The monologue was very good. They revisited the Five-Timers Club. It featured, in order: Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, and Candice Bergen.
Dan Aykroyd and Martin Short were there as employees of the club.
And now “Two wild and crazy guys”
Kind of nice to see them again. (Trivia: Martin became a first time father just before Christmas and is so protective of the kid’s privacy that he hasn’t even announced its name or gender.)
Good seeing the Three Amigos too, even if one is Chevy Chase.
I really enjoyed JT’s first musical set. That’s miles away from the kind of music I usually listen to but I was into it.
This is the way SNL used to be—good.
Any episode with Stephan is a good one.
I don’t know why the faux dating game sketch couldn’t have just been called The Dating Game. Maybe they would have felt to be compelled to don 60s garb.
Also, Bachelor number 1 had a definite Ted Mosby vibe.
I conked out around the time they did their “Maine Justice” in which all the characters but one, for some reason, affected stereotypical Louisiana-bayou behaviour. It didn’t seem funny to the one “normal”, nor to me.
Actually, the New Orleans/cajun/creole thing exactly what they did in the first Maine Justice. That’s the whole joke with that sketch. It’s very absurd but I find it extremely hilarious.
Was the doorman who gave him his jacket someone? For some reason, I thought it was Mike Meyers.
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Bobby Moynihan has become the official straight-man for sketches. His character in the Dating Game skit could have been the same as his character in (the last episode of) Maine Justice. Even the sausage barker wasn’t much different.
Speaking of MJ, did anybody notice that Timberlake’s character wasn’t just the bailiff but had the same name (Jessup) as when Jamie Foxx played him?
This was the best SNL since Timberlake hosted last time.
I almost gave up on after the last episode (w/ Justin Beiber as Guest host?)
Here is a list of the 5-Time Club:
Alec Baldwin 16
Steve Martin 15
John Goodman 12
Buck Henry 10
Chevy Chase 8
Tom Hanks 8
Christopher Walken 7
Drew Barrymore 6
Danny DeVito 6
Elliott Gould 6
Candice Bergen 5
Bill Murray 5
Justin Timberlake 5
IMO, they all should have been mentioned. I knew Buck Henry was missing when I watched it last night and though Bill Murray was part of the club. I thought Steve Martin would have had the all time record.
Buck Henry still acts- he’s had a recurring role as Tina Fey’s father in 30 Rock in recent years among other things- yet he hasn’t been back to SNL since the early '80s. I wonder if it’s because of changed sensibilities with his Uncle Roy character.
How many times have they done the five-timers club before? I remember it being done at least once, although I can’t remember who was being inducted at the time. Alec Baldwin maybe? Or Tom Hanks?
I didn’t realize that Chevy Chase had hosted 8 times; I thought everybody at SNL hated him. If I had to guess I would have said two times.
I’m in awe of Timberlake’s talent. I’m way out of his demographic and thought the boy bands were ridiculous but he’s proven his talent. I thought that he and Britney Spears were equals at the time but he was very smart to bail on her.
He seems to be comfortable doing anything - comedy, serious acting, singing, dancing. Anytime he does SNL you know that it will be in the top three episodes of the year.
The Five-timers Club has been done five or six times; I saw a listing in one of the reviews for this show. I thought Paul Simon looked frail and somewhat out of it. Ackroyd looked like he was channeling Belushi’s body and he wasn’t as graceful in it. I don’t know who the doorman was, but I remember that Conan had that role in the very 1st Five-Timers sketch. Hanks has been a bit of a whore this year when it comes to cameo appearances.
I think the ultimate show would be John Hamm as host and Timberlake as the musical guest. Melissa McCarthy is hosting soon. Her first turn was oustanding but I don’t think she’ll catch lightning in a bottle twice.
Never seen a Stephan bit that didn’t go off the rails.
They had an entire sketch when Baldwin tied Martin. The latter tried to kill the former.
I was sad to see Paul Simon looking so old. I guess he is old, but still…
Did he look like he’d had some Botox? I would think that’s totally out of character, but his face looked…weird.
I have no idea but there are medications that can make you look bloated and puffy. Jerry Lewis was nearly unrecognizable there for a while due to steroids (or something else) that he was on.
On rewatch - did anyone see how long Paul Sumon’s fingernails were? Blech.