In what was perhaps the most anticipated appearance of the season, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk hosted “Saturday Night Live.” Musk began his hosting.
Saturday Night Live all the way to Mars in last night s special Mother s Day episode of the long-running NBC sketch comedy series. In a pre-filmed segment entitled Chad on Mars, Musk played himself in a tense mission control room as a dim-witted and borderline apathetic astronaut named Chad (Pete Davidson) is tasked with a dangerous mission to save a colony of humans on the Red Planet. The skit, which also featured an appearance from musical guest Miley Cyrus, was an obvious parody of Ridley Scott s
The Martian, but without all the suspense or Matt Damon charisma. I believe in a renewable energy future. I believe that humanity must become a multi-planetary, space-faring civilization. Those seem like exciting goals, don t they? Musk, who is reportedly the first person with Asperger s Syndrome to host
Saturday Night Live with a song dedicated to all the mums out there.
Taking place the night before Mother s Day, this episode has historically been treated as a Mother s Day episode, with special songs and sketches dedicated to and often featuring cast members mothers. This cold open was no different.
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Standing on stage at Studio 8H, she sang part of Dolly Parton s Light of a Clear Blue Morning before bringing out some of the NBC late-night sketch comedy series cast members and their real-life mothers, including Kate McKinnon and Laura Campbell, who did a quick impression of Molly Shannon s Mary Catherine Gallagher, and Aidy Bryant and Georganne Vinall, the latter of whom plugged her daughter s show. When Bryant noted that
“Or at least the first to admit it,” he quipped.
The controversial CEO revealed a self-deprecating sense of humor. He took aim at his appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast in which he famously smoked marijuana and even his own son’s name, X Æ A-Xii.”
“It’s pronounced ‘cat running across a keyboard,” he joked.
Musk, keeping in step with the theme of the evening, was joined on stage by his mother, model Maye Musk. The elder Musk reminisced with her son about his creative childhood, but also warned him against a likely Mother’s Day gift this year.
“I’m excited for my Mother’s Day gift. I just hope it’s not Dogecoin,” she cautioned, referring to the contentious cryptocurrency that her son has endorsed.
“Or at least the first to admit it,” he quipped.
The controversial CEO revealed a self-deprecating sense of humor. He took aim at his appearance on Joe Rogan’s podcast in which he famously smoked marijuana and even his own son’s name, X Æ A-Xii.”
“It’s pronounced ‘cat running across a keyboard,” he joked.
Musk, keeping in step with the theme of the evening, was joined on stage by his mother, model Maye Musk. The elder Musk reminisced with her son about his creative childhood, but also warned him against a likely Mother’s Day gift this year.
“I’m excited for my Mother’s Day gift. I just hope it’s not Dogecoin,” she cautioned, referring to the contentious cryptocurrency that her son has endorsed.