Beavis and Butt-Head, Sen. Katie Britt and the Roman Empire: The 11 best ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketches of Season 49
CNN
“Saturday Night Live” is set to air its Season 49 finale episode this weekend with the help of host Jake Gyllenhaal and musical guest Sabrina Carpenter, but we’d be remiss if we said goodbye without honoring some of this year’s standout sketches.
“Saturday Night Live” is set to air its Season 49 finale episode this weekend with the help of host Jake Gyllenhaal and musical guest Sabrina Carpenter, but we’d be remiss if we said goodbye without honoring some of this year’s standout sketches. It was an exciting season full of star-studded cameos (hello Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce), instantly classic sketches and snarky political impersonations. Emma Stone and Kristen Wiig became the latest five-timers club inductees and an iconic spoof of two Comedy Central cartoon characters had us all laughing our faces off. Take a look at our best selects: Even “SNL” veteran Heidi Gardner couldn’t stop herself from laughing at Mikey Day and host Ryan Gosling’s physical transformation into ‘90s cartoon icons Beavis and Butt-Head in an instantly classic sketch in April. Clips of Gardner breaking character immediately went viral, and Day and Gosling continued to ride the wave when they later appeared at Gosling’s “The Fall Guy” movie premiere in their Beavis and Butt-Head getups. “SNL” alum Pete Davidson kicked off Season 49 as host in October, and appeared in a hilarious sketch spoofing the Oscar-nominated “Barbie” song “I’m Just Ken” with his own rendition titled “I’m Just Pete.” Davidson sang, “I’m just Pete, my dating life is not discreet,” while cast members performed the song’s choreography with the utmost “Kenergy.” Pedro Pascal made a surprise cameo in an October sketch alongside host and musical guest Bad Bunny, playing cast member Marcello Hernandez’s judgmental Spanish-speaking mom who trash-talks his White girlfriend (Chloe Troast) through a comical half-English-half-Spanish conversation. Pascal, wearing a wig and pink outfit, eventually fawns over Troast when she insists Hernandez eat something – as moms love to do. Jason Momoa hosted a November episode of “SNL” and rapped about the viral Roman Empire social media trend in a wild music video sketch. Suddenly appearing in a gladiator costume on a Roman colosseum-looking set and accompanied by backup dancers, Momoa rapped, “The Roman Empire, ancient Rome. Five times a day it pops into my dome.”
Ariana Grande would like to put to rest a popular inaccuracy about a lyric in the hit Broadway musical “Wicked.”
Taylor Swift trolling Ryan Reynolds is how we learned how close she is to the actor and his family.
Or Brett Goldstein opens up about the emotional scene at the center of this week’s episode of “Shrinking.”
Dave Coulier, the actor and comedian who found fame as Uncle Joey on “Full House,” has revealed he has been diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
People magazine has named former “The Office” star John Krasinski as the 2024 Sexiest Man Alive.
There is already Oscars buzz about Denzel Washington in “Gladiator II,” but he is looking even further into the future.
Jeff Bridges can always be counted on for being an eternal optimist.
Timothée Chalamet has shared a story that makes clear women in Hollywood aren’t the only ones being judged for their physical appearances.
No one was safe in the final episode of “The Penguin.” And shooting its most harrowing scene had star Colin Farrell all cut up.
‘SNL’ cast directly appeal to President-elect Donald Trump during cold open of post-election episode
Several of the cast members of “Saturday Night Live” took to the stage at Studio 8H in New York on Saturday in the first episode after the presidential election, where they jokingly appealed directly to President-elect Donald Trump about how they shouldn’t be among his “political enemies.”
Kate Winslet is sharing an anecdote about a “wonderful” encounter she recently had with someone from her star-making blockbuster film “Titanic.”