Like many people, I had serious doubts about Brian Williams hosting SNL. I wasn't worried that he wouldn't be funny (I've seen him on Conan so many times and he always makes me laugh). What I was worried about was that he might look stupid. Let's face it, SNL is pretty hit and miss these days and his episode could have easily been a stinker.
I was really happy to see that this was not the case.
In the past, other news anchors have appeared on the show but Williams is the first host to be currently anchoring the nightly news. I remember when Edwin Newman appeared on SNL I thought he was hilarious but had very little knowledge of his anchoring history.
Williams did a great job parodying himself without looking like a buffoon and his characters in the first few sketches were really funny. When he did the Borat thing, I laughed out loud. Here's hoping SNL can get more hosts of this caliber.
Now for this week's question...
Who are the youngest and oldest hosts of Saturday Night Live?
Michele was the first to send in the correct answer of Drew Barrymore and Ruth Gordon.
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11-05-2007 @ 8:39AM
Michele said...
Drew Barrymore and Ruth Gorden, youngest and oldest
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11-05-2007 @ 9:17AM
soapchick said...
The youngest person to host was Drew Barrymore way back in her ET days....the oldest was the woman who won the "Anyone can Host SNL" contest back in the 1970s...I can't recall her name...
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11-05-2007 @ 10:14AM
Mike Davis said...
Drew Barrymore & Miskell Spillman.
Dang, I'm nerdy.
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11-05-2007 @ 10:22AM
Prateek S. said...
Drew Barrymore and Miskel Spillmen, winner of the anyone can host contest.
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11-05-2007 @ 12:42PM
Alberto said...
I agree that this show was the first good one of the year. Brian Williams was great, and the writting was actually good this week as well. For the first time this season I laughed out loud.
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11-05-2007 @ 2:55PM
Kevin said...
drew barrymore in the ET times(youngest), and that old lady who hit people with her handbag in the 70s? I think her name was Ruth Buzzy? She looked pretty old.
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11-05-2007 @ 2:32PM
kevjohn said...
I think he did a great job. Perhaps too good.
...Is it just me or have there been a lot of guests lately who are out-performing the cast?
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