WATCH: Steve Martin and Tom Hanks welcome Justin Timberlake to SNL's 'Five-Timer's Club'
And those cameos are just the tip of the iceberg
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n Saturday's nostalgia-laden episode of Saturday Night Live, Justin Timberlake — hosting SNL for the fifth time — was inducted into the "Five-Timer's Club" with the help of a few surprise guests, including Steve Martin and Tom Hanks. "In case you don't know, this is the most exclusive club in New York," Timberlake said in his opening monologue, before inviting the audience to join him on his inaugural visit to the Five-Timer's Club. Revealing how many of Timberlake's fellow Five-Timers show up to welcome him to the club would spoil the fun. But let's just say that Martin and Hanks are only the beginning:
Watch Tom Hanks' original induction into the Five-Timer's Club from a December 1990 episode of Saturday Night Live:
Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, Outside Magazine, and Think Progress.
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