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Jack Black channels My Chemical Romance in hilarious 'Goth Kid on Vacation' sketch
One can expect for Jack Black and Saturday Night Live to go hand in hand. After all, the dude has hosted on the long-running sketch show four times now, and his bombastic style of comedy only elevates the level of silliness other cast members commit to. But for the April 5 episode, it seems like Black outdid himself from his epic musical monologue noting his nearly two decade gap between appearances, to his dating show character who was accidently-on-purpose dressed like Indiana Jones. There were a lot of great moments and sketches, but the performance that seemed to really win viewers over was when he parodied My Chemical Romance‘s early 2000s hit “Welcome To The Black Parade” for a musical sketch aptly titled, “Goth Kid on Vacation.”
Nobody spoke to goth kids like My Chemical Romance
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In the pre-recorded sketch, Ego Nwodim and Kenan Thomspon play a Jamaican reggae duo who sing about how they find joy with all the “struggle and pain” by laughing at, you guessed it, the goth kid on vacation. Even before Black makes his appearance, Michael Longfellow plays an excellent goth/emo kid, dressed in all black and decidedly not having a good time on the beach as he applies sunscreen through his fishnet gloves. But then Black joins in during the song’s climax, singing updated lyrics like “When I was a young boy, my parents took me down to Jamaica for my high school spring break.”Watch:
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The video even got the seal of approval from actual goth kids, who applauded the accuracy.“As a Black-African emo-goth kid in my teens and an Elder Emo now, I screamed at the The Black Parade reference. Goosebumps! It's still my anthem, and Jack Black giving me 2000s Gerard Way/Tenacious D energy is something I didn't know I needed. The Black Parade will CARRY OOON~"“Me being a goth person, this is one of the best and funniest snl skits I've ever seen ”“I am an emo kid freshly departed from a vacation this is way too good ” "Elder goth here. I have a photo of myself and my teenagers on the beach, wearing our goth clothes, labeled' Goth Day at the Beach'! This SNL skit was fun and true! Still not a phase! Love the MCR reference, too!"By the way, if listening to this got you jonesing for even more MCR, the band is actually embarking on a "Long Live: The Black Parade" North American stadium tour in 2025, starting in Seattle on July 11 and concluding in Tampa on September 13, performing their 2006 album The Black Parade in full. So there’s something for our dark, twisted hearts to get excited about. Previously, Black made another equally awesome guest appearance, meeting Love on the Spectrum’s Tanner Smith on the Kelly Clarkson Show. The Kung Fu Panda star had previously sent Tanner a video message to tell him to “keep up the great work” and promised that they’d meet in person “someday soon.”
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There you have it folks. Jack Black is not only funny, but true to his word. No wonder he is so well-liked.