Martin Brief entered Saturday Night time Reside’s prestigious 5-Timers Membership this week, additionally closing out 2024 for the present.
Even after 50 years, it’s nonetheless an honor to host Saturday Night time Reside. And it’s much more so to develop into a member of the 5-Timers Membership, that group of hosts who’ve stepped onto the stage at Studio 8H sufficient instances to warrant a particular jacket. And dwell from New York, as he helped convey 2024 to a detailed, Martin Brief turned the final member.
This week’s episode of Saturday Night time Reside opened with Tom Hanks, who hosted SNL for the fifth time in 1990 and as such took credit score for creating the 5-Timers Membership…Notably, whereas a number of folks beat Hanks to the punch, the concept of the First-Timers Membership was launched throughout that 1990 episode. Enter Paul Rudd, who joined the 5-Timers Membership in 2021. Quickly sufficient it was time for host and inductee Martin Brief, flying solo with out his pal Steve Martin, truly the second individual ever to host SNL 5 instances following Buck Henry…simply in case that comes up at trivia evening.
From there, it was a gradual stream of well-known faces: Tina Fey – who might be in place to take over SNL when Lorne Michaels steps down – 17-time host Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, former forged member Kristen Wiig (who, earlier than Brief, was the latest addition to the 5-Timers Membership), Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone, and John Mulaney. The ultimate celeb to cameo was Jimmy Fallon, who has hosted twice since leaving SNL after the twenty ninth season however was given the consideration of placing the 5-Timers Membership jacket on Martin Brief. Brief expressed his gratitude in typical trend, saying, “This is such a special night. And from the bottom of my heart, I just want to say I love most of you so much.”
The 5-Timers Membership chilly open was loads of enjoyable not solely due to all the star energy on the stage however as a result of the entire group appeared to be having a blast. Some even took swipes at themselves, with Rudd mocking the truth that Ant-Man’s superpowers are extremely lame and Alec Baldwin joking that he merely has too many children (eight, as of publication…).
So far, 27 folks have been inducted into the 5-Timers Membership. That leaves the query, Who would be the subsequent? A number of folks have hosted 4 instances, however some have the sting over others (with due respect to Charles Barkley), specifically former SNL forged member Dana Carvey, who has a newfound reputation resulting from his Fly on the Wall podcast; Cameron Diaz, who’s again within the highlight along with her return to films; and Lindsay Lohan, who herself is having a much-deserved resurgence.
What did you consider this week’s episode of Saturday Night time Reside?
