Q: How many people have hosted
five times or more?
A: 12: Steve Martin (14
times), Alec Baldwin (13 times), John Goodman (12 times), Buck
Henry (10 times), Chevy Chase (9 times), Tom Hanks (8 times),
Danny DeVito (6 times), Elliot Gould (6 times), Christopher Walken
(6 times), Drew Barrymore (5 times), Candice Bergen (5 times),
and Bill Murray (5 times).
Q: Who was the youngest host?
A: Drew Barrymore was
seven years old when she first hosted in 1982. Other young hosts
include Macaulay Culkin (11 years old), Fred Savage (13 years
old), and Jodie Foster (14 years old).
Q: Who was the oldest host?
A: Ruth Gordon was 80
years, 2 months, 24 days old when she hosted January 22, 1977;
making her 15 days older than "Anyone Can Host" contest
winner Miskel Spillman, who hosted later that year.
Q: How many hosts are now dead?
A: 32 (Desi Arnaz, Milton
Berle, Peter Boyle, John Candy, Ray Charles, James Coburn, Peter
Cook, Howard Cosell, Broderick Crawford, Rodney Dangerfield,
Chris Farley, Ruth Gordon, Phil Hartman, Madeline Kahn, Sam Kinison,
Ted Knight, Billy Martin, Strother Martin, Walter Matthau, Robert
Mitchum, Dudley Moore, Rick Nelson, Walter Payton, Anthony Perkins,
Donald Pleasence, Christopher Reeve, Ray Sharkey, Miskel Spillman,
Brandon Tartikoff, Robert Urich, Flip Wilson, and Frank Zappa).
Q: Who had the longest time span
between hosting appearances?
A: Madeline Kahn with
18 years, 2 months, and 8 days between her 1977 debut and 1995
return. Runners-up include Drew Barrymore with 16 years, 4 months,
0 days (1982, 1999) and Bob Newhart with 14 years, 9 months,
1 day (1980, 1995).
Q: Who had the longest time span
between musical guest appearances?
A: Prince, with a 25 year
gap between his first appearance in 1981 and his second in 2006.
Q: Who had the shortest time
span between hosting appearances?
A: Candice Bergen with
six weeks between her November 8, 1975 debut and December 20,
1975 follow-up.
Q: How many Beatles have appeared
on the show?
A: Three (George, Paul,
and Ringo).
Q: How many Monty Python members
have appeared on the show?
A: Four: Graham Chapman
(special guest); John Cleese (special guest); Eric Idle (host);
and Michael Palin (host, special guest).
Q: How many cameo appearances
has John Goodman made on the show?
A: Nine cameo appearances
(including one voice-over).
Q: How many actual Presidents
have said "Live from New York ... "?
A: One: Gerald Ford on
April 17, 1976 (host Ron Nessen).
Q: How many musicians have hosted
and been musical guest in the same episode?
A: 23 (Christina Aguilera,
Desi Arnaz, Garth Brooks, Ray Charles, Hammer, Deborah Harry,
Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones, Kris Kristofferson, Queen Latifah,
Jennifer Lopez, Ludacris, Willie Nelson, Olivia Newton-John,
Dolly Parton, The Rolling Stones, Paul Simon, Britney Spears,
Sting, Justin Timberlake, Lily Tomlin, Stevie Wonder, and Frank
Zappa).
Q: How many sports figures have
hosted or co-hosted the show?
A: 28 (Lance Armstrong,
Charles Barkley, Tom Brady, Howard Cosell, Chris Evert, George
Foreman, Jeff Gordon, Wayne Gretzky, Hulk Hogan, LeBron James,
Derek Jeter, Michael Jordan, Alex Karras, Nancy Kerrigan, John
Madden, Peyton Manning, Billy Martin, Joe Montana, Jonny Moseley,
Walter Payton, The Rock, Andy Roddick, Bill Russell, Deion Sanders,
O.J. Simpson, George Steinbrenner, Fran Tarkenton, and Bob Uecker)
Q: How many political figures
have hosted the show?
A: 11 (Georgia Senator
Julian Bond, Presidential Candidate Steve Forbes, Mayor Rudy
Giuliani, Vice President Al Gore, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Mayor Ed
Koch, U.S. Senator John McCain, U.S. Senator George McGovern,
Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader, Presidential Press Secretary
Ron Nessen, and Presidential Candidate Al Sharpton).
Q: How many Academy Award winners
have hosted the show?
A: 52: Ben Affleck ("Good
Will Hunting" - writing), Kim Basinger ("L.A. Confidential"),
Halle Berry ("Monster's Ball"), Adrien Brody ("The
Pianist"), Ellen Burstyn ("Alice Doesn't Live Here
Anymore"), Nicolas Cage ("Leaving Las Vegas"),
George Clooney ("Syriana"), James Coburn ("Affliction"),
Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather, Part II, directing
and producing, "Patton" - writing), Broderick Crawford
("All the King's Men"), Matt Damon ("Good Will
Hunting" -writing); Geena Davis ("The Accidental Tourist"),
Robert DeNiro ("The Godfather, Part II," "Raging
Bull"), Michael Douglas ("Wall Street"), Richard
Dreyfuss ("The Goodbye Girl"), Sally Field ("Norma
Rae," "Places in the Heart"), Jodie Foster ("The
Accused," "The Silence of the Lambs"), Jamie Foxx
("Ray"), Mel Gibson ("Braveheart," directing
and producing) Cuba Gooding, Jr. ("Jerry Maguire"),
Ruth Gordon ("Rosemary's Baby"), Louis Gossett, Jr.
("An Officer and a Gentleman"), Tom Hanks ("Philadelphia,"
"Forrest Gump"), Charlton Heston ("Ben-Hur"),
Ron Howard ("A Beautiful Mind" - directing and coproducing),
Helen Hunt ("As Good as It Gets"), Anjelica Huston
("Prizzi's Honor"), Jeremy Irons ("Reversal of
Fortune"), , George Kennedy ("Cool Hand Luke"),
Nicole Kidman ("The Hours"), Kevin Kline ("A Fish
Called Wanda"), Walter Matthau ("The Fortune Cookie"),
Gwyneth Paltrow ("Shakespeare in Love"), Sean Penn
("Mystic River"), Joe Pesci ("Goodfellas"),
Tim Robbins ("Mystic River"), Sissy Spacek ("Coal
Miner's Daughter"), Kevin Spacey ("American Beauty,"
"The Usual Suspects"), Maureen Stapleton ("Reds"),
Ringo Starr ("Let It Be" - score), Hilary Swank ("Boys
Don't Cry," "Million Dollar Baby"), Quentin Tarantino
("Pulp Fiction" - writing), Charlize Theron ("Monster"),
Billy Bob Thornton ("Sling Blade" - writing); Marisa
Tomei ("My Cousin Vinny"), Christopher Walken ("The
Deer Hunter"), Forest Whitaker ("Last King of Scotland"),
Robin Williams ("Good Will Hunting"), Reese Witherspoon
("Walk the Line"), Stevie Wonder ("I Just Called
to Say I Love You" - song from "The Woman in Red"),
Renée Zellweger ("Cold Mountain"), and Catherine
Zeta Jones ("Chicago").
Q: How many Academy Award winners
have served as musical guest?
A: 15: David Byrne ("The
Last Emperor" - score), Cher ("Moonstruck"), Bob
Dylan ("Things Have Changed" - song from "Wonder
Boys"), Eminem ("Lose Yourself" - song from "8
Mile"), Herbie Hancock ("'Round Midnight" - score),
George Harrison ("Let It Be" - score), Elton John ("Can
You Feel the Love Tonight" - song from "The Lion King"),
Annie Lennox ("Into the West" - song from "Lord
of the Rings: The Return of the King"), Paul McCartney ("Let
It Be" - score), Randy Newman ("If I Didn't Have You"
- song from "Monsters, Inc."), Prince ("Purple
Rain" - score), Lionel Richie ("Say You, Say Me"
- song from "White Nights"), Howard Shore ("Lord
of the Rings" - score, "Into the West" - song
from "Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King"),
Carly Simon ("Let the River Run" - song from "Working
Girl"), and Bruce Springsteen ("Streets of Philadelphia"
- song from "Philadelphia").
Q: How many classical musicians
have performed as musical guest?
A: Two (Philip Glass and
Luciano Pavarotti).
Q: How many complaints did NBC
receive after Sinead O' Connor tore up a picture of the pope?
A: 4,484 complaints.
Q: How many people called in
supporting O'Connor?
A: 725 calls of support.
Q: What was all the fuss over
Martin Lawrence's monologue?
A: Lawrence broke away from the
approved monologue performed in dress rehearsal and went into
a racy diatribe on female genitalia and feminine hygiene. He
used the word "douche" five times and made referneces
to yeast infections and "washing your ass properly."
Reruns of the episode have replaced
most of Lawrence's monologue with a humorous voice-over explaining
the incident. Voiced by longtime "SNL" writer Jim Downey,
the message ends with: "...It was a frank and lively presentation,
and nearly cost us all our jobs. We now return to the conclusion
of Martin's monologue."
Q: How many complaints did NBC
receive about Martin Lawrence's monologue?
A: 627 complaints.
Q: How many people called in
supporting Lawrence?
A: Three calls of support.
Q: How many people have made
guest appearances on both "SNL" and "SCTV"?
A: 12 (Jimmy Buffett,
John Cougar, Andrae Crouch, Darryl Hall, Levon Helm, Al Jarreau,
Dr. John, Bill Murray, John Oates, Roy Orbison, Betty Thomas,
and Robin Williams).
Q: How many people have hosted
"SNL" and guest starred on "Mad TV"?
A: 24 (Pamela Anderson,
Christina Applegate, Tom Arnold, Drew Barrymore, Halle Berry,
Neve Campbell, George Carlin, David Carradine, Jackie Chan, Rodney
Dangerfield, Snoop Dogg, Tom Green, David Alan Grier, Deborah
Harry, Jon Heder, Queen Latifah, Michael McKean, Bob Newhart,
Catherine O'Hara, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Tim Robbins, The Rock,
Martin Short, and Fred Willard).
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