“The poor guy didn’t even get the gold,” Ana Gasteyer recalls.
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Not everySaturday Night Livehost goes for gold.
Gasteyer recalls the awkward circumstances surrounding Moseley’s presence on the show.
Chris Kattan as dancer, Seth Meyers as Joffrey, Ana Gasteyer as Sarah Blazen, Jonny Moseley as Sean Robert Richardson during the “Typhoid Mary Rehersal” sketch on March 2, 2002.Credit:Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
“I think he got booked and then hedidn’twin the gold,” she remembers.
“I think it was literally out of sequence.
Earlier in the clip, Lovitz picksTom Hanksas the ideal former host to add to theSNLcast.
Jonny Moseley hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’ on March 2, 2002.Dana Edelson/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Day selectedAriana Grandeas his pick for a celeb cast member.
Grande has fronted the show twice, including pullingdouble duty as musical guestin her hosting debut.
She performed as just the musical guest two additional times.
Her most recent hosting stint in October was among the most-watchedSNLepisodes of the decade.
Newman was impressed by another recent pop star host.
“I was amazed at how greatCharli XCXwas,” she says.
“She was terrific.
At the end of the clip, Day calls forHoward Sternto host an episode of the show.
“I’d like to argue for Howard to host,” he says.
“I don’t think he’dlovethe schedule, in terms of the late nights.
And I think he’d be like, ‘This table read ishowmany sketches?
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Watch the full clip from the episode above.
