Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ridiculed his tweets, his son's name and welcomed his mother to the stage during his opening monologue on NBC's Saturday Night Live.
Read the full transcript of his monologue and his mother's appearance:
It's an honor to be hosting Saturday Night Live. I mean that, sometimes after I say something I have to say, "I mean that." Some people rarely know what I mean, that's because I don't always have a lot of intonation or variation in how I speak, which I'm told makes for great comedy.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ridiculed his tweets, his son's name and welcomed his mother to the stage during his opening monologue on NBC's Saturday Night Live.
Read the full transcript of his monologue and his mother's appearance:
It's an honor to be hosting Saturday Night Live. I mean that, sometimes after I say something I have to say, "I mean that." Some people rarely know what I mean, that's because I don't always have a lot of intonation or variation in how I speak, which I'm told makes for great comedy.
I'm actually making history tonight as the first person with Asperger's to host SNL. Or at least the first to admit it. So I'll make a lot of eye contact with the cast tonight. But already I'm pretty good at running human and emulation mode.
I'd first like to share with you my vision for the future. I believe in a renewable energy future. I believe that humanity must become a multi-planetary spacefaring civilization. Those seem like exciting goals don't they.
I think if I just posted that on Twitter, I'd be fine. But I also write things like "69 days after 4/20 again haha." I don't know, I thought it was funny. That's why I wrote haha at the end.
Look, I know I say or post strange things but that's just how my brain works. To anyone I have offended, I just want to say I reinvented electric cars and I'm sending people to Mars on a rocket ship. Did you think I was also going to be a chill normal dude?
A lot of times people are reduced to the dumbest thing they ever did. Like one time I smoked weed on Joe Rogan's podcast and now, all time I hear, 'Elon Musk, all he ever does is smoke weed on podcasts.' Like I go from podcast to podcast, lighting up joints. It happened once.
It's like reducing O.J. Simpson to a murderer. It was one time. Fun fact: O.J. also hosted the show in '79. And again, in '96. Killed both times.
One reason I've always loved SNL is that it's genuinely live. A lot of people don't realize that. We're actually live right now, which means I could say something truly shocking... Like I drive a Prius.
SNL is also a great way to learn something new about the host. For example, this is my son's name. It's pronounced: Cat running across the keyboard.
Another thing people want to know is, what was it like as a kid? The answer is pretty much the same as now, but smaller. But we also asked my mother who's here tonight.
[Musk's mother walks onto the stage]
Her name is Maye, like the month, but with an E at the end.
Musk's mother: Thanks for spelling my name, Elon
Mom, Do you remember when I was 12 and I created my own video game called Glastar about a spaceship that battles aliens?
[Musk's mother] I do. I remember they paid you $500, but you were too young to open a bank account so I had to open one for you.
That's right. Whatever happened to that bank account.
[Musk's mother] That's not important. You turned that video game about space into reality.
Unless you consider that reality might be a video game and we're all just computer simulations being played by a teenager in another planet.
[Musk's mother] That's great Elon. Well, break a leg tonight. I love you very much.
I love you too mom.
[Musk's mother] And I'm excited for my Mother's Day gift. I just hope it's not dogecoin.
It is. We've got a great show for you tonight. Miley Cyrus is here. So stick around we'll be right back.
Tesla i SpaceX direktor Elon Musk ismijavao njegove tweetove, ime svog sina i pozdravila majku na pozornici tijekom uvodnom monologu na NBC Saturday Night Live.
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To je čast da bude domaćin Saturday Night Live. Mislim da, ponekad nakon kažem nešto moram reći: „Ja mislim da je.” Neki ljudi rijetko znaju što mislim, to je zato što ne moraju uvijek puno intonacije ili varijacije u tome ja govorim, što sam rekao čini velike komedije.
Ja sam zapravo čineći večeras u povijest kao prva osoba s Aspergerovim za domaćina SNL. Ili barem prvi koji će to priznati. Dakle, ja ću napraviti puno kontakta očima s večeras cast. No, već sam prilično dobar u trčanje ljudsku i emulaciju način.
Ja bih prvi želio podijeliti s vama svoju viziju za budućnost. Vjerujem u budućnost obnovljivih izvora energije. Vjerujem da čovječanstvo mora postati multi-planetarni spacefaring civilizacija. Oni izgledaju kao uzbudljive ciljeve zar ne.
Mislim da sam upravo objavio da je na Twitter, ja bih biti u redu. Ali sam isto tako pisati stvari poput „69 dana poslije opet 4/20 haha.” Ne znam, mislio sam da je to smiješno. Zato sam napisao haha na kraju.
Gle, znam da ja kažem ili poslije čudne stvari, ali to je samo kako moj mozak funkcionira. Za koga sam uvrijedio, samo želim reći da sam iznova električnih automobila i šaljem ljude na Mars na raketni brod. Jeste li mislili Također sam bio idući u biti hladan normalno čovječe?
Mnogo puta ljudi su svedeni na najgluplja stvar ikada učinio. Kao jedno vrijeme sam pušio travu na Joe Rogan je podcast, a sada, sve vrijeme čujem, "Elon Musk, sve što je ikada se je dim korov na podcasta. Kao što sam ići od podcast podcast, rasvjeta zglobova. To se dogodilo jednom.
To je kao smanjenje O.J. Simpson na ubojice. Bilo je to jedno vrijeme. Zabavna činjenica: O.J. također domaćin show u '79. I opet, '96. Ubio oba puta.
Jedan od razloga Uvijek sam volio SNL je da je istinski živjeti. Puno ljudi ne shvaćaju da je. Mi smo zapravo žive upravo sada, što znači da bi mogao reći nešto zaista šokira ... Kao što sam voziti Prius.
SNL je također odličan način za naučiti nešto novo o domaćinu. Na primjer, to je ime moga sina. To je izraženija: Mačka trčanje preko tipkovnice.
Još jedna stvar koju ljudi žele znati je, kako je to izgledalo kao dijete? Odgovor je prilično mnogo isto kao i sada, ali manji. Ali, mi također pitao moju majku koja je ovdje večeras.
[Mo¹us majka ide na pozornicu]
Njezino ime je Maye, poput mjeseca, ali s E na kraju.
Musk majka: Hvala pravopis moje ime, Elon
Mama, sjećaš li se kad sam imao 12 godina, a ja stvorio vlastitu video igru pod nazivom Glastar o svemirskom brodu da bitke strancima?
[Musk majka] ja. Sjećam se da ste platili 500 $, ali ste bili premladi otvoriti bankovni račun pa sam morao otvoriti za vas.
Tako je. Što se dogodilo s tom bankovnom računu.
[Musk majka] To nije važno. okrenuo si tu video igre o prostoru u stvarnost.
Osim ako uzmete u obzir da stvarnost može biti video igre, a mi smo sve samo računalne simulacije koji se svira tinejdžer u nekom drugom planetu.
[Musk majka] To je super Elon. Pa, slomiti nogu večeras. Volim te jako puno.
Volim te previše mama.
[Musk majka] I ja sam uzbuđen zbog mog Majčin dan dar. Samo se nadam da to nije dogecoin.
To je. Imamo veliki show za vas večeras. Miley Cyrus je ovdje. Dakle štap okolo ćemo se vratiti.