It almost didn’t matter what happened after Justin Timberlake’s Saturday Night Live opening monologue, because by that time the episode was already the biggest of 2013. (As an aside: I get why Andy Samberg would return to the show to play his half of the "Dick in the Box" team, but I don't understand why he was playing the straight man in this sketch when a current cast member like Tim Robinson could have easily done that.) Score: 8.0 
 
 "Cold Open: Chavez" (Fred Armisen, Justin Timberlake) The show started with a little misdirect, thankfully. What appeared to be one of Fred Armisen's "speak a foreign language while a translator says funny things" type sketch turned out to be Timberlake, as Elton John, singing a new version of "Candle in the Wind" about Hugo Chavez. Score: 7.8 
 
 "Justin Timberlake Monologue" (Justin Timberlake, Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, Tran Killam, Bobby Moynihan, Candice Bergen) Pretty much the same sketch from when Tom Hanks became a member of the Five Timers Club. The point was, "Hey, it's the 'Dick in a Box' guys and the 'Wild and Crazy Guys' guys on the same stage ... Email: aaron.couch@thr.com 
 
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– It was Justin Timberlake's fifth time hosting Saturday Night Live last night, and the singer brought his Suit & Tie to knock it out of a star-studded park, notes the Hollywood Reporter, which calls the episode "the biggest of 2013." In his opening monologue, he was joined by fellow five-time hosts Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, Chevy Chase, Candace Bergen, Paul Simon, and Steve Martin—with the latter chiding Timberlake for not being able to play the banjo. Dan Akroyd and Martin Short also appeared in the sketch. Hilarity, Andy Samberg, and an appearance by the Three Amigos ensued during the show. TMZ notes, meanwhile, that Timberlake took a shot right back at Kanye West after the rapper dissed Suit & Tie. Over at Huffington Post, Mike Ryan has his scorecard for the evening.