Comedian Heidi Gardner says that an ‘SNL’ sketch focused on two ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ look-alikes was ‘really special’ — even though she broke character.
For comedian Heidi Gardner, a recent “SNL” sketch that focused on two “Beavis and Butt-Head” look-alikes was “really special” — cracks and all.
The “Saturday Night Live” star said in an interview published earlier this week that losing her composure at the sight of host Ryan Gosling and her co-star Mikey Day as the animated MTV duo is something that will follow her for years. “I’ll never be able to shake looking over my shoulder and seeing what I saw,” she told Vulture in a Q&A published Monday.
In the viral sketch, Gardner plays a News Nation moderator who discusses the risks of artificial intelligence with an MIT professor, portrayed by long-time “SNL” fixture Kenan Thompson. Just when Thompson’s character is about to deliver a response, he notices a familiar curly, blond pompadour behind Gardner in the audience.
“There’s a gentleman in your audience who looks strikingly similar to Beavis, from the cartoon ‘Beavis and Butt-Head,’” Thompson says of Gosling’s Beavis doppelgänger. “It’s just a little distracting.”
Gardner turns around to request that Gosling’s character move to another seat off-camera — but before she makes that demand, she stifles a chuckle.
