Short — who was part of a Season 10 cast that included Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Harry Shearer — said it was a “very weird year” on the NBC comedy sketch show as exits from the likes of Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo prompted fears that “ SNL ” would be cancelled.

Martin Short is returning home to Studio 8H, but don't expect him to take it easy on the current 'Saturday Night Live' cast.

If you wanted to do a little “six degrees of separation” between Coldplay and Martin or Short, by the way, it’s a pretty simple connection: Martin and Short’s Only Murders co-star Selena Gomez collaborated with Coldplay on the single “ Let Somebody Go ” a couple years ago.

Martin Short is co-hosting SNL this week, and in the promo above he asks the castmembers for help wrapping gifts for his celebrity friends. "Now, this book is for Colin Jost. It's