'SNL': Martin Short, Steve Martin joined by Selena Gomez during skit - USA TODAY

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Selena Gomez co-stars with Steve Martin and Martin Short connected Hulu's "Only Murders successful the Building" – truthful it didn't instrumentality a detective to presume she'd marque an quality during the duo's "Saturday Night Live" hosting stint.

And truthful she did! The histrion and vocalist popped successful astatine the extremity of the pair's opening monologue. The brace (jokingly!) roasted each different over pretend eulogies. "Marty did not privation to beryllium cremated – excessively late!" Martin joked, for example.

Martin closed his saying, "Now that Marty's gone, who volition I ever enactment with?"

"What astir me?" Gomez said, astonishing the assemblage with her cameo.

Martin and Short are surely a dynamic duo, but lately they've been much of a terrific trio with Gomez. Gomez besides appeared successful a precocious sketch spoofing the Martin and Short-starring "Father of the Bride," along with Kieran Culkin (who, yes, was successful the original).

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The series' 2nd play aired earlier this year; USA TODAY professional Kelly Lawler wrote of the season: "Combining the talents of Martin, Short and Gomez was a weird but invited formula, and they stay a winsome trio successful Season 2. It's inactive a dull and dreary New York wintertime successful the satellite of 'Only Murders,' but this singularly congenial amusement has an uncanny quality to assistance your spirits adjacent arsenic it deals with decease and mayhem."

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Still, the "SNL" alums made a timely gag astir their longtime narration earlier successful the monologue

"Steve, we are similar Harry and Meghan. No one's rooting for america but you'll tune successful to ticker anyway," Short said, referencing the royal couple's caller Netflix bid that's turning heads astatine location and crossed the pond.

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"Working with Marty Short is similar World Cup soccer," Martin aboriginal said. "Somehow, I conscionable can't get into it."

They besides said they are presently moving connected the third play of "Only Murders successful the Building." And arsenic Short said, much like Martin astatine the urinal, it streams for 32 minutes.

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