Peter Dinklage hosted SNL for the first time and it was pretty weird.

Space Pants! Peter Dinklage Takes the 'SNL' Stage for an Out-of-This-World Duet with Gwen Stefani Their insane (and insanely catchy?) song interrupted a very serious mafia meeting in the skit ...

’SNL’ found their sweet spot by slapping a pair of space pants on Peter Dinklage and letting the magic happen.

Gwen Stefani and Peter Dinklage's "Space Pants" lyrics were written by Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell Day co-wrote "Mafia Meeting" with Streeter Seidell, who's now co-head writer on the show.

Dinklage’s performance included plenty of robot dance moves and a cameo from Gwen Stefani, wearing — what else — space shorts. Watch the sketch below, and read EW’s full SNL recap here.

You didn’t have to be a Game of Thrones nerd to appreciate Peter Dinklage as guest host of Saturday Night Live. Long before he became best known as Tyrion Lannister on the smash HBO show, he was ...

Sometimes, repetition is the key to comedy (space pants!). Without even a character arc or entirely clear concept for a skit (space pants!), you can still manage to turn something absurd into a ...

The HBO star also sang "Space Pants" with Gwen Stefani. By Jennifer Konerman Assignment Editor Peter Dinklage served as host with musical guest Gwen Stefani, who joined him for a sketch about ...

In the bit above, which should have been titled "Space Pants" but is actually called "Mafia Meeting," Dinklage plays a singer wearing a platinum wig who interrupts a tense mafia gathering with a ...

Totally not-of-this-world! Peter Dinklage hosted Saturday Night Live on April 2, and one of the standout moments from his gig included a ridiculous song about pants — specifically, space pants.

But nothing in the mafia-tinged opening of this skit would lead anyone to expect Peter Dinklage and Gwen Stefani singing a new wave duet about space pants.