February 7, 2004 was a typical Saturday night. At 11:30pm, televisions all over the US switched to NBC to watch the popular show, Saturday Night Live. The guest host of the evening was Megan Mullally, but the star of the evening was Clay Aiken.
The preceding week, NBC teased their audience with lots of fun promos for the show and each one showed Clay just being his “funny” self. There was even one with a “pasty” that was a parody on the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Most Clay Aiken fans knew the night was going to be great as soon as we saw Clay jump on stage dressed in a white tux and belting out “She’s So Hot!”
Clay was actively involved throughout the show. One of the highlights was a skit about getting into the Grammy Awards. The ill-fitted suit, the curly wig, the exaggerated accent and especially the “Aiken Wink” made Trey Aiken and the skit a highlight of the entire season.
Besides acting, Clay sang “Invisible” and “The Way.” When the show was over, it was fun to see all the cast hugging each other and congratulating Clay for the great job that he did.
The following is a video of some of the promo before the show
Enjoy!!
Did you watch this show??
Thank you for the pictures and the video. I remember this show. I wish SNL or NBC would put this on TV again. I would watch the whole show again. I could not find the whole show on Cable or anywhere. Thank you for sharing and remembering the memories. Thank you CANN.
What a fun night that was! I remember sitting on the edge of my seat waiting for SNL to start. Loved 'Trey' Aiken in the red wig. Amy Poller was the first person to run to Clay at the closing to give him a big hug.
Yes, I remember this, Clay is a good actor, I think they were all surprised, I noticed the guy standing on the right with the white tee on seem to enjoy he was laughing all the time. I was great.
oh yes i remember clay on snl he sure is a good actor but when he beltedout shes so hot i thought to my selff wow