( CNN ) '' It 's showtime ! '' Michael Keaton paid homage -- ever so slightly -- to his roles in `` Beetlejuice '' and `` Batman '' in his third turn hosting `` Saturday Night Live '' this weekend . Keaton acknowledged in his opening monologue that a lot has changed since he first hosted the comedy sketch show in 1982 . `` I had a baby -- he 's 31 . I also have a new girlfriend -- she 's 28 , '' he said . Fans who were hoping for a full-blown revival of Keaton 's most memorable characters might have been a little disappointed . SNL cast members Taran Killam and Bobby Moynihan begged the actor with a song to `` play '' Batman and Beetlejuice with them . All they got in response were a couple of one-liners . Overall , Keaton 's performance drew high marks from viewers and critics for its `` deadpan '' manner and `` unpredictable weirdness , '' in the words of A.V . Club 's Dennis Perkins . Fans also delighted in a cameo from `` Walking Dead '' star Norman Reedus during Weekend Update . Keaton scored some laughs from the audience as an ad executive who 's not very good at his job , a confused grandfather and a high school teacher who gets asked to the prom in a riff on the romantic comedy `` She 's All That . '' Other crowd-pleasing spots included a Scientology parody music video and a news conference spoofing the NCAA student-athlete debate . The show also poked fun at CNN with cast member Cecily Strong playing anchor Brooke Baldwin . Baldwin said on Twitter that she 's taking it as a `` crazy compliment '' and shared a clip from the skit .
Michael Keaton hosted `` Saturday Night Live '' for the first time in 2015 . In 1982 , his nods to starring roles in `` Beetlejuice '' and `` Batman '' are brief .