Yahoo Lifestyle Michael Keaton's “SNL” Monologue Sees Andy Samberg, Mikey Day as Beetlejuices, While Alec Baldwin Returns for Cold Open
The 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' star was joined by Billie Eilish as musical guest
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Mikey Day, Michael Keaton and Andy Samberg.Michael Keaton had some spooky characters join him during his Saturday Night Live monologue!
The actor, 73, hosted the Oct. 19 episode of the comedy sketch series, where he was joined by Billie Eilish as musical guest.
During his opening monologue, Keaton discussed his latest film Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice — a sequel to the 1998 Tim Burton film Beetlejuice in which he also starred. He noted that with Halloween coming up, he would be seeing plenty of kids dressed up as his Beetlejuice character, which he admitted was "adorable."
He then added that he would also likely see, "a lot of grown men dressed up like Beetlejuice, too, usually guys in their 40s, which is less adorable."
At that point, cast member Mikey Day appeared on stage next to Keaton dressed as Beetlejuice, urging him to say his famous line from the original 1998 movie: "It's showtime."
As the actor demurred that he no longer remembered how he had originally said the phrase, Andy Samberg stepped into the frame on his other side, also dressed as Beetlejuice and giving his best impression of the character.
Keaton later noted that Samberg, 46, has typically been appearing during in season 50 in the show's cold opens, in a cameo role as vice president Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff.
"Yeah, the writers couldn't jam him in this week, so here we find ourselves," Samberg explained.
While Emhoff didn't appear in this week's cold open, that sketch did see another familiar face return to SNL, in the form of Alec Baldwin.
This time, the actor wasn't playing former president Donald Trump, but taking a turn as Fox News anchor Brett Baier in a hilarious reenactment of Baier's Oct. 16 interview with Harris, 60, played by Maya Rudolph.
Introducing himself as Baier to the delight of the audience, Baldwin then added, "to clear the air, yes, I do look like someone made a business man in Minecraft," before Rudolph's Harris joined him on stage for the sit-down chat.
Keaton's hosting gig this weekend marked his fourth time hosting SNL. He first hosted in October 1982, before then coming back to Studio 8H in November 1992 and April 2015. He also made a cameo appearance in April 2019.
SNL is currently in the midst of its landmark season 50, which kicked off its first episode on Sept. 28 with Jean Smart as host and Jelly Roll as musical guest. Other hosts and musical guests so far have included Nate Bargatze with Coldplay and Ariana Grande with Stevie Nicks.
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This season, returning cast members Marcello Hernandez, Michael Longfellow and Devon Walker were promoted to the main cast after two years each as featured players, while Punkie Johnson, Chloe Troast and Molly Kearney have all stepped away. Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline, meanwhile, have been added to the sketch comedy show's roster.
Day, Heidi Gardner, Kenan Thompson, Chloe Fineman, Bowen Yang, Michael Che, Andrew Dismukes, James Austin Johnson, Colin Jost, Ego Nwodim and Sarah Sherman round out the remainder of the cast.
Next up to host SNL is John Mulaney with musical guest Chappell Roan at the start of November.
Saturday Night Live airs at 11:30 p.m. ET on weekends on NBC.
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