There will not be many entertainers who’ve been humorous for 50 years, so it’s no huge shock that solely two have been constantly standard sufficient to host Saturday Evening Reside in 5 completely different a long time. The iron males of internet hosting are Tom Hanks, who did the job within the ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘00s, ‘10s and ‘20s, and Steve Martin, who fronted the present within the ‘70s, ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘00s and ‘20s.
Squint at these a long time rigorously, and also you’ll see the massive missed alternative: Martin might simply have hosted in all six a long time Saturday Evening Reside has been on the air. He by some means acquired shut out through the 2010s, regardless of showing on the present 9 occasions throughout that decade. Right here’s Martin signing together with Kristen Wiig throughout her Thanksgiving monologue…
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Goofing round with Alec Baldwin…
Welcoming Justin Timberlake into the 5-Timers Membership…
And showing on different exhibits with hosts starting from Melissa McCarthy to James Franco. We couldn’t have given the Franco present to Martin merely for the document?
Considerably surprisingly, there aren’t many pretenders to the throne shared by Martin and Hanks. Solely 4 others have managed to host in 4 completely different a long time, together with John Goodman, who appeared within the ‘80s, ‘90s, ‘00s and ‘10s…
Woody Harrelson (‘80s, ‘90s, ‘10s and ‘20s)…
Martin Brief (‘80s, ‘90s, ‘10s and ‘20s)…
And Michael Keaton, who joins the membership this weekend. Each member of the four-decade membership has hosted within the 2020s aside from Goodman. If Lorne Michaels offers him a shot by 2029, he’d be part of Hanks and Martin on the prime of the checklist.
It’s fascinating to notice one lacking title from the checklist of hosts spanning 4 a long time or extra: Alec Baldwin, the person with probably the most internet hosting appearances in SNL historical past. However Baldwin crammed his 17 internet hosting gigs into solely three a long time — the ‘90s, ‘00s and ‘10s. His stint as a digital solid member through the Trump years places his variety of cameo appearances well beyond Martin as effectively.
As for five-decader Hanks? His standing as one of many present’s final hosts is confirmed by being requested to ship the opening monologue on each the fifteenth and Twenty fifth anniversary exhibits. “I keep in mind pondering, ‘Why did I get saddled with the monologue once more? Why am I all the time the man with the monologue?’” Hanks remembered in SNL oral historical past Reside From New York. “It’s a horrible job. However then once more, to go up there and do it on the Twenty fifth-anniversary present, come on, that’s a thrill. And an honor.”
Not many individuals get to do it — in actual fact, solely two. The one different Saturday Evening Reside anniversary present to date has been the fortieth, with a gap monologue by, after all, Steve Martin.
