SNL’s ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Sketch Was Originally Pitched for Jonah Hill in 2018, Reveals Crew: ‘We Fully Gave Up on It’ and Thought ‘This Isn’t Going to Happen’
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director “Saturday Night Live” hair stylist Jodi Mancuso and makeup artist Louie Zakarian recently told The Ankler (via People) that the now-iconic Beavis and Butt-Head sketch with Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day was originally pitched for host Jonah Hill in 2018.
The “Superbad” favorite hosted the Nov. 3, 2018 episode during Season 44 with musical guest Maggie Rogers. “Even at that time it was late coming into the show, so there wasn’t a lot of prep time and I wasn’t fully happy with the wigs.
Then I think we tried it again, and again I wasn’t happy with it,” Mancuso said. “So we fully gave up on it, this is not going to happen.” The sketch finally made it to air in April 2024.
Heidi Gardner played a NewsNation anchor hosting a discussion on AI, but the event is disrupted by two audience members who look exactly like Beavis and Butt-Head, played by Gosling and Day under makeup and prosthetics.
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