From left to right: Steve Martin, Selena Gomez, and Martin Short
NBCThe Dec. 10 episode of Saturday Night Live didn't seem like it would be the official holiday episode — after all, the show is going to be new again on Dec. 17 with Austin Butler hosting and Lizzo serving as the musical guest — but it was still heavy on the end-of-year celebration.
Things kicked off with an original holiday tune in which cast members Bowen Yang, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Ego Nwodim, and Sarah Sherman sang about stressful things they would be pushing out of their mind until January. (This included Elon Musk, who famously hosted an episode of the NBC late-night sketch comedy show last season.)
It was an extra festive way to start (especially when Mikey Day popped up at the end as Santa) what was sure to be a memorable episode because Only Murders in the Building stars Steve Martin and Martin Short were the hosts.
The episode marked Martin's 16th time in the host spot to Short's third, and their monologue paid tribute to that (before allowing each man to roast each other, memorial style. Martin had the last laugh (and line) when he asked who he would ever work with now that Short was "gone." This provided the third in their Hulu comedy trio, Selena Gomez, to run on stage as a surprise guest and say, "What about me!?"