Charles Barkley Hosts SNL

By General
for NBA-Basketball.org

Published: January 9, 2010

Charles Barkley SNL

Charles Barkley to host Saturday Night Live tonight along with Alicia Keys. In the promo the two stars along with comedian Andy Samberg joke about gambling and it appears that it will be an entertainment show if NBC let Charles be Charles. However, there have been some very sensitive topics in the news lately, so it will be fascinating to see whether Charles Barkley will have the courage to make light of such sensitive topics. If he does, let’s hope that he keeps it in good taste because as we saw in Gilbert’s situation, the media doesn’t respond well to making light of serious situations. In fact, the media right now is straight killing any sports figure that does anything wrong.

Potential topics that Sir Charles can joke about on SNL that could get him in trouble:

-Gilbert Arenas (enough said here, I think this will be totally avoided)

-His DUI (not likely, as he had to go to prison for this and was publicly scrutinized for not taking it seriously enough at the time)

-Tiger Woods (this is most likely to come up at some point)

-Gambling in the NBA (most likely to come up)

Actually knowning Charles, he will probably poke fun at all the cases mentioned above and will manage to make us laugh depsite not always staying politically correct. After all, this is the man that once famously said “I’m not a role model”.