When we first heard word that this past weekend’s episode of "Saturday Night Live" cut a new "Beavis & Butt-head" sketch featuring host Ryan Gosling, my first reaction was admittedly relief. When the original version aired in April 2024, it was instantly recognized as an all-timer for the long-running NBC show – highlights including outstanding makeup/costuming and Heidi Gardner being unable to keep it together – and that kind of magic is hard to reproduce. After new details have come out, however, I’m rethinking my initial opinion, specifically because the sequel would have seen Sarah Sherman paying homage to "Bob’s Burgers."
New info about the cancelled sketch has arrived via LateNighter, as while it didn’t make it to air, it was included in the show’s rehearsal. The sketch was going to feature Ashley Padilla as the anchor of a "NewsNation" segment (replacing Gardner, who left the show in mid-2025), and while it’s unclear who in the "SNL" cast she was going to be interviewing (a role Kenan Thompson played in the original), Ryan Gosling and Mikey Day were going to return dressed up as Beavis and Butt-head. As an extra bonus, Sarah Sherman was going to be featured as another apparently disruptive audience member with a shockingly similar appearance to Tina Belcher from "Bob’s Burgers" – presumably replete with black wig, thick-rimmed glasses, blue shirt and skirt, and plenty of awkwardness.
