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Tonight, pop-country singer Taylor Swift pulled off a rare double: she was both the host and the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live.”
Since being interrupted on stage by rapper Kanye West at the MTV Video Awards, Swift is doing pretty well for herself, thank you very much.
Taylor took the stage for the opening monologue in a glittery black dress and, playing a guitar, performed a comic tune called “Monologue Song (La La La).” In the number, she took a lyrical swipe at Joe Jonas, her ex-boyfriend, and sang “and if you’re wondering if I might/ be dating the werewolf from “Twilight”/ I’m not going to comment on that in my monologue.” (As anyone who reads any celebrity magazines knows, Swift is said to be dating Taylor Lautner, a co-star of the “Twilight” series.)
She later sang “You might be expecting me to say/ something bad about Kanye…but there’s nothing more to say/ cause everything’s ok/ I’ve got security lining the stage…”
The singer appeared in a segment sending up “The View”-she played guest host Kate Gosselin, complete with the reality mom’s famously asymmetrical hairdo. “My hairdresser was halfway through giving me ‘The Rachel’ when his blowdryer exploded on the back of my head,” Swift as Gosselin said, explaining the genesis of her hairstyle.
Also during the skit, Andy Samberg came on and did a great impersonation of Nicolas Cage, nailing his spacey voice and odd vocal inflections.
That was followed by a funny “SNL Digital Short” parodying “Twilight” but with Frankenstein monsters instead of vampires. It was called “Firelight” and Swift played the Bella-ish role. (You can see it below.)
There was also a super-funny, over the top parody of a martial arts movie during the show called “Ninja Assasin”-but that turned out to be an ad for a real movie.
Swift appeared in a lot of skits, and she had her moments in most of them. She had a funny, crazy laugh in a bit about being interviewed by manipulative celebrity reporters. In another segment she played a teen, fed up with all the talk about “Driving While Texting,” who starts campaigning against the dangerous things that parents do, including “Driving While Arguing with the GPS” and “Driving While Singing Along To a Song You Don’t Know the Lyrics To.”
During the show, Swift  even popped up in a commercial for Band Hero. That’s real multitasking.
Swift really tried to stretch herself in a segment in which she played a bearded, neck-tattooed, cornrowed prison inmate trying to frighten kids as part of a scared straight program.
It was game of her to try. The best thing you can say about her ability to impersonate a man is that she’s a terrific singer-songwriter.
Her best acting came near the end of the show, when she played Anna, an insanely clingy young woman who interrupts a man’s date with her roommate. Think “Heavenly Creatures,” with more laughs.
Oh-the music Swift played was great too. She performed “You Belong With Me” as her first musical number (hard for her to top the subway version she did at the MTV Video Music Awards) and “Untouchable” as her second song.
“This has been the best week of my life,” Swift said at the close of the show.
Below, in Speakeasy’s opinion, the funniest segment of the night. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section. (You can also go here to hear from another country singer–one who isn’t familiar with Swift’s work.)