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Alec Baldwin is hosting Saturday Night Live for the 12th time tomorrow night, perhaps the only man who can make a Boy Scout molestation sketch funny ("I ll tell you a truth, canteen boy! You know what I hate? Underpants!"). The NY Times celebrates this SNL milestone, which ties him with John Goodman and puts both just behind lucky 13 Steve Martin, by spending some time with the actor as he prepares for the show. It appears the SNL writers have once again (quite literally) tapped comedy gold by placing Baldwin in a rugged environment to get his man-sex groove on:

[A]mong the sketches under consideration earlier this week - there are typically 40 in all, which will ultimately be winnowed to 8 before show time - were these: a takeoff on "Brokeback Mountain" (the working title was "Brokeback Goldmine") in which Mr. Baldwin would play an old, gay prospector [...]

Paired with Brokeback opening today, this sketch marks the official start of Brokebackmania; look in the coming months for the Brokeback Arby's Sandwich (double lean beef, special horseradish sauce), the New Year's Rockin' Eve Brokeback Dancers All-Man Two-Step Extravaganza, and, inevitably, Brokeback! The Musical, soon to grace Broadway's legendary footlights with its chorus line of rhinestone-studded chaps and spurred boots.