Dionne Warwick meets double during surprise appearance on ‘SNL’
Dionne Warwick on 'SNL': Singer Dionne Warwick, right, sings a duet with Ego Nwodim on "Saturday Night Live." (Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
ByBob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Singer Dionne Warwick made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” walking onstage to take part in the recurring “Dionne Warwick Talk Show” sketch, Rolling Stone reported.
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Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years Here are some memorable photos of singer Dionne Warwick through the years. (David Redfern/Redferns via Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1964: Dionne Warwick, American soul singer who became a pop singer, pictured posing by a lamp post on a street in London in 1964. (Keystone/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1965: American soul singer Dionne Warwick sings into a microphone in front of a poster that reads "Warwick," 1965. (NBC Television/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1968: Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach on June 7, 1968, at the Pierre Hotel in New York City. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1975: Singer Dionne Warwick performing at the Cunard International Hotel for the television show "The Other Broadway" in London on July 18, 1975. (Steve Herr/Radio Times/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1977: Singer Dionne Warwick on Jan. 12, 1977. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1980: Singer Dionne Warwick on Oct. 14, 1980. (AP Photo/Lennon McLendon)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1982: Actress-singer Lena Horne, center, laughs with friends and singers Dionne Warwick, left, and Sarah Vaughn on stage after her Broadway show, "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music," at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City, Wednesday night, May 12, 1982. (AP Photo/Rene Perez)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1982: American soul singer Dionne Warwick in concert at the Apollo theatre in London. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1983: Queen Elizabeth II prepares to offer her hand to singer Perry Como as entertainers Frank Sinatra and Dionne Warwick look on during a gala evening honoring the Queen at 20th Century-Fox Studios on Sunday, Feb. 28, 1983, in Los Angeles. Como, Sinatra, Warwick and George Burns, rear, provided the entertainment in which hundreds of Hollywood notables attended. (AP Photo)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1985: Singer Dionne Warwick gets loving hugs and kisses from her two sons, David Leland Elliot and Damon William Elliot, during Hollywood's Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Dec. 12, 1985. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1986: Entertainer Dionne Warwick smiles as she stands with Willis Edwards, left, president of the Beverly Hills/Hollywood NAACP, and fellow entertainer Luther Vandross on Sunday, Dec. 14, 1986, after she was honored as entertainer of the year. Ceremonies for this NAACP branch were held at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Alison Wise)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1987: Dionne Warwick, left, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight perform "That's What Friends Are For" during the 29th annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Feb. 24, 1987. The song won the trio, along with composer Elton John, a Grammy for best pop group performance. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1987: Pictured from left are Ray Charles and Dionne Warwick at the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Show at the Mark Hellinger Theater on Broadway. (CBS via Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1989: Barbara Sinatra, left, and Dionne Warwick kick off the AIDS Benefit Gala Weekend on the U.S.S. Intrepid, now a floating museum docked in Manhattan, New York, June 8, 1989. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1991: Winnie Mandela, left, and Dionne Warwick share a laugh Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1991, in Beverly Hills, Calif., where it was announced that a major concert event will take place Thanksgiving weekend in Lagos, Nigeria, to benefit the Children of Africa Foundation. (AP Photo/Julie Markes)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1992: Singers Gladys Knight, left, and Dionne Warwick, right, join Patti LaBelle on the set of LaBelle's new television show "Out All Night" during a taping of the show in Los Angeles, Oct. 29, 1992. (AP Photo/Craig Fujii)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1997: Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick and Sammy Davis Jr. on Nov. 7, 1997, in New York. (Brenda Chase/Online USA via Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 1998: Dionne Warwick and her sons, David and Damon, at the premiere of "Small Soldiers" in 1998. (Brenda Chase/Online USA via Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2000: Dionne Warwick at Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on April 10, 2000. (Brenda Chase/Online USA via Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2001: Singer Dionne Warwick attends the 10th annual Night of 100 Stars Gala Oscar party March 25, 2001, at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2002: Burt Bacharach (left), Dionne Warwick and Hal David pose with their statues at the 2002 NARAS Heroes Awards at the Roosevelt Hotel on December 11, 2002, in New York City. (Matthew Peyton/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2003: Singers Dionne Warwick and Natalie Cole attend the G&P Foundation for Cancer Research salutes the World of Entertainment and Media at the Angel Ball, honoring Clive Davis, Bonnie Fuller, Sol Kerzner and Martin Richards at the Marriott Marqui Hotel on October 27, 2003, in New York. (Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2004: U2 lead singer Bono kisses singer Dionne Warwick at the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS Awards and Dinner at the Daimler Chrysler Atrium on April 21, 2004, in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2005: Singer Dionne Warwick arrives at the Society of Singers 14th annual Ella Award honoring Sir Elton John at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 10, 2005, in Beverly Hills, California. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2006: Recording artists Dionne Warwick, Whitney Houston and producer Clive Davis pose for photographers during the15th annual Ella Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on September12, 2006, in Beverly Hills, California. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2007: Singer Dionne Warwick arrives at the fifth annual We Are Family Celebration Gala at the Hammerstein Ballroom on April 23, 2007, in New York City. (Brad Barket/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2008: Singer Dionne Warwick at Muhammad Ali's Celebrity Fight Night XIV at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa on April 5, 2008, in Scottsdale, Arizona. (Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Celebrity Fight Night)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2009: Musicians Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Dionne Warwick and Sly Stone attend the BMI Urban Awards at Jazz at Lincoln Center on September 10, 2009, in New York City. (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for BMI)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2010: Dionne Warwick attends the Night for Love Charity Ball in aid of the Samuel L. Jackson Foundation and Irish Autism Action on February 13, 2010, in Dublin, Ireland. (Phillip Massey/Getty Images for Samuel L Jackson Foundation)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2011: Singer Whitney Houston, singer Dionne Warwick and Bobbi Kristina Brown arrives at the 2011 Pre-Grammy Gala and Salute to Industry Icons Honoring David Geffen at Beverly Hilton on February 12, 2011, in Beverly Hills, California. (Larry Busacca/Getty Images for the Recording Academy)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2012: Singer Dionne Warwick (left) and actress Kerry Washington attend BET's Black Girls Rock 2012 at Paradise Theater on October 13, 2012, in New York City. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for BET)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2013: Singer Dionne Warwick attends the Soul Train Awards 2013 at the Orleans Arena on November 8, 2013, in Las Vegas. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for BET)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2014: Singers Billy Ray Cyrus and Dionne Warwick attend the 56th Grammy Awards at Staples Center on January 26, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2015: Recording artist Dionne Warwick performs onstage during the 2015 Latin Grammy Person of the Year honoring Roberto Carlos at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on November 18, 2015, in Las Vegas. (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for LARAS)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2016: Dionne Warwick attends the NMAAM 2016 Black Music Honors on August 18, 2016, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Davis/Getty Images for National Museum of African American Music)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2017: Dionne Warwick attends Black Girls Rock! 2017 at NJPAC on August 5, 2017, in Newark, New Jersey. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for BET)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2018: Dionne Warwick attends the Paley Center for Media Presents: A Special Evening With Dionne Warwick: Then Came You at The Paley Center for Media on August 1, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2019: Dionne Warwick attends the 61st annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2020: Damon Elliott, Dionne Warwick and Billy Ray Cyrus attend the Pre-Grammy Gala and Grammy Salute to Industry Icons Honoring Sean "Diddy" Combs on January 25, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for the Recording Academy)
Photos: Dionne Warwick through the years 2021: Dionne Warwick attends the "Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over" Premiere during the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival at Princess of Wales Theatre on September 11, 2021, in Toronto, Ontario. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
Ego Nwodim, who played the singer on the weekly show, noted during Saturday’s segment that she was “sick and tired of interviewing people who aren’t icons.”
Nwodim finished interviews with Jason Mraz (host Kieran Culkin), Post Malone (Pete Davidson) and Ed Sheeran, “SNL’s musical guest who was playing himself, USA Today reported. Then she told the audience, “Please welcome me.”
The real Warwick, 80, embraced Nwodim, and then her doppleganger conducted an interview.
“Let me ask you something,” Nwodim said. “Dionne, why are you perfect?”
“My darling, I’m not perfect,” Warwick answered. “I’m just very, very good.”
Warwick chuckled when Nwodim asked, “Today I heard a song by an artist called YoungBoy Never Broke Again. Why aren’t people just called Burt Bacharach anymore?”
“I don’t know but that’s a very good question,” Warwick answered.
Bacharach and Hal David wrote one of Warwick’s signature songs, 1969′s “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” which peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Warwick and Nwodim then stood arm-in-arm to sing the Bacharach-David classic, “What the World Needs Now Is Love.”
Warwick has charted 69 times on Billboard’s Hot 100, reaching No. 1 with “Then Came You,” with The Spinners in 1984 and “That’s What Friends Are For” in 1985. Other notable hits by Warwick are “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” “Walk On By,” “I Say a Little Prayer” and “Message to Michael.”
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