Kristen Wiigjoined the Five-Timers club by hostingSaturday Night Livethis week with musical guestRaye, andit was one of the funniest episodes of the season! It no doubt worked in her favor that Wiig was leading the charge — she is one of the show’s most iconic and famous former cast members for a reason. Wiig brought back some of her most iconic characters from the sketch show, like Aunt Linda, and it was just a genuinely strong episode all around!
While the sketches reminded us just how funny Wiig is as a performer,it started with a twiston the cold open that centered around March Madness and led right into Wiig’s pretty great introduction. As Wiig joined the Five-Timers club, she got some special appearances from former hosts includingRyan Gosling,Paul Rudd,and more, while she was there to promote hernew show,Palm Royale!
March Madness Cold Open
March Madness is upon us and that means our favorite college teams are facing off against each other. That doesn’t mean that the sports announcers remember any of their names.The bit of the cold openwas so simple: The “experts” didn’t know anything about the players they were talking about and even when the coach for the LSU women’s basketball team joined in as an “expert,” she could only comment on the women’s teams and knows nothing about the men’s basketball teams.
The sketch was easy to follow and hilarious to watch unfold, as it was clear the cast was having a lot of fun.Saturday Night Liveoften leans into sports recaps of some kind with the cold open, but making it clear that no one knows anything about college basketball players anymore made it that much funnier.
Kristen Wiig’s Opening Monologue
Wiig was inducted into the Five-Timers Club this episode and it was an A-list event! While Wiig did not get a typical Five-Timers sketch, she did have plenty of friends returning to celebrate her fifth time hosting. It started with Wiig getting questions from the audience, which included appearances from Five-Timers like Rudd as well asMatt Damon, who has not hosted five times yet but joked thatLorne Michaelstold him his first time hosting counted for three times.
Paula Pell,Will Forte, Fred Armisen,Jon Hamm, and even next week’s host Goslingall showed up to celebrate the Five-Timers club that none of them were in, though they all somehow managed to get jackets before Wiig. When Damon eventually feels bad about her not having a jacket, he goes to give her his own and gets asecond jacketall while trying to make Wiig feel better. It was perfectly Wiig’s kind of humor and a great way to bring her into the club!
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