From eight years old to 14 years old, Macaulay went through his golden period. Everything worked out right for him. Every film he starred in was a huge commercial success, everyone was a fan, and it looked like he was unstoppable. A strange thing to say about a pre-teen, but that was really what it felt like at the time. We were watching a star being born, and it was beautiful.
So the opportunity to host Saturday Night Live, the long-running behemoth of top gags and heavyweight celebrities - was really just another feather in the cap of Macaulay Culkin. Except he was only 11 years old at the time! There's only one other person who's been a younger host, and that's the luminous Drew Barrymore. She did it at the age of seven.