Michael Phelps Will Host SNL's 34th Season Premiere

The superstar athlete is tapped to host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live on September 13. Other athletes who have hosted SNL-- Peyton Manning, Michael Jordan, Tom Brady, Nancy Kerrigan, Jonny Moseley, Wayne Gretzky, and Lebron James to name a few--have had mixed luck.(but this Manning "United Way" commercial is great). And the musical guest is Lil Wayne, one of Phelps's favorite musicians. People writes, "No word yet on whether he will be wearing a Speedo."

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By Jen Chung in Arts & Entertainment on August 27, 2008 6:37 PM

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JMH

Yeah, Phelps is pretty amazing as an athlete but he seems more wooden than John Kerry.

chiefeditor

I hope he's developed more charisma by then than is in evidence here.

WorksInDUMBO

who the hell is Lil Wayne?

whitecastlerock

That lil Wayne is ever the wordsmith.

EricRoberts

@lanciano - I agree. Strangely feminine cover shot. Spitz's version was better.

lanciano

That cover shot makes Phelps look like he's wearing a red halter top. Does anyone else see that? Just for a split second??

amsci

#3:

http://13gb.com/media.php?media_id=1516

Snoopy

Didn't he sing with the Mamas and the Papas back in the sixties?

ides_of_march

Any later than Sept 13 and most people will have forgotten who this guy is.

Jen S

I will never get sick of this big dork. Rawr!

LinkMan

Manning's United Way commercial was very good, but it doesn't touch Michael Jordan's feminine hygiene products ad.

"Michael, do you ever get that not so fresh feeling?"

If only I could find a clip...

ed_Extinct

phelps!

Big Al72

I recall Derek Jeter being pretty good. I think the worst was that olympic skiier they had in 2002. Don't remember the guy's name (Mosely?) but anyway, the episode stunk. Hard to say how much that was the host's fault.