Michael Phelps on Saturday Night Live
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps hosted “Saturday Night Live” during the weekend. He was featured in various comedy skits, and I just have one thing to say—Michael needs to stick to swimming.
The skits weren’t very funny whatsoever, but I don’t know if Phelps is to blame or should we blame the writers. During some of the scenes it sounded like he was reading off of a teleprompter word for word, which he probably was.
On the other hand, it probably was good for NBC to put Phelps on the show despite his lackluster acting skills. Phelps is popular sports figures in the country especially after the Olympics, and I’m a lot of people watched the show that night which translates into big ratings.
The highlight of the show was the performances of the current king of rap Lil Wayne. He performed his hits “Lollipop” and “Get Money.”
Another notable moment was the opening of the show when Tina Fey and Amy Poehler portrayed Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton during a press conference. Tina Fey’s portrayal of Sarah Palin was right on.
Barack Obama was supposed to make an appearance on the show, but he canceled because of Hurricane Ike.
Michael Phelps’ mother and William Shatner made a brief appearance on the show. I guess if Obama can’t make it on the show, the next best thing is to have Phelps’ mother and William Shatner….not really
Tim Henley
Michael Phelps hosting “Saturday Night Live”
Since he won eight gold medals at the Olympics in Beijing, Michael Phelps has been living the life. He’s been attending multiple red carpet events and award shows, and he’s even been living it up on the Las Vegas party scene.
Now, he will be hosting Saturday Night Live tomorrow night. I’m always interested when a non-entertainer tries to host Saturday Night Live.
I remember watching Al Gore, Rudy Giuliani, LeBron James and NBC News host Brian Williams when they did the SNL gig.
While those episodes weren’t very amusing, I get the feeling that Michael Phelps will be very humorous on the show.
Also, Barack Obama is scheduled to make a guest appearance in one of the sketches. Should be interesting.
Tim Henley
Tony Romo still calls Carrie Underwood
In the September issue of Allure magazine, Carrie Underwood said her ex-boyfriend Dallas Cowboys football star Tony Romo still calls her on the telephone.
She said, “The phone will ring and it’ll be him, and I’ll maybe not answer.”
Hmmmmm…. Now that Tony Romo and Jessica Simpson are a couple I wonder what Jessica thinks about Tony calling his ex-girlfriend???
It just so happens that Jessica did an interview with Nashville’s 107.5 radio station, where she said it’s not true that Tony calls Carrie.
She said, “Tony and I both laughed at that. We got a chuckle out of that.”
You can laugh all you want Jessica, but even you can’ t be that naive.
I’m taking Carrie’s side on this one. She has no reason to lie. After all, she is from Oklahoma. And Everybody knows that Oklahomans don’t lie.
I’m glad that Carrie doesn’t answer his calls. That shows that she has integrity and that she is not a home-wrecker.
Good job Carrie. You represent Oklahoma well.
Tim Henley
