Modern Family star Sofia Vergara started her Saturday Night Live hosting duties by acknowledging two things she thought might be on viewers' minds: her Columbian accent and her comely figure.
Forgive me if you cannot understand what I say, she said during her opening monologue, and I will forgive you for staring at my chest the whole night.
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Vergara embraced her accent, saying it could make anything sound sexy. She demonstrated this power by saying a few particularly unsexy words: gonorrhea, Rick Santorum and New Jersey.
Vergaras accent wasnt a liability during the episode, which saw her primarily playing South American characters. An exception came early in the night, when she did a pretty decent Fran Drescherduring an installment of Bein' Quirky with Zooey Deschanel.
Vergara also appeared as a correspondent during a parody of The Hunger Games, which featured Bill Hader as Games character Caesar Flickerman and Fred Armisenas Claudius Templesmith.
In a role reminiscent of Elizabeth BanksGames character Effie Trinket,Vergara plays a self-obsessed Capitol TV broadcaster. She is on location in the Games arena, pulling contestants from hiding spots left and right. Each young contestant she reveals promptly dies by a competitors hand. That pattern ends when Vergaras character meets Katniss Everdeen, whom Vergarapresses for details about her lovelife. Does Peeta mind that Katniss has a boy back in District 12?
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Katniss resolves the situation by sharing some special berries with the oblivious broadcaster.Hader closes the segment with this tagline:
"The Hunger Games is brought to you by Tylenol. 'Spear in your head?' Tylenol.
SNL is new next week, with host Josh Brolin and musical guest Gotye.
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