Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone ride in on 'Saturday Night Live'
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'Saturday Night Live' host John Goodman got a little unexpected help from Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone. In a holiday-themed skit about the 'Three Wise Guys,' the stars of 'Grudge Match' joined this week's host on a trip via camel to visit newborn baby Jesus - and gossip about the kid.
Dressed in track suits and decked out in gold chains, the dudes from the East Coast - from Long Island and New Jersey, apparently - dropped jokes about everything, from their mode of travel to the Biblical figures themselves.
'You know what? I hear his father's in construction,' Stallone said to his fellow travelers at one point.
'Yeah, little Joey from Nazareth. He's all grown up!' Goodman added.
'Yeah, but I heard the kid might not be his!' De Niro buzzed. And when questioned about where he heard that juicy tidbit, he replied, 'I know a couple of angels. I hear things, OK? You know, relax!'
Goodman, who was back to host 'SNL' for the 13th time, also had a bit of fun during the Weekend Update with the Bobby Moynihan's popular character Drunk Uncle.
The 'Argo' actor played Drunk Uncle's Drunker Uncle. While slurring his way through the bit - with a drink in each hand, of course - Drunker Uncle let some non-PC comments fly: 'Why is Santa so dumb? Because he's North Polish!'
During the show's cold open, 'SNL' took a stab at one of the most buzzed about news items of the week: the fake sign-language interpreter who stood beside President Obama and other speakers at Nelson Mandela's memorial.
While the president (Jay Pharoah) did a press conference to address the concerns about his selfie and handshake with Raul Castro at the Mandela event, Kenan Thompson impersonated the fake signer. With a grin on his face, Thompson's interpreter came up with imaginative signs for the president's speech: 'raised' was raising the roof; 'website' was Spider-Man flinging his webs; 'thrill' was the dance from Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' video; and many more.
Next week, Jimmy Fallon will host, with musical guest (and a the late-night host's frequent musical collaborator) Justin Timberlake.
'Saturday Night Live' airs Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. on NBC.
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