Rumor: John Hamm to host SNL again in January

We just finished recording our podcast where we interviewed Rich Sommer about Mad Men (what, you think we talked to him about Tiger Woods?), and when the subject came around to leading man Jon Hamm, Sommer mentioned that Hamm will be hosting Saturday Night Live in January.



[If true,] that's great news; one of the funnier episodes of the last few seasons was Hamm's hosting stint last year. "Jon Hamm's John Ham" alone would have made the episode a classic, but his James Mason impersonation, among other sketches, made it a near-classic.

From:
http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/12/08/jon-hamm-to-host-snl-in-january/
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What do you think?

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Andy Samberg - in Nature of the Beast

It was a 2007 short film that Andy either did when he was a student at a college in New York or before he got on SNL (and he was doing stand-up and other random paid and unpaid gigs). It took a few years for them to edit together and release the short.



You can watch the 15 minute short film here (but other than seeing Andy in it, you won't find much value):

http://www.machzillion.com/beast_large.htm

Thanks to Anony for finding the vid!

Directed and written by Nate Pommer. Starring Rob Delaney and Andy Samberg.

Synopsis: Darryl is an ex-con fresh out of the joint. He doesn't want any trouble. His old buddy Leo has double-crossed the wrong walrus. Two old friends, one strange night of demons from the past.

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Andy Samberg - is the Swedish Chef (Blake Lively)

This is Andy's fourth appearance of the Swedish Chef.

Monologue

Blake Lively
Fred Armisen ... Zoot
Bill Hader ... Animal
Bobby Moynihan ... Gonzo
Andy Samberg ... Swedish Chef
Jenny Slate ... Janice
Jason Sudeikis ... Fozzie
Kristen Wiig ... Beaker

The Muppets share a holiday song.




It's interesting that the Swedish Chef is the center point of this skit, and not Kermit, Miss Piggy, or another Muppet (like the show). It's because Andy brought on the Muppet skits with his Swedish Chef impression, and he's the cornerstone of those sketches.

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Taylor Lautner SNL promo featuring Kristen Wiig

Update: Added a temporary YouTube version for you non-staters.

Kristen was a werewolf once too.





What do you think of Kristen's hair?

Not overly funny. Not like Andy's! In Andy's Blake Lively promos, you can tell that he isn't improvising like Kristen is here. Andy prepares his jokes!

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SNL Christmas Special - A Very Gilly Christmas (Dec 17)

"SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas" will air Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. The two-hour special, the first for "SNL" since 2002, will be led by Wiig's Gilly, an ever-smiling Annie-lookalike who delights in violent mischief.

The special will feature new sketches with Gilly and highlights of classic holiday "SNL" sketches.

Wiig, roundly considered a standout performer on the NBC sketch comedy show, has built Gilly into a popular character. In a phone interview Monday, she said part of the fun of Gilly hosting is in her slim vocabulary, which consists mainly of the simple catch-phrase "Sorry."



"That can be a tough one to work around," Wiig said. "There's going to be no long monologue. Maybe her five-word vocabulary will stretch to 10 or 11."

A Gilly sketch is a very structured thing. It's always set in a classroom where an uncertain teacher (Will Forte) questions his students (Kenan Thompson, Bobby Moynihan) on the source of some trouble making.



Wiig and Paula Pell, a writer on the show, came up with the sketch while writing something else, but the idea continued to stick.

"We just kept doing the smile and we did it for a couple weeks," said Wiig. "We were just like, `Let's write it.' Maybe she's this bad kid. We just started saying `Sorry,' and it came organically from there."



Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin will also make guest appearances on the special to help introduce clips they've appeared in as hosts, including Baldwin in "NPR's Delicious Dish and the Schweddy Balls" and Martin in "A Holiday Wish."



If pressed for a holiday favorite, Wiig cites John Malkovich's maniacal reading of "`Twas the Night Before Christmas" last year.

"Since `SNL' has been on for so long, it's 35 years of at least two or three shows a year kind of based on Christmas stuff," said Wiig. "There's a lot of good material there."

From:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h3Vz6MFu9L9LhvT7cxyHOFIdZCpAD9CF9T4O0
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Yes, Kristen. That's why they do Christmas specials almost every year. =^)

Well, I guess if Andy got to host his digital shorts special awhile ago, then Kristen can host her own special as well. Heck, even Ace and Gary got to host their own special.

Glad that Alec and Steve will also show up. I'm curious what they will do with Gilly skits and still keep it fresh.

Enjoy!