Egads! Set your DVRs, Sir Elton John is set to do double duty as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live this weekend. The “Candle in the Wind” pianist will share the stage with fellow musical guest Leon Russell in his first appearance on the NBC sketch comedy series since 1982.
Spring Fever will bring a side-splitting British Invasion to the Saturday Night Live stage. Academy Award-winning Dame Helen Mirren and Sir Elton John, who last appeared on SNL back in the early ’80s, have signed up to host the long-running sketch comedy classic on consecutive weeks in April.
Zach Galifianakis shaved his head during his closing monologue on Saturday Night Live this weekend. Fans of the sketch comedy classic are accustomed to seeing The Hangover funny guy riding himself of unwanted body hair on late-night TV. Galifianakis famously shaved his beard off between skits during his first hosting stint on SNL in March 2010.