A "That's Nater-Tain-Ment" Special Mini-Report: Kristen Wiig Returns to Host "Saturday Night Live"

Tonight, NBC's "Saturday Night Live" features Former Castmember Kristen Wiig taking on hosting duties for her first time with musical guest Vampire Weekend. Wiig joined the cast of the long-running variety show back in November 2005 as a featured player and became a repertory castmember at the start of Season 32-- September 2006. Kristen Wiig performed on the show for a total of seven seasons and later went on to co-write and star in 2011's "Bridesmaids"; which went on to be a big success at the box office as well as a hit with critics and moviegoers.


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In her tenure as a castmember on "Saturday Night Live", Kristen Wiig portrayed a good amount of characters that went on to make many appearances throughout the past years.  One such character Wiig portrayed a few times on the program was "Gilly"; a mischievous school student that would constantly pull pranks on her classmates; and would only apologize for her wrongdoings by uttering an insincere "Sorry"; despite the fact that her actions kept getting increasingly harmful as the sketch went on.  While Wiig performed well as the character, the format was basically the same every time the sketch was trotted out.  Another character Wiig was well-known for playing was "Mindy Elise Grayson," a stage actress that was a popular celebrity guest in the reoccurring game show sketch "Secret Word."  Wiig's character would inadvertently give away the answers to questions to the game show's contestants while performing theatrical scenes in an exuberant manner as well as constantly recalling her past theatrical performances.  While Wiig always bestowed an engaging performance as her character, the format was basically the same every time the sketch was brought out; with the only constant difference being that the designated host of "Saturday Night Live" would portray the other celebrity guest-- who would be more focused in exhibiting their own talents rather than offering contestants hints at trying to figure out the unknown word.  Other characters Kristen Wiig portrayed on "
Saturday Night Live" included "Penelope"- a party guest that would always try to one-up her fellow guests' stories in an attempt to get attention, "Sue"- an over-excited guest or family member who would go through great lengths to keep a secret during a surprise party, as well as "Cheryl Bryant"-- a "Home Delivery" reporter who would be more excited than the actual winner of the give away.  Whenever Kristen Wiig played these characters, she always gave a 100% and did all she could to improve the writing of the sketches-- as the format was basically always the same every time the sketches occurred.  Kirsten Wiig always possessed great chemistry with her fellow castmembers and the show's hosts; thus establishing her as one of the most reliable performers on the weekly variety series.  I just wish the show's writers would have come up with more original sketches for her rather than just trotting out the same characters every few weeks.



Image of Kristen Wiig as "Gilly" taken from http://snl.jt.org/char.php?i=775

While brings to this following thought.  Seeing as Kristen Wiig is hosting the show tonight for her first time, I truly wish that the writers would come up with original sketches for her.  Throughout these past few seasons, Kristen Wiig has been assigned the same basic premises for characters.  Kristen Wiig is very talented and very funny.  Seeing as she's now hosting "Saturday Night Live," I wish the writers would forgo giving her reoccurring sketches; thus paving the way for more creative sketches.  If we basically see the same characters that Wiig has played on the show over the past few years, there will hardly be anything distinct from this episode than from her past shows-- other than her monologue.  Simply put, I just hope that tonight's show is very memorable and that the writers come up with great original sketches for Kristen Wiig.  Other wise, we might as well just watch a rerun from any of the past seasons that feature the same old reoccurring characters.  I want the writers to really try from Kristen Wiig.

Hopefully tonight's show is very special.  Be sure to have your televisions set to NBC by 11:30pm and have my blog on your computers.  Be sure to keep refreshing your computer screens during the show so you can see my latest comments.  Feel free to share your own thoughts by clicking the "comment" link underneath any of my posts.  Your feedback means a lot and I look forward to seeing your opinions.

So stay tuned and I'll see you at 11:30pm!