Using TikTok To Audition For Saturday Night Live

[@reganmh]

This dude, the way he edits and sings and just presents himself would have made a great college humor video 10 years ago

[@sara-ey5bu]

was trying to find these words the whole video 😭

[@W41K.3R]

literally jon cozart

[@shea8224]

This is exactly what I was thinking 😭

[@GrimzyShake]

Jake Novak’s singing face is so absolutely unsettling. Stage. Stage acting my dude. You got the voice. Go … go to New York and be annoying there.

[@adamco42]

don't let him anywhere near 30 rock, I'm sure Lorn Michaels would end up needing a restraining order

[@LacroixboiMarx]

Seriously. Honestly it feels like the Zuckerberg thing where they don’t quite seem human

[@FukaiKokoro]

Yeah so bizarre and weird. Made me super uncomfortable.

[@zorro......]

it's the Too Much Mouth and Eyes,,,,, he would be way better on stage i think

[@AshaSara]

his facial expressions are so cringe it's like he's trying to look "cute" or something 🤮

[@bexslittleworld]

I know you said your role at SNL was small but I'm still so interested in your time there. It sounds like such a chaotic job no matter the position.

[@mightymeatymech]

Same lol, he always downplays it but being hired by such a big production for photography is still a huge deal to me personally:) he's too humble tbh

[@GabbyGrace666]

Yes I'd love a video about it!

[@jtroxler8]

Same. Even if he wasn’t in charge of a lot of things creatively, he still worked on a very well known project that not a lot of people get so say they were even a small part of.

[@lindseyhendrix2405]

@@mightymeatymech oh wow, I didn’t know about this but I’ve only recently started watching him. However, if it was for photography then perhaps he did the host shots that are used to advertise the episode and used between breaks. Just a thought!

[@felisazure1820]

Honestly, for me the main issue is he (Novak) gives off very self righteous vibes. Like, not "I know what I am doing and am confident in it" or just "I love my work and I am confident in it" vibes, which are totally fine for an artist to be in my opinion, but "my work is moving millions and everyone who disagrees has bad tastes" vibes. Like, an artist can actually be amazing at what they do and I still wouldn't like them and their work purely for that attitude. It looks like he has some talent so I hope he eventually pulls out of that and starts working on himself a little more.

[@joakuz]

Bingo!

[@isaacjosephh]

this man has blues clues energy, not SNL energy. like go do kids shows please you’d actually be able to use ur skills u have something its just not being applied right

[@chelseahuddle557]

Disagree, his facial expressions are TOO exaggerated XD he would terrify the kids lmao

[@christinaiverson2009]

honestly I feel like that's very true! as annoying as a lot of his stuff is it does feel like he would work much better in the context of kids content where the sing-songy/over exaggerated stuff is almost expected

[@TheQueenOfSheba]

Don’t you dare do Steve Burns that way lmao

[@alexf1531]

He would honestly be good in a kids show imo. If he would focus on kids I really think he could grow his audience.

[@sameel3843]

He gives off Blippy vibes. I feel bad cause his songs are good in concept but the execution is where it lacks.

[@phospadparadschaa]

if he'd gotten into youtube in like 2014 he'd probably have been a hit but the internet is jaded (for good reason) and this kind of sing-a-long tragedy trend shit is just not it sis

[@charlottemay7256]

i've been WAITING for someone to talk about this guy. and honestly the best he could hope to get out of the snl video is a 5 minute spot on ellen where she plays a pre-recorded video of lin manuel saying that the song was funny without having even listened

[@jackiedaytona2200]

Legit lol

[@hauntedsunsets]

every song really just carries this aura of like. being juuust close enough to something actually good that it might trick me into liking it and then he refers to theoretical trans people as "hims/hers" and I'm viscerally reminded of where I am

[@eminempreg]

Kinda goofy how he says he's not as bad as JK Rowling but then proceeds to basically skirt around being legitimately transphobic. Like babe?? You're just about to be buddy buddy with her

[@thedestroyasystem]

@@eminempreg that was what I was thinking, too. I’m glad Jake commented on it being weird though, gives me a little bit of hope lol

[@aspwned]

NO LITERALLY bro made a lyric basically admitting that "misgendering" a tadpole is the same thing as purposefully misgendering a trans people. like. what. go back to singing highschool musical 2 songs in the public bathroom mirror you jerkoff

[@lyricflamm9828]

i can’t explain it but his facial expressions are giving me tiktok fnaf cosplayer

[@your.gay.cousin]

YUP

[@vogelvrouw]

His are even worse

[@endmysuffering4211]

you have painted a wonderful image in my head

[@LordOfElysium]

No, but They are unsettling for sure-

[@trashketchum9782]

he reminds me of a Big Mouth character

[@jackalcroft3742]

It’s so horrible that I can’t stop singing the “Bad Gun” chorus, just constantly humming the ‘children dying in the schools’ bit to the point where I’m scared to go outside

[@katroamleft4721]

ohhh maybe that's the point! we should all be scared to go outside!

[@v_bunny]

ngl, 20 years old in college, had a long struggle with agoraphobia in the past, the anxiety is growing back thinking abt going back to campus in a new apartment, and going grocery shopping in the city i'll be moving to soon. best bet is to go with friends during the day. it's a shame that people are feeling this anxiety too

[@TheQueenOfSheba]

@@katroamleft4721 tbh, I’ve been in a depression for a week bc I lost my job, I went for a walk and almost got hit by a car… outside is overrated 😭😂

[@katroamleft4721]

@@TheQueenOfSheba a week is a bit short to decide weather you are or you are not depressed. seek professional

[@thedestroyasystem]

@@katroamleft4721 “in a depression” =/= having a depressive disorder. “Depressed” just refers to an emotion, which can be experienced in short periods normally as the person was describing. It’s only once it lasts for longer that it becomes a disorder, but since the disorder is commonly shortened to just “depression” it’s often the cause of linguistic confusion.

[@icarus4549]

jake novak's songs sound like he's exclusively been exposed to songs from disney movies and hamilton

[@TheQueenOfSheba]

Lin Manual has such a distinct sound and vibe to his music that when people copy it it’s VERY obvious. I love Lin… not a fan of copiers Lmao

[@sameel3843]

Lin Manuel Miranda and the cultural consequences of Hamilton lol

[@NinjaPickle]

Lin Manuel Miranda has ruined theatre in general because now everyone wants to just do Hamilton.

[@TheQueenOfSheba]

@@NinjaPickle ???? No.

[@trash_bender420]

This guy is the physical embodiment of "look how quirky and silly I am, please look at me"

[@FrenkTheJoy]

He's trying SO hard that I feel bad for him. And I do think it would be hilarious if every episode of SNL just had someone randomly selected to appear in sketches, with lines, like they're a regular cast member in one episode.

[@sameel3843]

Hm it’s almost like they have celebrities do that….

[@hind__]

I think the original cast had like two episodes where a random person was hosting. It was... okay? Kinda meh compared to how insane the original cast was

[@raeganelaine]

This guy wants to be Bo Burnham and Jon Cozart’s even quirkier love child so bad

[@bayonetababe9697]

Yeah the I want to get canceled song and video was trying to be like Bo Burnham. It was embarrassing just stop. I think if he focuses on his own thing he does have some talent.

[@Autumnnn_017]

"When you're a millenial who loved rent" STOP THIS IS SO ACCURATE LMFAO

[@laynepieri4214]

Don't target me like this

[@Autumnnn_017]

@@laynepieri4214 💀💀💀

[@ShelleyJaneK]

This guy wrote “next time you see me I’ll be on the big screen! 🌟” in everyone’s yearbook in high school

[@Shrobulon]

Jake Novak is trying so hard to appeal to a group of people that doesn't exist

[@lunargraph]

tbh his videos are well made and they probably woudve performed well a couple of years back when people like paint were still relatively active ⚰️ theres just something about performative activism in song form that makes me want to hurl. that tadpole line already left me baffled

[@LeadTraveler]

You should just roast Jakes from now on until they all leave the internet and only you remain Highlander style.

[@mightymeatymech]

The battle for jake supremacy

[@jackiedaytona2200]

HELL YES!!!

[@thevoid747]

Yesssss,,

[@greyisnthere]

it's time for Jake fight

[@riley2243]

the great british jake-off

[@breeb2638]

I'm with ya, the "tadpole misgendering" joke just came across as casually transphobic and tone-deaf 🤷‍♀️

[@joutatheegg]

100% yeah

[@abigailchristenson388]

Not enough to cancel him tho unfortunately for him

[@thedestroyasystem]

Absolutely. Literally no trans person cares what pronouns you use on an animal, the animal doesn’t care so why would we? It irks me to no end when people make up a point to argue against that nobody was claiming in the first place.

[@abigailchristenson388]

@@thedestroyasystem yeah its giving “i identify as an attack helicopter” vibes

[@elliotrhodes9314]

AGREE it made me so uncomfortable

[@Maria_745]

I...don't think this guy understands what SNL is looking for at all lol. SNL famously hires standup comedians because it's a live show in front of an audience written from scratch in a few days. Most SNL cast members only start acting (or getting notable roles) AFTER gaining notoriety on the show. There are definitely SNL alums with musical talent (the lonely island and Steve Martin come to mind) but they mostly make songs that are bits set to music. Also we literally have proof of talented actors and musicians being unfunny or out of their element on SNL with all of the hosts who flop, and they're not even doing it every single week

[@trashketchum9782]

yeah that was why the audition video bothered me so much when i first saw it. i don’t know much about the inner workings of SNL but i at least figured that being a cast member is something people work their asses off for years to achieve. the idea that he’d be hired based on some mid-tier youtube video is absolutely wild

[@TotoroK9]

Honestly I like his voice and some of those songs are kinda fun, but the lyrics are........ and yeah, the performative activism isn't it. Especially when there're so many silly songs and then a randomly serious one.

[@Pinktish]

One thing that bothers me about the america song is that he specifically says he doesn't feel free in America. Like, dude, it's not about you! Yes, you can feel unsafe, that's normal, but mentioning abortions being banned and gun violence in schools and then going "and now I don't feel free :(" is so tone deaf. With the first song, I want to believe he's making fun of people like Jake Paul who create controversy for attention, but as a trans person, I'm so fucking sick of these, "oops, don't want to MiSgEnDeR sOmEOne, I'll get CANCELLED" jokes. Being misgendered as a trans person is such an unexplainable discomfort, but the best way I can illustrate how bad it is is that I once threw up and got physically sick after a teacher misgendered me in front of my class. It's not cis people's joke to make and I'm so tired of it. I think some cis people just like, forget transphobia is still very much alive and kicking an assume it's a thing of the past that they get to joke about how.

[@FrenkTheJoy]

I'm just too used to people on tumblr being like "how dare you assume this fictional character's gender" and I think maybe that kind of thing is what he meant? Even leaving out that it's actually a problem that real people face, it's a really dry-ass "joke" at this point.

[@Pinktish]

@@FrenkTheJoy yeah, I could definitely see that being it. His delivery was confusing, I couldn't tell if he was making fun of people getting upset over misgendering or making fun of people who thought it was okay, or maybe even some weird middle ground

[@thedestroyasystem]

@@Pinktish Absolutely, that line came off weirdly to me. I hate that some cis people are only concerned about misgendering it due to how they’ll be perceived for doing it, rather than the harm that they’re causing. And that definitely read like he was one of those types, but it’s also possible he just conveyed what he was trying to say very poorly. I definitely agree with your other point, too; hearing a cis (and presumably) straight white guy talking about how he doesn’t feel safe in America anymore is so fucking frustrating. Like Jake, you have *always* been safe the US, this country was designed to ensure your ability to access power at the expense of others. NONE of the issues he covered affect him, and while being an ally to the people who are in danger is great, making it about yourself and how YOU feel so unsafe and unfree is really gross.

[@rocarolinaelric94]

I feel like if he started it in like... 2012 he could've make it, it's really like being transported back in time watching this video

[@souup_]

He feels like when parents make their toddlers wear a bow tie and a paper boy cap with a little vest. But like that’s the kids everyday wear.

[@disdiot2995]

This is such a spot on description

[@mayagarcia-hector2732]

Holy fuck yeah

[@mmsjjdjdh]

omg is he the parent or the kid? 😭

[@jraz1714]

Your reaction at the chorus in the gun song was so genuine and hysterical

[@clarclaire]

this guy has the same threatening aura of every single mormon theater boy i knew in high school

[@catfilmz]

Mr. Doolittle is just mad that Mr. Nodak took his spot at SNL as the one and only Jake they can hire

[@benrickinmarks3639]

Honestly, if I was ever going to make a video to try to convince anybody to get me on SNL (this event is not likely), I would make the thesis of the video "Don't let me on SNL" and make it self-deprecating

[@sameel3843]

Right? I feel like a whole song begging to be on SNL is how you get them to never consider you

[@eminempreg]

Honestly I feel like if this dude qas able to step into the game a decade earlier he would've fit in with the nerdcore rappers. The glasses, the prose, the goofiness. If he were singing about like idk old school internet nerd culture instead of misgendering people I really feel like he would've carved out his own space.

[@ItsActuallyKate]

Yeah exactly, he feels like a decade too late

[@beatricefox937]

Jake’s genuine horror when this man started singing is all I needed to get through the day

[@Camicami]

His songs remind me of something Shane Dawson would make back in his music and movie era

[@spoobini]

Commenting to help the algorithm. Thank you Mr. Doolittle for continuously providing quality content. As well as giving back to the community, I love the never stop program. Keep it up

[@deaf-tomcat]

mans should build a time machine and travel 10 yrs into the past bc he's making content that would've KILLED a decade ago. someone said it reminded them of old college humor and honestly, yes. it's giving old youtube vibes

[@hannahlevin2672]

Dude I literally used to be such a silly little disney adult at 19 and would spend my whole day watching the Dapper Dans, which Jake was once apart of. I could tell straight from the thumbnail that this was going to be him LOL. I used to be obsessed with them and it's so funny to see him not "in character" ( don't worry I have grown out of my disney adult phase, I'm free)

[@partyboytown]

"children dying in the schools" that made me literally 😧

[@reallylizjohnson]

I’m so curious where Jake Novak is now though because he seemingly hasn’t posted since his SNL cast member video got clowned on so hard but it’s like BABY!! ITS THE CLOSEST YOU’RE GONNA GET TO GETTING CANCELLED SO COME N GET IT!!! I feel like if he wanted that bid for fame he should be riding this wave fr

[@reallylizjohnson]

But also I hope he isn’t at home being sad cause I do think that happens after getting meme’d on like this like it really isn’t a reflection of him as a person, just the work and that one lil thing people feel.

[@reallylizjohnson]

as an update: he has a really great interview he did with Vulture about how he felt about everything if y’all want to go check that out! I think it got hateful really fast and if you’ve never had that happen then you never know what it’s like and boy it’s scary! so I do hope he’s doing okay 💖

[@Shrobulon]

to be fair.... Pete Davidson did "silly" rap songs occasionally on snl but it was not his main thing in any way

[@eri020]

i liked the parody of stan that he did lmao

[@isabellabroome7895]

"bad gun" sounds like a song that would've been in hamilton if hamilton was about the present day

[@thedestroyasystem]

And if Hamilton was written by a LMM stan rather than Lin himself

[@bananabrain2996]

If he wanted to get known in the industry he could get involved with small projects first 🤷‍♀️

[@Rachel-98]

Everything about his videos reminds me of a video your teacher would show in class to win over their students by being "edgy," and then they would get roasted so viciously till the point that they quit.

[@alizalieb3962]

i think you're my favorite from the new wave of youtubers. your reactions make me giggle. i especially love when your reaction is "ew"

[@drew2510]

I think I have heard before that the audition process for SNL is that you do your bits/jokes in front of Lorne and the cast and they are not supposed to laugh or emote at all and its just dead silence. I think its to see if you can hold it together if you bomb and just to keep it pretty neutral so no candidate gets more laughs than another. So none of them would literally ever see this and take it seriously. If Brian Jordan Alverez can't get on SNL, then there is no hope for this guy (not to be mean lol).

[@eldritchteletubby9319]

When he started singing during his bad gun rap I got jump-scared.

[@ulrichvonlichtensteinjr.2052]

Adam Sandler/Andy Sandberg were both signing comedians who made it onto SNL and had a thriving career after.

[@jilliansmaniotto2326]

they were comedians primarily who used music in some of their skits/routines. they were established comedians prior to making it to the SNL cast. their comedy could stand on its own without music, as evidenced by their SNL and post-SNL careers. this dude is a singer/theater kid trying to do comedy. it’s different. his only means of delivering “comedy” is in these awful songs.

[@lilpinklama7382]

Jake is just reviewing every KZbinr that shares his name just to prove he’s superior like he should 😌

[@Caroline-hw9yw]

The weirdly 'serious' songs are that peak liberal "I know bad things are happening so I'm going to rush to tell people how much I don't support the bad things but that's all I'll do because they don't technically impact me directly" energy. Like they care but they don't really care. It's be cool if the bad things stopped, but it's not important enough to do something. It's all a hypothetical struggle for them, a conceptual battle between good and evil instead of something that actually threatens people's lives, so they think they're making the soundtrack to the revolution they'll never even be a part of. That's why it's so infuriating.

[@shman7186]

His music reminds me of people who do everything by the book, quantize everything, stay in key, and be perfectly on pitch. completely ignoring style and creativity

[@Trashlovers]

As a person who mainly listens to lyrical rap, he has pretty decent wordplay and kind of clever and witty lyricism. But he just raps so white. He’s like if Eminem was a theatre kid.

[@hoggers7572]

If the Supreme Court watched this Roe vs Wade would never be overturned

[@kcshines1581]

This guy gives me too many theater kid vibes.

[@Jonbutter]

there was a short on SNL where Beck Bennett played an actor uploading a video where he raps about Trump and it’s v close to Novak’s gun rap

[@kotacaelum9428]

why are his parody songs shane dawson level………….

[@lunargraph]

he kinda has the energy of shanes fiance too...

[@sebastiancph]

The "hi sisters" always makes me happy. So much "we have this cult and I get to marry everyone and if someone disagrees with that we are just going to Jim Jones it, so keep your opinions to your self"-vibe.

[@kmarie1331]

hi, sister jake! can’t wait to dive into this guys amazing audition tapes!

[@VenusianLissette]

Fair and valid criticisms. I particularly enjoyed the nuance in this one.

[@1358Paco]

This man's rapping is halfway between Lin Manuel Miranda and like "Educational Rap"

[@christopherhammond5142]

I can just see this guy being brought up on a family group chat: 'Hey Moreen, look at what this handsome young gentleman said about the Corona (be careful his language can be a little blue!). I know your Darlene is living with that tattoo lady, but I'm sure she'll get over that phase nice and soon, and he's so normal and then you can get those grandkids! It's not like we all think anything less of you because you're the only one from school without GK's (that's what we all call our grand children, it's a GM thing, hahaha) but we do want the best for you, sweetheart.

[@jaimi7264]

he sounds like he combined be more chill and a tiny bit of lin manuel miranda

[@moon.499]

His voice definitely reminds me of Will Roland in some way, and his songs do feel way out of date like Be More Chill. I think he tried hard to sound like Lin Manuel and failed, and he even tried to compare himself to him lol. Be More Chill is a good comparison lol, I’d also say Shane Dawson level songs

[@maggie5456]

i adore any new jake content 💓 both you and hannah feel like my friends, even though you’ve never met me

[@laurenl22]

Yes this exactly!!

[@immacroftbro945]

this man is so overwhelming to me, with the singing and rapping, and he looks like lin manuel miranda with a.. unnerving singing face

[@himborc]

the hoedown song's tune and structure is literally ripped directly from whose line is it anyway LMFAO

[@benny_boop]

The way you feel in terms of sharing the same name with this guy is how I feel about Ben Shapiro.

[@itsgabibelle]

and how i feel about gabbie hanna

[@benny_boop]

@@itsgabibelle Oof. I don’t blame ya. But I’m biased on that matter cause you’re my favorite “Gabi” of all the Gabi/Gabbies that I know of. (Yes, I’m brown nosing. I love your videos.) 😄

[@adamco42]

at first i thought to myself "but why? his name is penjamin" 😭😭

[@benny_boop]

@@adamco42 Lol Benjamin Philip

[@spliffyrodgers4266]

This guy just feels like part of 2009-2014 KZbin got stuck in time like hes from a parallel timeline where everythings the same as ours exept culture stopped moving forward after 2014

[@supermarx]

Which one?

[@spliffyrodgers4266]

@@supermarx the jake Novak guy

[@walrusdisease11]

I think the cancel song is a reference to Dave Chapelle being “cancelled” but then getting more gigs. That’s why he said the Netflix deal. Or at least it’s what makes the most sense to me.

[@nanunanu641]

Mr Novak is the most millennial person I’ve ever seen

[@sassywasthebestcat]

Hi sister!!! Happy to have a new video to watch on my lunch break :) I was just watching a deep dive about skeet so this is perfect

[@kalistaredden6453]

look, i don’t know if it’s cause i was a theater kid or because i’m an old lady at heart, but these kinds of songs make me feel happy

[@rachelmorris4951]

this is the first video of yours that i’ve seen and i instantly subscribed because not only is this video so good but i just adore how much fun you clearly had through the whole thing. your laugh is so genuine and contagious and it made this video even more enjoyable!!! thank you for the awesome content!!

[@annaharbert527]

cant believe you missed his virgin rap. worst thing ive ever witnessed in my life

[@beefy74]

This guy watched paint’s videos and thought “hey i can do that!”

[@crispeggies]

my dog's name was jake if that makes you feel better. he was a beagle and i had him for 16 years 🥺

[@diltd3989]

I don’t like how he looks. Hear me out it’s not actually physical appearance alone that’s mean, rude and people can’t change that. This guy just looks inauthentic, everything seems fake the smile, glasses, the movements it’s like he’s on a kids tv show. If you saw this guy walking down the street there’s no way he’d look like that it’s scary and I don’t like it

[@bananabrain2996]

Tbh feel like this is a lot of ppl tho

[@aster6593]

The Hoedown was a recurring bit on Whose Line, which was big in the late 90s and early 00s. Calling it a Facebook video is apt. A comedy song about getting canceled for attention would work if it was confined to just a one-off character. The perpetual "theater kid" vibe he puts off doesn't make that distinction clear so it doesn't land. It also makes the part of the song where he wants to do things that get him "kind of" canceled come across worse for him as a person, and not the character. It's just "I identity as an attack helicopter" levels of ignorance that should stay in 2017.

[@maggielovestoads]

This is what non music/theatre people think all music/theatre are like when in reality these are the kinda people that music/theatre people do not like because they give us a bad name lol

[@monkeyluvr]

Jake i just wanna let you know that your laugh is so heartwarming and you’re such a fun silly guy 🙏

[@clarclaire]

lin manuel miranda and his consequences have been a disaster for the human race

[@mikaylarose8198]

I needed this today. You always bring such a unique perspective to things and are always so calming to watch.

[@PetSymmetry]

9:30 that is unbelievably close to that moment in Bo Burnham’s song Comedy. Inspiration is fine, of course, but that is an egregious ripoff.

[@bayonetababe9697]

Exactly, he was ripping off “Comedy” and anyone who’s seen “Inside” would immediately pick up on it. He’s being that obvious. “Inside” is a masterpiece. I don’t think Jake is going to be doing one of those for a long time if ever.

[@sydney.mp4]

there's something very off-putting about him using school sh00tings and reproductive rights to get an SNL spot/famous when neither of those things really affect him directly. i think there's a way to do "activist" songs when you can tell the artist is passionate about it, even better when proceeds go to the cause, but there's just something... not right here.

[@ninskdesign]

It’s funny… if I had seen this when you originally uploaded it, I definitely would’ve been like “yes, let the topical music genre die out pls” but now I feel like I need to go to bat to defend it because I love Zaid Tabani and his freestyle the news songs. To be fair though, I think it’s safe to say that while it may be in the same genre- the final product is worlds apart! Zaid has a very different approach and has a great sense of editing when it comes to the headlines he includes. This guy is coming after Randy Rainbow’s gig and it does feel forced, like he’s trying to game the algorithm. Those glasses though 😂

[@UnseenFootage]

ageed!!!

[@mi_lo6544]

Why does he remind me of my highschool bully 😭😭

[@mi_lo6544]

and the three of him edited in half of the videos is killing me

[@nightmareeyes5193]

speaking of this guy seeming like he took bo’s “edgy song-humor” thing, his video for SNL just feels like he saw brian david gilbert’s video resume for polygon and thought he could do it better even though the big difference is no one asked for it and it doesn’t demonstrate any skills the company wants

[@samquinn2769]

omg he’s a clout chasing theater kid. he was inevitable, but worse than imagined

[@lilliputianhitcher3808]

holy shit the music in the last song reminds me of those Whose Line Is It Anyways ho-down numbers

[@jifij89]

literally he’s trying to appeal to buzzfeed millennials who like theatre

[@GrimzyShake]

For some reason I wrote this as if this is Jake Novak’s channel… So, please, could you forward my message him? Just kidding. Don’t do that. Well, the things is, Jake Novak, you have something called the Actors Delusion Disorder…. You probably aren’t getting cast because you actually aren’t that good. And you think you’re funnier than you are. It’s ok, it happens to all of us actors at some point in our careers…. But you’ve gotten to the point where it’s like…. Yeah, I don’t think he’s ever going to accept the reality of the hand he’s been dealt and adapt.

[@thottywizard]

I love jakes laugh so much it’s so goofy

[@shineeteentop24]

This dude’s parody music just has very…2012 buzzfeed vibes

[@CG00_]

To quote Jenny Nicholson, the ‘Avenue Q voice’ is strong here

[@sassywasthebestcat]

This guy honestly scares me it give early Shane vibes idk

[@carnivault]

as an american student, i never thought someone saying “school shootings bad” would feel so patronizing, but jake novak did a great job doing just that!

[@SfmGamer9]

118K?!!?!?!! Your moving up and up today!!!!! Congrats!!!!!! 😍🤩🥰

[@picklegurrl]

You can tell he leans into the "i am the quirky funny man" but sometimes you can look like the quirky funny man, without actually being quirky or funny :/

[@Molly.Molly.]

Hi sister!! Totally agree with your points in this video and I've never even seen this guy before 🤷‍♀️

[@Colleen10119]

Your laugh at 7:26 was the highlight of the video

[@bloodyneptune]

I feel like the tadpole thing was supposed to be "those people are so sensitive they'd get triggered over misgendering a tadpole" but all I can think about is why he chose a _tadpole_

[@cinnam0nmn]

as a kid that just had to cut my senior year in half to graduate early because my anxiety around school shootings - 🎶🎶 "children dying in the schools" 🎶🎶 is just ... wowza

[@drunkmanta]

16:04 this sounds like a song that my mum definitely would’ve sent in the family group chat during covid, thinking it’s so funny and clever 😭

[@jeremywhistler2850]

*There's an after effect. I could hear him sing narrating my actions when I paused the video for a second.*