December 21, 2024 Season 50 episode
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| Episode | 978 |
| Season Episode | 10 |
| Host | Martin Short |
| Musical Guest(s) | Hozier |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Too Sweet" "Fairytale of New York" |
| Previous Episode December 14, 2024 |
Next Episode January 18, 2025 |
The 978th episode and 10th episode of Saturday Night Live's 50th season premieres on December 21, 2024, hosted by former short-term Ebersol-era (and former SCTV) cast member Martin Short, the co-star of Hulu's hit mystery comedy-drama series Only Murders in the Building alongside with Steve Martin and Selena Gomez, and star of the hit films Three Amigos, Innerspace, Three Fugitives, Captain Ron, Clifford, Mars Attacks!, Jungle 2 Jungle, A Simple Wish, Mumford, and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, and he also provided voice-work for the hit animated films such as The Pebble and the Penguin, DreamWorks Animation's classic film The Prince of Egypt, Disney's hit animated films Treasure Planet, 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure and Frankenweenie, Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper, Nickelodeon Movies Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and The Spiderwick Chronicles, The Wind Rises and The Willoughbys, with musical guest Hozier, an Irish musician, singer and songwriter. For the Christmas show of the 50th season, Short returned to Saturday Night Live to hosted for the 5th time and he becomes the sixth former cast member to enter the Five-Timers Club, after Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig. This is Martin Short's 5th time as host, thus making Short a five-time host and the sixth former cast member to enter The Five-Timers Club. This is also the 2nd appearance as the musical guest on SNL for Hozier.
Short previously hosted SNL 4 times, 2 solo & 2 with Steve Martin on the following dates: On December 6, 1986, the sixth episode of SNL's 12th season, alongside with co-hosts Chevy Chase and Steve Martin, thus making Chevy the former five-time host and the first original (and former) cast member to enter the Five-Timers Club, with musical guest Randy Newman, thus making him a former five-time musical guest, on December 7, 1996, the eighth episode of SNL's 22nd season, with musical guests No Doubt, on December 15, 2012, the tenth episode and Christmas show of SNL's 38th season, with musical guest Paul McCartney and on December 10, 2022, the eighth and Holidays episode of SNL's 48th season, which he co-hosted with Steve Martin for the second time, with musical guest Brandi Carlile.
Hozier previously made his musical guest debut on October 11, 2014, the third episode of SNL's 40th season, hosted by longtime former cast member Bill Hader.
The goodnights speech for Martin Short is "My Thanks to Hozier, (Cheers and applause), Tom Hanks, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Wiig, Emma Stone, Melissa McCarthy, John Mulaney, Jimmy Fallon and Dana Carvey, and This Brilliant, Brilliant and Fabulous Cast, the Writers, Lorne Michaels, Every Element of This Show, It's a Dream to Do, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays". (Cheers and applause again)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Michael Che
- Mikey Day
- Andrew Dismukes
- Chloe Fineman
- Heidi Gardner
- Marcello Hernandez
- James Austin Johnson
- Colin Jost
- Michael Longfellow
- Ego Nwodim
- Sarah Sherman
- Kenan Thompson
- Devon Walker
- Bowen Yang
Featured Players[]
- Cameos by Tom Hanks, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone, John Mulaney, Jimmy Fallon, and Dana Carvey
- Pre-filmed cameo by Lucy Liu (cut-for-time)
Onscreen appearance by executive producer Lorne Michaels
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Martin Short Enter the Five-Timers Club Cold Opening | Martin Short is formally inducted into the Saturday Night Live's Five-Timers Club by his fellow members (Tom Hanks, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone and John Mulaney). Also features Colin Jost and Bowen Yang. Cameo by longtime former cast member, Weekend Update co-anchor and host of The Tonight Show Jimmy Fallon. | |
| Opening Montage | The final Behind the Scenes of 2024 separates from the cold opening to monologue to close out 2024. Also, the musical guests/hosts introductions clips of the opening montage were changed to opposed, only for this episode (two for musical guest Hozier and one for host Martin Short). | |
| Monologue by Martin Short | Former Ebersol-era cast member Martin Short returned to SNL to host for the fifth time and he discusses about his accomplishments and joining the Five-Timers Club before spreading some holiday cheer with a Christmas carol. Also featured are Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner, James Austin Johnson as psychiatrist and Mikey Day as Santa Claus. Cameos by Jimmy Fallon, Emma Stone, Kristen Wiig and Mark Ronson. Onscreen appearance by executive producer Lorne Michaels. | |
| Parking Lot Altercation | Things get heated when two men (Martin Short, Mikey Day) try to park in the same spot. Also features Chloe Fineman as Madison. Cameo by Melissa McCarthy as the driver. | |
| An Act of Kindness | A woman (Heidi Gardner) helps a homeless man (Kenan Thompson) during the holiday season. Also features Michael Longfellow, Mikey Day and Jane Wickline. | |
| Christmas Airport Parade | Airport workers (Martin Short, Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim) report on travelers at the airport the week of Christmas. Also features Andrew Dismukes, Sarah Sherman, Jane Wickline, Kenan Thompson, Chloe Fineman, Michael Longfellow, Ashley Padilla, Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, Heidi Gardner, and Marcello Hernandez. Cameos by Paul Rudd, Tom Hanks as Captain Sully, Kristen Wiig as woman who accidentally sat down on a motorized suitcase and Melissa McCarthy gate agent who's having trouvle with the names. | |
| Hozier performed "Too Sweet" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like George Santos annoucing his podcast, Luigi Mangione ending up in the same prison as Diddy, a study finding that the moon might be 100 million years older than previous tonight and a Pizza Shop refusing to cater to same-sex couples and they also make each other read jokes they've never seen before live on air to close out the year 2024. With guest, A drone (Bowen Yang) talks about New Jersey drones; and Scarlett Johansson watches as her husband, Colin Jost tells jokes about her. | |
| Sábado Gigante Christmas Special | A man (Paul Rudd) who doesn't speak Spanish competes on a Spanish game show hosted by Chilean TV star Don Francisco (Marcello Hernandez). Also features Chloe Fineman as Maria, Emil Wakim as Dracula, Bowen Yang as El Chacal, and Ashley Padilla as Stefania. Cameo by longtime former cast member Dana Carvey. | |
| Hozier performed "Fairytale of New York" | ||
| Peanuts Christmas | A drama acting teacher (Martin Short) is critiques unbearable during Peanuts Christmas rehearsals. Also features Andrew Dismukes, Heidi Gardner, Mikey Day, Sarah Sherman, Ashley Padilla, Marcello Hernandez, Chloe Fineman, Emil Wakim, Jane Wickline, Michael Longfellow, Kenan Thompson and Bowen Yang. | |
| Band Shot | The Saturday Night Live Band plays the final music piece during the final commercial break, before the goodnights. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Hozier, Tom Hanks, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Wiig, Emma Stone, Melissa McCarthy, John Mulaney, Jimmy Fallon, Dana Carvey, the brilliant and fabulous cast, writers, Lorne Michaels and every element of this show are all thanked by Martin Short for bringing him back home, it's a dream to do. He wishes everyone "Merry Christmas" and "Happy Holidays". |
Cut-for-Time[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| How the Grinch Stole Christmas | In this Cut for Time sketch, Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas takes an unexpected turn. With Martin Short, Chloe Fineman, Mikey Day, Sarah Sherman, Marcello Hernandez, Ashley Padilla and Bowen Yang. Cameo by Lucy Liu as Lucy Lou Who. |
Trivia[]
- Though not all of them were particularly Christmas episodes, Martin Short has always hosted the show in the month of December and he also becomes the 6th-oldest host in SNL history.
- Chris Rock —> Martin Short is one of the rare instances in SNL history where we get back-to-back episodes with alumni hosting the show.
- Sarah Sherman reached her 200th milestone sketch on SNL.
- The extra standing next to Mikey Day is wearing the same costume worn by actor Nathan Lane in the Miss Milo sketch on December 6, 1997, the eighth episode of SNL's 23rd season.
- Michael Che accidentally says "bubble rape" instead of "bubble wrap", prompting Colin Jost to ab-lib about the mistake.
- Martin Short joined Tina Fey and Paul Rudd as the only Five-Timers to join the club during the holiday episode.
- Short also joined Eddie Murphy and Jimmy Fallon as the former cast members to host multiple SNL holiday episodes.
- There have only been 2 instances of a cast member appearing in more than the host since Season 46:
- Bowen Yang (6), Martin Short (5) - Dec. 21, 2024 (S50E10)
- Ego Nwodim (4), Dave Chappelle (3) - Nov. 7, 2020 (S46E6)
Trivia/Notes[]
- This marked the final SNL episode of 2024.
- This weekend (December 21, 2024) Martin Short / Hozier episode also featured the twenty-sixth largest age gap in SNL history between an individual Host and Musical Guest.
- This is also the first live sketch where a host did not appear since the Hamilton sketch on November 7, 2020, the fifth episode and twelfth post-U.S. election episode of Season 46, hosted by legendary comedian and actor Dave Chappelle, with musical guests the Foo Fighters.
- Tonight's Martin Short episode is one of the closest SNL ever to Christmas.
- The 11th cameo of SNL tonight: Dana Carvey. He has now appeared in 9 of 10 episodes during Season 50.
- Martin Short has now appeared in 15 of the 50 SNL seasons.
- Tom Hanks has now appeared in 20 of the 50 SNL seasons.
- Tina Fey has now appeared in appeared in 27 0f the 50 SNL seasons.
- Short once again did not reprises his characters and impressions in this Christmas episode of Season 50 this week.
- Alec Baldwin, Kristen Wiig, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Rudd, and Martin Short all said "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" for the 46th, 20th, 9th, 8th, 4th, 3rd, and 2nd time, respectively.
- John Mulaney and Emma Stone both said "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" for their first time.
- With this episode, Short becomes the first Canadian-American and the first former Ebersol-era cast member to join the Five-Timers Club.
- An updated look at all of the former SNL cast members who have appeared in Season 50.
- There have been a lot of familiar faces in Studio 8H for SNL Season 50.
- The last time SNL had 7 returning hosts the first 10 episodes of a season was in Season 45 (2019-2020) are Woody Harrelson, Chance The Rapper, Kristen Stewart, Will Ferrell, Jennifer Lopez, Scarlett Johansson and Eddie Murphy.
| Preceded by: December 14, 2024 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: January 18, 2025 |