The Ting Tings Ready for SNL
By Losanjealous - Wednesday December 30th 2009 |
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Not to shill for the consistently unfunny fart factory that is SNL in 2010, but it’s nicely unexpected to see a Ting Tings get a chance to play that stage on 1/16/10. There’s always that moment on SNL when the host introduces the musical guest–ie, “Ladies and gentlemen, Sting!”, “Ladies and gentleman, Queensryche!”, etc–whereby their tone or pronunciation it’s clear whether or not the host has genuine interest or barely any awareness of the musical act. We don’t know why, but for some reason, we expect the cultural gap between host and band when Sigourney Weaver steps up to say “Ladies and gentleman, The Ting Tings” will be about as wide any.
The Ting Tings photo by Sung 2009 at Club Nokia. See also: The Ting Tings in 2008 at the Troubadour.
Funny. But no way can it beat the 1996 Steve Forbes/Rage combo!
These are all from wiki:
March 25, 1978
Christopher Lee: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Meat Loaf”
January 27, 1979
Michael Palin: “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Doobie Brothers”
October 9, 1982
Ron Howard: “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Clash”
January 28, 1984
Don Rickles: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Billy Idol”
September 25, 1993
Charles Barkley: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Nirvana”
February 5, 1994
Patrick Stewart: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Salt-N-Pepa”
April 13, 1996
Steve Forbes: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Rage Against the Machine”
April 12, 2003
Ray Romano: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Zwan”
December 6, 2003
Al Sharpton: “Ladies and Gentlemen, Pink”
My favorite is when Charlton Heston thanked Paul Westerburg at the end of the show, but forgot (momentarily?, can’t remember) his name. Paul sneezed into his hand just before he shook Heston’s.
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