Saturday Night time Stay is again in full swing on the 2025 TV schedule following its star-studded 50th anniversary particular, with Shane Gillis having returned because the host for February’s remaining ep. (Take a look at all of the upcoming visitor hosts right here.) Gillis as soon as once more introduced the laughs for his second time as host after being fired from SNL forward of Season 45, and one sketch has been going viral resulting from followers getting main John Sweet vibes. After rewatching with that context, I can’t unsee it.
Relating to SNL’s industrial spoofs, you by no means know what insane product the collection will introduce subsequent, and a drugs known as Coupla Beers was proper according to previous sketches. For the section, Gillis was dressed to the nines, at the very least for essentially the most half, and cheering on his “son” at baseball video games. Not solely is it a reasonably hilarious sketch, however it’s yet one more product SNL product that makes me snort whereas kinda wishing it was actual. Test the sketch out beneath:
Because the sketch has gone viral, so many individuals have identified that Gillis seems strikingly just like late comic John Sweet, greatest recognized for movies corresponding to The Nice Outdoor, Uncle Buck, Planes, Trains and Cars, and Spaceballs, amongst different tasks. Sweet had fairly an infectious vibe and look to him from his early SCTV days till his demise. Many individuals on X couldn’t recover from the similarities with Gillis, with consumer Tedbrogan23 even posting a side-by-side of the 2, and it’s really uncanny:
Shane Gillis is the fashionable day John Sweet #SNL50 pic.twitter.com/QMWyuQguskMarch 2, 2025
AmazingPopPod additionally shared a side-by-side of Gillis and Sweet, surprisingly, each completely different screenshots from those that Tedbrogan23 posted. Proving much more simply how alike the 2 are, and I can’t say I disagree:
Shane Gillis having severe John Sweet vibes. Ideas? pic.twitter.com/NgWdLe4UJPMarch 2, 2025
As a substitute of simply saying how alike Gillis and Sweet are, maniacspodcast is taking it one step additional, and I can’t cease laughing at how correct the assertion is, making me marvel if it truly is true:
Shane trying like John Sweet’s love youngster @Shanemgillis @nbcsnl pic.twitter.com/PULOTCHNn9March 3, 2025
In the meantime, though there’s not but a John Sweet biopic, that’s not stopping folks from nonetheless fan-casting it. Whether or not or not there’ll ever be one, there’s definitely a great candidate to play him, and Tim_D_Morrill thinks Shane Gillis may very well be the right particular person to tackle the long-lasting persona:
May Shane Gillis play John Sweet in a biopic?
It’s unknown if Gillis deliberately got down to appear like Sweet or if it was simply pure coincidence, however both method, the consensus is obvious. Regardless that he received’t be capable to come near Sweet’s affect and legacy as a comic, his look remains to be fairly spot-on, and it wouldn’t be stunning if he have been to play him in a biopic sometime. Or, on the very least, possibly he can tackle a Sweet impersonation the subsequent time he hosts Saturday Night time Stay.
Followers can all the time decide for themselves if Gillis seems like Sweet, both with the sketch on YouTube on the complete episode streaming with a Peacock subscription. For now, there are many musical visitors and hosts for SNL‘s fiftieth season to sit up for.