Austin Butler

Austin Butler makes his 'Saturday Night Live' hosting debut with musical guest Lizzo as the show bids farewell to Cecily Strong.

Weathers has also played the International Hilton that Elvis used to play; he's also been in the same hospital that Colonel Tom Parker (Tom Hanks) visits in the movie. (Not to be a Grinch, just think this is a little indulgent, which has been a hallmark of late period Cecily. "The demon was good," says Weathers. Lasagna welcomes special guest "casual Elvis" (Austin Butler) to serenade her with "Blue Christmas." "This is really nice, Motown," says Weathers. I know women just like her," adding it "is fresh and smart." [Kenan Thompson](https://ew.com/person/kenan-thompson/) aside, she's our last link to that third golden age era headlined by the likes of [Bill Hader](https://ew.com/person/bill-hader/) and [Jason Sudeikis](https://ew.com/person/jason-sudeikis/), outlasting her compatriots [Kate McKinnon](https://ew.com/person/kate-mckinnon/) and [Aidy Bryant](https://ew.com/person/aidy-bryant/) by a handful of episodes. Love the accents, love Kenan, love calling out the weird ubiquity of this German treat. I love how specific and strange this is — it's silly and absurd and barbed. "You can almost taste the taste!" Elvis Presley was one of the most charismatic, mesmerizing performers to ever appear on a stage." "The selective realism really worked, and they really rolled the story together well," he notes.

Austin Butler gave viewers a range of emotions during his monologue as host of 'Saturday Night Live'. The actor took the stage on the NBC sketch show for ...

[Austin Butler](https://deadline.com/tag/austin-butler/) gave viewers a range of emotions during his monologue as host of [Saturday Night Live](https://deadline.com/tag/saturday-night-live/). I’d make funny faces and voices and I’d even do this Gollum impression.” “Even though I had this crippling shyness when I was with her, I’d do anything to make my mom laugh. He revealed that some of his favorite memories growing up with his mother were watching As the actor speaks, his voice was modified to sound high-pitched. The actor took the stage on the [NBC](https://deadline.com/tag/nbc/) sketch show for the first time and addressed his evolving voice in recent years.

Austin Butler tried to visit Jimmy Fallon before his 'SNL' hosting gig. Instead of finding Fallon, he found an Elvis on the Shelvis.

Instead of finding Fallon, he found an Elvis on the Shelvis in a skit for The Tonight Show. Austin Butler tried to make a quick visit with Jimmy Fallon to get some advice before his SNL hosting gig this weekend. 17) on NBC.

The 'Elvis' star tugged on some heartstrings in his first time on the Studio 8H stage.

"Being silly with her is what broke me out of my shell and the core of what started me in acting." "My mom is no longer with us. But luckily, my mom decided to home school me and my sister, so I was also weird," Butler joked. "Since we home schooled, sometimes my mom would say, 'We're taking the day off, and we're going to Disneyland!' And we'd be so excited. "Some of my favorite memories from growing up are watching SNL with her. And we'd watch every week," he recalled.

The 31-year-old Elvis actor is hosting the December 17 episode of the popular late-night show, and he took the stage to deliver an opening monologue fit for the ...

“Tonight just know that anytime you see me doing a silly voice or making a funny face, that’s for you mom.” [Austin Butler](https://www.justjared.com/tags/austin-butler/), [Elvis](https://www.justjared.com/tags/elvis/), [Saturday Night Live](https://www.justjared.com/tags/saturday-night-live/), [Television](https://www.justjared.com/tags/television/) I’d even do this ridiculous Gollum impression,” he said before imitating the classic Lord of the Rings character. I’d make funny faces and voices. He also referenced his late mother. “There’s people out there who say that ever since I played Elvis my voice has changed,” he said.

SNL couldn't get through its Austin Butler-hosted Christmas show without at least one skit about Elvis Presley — but the star of the Baz Luhrmann biopic ...

Strong’s alter-ego also got all gaga at the site of Jewish Elvis — unlike characters played by Chloe Fineman and Ego Nwodim, who simply pointed out that the fake Elvis was just a big …complainer. Joining Butler as a fellow geezer was It was Sarah Sherman, who sent up The King by pretending he was Jewish.

During his "Saturday Night Live" monologue, actor Austin Butler choked up as he paid tribute to his late mother.

After a strong string of episodes, this SNL felt like everyone left early for the holiday break.

[Blue Christmas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvTmjdhBRVs)” moment felt a little odd since it focused so much on Strong with Butler. Strong, along with Kenan Thompson, was one of the longest-running performers and her exit feels like the end of an era. It also would have been funnier if Jost had finished the segment with the purple lipstick smeared across his face. However, after he receives the second gift the sketch cuts away to Santa on the roof. [Plirt](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAxEaZ-NkLQ).” “A Christmas Epiphany” showcases the impressive cinematography and production design of the SNL crew, but more importantly plays to Butler’s strengths. Unfortunately, “The Phrase that Pays” is the former. This mash-up of It’s A Wonderful Life and the ending of [Stella Dallas](https://youtu.be/M8x2PSIhbh0?t=75) allows Butler to play the straight man and utilizes his seeming lack of humor effectively. The incremental joke is too subtle for sketch comedy. The fact that Punkie Johnson and Heidi Gardner don’t have much to do to escalate the scene, and as the game show host James Austin Johnson is accurate and adequate. For better or worse, the game show parody is a standard of SNL. He gave it a great effort and, of course, great writing can remedy all of the above. First, it didn’t help matters to be hosting after veterans of sketch comedy like Steve Martin and Martin Short, or for that matter, following such a charismatic first-time host as Keke Palmer the week before.

Austin Butler claimed that having fun with her helped him break out of his cocoon and fuel his dream to pursue a career in acting. He played Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's famous biopic, "Elvis." Butler first appeared as a child actor on Nickelodeon ...

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). [NBC](/topic/nbc)announced earlier that the December 17 episode would be the last for recurring actor Cecily Strong. Butler first appeared as a child actor on [Nickelodeon](/topic/nickelodeon)and [Disney Channel](/topic/disney-channel)programs.

Austin Butler marked his first time as host on Saturday Night Live over the weekend, where he was joined by Lizzo as the evening's musical guest.

Then, [Chris Redd](https://people.com/tv/snl-chris-redd-weighs-in-on-pete-davidson-kanye-west-feud/) announced [his departure from SNL](https://people.com/tv/chris-redd-latest-to-depart-saturday-night-live/) after five seasons. SNL announced ahead of Saturday's episode that it would mark [Strong's final appearance](https://people.com/tv/cecily-strong-exiting-snl-after-11-seasons/). [confirmed](https://people.com/tv/saturday-night-live-melissa-villasenor-alex-moffat-aristotle-athari-leave-before-season-48/) on Sept. [Marcello Hernandez](https://www.instagram.com/marcellohdz/?hl=en), [Molly Kearney](https://www.instagram.com/meatbrickmolly/?hl=en), [Michael Longfellow](https://www.instagram.com/longfellow_michael/?hl=en) and [Devon Walker](https://www.instagram.com/internetdevon/?hl=en). [Kate McKinnon](https://people.com/tag/kate-mckinnon/), [Pete Davidson](https://people.com/tag/pete-davidson/), [Aidy Bryant](https://people.com/tag/aidy-bryant/) and [Kyle Mooney](https://people.com/tv/kanye-west-rap-battles-kyle-mooney-on-saturday-night-live-video/) exited after the [season 47 finale](https://people.com/tv/aidy-bryant-leaves-saturday-night-live-snl-weekend-update-video/). "My mom is no longer with us, but I've been thinking about her a lot this week, just imagining how proud she'd be of her son, who used to not be able to order food for myself at a restaurant, is now standing on this stage." 1 that the series was also losing [Melissa Villaseñor](https://people.com/movies/independent-spirit-awards-2021-melissa-villasenor-impersonates-owen-wilson-kate-mckinnon-more-stars/) and [Alex Moffat](https://people.com/tv/alex-moffat-as-joe-biden-snl/), as well as featured player [Aristotle Athari](https://people.com/tv/meet-the-new-members-joining-the-saturday-night-live-season-47-cast/). "Some of my favorite memories from growing up are watching SNL with her. [Cecily Strong](https://people.com/tv/saturday-night-live-cecily-strong-still-cast-member-despite-absence-from-opening-credits/) reprise her [Cathy Anne character](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysjMZrFTpjQ) on Weekend Update. And we'd watch every week," Butler said. [opening monologue](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKwralwfbiw), Butler paid tribute to his late mother, who died from cancer in 2014, when the Elvis star was 23. [Austin Butler](https://people.com/tag/austin-butler/)!

Cecily Strong received a heartfelt sendoff by "Elvis" star Austin Butler during her final day at "Saturday Night Live" on Dec. 17.

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Cecily Strong's departure hits hard both because of its abruptness and because she had lately settled into her role as the backbone of this show.

[ the Trump NFT cold open](https://youtu.be/Izukxr-SfsM) was the first joke of this entire episode, considering that you had to have been alive and of MTV-watching age in 1995 to remember that band at all. [• Lizzo’s second song of the night](https://youtu.be/aJjTRUCfZ7c) is officially billed on YouTube as “Someday at Christmas (Amazon Music Original).” Shout out to Jeff Bezos, I guess, for allowing Lizzo to write Christmas music? [Last week’s Please Don’t Destroy video](https://youtu.be/x3ItsU1DC4w) might have been the first time the seams started to show; the first time the PDD guys’ bag of tricks actually felt like a bag of tricks. As a bonus, Lizzo’s appearance here carries some continuity from [ her last PDD video](https://youtu.be/M5s52CB1e_4), where she was improbably attracted to Martin Herlihy. Radio Shack in the first place.” (The sketch is ostensibly set at Radio Shack.) But as Strong herself says in [ her other goodbye moment](https://youtu.be/ysjMZrFTpjQ), as Weekend Update character, Cathy Anne: “Everybody has to go to jail at some point, right?” (The character is ostensibly going to jail.) As fellow vet Kenan Thompson gushed in one of two fourth wall-breaking [ farewell scenes](https://youtu.be/VvTmjdhBRVs) in the episode, “[Every week] she’d have a power and joy to her performance that made you remember why you love working at … [ guitarist Nick Zinner’s ailing health](https://pitchfork.com/news/lizzo-to-replace-yeah-yeah-yeahs-as-snls-december-17-musical-guest/). (“I’m sorry, my culture is not your costume!”) You can’t help but root for this over-it Krampus to get some much-deserved me-time — and not just because that means he might stop gobbling up naughty children for a bit. What caught far more people off guard was the news that broke just hours before the taping: the final episode of 2022 would be Cecily Strong’s [ final episode as a cast member](https://twitter.com/nbcsnl/status/1604299423760191488). It’s the most fun he has all night, and his infectious exuberance almost breaks much of the cast on hand here. (They were replaced by Lizzo, who reliably [ Lizzo’d all over the place.](https://youtu.be/gnvPKUUueFc)) That unfortunate announcement first arrived a week ago, however. The host, who shot to fame in Baz Luhrmann’s hypnotically excessive Elvis — and whose speaking voice sounds like Brad Pitt doing Elvis — recalled watching SNL as a child with his mother, who has since passed.