To mark the occasion, Short donned the infamous robe, sipped a martini named in his honor, and traded truth bombs with some Hollywood A-listers. The Dec. 21 cold open began with a brief monologue from Tom Hanks, who explained that he started the club in 1990 as an "ingeniously lazy way to avoid writing a monologue."

Tom Hanks, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Kristen Wiig, Scarlett Johansson and more all welcomed the actor and comedian into the elusive club on Dec. 21