Martin Short joins the star-studded Five-Timers Club

Martin Short deserved his Saturday Night Live Five-Timers Club jacket, worn on stage by several other past recipients, including Alec Baldwin, John Mulaney and Emma Stone.

First on screen during the cold opening were Tom Hanks and Paul Rudd, who introduced Short.

“What a surprise that I’ve known about all week!” he joked.

Short, who last appeared on SNL in April when Kristen Wiig received her jacket, she was quickly congratulated by Wiig herself along with Tina Fey, Baldwin and Scarlett Johansson. Wiig commented on how the event could function as one Only murder in the building reunion.

“Well, that’s true,” Short replied. “Tina and Paul were both guest stars. And isn’t it embarrassing when shows throw in big name pictures just for cheap ratings boosts?”

“That’s the worst!” Stone and Melissa McCarthy said in unison.

After McCarthy, who said “soporific comedy stuff” wouldn’t be appropriate, fell backwards through a wall, John Mulaney walked through the hole in time for a toast.

His request for something non-alcoholic prompted Fey to argue: “Do you mean drinks or people? Because no.”

Moments later, Short, whose latest SNL host concert was next door in December 2022 Only murder in the building co-star Steve Martin, received his jacket from a self-deprecating Jimmy Fallon.

“I can only stay a little bit,” he said, “and then I have to go host another game show and laugh at my own jokes.”

The Show tonight the host continued: “Marty, I just want to say that I’m so happy to be here at this moment. So I’d like to present to you the official Five-Timers Club jacket in your exact size: a petite lady.”