21 Who were the youngest and oldest hosts? (Saturday Night Live)
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This article is from the Saturday Night Live: Commercial Parodies FAQ, by Doug Krause snl-faq@lido.com with numerous contributions by others.
21 Who were the youngest and oldest hosts? (Saturday Night Live)
Technically, George Carlin was the youngest *and* oldest
host on the first show, but let's not get silly. As of
this writing, Drew Barrymore is the youngest host in SNL
history. Here are the ages of the hosts under 18:
Date Host Age ---- ---- --- 27 Nov 1976 Jodie Foster 14y 0m 8d 20 Nov 1982 Drew Barrymore 7y 8m 29d 24 Feb 1990 Fred Savage 13y 7m 15d 23 Nov 1991 Macaulay Culkin 11y 2m 28d
The oldest host was a lady named Miskel Spillman. She was
an 80+ year old grandmother that won the "Anyone Can Host"
contest held in 1977. She and four other finalists (Richard
Canipe, Connie Crawford, David Lewis, and Deb Blair) appeared
on the 19 Nov 1977 show. Viewers were asked to write in and
vote for their favorite. Miskel won and hosted the Christ-
mas show on 17 Dec. The second oldest host was Ruth Gordon
who was 80 when she hosted on 22 Jan 1977.
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