Jack Blackenlisted some star-studded helpers to bringSaturday Night Live'sFive-Timers Clubback to life.
TheSchool of Rockstar, 56,made his historic fifth appearanceas anSNLhost on Saturday, April 4, which meant that he'd gained entry in the show's historic Five-Timers Club lounge — but there was a hitch.
Fellow Five-Timers Club memberJonah Hillcrashed the monologue to explain to Black that something was wrong in the Club. The duo raced to the Five-Timers Club lounge, only to find it covered with cobwebs and other spooky regalia.
"There's evil lurking around every corner," Black warned, before a voice replied, "No, it's just me."
Six-timeSaturday Night LivehostTina Feythen stepped out of the shadows wearing a freshly-mintedSNL UKone-timers jacket for hosting the series premiere of the British spinoff two weeks ago. (Fey joked that theSNL UKone-timers club jacket was lined with the fur of Paddington Bear.)
"I wanted to congratulate you on a historic night. You're officially the first Black in the Five-Timers Club," Fey quipped, in reference toSNL's less-than-diverse hosting history.
(Dwayne Johnsonis the only nonwhite member of the Five Timers Club yet, thoughChris Rock,Maya RudolphandCharles Barkleyhave all hosted multiple times.)
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As the trio tried to figure out how to revive the Five-Timers Club lounge, they were joined by fellow five-timeSNLhostCandice Bergenand six-timerMelissa McCarthy.Jack White— the night's musical guest — even dropped by for a quick cameo to celebrate his own fifth time performing solo onSaturday Night Live.
"The five-time musical guests only have their parking validated for 15 minutes so I have to move my hearse," White, 50, quipped before walking off.
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Black finally decided that he needed a rocking musical number to fully revive the Club, so he called on all of the former hosts, White and "a choir of marching wizards" to join him for a revamped cover of the White Stripes' 2003 classic "Seven Nation Army."
"I'm gonna make it right. The five-timer army gonna lift the curse," Black sang. "We got Jack Black and White, he's shredding his axe while I sing the next verse."
As all of the classicSNLhosts danced around him on stage, Black declared, "I can't believe this is really happening. Am I in heaven?"
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Bergen,Steve Martin,Buck Henry,Elliott GouldandChevy Chasewere among the earliest members of the Five Timers Club but the first actual sketch occurred in 1990 whenTom Hanksjoined.
Black made hisSNLdebut as a special guest with his Tenacious D bandmateKyle Gassin May 1998. He hosted for the first time in January 2002.
Saturday Night Livecontinues on NBC April 11 at 11:30 p.m. ET with guest hostColman Domingoand music fromAnitta.