A partial list of people I’d rather have hosted last week’s SNL than Justin Bieber: One Direction, Charles Rocket, one-half of Los del Río, anyone else in the world. A complete list of people I’d rather see hosting this week’s SNL than Christoph Waltz: Jennifer Lawrence-Alison Brie-me threesome and Leonard. That’s it. What I’m saying is, I am very excited for Christoph Waltz, and his Between Two Ferns appearance only increased said excitement.
Last night, NBC released a series of promos for Saturday’s episode featuring Christ of Waltz with Fred Armisen, and while they’re about as awkward as all SNL promos are, please note the way he says “Alabama Shakes.” It’s positively delectable, which is another phrase I’d go out of my way to hear the silver-tongued devil say.
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If they can manage anything even half as great as “Der Humpink,” this will be the best episode of the season.
I think if the whole episode was just him saying things like Alabama Shakes I would watch
That gif looks like an impersonation of Scorcesse. I think it’s the added eyebrow embellishment at the end.
Those promos are maybe the most pointless thing ever, right? They’re only really good for seeing how horrible Bieber is at reading.
And was there a fan running in the background of that whole video? Thing was making me nuts.
Yeah it looked to be a screen capture and the guy had his fan going while recording.
Is there a vacuum running during all of these?
Waltz is an absolute delight. For his sake, I hope whomever created the ‘LOLbrokencherrypickeruguys!!!’ promo is given the night off.
I fear that the writers are going to punish us with an extended “Californians” episode based on Waltz accentuating Schwarzenegger’s mispronunciation of the state’s name.
Ooh – maybe they’ll put him in a muscle suit and say “The Governor’s come down I-5 from Sacramento to visit.”
Stop pushing the “Christ of Waltz” thing.
Everyone knows that Zack Galifishamahdnis’s suggestion of “Christ of Breakdance” is the way to go.
The amount of anticipation for this episode is insurmountable. So freaking stoked.
That gif is the most adorable gif.
Bold Prediction: Even if the episode is terrible, no one will blame Waltz, nor should they.
Fred Armisan might be the least funny person on SNL of all time.
Quite possible.
He just shows up every week for a paycheck. His main focus is Portlandia these days.
Looveeeeee himmmmmm.
I want to touch Christoph Waltz’s knees more than any other substance on earth.
I want to carry him around in my pocket.