Drained: The Saturday Evening Dwell 5-Timers Membership, a gaggle of present veterans that has grown so bloated that its members barely hassle to steam-clean their silk robes anymore.
Wired: The Saturday Evening Dwell One-Timers Membership, a gaggle of one-off hosts that run the gamut from “What was Lorne pondering?” to “Why the heck weren’t they invited again instantly?”
Most of the greatest one-time hosts (Richard Pryor, Betty White, Carrie Fisher) have been one-time hosts for a motive — they’re getting laughs on the huge 30 Rock within the sky. However for different one-hit wonders, there’s no excuse to not subject return tickets.
Listed below are 5 single-shot hosts that we’d like to see again on SNL for Season 50…
Nate Bargatze
Bargatze was Season 49’s Rookie of the 12 months, an surprising killer since there was nothing in his straight-faced stand-up to counsel he may pull off sketch characters. Seems that Bargatze’s understated, Twenty first-century-Newhart deadpan labored nice in creating immediate classics like “Washington’s Dream.” Lorne Michaels is producing Bargatze’s upcoming vacation particular, a touch that we’ll see the comedian again in Studio 8H someday this yr.
Donald Glover
Getting forged on SNL “would have killed me,” Glover instructed GQ. However returning to host shouldn’t inflict an excessive amount of ache. His one shot in 2018 reminded Leisure Weekly that “Donald Glover can actually do all of it,” a truth he proved by internet hosting the present and serving as his personal musical visitor. Glover wouldn’t should do double-duty once more (except he wished to), however right here’s hoping a return would imply extra music video parodies like “Friendos.”
John C. Reilly
How is it that the star of Talladega Nights, Step Brothers and Stroll Onerous has solely hosted the present a single time? The Grownup Swim famous person proved himself sympatico with the oddball comedian rhythms of Will Forte, and it’s a rattling disgrace Reilly hasn’t returned to the present since 2013.
Quinta Brunson
Come on, SNL, it’s not like there are tons of different current sitcom hits to tug potential hosts from. Brunson is a queen of old-school comedy, a truth she proved when she hosted again in Season 48 and delivered this bodily tour de power of a sketch. She’s additionally a long-time fan of the present. “I walked previous an image simply now of Tina Fey on the wall,” Brunson instructed NBC Insider. “She was one of many causes I began doing comedy; you discover little moments like that to assume, ‘Wow, that is proof being right here.’”
Sounds prefer it’s time to return.
Pedro Pascal
After Pascal starred in one of many funniest episodes of the last decade in Season 48, it was a shock that he didn’t return final yr. Effectively, no less than he didn’t come again to host — Pascal popped up within the Dangerous Bunny episode to reprise his breakout position as Marcello Hernandez’s overprotective mom.
He additionally helped Ego Nwodim escape as Lisa from Temecula, goosing laughs together with his Ryan Gosling-esque lack of ability to maintain a straight face. “I couldn’t have had a greater time,” Pascal instructed Esquire about his SNL journey.
One thing tells me we’ll be seeing him once more this season.
