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Adam Driver cemented his status this week as one of the greatest Saturday Night Live hosts of all time.
During his fourth hosting, accompanied by musical guest Olivia Rodrigo, the Oscar-nominated star of Marriage Story and the upcoming Ferrari kicked things off with an opening monologue behind the piano that featured the actor serenading Santa Claus (and some seriously impressive ivory sparkles demonstrated). skills) while making fun of Tesla Cybertruck buyers and his own eggnog fixation.
His attempt to go bankrupt didn't end there. Driver returned for a hilarious sketch featuring Jacob (Driver) and Daniel (Bowen Yang) as a gay couple on a couples ski trip in a log cabin. A straight couple, donning comfy sweaters and sitting in a circle by the fire, brag that they're “not pregnant yet, but they're trying to have another child,” to which Yang and Driver exclaim in unison, “We're trying to have a baby, too.” receive.” !”
But no, they are not trying to adopt or get a surrogate mother. They'll just try – and leave all the other couples guessing about how they can get pregnant together.
“So, are you two having sex right now?” another couple asks her.
No, not quite, replies Yang's Daniel.
“Because for us, what feels good in the moment is a challenge for us,” Driver’s Jacob says, adding, “Funnily enough, I had a dream where my son came out of my ass — which wasn’t the case. ” “That does not make sense!”
In another impressive Christmas-themed skit, Driver played Keith, Jake's (Mikey Day) childhood friend who has been missing for 15 years. When Jake reaches out to Keith via text message, we see that his old pal, with his middle-parted haircut and flannel shirt, still looks like he's trapped in a state of developmental delay as he sits on the couch next to a tiny, empty Christmas tree.
When Jake suggests places where they might meet, Keith keeps texting him, “Is it more than 1,000 feet from a school?” Jake thinks he's joking, but Keith certainly isn't.
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“Most of my friends cut their ties after all this went down last year,” he writes, adding, “The Netflix documentary made it seem worse than it was.”
It turns out that Keith is the subject of a Netflix documentary called The Man with 600 Children, about a caretaker who secretly replaces hundreds of sperm samples with his own. He also laments that he lost his “best friend” – who turned out to be an assault rifle – last year because of “things he said online.”
Driver starred in a skit about elderly TikTok prank victims as Walter, a 70-year-old military veteran who's crazy as hell and won't take it anymore.
“I served my country. I deserve respect. I don't deserve to be mobbed by kids at Walmart – Cut to a TikTok video where Driver's Walter is seen being mobbed by kids at Walmart and screaming, “I'm trying to get a picture frame for my wife.” to buy!” I have 81 confirmed kills!” (No one can scream like this man.)
The second best sketch of the night involved a Christmas casserole party hosted by Mark (driver with a hilarious mustache) and his wife (Heidi Gardner). When Carl (Andrew Dismukes) arrives, guest and host – both of whom like to say “beep beep” to get past someone – get into a “beep beep” competition over who gets to put their plate on the table first.
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“No no no. I don't think you understand. “See, I’m a little car right now, honking my little horn at you: beep-beep,” Mark says.
When Carl claims he's in an even smaller Stuart Little car that makes an even tinier beep, Mark replies, “Oh, I see. So you want to die tonight?” The driver’s expressionless performance is perfect.
The highlight of the evening, however, was “Airline Baby,” a skit in which Driver, as a chaotic baby monster with a huge head and tiny body/arms, sits on a Delta plane next to his apologetic mother, played by the talented Sarah Sherman.
The driver's 11-month-old baby grimaces, smashes an iPad (aka “Peppa Pig device”) and, when asked by the flight attendant what he wants to drink, replies, “Who is this woman?!” She's not mine Mother! Now I feel confused and uncomfortable and honestly I miss the uterus!” before crying and screaming hysterically.
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When Sherman's mother gives Driver's baby his bottle, he spits out all the milk. When she starts playing a game where she shows his teddy bear and then puts it behind her back and asks him where “Pookie Bear” went, he screams, “Ah, no!” Jesus, he's gone! You killed him, you bitch!”
The driver's passionate commitment to the bit was incredible. What a night. What a host. Please come back soon.