The first installment ofSaturday Night Live ’s 26th seasonairedon October 7 , 2000 , and ended like any other — with the cast gather onstage while the innkeeper thank everyone for a great show . In this type , the host was Rob Lowe , who was flanked by Eminem and Ralph Nader . Brendan Fraser was also there .
Eminem ’s attendance made sense , since he was the musical guest . Nader had earned his billet onstage , too ; he had play himself in a sketch where Lowe ’s inner monologue break that he has no approximation who Nader is ( “ Was he inSt . Elmo ’s Fire ? ” “ Is he one of my agents ? ” ) . Fraser ’s loom presence over Lowe ’s left shoulder as the credits rolled was more of a mystery story .
To be middling , Fraser did technically have a cameo in the sequence . When Chris Kattan geared up to vie in the “ Looks at Books ” upshot during the “ SNLOlympics ” resume , Fraser showed up to give him a quick pre - performance muscle hitch and pep talk . This totally silent part live all of 25 endorsement , just long enough for everyone to wonder why Fraser was there at all .
As CinemaBlendreports , Lowe was just as baffled as viewers . While interviewing formerSNLcast extremity Vanessa Bayer for a recent sequence of his podcastLiterally ! , Lowe revealed that Fraser ’s appearing during the bye-bye come up as a surprise ( though he did thank him for being there , along with Eminem , Nader , Dido , and Tim Meadows ) . As soon as Lowe had finished his closure spiel , Fraser started call “ Bedazzled ! October 20th ! ” over the implemental music . It was a plug for his coming drollery motion picture , which was title — you guessed it — Bedazzled .
“ I ’ve spent many years trying to figure out what was going on with Brendan that dark , and the nearest I can come to is that he was somehow promised a base on balls - on during the show , and the show ran long , and he just was like , ‘ F * * * it , I ’m gon na go up and yellBedazzledbehind Rob Lowe ’s head , ’ ” LowesaidonLiterally ! .
Lowe ’s explanation suggests that he did n’t roll in the hay about Fraser ’s role in “ SNLOlympics , ” which , fugitive though it was , did sort of justify his hopping onstage for the culmination ceremony . Whether Fraser was sic to star in a more real sketch that got rationalise for time is anybody ’s guess — maybe Fraser will tell his side of the news report on a future installment of Lowe ’s podcast .
