Killer hosts.
John Mulaney joined Steve Martin throughout the “SNL50: The Anniversary Special” opening monologue and famous that during the last 50 years, 894 folks have hosted the NBC sketch comedy collection.
“And it amazes me that only two of them have committed murder,” Mulaney added, which sparked laughter from Martin, 79, and the star-studded viewers.
Proper after the joke, viewers took to social media to take a position which two former “SNL” hosts Mulaney was speaking about.
Finally, 4 totally different stars have been named within the on-line chatter: O.J. Simpson, Robert Blake, Alec Baldwin and Robert Wagner.
Simpson, the odds-on favourite of the 2 hosts Mulaney was referencing, hosted the present in February 1978.
Sixteen years later, Simpson was arrested and charged with the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her pal, Ron Goldman. The pair have been stabbed to dying in 1994 outdoors Nicole’s dwelling within the Brentwood neighborhood of LA.
In one of many twentieth century’s most well-known trials, Simpson was finally acquitted by the jury.
However two years later, a civil jury discovered the ex-NFL star accountable for wrongful dying and he was ordered to pay tens of millions to the households. He later spent 9 years in jail after being convicted of armed theft and kidnapping in 2008.
Simpson died of most cancers in 2024 at age 76.
Blake was the opposite former “SNL” host that viewers introduced up.
The “Lost Highway” actor, who hosted in November 1982, was accused of killing his second spouse, Bonny Lee Bakley, in 2001.
Bakley, 44, was shot and killed whereas sitting in Blake’s automobile outdoors of a Studio Metropolis restaurant the place the couple had simply dined.
Blake, who maintained his innocence, was acquitted of Bakley’s homicide in 2005. However like Simpson, he was discovered liable in a civil court docket for the dying and was ordered to pay damages.
He died in March 2023 at age 89.
Baldwin, who holds the file for essentially the most occasions internet hosting “SNL” at 17, was infamously charged with involuntary manslaughter in 2023.
He by accident fired a prop gun mistakenly loaded with a stay spherical that killed 42-year-old cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021 on the set of “Rust” in New Mexico.
Baldwin confronted a most of 18 months behind bars, however the decide finally tossed out the case throughout the July 2024 trial, slamming prosecutors for withholding vital proof from the protection.
He was in attendance throughout the “SNL” particular on Sunday night time.
Wagner, who hosted in December 1989, was by no means charged with homicide, however he was rumored to have killed his spouse, actress Natalie Wooden. The actress drowned on Nov. 29, 1981, whereas boating off Catalina Island.
Christopher Walken, Wooden’s then-co-star within the film “Brainstorm,” and the boat’s captain, Dennis Davern, have been additionally on board on the time.
“We were all so shattered by the loss, and we were hanging on to each other,” Wagner mentioned in a Individuals cowl story in 2016 on her passing. “You just take it moment by moment and hope that it gets better.”
He’d later write concerning the tragedy in his memoir, “I Loved Her in the Movies: Memories of Hollywood’s Legendary Actresses.”
“When Natalie died, I thought my life was over,” he penned. “Luckily I had the help of a great many people who loved her and who loved me as well.”
The “SNL” fiftieth anniversary particular was stacked with former solid members together with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Eddie Murphy, Amy Poehler, Pete Davidson, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey, Chevy Chase, Invoice Murray, Martin Brief and extra.
There have been additionally appearances from former hosts like Pedro Pascal, Scarlett Johansson, Drew Barrymore, Jon Hamm and Ayo Edebiri.
