When you win eight gold medals at one Olympics, you get to do a lot of neat stuff when you get home. SI covers, Corn Flakes boxes, Speedo deals and media demands.Michael Phelps will do just that, as he will host the season premiere of "Saturday Night Live". The show kicks off its 34th season on September 13th with Lil' Wayne as the musical guest.
Of course, it is always dicey when an athlete hosts SNL. Some do really well (Peyton Manning) while others have come off bland (LeBron James). Some just stunk up the joint (Lance Armstrong).
Others have had iconic appearances. There was Michael Jordan hanging with Stuart Smalley ... Tom Brady in "Sexual Harassment and You" skit ... and Joe Montana as a chronic masturbator. Let's see what the writers can come up with for the great Olympian.
Michael Phelps is a bit of an unknown. Aside from the fact that he's a ridiculous swimmer, we don't too much about his personality. I guess we'll find out in a few weeks.
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8-29-2008 @ 1:42AM
George B Vieto said...
How about Michael Phelps doing a remake of the television show Primus that starred Michael Brown during the 1970s. SNL hosting will be virgin territory for Aquaman. I'll pass the Three Stooges extra rejects.
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9-14-2008 @ 9:45AM
Stephanie said...
Welcome back SNL! Glad to have you back. I am a huge fan. I was so very excited to hear Michael Phelps would be on the show. Whomever wrote this skits was disppointing. Really the skits were just very bad and then he was extremely poor on delivery. He just didn't seem comfortable there and that is understandable since it is out of his element. His Mom for the few seconds we saw her was sweet as ever. Michael was given poor skits and his acting was just very poor. Good luck with everything else in life, Michael. We still love you. I still love you.
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