Friday, January 15, 2010

NEVER BURN BRIDGES. TODAY'S JUNIOR PRICK -- TOMORROW'S SENIOR PARTNER: This weekend, Sigourney Weaver will establish a new SNL record for longest gap between hosting appearances, it being twenty-three years and two months since her last time. (Good episode, too: debuts for Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey, Kevin Nealon, Victoria Jackson and Jan Hooks; skits included "Chopping Broccoli," Pathological Liar, Church Lady, Subliminal Man.)

So here's my question: given this chronological list of SNL hosts, who would you like to see come back and beat Weaver's record? It's unlikely that Eddie Murphy (12-15-84) will ever return, but why not Jeff Bridges, who last hosted (with his brother Beau) on February 26, 1983? Of course, if they could ever lure Jodie Foster back it might set an unbreakable record -- she last hosted on November 27, 1976.
Posted by Adam at 10:27 PM

14 comments:

  1. Daniel Fienberg10:54 PM

    Gotta cast my vote for Orenthal James Simpsons, which hasn't hosted since 1978. What a comeback that would be!

    -Daniel

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  2. kd bart11:15 PM

    Eliot Gould

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  3. piledhighanddeep11:33 PM

    We still sing the "Chopping Broccoli" song in our house when doing said activity.

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  4. Nancy11:54 PM

    "Chopping Broccoli" is genius. Love Weaver's ability to keep a straight face in that skit.

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  5. bad dad1:03 AM

    Buck Henry. One last Uncle Roy sketch.

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  6. Anonymous10:53 AM

    I do remember watching Weaver the last time she was on -if memory serves, she brought on Christopher Durang during the monologue. Which I didn't appreciate then but do now.

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  7. Matt11:57 AM

    Fred Willard also hasn't hosted since 1978.  That would be acceptable, as would Martin Sheen, who last hosted in 1979.  Hugh Hefner hosted in 1977 and hasn't since, but I'm not sure if that would work.

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  8. Eric J2:13 PM

    Louise Lasser, on the theory that it can't be as bad as last time.

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  9. Hannah Lee3:05 PM

    We still sing "Chopping Broccoli" in my house too.  For I while, I had a sound clip of the song in rotation on my iPod. 

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  10. Alan Sepinwall3:40 PM

    Gould did appear in the Five-Timers Club sketch in the late '80s/early '90s, so he's at least been on the show in the interim.

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  11. Meghan4:08 PM

    She manages to look so thoughtful!  I love that sketch.

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  12. kd bart6:22 PM

    They couldn't get him out of the sauna.

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  13. KR3:17 PM

    Please don't make me watch this show anymore.  

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  14. Genevieve3:24 PM

    Ah, I'm not the only one.

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