Martin Short is set to host the final Saturday Night Live episode of 2012, along with musical guest, Paul McCartney. This will be the former cast member’s third hosting stint, though his first in 15 years. Why is Martin Short hosting? I don’t know that he’s doing anything other than the OBNOXIOUS Cat in the Hat series on PBS (reason #435 not to have kids, folks), but SNL does like to throw a bone to old cast member occasionally (remember when Dana Carvey hosted early last year, the first and last time we’ve seen Carvey in 15 years). Jamie Fox will also host on December 8th.
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Unless Chevy and Steve also show up as Lucky Day and Dusty Bottoms, I am not interested.
I get the feeling SNL might be going for some of that reunion magic they pulled with their Christmas show last year (Jimmy Fallon and everyone memorable from the early 2000s who answered our phone calls).
God help us all if they try to bring back Ed Grimley.
Oh they will, it’s a given, no one else really remembers any of this characters.
Wait–am I dumb? I thought he was a cast member on SCTV but not SNL. Some people did both, but I thought he only did SCTV.
Nevermind, redacted. Imdb’d it.
His SNL work was golden. The Jackie Rogers Jr. game show episode with Billy Crystal as Sammy Davis Jr. and Jim Belushi as Captain Kangaroo is one of my all-time favorites.
Yeah, there’s one thing Jim Belushi did that I liked. Sue me.
Martin Short is the worst.
I think your confusing him with Robin Williams
If I had been alive in the ’70′s and under the influence of a giant sack full of drugs I might think differently but I have never found anything Martin Short or Steve Martin have done to be even remotely funny.
Wait. You think the “Cat in the Hat” kids show is obnoxious? My daughter got into it last year and it is a vast fucking improvement over the shows she used to watch. It’s got Dr. Seuss characters and surprisingly good discussions of science too.
Seriously, go see how many fucking episodes of “Dora the Explorer” you can make it through. I dare you. Three or four episodes of that mindlessly repetitive low-grade dogshit and you will be begging — begging, I say — for the “Cat in the Hat” show.
Nothing, and I mean NOTHING is worse than Calliou. That kid crawled out of Satan’s vagina to torture parents TO THE PAIN. Really, the biggest problem I have with Cat in the Hat is the insufferable theme song, which gets caught in my brain for HOURS. Here we GO GO GO GO on an ADVENTURE.
We’ve told our daughter that our TV doesn’t get Calliou.
And yeah, the theme song is bad, but I’d rather have that as an earworm than “I’m the Map! I’m the Map! I’m the Map! I’m the Map! I’m the Map!”
Also, the alleged educational content of that show was negligible. Every other episode it was “Rojo means Red! Rojo means Red!” I’ll take the weird animals and farming tips from “Cat in the Hat” any damn day.
My god, Otto, that was unbearable. Thanks for the tip, my daughter is never going to watch these shows. Luckily, she likes Jake & The Neverland Pirates, which is humorous…some of the time.
Buy yourself a collection of Looney Tunes. When the kid(s) want to watch Calliou or Dora, calmly press play and subject them to the casual racism and graphic violence that made us the well rounded individuals that we are today. You’re welcome.
“I’m just a boy who’s 4, when I sleep I snore, go slam your head in a door. I’m a Caribou.” <— My kids freak out when I mess up their theme songs.
Dustin, can we get together and bitch about kids’ shows? I could go on for days. You are SO RIGHT about Calliou. Calliou is banned in our house along with Barny because MOMMY GO CRAZY.
The thing about Cat in the Hat that i don’t like is that I’m a Seuss fan and I really don’t think it’s true to the books. In the books, the Cat is like The Joker. He causes chaos for no good reason and riles the kids and fish up when their mom is out, but in the show he’s like the kids’ whimsical tutor or field trip leader or something? And the kids ask their mom if they can go with him places? And she’s always cool with it? He’s like a close family friend.
Guess what I’m trying to say is…the book was better.
I thought he had a pretty successful live show? In Vegas? Anyways, he’s what i think of as an actual throwback ‘entertainer’ so i’m thinking it will be the funniest episode of the season.
He’s always funny on Kimmel and Letterman.
Oh man, I love Martin Short. How is his wife doing, anyway?
Damn, that’s well played.
Meh, it shall do.
What website is this – ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT!!!! Uncle jack is back!
CK aside the hosts this year have been incredibly underwhelming.
Am I the only one who hated the Dana Carvey episode?
If they don’t have a Jimminy Glick skit, I am literally going to die…