April 2, 2022 Season 47 episode
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| Episode | 925 |
| Season Episode | 16 |
| Host | Jerrod Carmichael |
| Musical Guest(s) | Gunna |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Banking on Me" "Pushin' P" with Future |
| Previous Episode March 12, 2022 |
Next Episode April 9, 2022 |
The 925th episode and 16th episode of Saturday Night Live's 47th season premiered on April 2, 2022, hosted by stand-up comedian and actor Jerrod Carmichael, star of NBC's classic hit sitcom The Carmichael Show and his third HBO stand-up comedy special Rothaniel, with rapper, singer, and songwriter Gunna as the musical guest. This was Jerrod Carmichael's hosting debut. This is also the 2nd appearance and the first time as the musical guest on SNL for Gunna.
Though he only appeared in a pre-taped sketch, this episode marked Pete Davidson's return to SNL after being absent for the last three episodes, due to filming an upcoming movie titled The Home.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Aidy Bryant+ (Credited, but did not appear)
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Mikey Day
- Chloe Fineman
- Heidi Gardner
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon
- Alex Moffat
- Kyle Mooney
- Ego Nwodim
- Chris Redd
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Melissa Villaseñor+
- Bowen Yang
Featured Players[]
+ Credited in the opening montage, but they did not appear in this episode/Appeared only in goodbyes.
- Cameo by Simon Rex
- Guest musical appearance by Future
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Fox & Friends Cold Open | Steve Doocy (Alex Moffat), Ainsley Earhardt (Heidi Gardner) and Brian Kilmeade (Mikey Day) interview Justice Clarence Thomas (Kenan Thompson), his wife Ginni Thomas (Kate McKinnon) and Donald Trump (James Austin Johnson). | |
| Opening montage | The musical guests/hosts introductions clips of the opening montage were changed to two, only for this episode (for musical guest Gunna and hosg Jerrod Carmichael). | |
| Monologue by Jerrod Carmichael | Hosting for the first time, Jerrod Carmichael talks about what happened with Will Smith at the Oscars and coming out on his HBO special. | |
| Is My Brain Okay? | A group of contestants (Jerrod Carmichael, Sarah Sherman, Bowen Yang) compete on a game show to see how much their brain remembers two years into the pandemic. Kate McKinnon plays the game show host. | |
| Pete Davidson, Chris Redd, Gunna, and Simon Rex perform "Short-Ass Movie" | ||
| ShopTV Dolls | Two hosts (Cecily Strong and Mikey Day) welcome a dollmaker (Jerrod Carmichael) to show off his creations on a home shopping network. The sketch was very inappropriate to watching on YouTube and it later censored on November 2022. | |
| Seat Fillers | An Oscars seat filler (Jerrod Carmichael) gets interrupted while talking to Will Smith (Chris Redd). With Kyle Mooney as audience member. | |
| Gunna performs "Banking on Me" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like Senator Lindsey Graham announcing he will not support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and the Daily Wire planning to spend $100 million on conservative children’s programming to rival Disney. With guests Marsha Blackburn (Cecily Strong) and O.J. Simpson (Kenan Thompson). | |
| Scattering Remains | A family (Heidi Gardner, Kyle Mooney, James Austin Johnson) attempts to put their pop-pop to rest, but things don’t go as expected when Kevin Gordon (Jerrod Carmichael) and Rudy Berman (Andrew Dismukes) throw the family's grandfather down off the cliff. | |
| Brian's Crazy Story | A man (Kyle Mooney) gets really excited about a story someone (Jerrod Carmichael) is telling. With Heidi Gardner and Ego Nwodim. | |
| Gunna performs "Pushin' P" with Future | ||
| Baby Clothes | A commercial advertises a new, more inclusive line of baby clothing. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Jerrod Carmichael had the best week of his life, and he thanked the incredible crew and amazing cast, crew, the incredible writers, Lorne, Future and Gunna, and remined everyone to watch his stand-up comedy special Rothaniel on HBO. Only appearances of Melissa Villaseñor, Punkie Johnson and Aristotle Athari. |
Trivia[]
- Melissa Villaseñor, Punkie Johnson and Aristotle Athari are credited in the opening montage, and did not appear in this episode, but they did appear only in goodbyes.
- With "Pushin' P" having a duration of 2:09, it is the shortest musical performance in SNL history.
- Jerrod Carmichael also joined these legendary stand-up comedians that SNL!.
| Preceded by: March 12, 2022 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: April 9, 2022 |