April 14, 2012 Season 37 episode
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| Episode | 721 |
| Season Episode | 19 |
| Host | Josh Brolin |
| Musical Guest(s) | Gotye |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Somebody That I Used to Know" "Eyes Wide Open" |
| Previous Episode April 7, 2012 |
Next Episode May 5, 2012 |
The 721st episode and 19th episode of Season 37 of Saturday Night Live premiered on April 14, 2012, hosted by actor Josh Brolin, star of the hit films The Goonies, No Country for Old Men, Milk, the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame, Deadpool 2, W., True Grit, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Men in Black 3, Oldboy, Inherent Vice, Everest, Sicario, Hail, Caesar!, Only the Brave, Dune and the sequel Dune: Part Two, with musical guest Gotye, an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who performed "Somebody That I Used to Know" and "Eyes Wide Open" and appeared on the second SNL Digital Short. Josh Brolin made his 2nd time as host, and this was also the only musical guest appearance on SNL for Gotye.
Josh Brolin's goodnights speech is "Thanks to Gotye! And Kimbra! Steven Spielberg! The whole “Saturday Night” cast! To Lorne Michaels, for creating the GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH!!." (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Abby Elliott
- Bill Hader
- Seth Meyers
- Bobby Moynihan
- Nasim Pedrad
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
Featured Players[]
- Musical guest appearance by Kimbra
- Pre-filmed cameo by Steven Spielberg
Onscreen appearance by executive producer Lorne Michaels
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Bar Cold Opening | With the Republican Primaries as good as over, Rick Santorum (Andy Samberg), Michele Bachmann (Kristen Wiig), Rick Perry (Bill Hader) and Herman Cain (Kenan Thompson) celebrating his impending nomination with Mitt Romney (Jason Sudeikis) and sing about how the Republican campaign was the time of their life. | |
| Opening Montage | ||
| Monologue by Josh Brolin | When actor Josh Brolin jokes about getting stupid no “SNL”, he then performs a brief scene from “Men in Black 3” with Jay Pharoah playing the part of Will Smith, as he returned to host SNL for the second time. | |
| HBO First Look | Behind-the-scenes look at “Game of Thrones” reveals that the series’ excessive gratuitous nude scenes were added by 13-year old creative consultant Adam Friedberg (Andy Samberg). | |
| The Californians | Stuart (Fred Armisen) and his Californian clan speak in overexaggerated valley accents and provide driving directions within every conservation. Note: The second video posted is the dress rehearsal version of the sketch. | |
| America's Next Top Empire State Of Mind Parody Artist | “Weird Al” Yankovic (Andy Samberg) hosts the new reality competition that rates the quality of Jay-Z (Jay Pharoah) song parodies. | |
| SNL Digital Short - Laser Cats 7 | In this episode, directed by Steven Spielberg, General Nitro and Admiral Spaceship have to save a very special alien. With Andy Samberg, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Bobby Moynihan, Taran Killam and Josh Brolin, | |
| Gotye performed "Somebody That I Used To Know" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers | With guests Garth (Fred Armisen) and Kat (Kristen Wiig) are unprepared to sing "Flower Alert" and "Picnic Showers" from their new spring album "Garth and Kat Live at Every Auditorium Around Get Your Tickets Now It's Live." | |
| Piers Morgan Tonight | Piers welcomes Ice-T (Fred Armisen), Kanye West (Jay Pharoah), Kim Kardashian (Nasim Pedrad), Ozzie Guillen (Josh Brolin) and other experts to weigh in on the controversial Trayvon Martin case. | |
| Woodridge High | High school principal Mr. Russell (Bill Hader) gives new girl Katie (Vanessa Bayer) a tour of the school, which includes a possibly haunted hallway in which everything runs in slow motion. | |
| Another SNL Digital Short - Gotye Backstage | Andy Samberg and Taran Killam visit “Gotye Backstage”, and proceed to mimic his camouflage-inspired music video. | |
| Gotye performed "Eyes Wide Open" | ||
| School Function: Prom | A high school prom is interrupted by warnings from Principal Frye (Jay Pharaoh) and announcements, by various teachers, included the revelations by an intoxicated teacher (Josh Brolin) that he's having an affair with a student. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Josh Brolin thanked Gotye, Kimbra, Steven Spielberg and the whole "Saturday Night Live" cast, as well as Lorne Michaels for creating the greatest show on Earth. |
Notes/Trivia[]
- Steven Spielberg and executive producer Lorne Michaels appeared in the first SNL Digital Short.
- Kimbra joined Gotye on his first performance of "Somebody That I Used to Know."
- This is the only episode of the season to have two SNL Digital Shorts on one episode.
| Preceded by: April 7, 2012 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: May 5, 2012 |