# Strangest SNL host band combonations. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 10, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768 "2003-01-10T17:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/1 "2003-01-10T17:13:17Z")
I was watching SNL on CC the other night and it was the episode with Steve Forbes. The musical guest was Rage Against the Machine. It was so wierd hearing him introduce them. You could tell he had never even heard of them before because he stuttered thru the intro. It was very uncomfortable. You know RATM was not thrilled about being paired with him. There was an episode where Sly Stallone hosted and I Can’t remember who was the musical guest but I do remember thinking it was an odd pair. Any other ones that were just “not right”? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/2 "2003-01-10T17:42:17Z")
Yours was the first one I thought of. Didn’t they hang upside down American flags off their amps or something? Usually the host and the music sort of match up. I do remember Don Rickles and Billy Idol seeming weird at the time, but now it seems normal. There was Helen Hunt with Snoop Dogg, and Tony Danza with Laurie Anderson. I can’t imagine those people hanging in the same circles. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/3 "2003-01-10T17:47:40Z")
Oh yeah, Ron Howard and The Clash seemed odd at the time. Opie hanging with Joe Strummer seemed strange. ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/4 "2003-01-10T18:05:13Z")
Oh, I don’t know…who hosted with Andrew W.K.? ---
**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/5 "2003-01-10T18:06:54Z")
Well, there would have been Andrew Dice Clay and Sinead O’Conner, but Sinead refused to do the show. You know, this weekends pairing of Jeff Gordon and Avril Lavigne is a bit eclectic. Who was paired with John McCain? I remember him introducing a band and it seemed odd. ---
**Author:** ![Wyld\_Stallyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Wyld\_Stallyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wyld_Stallyn)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/6 "2003-01-10T18:16:39Z")
metroshane, it was the Rock, which isn’t all that weird; at least, not any more than seeing him in a dress during a skit. Nathan Lane and Metallica. Just a weird thing for me as a 'tallica fan after my only Nathan Lane exposure had (and still is) commercials for that birdcage movie. It was just an odd juxtaposition of macho rock with a more “theatrical” type actor. Also, anytime at the end of the show when a rapper is up there with his/her posse, it can very overbearing, esp. if the host is a slightly built caucasian female actress. ---
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/7 "2003-01-10T18:40:36Z")
Ron Howard and the Clash was the first combo I thought of as well. It was some contrast to see Little Opie Cunningham, TV’s All-American Boy, introduce a stunning and scary version of “Straight To Hell.” The Steve Forbes–Rage Against the Machine teaming seemed a little too manufactured for my tastes. Also, when Elvis Costello made his infamous first appearance, wasn’t the host a grandmother who won a contest to host the show? And I think Elvis and the Attractions were on only because the Sex Pistols broke up. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/8 "2003-01-10T18:51:27Z")
I saw a really old episode of SNL with Candace Bergen as the host and Frank Zappa as the musical guest. That seemed kind of odd…and ironic given that Zappa performed a song that brazenly jeered the mediocrity of television in general and sitcoms in particular (Bergen of course went on to star in one of the most mediocre sitcoms of all time - “Murphy Brown”.) ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/9 "2003-01-10T19:22:02Z")
Host: Jeremy Irons. Musical Guest: Fishbone. Just a strange combination. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/10 "2003-01-10T19:41:27Z")
Christopher Lee hosted when Meat Loaf was the guest. He said something along these lines: “Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to introduce you to Loaf. What? Oh! Ladies and gentlemen, Meat Loaf!” Of course, I’m sure the intro was scripted, but it was pretty funny. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/11 "2003-01-10T19:56:11Z")
Charles Barkley and Nirvana seemed an odd pair. Especially the “hanging out on the stage at the end of the show” bit they always do. Cobain looked like a 10 yo next to Barkley. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/12 "2003-01-10T21:01:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by waits \* > \*\*Also, when Elvis Costello made his infamous first appearance, wasn’t the host a grandmother who won a contest to host the show? \*\* Was it Mildred Fleener? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/13 "2003-01-10T21:26:44Z")
Steve Forbes/Rage Against the Machine and Tony Danza/Laurie Anderson were the weirdest combinations I thought of. A few weird-but-not-quite-THAT-weird combinations that come to mind: 1. Don Rickles and Billy Idol 2. Macaulay Culkin & David Bowie’s Tin Machine 3. White House Press Secretary Ron Nesses and Patti Smith 4. Jackie Chan & Kid Rock ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/14 "2003-01-10T22:37:49Z")
Wasn’t it weird to see Al Gore introduce Phish? I mean, yeah, it makes sense from a certain political-posturing perspective ("all a you stupid lefties who screwed me by voting for Nader, _I’m hip too, dammit!"_), but still undeniably odd. ---
**Author:** ![TheeGrumpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@TheeGrumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheeGrumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/15 "2003-01-10T23:49:23Z")
I thought it was funny to hear Patrick Stewart introduce Salt n Pepa. ---
**Author:** ![Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/53a042/32.png) [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/16 "2003-01-11T00:30:26Z")
Interesting topic. Here’s a link to I think all or almost all the host/musical guest combos on SNL since 1980: [http://www.comedycentral.com/tv\_shows/saturdaynightlive/snlepisodes.jhtml?season=1984](http://www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/saturdaynightlive/snlepisodes.jhtml?season=1984) Just click on the links to the left to get the season you want. I scanned a few years and some odd combos that jump out at me are: George Foreman/Hole George Steinbrenner/The Time George McGovern/Madness (whats with George?) Looking through the list I noticed most of the pairings were pretty reasonable, and that John Goodman and Alec Baldwin seem to host a show every year! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/17 "2003-01-11T02:41:34Z")
Charlton Heston and Paul Westerberg. Heston flubbed Westerberg’s name at the end, referring to him as Weston or Westerfield or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-snl-host-band-combonations/147768/18 "2003-01-11T05:48:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Banger \* > \*\*Host: Jeremy Irons. Musical Guest: Fishbone. Just a strange combination. \*\* Yeah, but did you watch while the credits rolled? Jeremy Irons traded suit jackets with the Fishbone front-man. I thought that was really cool…