Vincent Price's Holiday Special
Bill Hader plays a caricature of horror actor Vincent Price, hosting a cheesy holiday special.
- Appearances
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | November 19, 2005 | Eva Longoria | "Vincent Price's Thanksgiving Special." Longoria plays Lucille Ball. Kristen Wiig plays Judy Garland. Horatio Sanz plays Alfred Hitchcock. Fred Armisen plays Ricky Ricardo. Amy Poehler plays a Chesterfield girl in a commercial. |
| 31 | March 11, 2006 | Matt Dillon | "Vincent Price's St. Patrick's Day Special." Dillon plays Rod Serling. Wiig plays Katherine Hepburn. Darrell Hammond plays Don Knotts (as Barney Fife). |
| 34 | October 25, 2008 | Jon Hamm | "Vincent Price's Halloween Special." Hamm plays James Mason. Wiig plays Gloria Swanson. Armisen plays Liberace. |
| 34 | February 14, 2009 | Alec Baldwin | "Vincent Price's Valentine's Day Special." Baldwin plays Richard Burton. Wiig plays Carol Channing. Casey Wilson plays Elizabeth Taylor. Armisen plays Liberace. |
| 35 | December 19, 2009 | James Franco | "Vincent Price's 1954 Christmas Special." Franco plays James Dean. Wiig plays Katherine Hepburn. Sanz plays Alfred Hitchcock. Armisen plays Liberace. Abby Elliott plays Marilyn Monroe in a commercial for asbestos. |
| 36 | October 30, 2010 | Jon Hamm | "Vincent Price's 1960 Halloween Special." Hamm plays John F. Kennedy. Wiig plays Judy Garland. Armisen plays Liberace. |
The dress rehearsal for the May 20, 2006, episode, hosted by Kevin Spacey, included a Memorial Day version of this sketch that featured Spacey as Jack Lemmon, Wiig as Carol Channing, and Sanz as Alfred Hitchcock in a commercial for Psycho, but the sketch was cut for the live episode. The dress rehearsal for the October 28, 2006, episode, hosted by Hugh Laurie, featured a Halloween 1960 version of the sketch, but was also cut for the live episode.
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—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)
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