Jonah Hill and Saturday Night Live Skit Make Waves
Comedian Jonah Hill has hosted a Saturday Night Live episode and used his own Oscar nomination as the brunt of many of last night's jokes.
Although Hill did not win the Academy Award for best supporting actor for his role in "Moneyball," the 28-year-old referred to the "great year" he has had. Before kicking off the show last night, the actor asked for a Diet Coke.
"I'm a little parched from all this red carpet banter," said Hill of all of the "Oscar nom stuff."
"I think after the Oscar nomination, some were worried I would take myself too seriously," explained Hill. "But I'm not too fancy to let loose and have fun."
The California native had hosted "SNL" once before, and noted the Oscar nomination of one of the show's stars, Kristen Wiig.
"I feel so weird," said Hill during Saturday's episode before asking Wiig, "Do you know that feeling? Like you were just nominated for an Oscar?"
He continued, "What am I talking about? Of course you know that feeling!"
The "Bridesmaid" star responded, "Actually, I was nominated, remember? For writing best original screenplay."
The back-and-forth continued between Wiig and Hill when he asked, "That is so cute. Is that before or after the visual effects one?"
Saturday's episode also saw award-winning actor Tom Hanks and a performance by The Shins.
Ahead of Saturday's episode, Hill said he did not want his second "SNL" hosting to suffer a "sophomore slump."
"You just try not to fall on your face," said Hill speaking to Access Hollywood last week. "I think I did pretty well the first time, but now it's [the] sophomore slump. [I've] got to get over the sophomore slump."
After his past hosting experience, Hill added, "I don't know if I want to make out with anyone this go around… It's too early in the week."
The comedian will appear in the upcoming film "21 Jump Street" alongside Channing Tatum. The film hits theaters March 16.
Last week's "SNL" was hosted by actress Lindsay Lohan. The show's host next week will be Elle McPherson.
