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Saturday Night Live/Anderson Cooper 360
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| Anderson Cooper 360 Saturday Night Live | |
| Actor(s) | Seth Meyers (Anderson Cooper) |
| Creator(s) | |
| First Appearance | 31x01 - Steve Carell/Kanye West |
| Last Appearance | 31x19 - Kevin Spacey/Nelly Furtado |
| Episode Count | 4 |
Anderson Cooper 360 is a recurring parody of the CNN show Anderson Cooper 360, a news show starring Anderson Cooper. The sketch features Seth Meyers as Cooper.
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Basic Information
Although it debuted in 2003, the CNN show Anderson Cooper 360 and its anchor Anderson Cooper rose to prominence in the fall of 2005 with Cooper's coverage of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in New Orleans. In response, SNL parodied the show with Seth Meyers as Cooper interviewing several celebrities who were ineptly trying to help rebuild New Orleans.
Meyers' impression soon caught on, and he played the role several more times. He often portrayed Cooper as a sort of straight man, resigned to but annoyed by the insanity of his guests.
Appearances
- 31x01 - Steve Carell/Kanye West: "Rebuilding New Orleans." Cooper interviews celebrities helping to clean up after Hurricane Katrina.
- 31x11 - Peter Sarsgaard/The Strokes.
- 31x15 - Antonio Banderas/Mary J. Blige.
- 31x19 - Kevin Spacey/Nelly Furtado: "Immigration." Cooper interviews a National Guardsman guarding the US-Mexico border, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and a Massachusettsan who is angry Cooper ignored New England's storm.
