Five-Timers Club

Saturday Night Live's Five Timer's Club is the group of performers who has either hosted or appeared as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live at least five times.

Origins

The club was first mentioned on SNL on December 8, 1990, during the opening monologue. Tom Hanks was making his fifth appearance as host, and the milestone became the subject of a sketch:

“

Believe it or not, this is the fifth Saturday Night Live I have been lucky enough to host. Now, the first time you do the show, you can't believe you're here. You just can't believe it. Your head buzzes with excitement. The second time you do the show, it means you were funny enough to be asked back - and you're pushing a movie. The third time you do the show, the second time didn't go so well, and you have something to prove to yourself. The fourth time you do the show, you're just blatantly pushing a movie. But the fifth time you do the show is the most special time of all, because you get this.. [holds up a card] ..a membership card in the Five-Timers Club. Come with me.. [walks off the stage] I'm gonna give you a chance to look in on one of the most exclusive clubs in the world.

”

After Hanks gave his monologue, the show segued to a sketch featuring Hanks, Steve Martin, Elliot Gould and Paul Simon in the richly-appointed club. Martin and Gould were both 5-time hosts; Simon had only appeared as a host of SNL three times, but counting his multiple appearances as a musical guest, was said to be a member of the club.

Conan O'Brien, who at that time was a writer on SNL and not a well-known public figure, was the doorman of the Five-Timers Club in the original skit.

The Five Timer's Club has been mentioned again after the following hosts reached the mark: Danny DeVito (in 1993), Alec Baldwin (1994), John Goodman (1994), Christopher Walken (2001) and Drew Barrymore (2007). A similar sketch was part of Alec Baldwin's November 11, 2006 show. The sketch, featuring Baldwin and Steve Martin, took place in the "Platinum Lounge", which allowed only 12-time hosts, and forbid working cast members from entry.

Cultural references in other media

The Five Timer's Club has been referenced in other media since its creation in 1990. The Entertainment Channel, E!, placed it #22 on its list of SNL top moments. The club was also reference by Fox Sports as the basis behind the creation of the "Favre Backup Club" which seeks to be the "NFL's equivalent" to the Five Timer's Club.

Current members

As of May 2011, there have been a total of 24 members of the Five-Timer's Club.^{[citation needed]} From this number, ten have been celebrity hosts, two have been SNL alumni hosts, eight have been musical guests, and four have served as musical guest and host. Some of these "Five-Timer" hosts (such as Steve Martin, Christopher Walken, Tom Hanks, and Alec Baldwin) have hosted so many times that special episodes of SNL have been compiled and aired as "Best of ..." episodes. Hosts who have been the subject of a Best of SNL videotape, DVD, or compilation special are marked with a (•) by their name on the list below.

The following people are members of the Five-Timer's Club.

Performer	Type of Guest	Number of Episodes	First Hosted/Musical Appearance	Most Recent Hosting/Musical Appearance	Date of Fifth Appearance
Alec Baldwin (•)	Host	16	April 21, 1990	September 24, 2011	December 10, 1994
Steve Martin (•)	Host	15	October 23, 1976	January 31, 2009	April 22, 1978
John Goodman	Host	12	December 2, 1989	November 3, 2001	May 7, 1994
Paul Simon	Host/Musical Guest	12 (3 host/ 1 host & musical guest/ 8 musical guest)	October 18, 1975	May 14, 2011	May 10, 1986
Buck Henry	Host	10	January 17, 1976	May 24, 1980	November 19, 1977
Dave Grohl	Musical Guest	10	January 11, 1992 (as a member of Nirvana)	April 9, 2011 (as a member of Foo Fighters)	November 6, 1999 (as a member of Foo Fighters)
Tom Hanks (•)	Host	8	December 14, 1985	May 6, 2006	December 8, 1990
Chevy Chase (•)	Host/SNL Alumnus	8	February 18, 1978	February 15, 1997	December 6, 1986
Tom Petty	Musical Guest	8	November 10, 1979	May 15, 2010	November 19, 1994
Christopher Walken (•)	Host	7	January 20, 1990	April 5, 2008	May 19, 2001
Randy Newman	Musical Guest	6	October 18, 1975	October 22, 1988	December 6, 1986
Elliott Gould	Host	6	January 10, 1976	November 15, 1980	February 16, 1980
James Taylor	Musical Guest	6	September 18, 1976	November 13, 1993	December 14, 1991
Danny DeVito	Host	6	May 15, 1982	December 10, 1999	January 9, 1993
Sting	Host/Musical Guest	6 (1 host/ 1 host & musical guest/ 4 musical guest)	October 17, 1987	November 20, 1999	November 20, 1999
Beck	Musical Guest	6	January 11, 1997	October 28, 2006	April 16, 2005
Dave Matthews	Musical Guest	6	April 15, 1995	November 21, 2009	May 7, 2005
Drew Barrymore	Host	6	November 20, 1982	October 10, 2009	February 3, 2007
Foo Fighters	Musical Guest	6	December 2, 1995	April 9, 2011	October 13, 2007
Candice Bergen	Host	5	November 8, 1975	May 19, 1990	May 19, 1990
Bill Murray	Host/ SNL Alumnus	5	March 7, 1981	February 20, 1999	February 20, 1999
Jon Bon Jovi	Host/Musical Guest	5 (1 host/ 4 musical guest)	January 9, 1993	December 12, 2009	December 12, 2009
Eminem	Musical Guest	5	October 23, 1999	December 18, 2010	December 18, 2010
Justin Timberlake	Host/Musical Guest	5 (2 host/ 2 host & musical guest/ 1 musical guest)	March 11, 2000	May 21, 2011	May 21, 2011

^1 Foo Fighters included Dave Grohl and Nate Mendel in all of these appearances, and Taylor Hawkins in 5 of them.

Five time hosts

• As of September 2011, Alec Baldwin holds the record for hosting SNL the most frequently, with 16 episodes, beating out Steve Martin, with 15 episodes. However, Martin holds the SNL record for most total guest appearances (22).^{[citation needed]} In 2006, both made a cameo appearance when the other hosted, with Martin, up by one at the time, attempting to kill Baldwin before he could tie his record. When Baldwin hosted for the 15th time in 2010, Martin appeared on a television congratulating him during the monologue, but Baldwin turns and pushes it off the stage. On September 24, 2011, Alec Baldwin finally broke Steve Martin's record for most frequent SNL host with his appearance on the 37th season premiere; Martin appeared during the monologue to administer a drug test (a satirical reference to long-running scandal regarding steroid use in Major League Baseball), wanting to make sure that the person who broke his record had so fairly.
• John Goodman hosted once a season for 11 straight seasons and is tied with Alec Baldwin for second most appearances (21), partially due to his cameo appearances as Linda Tripp during the Lewinsky scandal.
• Drew Barrymore beat out Jodie Foster as the youngest host on SNL when she hosted for the first time in 1982 (Barrymore was 7 years, 8 months and 29 days old when she first hosted; Foster was 14 years and 8 days old). As of October 2009, Barrymore has hosted six times, more than any other woman.
• On the October 13, 2007 SNL episode hosted by Jon Bon Jovi, the Foo Fighters (who were the musical guest for that episode) became the first band to be members of the Five Timers' Club.
• Beck and Dave Matthews are the only members of the Five Timers Club to have been musical guests and have appeared on some of the show's sketches without actually hosting the show. Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins (of the Foo Fighters) also accomplished this when they appeared in the SNL Digital Short "People Getting Punched in the Face Before Eating" during an episode that aired October 13, 2007. Tom Petty also accomplished this when he appeared in the SNL Digital Short "Great Day" during an episode that aired May 8, 2010.

Five time SNL alumni

• Chevy Chase was the first former SNL cast member to host five or more times, the first SNL castmember to come back and host the show, and the only SNL alumnus and Five-Timers Club member to be banned from hosting (after several embarrassing backstage incidents that happened when Chevy Chase came back to host in 1997), though Chase has cameoed on the season 27 episode hosted by Seann William Scott and the season 33 episode hosted by Seth Rogen.^{[citation needed]}

• Bill Murray is the second former SNL cast member to host five or more times, and is the only person to host episodes produced by all three executive producers: Jean Doumanian, Dick Ebersol, and Lorne Michaels.^{[citation needed]}

Close to being members

The following is a list of hosts and or musical guests who have appeared four times, and would become members of the Five-Timers club if they make a fifth appearance.

Performer	Type of Guest	Number of Episodes	First Hosted/Musical Appearance	Last Hosting/Musical Appearance	Other Notes
Leon Redbone	Musical Guest	4	February 28, 1976	March 12, 1983
Eric Idle	Host	4	October 2, 1976	October 20, 1979
Bonnie Raitt	Musical Guest	4	January 28, 1978	October 1, 1994
Billy Joel	Musical Guest	4	February 18, 1978	October 23, 1993
Michael Palin	Host	4	April 8, 1978	January 21, 1984	He co-hosted the January 21, 1984 SNL show with his mother.
Linda Ronstadt	Musical Guest	4	May 19, 1979	December 9, 1989	Her second appearance was with the cast of The Pirates of Penzance
David Bowie	Musical Guest	4	December 15, 1979	October 2, 1999
Natalie Merchant	Musical Guest	4	February 27, 1988	May 2, 1998	Her first two appearances were with her band the 10,000 Maniacs.
Neil Young	Musical Guest	4	September 30, 1989	December 17, 2005
Aerosmith	Musical Guest	4	February 17, 1990	March 17, 2001
Mariah Carey	Musical Guest	4	October 27, 1990	March 15, 2008
Pearl Jam	Musical Guest	4	April 11, 1992	March 13, 2010	With exception of drummer Matt Cameron (who has made two appearances with Pearl Jam and one with Soundgarden), each band member has been a musical guest on SNL 4 times
Billy Corgan	Musical Guest	4	October 30, 1993	April 12, 2003	Three of the appearances were by the Smashing Pumpkins. The fourth was by Zwan.
Snoop Dogg	Host/Musical Guest	4 (1 host/ 3 musical guest)	March 19, 1994	May 8, 2004
Gwen Stefani	Musical Guest	4	December 7, 1996	December 9, 2006	Though some people count her appearance with Eve as a stint as musical guest she was never credited as such on the show. This means her appearance on that show cannot be counted as official in the number of times as musical guest.
Ben Affleck	Host	4	February 19, 2000	November 1, 2008
Christina Aguilera	Host/Musical Guest	4 (1 host / 3 musical guest)	April 8, 2000	November 11, 2006
Beyoncé	Musical Guest	4	May 5, 2001	November 15, 2008	Her first and third appearances were with her group Destiny's Child
Jack Black	Host/Musical Guest	4 (3 host/ 1 musical guest)	January 19, 2002	December 2, 2006	Was a musical guest as a member of Tenacious D (His musical partner, Kyle Gass, has also made two appearances with Black as a host)
Ashton Kutcher	Host	4	May 3, 2003	February 6, 2010
Kanye West	Musical Guest	4	October 1, 2005	October 2, 2010
Dana Carvey	Host/SNL Alumnus	4	October 22, 1994	February 5, 2011
Coldplay	Musical Guest	4	April 7, 2001	November 12, 2011
Lindsay Lohan	Host	4	May 1, 2004	March 3, 2012