{"id":18103,"date":"2020-01-21T16:55:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T22:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=18103"},"modified":"2020-01-28T12:14:39","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T18:14:39","slug":"jj-watt-snl-host-february-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/jj-watt-snl-host-february-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"J.J. Watt to host <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NFL star, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/2019\/08\/29\/texans-jj-watt-hurricane-harvey-funds-homes-built-meals-houston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humanitarian<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/jj-watt-loves-spotted-cow\/\">Spotted Cow stan<\/a> J.J. Watt will soon add \u201csketch comic\u201d to his growing resume.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 1 \u2014 Super Bowl weekend! \u2014 the former Wisconsin Badger and current Houston Texan will host <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>, with country singer Luke Combs as the musical guest. Presumably Watt was able to take the gig after the Texans\u2019 second-round playoff loss Jan. 12 to the Kansas City Chiefs freed up his schedule. (Go Chiefs, let\u2019s get Andy Reid a ring.)<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">\u203c\ufe0f\ud83d\udca5\u203c\ufe0f\ud83d\udca5\u203c\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0ooDrOCrVh\">pic.twitter.com\/0ooDrOCrVh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saturday Night Live &#8211; SNL (@nbcsnl) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nbcsnl\/status\/1219728858804637696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Athletes hosting <em>SNL<\/em> have been hit-and-miss. Some are hilarious, like the always-game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/saturday-night-live\/video\/united-way\/n12129\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peyton Manning<\/a> (to his credit, Manning does have weirdly natural comic timing). And then there are guys like Michael Phelps, who flopped so bad he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc.com\/saturday-night-live\/video\/michael-phelps-diet\/n12278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">couldn\u2019t even play himself convincingly<\/a>. But Watt is already both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/jj-watt-wisconsin-commencement\/\">funny and charming<\/a>, which should help him out in Studio 8H.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s hoping he does fellow Wisconsin native and <em>SNL <\/em>all-timer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/chris-farley-tour-madison\/\">Chris Farley<\/a> proud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL star, humanitarian and Spotted Cow stan J.J. Watt will soon add \u201csketch comic\u201d to his growing resume. 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