01/15/2007
One Night Only: Jake Gyllenhaal Does SNL
Jake Gyllenhaal arrived after a drag-tastic Saturday Night Live performance at Dock's Restaurant in New York City. If you haven't yet seen the opening monologue in all its glittering glory, feast your eyes (as long as it's still up):
Jennifer Hudson had better watch her back. (clip courtesy of virtual matter)
Jake's wardrobe was the topic of some discussion. He donned a black T-shirt that was most likely a shout-out to his young niece, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Saarsgard's daughter, Ramona. The other item of clothing folks are speculating about is a green and yellow jacket quite similar to one worn recently by a friend of Jake's. Make of the sartorial switcheroo what you will.
(photo source)
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rats, NBC took it down off uTube already.
Posted by: A.J. | Jan 15, 2007 8:18:13 AM
Thanks for posting this clip Andy. It has already been removed from Youtube. Jake is adorable and unbelievably sexy. He is also a fine actor and absolutely fearless. He appears to be humble about his abundant talents which makes him even more attractive.
Posted by: rudy | Jan 15, 2007 8:19:50 AM
I. Love. Jake. He can do no wrong in my eyes. The Ramona t-shirt is just adorable.
Posted by: Xavier | Jan 15, 2007 8:33:08 AM
Gay, straight, I don't care, the guy LOVE his gays and he paid such an honorable tribute to us on SNL! And who knew he could sing! What a great guy, what a great performance! Brava!!
Posted by: Wayne | Jan 15, 2007 8:38:16 AM
That opening # was the best of the evening. And how great is it that throughout the whole song, not for one second did he break out of character? Hilarious!!
Posted by: gabe | Jan 15, 2007 8:47:05 AM
... Jake is simply DIVINE.. he is one of our icons... I LOVE HIM!!!!
Posted by: miss dna | Jan 15, 2007 9:03:18 AM
It took NBC a while to take the clip down. It had over 91,000 hits yesterday and was the number one video of the day. Word sure got around. Jake was wonderful.
Posted by: AMS | Jan 15, 2007 9:45:55 AM
Just FYI: The green and yellow jacket is part of Lance Armstrong's Nike sportsline. It's quite common for clothing companies to send celebrities a bunch of their products, particularly celebrities who get constantly photographed and plastered across the blogosphere.
Posted by: chrisb | Jan 15, 2007 10:06:50 AM
Also, Jake and Lance Armstrong are friends and i have seen Jake wearing Lance/Nike gear in the past as well as his "manservant" who is Jake's best friend from NY. I'm sure they bought/have the same jacket.
Posted by: Sheba Baby | Jan 15, 2007 10:28:05 AM
Just watched it on youtube. It is back up! Wonderful clip, and those arms...sigh!
Posted by: tommy | Jan 15, 2007 10:40:11 AM
But of course, everyone knows that inside each gay guy is a show-tune lov'n drag queen. Had it been anyone else, except perhaps for Robin Williams, paying "tribute" by singing a show tune in drag, the NGLTF & GLAAD would have been claiming a homophobic stereotypical satire on gays. Imagine Jay Leno attempting similar.Clearly Jake loves playing w the Toothy Tile allegations cuz in reality everyone knows he's "one of the girls".
Posted by: zabadak | Jan 15, 2007 10:55:38 AM
It's also common for men to swap clothing... um...
I LOVED Jakes opening for SNL, it was incredible!
It's a shame the rest of the show really tanked. Is it me? I remember when the performers use to TRY and remember their lines. I feel like it is nothing more than talking heads not trying to hide reading from queue cards. Annette Benning was on a few weeks back, and her head was glued in the direction of the cards so much you could even see her eyes following the words. Same last night with Jake. It breaks what ever... connection... they are trying to make; certianly with me, if not the rest of the audience.
Posted by: Rad | Jan 15, 2007 10:59:01 AM
Hat's off to Jake. Andy maybe now the Jake haters will stop bitching about all your posts. Straight or gay, Jake does not mind his BBM fan base. Most actors, or their agents, would run away from acknowledging us. His folks did a fine job, he's so comfortable in his skin.
Tommy you are right about those arms, not to mention his shoulders, oh hell the whole package.
Posted by: patrick nyc | Jan 15, 2007 11:34:49 AM
He has a great personal vibe. You can tell he's smart enough to get "it" without having to make "it" so obvious. Brilliant!!!
Posted by: Brad | Jan 15, 2007 11:57:00 AM
This SNL openning was one of the funniest and well done ever. Jake was really great throughout. He has a real talent and comfortability in his performing that is suprising for an actor primarily known for his film work.
He's really a star.
Posted by: lkenneth | Jan 15, 2007 11:59:40 AM
He's very good at sub-rosa message sending, isn't he...
Posted by: Anon | Jan 15, 2007 12:08:05 PM
Now that's talent!
Posted by: GM | Jan 15, 2007 12:39:10 PM
Jake's falsetto vocals blew me away! I had no idea! He really committed to that role eh? That's so awesome! Great job Jake!
Posted by: danifesto | Jan 15, 2007 1:22:29 PM
Andy, the second this came on Saturday night I knew this would get front page news here lol. I thought it was a great show overall, and good for Jake, at least one of those two can embrace Brokeback Mountain and not seem ashamed of it. Good for him.
Posted by: Cory | Jan 15, 2007 1:29:01 PM
He is counting your money right now with sweet delight. He is boring. But the show was better than usual. Normally it's terrible.
There was a Weekend Update story about a sex study and then Amy Poehler mentioned Bert and Ernie. Does anyone what that sex study was about?
Posted by: Jack | Jan 15, 2007 2:29:58 PM
Patrick said package, he he.
Posted by: gay is the new straight | Jan 15, 2007 2:51:20 PM
Thanks for posting! What an AWESOME clip! That was so well done - and having Jake do it is just icing on the cake!
Posted by: Guy | Jan 15, 2007 3:08:16 PM
I watch for Maya Rudolph.
Posted by: 000000 | Jan 15, 2007 3:36:48 PM
zabadak lol - it's not nice to bring in the haterade but I'll admit that I found Jake a bit pathetic on this clip! wtf? Luckily the background singers bring it all together at the end.
What's really funny though is I was visiting a few gay blogs yesterday and they were all going crazy over this clip saying "how bold" and "how it takes a real man" to do this..and I'm thinking wait a minute, most of these gay sites would never be caught dead featuring a REAL drag queen!! Those who actually hon their craft and bravely take on the stage every night for way less adulation and dough - Now that's irony right there..
For some real fierce drag queens check out these clips!
The Mussycat Dolls (ft Kim Aviance)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QoeMDZE5azg
DebManischewitz - "Wedding Bell Blues, Mitt Romney Edition: Gay"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJnYFU4v9a4
Kabrina
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cpgSQV-hJLk
Posted by: Da | Jan 15, 2007 3:46:40 PM
That was fantastic!!! LOVED it and Jake!! A very talented guy.
Posted by: Mememe | Jan 15, 2007 4:29:20 PM