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00:00Do you remember the Avatar logo?
00:03Yeah, it was tribal yet futuristic.
00:06Papyrus!
00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks
00:11for the times Ryan Gosling showcased his silly side on SNL.
00:15Yeah, yeah, the light laid me down like a baby in a meadow near my house.
00:22Number 10.
00:23His jazzy opening monologue.
00:25Hosting SNL for the first time in 2015,
00:28Gosling received a surprise visit from Mike Myers,
00:31who helped him to embrace his Canadian heritage.
00:34Santa's coming, so don't you pout.
00:37It's time to break the Molson's out.
00:41We'll plop some seals and then we'll shout.
00:44That's what Canadian Christmas is about.
00:47Gosling returned to Studio 8H in 2017,
00:51bringing a more confident persona,
00:53having saved jazz with La La Land.
00:56Although he's there to promote Blade Runner 2049,
00:59Gosling can't get off his jazzy high horse,
01:02convinced that the music genre would have flatlined had it not been for him.
01:06You guys know I saved jazz, right?
01:09I mean, I did this movie La La Land,
01:10and then everyone was saying that I saved jazz,
01:12and I guess it was dying, and I saved it.
01:15While Gosling shows off the piano playing skills
01:17he picked up from his Oscar-nominated role,
01:20we all know he didn't save jazz.
01:22He saved it with Emma Stone,
01:24who drops by to remind her co-star that it was a joint effort.
01:27How many times have we talked about this?
01:31A lot.
01:32Yeah, a lot.
01:34Because you didn't save jazz.
01:37We saved jazz.
01:39The monologue showcases Gosling's uncanny ability
01:42to be hip and goofy simultaneously.
01:45Number 9.
01:46Wearing Levi's Wokes.
01:48For all the good that's come from political correctness,
01:51you know things have gone a little overboard when a clothing company
01:54can't promote a pair of jeans without fearing the wrath of outrage culture.
01:58Yo, you don't know me, jeans.
02:01I'm not a style.
02:02I'm not a size.
02:03That's not me.
02:04Thankfully, Levi's has devised an article of clothing
02:07that isn't specific to one gender, or any gender, really.
02:11Levi's Wokes look like parachute pants if they were designed by pirates.
02:15Of course, if anyone can make this ridiculous ensemble look cool,
02:19it's Gosling.
02:20Jeans are woke.
02:22What?
02:23Do they come in men's and women's?
02:25Nah.
02:26Do they come in person?
02:28What do you think?
02:29He gets support from the SNL cast,
02:32cleverly sending up the quote-unquote triggered generation.
02:36Funnily enough, this sketch kind of predicted the future,
02:39with Levi's facing a boycott over their gender-neutral jeans line years later.
02:44Maybe that campaign would have gone over better if Gosling had given his endorsement.
02:48Welcome to Levi Wokes.
02:51Woke!
02:52Number 8.
02:53Henrietta and the Fugitive.
02:55Gosling is right at home in a classic film noir setting,
02:58although this premise brings a few surreal twists.
03:01Playing a fugitive on the run, Gosling gets some help from a chick.
03:05Oh yeah, Spain.
03:07You better believe it, baby.
03:09And as long as the cops stay off my business,
03:12it'll just be you, me, Sangria, and Paella from here on.
03:16No, we're talking about a literal chick,
03:19or hen to be precise, played by Aidy Bryant.
03:22Gosling has a knack for wearing a straight face while performing over-the-top material.
03:27When Gosling does break though,
03:29it somehow makes the sketch even more priceless.
03:32She's a chicken!
03:34You're a lone wolf.
03:36You use them and you leave them behind,
03:38but what if she's the one?
03:42Oh stop it.
03:44Gosling stays in character for most of this sketch,
03:47bringing out the fugitive's desperation and conflicted feelings
03:50for the hen he's been lying to.
03:52Once Bryant pulls a gun out of his pants,
03:54Gosling can't handle the sheer silliness of the sketch any longer,
03:58giving in to his instinct to laugh.
04:00All right, listen, yes, I did use you,
04:04and I am still married, and I am a criminal,
04:07and I'm terrified of prison,
04:10but damn it, I've grown to love you.
04:14Number 7.
04:15The Wiz meets The Wizard of Oz.
04:17Realities have collided in numerous crossover events as of late.
04:21This skit begs the question,
04:22what if a character from The Wizard of Oz got plopped into The Wiz?
04:26Yeah, I'm sorry young man.
04:28We appreciate you coming by,
04:30but this Oz is not for you.
04:33Well, I didn't think that it would be, you know,
04:35but now that I'm here, it's really great.
04:37Gosling shines as the empty-headed scarecrow
04:40who has a feeling that he's not on his side of Oz anymore.
04:44The scarecrow is fascinated by this new land,
04:46which is familiar in some respects with several key differences.
04:50For starters, in Wizard of Oz,
04:52the term flying monkey doesn't raise any eyebrows.
04:56Whoa, no, we don't call them that here.
05:02We call them winged warriors.
05:05Yeah, we had a lot of meetings about that.
05:06In The Wiz, you can feel everyone tensing up,
05:09and for good reason.
05:10Despite not making the best first impression,
05:13the scarecrow earns everyone's respect upon casually revealing
05:17that he helped smoke the Wicked Witch of the West.
05:19Now, that's cred.
05:21Oh, he threw some water on her and killed her.
05:22Oh, damn!
05:24What?
05:26Damn!
05:28What?
05:30Why, scarecrow, I didn't know you had it in you.
05:33Number 6.
05:34An Awkward Birthday Party.
05:36This sketch again pairs Gosling with Aidy Bryant,
05:39although it may be even more uncomfortable than the hen love story.
05:44Party police, you girls are under arrest for having too much fun.
05:50Dad, that's so lame, go away.
05:52Gosling brings serious dad energy with a mustache,
05:55a plaid shirt, and a pair of khakis.
05:57Oh, and dad jokes, naturally.
06:00There are no boys at his daughter's 13th birthday party.
06:03Fortunately for Bryant's Melanie, she's into men.
06:06One particular man, which is unfortunate for Gosling's character.
06:10Dad is back.
06:12All right.
06:16Backstreet Boys?
06:17Oh, hot ham, the hunk is back.
06:19As the other girls point out how gross this is,
06:22Gosling tries to remain polite while setting up clear boundaries
06:25for his daughter's friend.
06:26In addition to tearing down those boundaries,
06:29Melanie breaks the furniture and Gosling.
06:32We'd say this is inappropriate,
06:33but the fact that Bryant was actually in her late 20s removes the ick factor.
06:38All right, Melanie, all right.
06:40Now I'm calling your mom.
06:41You just destroyed my house and you're covered in cake.
06:44Oh, do you like that?
06:48Number 5.
06:49Flipping the Fliplets Script.
06:50Mikey Day, Alex Moffat, and Gosling play brothers in the house flipping business.
06:56Filming an ad for their reality show,
06:58Day and Moffat try to come off as inviting,
07:01but there's a sense of phoniness to their delivery.
07:03I'm the guy who'll turn whatever nightmare he finds you into the home of your dreams.
07:08I'm Tristan, and when our parents divorced,
07:11I was the only one that went to live with our dad.
07:14Anyone who's ever watched an HGTV show knows what we're talking about.
07:18Gosling also comes off as friendly,
07:21although the tone of his voice doesn't at all match what he has to say.
07:25Rather than talk about home renovation,
07:27Gosling's Tristan unpacks his family's emotional baggage in a drive-by therapy session.
07:33I don't think they ever fully grieved the death of our family.
07:37Not really the platform, buddy.
07:39So rather than face the demons that they have,
07:42they go city to city trying to build a home they never had.
07:45Their parents' divorce has left psychological wounds
07:48that have likely only been intensified by Tristan's substance use.
07:52We'd say that the other two brothers should have hosted this without Tristan,
07:55but then they couldn't call the show The Fliplits.
07:58Some might say that was the day the light inside me dimmed,
08:03but I would say that was the moment that the darkness began to shine.
08:11Number 4. Getting Punk'd by Pizza Hut
08:13In 2008, restaurant patrons chowed down on Tuscany pizza,
08:18only to learn Pizza Hut delivered.
08:20Nearly a decade later, other chains like McDonald's have also pulled a fast one.
08:25SNL parodied this trend with Gosling and Cecily Strong,
08:29among a group of diners who find out their Italian dinner was Pizza Hut in disguise.
08:33I was just eating Taranzano's pasta with my beautiful fiancée,
08:37and now a bunch of clowns walk out with Pizza Hut,
08:41and you're saying that's what we actually ate? I'm a little confused.
08:44Where others see this as playful,
08:47Gosling and Strong behave like they've been personally victimized
08:51in an act of unforgivable deception.
08:53Who else know about this, huh? What about you, Mark?
08:58What was your involvement in all this?
09:00They not only question what they just ate,
09:02but who they are if Taranzano's isn't a real restaurant.
09:06While the giggles get the better of Gosling toward the end,
09:09he plays most of the sketch with an intimidating death glare that'll make you say,
09:13let's eat at Domino's instead.
09:16If this weren't Taranzano's, I would beat you to death.
09:21There is no Taranzano's!
09:24Domino's. At least we're not liars.
09:27Number three, acting like a Santa baby.
09:30Gosling's intense side resurfaces in a disturbing sketch
09:34that's best described as a very blue Valentine Christmas.
09:37We're out of milk, he's gonna have to settle for bourbon instead.
09:43If Santa doesn't drink, he's gotta drive a sleigh.
09:47Gosling and Vanessa Bayer play a seemingly normal adult couple
09:51that never stopped believing in Santa Claus.
09:54Under the impression that St. Nick is at a holiday party,
09:56the two don't just get excited, they get bizarrely sexual.
10:00Get Santa!
10:02I'm gonna get Santa, baby!
10:05I love you. I love you so much, baby.
10:10When the party's host tries to explain that Santa isn't really there,
10:14Gosling goes from sensual to psychotic,
10:17turning a candy cane into a lethal weapon.
10:20I wanna meet Rudolph.
10:23Rudolph isn't here, Gina.
10:30Then how the f*** did Santa get here, Dave?
10:32If the host is going to survive this silent night,
10:35he'll have to dress as Santa,
10:36nearly driving him to tears as the couple sits on his lap.
10:40In a twist, turns out Santa is real,
10:43but he won't be returning to this house.
10:45Number two, having a breakdown over papyrus font.
10:49Since 2009, Gosling's Steven has been haunted by the blockbuster Avatar
10:54and its questionable audacity to use the papyrus font.
10:57Not this again.
10:59I forgot about it for years, but then I remembered that Avatar,
11:03the giant international blockbuster, used the papyrus font as its logo.
11:09It seems inconsequential,
11:11but Steven acts as if he's uncovered an earth-shattering conspiracy
11:15that nobody else recognizes the magnitude of.
11:18Gosling fully commits to the role,
11:20and the sketch's cinematic production values add to the unwarranted gravitas.
11:25I don't even think this is literally papyrus.
11:27Maybe that was the starting point, but they clearly modified this.
11:30But whatever they did, it wasn't enough!
11:37James Cameron himself found the sketch funny,
11:39although he was surprised that SNL put so much time and energy
11:43into such an absurd premise.
11:45The Avatar director didn't even know it was papyrus font
11:48when designer Pete Stugard strategically chose it for the logo.
11:52Cameron stands by the font choice,
11:54but he owes Gosling a role in Avatar 3, 4, or 5
11:58after the turmoil Steven has endured.
12:00I know what you did.
12:03I know what you did!
12:07Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
12:10Guy who just joined Soho House.
12:13Gosling pulls off the preppy look without being punchable.
12:16You gotta be a member to get in.
12:18Now, nothing gets your member in like a Scloozy Clue.
12:22A Scloozy Clue?
12:23That's Exclusive Club.
12:25I have a shameful schwance.
12:29Playing jazz flute in a dive bar.
12:31We need to know this musician's full backstory.
12:34Thank you for calling it a rock and roll flute.
12:36It's not just a flute, it's deeper than that.
12:40Oh, I know it is.
12:41I remember the first time I called it just a flute
12:44and you kicked me directly in my underbags.
12:48Being a naughty elf.
12:50Gosling's gumdrop should have been censored.
12:52We deserve it.
12:54We're not fit to lick your boot.
12:57But we'll do it if you force us to.
13:01A cool sketch cut for time.
13:05A strange sitcom episode becomes a very special one
13:08when Gosling drinks and drives.
13:10This party's really fun.
13:12It's too bad we're running out of beer.
13:14I've had a lot to drink.
13:15I'll drive my car and get us more.
13:17Okay.
13:20Angelo Skaggs.
13:21The mullet is back, courtesy of Gosling.
13:24Hey there, Colin.
13:24Where'd you get that tie, huh?
13:26The bad tie store?
13:27Oh, boy.
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13:48Number 1.
13:49Cracking up over a close encounter.
13:51As mentioned before, Gosling is at his best when he breaks,
13:55and nothing ignited the chuckles like the close encounter sketches.
13:59A robe made out of warm, glowing energy.
14:04Yeah, like a blanket made out of pure love.
14:08Yeah, a little different for me.
14:10Gosling portrays one of three people who had an extraterrestrial experience.
14:14The other two are played by Cecily Strong and Kate McKinnon,
14:17the latter of whom goes into graphic detail.
14:21Yeah, yeah, the light laid me down like a baby in a meadow near my house.
14:26I was smiling and weeping, tears of joy, sir.
14:29McKinnon gets the most screen time,
14:31but when Gosling is on camera, he can't contain the laugh riot within.
14:36The next close encounter proved even more challenging,
14:39with McKinnon interacting directly with Gosling, face to butt.
14:43So my theory is, right, they thought I had like,
14:46broken into two pieces and they were trying to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
14:51Even when he's turned around with a hat covering his face,
14:54Gosling laughs so hard that he can't stay still.
14:58One can't help but wonder if McKinnon was tasked with breaking Gosling,
15:01although it's not like he's complaining.
15:03Like he was breaking in a catcher's mitt.
15:06Another one of these idiots was just like,
15:12looking for the source of the tear.
15:15And I was like, hey.
15:16What's your favorite Ryan Gosling SNL moment? Let us know in the comments.
15:21I haven't felt this excited since I saved Jazz.
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