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SNL Host Ryan Gosling's "Five-Timers" Celebration Gets a Reality Check

SNL host Ryan Gosling celebrates being a "Five-Timer" in today's midweek sketch - that is, until Mikey Day offers him a reality check.

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  • Ryan Gosling hilariously fumbles his SNL "Five-Timer" status after a reality check from Mikey Day.
  • Watch new SNL sketches including the uproarious Uber-themed "Car Song" from Jane Wickline and Veronika Slowikowska.
  • "Tourette’s" pokes fun at celebrities using the condition as an excuse for bad behavior.
  • SNL Season 51 brings fresh talent with new cast members, featured players, and writers joining the show.

Actor Ryan Gosling (Hail Mary) has really become a fixture in and around NBC's Saturday Night Live over the years, so it just feels right that he will be claiming his "Five-Timers" Jacket when he takes to the stage of Studio 8H this weekend (with musical guest Gorillaz). Except, well… he isn't. This weekend marks Gosling's fourth time as host – something he wishes he had been reminded of before today's midweek sketch. Donning the jacket, Gosling went on a hedonistic tear that included (possibly) choking Jeremy Culhane to death before Mikey Day shuts it down with a reality check.

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SNL Season 51: New Cut For Time Sketches

Thankfully, SNL was kind enough to share two great Cut For Time sketches from this past weekend's show. Right from the jump, you knew they were going to be great because we got "Car Song" from Jane Wickline and Veronika Slowikowska, with the duo offering an ode to ordering Uber after a night out that… one that definitely goes in some interesting directions (no spoilers).

Following that, "Tourette's" referenced the BAFTA Awards incident in which Tourette's campaigner John Davidson's tic saw him yelling the N-word while Sinners stars Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan were on stage presenting. The premise of the sketch was that other infamous pop culture figures would start using Tourette's as an excuse for the things they've done:

Jill Zarin (The Real Housewives of New York star, played by Sarah Sherman): "I suffer from severe long-winded monologue-style Tourette's, a condition that affects nine out of 10 people on Long Island."

Mel Gibson (Andrew Dismukes): "I too suffer from Tourette's, which explains a lot of the things I've said or yelled through the years. Am I proud of what I said? No. But I am very proud for you to know that it was because of Tourette's. Unfortunately, I'm not alone."

Armie Hammer (Connor Storrie): "Hi cuties, I'm Armie Hammer, and not many people know this, but one of the most common side effects of Tourette's is cannibalism. You could be casually DMing with a girl, and suddenly, the Tourette's takes over, and you're typing stuff like, 'I'm literally going to eat you', and she's like, 'Lol, what?'"

JK Rowling (Ashley Padilla): "Tourette's isn't just blurting out an offensive word; it can be a years-long obsession with something like trans rights, and a deep anger that someone who is born with a wand in their pants would want that wand removed and replaced with a Horcrux. But now you know, it was all the Tourette's fault, and not a bet I made with Bill Belichick to see who could destroy their legacy faster."

In addition, we also had Kenan Thompson as Bill Cosby, Kam Patterson as Kanye West, James Austin Johnson as Louis CK, and … Michael Che?!? And it's all brought to you by the National Workforce of Rethinking Disabilities (NWORD) – here's a look at both sketches:

The SNL Season 51 cast includes Michael Che, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Marcello Hernandez, James Austin Johnson, Colin Jost, Sarah Sherman, Kenan Thompson, and Bowen Yang, along with current featured players Ashley Padilla and Jane Wickline. Joining them are newcomers Ben Marshall, Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane, Kam Patterson, and Veronika Slowikowska.

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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE — Season 51 Cast Shot — Pictured: (bottom row l-r) Veronika Slowikowska, Andrew Dismukes, Mikey Day, Bowen Yang, Marcello Hernández, Kenan Thompson, Jane Wickline, James Austin Johnson; (top row l-r) Jeremy Culhane, Ben Marshall, Sarah Sherman, Michael Che, Colin Jost, Chloe Fineman, Ashley Padilla, Tommy Brennan, Kam Patterson — (Photo by: Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC)

New writers for this season include actor-writer Jack Bensinger (Rap World), stand-up comedian Jo Sunday (Just for Laughs), comic Maddie Wiener (The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon), actor and writer Rachel Pegram (Harley Quinn), writer-comedian Claire McFadden (Second City), Maxwell Gay (The Harvard Lampoon), and Tucker Flodman (The Harvard Lampoon). NBC's Saturday Night Live premiered on Oct. 11, 1975, and broadcasts live from NBC's famed Studio 8H in New York City's Rockefeller Center. The program is a production of Broadway Video in association with SNL Studios. Lorne Michaels is the executive producer.

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Ray FlookAbout Ray Flook

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.
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