Follies inspired skit on SNL
Follies inspired skit on SNL
#1Follies inspired skit on SNL
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.”
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Leading Actor Joined: 5/19/20
#2Follies inspired skit on SNL
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/12/14
#3Follies inspired skit on SNL
Posted: 5/19/24 at 12:47am
The youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWDAsjyPLiw&ab_channel=SaturdayNightLive
#4Follies inspired skit on SNL
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.
#5Follies inspired skit on SNL
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/27/06
#6Follies inspired skit on SNL
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.
Wayman_Wong
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#8Follies inspired skit on SNL
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
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Featured Actor Joined: 6/7/15
#9Follies inspired skit on SNL
Posted: 5/19/24 at 9:49pmWayman_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!"
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#10Follies inspired skit on SNL
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.”
#11Follies inspired skit on SNL
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.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
JSquared2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/17
#12Follies inspired skit on SNL
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.
#14Follies inspired skit on SNL
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.
MrsSallyAdams
Broadway Star Joined: 11/12/13
#15Follies inspired skit on SNL
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.
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#16Follies inspired skit on SNL
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?
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
#17Follies inspired skit on SNL
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.
#18Follies inspired skit on SNL
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
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/28/05
#19Follies inspired skit on SNL
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.
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