{"id":10375,"date":"2021-05-08T15:11:02","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T15:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=10375"},"modified":"2021-05-08T15:12:51","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T15:12:51","slug":"elon-musk-is-an-odd-choice-for-snl-host-heres-why-he-was-picked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/05\/08\/elon-musk-is-an-odd-choice-for-snl-host-heres-why-he-was-picked\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk is an odd choice for SNL host. Here&#8217;s why he was picked"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"zn-body__paragraph speakable\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_8B3BB6A1-93E7-1023-33EC-469DE0D823D1\"><strong><em><cite class=\"el-editorial-source\">New York: <\/cite><\/em><\/strong>&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; has made some\u00a0odd host picks over its history. The long-running NBC variety show&#8217;s Studio 8H stage has been graced by the likes of Ralph Nader, Steve Forbes, Rudy Giuliani, George Steinbrenner and, famously,\u00a0Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_EB8C360C-DA70-D579-80BA-473D86BB29BB\">That off-kilter tradition continues Saturday when\u00a0Elon Musk, the eccentric tech billionaire, will host the show. Miley Cyrus will join him as musical guest.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_EB8C360C-DA70-D579-80BA-473D86BB29BB\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_D75341C8-2E14-DC68-9977-473D86BCA603\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10377\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Elon-Musk-is-an-odd-choice-for-SNL-host-Here-why-he-was-picked-rapidnews.png\" alt=\"Elon-Musk-is-an-odd-choice-for-SNL-host-Here-why-he-was-picked-rapidnews\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Elon-Musk-is-an-odd-choice-for-SNL-host-Here-why-he-was-picked-rapidnews.png 780w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Elon-Musk-is-an-odd-choice-for-SNL-host-Here-why-he-was-picked-rapidnews-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Elon-Musk-is-an-odd-choice-for-SNL-host-Here-why-he-was-picked-rapidnews-768x431.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_D75341C8-2E14-DC68-9977-473D86BCA603\">Musk is a surprising choice for the show given that &#8220;SNL&#8221; is not known for picking hosts from the tech or business world, usually sticking to celebrities and comedians. Having\u00a0one of the wealthiest people on the planet\u00a0on the show \u2014 and a controversial one at that \u2014 has raised some eyebrows.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_D75341C8-2E14-DC68-9977-473D86BCA603\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_230CE087-928B-0C3F-AC50-473D86BDFBFE\">But, according to James Andrew Miller, author of &#8220;Live From New York, the Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live,&#8221; the appearance makes sense because &#8220;SNL&#8221; is not so much an entertainment show as it is a cultural one.<\/div>\n<div class=\"el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--myfinance\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_7E0390A5-91AE-7BE8-0D7F-474284F6ED26\">And Musk, for better or worse, is definitely a part of our culture.<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gvre0vQERjI\" width=\"776\" height=\"435\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<section id=\"body-text\" class=\"zn zn-body-text zn-body zn--idx-0 zn--ordinary zn-has-multiple-containers zn-has-28-containers\" data-eq-pts=\"xsmall: 0, medium: 460, large: 780, full16x9: 1100\" data-vr-zone=\"zone-1-0\" data-zone-label=\"bodyText\" data-containers=\"28\" data-zn-id=\"body-text\" data-eq-state=\"xsmall medium large\">\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"zn-body__read-all\">\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_A84DAFB5-B134-6F91-D6EC-4756B262DF70\">&#8220;&#8216;SNL&#8217; has had a tradition of going outside of movie openings and television events and other predictable hosting invitations,&#8221; Miller said. &#8220;It&#8217;s picked hosts from all walks of life and different people from all parts of the culture.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_A84DAFB5-B134-6F91-D6EC-4756B262DF70\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_A84DAFB5-B134-6F91-D6EC-4756B262DF70\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_9A5AE1CF-C698-994C-3AF3-473D86BF125A\">Miller added that it&#8217;s one reason the show has stayed relevant through the years.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_9A5AE1CF-C698-994C-3AF3-473D86BF125A\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_9A5AE1CF-C698-994C-3AF3-473D86BF125A\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_125647AE-10E9-2C8E-8F5D-473D86C0650D\">That&#8217;s why the Musk pick makes sense from a viewership perspective: His selection gets people talking, and that&#8217;s certainly been the case since Musk was announced as host a few weeks ago. Musk could bring in viewers who typically don&#8217;t watch the show.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_125647AE-10E9-2C8E-8F5D-473D86C0650D\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--standard\">\n<div class=\"el__storyelement--standard el__article--embed\">\n<div class=\"el__article--teaseimage\">\n<div class=\"img__preloader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_BC7FDD41-3778-7C16-9218-4C19A97CA936\">&#8220;It gives an opportunity for people to see somebody who is very much in the public eye, and very much a big blip on the cultural, financial and technological radars, and see them in a different way,&#8221; Miller said.<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_36F7C5A4-1F5E-96EC-F758-4879309C49A5\">Musk&#8217;s selection has been a bit bumpy for &#8220;SNL&#8221; given how he he has courted controversy in the past. For example, Musk downplayed the risks of Covid-19 in an interview with the New York Times in September, saying\u00a0he would not take a Covid vaccine.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_36F7C5A4-1F5E-96EC-F758-4879309C49A5\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_36F7C5A4-1F5E-96EC-F758-4879309C49A5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_33D6EFA4-DAE3-B5CF-3D8B-48962681CD7A\">Musk&#8217;s comments via his Twitter account have also\u00a0put him in hot water\u00a0in the past. Then there was the time he\u00a0smoked weed and unsheathed a Samurai sword on Joe Rogan&#8217;s podcast in 2018\u00a0\u2014 a move that upset shareholders and prompted the departures of two high-level executives.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_33D6EFA4-DAE3-B5CF-3D8B-48962681CD7A\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_33D6EFA4-DAE3-B5CF-3D8B-48962681CD7A\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_4D93821F-2E0A-D4BD-2238-48962684C7E5\">So, the CEO&#8217;s unpredictable personality, plus the very live nature of &#8220;SNL,&#8221; could go a lot of ways. He even hinted at his &#8220;wild card&#8221; personality\u00a0during a promo for the show, promising to be &#8220;good-ish&#8221; since it&#8217;s the Mother&#8217;s Day show.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_4D93821F-2E0A-D4BD-2238-48962684C7E5\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_4D93821F-2E0A-D4BD-2238-48962684C7E5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_40413252-E8A6-BEF5-22F0-474A2F43A24A\">After Musk was announced as host, some of &#8220;SNL&#8217;s&#8221; own cast members like Bowen Yang and Andrew Dismuke headed to Instagram to\u00a0express their displeasure. By contrast, Pete Davidson expressed his interest in having Musk on.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_40413252-E8A6-BEF5-22F0-474A2F43A24A\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_40413252-E8A6-BEF5-22F0-474A2F43A24A\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_A7AFC3B6-29F0-BA95-424B-47A98C2B0847\">&#8220;I&#8217;m really excited, man. I&#8217;m going to ask him for, like, a Tesla or some s***,&#8221; Davidson\u00a0told\u00a0Seth Meyers on &#8220;Late Night with Seth Meyers&#8221; this week. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know why people are freaking out. They&#8217;re like, &#8216;Oh, I can&#8217;t believe that Elon Musk is hosting!&#8217; And I&#8217;m like, &#8216;The guy that makes the earth better kinda and makes cool things and sends people to Mars?'&#8221;<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_A7AFC3B6-29F0-BA95-424B-47A98C2B0847\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_A7AFC3B6-29F0-BA95-424B-47A98C2B0847\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_CA4BF106-054D-C047-0D5C-47A98FA4C5D5\">Miller pointed out that some people &#8220;will be fascinated by this,&#8221; and some &#8220;will be disgusted by it.&#8221; That&#8217;s likely just fine with long-time executive producer Lorne Michaels.<\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_CA4BF106-054D-C047-0D5C-47A98FA4C5D5\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"el__embedded el__embedded--standard\">\n<div class=\"el__storyelement--standard el__article--embed\">\n<div class=\"el__article--teaseimage\">\n<div class=\"img__preloader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media__caption el__storyelement__title\"><span class=\"el__storyelement__header\">&#8216;SNL&#8217; cast members signal they&#8217;re unhappy about Elon Musk hosting. He&#8217;s not the first to cause a stir<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_8060AF59-6D64-02A0-D2EE-47A68ADF9AC5\">&#8220;From the very beginning, Lorne has made a point of not pandering. He doesn&#8217;t wet his finger, hold it up in the air and try to guess what people want,&#8221; Miller said. &#8220;The show isn&#8217;t afraid of controversy.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_8060AF59-6D64-02A0-D2EE-47A68ADF9AC5\"><\/div>\n<div data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_8060AF59-6D64-02A0-D2EE-47A68ADF9AC5\"><\/div>\n<section id=\"body-text\" class=\"zn zn-body-text zn-body zn--idx-0 zn--ordinary zn-has-multiple-containers zn-has-28-containers\" data-eq-pts=\"xsmall: 0, medium: 460, large: 780, full16x9: 1100\" data-vr-zone=\"zone-1-0\" data-zone-label=\"bodyText\" data-containers=\"28\" data-zn-id=\"body-text\" data-eq-state=\"xsmall medium large\">\n<div class=\"l-container\">\n<div class=\"zn-body__read-all\">\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_C9179FE1-FC1D-F7A1-B159-473D86CA58B1\">So will Musk be a good host? He&#8217;s no stranger to being in front of the camera. He&#8217;s had cameos in films like Marvel&#8217;s &#8220;Iron Man 2,&#8221; TV shows like &#8220;The Simpsons,&#8221; and been in several episodes of &#8220;South Park.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_24BDAB27-32BA-0512-DF7F-4895BEBB6B9B\">Tune in Saturday night to see if that translates to &#8220;SNL.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"zn-body__paragraph zn-body__footer\">\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"story-bottom\" class=\"zn zn-story-bottom zn-single-column zn--idx-1 zn--ordinary zn-has-multiple-containers zn-has-3-containers\" data-eq-pts=\"xsmall: 0, medium: 460, large: 780, full16x9: 1100\" data-vr-zone=\"zone-1-1\" data-zone-label=\"storyBottom\" data-eq-state=\"xsmall medium large\">\n<div class=\"zn-top\">\n<div class=\"zn-top__background\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-container zn__background--content-relative\">\n<div class=\"zn__containers\">\n<div class=\"column zn__column--idx-0\">\n<article class=\"cd cd--tool cd--tool__outbrain\" data-analytics=\"tool-type_list-hierarchical-small-horizontal_outbrain\" data-vr-contentbox=\"\" data-eq-pts=\"xsmall: 0, small: 300, medium: 460, large: 780\" data-eq-state=\"xsmall small medium large\">\n<div class=\"OB_AR_36\" data-zjs-campaign=\"outbrain-smartfeed\">\n<div class=\"ob-smartfeed-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"outbrain_widget_1\" class=\"OUTBRAIN js-m-outbrain m-outbrain\" data-src=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/08\/media\/snl-elon-musk-preview\/index.html\" data-widget-id=\"AR_36\" data-ob-template=\"cnn\" data-ob-mark=\"true\" data-browser=\"chrome\" data-os=\"win32\" data-dynload=\"\" data-idx=\"1\">\n<div class=\"ob-widget ob-grid-layout CRAB_1 ob-cmn-CRAB_1\" data-dynamic-truncate=\"true\">\n<div class=\"ob-widget-header\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York: &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; has made some\u00a0odd host picks over its history. 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