A historic night happened onSaturday Night LiveasJohn Mulaneyjoined the ranks of comedy legends by becoming a member of the Five-Timers Club! The club began withBuck Henryand kick-started a legacy (decades later, mind you) that introduced several returning hosts into the Five-Timers Club. The setup is simple: You hostSaturday Night Livefive times, and you get a new jacket and get access to the club whereDan Aykroydis the bartender, andMartin Shortis a waiter.
Most of the time, these jokes are hilarious and interwoven with nostalgia. The new inductee gets to meet the other members — usually, someone wants to join the club who has barely hosted and tries to sneak in, or a performer who was connected to the show at some point or another shows up — and the new host gets their new jacket. The club is, unfortunately, for the most part, a collection of white men who have hostedSaturday Night Livethe most — but hopefully, the show continues to branch that out.
The sketch was funny because, when you think about it,Paul Rudddidn’t really get to have a Five-Timers episode since the cast had COVID and many called out because of the rise in cases during his fifth hosting episode. So Rudd is there and constantly brings up how his episode was barely a tribute to his fifth time given what was going on and was a glorious look at Rudd’s talent and timing, along withwhythe Five-Timers Club is so good.
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We had the return ofSteve Martin, Candice Bergen, Tina Fey, and, a surprising,Elliott Gould. There was a portrait ofDrew Barrymoreon the wall, who is one of the only other women to be a member of Five-Timers Club along withScarlett JohanssonandMelissa McCarthy. ThenConan O’Brienshowed up to try and get into the Five-Timers Club even though he’s only hosted one time but was a writer on the show for quite some time. What was great about this journey into the club was Rudd constantly bringing up that his episode was barely an episode.
Mulaney got his coat (albeit by taking it from Rudd) after the club said that they were getting too big and he needed to steal a coat, but honestly, I hope they keep bringing us more of the Five-Timers. It’s time to branch out this club and get some amazing talent in there yet again because I need to seeDwayne “The Rock” Johnson(a member)come back and give someone new a coat.
