Saturday Night Live · season 50, episode 978 · Saturday, December 21, 2024 Host: Martin Short (5th time — joins the Five-Timers Club). Musical guest: Hozier. • Hozier performs "Too Sweet" and "Fairytale of New York". • Tom Hanks, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Emma Stone, John Mulaney and Jimmy Fallon appear in the cold open to induct Short into the Five-Timers Club. • Fallon, Stone and Wiig also appear in the opening monologue. • McCarthy also appears in the "Parking Lot Altercation" sketch. • Wiig, Rudd, McCarthy, and Hanks (reprising his role as Sully Sullenberger from Sully) also appear in the "Airport Parade" sketch. • Johansson appears during Weekend Update backstage. • Rudd also appears in the "Sábado Gigante" sketch. • Lorne Michaels appears in the opening monologue. • Dana Carvey appears in the "Sábado Gigante" sketch. • Lucy Liu appears in the cut-for-time pre-recorded "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" sketch. • With this episode, Short becomes the first Canadian-American and the first Dick Ebersol-era cast member to join the Five-Timers Club. Wiki link