This post was written by guest blogger Sean Flanagan.
Michael Phelps, the soon-to-be super rich record-breaking Olympian, is
trying to expand his global fame by becoming affiliated with MTV award
ceremonies and Saturday Night Live...
Oh wait, he's an athlete and may not be able to act. When will Lorne Michaels, that silly Canadian, learn his lesson?
How many athletes – or politicians while we're at it - can you have on
your show (let alone giving them the season priemere!) before you
realize that they cannot carry a show?
Lorne's show is, let's face it, in the dumps. The 90s were glorious, the 00’s not so much.
You went from a cast that every major featured player went on to be twenty-million-dollar-a-movie stars to a cast where the talented people
have been brushed aside in favor of Andy Samberg and recurring characters that
weren’t funny the first time around.
Michael Jordan
Nancy Kerrigan
Tom Brady
Peyton Manning
Jonny Moseley
Derek Jeter (though he was kinda good-- see above photo)
Let the Olympian be on a box of cereal, cut a few ribbons, do 20/20
soft focus lens takes with Babawawa and fade into the record books. Meanwhile, SNL needs to bounce back in a serious way this season and find a way to achieve relevance again after having long since lost Tina Fey to become TV's hottest geek on 30 Rock...
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