Saturday, January 02, 2010

Next two hosts of SNL: Charles Barkley & Sigourney Weaver



"SNL" is back on Jan. 9 with former NBA star Charles Barkley as the host. The "round mound of rebound" is known now for his great sense of humor in commercials and on the golf course.

This won't be his first time hosting, either -- Barkley hosted the 1993 season premiere of "SNL" with musical guest Nirvana. Joining Barkley for his second go-round is musical guest Alicia Keys, hopefully performing new songs from her album "The Element of Freedom," which dropped on Dec. 15.

For the Jan. 16 show, "Avatar" star Sigourney Weaver joins studio 8H, along with musical guest The Ting Tings, who are nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy.

We have two requests -- "SNL" star Kenan Thompson does a mean Charles Barkley impression so we'd like to see that, please. And if there isn't a Sigourney Weaver "Ghostbusters" sketch, we are going to be extremely upset. We don't care if they already covered it when she hosted in 1986 -- we'd like to see it again.

From:
http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2009/12/saturday-night-live-charles-barkley-sigourney-weaver-first-2010-hosts.html

Charles Barkley was a basketball player in the NBA (84-2000) on the 76ers, Suns, and Rockets. He was part of the US Olympic Dream Team in 92, and he led the US to Olympic gold again in 96. Now what Barkley is known for is being a studio analyst for TNT's NBA coverage. He also hosts the TNT show, Inside the NBA.

What do you think? Charles and Kenan would be funny. I know TLI could write a fun Ghostbusters skit for Sigourney. Of course, there's going to be an Avatar skit as well. What could Andy do with them?

Enjoy!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

they can do almost anything with sigourney! she's such a talented actress and not shy of making fun of herself. so much funny potential.

I'd like to see something similar to a lazercats digital short but with avatar. I loved the movie, and it's generally a huge hit, so there must be something there that they can make fun of.

i have no idea who charles barkley is because I don't follow sports, but if he's done snl before I guess there must be something there that makes him special. I'm looking forward to it.

btw wasn't there a rumor of a jon hamm episode? do you know if that's still on some time soon? :)

Ed Price said...

Anony,

Thanks for the comments!

Nothing new on Jon Hamm.

Charles Barkley was a basketball player in the NBA (84-2000) on the 76ers, Suns, and Rockets. He was part of the US Olympic Dream Team in 92, and he led the US to Olympic gold again in 96. Now what Barkley is known for is being a studio analyst for TNT's NBA coverage. He also hosts the TNT show, Inside the NBA.

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