by Mark Silva
John McCain, who became the first sitting senator to host Saturday Night Live and has sparred with the best of the late-night talk-show hosts, will be reaching deep into the night for a few laughs when he appears on Late Night with Conan O'Brien a week from Friday -- make that early Saturday to be technical.
This will be a return engagement for the senior senator from Arizona -- he has appeared twice before, in 2004 and in 2005 -- but his first appearance on the show as the presumptive presidential candidate of the Republican Party, NBC says.
The show airs at 12:35 to 1:35 am EDT, offering the host a lot of opportunity for gags with the guy who could become the oldest man ever elected to a first term as president, 72 in November, if he wins.
Lorne Michaels is an executive producer of this show -- a trivia note for the senator who kicked off a tradition of senators hosting SNL.
Off course, McCain has made 52 lifetime appearances on the more staid set of NBC's Sunday morning Meet the Press as well.
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Comments
Memo to McCain and Staff
Try to be real, let the real humor of McCain come thru. McCain needs to relax and go with the flow.
We will be watching so don't mess up
VJ Machiavelli
http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com
Posted by: VJ Machiavelli | July 10, 2008 12:37 AM