LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, CHADWICK BOSEMAN --
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>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM SO HAPPY TO BE HOSTING
"SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE," ONLY TWO MONTHS AFTER "BLACK PANTHER"
CAME OUT. BUT IT IS STILL BEFORE THE
"AVENGERS" SO WE ARE NOT COMPLETELY LATE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF TOUGH HOSTING BECAUSE "SNL" HAS
ALREADY DONE A BUNCH OF SKETCHES ABOUT "BLACK PANTHER."
SO THERE IS ONLY REALLY BAD IDEAS LEFT.
THE WRITERS WERE LIKE, "WHAT ABOUT A BLACK PANTHER KITTY
LITTER?" OR, A TALK SHOW CALLED "WAKE UP,
WAKANDA." OR A SKETCH WHERE BLACK PANTHER
HAS SEX WITH LESLIE JONES. THAT WAS LESLIE JONES' IDEA.
SO IT IS TOUGH. AND IT IS NOT FAIR, ACTUALLY.
BECAUSE STERLING K. BROWN GOT TO DO A BLACK PANTHER SKETCH BEFORE
ME AND HE DIES IN THE FIRST SCENE OF THE MOVIE.
I WOULD SAY SPOILER ALERT, BUT AGAIN THE MOVIE HAS BEEN OUT FOR
TWO MONTHS PEOPLE. NOW ONE WEIRD THING I HAVE
EXPERIENCED SINCE THE MOVIE CAME OUT IS PEOPLE ASKING ME IF I
WANT TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY, IT IS
BECAUSE I PLAY A WORLD LEADER IN THE MOVIE.
THEY THINK I WANT TO BE THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD.
BUT WHO WANTS THAT JOB? WHY WOULD I GO FROM BEING A
SERIOUS ACTOR TO DOING REALITY TV?
AND THERE'S STILL SOME PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GRASP THAT BLACK
PANTHER IS A SUPER HERO MOVIE. THEY'RE LIKE, YOU'RE DOING
"BLACK PANTHER," OH NO, HE SHOULD HAVE A BERET, A BLACK
LEATHER JACKET. HEY, HEY, HEY, THAT'S A
DIFFERENT TIME OF BLACK PANTHER, MAN.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE I DON'T KNOW AND IT'S NOT LIKE I DON'T KNOW
HISTORY, I PORTRAYED JAMES BROWN, THURGOOD MARSHAL,
BASICALLY, EVERY BLACK HISTORICAL FIGURE
THERE IS EXCEPT FOR RACHEL DOLAZAR.
WHO, COME TO THINK OF IT, ME PLAYING A WHITE WOMAN PLAYING A
BLACK WOMAN MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA FOR OSCAR.
SOME HOW, BLACK PANTHER HAS BECOME A HISTORICAL FIGURE.
THE FIRST BLACK SUPER HERO IN MARVEL UNIVERSE, WE BROKE NEW
GROUND. COACHFULLY, INSPIRED A NEW
GENERATION OF BLACK ACTORS AND FILMMAKERS.
>> OH, HA-HA-HA HA. I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THAT.
>> WHOA, PANTHRO FROM THE "THUNDERCATS"?
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. YOU MUST BEEF THE BLACK
PANTHER STYLE SUPER HERO WHO HAS SPACE AGE TECHNOLOGY.
WHERE HAVE I HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE?
OH, RIGHT, FROM WHEN IT WAS ME. >> OKAY, PANTHRO,
"BLACK PANTHER" WAS CREATED IN 1966.
"THUNDERCATS" ARE FROM THE 80s. >> WELL, NO ACTUALLY
"THUNDERCATS" ARE FROM THUNDERIA, THE CAT PLANET WHERE
CATS LIVED IN HARMONY UNTIL MUMRA MADE IT EXPLODE, NOT THAT
YOU CARE. >> PANTHRO.
>> COME ON, DUDE, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE DOING A SEEK WUM.
HOOK A BROTHER UP. IT'S HARD OUT THERE FOR A BLACK
SPACE CAT WITH SPIKY SUSPENDERS. >> I GOT TO ASK, IS THIS ANOTHER
ONE OF THE BAD IDEAS THAT WRITERS HAD THAT I AM IN RIGHT
NOW? >> NO, I HEARD THAT THIS WAS
KEENAN THOMPSON ANY IDEA. AND I'M TOLD HE STAND BY IT.
15 SEASONS, BABY. >> ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE A BAND BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW.
AN I CAN'T GET OFF THIS STAGE WITHOUT --
GIVING YOU JUST A LITTLE. LENNY?
>> YEAH. >> I AM ABOUT TO DO MY THING.
HIT IT! [ APPLAUSE ]
ALL RIGHT. WE GOT A GREAT SHOW FOR YOU
TONIGHT. CARDI B IS HERE.
SO, STICK AROUND. WE GOING TO BE RIGHT BACK!
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