April 11, 2009

April 11, 2009 Season 34 episode


Episode	656
Season Episode	20
Host	Zac Efron
Musical Guest(s)	Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s)	"Zero" "Maps"

Previous Episode
April 4, 2009

Next Episode
May 9, 2009

The 20th episode of Season 34 and the 656th episode of Saturday Night Live, and it was hosted by the actor Zac Efron, star of Disney Channel's High School Musical franchise, as well as the hit films The Derby Stallion, Hairspray, Me and Orson Welles, 17 Again, Charlie St. Cloud, New Year's Eve, The Paperboy, At Ant Price, Parkland, Neighbors and the sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, We Are Your Friends, Dirty Grandpa, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, The Disaster Artist, Baywatch, The Greatest Showman, The Beach Bum, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, Gold, Firestarter, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, The Iron Claw, Ricky Stanicky, and A Family Affair, and the animated films The Lorax and Scoob, and the host of Netflix's web documentary series Down to Earth with Zac Efron, with musical guest Yeah Yeah Yeahs, an indie rock band, who performed "Zero" and "Maps". It premiered on April 11, 2009. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs made their musical guest debut on SNL, and this is Zac Efron's only time hosting.

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Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other

Title	Image	Summary
Obama Homecoming Cold Open		While in Europe, President Barack Obama (Fred Armisen) outlines which companies he will and will agree to bail out in the future.
Monologue by Zac Efron		Only-time host Zac Efron thanks his awkward ‘tween fans (Kristen Wiig, Casey Wilson) and an extra-awkward ‘twifty male fan (Fred Armisen).
Today		A hyper Kathie Lee Gifford (Kristen Wiig) continues to harass Hoda Kotb (Michaela Watkins) when Cody Gifford (Zac Efron) visits the studio.
Gilly: Science Fair		Gilly (Kristen Wiig) causes problems for Mr. Dillon (Will Forte) at the science fair finals with pranks like electrocuting Liam (Bobby Moynihan) and impaling German exchange student Hunbyorg (Zac Efron).
A Message from the Alliance of Direct Mail Marketers		David Pappas (Jason Sudeikis) speaks in favor of unsolicited direct mail advertisements.
Underage Drinking		At the Jolly Trolly, a pair of underage high schoolers (Andy Samberg, Zac Efron) are excited to be a bar that doesn’t card — until they discover the room is filled with young children. Also features Bill Hader as Eliot Spitzer, Bobby Moynihan as Officer Williams, Jason Sudeikis as the bartender, Kenan Thompson as bouncer and Casey Wilson as the waitress.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs performed "Zero"
Weekend Update with Seth Meyers
High School Musical 4		In this High School Musical spoof, Troy Bolton (Zac Efron) returns to East High to tell the graduating class (Kenan Thompson, Andy Samberg, Kristen Wiig, Bobby Moynihan and Abby Elliott) that no one sings or dances in college and Walt Disney (Darrell Hammond) invites Troy back to High School Musical.
Since You Went Away		In a parody of the classic war drama, departing G.I. Francis (Zac Efron) can’t shake his strong-willed girlfriend Emily (Casey Wilson), who is determined to chase his train all the way to Germany. Also features Will Forte as the conductor, Bobby Moynihan as Emily's mother and Jason Sudeikis as the passenger.
Gino's Pizza Rolls		While filming a Gino's Pizza Rolls commercial, an actress (Fred Armisen) gets too into her part and takes offense at her fake son (Zac Efron) making a comment about her terrible cooking. Also features Bobby Moynihan as Paul and Jason Sudeikis as the director Nick Strokes.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs performed "Maps"
Foot Rub		A teenager (Zac Efron) seeks romantic advice from his older brother (Jason Sudeikis) who lives only to play Guitar Hero and masturbate above the family garage.
Goodnights		Zac Efron thanked the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and everybody for coming here tonight.

Preceded by: April 4, 2009	Saturday Night Live episode	Followed by: May 9, 2009