Did This Real Wedding Toast Inspire ‘S.N.L.’ to Create Domingo?

Sarah Jornsay-Silverberg, who lives in Lisbon and owns a graphic design business, said writing parody songs is a longtime passion of hers, and she often pens tunes to honor friends and family for big life events. Among her greatest hits is “My Dad Lee” to the tune of “Let It Be,” which she performed for Father’s Day, complete with ukulele accompaniment.

To be sure, they are not the only set of sisters to use the “Hamilton” song at a real life wedding. On YouTube, you’ll find several other women who have performed their own renditions about their beloved brides. (There’s a video entitled “Satisfied (The Greatest Maid of Honor Speech of All Time)” with 19,000 views and another called “Maid of Honor Speech: Hamilton Style!” with 28,000 views.)

“I’d seen one video and then I was like: ‘These are all going to influence me. I just need to go from the heart.’ And I did,” Sarah Jornsay-Silverberg said.

But few of the other videos had the reach of the one from the Jornsay-Silverberg sisters, which has been viewed more than 1.5 million times on TikTok. The online reaction to the post, which has been liked more than 283,000 times, was surprisingly warm, given the cultural penchant for dunking on grown-up theater kids. (The sisters describe themselves as being from a “Broadway family.”) Even the actress Renée Elise Goldsberry, the original vocalist of “Satisfied” who won a Tony Award for “Hamilton,” left a complimentary comment.

The sisters, who said they are also regular “Saturday Night Live” watchers, didn’t think anything of the Domingo sketch when they first saw it toward the end of 2024, and representatives from NBC did not respond to a message seeking to confirm if the Jornsay-Silverbergs were Mr. Fowlie’s inspiration.

“Never in a million years did I think it was inspired by something that Jimmy saw in a viral TikTok video that my sister posted from her wedding,” Sarah Jornsay-Silverberg said.

Still, they were delighted to learn they might have inspired the sketch.

“We need a confirmation,” the sisters said, laughing.