‘SNL’ Star Kenan Thompson on How He Kept a Straight Face During ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ Sketch After Losing It in Rehearsal: ‘I Started to Panic’

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Kenan Thompson credits losing it during rehearsal for keeping his cool during 'SNL' Beavis and Butt-Head skit

2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC The April 13 episode of Saturday Night Live featured a sketch that has already landed in the history books for one of the longest-ever cast member crack-ups — and now the Beavis and Butt-Head sketch has more than 10.5 million views on YouTube alone. The bit had Heidi Gardner playing a journalist, asking Kenan Thompson‘s expert about artificial intelligence, when he became distracted by a man seated behind the reporte…