Legendary comedian gives the Gulf of America yet another new name
By Joe Kovacs
PALM BEACH, Florida – Legendary comedian Steve Martin is clowning about recent political controversies, as he delivered the opening monologue Sunday during a 50th anniversary special for “Saturday Night Live.”
“I’m Steve Martin, Saturday Night Live’s newest diversity hire,” the comic began.
“Now I can’t believe I even made it here in time. It was only a few days ago that [SNL boss] Lorne [Michaels] told me I was doing the monologue,” Martin continued. “I was actually vacationing on a friend’s boat down in the Gulf of Steve Martin.”
The comic also mocked SNL’s age while also calling the monologue “traditionally the weakest part of the show.”
“A fun fact,” Martin said. “A person born during the first season of Saturday Night Live could today be easily dead of natural causes.”
Regarding the show’s signature host monologue, Martin clowned it’s “like a rent controlled tenant: It’s not going anywhere, even though it stinks.”