Ambiguously gay duo live action

The video: This weekend, Saturday Night Live resurrected Robert Smigel's long-running superhero cartoon, "The Ambiguously Homosexual Duo." (Watch the clip below.) But in a vast twist, the animated short morphed into a star-studded, live-action video when a "flesh ray weapon" turned the the 2D characters into real people — namely Jon Hamm and Jimmy Fallon as the crime-fighting, can-can-dancing title characters, along with Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, and Ed Helms as villains. (Carell and Colbert voiced the original "Ambiguously Gay" cartoons, which date back to 1996.)

The reaction: In an otherwise "subpar" episode, this segment, packed with the usual parade of double entendres, was easily the "most attention-grabbing," says Mike Vilensky at New York. Indeed, this was "the most surreal thing to air on SNL this entire season," says Mike Ryan at Movieline. While not exactly a laugh riot, "give it credit for trying something so conceptual — and packing so many great stars into one sketch," says Adam Markovitz at Entertainment Weekly. And boy, oh young man, "Fallon and Hamm hilariously perfected the two superheroes," says Kathleen Perricone at the New York Daily News. W

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Andy as well. Due to being a bit of an Upper-Class Twit he embodies a lot of stereotypical gay mannerisms (such as dressing formally with lots colorful sweater vests and loving musical theatre), and his Professional Butt-Kisser behaviour can result in him to come across as overly complimentary towards other men. Hilariously, even Andy seems to get caught up in the ambiguity of it all, and when Michael starts a rumour that Andy is gay, he becomes convinced that he must actually be that way. Even after he's asked point-blank if he wants to have sex with men, and he hesitantly answers "no," he still doesn't seem so sure.

Andy: Let me kick you a scenario. I'm at a beach cabana, and Brad Pitt approaches. He tries to lean in and touch me. I would definitely resist, like at first. But if he was persistant? I consider I might give in a little bit, just to view what it...felt like. Would I push him away? How hard? Like, what if he's love really aggressive?

Oscar: If you resisted Brad Pitt a little

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13 Going on 30: Jenna's boss Richard, who doesn't have a girlfriend, knows a lot about fashion, speaks in a slightly effeminate (British) accent and asks Jenna if Matt is an "Arthur or Martha?" or in his words if Matt is gay. This prompts Jenna to demand if he's gay. Richard just smiles and keeps on giggling.

Major Henry West in 28 Days Later. He is very physically affectionate with his men, including Jim (kissing him on the brain and cheek), but he excludes himself from the men's despair over the lack of women. He also shows no interest in raping Selena and Hannah, although it is his idea to obtain his men to undertake so. While this may be a case of Even Evil Has Standards, in the rest of the context, he is coded as gay.

Albert Nobbs: Hubert is married to a woman whom he loves, but it isn't clear if he's a trans man or just a woman living as a man, nor his wife's exact relationship with him (i.e. if it's sexual etc). The matching can be asked of Albert, who is attracted to Helen.

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"Saturday Night Live" Revives And Revamps "Ambiguously Gay Duo" -- And Gives Us An Idea For A Movie (VIDEO)

"Saturday Night Live" treated viewers to an unexpected surprise last night -- the random go back of "The Ambiguously Gay Duo," one of Robert Smigel's iconic contributions to the show.

This hour, though, there was a twist.

The usually-animated short morphed into a live-action sketch starring the show's host Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell (look closely at that mustachioed villain).

The whole thing was so delightful that it got us thinking: why shouldn't "SNL" send everyone back to the set for a couple of weeks and turn out an "Ambiguously Lgbtq+ Duo" film?

Though the show's big-screen adaptations include classics favor "The Blues Brothers" and "Wayne's World," they've largely made for a string of flops (anyone remember "The Ladies' Man" or "It's Pat: The Movie?").

Last year's "Macgruber" -- which critics credited with defeating the one-note quality that's often the downfall of "SNL" films -- still wasn't a hit.

But maybe it's time to shake up the formula.

Instead of trying