Some people think that hosting Saturday Night Live is a once-in-a-lifetime event. For some, it is, but for others, it is not. When it comes to the five-timer club, people have a lot of questions. These range from what the five-timer club is to how someone achieves this. The five-timers club is a group of people who have hosted Saturday Night Live five or more times.
As of 2024, 26 people have had the honor of being a part of this club.
Alec Baldwin has hosted 17 times.
Steve Martain who has hosted 16 times.
John Goodman who has hosted 13 times.
Buck Henry has hosted 10 times.
Tom Hanks has hosted 10 times.
Chevy Chase has hosted 8 times.
Christopher Walken has hosted 7 times.
Elliot Gould who has hosted 6 times.
Danny DeVito has hosted 6 times.
Drew Barrymore has hosted 6 times.
Tina Fey has hosted 6 times.
Scarlett Johansson has hosted 6 times.
Candice Bergen who has hosted 5 times.
Bill Murray has hosted 5 times.
Justin Timberlake has hosted 5 times.
Ben Affleck has hosted 5 times.
Melissa McCarthy has hosted 5 times.
Dwayne Johnson who has hosted 5 times.
Jonah Hill has hosted 5 times.
Will Ferrell, who has hosted 5 times.
Paul Rudd who has hosted 5 times.
John Mulaney who has hosted 5 times.
Woody Harrelson has hosted 5 times.
Emma Stone has 5 times.
These are the 24 people who have entered the five-timer club. This club has two honorary members.
These members are Paul Simon. Simon is on this list because he has hosted only four times, but his fifth appearance was as a musical guest. He also holds this honor because he is the first person to host in the same episode in which they were the musical guests.
The list of people who have been the hosts and musical performers is about 47 people. He has the honor because he was the first of many.
A lot of artists opt to be on Saturday Night Live like this so that they can be in some sketches. It is not unheard of for the musical guest to be in a sketch or two. But, hosting and performing puts them in a lot more sketches.
The other honorary person in this club is Jack White. Similar to Paul Simon this had to do with being the music artist performing.
White has hosted Saturday Night Live zero times. The way he ended up on this list is that he has been a musical performer 5 times. He is the only musical performer to ever be inducted into the five-timer club.
Even with this, he is not the most frequent musical guest. That title belongs to Dave Grohl who has a total of 16 musical guest appearances.
This club has been teased in SNL skits before. Hosts throughout time have been honored live on air.
Usually, with these honors come special appearances from club members. These appearances usually involve them in special robes and presenting the club to the new inductees.
This is a great way to get these very hilarious members to come back to the show and give the audience a good laugh.