SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: Tom Hanks and Tina Fey Welcome Paul Rudd into the Five-Timers Club—Sans Audience

The show went on for SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE on Saturday, December 18—albeit not exactly as planned.

With COVID-19 cases rising, the show opted to do a scaled back show with no audience, and “limited cast and crew”…which meant they planned to air the few pre-taped numbers they completed pre-air and classic holiday sketches. As such, musical guest Charlie XCX was cut from the show, and host Paul Rudd didn’t do an opening monologue.

“There was a whole show planned, and I just can’t believe I’m not going to get my Five-Timer jacket,” Rudd said. But he got it anyway, thanks to guests Tom Hanks and Tina Fey, plus a video message from Steve Martin and Martin Short, as well as long-time cast member Kenan Thompson.

Before they rolled the first pre-taped segment of the night, Rudd joked, “It’s going to be a little bit like that new Beatles documentary: lot of old footage, but enough new stuff, you’re like, ‘I’ll watch that.'”

Watch the unconventional opening of the show…

Tom Hanks and Tina Fey welcome Paul Rudd to the Five-Timers Club! pic.twitter.com/tidzhofdtx

— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) December 19, 2021

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