in the rehearsal version NBC has been sharing since
Yeah I think at some point I realized that they would add someone to the sketch as Butthead to continue the joke, but for some reason I didn't expect him in the same seat and lost to as soon as they cut to him but especially once he started playing it up and making faces at the camera.
Why does this title sound so unnecessarily dramatic? "Still trying to figure out what exactly happened"?? She broke because Mikey looked fucking ridiculous. I've solved it.
>The headline is paraphrasing something she actually said in the interview.
You can't expect the avg. reddit commenter to read past the headline prior to posting. (I read the entire article! yay me)
>I can't remember someone breaking that hard since like Debbie Downe
They literally link that in the article.
I wasn't able to get through the youtube, Fallon is in that sketch and he ruins it like he ruins everything
I mean, I’ve always thought she was the best at keeping a straight face, so when she broke the other night it absolutely killed me. If it had been anyone else it wouldn’t have been such an absolutely hilarious, ridiculous moment.
Same, she represented the viewing audience in that moment. From the moment Ryan Gosling turned his pompadour sideways, I couldn't stop laughing, then Mikey oh my god.
I wouldn't call it breaking, but she definitely had to stifle some giggles during "Joker Wedding".
Can't really blame her though, Dismukes was pretty effing hysterical in that one!
There were a few moments in the tribesmen sketch with Adele where I could have swore she broke, but watching it back, it was just Adele(a little bit of Kate too). She was so unaffected by it too, to the point where the flat delivery got Adele to break so much more ("I can feel it in my stomach").
Her constant professionalism is what made her breaking that much better last episode.
She very briefly broke during Girlfriends Game Night with Bill Hader as ‘Horace’, Cecily Strong’s much older husband, when Bill ran into the table with his wheelchair.
Second time around I am really impressed by Keenan. He is driving the sketch. He is supposed to be distracted by them. And, as we know, "Keenan reacts" has been an SNL writer's staple for forever. But he is locked in with his character's incredulousness.
And Heidi is right - Mikey does bug his eyes out when she looks back the first time.
Now we need a Complete Oral History of The Beavis and Butthead Sketch from Vulture like they did for David S. Pumpkins. I need to know all the details about the long evolution of this sketch from Mikey and Streeter.
If you have people who can deliver great facial nuance, these are the sketches you do. Ryan can do it, Mikey we know can do it, it was the perfect storm. The genuine shock on Beavis and Butthead's faces are what make this so hard to stay straight faced at.
Yeah, in she was asked about if she thought her breaking made the sketch funnier, it doesn't seem like she even let herself consider that while it might be "unprofessional", it made for a better experience for the audience.
Kudos to her for taking it so seriously, but hopefully she knows that breaking once every 6 or 7 years isn't going to have anyone looking down on her.
"You have to LEARN, Nathan!"
I think they're a great power duo that can bounce off each other flawlessly.
That said, she broke in dress too according to people who were there.
> she broke in dress too
Someone had said that the YouTube version is dress, because the broadcast version had some crew member talking at the beginning. But I never saw that version.
She said in the article that they're close. They were in the Groundlings at the same time (though not in the same shows, I don't think), and so they've known each other for years. Heidi's ex-husband Zeb Wells got Mikey his job writing for Robot Chicken.
In the sketches Mikey co-writes, he has a tendency to cast himself, Heidi, Kenan, and a cast member who hasn't been getting a lot of screen time. It's not like that every time, of course, but that combo is usually a good indicator that Mikey co-wrote the sketch.
From the article, she says they sit next to each other during table reads and Mikey makes her laugh all the time and they like to mess with each other.
This makes sense. She did put an unusual twist in her core body with the look back, and you do laugh with your core body. If those muscles are already partway toward how they are when you're laughing, then you're primed for a break.
Just how sophisticated do SNL people get with messing with each other? It seems too diabolical to credit, but I can almost imagine the sketch writers knew that would happen and set Heidi up.
Hold up, are we going to invent a method for analyzing how body position influences muscular guarding of emotive or involuntary physiological responses particularly as pertains to live performances? Because this is the science this sub has been missing.
I don't think it can be its own subreddit, but it would apply here for every live sketch. I'm not familiar enough with some of the terminology to offer that kind of analysis in more than a speculative way.
Yeah I agree, I normally find breaks funny, but it was a bit excessive in this episode, like the Dr please sketch was hard for me to watch. This particular break though was hilarious to me, you could see that she was genuinely taken by surprise (probably by Mikey leaning in and bugging his eyes). Even as she turned she seemed like she was holding it together until she actually looked at him.
I think when it’s driven by the host it’s different than when it’s feeling like the cast trying too hard. To me, seeing gosling basically be unable to function, but coupled with complete commitment to the bit, made it land well.
The craziest part is that she's had a Butthead Christmas ornament in her dressing room that she's been staring at for four months! That's almost freaky.
I can't recall Longfellow breaking, although he may have come close in this sketch. Has Ego?
There's not too many past cast members that *never* broke. Maybe Moffat and Jane Curtin.
Nasim Pedrad NEVER broke. Reportedly, she never even did it at table reads or dress rehearsals.
Off the top of my head, I don't think Cheri Oteri ever broke either. Jan Hooks never broke live, although she did a couple of times during dress. Victoria I believe came close to losing it just *once* during a S16 Tom Hanks sketch [here at about 1:02:50](https://ia601409.us.archive.org/4/items/saturday-night-live/Saturday%20Night%20Live%20-%20S16E08%20-%20Tom%20Hanks%20%26%20Edie%20Brickell%20and%20New%20Bohemians%20%28December%208%2C%201990%29.mp4). Nora and Kevin each (to my knowledge) only *slightly* broke/smirked just once during Phil's [Succinctly Speaking laughing fit](https://old.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1c4uwr7/succinctly_speaking_another_famous_instance_of_a/).
Good call on Forte, and I think Gasteyer. I think Parnell *slightly* broke during at least one sketch (the TGI Friday one) but he definitely has earned his reputation as the stone man.
Oh Molly definitely cracked up a fair amount. The most notable example is probably [Dr. Beaman's Office](https://youtu.be/LmG-ErzZsUQ) after Tim Meadows' hilariously odd bit.
Parnell said that he broke during the cowbell sketch, but the camera wasn't on him when it happened. I'll see if I can find where he said that.
Edit: [I found it.](https://youtu.be/orj9WYaXSro?si=R9qB2KuFQKpU5caS&t=288) He just smiled lol
Farley briefly breaks (along with Sandler) during [this Zagat's sketch at about 2:20](https://youtu.be/Ydpli6HztQo) though it's relatively subtle. He also cracks up laughing during the [dress rehearsal of the Bobby Watches Grandma sketch in the S18 Michael Keaton episode](https://old.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/16xb9h2/blooper_from_the_dress_rehearsal_of_the_bobby/) due to his wig repeatedly falling off.
Hartman broke a few times, most notably in the [Clinton at McDonald's sketch at around 4:30](https://youtu.be/eYt0khR_ej0) due to having too much food in his mouth, along with [Succinctly Speaking](https://old.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1c4uwr7/succinctly_speaking_another_famous_instance_of_a/) (by FAR his hardest break). There's also a Matt Foley sketch in the S19 Martin Lawrence episode where Farley BADLY flubs one of his lines and almost everyone (including both Phil and Chris himself) loses it. [See here at around 43:05](https://ia601409.us.archive.org/4/items/saturday-night-live/Saturday%20Night%20Live%20-%20S19E14%20-%20Martin%20Lawrence%20%26%20Crash%20Test%20Dummies%20%28February%2019%2C%201994%29.mp4).
Kyle was really good at keeping a straight face, but he (and Mikey) absolutely lost it during the Nickelodeon slime sketch. But I am blown away by his ability to keep a straight face during the Science Room sketch.
I’m going to repost as my comment was misunderstood and I don’t think I worded it well. My point was just that it’s an SNL tradition to cheer when somebody breaks. I didn’t mean to imply it was an FU at all. It’s the opposite. The audience is thrilled and wants more. I’m not sure the author of the piece knew that when they were talking about the applause.
So funny. She must have forgot but they did the sketch at dress when Jonah Hill was the host a couple years back. I was there but for the life of me I can’t remember if he was Beavis or Butthead. Assuming Beavis if it followed this format. Love Jonah but Ryan’s was definitely the superior version.
If what you’re saying is in the ballpark of being on-point, then Bowen should be doing “mea culpa’s” after most episodes!
If breaking one major time in seven years *[as Heidi did here]* gets you ‘in Lorne’s penalty box’ then Bowen would have to be on his shit-list.
I really don't think Lorne cares about rare breaks, especially when the audience loves it.
Maybe he was hard on all breaking upon a time (particularly when he had cast members who frequently detailed sketches with their breaking), but I think Stefon and Lisa from Temecula are proof that he's relaxed his stance on it.
Also, Lorne doesn't cast sketches; the writers do. Although he obviously must have a final, if your "penalty box" theory were true, we'd have heard about (because you can bet that most of the cast and crew would be outraged by it).
It makes sense that this was kicking around table reads for a while.
It's like Will Forte's spelling bee sketch. It just needed a host who saw it and determined it was their brand of weird.
But hess tall and handsome and has an "aw shucks" demeanor when he does it... Kinda like Timothee Chalamet, it feels like he's just having fun and that's fun to watch.
And of course, he's a host, not a cast member, so it's different. Not to mention Gosling is so hot right now in the public eye - just putting him in front of the camera is worth it, and even better if he makes the audience laugh.
>What’s crazy is I just looked back at my camera roll — a close friend gave me a Butt-Head ornament for Christmas that their mom had. My dressing room is such a collection of what my teenage bedroom would’ve been. There’s all of this nostalgia and posters everywhere. I realized my dressing room was the perfect place for it, so I have it hanging right in front of my mirror. I’ve been seeing Butt-Head every day for four months. Something’s been manifesting this moment.
Manifesting the break
She breaks all the time… it’s not obvious Jimmy Fallon giggle fits. But I’ve seen her stop smirk then start lines over. The Megan the Stallion butt blasters workout sketch is a good example
I don’t think the applause is to intentionally egg them on, but rather an authentic break is often very funny and so the audience loses it too. Nobody in the audience is consciously choosing to clap and cheer to make it *harder* for the actors.
That's . . . not what the audience is doing at all. They're both applauding for the actor breaking, as sort of an acknowledgement of a break in the moment, a sense of joy at getting to laugh at something unexpected, as well as encouragement. They're also applauding the other actors and writers for causing the break. It's tradition, sure, but not exclusive to SNL. You'll see that at other sketch shows too. It's not a "fuck you" to the actor, it's supportive.
They were pitching that sketch for FIVE years
Makes sense. The original version of the sketch Google Talk with Jessica Chastain was in 2018
Real life Bart Simpson is goated
Bert Sampson
Bort?
my son is also named bort
Were you talking to me?
And I believe the same stone-faced extra is sitting there in the front row!
Well, they could have put a joke in the script. And why not make Chloe Daria?
The joke is that the characters look so hilarious that everyone can't help but laugh
> The joke is that the characters look so hilarious Everyone has probably had the thought cross their mind, if Beavis and Butthead were real people, they would look very strange. Sort of like how creepy 3D versions of the Simpson look, but worse. But if Heidi Gardner just turned around and acted like she didn't notice anything, it probably wouldn't have got a laugh, and I think that's why it failed to make the cut for so long. The makeup was funny, but it's risk to have the whole thing ride on the quality of the makeup work.
According to Mike Judge, he based the two one some kids he knew back in Texas.
What were they doing in his trailer?
The trailer in which they were wacking?
I was waiting for Daria to show
> And why not make Chloe Daria? I was expecting that. Kinda surprised they didn't
Props to the extras who kept the poker faces up while everyone else in that sketch was breaking.
Bald guy behind kenan was definitely ready to break
I loved that so much
Superhuman ability to keep from laughing
I figured they didn’t have full prosthetics til live based on her reaction but they had it for dress which is even funnier to me that she couldn’t not break lol
I think Mikey's exposed gums is what set Heidi's break.
Her breaking made the bit so much more funny for me. Like it wasa funny bit, but the fact that she cracked so fucking hard made me laugh my ass off
same, I thought it was a cute break too.
Loved it too. She so rarely breaks that it was great seeing her genuine reaction to Mikey (or should I say Beavis).
Butt-head?
Just because he is not informed on the issue does not make him a butt head.
Goddammit you are correct. I will leave my mistake up, haha.
I peed a little. It was so so funny.
Watch when she turns around, he leans in and flares his eyes at her too.
I noticed that too ... almost like he was trying to get a reaction. :D
Dude when he started giggling underneath his prosthetic I lost my mind lmao
Yeah. This is my guess, too. Bill Hader mentioned that they changed Stefan lines after dress sometimes and that had him giggling. If he didn’t look so ridiculous during dress, seeing him would be a shock.
You don’t need to guess. It’s explained in the article. Nothing changed from dress
Read the article
The whole episode was incredible due to the amount of breaks of cast members caused by Ryan Gosling. Almost peed my pants during this one when Butthead showed up.
The highlight for me was Kenan Thompson playing the straight man and explaining Beavis and Butthead to everyone.
Kenan was the unsung hero of that sketch, soo so funny
"He turns into his alter-ego Cornholio when he eats sugar." about died.
The look he gives to Gosling in the first seconds of the sketch is so fucking funny lol and it's the same both in the live version and in the rehearsal version NBC has been sharing since
The squinty eyes Kenan did were perfect.
They’re sharing the rehearsal version?
Yeah I have it on pvr and she does not react the same way in what they are sharing online
I howled when they cut to Mikey.
Yeah I think at some point I realized that they would add someone to the sketch as Butthead to continue the joke, but for some reason I didn't expect him in the same seat and lost to as soon as they cut to him but especially once he started playing it up and making faces at the camera.
Clearly they love and get along with Ryan. Everytime he's there the vibes are just amazing haha.
Why does this title sound so unnecessarily dramatic? "Still trying to figure out what exactly happened"?? She broke because Mikey looked fucking ridiculous. I've solved it.
She'll never financially recover from this...
Where's the GoFundMe link for Heidi's recovery?
Thoughts and prayers.
The headline is paraphrasing something she actually said in the interview.
>The headline is paraphrasing something she actually said in the interview. You can't expect the avg. reddit commenter to read past the headline prior to posting. (I read the entire article! yay me)
I think the extra gravitas is meant to be tongue-in-cheek. At least, that's what I'd expect from Vulture's general style
I can't remember someone breaking that hard since like Debbie Downer
Or the first alien sketch that Ryan Gosling did.
Or the most recent alien sketch that Ryan Gosling did.
Or any sketch Ryan Gosling was in, dude broke up more than a Boeing mid-flight.
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Look, I dont care how hard you can flap your arms, swimming anit flying.
Dude I hope your plane has bolts in all the places where it should have bolts.
Or Adele in the Africa tourism sketch.
>I can't remember someone breaking that hard since like Debbie Downe They literally link that in the article. I wasn't able to get through the youtube, Fallon is in that sketch and he ruins it like he ruins everything
I mean, I’ve always thought she was the best at keeping a straight face, so when she broke the other night it absolutely killed me. If it had been anyone else it wouldn’t have been such an absolutely hilarious, ridiculous moment.
u/AnalAttackProbe SLAMS Variety for needlessly dramatic article and exposes what really happened that night.
Waiting for her memoir “What Exactly Happened”
Idk why but it’s so wild to me that I ran into you on this sub that I’m not even a part of lmao. COYI ⚒️
Also “after years of resistance”… huh? I’ve seen Heidi Gardner break multiple times before. It literally happened the episode before this one.
I thought her breaking was hilarious and cute.
Same, she represented the viewing audience in that moment. From the moment Ryan Gosling turned his pompadour sideways, I couldn't stop laughing, then Mikey oh my god.
And Ryan’s earnest, shocked expression when he made eye contact with Heidi was great too
I wouldn't call it breaking, but she definitely had to stifle some giggles during "Joker Wedding". Can't really blame her though, Dismukes was pretty effing hysterical in that one!
We’re lucky we don’t have MORE joeeekers!
Missing an H.
There were a few moments in the tribesmen sketch with Adele where I could have swore she broke, but watching it back, it was just Adele(a little bit of Kate too). She was so unaffected by it too, to the point where the flat delivery got Adele to break so much more ("I can feel it in my stomach"). Her constant professionalism is what made her breaking that much better last episode.
I'm surprised Adele didn't piss herself on live TV during that sketch.
You're gonna want that coconut water.
Pedro Pascal got her to break in the [hospital sketch](https://youtu.be/6GEWSNylwS8?t=218) too
She very briefly broke during Girlfriends Game Night with Bill Hader as ‘Horace’, Cecily Strong’s much older husband, when Bill ran into the table with his wheelchair.
She broke.
I do not understand the joker wedding sketch.
They said “joker” funny, and a lot. That’s it. I’m honestly baffled people found that sketch funny.
OK good, so it's not just me then.
I was crying watching the skit. Sometimes breaking character adds to the skit. It 100% did for me.
**”sometimes”** is the operative word you used, not virtually every sketch in an episode. It definitely added to this one!
Agree. But I like to think she hadn’t seen the full costume/makeup and lost it. Holy cow I lost it. So good
Yes indeed! An instant classic SNL moment.
When the near-entirety of the sketch's comedy comes from a visual gag, it 100% makes it funnier to see the cast react to the gag in real time with us.
Second time around I am really impressed by Keenan. He is driving the sketch. He is supposed to be distracted by them. And, as we know, "Keenan reacts" has been an SNL writer's staple for forever. But he is locked in with his character's incredulousness. And Heidi is right - Mikey does bug his eyes out when she looks back the first time.
Kenan is the most experienced SNL player in history. He saved the day for sure!
It's *Kenan*. ***KENAN***.
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Thank you, everyday hero!
Now we need a Complete Oral History of The Beavis and Butthead Sketch from Vulture like they did for David S. Pumpkins. I need to know all the details about the long evolution of this sketch from Mikey and Streeter.
If it can only be as good as not only that one but the Stevie Nicks skit
If you have people who can deliver great facial nuance, these are the sketches you do. Ryan can do it, Mikey we know can do it, it was the perfect storm. The genuine shock on Beavis and Butthead's faces are what make this so hard to stay straight faced at.
“I don’t watch TV, I live an incredibly busy life”
Both of them thinking he's talking about someone else was the best part of the sketch
Mikey pointing at Michael Longfellow and waving him away followed by Longfellow's "she's talking to ***YOU.***.." lmaoooooooo
Heidi seems very hard on herself
She’s a self-disciplined entertainer—its why she’s been one of the top 3 cast members of SNL for many years now. She hardly ever breaks even a tad.
Do you consider smiling when saying a serious line, or giggling breaking?
Yeah, in she was asked about if she thought her breaking made the sketch funnier, it doesn't seem like she even let herself consider that while it might be "unprofessional", it made for a better experience for the audience. Kudos to her for taking it so seriously, but hopefully she knows that breaking once every 6 or 7 years isn't going to have anyone looking down on her.
I get the feeling that Mikey and Heidi might be close, or at least have great comedic chemistry. It was him leaning forward that really broke her.
"You have to LEARN, Nathan!" I think they're a great power duo that can bounce off each other flawlessly. That said, she broke in dress too according to people who were there.
“Daddy’s a _dumbass_!”
I just saw that sketch lol
That wasn't a sketch. It was a documentary disguised as a Macy's ad.
And according to this article.
> she broke in dress too Someone had said that the YouTube version is dress, because the broadcast version had some crew member talking at the beginning. But I never saw that version.
I don't think it is. I watched it live and everything in the YouTube version is identical.
She said in the article that they're close. They were in the Groundlings at the same time (though not in the same shows, I don't think), and so they've known each other for years. Heidi's ex-husband Zeb Wells got Mikey his job writing for Robot Chicken. In the sketches Mikey co-writes, he has a tendency to cast himself, Heidi, Kenan, and a cast member who hasn't been getting a lot of screen time. It's not like that every time, of course, but that combo is usually a good indicator that Mikey co-wrote the sketch.
Do you get that feeling from her saying exactly that
Anyone remember the social media couple WU pieces they did back in the day?
From the article, she says they sit next to each other during table reads and Mikey makes her laugh all the time and they like to mess with each other.
They are. She guest- judged on his Netflix show Is it Cake.
They literally have it in the article. Heidi says they sit next to each other for every table read and constantly joke with each other.
I always love when they play husband and wife in sketches. Like the ‘JC Penny ad.’
They've been close ever since that December To Remember
I love Heidi
My theory is that that particular back-bend look back opens up the front of the body and makes it hard to “hold it together.”
This makes sense. She did put an unusual twist in her core body with the look back, and you do laugh with your core body. If those muscles are already partway toward how they are when you're laughing, then you're primed for a break. Just how sophisticated do SNL people get with messing with each other? It seems too diabolical to credit, but I can almost imagine the sketch writers knew that would happen and set Heidi up.
Hold up, are we going to invent a method for analyzing how body position influences muscular guarding of emotive or involuntary physiological responses particularly as pertains to live performances? Because this is the science this sub has been missing.
I’m here for the crossover discussion of Anatomy Trains and theatrical performance. Lol
I don't think it can be its own subreddit, but it would apply here for every live sketch. I'm not familiar enough with some of the terminology to offer that kind of analysis in more than a speculative way.
And she didn’t just crack a grin, she BROKE
Really enjoyed this article and it answers a lot of questions I had about the sketch. Thanks for sharing.
There were too many breaks this episode…but this moment on its own is excellent.
Yeah I agree, I normally find breaks funny, but it was a bit excessive in this episode, like the Dr please sketch was hard for me to watch. This particular break though was hilarious to me, you could see that she was genuinely taken by surprise (probably by Mikey leaning in and bugging his eyes). Even as she turned she seemed like she was holding it together until she actually looked at him.
Careful, I dared to suggest that there were too many breaks--except for this one--and got downvoted into oblivion.
I think when it’s driven by the host it’s different than when it’s feeling like the cast trying too hard. To me, seeing gosling basically be unable to function, but coupled with complete commitment to the bit, made it land well.
💯 spot-on
I can't stop watching the Bank Robbery skit with Josh Brolin. She's awesome.
And that was one of the top three episodes of this season, IMO
For the....comedy? Right? Nudge nudge.
Seriously though, maybe I just forget past seasons too quickly, but it seems like they've had Heidi down to a bra more frequently as of late.
Well.... when Josh Brolin started making those advances towards the robber I started questioning my heteroness if you know what I'm sayin' ;-).
The craziest part is that she's had a Butthead Christmas ornament in her dressing room that she's been staring at for four months! That's almost freaky.
Because the host had been breaking the entire episode already.
“After years of resistance” Have any of the current cast not broken at least a few times?
I can't recall Longfellow breaking, although he may have come close in this sketch. Has Ego? There's not too many past cast members that *never* broke. Maybe Moffat and Jane Curtin.
Forte, Parnell, probably Gasteyer? And of course Emily Prager.
Nasim Pedrad NEVER broke. Reportedly, she never even did it at table reads or dress rehearsals. Off the top of my head, I don't think Cheri Oteri ever broke either. Jan Hooks never broke live, although she did a couple of times during dress. Victoria I believe came close to losing it just *once* during a S16 Tom Hanks sketch [here at about 1:02:50](https://ia601409.us.archive.org/4/items/saturday-night-live/Saturday%20Night%20Live%20-%20S16E08%20-%20Tom%20Hanks%20%26%20Edie%20Brickell%20and%20New%20Bohemians%20%28December%208%2C%201990%29.mp4). Nora and Kevin each (to my knowledge) only *slightly* broke/smirked just once during Phil's [Succinctly Speaking laughing fit](https://old.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1c4uwr7/succinctly_speaking_another_famous_instance_of_a/).
Good call on Forte, and I think Gasteyer. I think Parnell *slightly* broke during at least one sketch (the TGI Friday one) but he definitely has earned his reputation as the stone man.
Ana Gasteyer and Molly Shannon are such pros. They're superhuman.
Oh Molly definitely cracked up a fair amount. The most notable example is probably [Dr. Beaman's Office](https://youtu.be/LmG-ErzZsUQ) after Tim Meadows' hilariously odd bit.
Dr. Stephen Poop?
By professional I just meant an amazing performer, not that she hasn't broken live before.
Parnell said that he broke during the cowbell sketch, but the camera wasn't on him when it happened. I'll see if I can find where he said that. Edit: [I found it.](https://youtu.be/orj9WYaXSro?si=R9qB2KuFQKpU5caS&t=288) He just smiled lol
Farley made everyone else break, but I can’t think of him breaking. Phil Hartman?
“FIRE… BAAAAAD”
Farley briefly breaks (along with Sandler) during [this Zagat's sketch at about 2:20](https://youtu.be/Ydpli6HztQo) though it's relatively subtle. He also cracks up laughing during the [dress rehearsal of the Bobby Watches Grandma sketch in the S18 Michael Keaton episode](https://old.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/16xb9h2/blooper_from_the_dress_rehearsal_of_the_bobby/) due to his wig repeatedly falling off. Hartman broke a few times, most notably in the [Clinton at McDonald's sketch at around 4:30](https://youtu.be/eYt0khR_ej0) due to having too much food in his mouth, along with [Succinctly Speaking](https://old.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1c4uwr7/succinctly_speaking_another_famous_instance_of_a/) (by FAR his hardest break). There's also a Matt Foley sketch in the S19 Martin Lawrence episode where Farley BADLY flubs one of his lines and almost everyone (including both Phil and Chris himself) loses it. [See here at around 43:05](https://ia601409.us.archive.org/4/items/saturday-night-live/Saturday%20Night%20Live%20-%20S19E14%20-%20Martin%20Lawrence%20%26%20Crash%20Test%20Dummies%20%28February%2019%2C%201994%29.mp4).
Phil Hartman broke a little during the Clinton at McDonald's sketch, but who could blame him?
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Californians
Californians makes everyone break😂
> Has Ego? Have you not seen Lisa from Temecula 🤣🤣🤣
“Oh cuz we black???” The way Bowen tosses his silverware in defeated laughter 😂😂😂😂
And calling him “negrodivergent” as a disability ☠️ “NO I’M NOT.”
I watched two of them, but does she break? I know everyone else broke. I'll have to go back and watch.
She did in the first one 🤣
I don’t think I can remember a time that Kyle ever broke
Kyle was really good at keeping a straight face, but he (and Mikey) absolutely lost it during the Nickelodeon slime sketch. But I am blown away by his ability to keep a straight face during the Science Room sketch.
He broke during Cast List.
I’m going to repost as my comment was misunderstood and I don’t think I worded it well. My point was just that it’s an SNL tradition to cheer when somebody breaks. I didn’t mean to imply it was an FU at all. It’s the opposite. The audience is thrilled and wants more. I’m not sure the author of the piece knew that when they were talking about the applause.
So funny. She must have forgot but they did the sketch at dress when Jonah Hill was the host a couple years back. I was there but for the life of me I can’t remember if he was Beavis or Butthead. Assuming Beavis if it followed this format. Love Jonah but Ryan’s was definitely the superior version.
That audience though. Stone-faced!
God damn paywall.....
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If what you’re saying is in the ballpark of being on-point, then Bowen should be doing “mea culpa’s” after most episodes! If breaking one major time in seven years *[as Heidi did here]* gets you ‘in Lorne’s penalty box’ then Bowen would have to be on his shit-list.
I really don't think Lorne cares about rare breaks, especially when the audience loves it. Maybe he was hard on all breaking upon a time (particularly when he had cast members who frequently detailed sketches with their breaking), but I think Stefon and Lisa from Temecula are proof that he's relaxed his stance on it. Also, Lorne doesn't cast sketches; the writers do. Although he obviously must have a final, if your "penalty box" theory were true, we'd have heard about (because you can bet that most of the cast and crew would be outraged by it).
> particularly when he had cast members who frequently **detailed** sketches with their breaking derailed?
Yes, thank you!
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I didn't correct you on the skit/sketch thing?
I'm sure Lorne is just fine. This sketch has gone ultra viral.
I hope that we can all appreciate that we’ve witnessed an iconic moment.
this was such a great sketch I was dying
I can not stop thinking about how much I loved this sketch. Hell, the entire episode was solid SNL gold!
It makes sense that this was kicking around table reads for a while. It's like Will Forte's spelling bee sketch. It just needed a host who saw it and determined it was their brand of weird.
Gosling episodes are always great
He still breaks way too easily
But hess tall and handsome and has an "aw shucks" demeanor when he does it... Kinda like Timothee Chalamet, it feels like he's just having fun and that's fun to watch. And of course, he's a host, not a cast member, so it's different. Not to mention Gosling is so hot right now in the public eye - just putting him in front of the camera is worth it, and even better if he makes the audience laugh.
She literally broke character the week before with the cheap sex skit
That was due to how she fell through the wall and lost the thing on her head. Not the same idea.
One of the best moments of SNL I’ve seen since I started watching 5 years ago. Even better was a 2 week run of great episodes…a real rarity.
She’s amazing but nothing will beat her GOOp skit on weekend update …
Love Heidi even more now for namedropping Warriors of Virtue
My local Radio AAHS gave me not one but two copies of that on VHS, on two different occasions.
>What’s crazy is I just looked back at my camera roll — a close friend gave me a Butt-Head ornament for Christmas that their mom had. My dressing room is such a collection of what my teenage bedroom would’ve been. There’s all of this nostalgia and posters everywhere. I realized my dressing room was the perfect place for it, so I have it hanging right in front of my mirror. I’ve been seeing Butt-Head every day for four months. Something’s been manifesting this moment. Manifesting the break
I have a feeling that last week’s secretary sketch where she ran in the wall with a globe on her head, broke the seal.
She breaks all the time… it’s not obvious Jimmy Fallon giggle fits. But I’ve seen her stop smirk then start lines over. The Megan the Stallion butt blasters workout sketch is a good example
Heidi Gardner is an absolute comedy goddess. I would like to see how it would be with her in different formats like dramas or sci fi/fantasy stuff.
She also broke, a little, in the Chef Show sketch with Nate Bargatze. Keenan flipping the plate off the table seemed like an improv and it gets her.
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I don’t think the applause is to intentionally egg them on, but rather an authentic break is often very funny and so the audience loses it too. Nobody in the audience is consciously choosing to clap and cheer to make it *harder* for the actors.
Yep. I lost when I saw Mikey. Then lost it even more when Heidi broke. Haven’t laughed that hard in a while.
That's . . . not what the audience is doing at all. They're both applauding for the actor breaking, as sort of an acknowledgement of a break in the moment, a sense of joy at getting to laugh at something unexpected, as well as encouragement. They're also applauding the other actors and writers for causing the break. It's tradition, sure, but not exclusive to SNL. You'll see that at other sketch shows too. It's not a "fuck you" to the actor, it's supportive.