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title: "Saturday Night Live Honors Patrick Stewart"
url: https://www.herewashingtondc.com/2026/11/01/saturday-night-live-tribute-patrick-stewart/
date: 2026-11-01T08:50:21-05:00
modified: 2026-11-01T08:50:21-05:00
author: "HERE City National Desk"
categories: ["National"]
site: "HERE Washington DC"
attribution: "HERE Washington DC"
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# Saturday Night Live Honors Patrick Stewart

*Source: [HERE Washington DC](https://www.herewashingtondc.com/2026/11/01/saturday-night-live-tribute-patrick-stewart/) — November 1, 2026 by HERE City National Desk*

*From the HERE City National Desk*

NEW YORK, N.Y. — Saturday Night Live remembered Patrick Stewart at the end of this weekend’s show, rolling the moment from his lone hosting turn in 1994 when he introduced musical guest Salt-N-Pepa, followed by an In Memoriam card.

Stewart, the Star Trek: The Next Generation and X-Men star, died Wednesday at 86 at his home in Los Angeles. His representative said he had faced a short battle with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia.

He hosted on Feb. 5, 1994, a few months before The Next Generation ended its run. That night he ran a bakery for grown-ups only in the Sexy Cakes sketch and showed up as a therapist in a recurring Mike Myers bit about all things Scottish.

In Making It So, his 2023 memoir, Stewart said he found live sketch comedy nerve-racking and ranked his own monologue among the show’s worst. He came to believe his lasting mark was the oddly enthusiastic Salt-N-Pepa introduction, which comedian John Mulaney turned into a well-known stand-up routine and revisited while hosting the show in 2018.

He leaned into the joke in February 2025, marking the show’s 50th year with a clip of himself in a Salt-N-Pepa shirt performing the famous intro again.