List of ''Saturday Night Live'' guests

George Carlin, the first person to host Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live (abbreviated as SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC, a terrestrial television network, on October 11, 1975 under the title NBC's Saturday Night. The show usually satirizes contemporary American popular culture and politics. Saturday Night Live features a two-tiered cast: the repertory members, also known as the "Not Ready for Prime-Time Players", and newer cast members, known as "Featured Players."

A typical episode of SNL will feature a single host, who delivers the opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast. While the format also features a musical guest, and a number of episodes have featured celebrity cameos, the focus of the show is the guest host.

George Carlin was first to host the show; Candice Bergen was the first woman to host the show a few weeks later and again hosted only six weeks after that. Guests that host five times (or more) are members of the Five-Timers Club that originated on December 8, 1990, when Tom Hanks became the seventh person to host their fifth episode. Occasionally, a host will also be the musical guest, such as first seen with Paul Simon on October 18, 1975, and, most recently, Donald Glover in 2018.

List of Saturday Night Live hosts

Saturday Night Live has featured a wide array of hosts and musical guests. George Carlin served as the show's first host in October 1975;[1] three episodes later, Candice Bergen became the first female host[2] and the first to host more than once.[3] Actor Alec Baldwin holds the record for most times hosting, having performed the duty on seventeen different occasions since 1990; Baldwin took the record from actor Steve Martin who has hosted fifteen times since 1976.[4]

Several former cast members have returned to take on hosting duties. Original cast member Chevy Chase has hosted the most times, eight in total. Tina Fey follows behind, having hosted six times, while Bill Murray has hosted five times. On December 11, 1982, Eddie Murphy became the only person to host while still a member of the cast, filling the role at the last minute when the scheduled host (his 48 Hours co-star Nick Nolte) became ill.[5][6]

Musical guests can be solo acts or bands, who perform two to three musical numbers. Occasionally, the musical guest has also simultaneously served as the host. Paul Simon was the first example, hosting and performing on the second episode on October 18, 1975. As of May 19, 2012, Dave Grohl is the most frequent musical guest, performing on eleven shows since 1992.[7]

In 1982, at age 7, Drew Barrymore became the youngest person to host the show. Actress Betty White is the oldest person to host, having done so at 88 years of age on May 8, 2010.[8] Concerned about White's age and possible fatigue, her episode had Tina Fey, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch and Amy Poehler on standby to replace her; White went on to appear in every sketch.[9] In 2000, singer Britney Spears became the youngest person to both host and simultaneously serve as the show's musical guest, at 18 years and 161 days old.[10]

In addition to making cameo appearances, political figures have also hosted the show. Donald Trump, who hosted in 2004 (promoting the reality TV hit The Apprentice) and again in 2015 as a presidential hopeful, is the only host who eventually became President. Al Gore hosted in 2002, the only former Vice President to do so. Presidential candidates, either former, current, or future, have served as hosts: in addition to Trump and Gore, there was Ralph Nader in 1977, Jesse Jackson and George McGovern in 1984, Steve Forbes in 1996, Rudy Giuliani in 1997, John McCain in 2002, and Al Sharpton in 2003.

Five-Timers Club

The Five-Timers Club is the group of performers who have hosted SNL at least five times.[11][12][13][14] The club was first mentioned on the show on December 8, 1990 by Tom Hanks who, in his monologue, touched upon the fact that it was his fifth appearance as host:

Believe it or not, this is the fifth Saturday Night Live I have been lucky enough to host. Now, the first time you do the show, you can't believe you're here. You just can't believe it. Your head buzzes with excitement. The second time you do the show, it means you were funny enough to be asked back – and you're pushing a movie. The third time you do the show, the second time didn't go so well, and you have something to prove to yourself. The fourth time you do the show, you're just blatantly pushing a movie. But the fifth time you do the show is the most special time of all, because you get this [holds up a card] ...a membership card in the Five-Timers Club. Come with me... [walks off the stage] I'm gonna give you a chance to look in on one of the most exclusive clubs in the world.[15]

Actor Alec Baldwin has hosted the show more than anyone else, 17 times between 1990 and 2017, in addition to numerous guest appearances.

After Hanks gave his monologue, the show segued to a sketch featuring Hanks, Steve Martin, Elliott Gould, and Paul Simon in the richly appointed club. Martin and Gould were both five-time hosts; Simon had only hosted four episodes, but was accepted as a member due to his numerous appearances as a musical guest. The Five-Timers Club was mentioned to have a swimming pool with perfect 80 degree waters. The food that is served there is named after SNL performers. Then-Saturday Night Live writer Conan O'Brien portrayed Sean, the doorman of the club. Jon Lovitz appears as a club waiter. Ralph Nader appears as a former SNL host trying to get into the Five-Timers Club only for Lovitz to tell him and his group to leave.

The second time the Five-Timers Club was mentioned was when Danny DeVito was inducted in 1993. The Club was mentioned again after the mark was reached by hosts Alec Baldwin (1994), John Goodman (1994), Christopher Walken (2001), Drew Barrymore (2007), Justin Timberlake (2013), Ben Affleck (2013), Scarlett Johansson (2017), Melissa McCarthy (2017), and Dwayne Johnson (2017); Steve Martin appeared at the end of McCarthy's fifth episode to present her with a jacket, while Alec Baldwin did the same for Dwayne Johnson in the monologue of the season finale. McCarthy had previously mentioned the club on her fourth appearance, when she claimed to be eligible because she had also been in the 40th anniversary special.

Justin Timberlake's monologue from March 9, 2013 featured the reappearance of the richly appointed club. The sketch features Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, and Candice Bergen. There were portraits of John Goodman and Drew Barrymore in the Five-Timers Club's Hall of Portraits. The staff at the Five-Timers Club are former cast members, with Dan Aykroyd (1975–79) and Martin Short (1984–85) appearing as the club's bartender and waiter, respectively. Future cast member Mike O'Brien makes an appearance as the doorman who greets Justin. The entertainment at the Five-Timers Club involves making the current SNL performers fight each other to the death, with Bobby Moynihan shown fighting Taran Killam. When Melissa McCarthy hosted the show for the fifth time, five-timers club member Steve Martin appeared in the goodnights to welcome her to the club. When Dwayne Johnson hosted the show for the fifth time, five-timers club members Tom Hanks and Alec Baldwin appeared in the monologue to welcome him to the club.

Steve Martin was the fastest to join the Five-Timers club, hosting five times in only 546 days. Buck Henry is the only other member to join in less than four years, hosting five times in 671 days, although, in keeping with his persona on the show of being an undesirable or boring host, is said not to have been told about the club itself. The following people are members of the Five-Timers Club.

Name Total appearances
as host		 First appearance Fifth appearance Time to reach club Most recent appearance
Ben Affleck5February 19, 2000May 18, 201313 years, 88 daysMay 18, 2013
Alec Baldwin17April 21, 1990December 10, 19944 years, 233 daysFebruary 11, 2017
Drew Barrymore6November 20, 1982February 3, 200724 years, 75 daysOctober 10, 2009
Candice Bergen5November 8, 1975May 19, 199014 years, 192 daysMay 19, 1990
Chevy Chase8February 18, 1978December 6, 19868 years, 291 daysFebruary 15, 1997
Danny DeVito6May 15, 1982January 9, 199310 years, 239 daysDecember 11, 1999
Tina Fey6February 23, 2008December 19, 20157 years, 299 daysMay 19, 2018
John Goodman[16]13December 2, 1989May 7, 19944 years, 156 daysDecember 14, 2013
Elliott Gould6January 10, 1976February 16, 19804 years, 37 daysNovember 15, 1980
Tom Hanks[17]9December 14, 1985December 8, 19904 years, 359 daysOctober 22, 2016
Buck Henry10January 17, 1976November 19, 19771 year, 306 daysMay 24, 1980
Jonah Hill5March 15, 2008November 3, 201810 years, 233 daysNovember 3, 2018
Scarlett Johansson5January 14, 2006March 11, 201711 years, 56 daysMarch 11, 2017
Dwayne Johnson5March 18, 2000May 20, 201717 years, 63 daysMay 20, 2017
Steve Martin[18]15October 23, 1976April 22, 19781 year, 181 daysJanuary 31, 2009
Melissa McCarthy5October 1, 2011May 13, 20175 years, 224 daysMay 13, 2017
Bill Murray5March 7, 1981February 20, 199917 years, 350 daysFebruary 20, 1999
Paul Simon4[a][b]October 18, 1975May 10, 198610 years, 204 daysOctober 13, 2018
Justin Timberlake5[c]October 11, 2003March 9, 20139 years, 149 daysDecember 21, 2013
Christopher Walken[19]7January 20, 1990May 19, 200111 years, 119 daysApril 5, 2008

a Simon has only guest-hosted four times but has been included in both Five-Timers Club sketches. The show credits him as co-host of the 100th episode even though a host is not officially credited in the opening sequence. His fifth appearance on the show was as a musical guest appearance. During his most recent appearance on October 13, 2018, he was the musical guest while Seth Meyers hosted.

b Out of his four appearances as host, Simon acted as both host and musical guest during one episode.

c Out of his five appearances as host, Timberlake acted as both host and musical guest during three episodes. During his most recent appearance on December 21, 2013, he was the musical guest while Jimmy Fallon hosted.

  • Buck Henry was the first person to host five times, with his fifth appearance on November 19, 1977. The most recent to host five times are Scarlett Johansson (as of March 11, 2017), Melissa McCarthy (as of May 13, 2017), and Dwayne Johnson (as of May 20, 2017). This is the most people to join in a single year.
  • As of February 11, 2017, Alec Baldwin held the record for hosting SNL the most frequently, with 17 episodes, beating out Steve Martin, with 15 episodes. In 2006, both made a cameo appearance when the other hosted, with Martin, up by one at the time, attempting to kill Baldwin before he could tie his record. When Baldwin hosted for the 15th time in 2010, Martin appeared on a television congratulating him during the monologue, but Baldwin turns and pushes him off the stage. On September 24, 2011, Baldwin finally broke Martin's record for most host appearances with his appearance on the 37th-season premiere; Martin appeared during the monologue to administer a drug test (a satirical reference to long-running scandal regarding steroid use in Major League Baseball), wanting to make sure that the person who broke his record had done so fairly.
  • Chevy Chase was the first SNL cast member to come back and host the show, and the first to join the Five-Timers Club. Cast members Bill Murray and Tina Fey later joined the Club.

The Five-Timers Club has been referenced in other media since its creation in 1990. The entertainment channel E! placed it at No. 22 on its list of SNL top moments. The club was also referenced by Fox Sports as the basis behind the creation of the "Favre Backup Club" which seeks to be the "NFL's equivalent" to the Five-Timers Club.[20]

See also

References

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  2. ↑ Shales & Miller 2002, p. 44.
  3. ↑ Shales & Miller 2002, p. 48.
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  9. ↑ Ryan, Mike (April 7, 2011). "Where Does Helen Mirren Rank Among Saturday Night Live's Oldest Hosts?". Movieline. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
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  12. ↑ Fuster, Jeremy (March 11, 2017). "‘SNL’ Five-Timers Club: Most Frequent Hosts, From Alec Baldwin to Justin Timberlake (Photos)". TheWrap.
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  14. ↑ "The Rock to host Saturday Night Live season finale, set to join Five-Timers Club". Sports Illustrated.
  15. ↑ "Monologue: Tom Hanks Joins the Five-Timers Club". Saturday Night Live. NBC. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  16. ↑ Yamato, Jen (December 15, 2013). "Host John Goodman Makes 13th Trip To 'SNL,' Stallone & De Niro Cameo For Christmas Pic: Video". Deadline Hollywood. PMC. Archived from the original on December 15, 2013. Retrieved December 15, 2013.
  17. ↑ "UPDATE!! SWEEPS DAY 10!! Tom Hanks Hosts His First SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Since Sept. 28, 1996!!". Ain't It Cool News. May 6, 2006.
  18. ↑ Martin holds the records for guest appearances (26) and hosting in a single season (3)
  19. ↑ Young, Jamie Painter "His way", Back Stage West, March 13, 2003. "Just a few weeks ago he did a rousing song-and-dance number during his opening monologue on Saturday Night Live, on which he has the distinction of being in the 'Five-Timers Club' of celebrities who have hosted the show five times or more. (He's hosted six.)"
  20. ↑ Schrager, Peter (April 2007). "Buffet: The men behind The Man". Fox Sports, MSN.
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