SNL’s star studded cold open called the ‘best in the history of the show’
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The sketch featured celebrities who have all hosted the show five times. The cold open to the latest episode of Saturday Night Live is being called “legendary” by fans as it featured an almost neverending stream of famous faces. Martin Short hosted the special Christmas edition of the show, marking the fifth time the Only Murders in the Building star has hosted SNL.
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The 74-year-old actor now joins a prestigious list of celebrities to have hosted the show five times, many of whom appeared in the star-studded cold open. The show began with Oscar winner Tom Hanks, wearing a robe with a number five on it, joking that he created the exclusive SNL 5 Timers Club in 1990 as “an ingeniously lazy way to avoid writing a monologue. It has grown into one of the most exclusive clubs in our industry.”.
Hanks is then joined by Ant-Man actor Paul Rudd and then Martin Short. Short is then introduced to the other members of the club who include Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin (who had a number 17 on his jacket), Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone and John Mulaney.
Although he didn’t feature, Short did find time to roast his friend and co-star Steve Martin, when Hanks told him that they were serving a cocktail called “The Marty-tini”. “You know, it’s often paired with our Steve Martini, but tonight, we are serving it solo,” Hanks said. “And I bet it’s even better on its own,” Short replied.
Jimmy Fallon, who has not hosted SNL five times, also makes a cameo at the end as a jacket boy, telling Short: “I just want to say I am so happy to be here for this moment, so I would like to present to you the official Five Timer’s Club jacket in exactly your size — a women’s small.”.
