Tennessee football: Peyton Manning steals the show on ‘SNL’
One of “Saturday Night Live’s” most famous episodes was back in 2007 when former Tennessee football quarterback Peyton Manning, less than two months after winning his first Super Bowl Championship, hosted. This past Saturday, he went on “SNL” again but in a different capacity.
Manning, who has won three MVPs, another Super Bowl and retired since then, joined Colin Jost and Michael Che on “Weekend Update.” He was supposed to talk about the NFL Playoffs, but in a well-designed skit, he ended up deviating from their plan.
Season Two of the Netflix show “Emily in Paris” turned out to be an obsession for the Tennessee football legend, and rather than talk about the playoffs, that was all he could discuss. Here is the clip of him with Jost talking about the show.
Although it seems as if Manning is reading from a teleprompter, calling into question whether or not he actually watches the show, his colorful personality and animation still made it funny. He always knows how to steal the show, and he did it once again in this one.
It was perfect timing as well, as the news leaked earlier in the day about Tom Brady’s retirement before other news came out suggesting he won’t retire. We still don’t have a resolution to that, but there is a resolution as to whether or not Manning is funny. Don’t forget this legendary “SNL” skit he had that one time he hosted.
There’s a reason Peyton Manning was the star of the Manning Cast on Monday Night Football with Eli Manning this past year. Amidst all the questions about what he should have done in his post football career, going into comedy was always his best option.
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Honestly, a sitcom with Manning and LeBron James when James retires would be epic, as anybody who has seen James in movies can tell that he’s actually pretty funny. All Tennessee football fans would watch it. Manning showed again Saturday that he’s qualified for such a role.