Taylor Swift on SNL: Twilight, Glenn Beck, and No Kanye (VIDEO)

by Rachel Sklar | 9:50 am, November 8th, 2009

Fox News – Election Coverage (feat. Sudeikis as Glenn Beck)
Of course I like this sketch spoofing Fox News’ election coverage — it agrees with me. Nice Juan Williams from Kenan Thompson (mustache!), great Greta Van Susteren from Kristen Wiig, funny Karl Rove from Bobby Moynihan, and a shout-out to Joe Trippi, even if it’s clear that the SNL makeup people had no clue what he looked like. Best line in the whole thing: “Let’s not forget that it was under HIS watch that we lost the King of Pop.” A nit: Bill Hader as Shep Smith was way too smugly partisan, with shades of Keith Morrison. But on the flip side, I think Jason Sudeikis may need to get an Emmy for his impression of Glenn Beck. Outstanding.

Taylor Swift: The Monologue Song
Taylor Swift very sweetly sings about all the people she’s not going to sing about during her monologue — presumably like Joe Jonas and Taylor Lautner. She will, however, mention one bad boy: “We have a great show – Kanye West is not here!” Taylor Swift FTW.

The View – Taylor Swift as Kate Gosselin
This recurring sketch never seems to gel for me, but Swift’s Gosselin was great, as was Andy Samberg’s Nicholas Cage. Barbara Walters looks great for her age, but again, SNL’s normally crack makeup team needs to do a lil’ something here for verisimilitude.

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Rachel Sklar says:

November 9, 2009 at 11:47 am

I am not sure it’s clear from this post that I sort of love Taylor Swift. God help you, Werewolf from Twilight, if you hurt her.

Matthew Christian says:

November 14, 2009 at 8:04 pm

Loved this article, and I too love Taylor Swift. I don’t know if she’s dating Lautner, but like you if she is he had better treat her right. This SNL episode with Taylor Swift hosting was one of the best in a long long time.

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