Thursday, April 1, 2010

IT KINDA, SORTA RHYMES: Your next three hosts for Saturday Night Live will be Fey, Phillippe and Sidibe.

[Trivia question: Prior to Gabourey Sidibe, who was the last African American woman to host Saturday Night Live?]

13 comments:

  1. Aristophanes8:57 PM

    I was surprised to discover in her interviews how bubbly and hilarious Sidibe is, so I'm looking forward to an opportunity for her to showcase her energy and charisma. I had some theories in response to the trivia question, but they were wrong. (My theory did host, but it was in '03.) It's been a shorter amount of time than I realized (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Saturday_Night_Live_episodes), and I don't remember the most recent woman in question hosting (although I dig her). Actually, as I dig through the list to find previous African American women who have hosted, it appears they should host more often, because those are some cool people.

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  2. Sidibe, yes?

    And...wow. Did Oprah host, back in the Color Purple days? Whoopi?

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  3. Linda9:07 PM

    latifah?

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  4. WINNER!   Latifah, 10-9-2004.  In the previous season, both Halle Berry and Janet Jackson hosted.  (The latter one, you'll remember for the Cork Soakers.)  But it's been a while.

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  5. Alex Gordon11:13 PM

    What about Rosario Dawson? She is at least 1/4 African American as far as I can tell. Does that count? She hosted in Jan. 2009, the debut of Gilly!

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  6. Alex Gordon11:16 PM

    How about this? Who was the first African-American women to host?

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  7. This blog does not observe a one-drop rule.

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  8. Benner11:25 PM

    Cicely Tyson.

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  9. Alex Gordon11:29 PM

    Benner, correct. It took 77 episodes (2-10-79) to break the barrier. Talking Heads were the musical guest.

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  10. gretchen10:14 AM

    Gabourey Sidibe will definitely get me to watch SNL.  I still haven't seen Precious, but I am so totally charmed by her presence in interviews, her enthusiasm at the Oscars, and her hilarious appearance on The Soup.  She just seems like a totally normal person who is having the ride of her life and she makes me want to go along for the fun of it.  I remember someone (maybe Kim?) posted a while back about how Jennifer Garner engenders so much goodwill that you root for her to do well in reviews.  I kind of feel the same way about Sidibe -- I'm rooting for her to be successful.

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  11. Were I simply asked "is Rosario Dawson African-American," I would answer "yes." 

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  12. Joseph J. Finn10:50 AM

    I would have sworn Maya Rudolph had hosted since she left, but she was a featured guest.

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