I don’t think Amy Poehler should be the guest host for the season premiere of “Saturday Night Live.”
In the two years since she left the show, she’s been back numerous times to do stints on “Weekend Update,” imitate Hillary Clinton, and guest star on the Betty White special. She still seems like a member of the cast.
Why bring her back now as a “guest host,” especially when the show is introducing four new cast members?
The two new girls — Vanessa Bayer from Second City and Taran Killiam from The Groundlings — will already have to fight tooth and nail for every moment on stage, since most female roles seem to go automatically to Kristen Wiig.
Now you’re adding Amy Poehler to the mix…so all they can hope for is the rudimentary waitress role or maybe the face-in-the crowd scene. If they get lucky, they’ll be a reporter asking a question from the audience.
Wow — that rocks.
Don’t get me wrong. When you consider all “Saturday Night Live” femmes — current and former — Amy is near the top of the list. She’s not only an amazing improviser, character actor and comedienne, but in all interviews and conversations, she appears to be a down-to-earth, nice person.
That is a rare compliment indeed in that business.
But half the fun of “Saturday Night Live” is bringing in an A-list celebrity who’s not the first name in comedy and seeing what they can do. Remember how unexpectedly great Peyton Manning was as a guest host? Or Brian Williams from “NBC Nightly News”? Even a great dramatic actor can quickly lose his footing on SNL — or be amazing like Christopher Walken. And that’s what we want to see…not a very-very-recent cast member who seems like she never left.
So, while I’m sad Amy’s sitcom “Parks and Recreation” is on hiatus until mid-season — and she’s no doubt looking to fill her schedule — I think there are plenty of other celebs out there (not to mention the new cast members, hello) who are chomping at the bit for the opportunity to show what they can do in the comedy arena.
But Amy? Girl, you’re good to go. Give our best to Will and the boys.
Deja news
The year end lists are coming out — best of, worst of, most, least. I think I’ve read them all (and sadly, appear on none).
AOL has posted their “Most Searched” list for 2010. l like this one a lot. Being ‘most searched’ doesn’t place any judgments of good or bad — it just says that a whole lot of people wanted to gawk at photos of you and read about you online.
Awesomeness.
And here’s their list:
9. Foursquare: I missed what’s fun about this one
8. Jeggings: Are they jeans? Are they leggings? They’re jeggings!
7. Old Spice Guy: I’m pretty sure folks just wanted to look at him
6. Paul the Octopus: May he rest in peace
5. Silly Bandz: Are they silly? Are they bandz? They’re Silly Bandz!
4. Vuvuzelas: Shhhhhhhh
3. Pants on the Ground: The ultimate revenge of the old auditioner
2. Chat-roulette: No gun, but just as deadly
And the number 1 search on AOL….
1. Betty White: There’s nothing left to be said
And there it is — 2010 in searches. The funny thing is…it looks kinda familiar, doesn’t it?
Vuvuzelas are simply much larger, louder kazoos, and the ‘Pants on the Ground’ guy is just the ‘She-Bang’ dude way older (and a way better singer).
Oh, she’s still Betty White. This is just the second time that she’s trending.
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