{"id":3046,"date":"2015-02-01T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-02-01T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/?p=3046"},"modified":"2015-01-29T01:22:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T07:22:48","slug":"blake-shelton-the-sketch-actor-hee-naw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/countrymusic\/2015\/02\/01\/blake-shelton-the-sketch-actor-hee-naw\/","title":{"rendered":"Blake Shelton the Sketch Actor? Hee Naw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hee- Haw<\/em>, Farm Hunk, and a Wishing Boot; what do they all have in common? They were all bits on the past episode of <em>Saturday Night Live <\/em>hosted by country star Blake Shelton. After the deflate gate sketch and opening credits all attention was on the man of the night as Blake, or as he calls himself, \u201cthe Justin Bieber of country music, just a trouble-makin\u2019 cutie\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Blake and the cast start off trying to make light hearted \u201cgotcha\u201d jokes in the style of a comedy show Blake watched when he was younger called <em>Hee Haw. <\/em>It turns around on Blake turning him into the butt of the gangs\u2019 jokes and he retorts, \u201cThis isn\u2019t a roast\u2026come on\u2026nice country jokes\u201d. This was not my favorite bit of the episode, but I can appreciate Blake using something he knows well to entertain his audience and introduce everyone watching to a different kind of comedy.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AiI-sW94ApY<\/p>\n<p>After his opening monologue, Blake stars in a <em>Bachelor<\/em>-esque sketch where the women keep wanting to steal him for a conversation. This was probably my least favorite sketch. I found it to be very repetitive, but that wouldn\u2019t be Blake\u2019s fault. He was simply saying the lines that were written for him. If I hear \u201ctell me about yourself\u201d one more time, I might scream (internally). The sketch does capture the essence of <em>The Bachelor <\/em>in its first few episodes each season with its slightly crazy women trying to say what the bachelor wants them to hear just to last another week. Blake\u2019s character even tries to scare them away from his home town in Iowa but the women just love it. Plus, take a look at Blake\u2019s wig in this sketch; it\u2019s a little unsettling. Although, it wasn\u2019t my favorite sketch of the night it still made me laugh at times.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Farm Hunk - Saturday Night Live\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i9AdeNSiy0w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, the show stealer was definitely <em>Wishing Boot. <\/em>The song first implies maybe a God as \u201csomething out there watching over you\u201d. But this is <em>SNL<\/em>, so instead of a song about a God, we have a song about a magical wishing boot. I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s the personality this inanimate object has or how people react to it, this song just makes me laugh.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Wishin&#039; Boot - Saturday Night Live\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YA756ItcL-s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I can agree with <a title=\"CMT\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1748509\/blake-shelton-on-snl-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly\/\" target=\"_blank\">CMT<\/a> that the <em>Family Feud <\/em>skit was only \u201cso-so\u201d. Facing <em>The Voice <\/em>judges against <em>American Idol <\/em>judges seemed like the easy way out and they overplayed Blake and Adam Levine\u2019s bromance. This was the first half hour of the show with Blake\u2019s performance of <em>Neon Light <\/em>at around the halfway point. After <em>SNL<\/em>\u2019s news skit, Blake played a parole board member deciding on a prisoner\u2019s execution. This performance was not worth talking about. It was a time killer and Kenan Thompson stole this scene. Later, Blake plays a local artist who helps an old man write a song for his late wife. It starts off really sweet, but then the truth comes out. The funny, sad truth. This is why Blake hosted, so he could have funny songs in his episode.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x9M2Q1G9PMk<\/p>\n<p>Then we hear <em>Boys \u2018Round Here<\/em> as Blake\u2019s second song performance of the night. However the show ends with a bang and Blake\u2019s best acting of the night. Blake acts as a heckler at a magic show who interrupts the show wishing for various powers, and guns as different body parts. I feel this is when Blake finally had a part that he really enjoyed.<\/p>\n<p><video controls=\"controls\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><br \/>\n<\/video><\/p>\n<p>Blake seemed pretty pleased with himself for doubling as host and musical guest this past weekend. I would say he did a pretty good job considering he isn\u2019t an actor. But Blake, please stick to being that southern boy from Ada.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I seriously can&#39;t say thanks enough to yall for the all the nice feedback&#8230; Had a blast!!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blakeshelton\/status\/559429084413833216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I hosted Saturday Night Live lastnight&#8230;.. I HOSTED SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE LASTNIGHT!!!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Blake Shelton (@blakeshelton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blakeshelton\/status\/559428495193821186?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>How do you think Blake did hosting <em>SNL<\/em>? What was your favorite or least favorite sketch? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hee- Haw, Farm Hunk, and a Wishing Boot; what do they all have in common? They were all bits on the past episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by country star Blake Shelton. 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