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 December 1, 2018
 Season 44 episode
Claire Foy
Anderson Paak 44
 Episode 857
 Season Episode 7
 Host Claire Foy
 Musical Guest(s) Anderson .Paak
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"Tints"
"Who R U?"
Previous Episode
November 17, 2018
Next Episode
December 8, 2018

The 857th episode and 7th episode of Saturday Night Live's 44th season premiered on December 1, 2018, hosted by the British actress Claire Foy, star of the Netflix's hit historical drama series The Crown and the Amazon Prime miniseries A Very British Scandal, and the hit films, Unsane, The Girl in the Spider's Web, First Man and Women Talking, with musical guest Anderson .Paak. This was Claire Foy's hosting debut, and the musical guest debut for Anderson .Paak is made on SNL.

Claire Foy's goodnights speech is "Thank You to Anderson .Paak, Alec Baldwin, Fred Armisen, Ben Stiller, Kendrick Lamar. To All of the Cast, Everyone at SNL for Having Me, It's Such a Pleasure. And Thank You So, So, So, So Much for Watching. I Absolutely Love You. I Feel Very, Very Lucky." (Cheers and applause)

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Cameos by Alec Baldwin, Fred Armisen, and Ben Stiller.

Guest musical appearance by Kendrick Lamar

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Trump Argentina Cold Opening Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) gets an update about the Robert Mueller probe from Rudy Giuliani (Kate McKinnon) and Michael Cohen (Ben Stiller), and he confronts Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) about his handshake with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (Fred Armisen) at the G20 Summit in Argentina.
Monologue by Claire Foy As she hosted for the first time, British actress Claire Foy talks about playing Queen Elizabeth on Netflix's historical drama series The Crown and the first time she met the real Queen of England.
Netflix Commercial Netflix introduces its new shows for 2019, including Saved by the Crown, a spin-off featuring Claire Foy. With Mikey Day as executive, Heidi Gardner as writer, Leslie Jones appears as herself, Kate McKinnon as Ruth, Ego Nwodim as Laura Winslow, Chris Redd as Steve Urkel, Kenan Thompson as Carl Winslow.
Morning Joe Mika Brezinski (Kate McKinnon) and Joe Scarborough (Alex Moffat) recap their wedding day and political news with Willie Geist (Mikey Day), BBC World News' Katty Katy, Rep. Elijah Cummings (Kenan Thompson) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Ortez (Melissa Villaseñor).
The War in Words A PBS World War I documentary reveals letters written by a separate military couple, James (Mikey Day) and Margaret (Claire Foy), that take an unexpected turn. Also Features Kenan Thompson as Henry.
Dad Christmas Kids (Claire Foy and Pete Davidson) experience their first "Dad Christmas" after their parents' (Mikey Day and Cecily Strong) divorce.
Anderson .Paak performed "Tints" with Kendrick Lamar
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che - Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen admitting they worked on a deal the license a building in Moscow during the 2016 election campaign and a six-foot-tall Australian steer that is too big to go to the slaughterhouse. With guests, Leslie Jones arrived to announce her retirement from sex and Jules (Beck Bennett), Who Sees Things a Little Differently like, stops by to share his unique perspective on the economy.
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Charlie Bucket (Claire Foy) gets out of work. With Aidy Bryant as Grandma Georgina, Pete Davidson as Grandpa Joe, Heidi Gardner as Grandma Josephine, Kate McKinnon as Karen, and Kyle Mooney as Grandpa George.
HSN HSN hosts (Claire Foy and Kenan Thompson) introduce new vendor Tamara VanBurke (Cecily Strong) to sell her "Teeny Adorables". Also Features Aidy Bryant as Tamra's mother Sherylnn.
Anderson .Paak performed "Who R U?"
Good Morning Goomah Gina Barbarosa (Kate McKinnon) and Sandy Dentista (Claire Foy) host Good Morning Goomah, a public access morning show for mob mistresses. Also Features Aidy Bryant as Maryann Perillo, Cecily Strong as voice of wife and Pete Davidson as Tony.
A Message from the Women of SNL The female cast members of SNL sing a holiday message called "All I Want For Christmas Is Mueller", a musical send-up of Mariah Carey's holiday classic, "All I Want For Christmas Is You".
Goodnights and Closing Credits Claire Foy thanks Anderson .Paak, Alec Baldwin, Fred Armisen, Ben Stiller, Kendrick Lamar, to all the cast and everyone at SNL for having her here. it's been such a pleasure and everyone at home for watching, she's love them and very, very lucky.


Cut for Time[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Cars Aunt Pinky (Claire Foy) tries to help her nephew Danny (Beck Bennett) build a downhill derby car that will beat his bully Kenny (Kyle Mooney) in the big race.

Trivia[]

  • "The War in Words" is a new rendition of a sketch from Maya and Marty, with Mikey Day reprising his role from it.
  • A short montage of longtime former cast member Dana Carvey imitating George H. W. Bush, as well as Bush's appearance with Carvey during Season 20, is shown at the end of Weekend Update as a tribute to Bush following his death the night before.
Preceded by:
November 17, 2018
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
December 8, 2018
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