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Justin Timberlake returned to the Saturday Evening Reside level for the primary time in a decade, crashing host Dakota Johnson’s monologue.
“I’m so excited to be back at SNL. It’s sort of a reunion for me and Justin Timberlake [because] we were actually in a movie together called The Social Network,” Johnson, 34, stated all through the outlet of the Saturday, January 27, episode, relating to the 2010 movie after the discovery of Fb.
Earlier than the actress may just proceed along with her monologue, Timberlake, 42, walked onstage and shocked her.
“I remember those days, Dakota,” Timberlake mused earlier than the Madame Internet celebrity requested why he was once at the Studio 8H level since he was once tapped as Saturday’s musical visitor. “I heard my name. I thought that was my cue,” he persisted. “Well, if you want me to be in sketches, I have hosted before.”
Timberlake then mouthed that he’s prior to now hosted the display 5 occasions, to which Johnson identified that it was once “10 years ago,” gushing that she was once so excited for the singer to make his comeback on “my show.” Whilst Johnson asserted that she didn’t want any lend a hand to finish her monologue, some other wonder visitor walked onto the level.
Jimmy Fallon, a former SNL solid member and a chum of Timberlake’s, then strutted on level wearing a Seventies-inspired white swimsuit.
“Are we doing this?” Fallon, 49, requested earlier than Timberlake pantomimed for the duo to go away the soundstage. Fallon added, “I’m here to say break a leg. These are my normal clothes!”
Timberlake and Fallon did get their want for a cameo, showing within the “Barry Gibb Talk Show” cartoon in matching white fits and wigs to talk about the 2024 presidential election.
Because the episode’s musical visitor, Timberlake carried out “Selfish” and “Sanctified,” either one of which might be tracks from his upcoming album, The whole lot I Idea It Used to be.
Timberlake is an SNL veteran, having been tapped as host and musical visitor more than one occasions. He made his debut in 2000 along with his ‘NSync bandmates Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick and JC Chasez. Timberlake later hosted episodes in 2003, 2006, 2009, 2011 and 2013, taking part in double accountability as host and musical visitor 3 of the ones occasions.
Timberlake has additionally made many now-viral cameos on SNL, together with a number of musical numbers with former solid member Andy Samberg and his The Lonely Island collaborators, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Timberlake and the comedy trio joined forces for a number of song movies, together with “D–k in a Box.”
“Jorma [said], ‘What if we do the old popcorn in the movies prank?’ He was like, ‘You know the whole d–k in the popcorn,’” Timberlake recalled of the cartoon pitch all through a “Hot Ones” interview in 2020. “I was like, ‘That sounds super creepy, bro!’ To which we then said, ‘Yeah, that’s totally appropriate for two guys who are completely misled about what’s appropriate.’”
Whilst Timberlake was once sport to check out the concept that, he was once apprehensive that the FCC would advantageous SNL in the event that they stated the phrase “d–k” on reside tv. By the point rehearsals began, the FCC knowledgeable them that the skit would want to be censored.
“I think the irony of that is, I think the funnier version of that is the bleeped-out version,” Timberlake added on the time. “I fully believe that that idea wouldn’t have been seen all the way through if the big wigs had known what we were doing.”
Schaffer, 46, prior to now informed NPR in 2013 that Timberlake helped them to find the cartoon’s musical sound.
“When he came and did that song with us, he taught us, like, 10 things, I would say, that we still use to this day about just proper recording and kind of little tricks about using the left speaker vs. the right speaker and stuff like that,” Schaffer informed the hole.
Saturday’s episode additionally featured cameos from Shark Tank mentors Barbara Corcoran and Mark Cuban, who performed themselves in an entrepreneurial cartoon.
Saturday Evening Reside airs on NBC Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET.