Follies inspired skit on SNL

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 12:09am

Did anybody see that? Jake Gyllenhaal led a “Beautiful Boys” number using the melody of “Beautiful Girls.” It also had elements of the spoken lines from “Loveland.” 

[Voter]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 12:19am

ljay889 said: "Did anybody see that? Jake Gyllenhaal led a “Beautiful Boys” number using the melody of “Beautiful Girls.” It also had elements of the spoken lines from “Loveland.”"


I was getting Funny Girl (1968 movie) vibes where they were singing in all white. Like the wedding and pregnancy Ziegfeld scene 

[chrishuyen]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 12:47am

The youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWDAsjyPLiw&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive

[UWS10023]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 11:21am

I would have put it in a higher key to give it more if a tenor vibe, it seemed a little low for him.

The character actor skit was cute. They could have taken it further.

Jake is better when he does not try too hard. He certainly is a good sport.

 

Updated On: 5/19/24 at 11:21 AM

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 1:50pm

That sketch was directly referencing "Beautiful Girl" from Singin' in the Rain.

https://youtu.be/0Z0FEzE5AJs?si=uPQLHAznLh3Ee3Cm

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 1:53pm

FYI - SNL is a sketch comedy show. They perform sketch comedy. They do not do skits. Educate yourself on the difference. The show is going on 50 years and has always been referenced properly as a sketch comedy show since 1975. Again… they do NOT perform skits. 

[Melissa25]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 2:08pm

Egads. That was painful.

[Wayman_Wong]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 7:25pm

The ''SNL'' skit of ''Beautiful Girls'' was a riot. It's hilarious that a TV variety-sketch show in 2024 would parody a showtune from ''Follies,'' a 53-year-old Broadway musical that I bet 99% of the ''SNL'' crowd didn't even know. If you're a theater fan, you'll get how closely the mock tune approximately Sondheim's original with double entendre lyrics. And yet the largely youthful audience, which didn't know any of that, roared with laughter at its goofiness. I especially enjoyed how committed Jake Gyllenhaal wryly delivered each lyric and sang robustly like Roscoe in ''Follies.'' ''Hat's off,'' indeed! 

Updated On: 5/19/24 at 07:25 PM

[sng]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 9:49pm

Wayman_Wong said: "The ''SNL'' skit of ''Beautiful Girls'' was a riot. It's hilarious that a TV variety-sketch show in 2024 would parody a showtune from ''Follies,'' a 53-year-old Broadway musical that I bet99% of the ''SNL'' crowd didn't even know. If you're a theater fan, you'll get how closely the mock tune approximately Sondheim's original with double entendrelyrics. And yet the largely youthfulaudience, which didn't know any of that, roared with laughter at its goofiness. I especially enjoyed how committed Jake Gyllenhaal wryly delivered each lyric and sang robustly like Roscoe in ''Follies.'' ''Hat's off,'' indeed!"

is this ChatGPT

[ljay889]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 10:32pm

frogs_fan85 said: "That sketch was directly referencing "Beautiful Girl" from Singin' in the Rain.

https://youtu.be/0Z0FEzE5AJs?si=uPQLHAznLh3Ee3Cm"

Maybe it was a mix of both. They literally used the melody of Sondheim’s “Beautiful Girls.”

[Kad]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 10:40pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "FYI - SNL is a sketch comedy show. They perform sketch comedy. They do not do skits. Educate yourself on the difference. The show is going on 50 years and has always been referenced properly as a sketch comedy show since 1975. Again… they do NOT perform skits."

This is funnier than the sketch in question.

[JSquared2]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 10:42pm

BrodyFosse123 said: "FYI - SNL is a sketch comedy show. They perform sketch comedy. They do not do skits. Educate yourself on the difference. The show is going on 50 years and has always been referenced properly as a sketch comedy show since 1975. Again… they do NOT perform skits."

 

Oh get over yourself. The terms are practically synonymous to everyone other than those who actually write the shows. 

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 5/19/24 at 10:42pm

God, he looked good in that scene. 

[frogs_fan85]

Posted: 5/20/24 at 8:51am

ljay889 said: "frogs_fan85 said: "That sketch was directly referencing "Beautiful Girl" from Singin' in the Rain.

https://youtu.be/0Z0FEzE5AJs?si=uPQLHAznLh3Ee3Cm"

Maybe it was a mix of both. They literally used the melody of Sondheim’s “Beautiful Girls.”"

I should've been a little more specific. A lot of the blocking was taken from the movie: the quasi conga line, the highlighting of individual boys, and the overhead shot at the end. 

Updated On: 5/20/24 at 08:51 AM

[MrsSallyAdams]

Posted: 5/20/24 at 9:21am

SNL has some handsome lads this season. They've persuaded a few of them out of their shirts in other episodes. But this one at least commented on the double standard of their casual outfits. Gyllenhaal's character voice was a choice. The joke might have worked better if he'd simply sung legit. But there's rarely enough time to rehearse musical sketches.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 5/20/24 at 1:34pm

Anyone else googling the difference between sketch and skit because they never gave it a thought in their decades of life?

[SkidRow82]

Posted: 5/20/24 at 1:36pm

everythingtaboo said: "Anyone else googling the difference between sketch and skit because they never gave it a thought in their decades of life?"

 

Guilty. 

 

[hork]

Posted: 5/20/24 at 1:58pm

I googled the difference and still don't think there's really a difference. Even the dictionary defines "skit" as "a short theatrical sketch or act."

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 5/21/24 at 1:11pm

everythingtaboo said: "Anyone else googling the difference between sketch and skit because they never gave it a thought in their decades of life?"

I think it's hilarious that BrodyFosse123 is correcting people without even seeming to know what a skit is. One quick look and it is quite clear that SNL does, in fact, do skits. Based on the definition of the word, saying they do skits is more specific to they type of sketches SNL does.