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Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin Responds to Gov. Tim Walz Chatter

Based on his social media, Steve Martin seems to have heard the social media chatter about playing Gov. Tim Walz on NBC's Saturday Night Live.

On Tuesday, Vice-President and 2024 Democratic nominee Kamala Harris announced that she had picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate to take on Donald Trump and J.D. Vance during this fall's POTUS election. Not long after it was announced, a whole lot of folks (us included) put the word out there to NBC's Saturday Night Live EP Lorne Michaels and SNL's writers that Steve Martin (Onlu Murders in the Building) would be a perfect Gov. Walz to have standing beside SNL icon and comedy goddess Maya Rudolph's VP Harris for Season 50 (through the final run of the 2024 Presidential campaign). Well, it looks like Martin has been hearing the rumblings, offering the perfect response that both lets us know that he knows what folks are discussing while also not offering a single thought regarding returning to SNL to play the role.

"I just learned that Tim Walz wants to go on the road with Marty Short," Martin wrote on Threads, referencing the live shows that he and his OMITB co-star Martin Short perform – clearly noting some similarities between himself and Walz:

 

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Saturday Night Live Season 50 & EP Lorne Michaels

Back in May, the word went out regarding early plans to celebrate the milestone 50th season of Saturday Night Live. The network confirmed that there will be a "celebratory weekend" that wraps up on Sunday, February 16th (from 8-11 p.m. ET), with a live, primetime special. Now, thanks to an interview he had with The New York Times at the end of the most recent season, we're learning some additional details on what's ahead – as well as EP Lorne Michaels's thoughts on those rumblings about his retiring after Season 50.

Along with the primetime special on February 16th, music producer Mark Ronson and Michaels will produce a "homecoming" of sorts at Radio City Music Hall on the Friday of that weekend. In addition, it was noted that musician and producer Questlove (The Roots) is co-producing a documentary for the anniversary season spotlighting the impact that SNL had had on music and culture, and Morgan Neville (Steve! (Martin): A Documentary in 2 Pieces, Won't You Be My Neighbor) is producing five documentaries focusing on both Michaels and the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series. As for those rumblings that the 50th anniversary will also be his last hurrah, Michaels is basing that decision on how he's feeling and not committing to anything. "I'm going to do it as long as I feel I can do it," he shared. "But I rely on other people and always have."

NBC's Saturday Night Live Season 49 company includes Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Marcello Hernandez, James Austin Johnson, Punkie Johnson, Colin Jost, Molly Kearney, Michael Longfellow, Ego Nwodim, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, Chloe Troast, Devon Walker, and Bowen Yang. SNL is executive-produced by Lorne Michaels, with Liz Patrick directing and SNL alum Darrell Hammond announcing. Broadcasting from Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series is produced by SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video.

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