Five of the Best Five-Timer Club Members and Their Topps Cards
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Tom Hanks may be the most famous member of the “Five-Timer Club” (reserved for anyone who has hosted Saturday Night Live five or more times), but that might be down to the fact that he made the whole thing up. On December 8, 1990, Hanks hosted the show for the fifth time, becoming the seventh person to do so. During that episode, Hanks’ was “inducted” into the Five-Timers Club in a sketch feating Steve Martin, Elliot Gould, and Paul Simon (all of whom had also hosted five times), and the term stuck. When someone hits their fifth episode, they get a coronation in sketch form for the most prestigious honor given to a host. Let’s look at some of the show’s most memorable five-timers, their Garbage Pail Kids or Topps cards, and their greatest moments onstage at 30 Rock.
2007 Topps Hollywood Zombies #26 Tom Hacks
Tom Hanks – 10 Total Times
SNL Accomplishments
• has hosted snl 10 times (T-4th all-time)
• Hosted in: 1985, 1988 x 2, 1990 (2X), 1992, 1996, 2006, 2016, 2020
• 35 years between first host appearance in 1985 and most recent in 2020
memorable moment
• hanks debuted beloved character david s. pumpkins in 2016, in the iconic halloween sketch “Haunted elevator”
What They saID
• “My personal theory is that everyone in the country at that point was so divided. The election was so intense, David Pumpkins, this dumb silly thing, was the last thing that everyone could kind of agree on, that they could talk to each other about without it ruining Thanksgiving.” – snl writer Streeter Seidell
1994 Topps The Shadow #2 Lamont Cranston
Alec Baldwin – 17 Total Times
SNL Accomplishments
• 17-time host (most of all-time)
• Hosted in: 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 (2X), 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017
• returned to play donald trump in season 42
memorable moment
• star turn in the famous “Schweddy ballS” sketch in 1998
What They saID
• “Lorne very graciously fought for Schweddy Balls. Standards and practices did not want to put it right at the top of the show. Traditionally, racier content will play after midnight…he fought really hard and successfully to have it air before midnight.” – co-star of “schwedy balls” ana gasteyer on saving the sketch from obscurity
1982 Topps ET #74 Gertie’s Goodbye Kiss
Drew Barrymore – Six Total Times
SNL Accomplishments
• six-time host
• hosted in: 1982, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2009
• became youngest host in snl history in 1982 at age of seven
memorable moment
• barrymore charmed the snl audience, answering audience questions during her monologue segment on the heels of hit movie E.T.
What They saID
• “I wasn’t nervous until your dad came, and then I got nervous.” – Drew barrymore (speaking to zelda williams) on seeing her dad, robin, while hosting snl for the first time as a seven-year-old
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Christopher Walken – Seven Total Times
SNL Accomplishments
• seven-time host
• Hosted in: 1990, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2008
• a best-of christopher walken special aired in 2004
memorable moment
• playing record producer bruce dickinson in “more cowbell” alongside will ferrell in one of the most memorable sketches in snl history
What They saID
• “One of my favorite hosts to work with on Saturday Night Live is Christopher Walken. it was thrilling to meet and work with him. Mr. Walken is famous on SNL for staring directly at the cue cards and never taking his eyes off them.” – SNL CuE card holder wally feresten
2017 GPK Golden Groans Awards #2a Emma Error
Emma Stone – Five Total Times
SNL Accomplishments
• became youngest member of five-timer club at age of 35 in 2023
• Hosted in 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2023
memorable moment
• Cameo during then-boyfriend andrew garfield’s episode, “spider-man’s kiss” as they try to film a romantic moment on set
What They saID
• “they’re like, ‘Well, you know you’re not keeping the jacket, you’re just wearing it for the monologue…I was like, ‘No…I’ll be wearing it to the after party. I will be taking it home,'” – Emma stone on taking the prop 5-timer jacket home
