Timothée Chalamet gets usurped onstage by Kenan Thompson and thanks 'SNL' for letting him pull double duty as himself and Bob Dylan.

As Lin-Manuel Miranda channeled Alexander Hamilton in one musical bit, Timothée Chalamet channeled Bob Dylan in two others.

The fact that host Timothée Chalamet just earned an Oscar nomination for his role as Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown” raised the possibility, however slim, that Minnesota’s most celebrated artist might appear on the late-night show for only the second time in its 50-year history.

Nearly 250 years ago, delegates gathered in Philadelphia to form the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock (Mikey Day) signed it the "biggest." Cameo alert! Lin-Manuel Miranda reappears as Alexander Hamilton from his iconic musical. But it is a bait and switch.

Timothée Chalamet performed two lesser-known Bob Dylan songs, in his own voice, as the musical guest as well as host of 'Saturday Night Live.'

But at first sight, Chalamet’s stint as the frontman of a Dylan cover band coinciding with his Best Actor campaign was less loosey-goose anything-goes ’70s style than akin to the more nakedly promotional Garth-Brooks-as-Chris-Gaines type of deal.

It’s been a while since Robert Smigel hung his own animation shingle at SNL, so if Seidell and Day want to give it a whirl, I’m game, even if this amusing first example is a little laid-back to signal the dawn of a new recurring bit.

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Timothée Chalamet is once again a Best Actor Oscar nominee, this time for his portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. He flaunted his acting and singing chops as both the host and musical guest of last night’s Saturday Night Live.

Timothée Chalamet hosted 'SNL' for the third time and played Bob Dylan songs in a tie-in to his Oscar-nominated film, 'A Complete Unknown.'

By the nature of it being live, it's immediate and it's probably riskier,” Gasteyer says of SNL. “There's not a lot of time spent hand-wringing and wondering if someone's going to be offended.”