Anne Hathaway Gorgeously Sang Mary Poppins Songs on SNL

Anne Hathaway’s loved a powerful 25-year profession, with credit starting from The Princess Diaries and The Satan Wears Prada to 2024’s The Concept of You. And whereas her wonderful work as a three-time Saturday Night time Dwell Host won’t ever earn her a 3rd Academy Award nomination, the present has definitely showcased Hathaway’s vary — together with her lovely singing voice. 

Living proof: Hathaway’s “Mary Poppins” sketch from her SNL debut on October 4, 2008. Enjoying the titular character, Hathaway sings “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” alongside together with her younger costs (Season 34 forged members Bobby Moynihan and Casey Wilson). The curious youngsters ask Mary Poppins what this humorous phrase really means. 

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Anne Hathaway sang “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and “A Spoonful of Sugar” in SNL‘s Mary Poppins sketch

“For those who should know, Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a illness of the liver,” Hathaway’s Poppins reveals with a large, toothy grin. “It’s totally uncommon, and very painful!” 

Poppins quickly confirms to the children that sure, she has it, and sure, it is contagious — “however just for grown-ups.” Grown-ups like Bert (Invoice Hader), who’s portrayed by Dick Van Dyke within the 1964 movie. Bert, who hilariously clatters his one-man-band setup as he walks round, quickly learns he is sick as properly.

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Hathaway, Moynihan, and Wilson harmonize on “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and “A Spoonful of Sugar” — and it wasn’t the one time Hathaway sang on SNL. She put in a shocking vocal efficiency as Dorothy Gale in “The Wizard of Oz” sketch from her second episode on November 20, 2010.

Seth Meyers mentioned Anne Hathaway’s 2008 SNL acquired a standing ovation

Throughout Seth Meyers’ 2023 go to to Las Culturistas, the podcast from comic Matt Rogers and SNL forged member Bowen Yang, he shared that Hathaway’s 2008 episode with Musical Visitor The Killers was the one one to get a standing ovation throughout his 13 years on the present.

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“It’s the solely time I keep in mind when that present was over, the viewers gave a standing ovation, and the Killers carried out once more [after goodnights],” the Late Night time Host recalled. The episode was additionally notable for a chilly open starring Tina Fey as then-vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

“That yr, these Sarah Palin issues, that’s the most I ever felt like we’re on a profitable group,” Meyers informed Yang and Rogers. “Like, that was white scorching, and having Tina again… I felt like we understood we’ve to maintain outdoing ourselves, and it was so thrilling and so enjoyable.”

Watch “Mary Poppins” from SNL Season 34, Episode 4 above, and stream all 50 seasons of Saturday Night time Dwell on Peacock anytime.