Saturday Evening Stay’s ultimate episode of 2024 inducted its latest member into the elite 5-Timers Membership, Martin Quick. The favored sketch included a slew of cameos and A-listers, all of whom have hosted the long-running selection sketch collection a minimum of 5 occasions, therefore the membership title. For those who’ve ever questioned how this concept happened, former SNL author Robert Smigel beforehand defined what impressed the fan-favorite sketches and the way Tom Hanks was concerned.
Smigel, who served as a author and producer on Saturday Evening Stay from 1985 to 2013 and created varied characters, took to his Instagram when former SNL forged member Kristen Wiig turned a 5-Timers member. He shared a video of Hanks’ monologue for his fifth time internet hosting in December 1990. In it, Hanks mentioned the thrill surrounding internet hosting SNL, together with how particular it was to get to host 5 occasions. He then joked those that hit the milestone get a card to be on this membership. Evidently, Hanks and Conan O’Brien had been concerned:
Holy crap did this 5 Timer’s Membership factor ever stick… was watching Kristen Wiig GOATin’ it up [sic] on [NBC’s SNL] and there it was once more. Needed to lookup the primary such sketch, which I wrote with loads of assist from Conan ‘Sean’ O’Brien and others, Lorne Michaels included. It was impressed by [Tom Hanks]’ humorous/candy impression of Lorne’s all-purpose evaluation of the way it feels ‘the primary time you host the present,’ the 2nd time, the third time, and many others. Humorous to look at it now and see that concept in there sans Lorne impression. Plus it was parodying one thing about SNL that Conan and I all the time laughed about, the push-pull between being cool and being humorous.
The 5-Timers Membership on SNL has gone on to turn into a beloved sketch, and every time a celeb joins the membership, you by no means know who might be concerned. Whereas Hanks impressed the sketch, he really was not the primary one that hit the milestone. Chevy Chase was the primary one to host the late evening sketch collection 5 occasions, however Hanks was the primary to say it on the December 8, 1990 episode. Since then, over a dozen celebrities have formally “joined” the Membership, each as SNL hosts and musical company. (Sure, the membership contains members like Jack White too.)
Each time somebody does be a part of, you by no means know who else might be round to induct the most recent member. Martin Quick’s induction included Tom Hanks, John Mulaney, Melissa McCarthy, Alec Baldwin, Emma Stone, Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Wiig, Paul Rudd, and Tina Fey, with a few of them additionally showing in sketches all through the episode. Who will be a part of the 5-Timers Membership subsequent is unknown, however there are certain to be extra enjoyable cameos!
A few of the biggest SNL hosts are a part of the elite Membership, and that listing will solely develop the longer Saturday Evening Stay stays on air. Fortunately, even with the present in its 50th season, there doesn’t appear to be an finish in sight. Regardless that it will likely be onerous for many to match Baldwin and Steve Martin’s whopping 17-times internet hosting, it’s all the time enjoyable to see who might be subsequent and what fan-favorites will return to Studio 8H.
These with a Peacock subscription can watch the entire 5-Timers sketches since all 50 seasons are streaming, and sure, that features this most up-to-date episode. Saturday Evening Stay is on hiatus for a bit for the vacations, however will return on the 2025 TV schedule, and it’s very doable the subsequent 5-Timers inductee could possibly be proper across the nook.