December 10, 2022 Season 48 episode
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| Episode | 938 |
| Season Episode | 8 |
| Host | Steve Martin & Martin Short |
| Musical Guest(s) | Brandi Carlile |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
First performance: "The Story" Second performance: "You and Me on the Rock" with Lucius |
| Previous Episode December 3, 2022 |
Next Episode December 17, 2022 |
The 938th episode and 8th episode of Saturday Night Live's 48th season premiered on December 10, 2022. It was hosted by actor, comedian, writer, composer, playwright, producer, and musician Steve Martin, and former short-term Ebersol-era (and former SCTV) cast member Martin Short. Together they star in the Hulu's hit mystery comedy-drama series Only Murders in the Building, and the hit 1986 Western comedy film, ¡Three Amigos!, the hit 1991 romantic comedy film, Father of the Bride, and the hit sequel 1995 film Father of the Bride Part II, DreamWorks Animation's 1998 hit classic animated musical film The Prince of Egypt, the Netflix's comedy special, An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life, and they will also resume their “You Won't Believe What They Look Like Today!” Comedy Tour next year. Singer-songwriter, producer and musician Brandi Carlile was the musical guest, and she performed "The Story" for her first set and "You and Me on the Rock" with Lucius for her second. This is Steve Martin' and Martin Short’s 16th time and 4th time hosting, respectively. This is also Brandi Carlile's 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL.
This is the first time since the January 31, 2009 episode, the fourteenth episode of SNL’s 34th season, with musical guest Jason Mraz that Steve Martin hosted SNL. This is also the second time that he has sharing co-hosting duties on SNL with his longtime friend and fellow comedian Martin Short since the December 6, 1986 episode, the sixth episode of SNL's 12th season, along with original (and former) cast member and !Three Amigos co-star Chevy Chase, thus making Chase the former five-time host and the first original (and former) cast member to enter the Five-Timers Club, with musical guest Randy Newman, thus making him a former five-time musical guest.
The last time Short hosted the show for the 3rd time and (his first appearance in 10 years and 1 day) was on December 15, 2012, the tenth episode and the Christmas show of SNL's 38th season, with musical guest Paul McCartney, the former Beatle member, English music legend and singer-songwriter.
Brandi Carlile's previously made her musical guest (and SNL) debut on the October 23, 2021 episode, the fourth episode and the Halloween-themed show of SNL's 47th season, hosted by longtime former cast member Jason Sudeikis, star of the Apple TV+'s hit sports comedy-drama series Ted Lasso.
This is also marked the twenty-second episode to have multiple hosts on SNL and the first since December 19, 2015, the ninth episode and Christmas-themed show of SNL's 41st season, hosted by longtime former cast members and Weekend Update anchors Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, thus making Fey a former five-time host and the third former cast member, as well as the first former female cast member to enter the Five-Timers Club, with musical guest Bruce Springsteen and The E-Street Band.
The goodnights speech for Steve Martin and Martin Short is in the following: "We Have a Great Time Hosting "Saturday Night Live", (Cheers and Applause), Thanks to Brandi Carlile, Selena Gomez, and Kieran Culkin, and This Brilliant Cast, Lorne Michaels, We Love You. Good Night, Everyone." (Cheers and applause again).
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Michael Che
- Mikey Day
- Andrew Dismukes
- Chloe Fineman
- Heidi Gardner
- Punkie Johnson
- Colin Jost
- Ego Nwodim
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Bowen Yang
Featured Players[]
- Marcello Hernandez
- James Austin Johnson
- Molly Kearney
- Michael Longfellow+
- Sarah Sherman
- Devon Walker
- + Credited in the opening montage but he did not appear, though he did appear in the promo and only appeared in goodbyes.
- Cameos by Selena Gomez and Kieran Culkin
- Pre-filmed cameo by Andrew Sherman (Sarah's father)
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Blocking It Out for Christmas Cold Opening | The cast of Saturday Night Live (Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong, Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim, and Sarah Sherman) shares how they keep their cool during the holiday season. With Devon Walker as the delivery man and Mikey Day as Santa Claus. Also, Cecily Strong reached her 900th sketch on SNL. | |
| Opening Montage | The musical guest/hosts introductions clips of the opening montage were changed to one again, only for this episode (one clip for musical guest Brandi Carlile and multiple hosts Steve Martin & Martin Short). | |
| Monologue by Steve Martin & Martin Short | Returning to host SNL for their sixteenth time and fourth time, respectively, comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short reminisce on their previous years hosting and appearing on Saturday Night Live and they also read the eulogies they wrote for each other. Surprise cameo appearance by Steve and Martin's Only Murders in the Building co-star Selena Gomez joins them near at the end of their opening monologue. | |
| Science Room with Steve Martin and Martin Short | Two teachers (Steve Martin, Martin Short) attempt to teach a science lesson with the help of their junior volunteers Lonnie and Josh (Cecily Strong, Mikey Day). This marked the final appearance of the Science Room sketch, as Strong left the show following the next episode. | |
| Please Don't Destroy Film - Chelsea | Two guys (Martin and Ben) find themselves in a bad situation with their friend John reunites with his ex-girlfriend Chelsea (Sarah Sherman). Also Features Michael Che, Chloe Fineman as Courtney, Steve Martin and Martin Short. Sarah Sherman's father, Andrew Sherman cameos in this film. | |
| The Holiday Train | A group of people (Steve Martin, Martin Short, Cecily Strong, and Kenan Thompson) on a train get really excited to see snow for the first time. With James Austin Johnson as the conductor. | |
| Next Episode Commercial Bumper | Next week's episode for December 17th, the Christmas show is Austin Butler making his SNL hosting debut, with musical guest Lizzo. | |
| A Visit with Santa and Sprinkles the Elf | Things gets heated between Santa Claus (Steve Martin) and Sprinkles the elf (Martin Short) when kids (Chloe Fineman, Andrew Dismukes, Ego Nwodim and Sarah Sherman) come to meet Santa. With Bowen Yang as the greeter. | |
| A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol takes an unexpected turn. With Martin Short as Ebenezer Scrooge, Steve Martin as The Ghost of Christmas Present, Sarah Sherman as Andy, Mikey Day as the driver, Marcello Hernandez as the orphan and Molly Kearney as the neighbor. | |
| Brandi Carlile performs "The Story". Introduced by Martin Short. | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like Kyrsten Sinema leaving the Democratic party and a woman leaving 3 buckets of human waste at a police station. With guests, Mary Anne Louise Fitcher (Ego Nwodim), a fast Christmas shopper stops by to share her holiday shopping tips, and Kurt and Deb from Wyoming (Mikey Day and Chloe Fineman) arrives and talk about a book, and the wife does impressions. | |
| Minky | A talk show host Minky Carmichael (Martin Short) doles out relationship advice to his audience. With Heid Gardner as Jen Fonger-Bhang the DJ, Punkie Johnson, Sarah Sherman, and Ego Nwodim as the audience members, and Cecily Strong as Jada. | |
| Brandi Carlile performs "You and Me on the Rock" with Lucius. Introduced by Steve Martin. | ||
| Father of the Bride - Part 8 | In the eighth part of the Father of the Bride movie franchise, Father George (Steve Martin) becomes distraught when his daughter Annie (Heidi Gardner) gets engaged again. With Martin Short respire his role as Franck, Chloe Fineman as Diane Keaton, Nina and Bowen Yang as Howard. Cameos by Martin and Short's Only Murders in the Building co-star Selena Gomez and Kieran Culkin, respire his role as Matty Banks. | |
| Band Shot | The Saturday Night Live Band plays the final music piece during the final commercial break. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Steve Martin and Martin Short had a great time hosting Saturday Night Live and they thanked Brandi Carlile, Selena Gomez, Kieran Culkin, the brilliant cast and Lorne Michaels, which they all loved him and everyone for bringing them back. Only appearance of Michael Longfellow. |
Trivia[]
- This marked the 4th and final sketch appearance of the Science Room sketch, as well as Lonnie and Josh, as Strong left the show following the next episode.
- Cecily Strong reached her 900th milestone sketch on SNL.
- Steve Martin and Martin Short become some of the 3rd and 4th-oldest hosts in SNL history and they were both the top the list of SNL hosts throughout the decades.
- Martin and Short also even became sixteenth-time SNL host and fourth-time SNL host, respectively this season.
- Also in this episode, Brandi Carlile joins the famous list of SNL Musical Guests that have headlined the show where Steve Martin has hosted.
- Steve Martin and Martin Short did not reprised their characters or impressions in this episode.
- (December 10, 2022) Steve Martin & Martin Short / Brandi Carlile episode also featured the twenty-fifth largest age gap in SNL history between an individual Host and Musical Guest.
- During the cold open and part of the opening monologue, viewers in certain markets reported that the audio was out of sync with the video, which was rectified during the monologue. The rerun later that night showed both with the audio in sync.
| Preceded by: December 3, 2022 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 17, 2022 |