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Opening title for The Barry Gibb Talk Show.

The Barry Gibb Talk Show is a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live about a talk show starring Barry Gibb, lead singer for the Bee Gees, and his brother, Robin Gibb (late brother Maurice Gibb is not featured). It features Jimmy Fallon as Barry Gibb and Justin Timberlake as Robin Gibb. The sketch was created by writers Ken Scarborough and Steve Higgins.

The sketch is characterized by Barry Gibb's falsetto voice, used throughout most of the sketch and his extremely short temper and tendency to verbally berate his guests, usually political figures. Meanwhile, Robin provides lackluster answers to Barry's questions (usually "No. No, I don't.") as well as humorous backup for their call and response falsetto singing, particularly in the opening and closing credits. Barry Gibb has seen the sketch, and said that he enjoyed it. He added that he hopes to be a bona fide guest on the next installment of The Barry Gibb Talk Show.^[1]

The sketch uses the Bee Gees' 1975 hit "Nights on Broadway" as its theme, but with different lyrics.

Four episodes of The Barry Gibb Talk Show have been aired:

October 11, 2003

Justin Timberlake hosted and performed as the musical guest. It was this episode on which The Barry Gibb Talk Show debuted. Barry's guests included Al Franken (played by Jeff Richards), Arianna Huffington (Rachel Dratch) and the then lieutenant governor of California, Cruz Bustamante (Horatio Sanz). At the time, both Huffington and Bustamante were running for Governor of California amidst the recall election that eventually ousted Gray Davis. The show is memorable for Timberlake's inability to maintain a straight face during Fallon's rantings. He can be seen occasionally lowering his head in an attempt to disguise his laughter.

April 9, 2005

Cameron Diaz was the host, and happened to be dating Timberlake at the time. Fallon returned because he was about to premiere in Fever Pitch with Drew Barrymore (who also guest starred as one of the talk show's guests). This time, Barry's guests were Nancy Pelosi (Diaz), Ann Coulter (Barrymore) and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (Sanz). Devoted fans will notice that Fallon's falsetto was a bit off, as he constantly reverted back to his original voice but ultimately, he draws the same reaction from Timberlake who is again forced to lower his head. Out of the five actors in the scene, only Sanz was a cast member at the time.

December 16, 2006

During Justin Timberlake's second time hosting the show, Fallon returned to portray Barry Gibb for the third airing of the skit. Barry's guests were former Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor (played by Kristen Wiig), Thomas Friedman (Fred Armisen) and Jimmy Carter (Darrell Hammond). Timberlake was more composed in this episode, but still giggled a little at one point.^[2]

May 9, 2009

For Timberlake's third time hosting the show, Fallon once again returned to the role of Barry Gibb for the skit. Barry's guests were Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (Wiig), CNN Commentator Roland S. Martin (Kenan Thompson), and NYU Economics Professor Nouriel Roubini (Armisen). Once again, a point came during the sketch where Timberlake was forced to lower his head to disguise his laughter.

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