SNL Hosts Who Bombed Big Time

When it premiered on NBC in 1975, no one could have guessed that Saturday Night Live would become the pop culture juggernaut that it is today. Taking over for The Tonight Show’s The Best of Carson, SNL’s goal was to offer comedy, political satire, and live music in an effort to win over the coveted 18-34 crowd. Part of the show’s draw soon became its weekly host, an often big-name celebrity guest who would step in for 90 minutes of comedy.
While some SNL hosts have absolutely flourished, making repeat appearances over the years and creating some of the series’ most iconic characters, others have been completely disastrous. These are the SNL hosts who bombed big time.
#SNL #Comedy #TV
Paris Hilton | 0:00
Elon Musk | 1:44
January Jones | 3:19
Frank Zappa | 4:34
Milton Berle | 5:55
Louise Lasser | 7:32
Bill Hader | 8:59
Steven Seagal | 10:29
Martin Lawrence | 11:33
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[@natashaharris4042]

Low numbers does not equate to a bad host. Bill Hader was great!

[@lauramcnamara2479]

Yeah, Donald Trump has been cited as the worst host they've ever had (per the cast)--he's not on this list.

[@blackpoptart4781]

Bill Hader? I didn't expect that, he's hilarious.

[@zombywoof864]

Just like high numbers DO NOT mean it was good. This is a stigma that haunts the industry today. Just because alot of people happened to tune in or go to the theatres to see a film does not mean it was good quality entertainment. Hollywood doesn't get this nor do they care as long as something happens to rake in millions of $$. Which is why Hollywood is littered with reboots, sequels, and comic flicks these days.

[@zombywoof864]

Even the music side suffers this way as well. Did you know bands like the grateful dead and Jimi Hendrix were considered one hit wonders? All because only one of their songs were popular among mainstream and made it to the top 100 billboard charts. It's sad that numbers dictate what's good and what's not rather than the actual art itself. Who knows how many great musicians and movies we've missed out on over the decades from this stigma.

[@stevensonDonnie]

Yeah, what else was going on in the eWorld that had people watching instead.

[@michaelugwueke6312]

The two times Bill Hader hosted were amazing

[@frankbonini9128]

Seriously? Bill Hader? Hader is Awesome as Both a Cast Member and Host

[@angelahall4402]

He's the best! Love him

[@fizzyfuzz5878]

Well this video didn't criticize his episode, just stated the ratings were really low

[@itsBillieJo]

Agreed!

[@darleneww3670]

I’ve never heard of him, but I stopped watching SNL around 20 yrs ago when it stopped being funny.

[@angelsoliveoil8904]

@@darleneww3670 really "stopped being funny", every season of snl since it's started has always had either good sketches or bad ones, Snl has always been either a hit or miss 😭

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

I really enjoyed the Hader episode, especially the sketch about the Toilet Lamp.

[@saanasalonen8684]

hader is the GOAT, everything he makes is gold. i didnt get why he was on this list also..

[@jesjerjay6253]

Bill Hader is a legend, I don’t know if you bothered watching the episodes he hosted. He also didn’t co-star with Amy Schumer in Inside Amy Schumer, he co-stared with her in Trainwreck. Check your facts.

[@diagonals792]

Bill hader is a treasure and a comedic genius.

[@italoblu]

January Jones Dairy Queen skit was one of the very best.

[@BookshelfQBattler]

I think she got a bad rap. I didn't think her flatulent Grace Kelly skit was so bad either.

[@butteheadbuttrack4728]

Bill Hader was amazing!

[@cleobinx]

Bill Hader is amazing in everything he does ! As host or on SNL or on movies !!

[@joshuakilroy7599]

The text crawl in the Martin Lawrence segment is the best part of the video. So funny!

[@ay2948]

the skits that January Jones is in are low key really funny tho

[@italoblu]

Not your pretty face!

[@Notturnoir]

snoooooooze

[@ay2948]

@@Notturnoir no one asked

[@lisakaz35]

Wasn't the film with Hader called "Trainwreck" and Schumer's TV show called "Inside Amy Schumer"?

[@tempolost]

Thank you.. That was bugging me

[@Katetanic]

What?

[@varun3315]

Hader was amazing and my expectation were very high from him

[@mastercreaux]

The low viewership for Bill hader's hosting just shows that a lot of people have no taste.

[@eolsunder]

exactly. No reason i know why it was low rated or low viewership, but Bill is amazing and loved by everyone.

[@jameswhite4382]

Think you should’ve included Adrien Brody instead of Bill Hader

[@sangimizo4376]

Not Hader.

[@nicknuggets737]

The best hosts treat it like a serious acting role.

[@devinthadude88able]

Jon Hamm is funny. He does comedy. And quite professional

[@kevinshaughnessy6396]

Jimmy Fallon: Is it tough to get into the Paris Hilton. . ..? Do they allow double occupancy at the Paris Hilton..... ? 😀

[@tuttleberry]

Yes! That was funny! The Paris episode went very well! The cast can say they disliked her but the sketches were funny - especially the nerd/sex line - that one was a classic!

[@ethicaltechnical]

The hader episodes were great.

[@cammy85]

11:24 that was actually Nicholas Cage's monologue and the exchange with Lorne was backstage.

[@ltvanburen8555]

I remember Frank Zappa’s episode. I love him and loved the episode!

[@stevenichols2938]

Sounds like the host of this channel doesn't get Hader, disagrees with Musk's politics, and thinks Tina Fey's childlike quips are professional level critiques. Segal was terrible, but as with others in the comments section, I just couldn't get into this video far enough to care.

[@jakeh6980]

That’s the radical left for you. If you don’t agree with them, then you are evil when it’s ironic Bc that’s exactly what they are. It’s just like how they call conservatives racist all the time when it’s actually they are. Accuse others of what you are actually guilty of doing. Been a tactic on the Democratic Party for quite some time

[@chriscampbell3593]

I cannot believe y’all have Bill Hader on this list.

[@tackyman2011]

Hilton: "general purpose celebrity" LOL

[@brophpiece]

Lol when dude says "Po, play like that's my band"

[@cdid8]

First of all how very DARE you include bill Hader on this list. I will be writing a strongly worded letter to KZbin 😂

[@davidbaise5137]

I will never forget the Milton Berle episode - Ornette Coleman and Primetime were the musical guests - it was great.

[@user-xq5vx7rs4w]

Yes. It was ok. But toward the end he sort of gave a lecture to the audience about live tv. That stuck!

[@user-xq5vx7rs4w]

Zappa mocked the show. What did they expect?

[@mattdewberry5728]

In all fairness when Musk was on, they have several audiences throughout the week. They give out tix in August only, in a weird lottery type thing, but they have several audiences all week and hopefully you get the live tix.

[@dennyjones6921]

OK but the part of him being in the hospital with the whole GenZ thing that is how a lot of GenZ people talk

[@JeremyBearimy913]

That doesn't mean the sketch was any good...

[@dennyjones6921]

@@JeremyBearimy913 that’s not what I was saying

[@KimberlyBishh]

The party planning sketch was hilarious

[@BunnEFartz]

The two most memorable SNL shows I have seen were hosted by William Shatner and O.J Simpson, both of whom are rather notorious today.

[@Beanmachine91]

Drink apple juice... OJ kills!

[@fuinrock8346]

I can't imagine Loren Michaels going through the production of that show every week live television for 45 years.

[@boopah4365]

It's "Lorne"....2 years later...😅

[@fuinrock8346]

@@boopah4365 Loren Michael's? Good catch. I need to proofread.

[@boopah4365]

@@fuinrock8346 lol..My phone always spells the way it wants to..🤣

[@jamesseabolt5915]

Yeah poor man! Lol

[@thebigl156]

Having Elon Musk host for the Mother's Day episode was an insult to the loyal fans, for it's historically hosted by a female who's extremely skilled in sketch comedy.

[@COMPFUNK2]

I agree that he shouldn’t have hosted, but are Reese Witherspoon and Brie Larson really known for sketch comedy?

[@thebigl156]

@@COMPFUNK2 I would say they've done better some years than others, but Witherspoon and Larson, as well as Charlize Theron who hosted the mother's day episode are all three Oscar winning actresses and although they were won for dramatic roles, the trio have shown repeatedly they know how to do comedy.

[@marcalvarez4890]

I enjoyed the musk episode, if only for the cringe, but you are absolutely right, Mothers Day should be hosted by a mom. Not merely a woman, because that's just empty sexism, but a mom specifically. And there are many talented entertainers that are moms.

[@COMPFUNK2]

@@marcalvarez4890 To that argument, Brie Larson isn’t a mother. Or was that your point?

[@joylindadichamounix]

THat's not fair to say. We all have a Mom & it was nice to see all the Moms including his there.

[@philseidel7730]

Bill Hader should NOT be on this list. Neither should Elon Musk.

[@ryker3508]

Elon was atrocious. It was so hard to watch.

[@enlat2003]

@@ryker3508 Agree however it was so bad that it was actually funny

[@inthecornerinablanketwitha7716]

lmaooo i went here in the comments because there is no universe where Bill Hader was a bad host, certainly not in this one, and i saw that everyone else disagrees as well !! says a lot !!

[@latishae2240]

I loved Bill Hader, they tripping!!!

[@tivonoston3068]

I thought Elon was hilarious 😆

[@mastercheif117ize]

Funny talking about Zappa purposefully reading the cue cards. He was an innovator for SNL. That’s all the cast has done for the last at least 10 years. Late 80s and 90s SNL had the best cast

[@stevenboothby8106]

I agree Hader is hilarious

[@tweeotch]

For the last ten years or so it's not the hosts that have bombed.

[@rhinoragni8349]

🎯🎯🎯

[@CatalinaMartinez1981]

Gilda Radner was the best!

[@pendistryR]

Nice

[@darrenwillett6155]

The only thing Zappa is guilty of is proving SNL could deal with parody only as long as the parody is not targeted at them.

[@VeveIndian]

January Jones is ❤️

[@user-xq5vx7rs4w]

Bill Hader is terrific!

[@humanphillips3091]

Early live SNL was nuts. I always remember Sinead tearing up the picture of the Pope

[@manchesterunitedno7]

Sinead episode happened in the 90s. Already more than a decade and half removed from SNL maiden episode. Lorne Michael has gone and back again during that period. It wasn't considered early SNL era anymore.

[@Notturnoir]

@@manchesterunitedno7yes, 90s is considered early and golden era!

[@froggo7215]

Oh I liked all January Jones sketches

[@maximusprime3459]

The problem with Martin Lawrence was he should've been told Def Jam humor wasnt gonna work on an SNL audience.

[@maximusprime3459]

Bill Hader reminds me so much of Dan Aykroyd. They should play relatives in something.

[@kellymartin7160]

Hader shouldn’t be here, and unfortunately the last Steve Carrell episode should.

[@mollyjones2944]

I agree! How dare they talk about my future husband like that!! 🤣

[@tonyacosta4574]

@@mollyjones2944 u r very gorgeous

[@Raughwe]

This is interesting. John Goodman and Walken are probably the very best host I remember.

[@landonmiles97]

Hader did great. Ratings I don’t feel are correctly attributed to the host.

[@Tyler-zr4fc]

Lol Tina Fey is hilarious

[@stephanies3246]

I can’t believe Nancy Kerrigan didn’t make the list.

[@thebigl156]

She was terrible.

[@doranmaxwell1755]

OK that one where alec Baldwin goes crazy and shoots that woman.. that was kinda funny

[@DarkPhoenixSaga]

I wished I saw the rest of Martin's monologue. This aired in 1995, I'm pretty sure someone recorded it on their VCR.

[@msmithmitchell1604]

I saw it. It was nasty. I stopped watching the rest of that show. Fully night club. He went off script. He was disgusting.

[@Victoria.Henderson]

@Msmith Mitchell Same here. It wasn't my type of comedy and it was jarring. If that's your thing, cool. Just not for me.

[@BruceBender-zz6uf]

I’ve been subjected to language like that from a foul mouthed “man” who thought that his harassment was funny.

[@BruceBender-zz6uf]

I’ve seen the whole uncensored Martin Lawrence monologue here on KZbin.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Based on this thread’s comments, particularly from fans of Bill Hader, I’d say this video is one which bombed big time.

[@DavidLeeAndrews]

I watched the Milton Berle episode and found it fascinating due to it’s weird clash of styles. Presumably, Milton thought it was his show as he was a pioneer in American TV comedy - a legend

[@robertcolontonio7775]

Sorry but Berle was never funny. Sid Ceasar ran circles around him comedically as did nearly everyone of his time.

[@DavidLeeAndrews]

@@robertcolontonio7775 - I like them both - Sids double-talk was amazing

[@eolsunder]

I think of Milton as the fall guy, not the up front guy. I never found him extremely entertaining or funny, but he played 2nd fiddle to those who where. They could bounce their humor and selves off him, and it worked. But i never thought of Milton as the front man or the guy in the spotlight. I feel the same way about Jerry Lewis and others. Dean Martin was the man in the spotlight. While Jerry was ok in some movies, really, was he that big star entertainer that Dean was? No. Milton, Jerry, etc were great backups.

[@DavidLeeAndrews]

@@eolsunder Fair enough. Although if you’ve followed the careers of both Milton and Jerry, you’ll notice they both became very successful on vaudeville, radio, TV, and film, Jerry more so than Milton, keeping in mind that they started strong but ended slow. Heck, they both had their own comic books and production companies!

[@Notturnoir]

@@DavidLeeAndrewsjerry was a rapist

[@KSGeekMan]

“After spreading Covid19 misinformation “. Hah! What a difference 2 years can make.

[@mikenealon4042]

jjones as grace kelly is funny

[@bcs5987]

Wtf? Hader, seriously? But no Trump?

[@bonzomcduffy8336]

The background music should be turned up louder.

[@conniejohnson3029]

There have been a number of updates and clarifications on the vax and the adverse affects.

[@redtape73]

Ratings, schmadings, Bill Hader should NEVER be on a list such as this.

[@trishemerald2487]

Your background music is jarring.

[@salsaatrocitiesb1746]

BILL HADER IS AMAZING

[@earthwormjimjones]

A lot was missing from that quote from Tina Fey about Paris Hilton. This channel's restraint (?) is curious

[@Foo007]

I though Elon Musk did ok considering he has ASD and not an actor- they did a good job writing for who he is-

[@susanhughan2198]

I totally agree!!! People don’t like what they don’t understand, Elon did a good job 👍🏼

[@sonyasummers7942]

my only gripe is it was difficult for me to understand him at times. he cant help his accent tho.

[@MrFantastic23]

I agree. I think he was utilized as well as he could and did as well as he could. I've seen much worse than Elon on the show m

[@Gynecologist]

No way Elon belongs on this list. He was actually pretty solid

[@jidf32]

*Elon Musk didn't bomb. Come on. I'm no fan of his but he wasn't bad at all. Bombing is not about someone with a different outlook on politics and society hosting the show.*

[@wendywarrior2264]

SNL hasnt been funny in years.

[@jamesseabolt5915]

How dare you Wendy! No, I agree. Lol

[@greens294]

I'm sorry but the supposed GenZ controversy mentioned at 3:05 really is grasping at straws. Not gonna lie, I actually remember being surprised how much I liked the Elon episode. I have my problems with him too, but Murder Durder, Post-Quarantine Conversation, and even his monologue were very funny

[@tuttleberry]

Agree - and Gen Z Hospital too.

[@deshaundozier]

The cast bomb waaaaayyy more than the host

[@bradamato5497]

You forgot Tony Danza. I understand he's a nice guy. But the episode he did was BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD. I figured he'd be in the top (bottom?) two or three, but he didn't even make the list.

[@Mushruums]

Elon Musk was better than I expected him to be. Not saying it was great though.

[@MsAubreym]

I would have included the Nancy Kerrigan episode

[@mrcydonia]

I live on the West Coast, and I remember seeing Martin Lawrence's monolog. I don't remember it being all that raunchy.

[@brianarbenz1329]

They said the portion where he got too raunchy was cut out for the pacific time zone. That's why what you saw was not so bad.

[@MJLUCEY-sd1mq]

@@brianarbenz1329 mrcydonia may not have been paying attention though too.

[@calledout4437]

Oh brother yeah I wonder what side this video is on. Musk was hilarious on SNL.

[@MrMgakaf]

I dont care for muskie 😂 but he was not bad as a host 😂 kinda funny

[@mattdewberry5728]

And I've toured the studio it is super super small. I don't know how they do it

[@melD0217c]

I love Paris Hilton and January Jones. They didn't WRITE the sketches, that was done by the comedy writers who despise half the country. It's hard to write comedy when you're filled with hate.

[@tuttleberry]

I'm a big fan of SNL and I had no idea that the cast disliked Paris. I thought her episode went well, and the nerd sex line bit was really funny, a really memorable sketch. In my mind, Paris's episode was a winner, and I"m sorry the cast didn't like her.

[@MrMgakaf]

Been eatching snl since the first one. Travis kelce was The best and funniest 😂

[@arianprofit]

The cast all say Steven Seagal. He proposed a rape scene. And said no to every idea they had. Wanted to beat up Hans and Franz. Brought his stuntmen on at the end to do an Exxon scene degrading pollution. Beating them all up. Crowd was confused.

[@Evocati-Augusti]

This is a fact from a book, from a writer on SNL, they only write the good stuff for people they like, and will can the show just because they didn't like them...

[@jacobstopper3804]

Hello

[@sitcomsTV]

How come they didn't expect Steven Segal to be an idiot jerk? The guy SWETS "I'm a jerk" in all his appearances in front of a TV camera and movies.

[@danielwang2956]

January Jones did better than most hosts SNL has had recently, the problem is the standard was higher back then but now nobody cares anymore

[@fizzyfuzz5878]

I thought the Elon Musk episode was a lot better written than the Adam Sandler hosted episode. But the gen Z hospital sketch was horrible

[@branon6565]

That hospital sketch was the only thing that made that episode worth watching, wtf are you talkin about?

[@miriambamford6513]

General purpose celebrity? Whaatt? Is that even a real thing or you just made it up for Paris Hilton? Lol

[@reneemb4319]

Having musk on snl was a major FU to all viewers.

[@strawberryjones7193]

why is elon musk on this list, he was great!

[@henriibennell9535]

nicki swift just asking .... this voice sounds different than yours or the other ones is it a robot voice??

[@Aleyaha699]

Why are you being a Hader hater? He's awesome!

[@theemeraldminecartorange3390]

Hi

[@BigBass-xf5yi]

Wait. So “Lefty Lorne” bans Zappa for life??? I’m pretty sure Frank celebrated this as a victory. And rightfully so. Lol

[@paprgl]

The Elon Musk episode was one of the better ones.

[@marguskiis7711]

Horrible

[@entrepreneurways9465]

MUSK was epic on SNL

[@jmcclain8237]

How dare Musk have an opinion of his own?

[@NoseyFloridaGirl]

SNL has stunk for decades

[@deshaundozier]

Why do people still pretend like this is a good show. They may have 15-20 good shows out of hundreds

[@jamesseabolt5915]

Deshaun I agree.