December 10, 2005 Season 31 episode
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| Episode | 593 |
| Season Episode | 8 |
| Host | Alec Baldwin |
| Musical Guest(s) | Shakira |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Don't Bother" "La Tortura" |
| Previous Episode December 3, 2005 |
Next Episode December 17, 2005 |
The 593rd episode and 8th episode of Season 31 of Saturday Night Live premiered on December 10, 2005. It was hosted by actor Alec Baldwin and the musical guest was Shakira, a Colombian singer-songwriter and dancer, who performed "Don't Bother" for the first performance and was joined by Alejandro Sanz to perform "La Tortura" for the second performance. This is Alec Baldwin's 12th time as host and the 2nd musical guest stint on SNL for Shakira.
Baldwin last hosted SNL was on November 15, 2003, the sixth episode of Season 29, with musical guest Missy Elliott.
Alec Baldwin's goodnights speech is "Thanks to Shakira, Alejandro Sanz and Tim Meadows, Thank you, Thank you". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Rachel Dratch
- Tina Fey
- Will Forte
- Darrell Hammond
- Seth Meyers
- Finesse Mitchell
- Chris Parnell
- Amy Poehler
- Maya Rudolph†
- Horatio Sanz
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
† Credited, but did not appear
- Cameo by former longtime cast member Tim Meadows
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Saddam in Prison Cold Opening | Imprisoned Saddam Hussein (Alec Baldwin) seeks mercy from his U.S. prison guard (Fred Armisen) in Baghdad. | |
| Monologue by Alec Baldwin | Alec Baldwin announces it’s his 12th time hosting, summarizes his statistics compared to other recurring hosts, then utilizes clips of his past appearances – and a brief cameo appearance by Tim Meadows – to outline lessons he’s learned while hosting “SNL.” | |
| Tylenol BM | Sleep through your bowel movements and feel refreshed. | |
| Face Transplant | The husband (Alec Baldwin) of the French woman who had the world’s first face transplant is unhappy with the results of her (Seth Meyers) operation, so repeat transplants are performed until her face is more to his satisfaction. | |
| The O'Reilly Factor | ||
| TV Funhouse: Celebrity Mugshot Poker | ||
| Brokeback Goldmine | Gay prospectors (Alec Baldwin, Will Forte) forfeit their search for gold when they discover each other in this movie trailer. | |
| Shakira performs "Don't Bother" | ||
| Weekend Update with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler | A series of “ABC News” audition tapes includes Wolf Blitzer (Chris Parnell) bombing and Dan Rather (Darrell Hammond) disguising his appearance. Ventriloquist-activist Sharif Omar Muhammad (Kenan Thompson) attempts to comment on prejudicism through the use of his racist dummy. | |
| The Tony Bennett Show | Tony Bennett (Alec Baldwin) strays from the topic of terrorism to plug KY jelly while interviewing Vice-President Dick Cheney (Darrell Hammond). | |
| Carol! | At the Bowl-a-Rama, Jim (Jason Sudeikis) and Amanda (Amy Poehler) set up another male friend (Alec Baldwin) with the enigma that is Carol (Horatio Sanz). | |
| The Man Who Married A Hot Dog | Told as a child that if he loves hot dogs so much he should marry one, Jeremy Connors (Alec Baldwin) follows through in his adult years and raises a pair of awkward hot dog/teenagers (Amy Poehler, Andy Samburg). | |
| Medicare | Spokesman (Jason Sudeikis) sings “Love Train” parody to get old people on board with Medicare. | |
| Shakira performs "La Totura" with Alejandro Sanz | ||
| Santa’s Workshop: Elf Motivation | When output from the elves at Santa’s Workshop is low, efficiency expert, Winter’s Breath (Alec Baldwin), is brought in to verbally harass their little asses (Fred Armisen, Rachel Dratch, Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler) into gear. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Alec Baldwin thanked Shakira, Alejandro Sanz as well as longtime former SNL cast member Tim Meadows. |
Trivia[]
- Maya Rudolph does not appear in this episode due to being on maternity leave, she is still credited, however.
- During the Elf Motivation sketch instead of "Always Be Cobbling" Alec Baldwin accidentally "Always Be Closing", the famous line from the movie "Glengarry Glen Ross" which starred Baldwin and which the sketch is parodying.
- The end of Weekend Update featured a clip of Richard Pryor with Chevy Chase from 1975 as a tribute to Pryor who died the morning before this episode aired.
- Longtime former SNL cast member Tim Meadows made a guest appearance during the Opening Monologue.
- Alejandro Sanz joins Shakira for her performance of "La Totura".
- This is the 3rd appearance of "The Tony Bennett Show".
- This is the 2nd appearance of Carol.
- Alec Baldwin is also the third SNL guest to headline twice on the same day in different years.
| Preceded by: December 3, 2005 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 17, 2005 |