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74 votes, 19 comments. Head writer Jim Downey was on board with the "Schmitts Gay" idea, and so much so, he wanted it as the first commercial parody of that season. But comedy duo weren't the first choice for the now-classic SNL sketch.

The comedy writer said the gay actors were not caricatures, but instead treated the same way women were often depicted in beer ads of that era. Saturday Night Live brought commercial parodies to the mainstream right from the jump.

60M subscribers in the funny community. At the same time, Smigel admitted the parody may not go over so well now without proper context. This SNL skit features Adam Sandler and the late Chris Farley. His goal with "Schmitts Gay" was to avoid that and instead flip the concept of the macho beer commercial on its head.

From SNL # - Michael Jordan, Public Enemy Season 17, Episode 1 Aired on NBC: BE SURE to Like and Follow Fanatical Entertainment to see. Our reaction to SNL's Schmitts Gay Skit. Reddit's largest humor depository. For 50 years, SNL has been mocking real commercials or inventing their own off-the-wall ads for every imaginable product.

Check out the channel for more reactions to different. That's not to say Nealon and Carvey couldn't have done the sketch.

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Smigel considers it "mission accomplished. Smigel wanted a way to call out the sexism and homophobia he saw in beer commercials of the late '80s and early '90s. It just cracked me up. Smigel went on to praise the execution of the commercial and how it handled the portrayal of gay characters.

In an interview with The RingerSmigel explained the inspiration behind the beer ad. But giving the two younger cast members a shot at such a big-swinging sketch paid off. He argued that the gay humor of the early '90s was actually widely-accepted mockery.

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