--- title: "Elon Musk Is Hosting “Saturday Night Live”" description: "According to reporting by Variety and a tweet by NBC, Musk is scheduled to host the famous late-night sketch comedy show \"Saturday Night Live\" on May 8." date: "2021-04-24" modified: "2021-04-24" authors: - name: "Jon Christian" job_title: "Executive Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-saturday-night-live" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "miley cyrus" - "saturday night live" - "the digest" --- # Elon Musk Is Hosting “Saturday Night Live” ![SpaceX has finally managed to land its first massive Starship rocket in one piece. Well, at least it did for several minutes.]() *\Image: NASASpaceFlight/Gage Skidmore/Victor Tangermann\* ## No Joke SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is picking up yet another gig, at least for one night. According to [reporting by *Variety* ]()and a [tweet by NBC](), Musk is scheduled to host the famous late-night sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" on May 8 — a high-stakes entertainment opportunity for a man who [considers himself quite funny](), but above all else probably a chance to market his various wares in front of a large audience. ## Wrecking Ball Performing as a musical guest alongside Musk will be country and pop star Miley Cyrus. Though it's common for musicians to perform on SNL, *Variety* points out, it's rare for business moguls to appear on the show — though, it reports, the show has at various points welcomed Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and former NBC programming head Brandon Tartikoff as guest hosts. ## Big Night Musk himself has yet to comment on the news. The big question, of course, is whether an entrepreneur who's becoming skilled at commanding the world's attention via short posts on Twitter will manage to hold the world's attention during a 90-minute live format. In many ways, that's a very different gig. One thing, however, will probably remain the same — [someone else will be probably be writing Musk's jokes](). **READ MORE:** [Elon Musk to Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ With Musical Guest Miley Cyrus ]() \[*Variety*\] **More on Musk:** *[Elon Musk, Who Refused To Take a COVID Vaccine, Now Says Vaccines Are Good]()* ## Author I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()