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Oh No They Didn't! —
... Phelps with musical guest Lil Wayne, the source of the gold-medalist's pre-swim warm-up tunes. Phelps, of course, won an Olympic record eight gold medals at the Summer Olympics held earlier this month in Beijing. Hopefully, we'll get a sketch poking fun at China's pre-teen female gymnasts. What other Olympic-y topics do you think are ripe for SNL-style skewering? Prior to braving the stage at 30 Rock, Phelps will visit The Tonight Show on Sept. 8. — Matt Mitovich Source.
Live From Beijing: Two weeks ago, when soliciting ... [Michael Phelps]
Gawker: defamer —
Live From Beijing: Two weeks ago, when soliciting your help in casting Olympian Michael Phelps (thereby sparing him a terrible Hollywood future), we predicted of the athlete, "There's bound to be an awkward SNL-hosting stint yet to come." Today, TV Guide announced, "The Summer Olympics' outstandingly golden boy, swimmer Michael Phelps, will dive into not-ready-for-primetime television as the guest host of Saturday Night Live's 33rd season premiere." Were we simply prescient, or is Lorne Michaels now culling ideas from the ...
Lil Wayne And Michael Phelps To Kick Off SNL Season
Stereogum —
... TV Guide reports Saturday Night Live 's 33rd season will get a zeitgeisty premiere with guests Dwayne Carter and Olympic hero Michael Phelps on 9/13. We're already cringing at the inevitable neck bling showdown sketch. (P.S. Congrats, ...
Michael Phelps to host SNL season premiere
TV Squad —
... Saturday Night Live is about to kick off its 34th season, and they're determined to do it with a bang. Doing a smart job of quickly pulling in America's biggest star of the summer, the show has announced that super-crazy Olympian god slash merman Michael Phelps will be hosting the premiere. It also looks like the musical guest will be Lil' Wayne, but who has time to care about that? Michael Phelps is swimming back to America and he's hosting! ...
News Ticker: Lil Wayne, Suge Knight, T.I. and Travis Barker
Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily —
... Lil Wayne will serve as musical guest for the season premiere of Saturday Night Live on September 13th. Swimmer Michael Phelps will host. ...
