“Ladies And Gentlemen, …”
October 14, 2021 3:22 PM Subscribe
If you only have room in your life for one Twitter account where an SNL host announces the musical guest,
@CraigWeekend will have Daniel Craig welcome you to the best part of the week.
If you have space for another,
@snlhostsintro will give you a near endless supply of ten second time capsules in which a then-famous celebrity introduces a then-popular band.
@CraigWeekend will have Daniel Craig welcome you to the best part of the week.
If you have space for another,
@snlhostsintro will give you a near endless supply of ten second time capsules in which a then-famous celebrity introduces a then-popular band.
My favorite part of this is in not following the account and just being gently amused whenever it shows up in my feed via retweets. I love these little internet fragments that exemplify innovation in comedy and entertainment in general. Duchamp would love it.
posted by rhizome at 3:43 PM on October 14, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by rhizome at 3:43 PM on October 14, 2021 [5 favorites]
Some great juxtapositions there. If you recall paleo-SNL then of course you’d imagine Carlin introducing Janis Ian. Even if you did not see the episode, it just screams 1975 SNL. On the other hand, it seems like a high-end trivia question to cite when Pamela Anderson and Henry Rollins ever would have paths.
posted by ricochet biscuit at 3:48 PM on October 14, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by ricochet biscuit at 3:48 PM on October 14, 2021 [4 favorites]
It seems right that Bernadette Peters would introduce the Go-Gos.
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 4:31 PM on October 14, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by They sucked his brains out! at 4:31 PM on October 14, 2021 [3 favorites]
Nathan Lane introducing Metallica is a delight, and Malcolm McDowell introducing Captain Beefheart is just strange to think about.
posted by Going To Maine at 4:36 PM on October 14, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by Going To Maine at 4:36 PM on October 14, 2021 [4 favorites]
The snlhostsintro account is a welcome addition to Twitter, I say as someone who has always gotten some weird frisson of excitement from the intros, even for artists I don't like. I'm surprised they didn't wait and keep the Adrien Brody in their pockets a little longer.
Also loving the account "celebrating" Mondays.
posted by Recliner of Rage at 4:48 PM on October 14, 2021 [2 favorites]
Also loving the account "celebrating" Mondays.
posted by Recliner of Rage at 4:48 PM on October 14, 2021 [2 favorites]
I can’t wait until they get to Christopher Lee introducing Meatloaf.
posted by RakDaddy at 4:53 PM on October 14, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by RakDaddy at 4:53 PM on October 14, 2021 [1 favorite]
Dan Aykroyd introducing the Tragically Hip is the most Canadian thing I've ever seen.
posted by ZaphodB at 5:15 PM on October 14, 2021 [9 favorites]
posted by ZaphodB at 5:15 PM on October 14, 2021 [9 favorites]
Christine Baranski introducing The Cure is also surprisingly apt. At least back then, they had a U.S. fan base that consisted mostly of theatre kids.
posted by jonp72 at 5:27 PM on October 14, 2021 [4 favorites]
posted by jonp72 at 5:27 PM on October 14, 2021 [4 favorites]
When it's the weekend and it's October.
posted by explosion at 5:38 PM on October 14, 2021 [8 favorites]
posted by explosion at 5:38 PM on October 14, 2021 [8 favorites]
On preview, explosion, you just barely beat me to that
posted by Pronoiac at 5:40 PM on October 14, 2021
posted by Pronoiac at 5:40 PM on October 14, 2021
Oooh! I hope they have Steve Forbes introducing Rage Against the Machine!
posted by Navelgazer at 5:49 PM on October 14, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by Navelgazer at 5:49 PM on October 14, 2021 [5 favorites]
I enjoyed when the official Bond account retweeted @CraigWeekend to remind people that their movie came out that weekend.
posted by Merus at 8:28 PM on October 14, 2021 [5 favorites]
posted by Merus at 8:28 PM on October 14, 2021 [5 favorites]
There was an NYT interview you don't otherwise need to read where it was revealed that Daniel Craig had been, to that moment, unaware of the twitter feed. (Link to the interview in that tweet, but no, you really don't need to read it and I'm not going to bother finding a non-paywall version).
posted by fedward at 8:42 PM on October 14, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by fedward at 8:42 PM on October 14, 2021 [2 favorites]
"According to Garrett Morris, Walter Matthau was a huge opera fan and demanded that Morris be allowed to sing opera on the show.
In 2018, Jane Curtin named Walter Matthau as the worst guest host she ever experienced...">
No musical guest was scheduled for this episode. Instead, Garrett Morris sings "Dalla Sua Pace", an aria from the opera "Don Giovanni."
I can't find the piece but remember it live, absolutely head turning.
posted by clavdivs at 9:02 PM on October 14, 2021 [4 favorites]
In 2018, Jane Curtin named Walter Matthau as the worst guest host she ever experienced...">
No musical guest was scheduled for this episode. Instead, Garrett Morris sings "Dalla Sua Pace", an aria from the opera "Don Giovanni."
I can't find the piece but remember it live, absolutely head turning.
posted by clavdivs at 9:02 PM on October 14, 2021 [4 favorites]
Maude (of Harold and...) was straight out of the movie. Unfortunate musical guest tho
posted by DeepSeaHaggis at 2:35 AM on October 15, 2021
posted by DeepSeaHaggis at 2:35 AM on October 15, 2021
Walter Matthau was a huge opera fan and demanded that Morris be allowed to sing opera on the show.
I've always wondered if the host has any input as to who the musical guest might be?
posted by Thorzdad at 5:18 AM on October 15, 2021
I've always wondered if the host has any input as to who the musical guest might be?
posted by Thorzdad at 5:18 AM on October 15, 2021
Obligatory John Mulaney
And for reference, the Patrick Stewart clip.
posted by Strange Interlude at 5:18 AM on October 15, 2021 [4 favorites]
And for reference, the Patrick Stewart clip.
posted by Strange Interlude at 5:18 AM on October 15, 2021 [4 favorites]
John Prine showing up in the Karen Black episode in season made me wonder about the Venn diagram of musicians who appeared on both SNL and Live From Here. Prine, and Paul Simon, and … that might be it? Did Lindsay Buckingham play SNL ever?
posted by thecaddy at 5:27 AM on October 15, 2021
posted by thecaddy at 5:27 AM on October 15, 2021
Oh my god, he showed up last weekend!
posted by thecaddy at 7:32 AM on October 15, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by thecaddy at 7:32 AM on October 15, 2021 [2 favorites]
The thing I most remember about the Steve Forbes episode of SNL -- besides the incongruity of the musical guest being RAtM -- was the lazy and stupid yet (or thus) eminently memorable "Teve Torbes" sketch.
posted by Saxon Kane at 8:16 AM on October 15, 2021 [2 favorites]
posted by Saxon Kane at 8:16 AM on October 15, 2021 [2 favorites]
And for reference, the Patrick Stewart clip.
Related clip: Patrick Stewart talks about meeting Sting.
(So he probably had no idea who Salt 'N' Peppa were and just did the Shakespearean Actor's Enthusiastic Introduction. Which is fine.)
posted by suetanvil at 8:20 AM on October 15, 2021
Related clip: Patrick Stewart talks about meeting Sting.
(So he probably had no idea who Salt 'N' Peppa were and just did the Shakespearean Actor's Enthusiastic Introduction. Which is fine.)
posted by suetanvil at 8:20 AM on October 15, 2021
Dan Aykroyd introducing the Tragically Hip is the most Canadian thing I've ever seen.
Also, Ackroyd was instrumental in getting the Hip the gig, AIUI.
posted by suetanvil at 8:22 AM on October 15, 2021 [2 favorites]
Also, Ackroyd was instrumental in getting the Hip the gig, AIUI.
posted by suetanvil at 8:22 AM on October 15, 2021 [2 favorites]
Did Lindsay Buckingham play SNL ever?
Apparently so.
posted by dforemsky at 10:11 AM on October 15, 2021 [1 favorite]
Apparently so.
posted by dforemsky at 10:11 AM on October 15, 2021 [1 favorite]
The first video tweeted by @snlhostsintro is Nathan Lane vigorously introducing Metallica and I enjoy it a lot.
posted by brainwane at 11:25 AM on October 15, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by brainwane at 11:25 AM on October 15, 2021 [1 favorite]
Did Lindsay Buckingham play SNL ever?
He's on What Up With That a lot, but never gets a chance to say anything, except for one time...
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:23 PM on October 15, 2021
He's on What Up With That a lot, but never gets a chance to say anything, except for one time...
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 12:23 PM on October 15, 2021
And now I desperately want to believe that Nathan Lane is a part-time metalhead.
posted by suetanvil at 8:00 AM on October 16, 2021
posted by suetanvil at 8:00 AM on October 16, 2021
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A wee bit heartbreaking scrolling through the intros and seeing so many who have passed, especially those who went way too young (which is a pretty high percentage), and conversely, those horrible few who are, unfortunately and against all logic and decency, still wreaking their awfulness upon us (*obvious cough* a certain former president and a certain former NYC mayor, for example *obvious cough*).
posted by Saxon Kane at 3:42 PM on October 14, 2021 [4 favorites]