Wells is the collaborative work of Miles R. Waltuck and Stephanie H. Shih, … Read Full Bio ↴Wells is the collaborative work of Miles R. Waltuck and Stephanie H. Shih, a team spread distantly (though sometimes nearer than not) across the East Coast. Since the summer of 2007 Wells has haltingly gathered together to record a song at a time, each in a single night. The melodies that emerge from the Waltuck family basement are sweet and fun, good for both falling asleep and waking up to. Increasingly, the pair passes itself off as musicians who actually know how to play the instruments they are playing, though listeners ought not be fooled.

Wells is also the recording project of Chicagoans Chris Howaniec and Zane Ranney, both members of now-defunct folk-rock band World's First Flying Machine. This Wells plays mid-to-downtempo rock, drawing from its influences in psych rock, slowcore, ambient and early-'90s emo. Chris Howaniec is the songwriter, arranger, vocalist and producer, playing all parts on their two EPs ("Wells" and "Feel Bad") except the drums, which Zane Ranney is infinitely better at.

Wells is also also the name of a former four-man group from Charlottesville, VA that disbanded in January 2006.

Not just a boy
Wells Lyrics

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So you're gone again out somewhere around me
And I can feel that heartache's bout to start
If I was smart with you I'd quit this gambling but I guess I'm just not smart
I can't help what people say I still love you
They don't know and they can't see what's in my heart
They keep saying if I'm smart that I will leave you but I guess I'm just not smart

Love like ours just wasn't meant for parting for it's too deep in buried in my heart

I should have known not to have let it started but I guess I'm just not smart

I can't help what people say...

Overall Meaning

Wells's song "Not just a boy" is a poignant reflection on the complexities of love and heartbreak. The lyrics speak of the pain of being apart from someone you love and the difficulty of letting go, even when others are telling you to. The lines "If I was smart with you I'd quit this gambling but I guess I'm just not smart" and "They keep saying if I'm smart that I will leave you but I guess I'm just not smart" suggest that the singer is aware that their actions may not be in their best interest, but they are unable to resist the pull of their emotions.

The song also touches on the idea that love is not always rational or logical. The line "Love like ours just wasn't meant for parting for it's too deep in buried in my heart" suggests that the love between the two individuals is so strong that it cannot be easily overcome. The singer reflects on the fact that they "should have known not to have let it started" but ultimately the heart wants what it wants.

Overall, the song paints a picture of the struggles that come with love and the difficulty of letting go, even when you know it may be the right thing to do.

Line by Line Meaning

So you're gone again out somewhere around me
You've left again and I can sense your absence all around me

And I can feel that heartache's bout to start
The pangs of heartache are about to engulf me

If I was smart with you I'd quit this gambling but I guess I'm just not smart
I know it's not wise to keep trying with you but my heart won't let me let go

I can't help what people say I still love you
People keep telling me to move on but I can't help still loving you

They don't know and they can't see what's in my heart
Others don't understand what I feel deep down inside

They keep saying if I'm smart that I will leave you but I guess I'm just not smart
People advise that I should leave you, but my heart won't let me

Love like ours just wasn't meant for parting for it's too deep in buried in my heart
Our love is too strong to let go of, it's rooted deeply in my heart

I should have known not to have let it started but I guess I'm just not smart
I probably should have avoided starting this relationship, but I couldn't resist

I can't help what people say...
Again, others' opinions can't change how I feel about you

Lyrics © OBO APRA/AMCOS

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Comments from YouTube:

@generalpurpose772

5y↑13.9K

“Some kids like to play, others just sort of wait for adulthood”

This was my childhood summed up in a sentence.

@imrustyokay

5y↑206

Same. Especially since I stopped getting invited to Birthday Parties after 2nd grade, and I lived in a very rural area that nobody wanted to go to.

@kisari-arts

5y↑36

Man me too.

@hotscarysummer8072

5y↑157

Still Ill that line hit me like a brick, isn’t this supposed to be comedy, why am I crying? Why do I feel so seen?

@MoltenMonsters

5y↑43

I’m 13 and I act like a 7 year old so I’m kinda the opposite I guess....

@geeswithane7yrago303

5y↑46

Yeah, I just waited.
I wasted it but it's not so much to waste honestly

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@JackhammerJesus

5y↑9.3K

That balcony needs a built in rain function so you can sit inside and watch the waterdrops run down the window.

@diulikadikaday

4y↑98

Underrated comment

@claudettes9697

4y↑74

You’re a genius

@marisamar3247

4y↑39

Perfection

@-summerbummer7978

4y↑46

the saddest part is that i'll buy that

@alecposey1192

3y↑13

Oh my god yes!

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@groundswellmultimedia7279

4y↑9.5K

No one seems to give credit to Cecily Strong, whose voiceover skills are half the reason why these faux ads are funny.

@AlexaBellaMuerte

4y↑152

THAT'S HER?

@laurenring9721

4y↑38

IKR!!!

@kurtr1181

4y↑11

Are you sure?

@kurtr1181

4y↑17

Gee I guess I hear it now.

@TheOnlyTominator

4y↑83

Good point. She may be the most flexible member of the cast.

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@christalcavanaugh

5y↑2.9K

I had a daycare kid named Mark who was just like this. He was a sweetheart and almost never talked to anyone or played with the other kids. I’m sure he would have loved a well

@bsixtwelve9799

3y↑85

Did anyone check to see if there was trauma going on in his family? I was like this and it was almost certainly a response to all the dysfunction. Look up the “lost child” or “invisible child” role in narcissistic, addicted or otherwise dysfunctional family systems and this pretty much nails it.

@Nectarisa

3y↑116

@@bsixtwelve9799 he could just be an extreme introvert like me. I just don't have a strong battery for interaction with people.

@WardNightstone

3y↑19

i was this kid(metaphoracly) and YEs he would have i mena i didn't ALWAYS want to be by my self but i also was perfectly fine hangign out under one spesific tree at recess

@DustinBarlow8P

3y↑13

@@bsixtwelve9799 Have you seen the world lately? Every child is suffering from Trauma because insane people are in charge....

@bsixtwelve9799

3y↑57

@@DustinBarlow8P Says the guy who follows Ben Shapiro and Dinesh D’Souza 🙄

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@ElizabethT45

5y↑2.9K

"Because you have everything. EVERYTHING is for YOU. And this ONE THING is for HIM" that was the best line!!

@lisafalzetta9116

2y↑37

That’s my favorite part!

@ocarinagirlandthestories648

2y↑26

I started scrolling through the comments while watching the video and found your comment right when she said that XD

@dumbpossum8461

2y↑49

I wish my mom had told my brothers these things

@ontheruntonowhere

2y↑42

The definition of privilege I wish more people could understand.

@jean-francoisdaignault9612

2y↑27

My favourite line. Very cathartic.

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@saltedsins

5y↑5.9K

My sister and I used to trim and style her barbie dolls' hair. Former stepdad always whined about how it would 'turn me gay.' Jokes on him because I haven't had to spend any money on haircuts for the past four years. I mean, yeah, I'm gay but I don't pay $35 for 'just a trim' anymore so like, whatever.

@notworththeeffort830

4y↑87

and how is the joke on him?

@Tsuliwaensis

4y↑1.1K

@@notworththeeffort830 i would explain, but your name kind of makes me pause...

@whykoffee4635

4y↑296

Tsuliwaensis savage

@6InchTruth

4y↑67

😂 omg you're awesome!

@maggieroto

4y↑73

Appreciating this post A LOT🤣🤣🤣🤣

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@robertwrightfonseca

7y↑4.2K

When I was 8, I had to improvise with our toilet.

@joneslr25

5y↑56

💀

@dillonkind8465

5y↑52

Mood

@phraze410

5y↑53

Im sorry but 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@sstaners1234

5y↑57

That’s just hilariously sad.

@zenomorph8806

5y↑23

So, did you get what you wished for?

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@chrisneal3954

6y↑5.8K

"Everything is for you and this one thing is for him!"
DEAD

@levendercandle7673

5y↑37

Yass slay the game

@memento81

4y↑254

defending him like that kinda made her the best mom ever

@IsiahTomas

4y↑3

Well, yeah.

@kurtr1181

4y↑16

"EVERYTHING!"
then dead.

@danielleliguori5001

4y↑50

@weedman I loooove (/s) how people say this like it’s more on kids like this than it is on the indoctrinated little brats who would “whoop his ass.” Those kids’ parents have a lot more reckoning to do with themselves than this one’s. It’s wild that some people think it’s more excusable for a kid to be a violent shithead than to be sensitive.

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@Set_Free

6y↑2.3K

"I mean it's KIND OF like that, but that's just a part of it..." so accurate.

@qamilfoatov

4y↑18

Whay did that mean? I didn't get the part with barbie and this joke...

@ecohansen

4y↑270

@@qamilfoatov It's not just a gender thing. He might or might not be gay or trans, but that doesn't matter: what matters is that he has a tortured, poetic soul.

@danielholoweckyj9098

4y↑17

@@ecohansen At his age? He shouldn't even know that means.

@sam4gaming135

4y↑134

@@danielholoweckyj9098 he probably doesn't know what it means, it like some kids can have a disability, but have no clue ( adhd is often mistaken as mischief in young boys)
And I have experienced it because when I was a child, I always knew that I wasn't a boy and that I was a girl, I thought the whole world would see me as crazy ( alot of it still does) and that no one would help me, so I stayed in my room all my childhood, instead of going out with friends. I also i avoided dating anyone, because how am I supposed to date someone if Im not even myself.

@neuralmute

4y↑130

@@danielholoweckyj9098 What's wrong with kids growing up knowing that some guys like guys, some girls like girls, and it's all okay? My little nieces think it's awesome that their Auntie has a girlfriend; to them, that means that if we get married, there'll be TWO pretty dresses to go nuts over instead of just one! As for the rest of it, they get grossed out when grown-ups of ANY gender even kiss, including their parents, because they're at that age when kissing is yucky and gives you cooties. It's so simple for little kids! XD

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@supersonic_tumbleweed

1y↑521

this is one of my favorite snl sketches of all time because, i shit you not, once had “a well for the backyard” on my christmas list when i (15 M) was like 8 for this exact reason.
i also was crying one time when i was little and tried doing that thing disney princess do (when they laying face down on their bed crying into their arms) and then sat up after a few seconds and thought “how to they breathe???” and just cried normally.

@Mugruncher

38w↑56

This crying Disney princess style thing is way too relatable - I tried it as a little girl and was like “well great, now there’s snot and tears on my arms AND I’m sad”

@wollam11

32w↑20

I did something similar. When a boy I liked moved away, I promised myself (like an Emily Bronte character) I would write him everyday because I would miss him that much.

I was 22.

@lsour8546

27w↑4

Did we have the same childhood?

@peepy9115

17w

DAWG ME TOO I WANTED A WELL SO BAD

@gloriie.

16w↑2

@@wollam11the "I was 22" is so funny to me 😭

@PowerGlove79

7y↑9K

Emma Stone just makes this sketch. Her performance as the nurturing mother is pitch perfect hysterical

@DA-bm2mj

7y↑243

also Cecily's narration, and the witty writing, and the boy's acting - just everything

@spankyx8606

7y↑19

PowerGlove79 it's all about the mother. at war with 8 year olds.

@victorianunez800

7y↑120

Deus Dex sounds like someone is living an unexamined life

@andymcafee6340

6y↑5

Deus Dex issa joke

@seanluzdeluna8153

6y↑1

James Brummel YASSSSSSSSSSSS!

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@A_Oda27

2y↑438

"do you want to watch 'Y tu mamá también''?" is both a underrated line and also an aggressively obscure reference and I love it

@Gyrbun

2y↑55

The audience was not picking up on it which I thought was a shame, although I do hear the one person laughing in cool recognition of what’s to come right when the skit begins

@BillyBob-oi9kl

1y↑8

I've seen the movie, but I don't get it. Can you explain it to me?

@carlosmillan7933

1y↑90

@@BillyBob-oi9kl It's a cult, drama, foreign film; the kid is early intellectual and sensitive so he watches things no one his age is interested in.

@loonzoldick

1y↑29

@@carlosmillan7933 but that movie has a tons of sex scenes, like jfc i was 16 when i watched it and felt like soft core porn at times, tho Diego Luna and Gael Garcia were so hot in it

@user-dd5eh5lu3o

47w

@@loonzoldick The trio sex scene where Diego and Gael start making out. I can say I replayed that a few times :)

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@skyttles627

7y↑5.8K

Dad: "So what's he putting in there?"
Mom: "A secret."
I don't know why but that made me lose it 😂😂

@himdotcom

7y↑20

Me as well. lmao

@nspector

7y↑132

His face after she says "a secret."

@2spoonsbunnypeach393

5y↑6

SAMEEEE!😂

@lokeyadams6799

5y↑44

The reason why she said "a secret", is because that's what Snow White said in the 1937 original by Disney. The well is a parody about a lonely person and the comfort from sharing secrets with a wishing well. I found it creatively Hilarious!

@jordanhatesyou1512

4y↑6

And the baloney to announce something....

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@Gabrielathebook

7y↑3.1K

The part where he's shoving his face in his moms clothes is so true

@chairde

6y↑41

anabellee55 Yes that is pitch perfect.

@blindpeopledostuff3587

5y↑86

Funny thing is I don’t think of myself as a sensitive person but I so did that as a kid. I was nervous around other people a lot and I wasn’t sure about them. I I had thoughts plenty but I really wasn’t that unsociable either.

@CigarDoug

2y↑248

So much great writing in this sketch.
Dad calls the boy, multiple times, no answer.
Mom almost whispers, "Spencer?"
Kid immediately answers, "Yes, mom?"
And they just leave it hanging.

@NextToToddliness

1y↑307

That last part where his mom defends him is so good! I know a bunch of people have mentioned it, but it really is a powerful things for us kids who "just sort of waited for adulthood". I always wanted a Barbie, but the truth is, I just really wanted someone to defend me.

@mehdidehghan96

10w

I can't relate more. when someone defends me, I just fall in love with them.

@scattjax3908

7y↑597

That boy's a good actor, I felt his sensitivity!

@rubberducky4074

4y↑21

He plays Henry in Marriage Story 😁😁😁

@scattjax3908

@@rubberducky4074 Ah thanks!

@hoover728

4y↑4

And Philip in Plot Against America.

@pardyhardly

2y↑2

I believe he was one of the kids with the jump rope in those Liberty Mutual ads.

@garciadany6759

Yes he is

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@L0LrevneD

2y↑307

In all honesty this skit hit me in the feels. I felt it. Like I, a 22 year old dude, would LOVE to have that. And plus, the line “this ONE thing is for him” line is iconic

@gary_beniford

7y↑4.3K

a lot of my childhood felt like me waiting to be taken seriously as an adult now I realize that adults are a lot like children who are only kept in check by financial responsibilities.

@MikeJ2023

7y↑5

jump oricakle IKR 90s sucked eggs.

@misterguy2329

7y↑16

Hey yeah, me too. I was that kid. Sort of.

@ApartmentViews

7y↑78

Amazingly true comment this is. In many ways in fact, kids can be better, more civil, and more logical than adults. It's strange.

@zyxwut321

7y↑109

Kind of like a Joe Rogan standup bit I saw years ago where he said, "the older you get, the more you realize there are no adults."

@borislav6561

7y↑14

wow I completely agree with that Joe Rogen quote. immature fucks everywhere.

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@acey850

5y↑668

"..a shattered mirror to examine the complex contradictions of their being.."
I've never resonated with a toy my entire life.

@user-ix1rp9ff3p

lol unless he wanted 7 years of bad luck

@rogue7723

3y↑2

Or to pretend they're a rock star who just went off the deep end, complete with make-up to angrily shove off dressers.

@priyachoudhary9896

2y↑1

And now as an adult.... I want it...

@user-ix1rp9ff3p

@@priyachoudhary9896 just punch a big mirror

@priyachoudhary9896

2y↑1

@@user-ix1rp9ff3p and suffer more anguish from my mom's taunts? No thank you..

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@smilingdog4067

7y↑545

He filled the well with his own precious tears.

@dawnmahaffey1167

2y↑5

Oh that’s hilarious!!!

@lilithwills812

4y↑1K

Honestly, I think that even if this is making fun of the parents, they're doing a great job. I wish my parents had embraced my Sad Phase.

@ines8923

4y↑22

Underrated opinion

@jennygreat4846

3y↑35

Its not a sad phase if you’re always sad Susanna

@lilithwills812

3y↑8

@@jennygreat4846 Who said that I am?

@jocelyneke6445

3y↑4

The kid might have depression. He does listen to mom

@thatguyyousawthatonetime

"phase" said "Lilith"

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@MrCrowebobby

7y↑684

I wanted a set of toy dishes and got them, but I'll never forget my father saying "Let's hope he outgrows this" as I left the living room. I didn't outgrow it.

@kaylahohenshilt6355

7y↑9

#timmywishesyougoodluck

@vicky248123

7y↑103

So does that mean you work the restaurant biz now or you're a professional dish maker... dish critic...collecter

@darkfeather6857

5y↑69

You're very fortunate. Whenever I asked my parents for something like, say, My Little Pony, my mother rolled her eyes in disgust and my father started cursing and telling me to "Quit prancing around my goddamned house!"

@masonanderson1811

5y↑109

“Hopefully our soon will grow out of using plates” sexist dad reasoning

@nihilego3634

5y↑28

When I was younger, I really wanted to have a cook toy station, so my parents brought me one for Xmas. To counterbalance it, my aunt and uncle brought me a builder kit. Never played it more than 5 minutes.

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@Megadextrious

5y↑1.2K

“Do you want to go watch Y Tu Mama Tambien?”
Holy hell, how did that make it into the sketch?? That movie is super inappropriate 🤣🤣🤣

@joeyfitz9

4y↑43

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.

@sarahrichardson7378

4y↑80

That’s the idea

@mattb7479

4y↑76

That's the joke lol

@AlexaBellaMuerte

4y↑24

oh that's what she said? lmao that movie is too sexy

@Redneck322

4y↑17

I watched Braveheart when I was 5 and animal house when I was 4. Were they the TV version? Hell no. My dad is awesome for that and my brother and I played with GIJoes based on WW2. This was back in the day when no one got offended or use the victim hood card all the time.

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@heymikkao

7y↑3.5K

This was a little too real. Emma is mom goals

@sylph8005

4y↑9

@@OfLegendBorn Ah yes. They're an idiot, for intelligence is measured in how well you know porn logistics.

@joeyfitz9

4y↑3

@@sylph8005 Wabam! Good one.

@sylph8005

4y↑3

@@joeyfitz9 Thanks

@sylph8005

@Rosa Bethany Iglarsh Doesn't seem that way to me

@sylph8005

@Rosa Bethany Iglarsh Well, he seems to be typing himself to her, and she's allowing it. Whether that's right or not is up to you. As for yelling at the normal kid, he's in entitled, or at the very least she sees him that well. I feel like she had some bottled up feelings she was letting out on him.

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@starpupilz

7y↑432

"don't just get him a Barbie, its like that, but that's just PART of it" killed me

@TheSde16

6y↑1.5K

Oh my god this is literally my childhood. My name is even spencer...

@talamburangzone

5y↑29

HEY SPENCER!!!!!!

@sweetpurple8812

4y↑23

Spencer❤️

@nopejustnope

4y↑17

I mean... it is like that, but that's just part of it...

@johndoherty487

4y↑7

Who's Up for some spaghetti taco's.

@Mannydamon

4y↑2

@@johndoherty487 What the dad had in the BBQ Grill?

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@kinodannker

1y↑69

Honestly this sketch changed my life. I keep rewatching it over and over every now an then.

It is true, they do have everything.

@Hackspear214

7y↑120

One more vote for 'I wasn't gay, I was just a quiet and reflective child'. This skit makes me laugh and cry at the same time...

@justnbriseno

3y↑227

Can we appreciate how supportive the mom is?

@MarcosIsABaritone

2y↑3

No.

@TrelliessRose

50w↑13

YES.

@AthenaGiustiniani-so3nl

41w

why

@ninab.4540

37w↑5

Why isn't Emma Stone my mum 😢

@waltonsimons12

17w↑2

@@ninab.4540 Because you have a mum, and this ONE MUM! ... is for him.

@ar2042

7y↑2K

Now I want a well in my room

@los22reyes

7y↑1

AR21
Ddd

@kerankerai7872

Carlos Reyes

@Prettymapleleaf

7y↑1

AR21 me too!!!!

@itsnotraining3707

7y↑12

i agree like so much. kill me now.

@xiimooniixmoon2988

Just use the toilet

@AlexM-mj3sq

7y↑352

Lmfao when Emma Stone said he's putting a secret in the well Bobby Moynihan's cringe face was priceless

@Redneck322

4y↑3

Lisa Weddle I would cringe if I had sons like the one in this video.

@frostbluez

4y↑8

Redneck322 Sons like that are awesome, that was me growing up

@AlexM-mj3sq

4y↑3

Redneck322 Eh, everyone is different it’s important to support the different ways boys are :)

@Redneck322

Alex Merrill this is why I am not married nor have kids.

@AlexM-mj3sq

4y↑4

Redneck322 Good for you

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@zyxwut321

7y↑172

I think this is also gentle humor about how sensitive kids, especially sensitive boys, tend to be mama's boys who have more of a connection to their mothers then the world at large.

@belliotrungy9107

4y↑2

"everything is for you" is more correct and nobody but Mom will put up with neurotic assholes like us. Thankfully now there are cell phones to stare into all day instead.

@elykspuz6596

@@belliotrungy9107 Jesus, what makes these people assholes? Who hurt youuuu?

@belliotrungy9107

@@elykspuz6596 hahaha you didn't read my comment correctly Mr Dick

@elykspuz6596

@@belliotrungy9107 my bad

@PrimRooks

4y↑48

I feel like this boy and the girl from the My Little Stepchildren skit could get along. Like those two kids in the back of the playground who don’t really hang out with anyone but each other.

@rkgk1517

4y↑8

You're so right, and this was also written by the same writer so it's not a surprise.

@TrelliessRose

50w

I'll bet she's the one who inspires his wildly passionate and creative career in adulthood.

@ninab.4540

37w↑1

Oh my god they have to meet. Best friends instantly

@jordandodson1991

7y↑377

For the very few of us who truly get this skit, thanks SNL

@Aeroldoth3

7y↑11

Please explain, for those of who don't and would like to.

@annie-pants

7y↑14

if youre going to use a "insult" then at least learn how to spell it correctly. :) thanks

@jamesquick5298

Annie Stop Talking well he did use it as slang so really he can spell it what ever way he wants. Don't let words like that trigger you; just go about your business like you usually do. Unless of course correcting grammatical errors is your thing then by all means!

@domshaheen7356

6y↑13

James Quick She wasn’t triggered, she was throwing shade. And it was well thrown.

@pickledboaby

5y↑10

r/iamverysmart

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@emmapeterson9489

4y↑128

This little boy is in Marriage Story I can't handle this

@KaleLikesWaffles

4y↑2

I’ve been looking for this comment 😂

@ChubbsRN

7y↑2.4K

that gaze into the shattered mirror was lulz.

@michaelfrancis0219

6y↑3

Mayer Yedid That would make a good album cover for a pop artist.

Say Ariana Grande?

@dianadoraen7864

3y↑24

Quiet kids don't need wells. They need supportive moms like Spencer's.

@MrCanscorleo215

3y↑6

Sometimes Mom has to work…… give me The WELL DAD!!!!

@ninab.4540

37w

A well is nice too

@fireruby544

4y↑126

I know this is weird, but I could honestly see these as some awesome therapeutic toys for kids.

@Wolffur

2y↑8

Actually I was thinking the same.

@Sairin13

I wonder if the kid is Autistic

@yalejosie

49w↑6

I would've absolutely loved this as a child. Make more for the sensitive artistic children!!!!

@Wizard_Level_1

5y↑57

I love this skit so much. "Some kids play, others just wait for adulthood." Funny and kind of true.

@hotmoms8951

5y↑135

I need that balcony. I would announce EVERYTHING on it, like, "I am now brushing my teeth!" My family would throttle me but I would love it. It would really help my dramatic side!

@marlomkhor3376

4y↑386

Omg I was the weird kid who would sit in the clearing in the back garden and pretend the forgetmenots were the only ones who truly understood me. I'm glad I can laugh at this now. Thanks snl #stayathome

@kiva822

4y↑1

how did life turn out for you? How has your childhood experience of disconnection influenced your adult life?

@VioletLolitaPop27

4y↑34

@@kiva822 honestly, being a kid that also waited around for adulthood due to undiagnosed childhood depression, at 31 im chillin. still kinda passively just waiting to die but i got a good paying job, a shit ton of friends who love me, and eat regularly so its like cool i guess. still wallow around the house in my edwardian nightgown tho and pretend to be residing in a decaying french chateau spared by the revolution so yeah, still a little weird.

@solarprogeny6736

3y↑3

"The clearing in the back garden" ok upper class we see you

@merebrillante

3y↑7

I had a grandfather maple. I’d sit on his lap, and feel comforted and accepted.

@constantreader8760

2y↑1

I sat in the back yard being very sweet & demure waiting for the little birds to fly down, sit on my shoulders, and sing for me. And that was just last summer.

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@CarlosEmilioEsq

7y↑651

The haunting, ethereal music really seals the epic-ness of the sketch.

@starrychloe

7y↑6

Like the movie A.I.

@da_pikmin_coder8367

4y↑90

1:23 "Yeah I'd like to buy the plastic broken mirror."
"Oh you got a sensitive boy?"
"No he just really likes that one shot in Shrek."

@atrejunl

3y↑10

i definitely did the whole 'refuse to acknowledge anyone yelling at me' routine when i was a lad

@sloanewalker42

Were your parents pissed?

@atrejunl

@@sloanewalker42 oh yeah, teachers too. that may have been the point who knows. i was/am very stubborn

@grandegracia

5y↑76

My childhood was basically waiting for adulthood and now that I’m an adult, I see that most people never matured mentally and I feel trapped.

@solarprogeny6736

3y↑15

I agree with that... not to get on a high horse, but it does feel like I expected all adults to be well rounded and striving to be good people... but it's just not the case. Many adults are still living as if they hadn't developed a sense of identity or self-awareness and it's frightening.

@isaleal4597

3y↑3

Same

@mollietenpenny4093

5y↑249

For some reason I feel like these would've been the ideal toys for Niles and Frasier Crane. 😂🤣

@jennhoff03

4y↑9

YES!!!!! ;'D

@suzanneclark7706

4y↑9

I’m gettin’ Will Byers vibes from this

@kimberlyrobinson3992

4y↑11

Niles, definitely.

@tejaswoman

3y↑17

They would have had to get them each their own well, though.

@miicrawford

OMG YES!!!! I didn’t even think about them💀💀😫🙌😭😭🤣

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@AlexaBellaMuerte

4y↑102

the dad's face when she says "a secret" is the best part

@kurtr1181

4y↑7

Yeah. And he was flipping air, not burgers. He was so lost in worry and confusion about Spencer.

@JeanVlogDandamme

22w

So much pain in that face ! Like "I know it's not bad to be gay, but does he have to be THAT gay ?!"

@IdeaBug

7y↑1.1K

SPENCER!
HEY SPENCER!!
SPENCER!

<...spencer?...>

@spencereng

7y↑44

What do you want? I'm busy contemplating. :)

@luisar942

5y↑13

That part killed me😂

@ColoringKaria

5y↑4

ARI ZONA that was me! If you didn’t call me right, I ignored you. Or tried to! 🤣😍🤣

@hotmoms8951

5y↑13

@@Lisa-ou2hp And then he looks over and quietly said, yeah

@torig.5864

Lol

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@mulletboater

6y↑78

I understand why the mom would feel so preferential of that kid, even to the point of screaming at one of the others for asking a question. A kid that is: quiet, doesn't get dirty, stays out of trouble, reads, yet: so emotionally dependent, but, more independent in tactile terms (RE; less physical work).

@nebuluos2032

3y↑17

Actually he didn't ask a question he made a narcissist critism of the other boy's toy. Mom was overly aggro due to pinned up resentment at dad and Chad.

@regina.phalange.

2y↑1

@@nebuluos2032 lmao dad and "chad"

@c28baby

4y↑83

I’m watching Marriage Story on Netflix, and I’m like, “That’s the ‘Wells for Boys’ kid!!”

@rose-ui6hk

3y↑4

i feel bad that whenever i see the kid who was in the first change of name office sketch (https://youtu.be/nv6FMEvNiWo?t=226) in other SNL sketches, i automatically think "it's holden tudiks!"

@angelxtasy

3y↑41

Bravo to the kids who acted these scenes haha. So serious and funny.

@ThePaulMonahan

4y↑34

“Or a shattered mirror, to examine the complex contradictions of their being” omg I’m deceased 😂💀🤣

@catarinabakker8405

7y↑1.5K

So pure, we must protect that boyAlso Emma yelling at that little kid is my aesthetic.

@catarinabakker8405

7y↑4

Dennis McMullen Ahaha well thank you

@baloog8

7y↑10

i love your choice of words and your photo is so gorgeous. i think im going to cry now..

@catarinabakker8405

7y↑8

drchen054 Ahahah thank you * gives you a tissue *

@ZDoreTyr

6y↑2

Catarina Bakker 😂😂😂

@mysticalkeyblade759

How is that an aesthetic? I am not judging I just wanna know

@chonitaquille7576

7y↑47

"You have everything......everything is for you....." I died!😂

@basketanand

4y↑28

Moynihan’s quick look of both sad disappointment and calm understanding in 2 seconds and one action at around 1:01 has me laughing so hard “Yeah, he won’t be a football player, but yeahhh, he’s going to be ok”

@Lamsus854

3y↑55

Emma Stone met her now-husband Dave, who directed this sketch, on the set for this sketch.

@guyguy2003

3y↑4

WHAT

@Lamsus854

3y↑3

@@guyguy2003 it’s true!

@Fern635

3y↑12

If they ever have a son, they'd better name him Spencer

@KingoftheJuice18

3y↑6

Wow. Looks like Dave's well wish came true.

@zbeebs

3y↑11

SNL - where dorky comedy writers marry women way out of their league.

@gattamelata1940

7y↑11

This is a truly masterful skit. It is not funny, it's very profound and it touched my heart

@rockinangel0159

3y↑20

I came here after the My Little Step Children. These supportive moms have me rolling on the floor! I need more of this!

@Gyrbun

2y↑3

I agree but I’d also like to see some supportive dads where we don’t expect them

@natkazagadka9900

5y↑563

I love that the well is blue, cause it's for BOYs, this makes it even more hilarious

@kurtr1181

4y↑35

Priceless even.
FisherPriceless.

@kurtr1181

4y↑35

It's not so much blue as it is Teal. For boys... with identity crisis.

@anne-droid7739

4y↑58

Nope. It's seafoam mint, a pastel shade of green. Because mint green is soothing without presupposing one's gender. That's why they deliberately did NOT make it blue.

@georgedestino4788

4y↑8

@@anne-droid7739 I think you are overthinking a fake product in an SNL skit

@anne-droid7739

4y↑38

@@georgedestino4788 I think you're underestimating how detailed the creative thought process is.

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@1sava

7y↑110

I'm 24 and I need this for Christmas!

@medicatedshampoo

4y↑26

Now that I know this was written by Julio Torres, I can definitely tell this was his work. I love his style

@yevgenymelnik7370

36w↑9

This sketch actually helped me to reconnect with my inner child and remember what was important for me in childhood.

Also it's great humor and it's made with love ❤

@iya3952

2y↑25

i can't believe how accurate this was for me, especially the "they're gonna blossom into a wonderful, successful creative life, but they're just not ready yet". i remember at one point my nanny told my mom "why does she think so much" after seeing me constantly just stare at the walls in pondering in my childhood.

@xbjrrtc

3y↑44

I was a little girl, but I look sad and thoughtful in most of my childhood pictures. My first memory is leaning against a bus window, crying, while raindrops traced rivulets on the glass. I definitely would have appreciated the well.

My mom appreciated her weird little kid and never tried to make me be more "normal". I'm so grateful.

@peterg5383

"I was a little girl"

So is Spencer.

(And so was I.)

@BreaMason

7y↑1K

"Want to watch Y Tu Mama Tambien?" 😂😂😂omg im dying

@talkingmovies6732

7y↑92

that reference flew over everyone's head. Oh well.

@djmon1987

7y↑75

Fuck, I watched this film with my mum. A really uncomfortable viewing experience.

@sarahm.4926

7y↑4

Brea Monai bahahahaha😂😂😂

@danlesieur

7y↑6

but what was the purpose of the reference, just to be funny?

@djmon1987

7y↑4

lesieur daniel I didn't quite get it either. It's not a film which screams 'sensitive'.

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@vandayshataylor4096

5y↑29

When he looked into the mirror I absolutely lost it.😂😭 I definitely did that as a child.

@EthalaRide

6y↑46

that would have been AWESOME growing up. I would have staged so many dramatic scenes or just gone full snow white. I love it

@DavidStMichael

5y↑13

I'm in tears. One of the best things I have ever seen. Hands down.

@broadwaymelody33

7y↑39

Oh my god, I swear to god, my fiancé must have had this as a toy in his childhood. I'm laughing so hard at how perfect this is

@pailko

4y↑54

This makes me genuinely sad. These are the toys I NEEDED as a kid. I wish this was a real product.

Now I'm 17, gay, and depressed. yay

@supremeoverlord0

3y↑3

Felt that.

@tapiopelkonen2981

7y↑893

The dad's face when she says "a secret" 😀

@aisosaihama

7y↑60

Tapio Pelkonen The pure disappointment only a father could feel for his over sensitive son 😂

@nspector

7y↑13

I think that was the best moment.

@poppyperidot9600

6y↑15

Dana LeValley the kid doesn't have to be gay to be sensitive and in touch with his feelings lol

@jamesquick5298

6y↑14

Dana LeValley no one say anything about gay.

@RayrayFeelus

6y↑2

Yes that part Cracks me right up

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@mikem9704

7y↑54

Bobby's face when she says "a secret"

@jsofia63

6y↑12

Love Cecily doing the voice over! This commercial is so well done

@DavidStMichael

5y↑9

This is so perfect. The writing, the acting, the directing, art direction -- every single element. So damn perfect. Thank you! <3

@lkafjkakjf333

4y↑6

I love in all these toy commercials it’s the mom that’s just as invested in the drama of it all.

@baumgreen

2y↑3

Julio Torres wrote this one for SNL. I looked it up after seeing him on Late Night with Seth Meyers recently. Julio Torres is some kind of genius.

@zetram01

7y↑2.2K

WTF... there are burritos on the grill. LOL

@meghatandon2962

7y↑2

Draxus

@JimTipping

7y↑42

Dad Food! It's the best.

@welchburger

7y↑8

Draxus dope find

@musicblind944

6y↑16

I want Bobby Moynihan back on SNL so bad.

@nopenothappening2242

6y↑15

well why not, everything's better grilled

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@girlmath-abolisher

36w↑4

henry and pez met recreating this in school as two little sensitive boarding school misfits i'm crying 🥺

@nightmare-fuel

22w

@LiteraryLA

3y↑7

Oh my God. Best sketch I've seen in 10 years. Marvelous. I'm bursting with gratitude and delight.

@koenigkorczak

5y↑5

I like how supportive the mom is :)

@sign543

4y↑12

This is one of the best parody commercials they ever did. Emma Stone knocks it dead. “That’s because it’s not for you. You have everything. EVERYTHING...is for you...and this ONE THING is for him.” 😆 The balcony scene, they cut away just as he took a breath to announce whatever it was he wanted to reveal 😂 🤣 “What’s he putting in there?” “A secret” I’M DEAD 😝

@Eggplaant

1y↑3

The shattered mirror scene is my all-time favorite

@quinintheclouds

7y↑5.4K

Um I know this video was a joke and all, but I want these things as an (almost) adult. Give me a well and a balcony from which to ponder and proclaim!

@TehDMBfan

7y↑28

gay

@quinintheclouds

7y↑157

+TheDMBfan pan, actually, but thanks for noticing! <3

@TehDMBfan

7y↑10

QuirkyQuin welcome

@quinintheclouds

7y↑46

The Legend HARAMBE well yeah, but it was made for comedy -- I just meant that these products themselves don't exist but I want them XD

@nlpnt

7y↑27

The balcony seems incomplete without a big furry hat that lowers from above. I guess NBC's lawyers would shoot that down because CBS owns it.

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@dorisbarkler8570

7y↑4

"He gets this one thing!!" I so love that bit.

@duuuud9364

4y↑6

I love how supportive she is of him!

@jeanmichaelmeme

26w↑2

It is like THAT but it's just part of it. I love what she did there

@dudedadric6514

24w

She sounds so vaguely angry and I love it 😭

@washyrose5904

7y↑8

Hardest I've laughed at an SNL skit in a while. Loved the shattered mirror.

@babahu15

3y↑1

i come back to this and the orphaned doll sketch so often.... julio torres thank you for my life

@MondezDurden

7y↑2K

I was a lot like that kid. Being a sensitive kid is not fun as you are very introspective and not nearly as outgoing as a lot of other more well socialized kids. But, you can then laugh at things like this. My mom bought me a typewriter (this was in the 80's) so I could type up my feelings. it helped. People thought I was sad but I was not. I was just introspective and an introvert. I thought a lot about everything to the point of being overwhelmed. I am happy kids like this are now more understood.

@mrwilliamwonder

7y↑18

There are no sensitive black kids. That's blond haired Pollyanna boy territory.

@openskies11

7y↑27

Me too, Mondez.

@mesicnielf

7y↑53

thank you for this heartfelt comment :)

@mrwilliamwonder

7y↑10

***** I like the balcony better.

@CarlosEmilioEsq

7y↑67

I tend bar so all I do is talk. Of course, it's part of my job. But people think I'm such a natural, funny conversationalist. I don't know how that happened cos when I was a kid, I rarely spoke. That's why I agree with you that the joke of the sketch resonates with those of us who were quiet kids.

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@miamyamoe1

7y↑4

I love the dad!!! especially when he calls the kid's name....priceless!!

@Eternal_11_Sasha

5y↑10

The shattered mirror and complexities of being part got me!

@faustovaldezramos5294

1y↑25

that soft ass “Spencer” floored me😂😂😂😂

@googleguy-ft8xh

5y↑10

Oh my god, this was me as a child. I would get my action figures all together and just stare at their faces, deconstructing their personalities. A well is what I really needed.

@whatshouldwecallher6417

4y↑68

Now Emma is engaged to the person who directed this wonderful sketch.

@iProvisionals

7y↑742

I want a balcony to announce things from

@musicblind944

Same

@jamesquick5298

6y↑6

I'm going to get my kid a balcony.

@drmantistobboggangonzodr3961

6y↑5

me too! ...and a big furry hat like on the colbert late night show..."now that this hat is upon mine head whatever i say is now and forever law" ... and maybe a scepter too while were at it...

@foolishcrimes9846

Same

@heyya7464

Me too

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@KingLouisII

6y↑12

"Don't just get him a Barbie. I mean, it is like that. But that's just part of it." Sooo good!

@verdatum

3y↑28

I feel like I want to be friends with whoever wrote this sketch.

@namaste91

5y↑36

Do you wanna watch "Y Tu Mama Tambien" ?

yo,wtf 😂

@irmacastro5387

4y↑2

Translate to “and your mom too?

@TrelliessRose

I mean... I watched Commando as a kid with my dad.

@tejaswoman

@@irmacastro5387 - but it's also the name of a movie, a movie definitely not for kids his age no matter how sensitive.

@pwwert

4y↑15

I have to say, that kid really nailed it. Hysterical.

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