Ryan Phillippe Hosts Saturday Night Live: What Up With That?
Ryan Phillippe seems about as natural a choice to host Saturday Night Live as Charles Barkley, until you remember that Phillippe has a co-starring role in next month's MacGruber. And while he was certainly passable as host -- this wasn't January Jones territory -- the question must be asked: How does Lorne Michaels let Phillippe host an episode and not demand an appearance from MacGruber? This is marketing 101-type stuff! Okay, sure he mentioned the new movie during the opening monologue -- a very funny bit that featured other recurring characters hoping for their own chance on the big screen -- but that was all. Talk about a missed opportunity! Check out the monologue -- and some crazy ridiculousness from Ke$ha -- after the jump.
True story: Keenan Thompson gets funnier every episode. But the most hilarious skit of the night belonged to Ke$ha. She was right about her comic skills! Oh wait, this wasn't a skit? Ah. That's awkward.
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Not a fan of the What Up With That sketch but would say Kenan is probably one of the funnier ppl on the show. Sucks that he isn't getting many film roles.
Either Phillippe was having trouble reading his cue cards on several occasions, or Reese Witherspoon was just off-stage brandishing a knife and a anatomically correct voodoo doll. Or he's just dumber than a box of abs, with the comedic skills of typhoid.
Anyone else disappointed those lasers didn't shoot right through Ke$ha's hands? Or set her body paint on fire?
I want to like SNL. I wish it were like it was in the 70's. But then I watch Monte Python's Flying Circus and I don't know why SNL ever bothered.
Don't know if this means anything, but I noticed on the Phillippe monologue when Keenan did his SHTICK, that he was saying, "WHAT'S Up with that?" not his usual "WHAT up with that?" soooo, WHAT UP WITH THAT?