Steve Martin won’t be gracing Studio 8H to impersonate a certain midwest dad anytime soon.
Whenever a new politician gets vaulted onto the national stage, the internet scrambles to face-match them with their celebrity counterpart, its denizens generously taking it upon themselves to do the work of the Saturday Night Live casting team. Often these fan-castings go ignored, but something in the air was different on Tuesday when it was announced that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz would be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.
It wasn’t long before someone realized who Walz’s silver hair, glasses, and general folksy vibe reminded them of: Steve Martin. From there, the calls for Martin to return to SNL as Walz grew louder until the banjo-playing comedian himself acknowledged the noise. “I just learned that Tim Walz wants to go on the road with Marty Short,” Martin said on Threads, a reference to his longtime creative partnership with Short.
