When that happens, you will enter The Five-Timers Club, an exclusive club populated by the likes of Paul Simon, Tom Hanks, Justin Timberlake, Bill Murray, Candice Bergen, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, Chevy Chase, Christopher Walken, Steve Martin, John Goodman—the list goes on and on.
Of course, 17 times as the host of SNL is a far bigger achievement than merely squeaking in with five episodes.
If you know much about SNL it’s that the benchmark for being a popular SNL host is heading the late night series at least five times.