"Saturday Night Live" Anne Hathaway/The Killers (2008)

Directors:

Don Roy King
Akiva Schaffer

Writers:

Doug Abeles (writer)
James Anderson (writer)

TV Series:

"Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Original Air Date:

4 October 2008 (Season 34, Episode 4)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Satire | Sketch Comedy | Actor Playing Multiple Roles | Cult TV | Cult Favorite

Cast

Fred Armisen	...	Various
Will Forte	...	Various
Bill Hader	...	Various
Darrell Hammond	...	Various
Seth Meyers	...	Weekend Update Anchor
Amy Poehler	...	Weekend Update Anchor / Various
Andy Samberg	...	Various
Jason Sudeikis	...	Various
Kenan Thompson	...	Various
Kristen Wiig	...	Various
Bobby Moynihan	...	Various
Casey Wilson	...	Various
The Killers	...	Themselves - Musical Guest
Anne Hathaway	...	Herself - Host / Various
Tina Fey	...	Herself / Gov. Sarah Palin

Runtime:

90 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Studio 8H, NBC Studios - 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

NBC Universal Television

Trivia:

When this first aired, a graphic appeared over Herbert and Marion Sandler (played Darrell Hammond and Casey Wilson) saying "People who should be shot". After the real-life Sandlers complained to Lorne Michaels, the sketch was temporarily removed from the show's official website. The sketch was later reposted but the graphic was deleted as was Hammond's line referencing "our corrupt activities". Michaels admitted in interviews that he was unaware that the Sandlers were real people when he approved the sketch.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): About a minute into the cold open, Gwen Ifill (played by Queen Latifah) says that her new book "The Breakthrough" will come out on Inauguration Day. At the end of the cold open, she says the "the book drops November 4th", which is Election Day instead of Inauguration Day.

Quotes:

Mark Wahlberg: Hey, donkey. What's goin' on? You're a donkey, I like that. You eat apples, right? I produce Entourage.

Movie Connections:

References Becoming Jane (2007)

Soundtrack:

I Saw a Boat

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, sounds atrocious.

Saturday Night Live was one of my favorite shows, but recent years it suffered rather spectacular decline in quality. This season especially, bar the 'Tina Fey as Sarah Palin' skits, couldn't deliver the funny. This episode is a glorious throwback to the good old days of early 2000's when SNL was in it's second 'Golden Age'. This seasons' hosts so far were somewhat disappointing as comedians and couldn't carry the weight of the show (Phelphs was simply painful to watch) but lovely Anne Hathaway just oozes charm and talent elevating this episode to lofty heights of SNL's heyday. Hathaway channeling Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins bit is simply priceless. With her beauty, charisma and impeccable comedy timing she's truly one of the best actresses working today. Put simply, I'm in love with Miss Hathaway and I laughed my ass of. PS. I hope Tina Fey's return won't limit to Palin's impression, she's just to good to stay away.