‘SNL': Ryan Gosling Does One Long ‘La La Land’ Joke for His Monologue (Video)

Ryan Gosling kicked off his stint as host of the season 43 premiere of “SNL” will a very extensive joke at the expense of “La La Land.”

The joke, of course, is about how Ryan Gosling — who is white — saved jazz in that movie. Sure, that’s not exactly literally how the movie went but it’s hyperbole based on the fact that Gosling — who is white — was the face of jazz music in “La La Land.” Which is silly.

Anyway.

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“I’m so honored to be here hosting ‘SNL’ again,” Gosling said. “It’s my second time. It’s the season premiere. Jay-Z is here. I mean, I haven’t felt this good since I saved jazz. I mean, you guys know that i saved jazz, right? I did this movie, ‘La La Land,’ and everybody said that I saved jazz. I guess it was dying and I saved it.”

That was just the beginning of the gag, which lasted for the entirety of the monologue and included Gosling playing the piano while smoking a cigarette and interventions by “SNL” cast member Kenan Thompson and Gosling’s “La La Land” co-star Emma Stone.

Stone provided the punchline.

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“Ryan, this is ridiculous, okay?” Stone said. “You didn’t save jazz. How many times have we talked about this?”

“A lot,” Gosling responded.

“Yeah, a lot,” Stone came back. “You got to stop, man, because you did not save jazz. we saved jazz.”

Stone, I should note, is also white.