Mikey Day Says ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Co-Star Ryan Gosling ‘Changes Our Lives’ Every Time He’s on ‘SNL’
Following Saturday Night Live, the staff wonders if the prolific film superstar knows how much he lights up their lives. I’m sure he’s heard rumblings.
On April 13, 2024, a special Saturday Night Live sketch aired that fulfilled a years-long dream for long-time cast member Beavis and Butt-Head” was a smashing success, and the cultural footprint of the sketch was even larger than the Emmy-winning prosthetics attached to Day and his scene partner Gosling.
In a recent interview with Variety, Day itted that he’s “not really sure” how he comes up with such incredibly viral sketch and character ideas, but he know that sketches like “Beavis and Butt-Head” wouldn’t have a chance if not for Gosling’s gung-ho attitude toward his dumbest jokes. “We were all going to give up on it,” Day said of “Beavis and Butt-Head,” explaining that it was Gosling’s return to SNL that gave the show the courage to follow through with the sketch. “He changes our lives every time he hosts.”
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Like Day, we should all be thankful whenever Gosling blesses the SNL stage — after all, he has an incredibly busy life.
As Day revealed, Gosling wasn’t the first A-list SNL host on whom he and Seidell tried out their “Beavis and Butt-Head” sketch. First, the duo pitched it for Jonah Hill’s hosting appearance, but, at the time, “the sketch itself wasn’t there yet.” Then, they tried it on Oscar Isaac, but “Beavis and Butt-Head” didn’t even make it to rehearsals, as the set and technical requirements were too demanding for such an ittedly simple sketch.
It wasn’t until Gosling hosted SNL for the third time while on the press tour for his action comedy movie The Fall Guy that the pieces finally fell into place for “Beavis and Butt-Head” to find its audience, and, as the cast breathlessly laughed their way through the iconic scene, so did America. Day is more than happy to give Gosling the credit for the sketch’s success, as he’s learned not to try and delve too deep into the science of sketch comedy. Day said simply, “When it works, it just kind of works."
Having one of the biggest movie stars on the planet strap on a blond pompadour and a giant prosthetic nose might have something to do with it.
