Will Ferrell hosts an all-new Saturday Night Live with musical guest Chris Stapleton
By Ernie Tripper
http://theinterrobang.com/whos-hosting-saturday-night-live-tonight-january-27-2018/
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In one of the most highly anticipated episodes this season, SNL’s own Will Ferrell comes home to host a new Saturday Night Live tonight!
Will Ferrell has to be towards the top of any list of Saturday Night Live cast members who went on to meet post-show success. Tonight at 11:30pm on NBC, Will returns to Studio 8-H where he spent 7 seasons (1995 – 2002) as a part of SNL to host the show for a fourth time. His last time hosting SNL was May, 2012, so it’s been awhile since this one of Saturday Night Live‘s favorite sons has been back to helm the show. However, in a season filled with so many first-time hosts, Ferrell definitely won’t have to be caught up to speed on how the live series works.
A lot of tonight’s fun is going to be watching to see how many of Will Ferrell’s classic SNL characters are revisited and also how many cameo performances are added to tonight’s show to highlight the host’s return to the variety series. Tonight, the cold open seems like a perfect and obvious choice for Will Ferrell’s critically acclaimed and Emmy award-nominated impersonation of President George W. Bush. If Alec Baldwin can be lured back to SNL, (he hasn’t had an appearance portraying President Donald Trump since the December 16, 2017 episode), it would be a great meeting of Presidential impressions, with Ferrell’s “W” arriving in the Oval Office to gloat about having higher approval ratings than Trump, despite leaving the White House with near-record low popularity.
Other familiar Will Ferrell characters and impressions that would cause a pop with the live audience, viewers at home and on social media, include the late singer Robert Goulet, TV therapist Dr. Phil, the Dad who demands respect for driving a Dodge Stratus, James Lipton from “Inside the Actor’s Studio“, and Weekend Update favorites- late baseball commentator Harry Caray and Jacob Silj who can’t control the volume of his voice due to “Voice Immodulation Syndrome.” And of course, we could almost guarantee Ferrell hosting a round of the classic SNL sketch, “Celebrity Jeopardy!” as the frustrated Alex Trebeck who must deal with clueless celebrity players, including fellow SNL alumnus Darrell Hammond’s abusive Sean Connery.
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