Saturday Night Live was hosted by Martin Freeman last night, and here are a few things people know about the guy: Martin Freeman originally became a star in the UK by starring as the equivalent of the Jim character in the original version of The Office. Nowadays, Martin is also pretty famous as Benedict Cumberbatch’s Dr. Watson in the Sherlock television series while also enjoying a string of box-office hits as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit trilogy that wraps up in theaters this month.
And so we got the very predictable (but still kind of fun) merging of The Office: Middle Earth edition last night on SNL. Never mind that most people don’t know about The Office‘s original version. There were comedy geeks to be appeased. We could complain this thing would’ve made a lot more sense back when the first Hobbit was released just as NBC’s The Office began its final season, but that’s okay. It’s still fun–and Freeman’s agent looks smart to have waited for the final Hobbit to get him some SNL exposure. It looks like a lot of people fell in love with Martin Freeman last night. We’re assuming a lot of guys got goofy over sexy pop star Charli XCX, too…
And on more of the holiday tip, we’ll show some love for the “Sump’N Claus” sketch, too–if only because we wouldn’t mind hearing it played at Christmas parties…
