December 14, 2013 Season 39 episode
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| Episode | 754 |
| Season Episode | 9 |
| Host | John Goodman |
| Musical Guest(s) | Kings of Leon |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Temple" "Wait for Me" |
| Previous Episode December 7, 2013 |
Next Episode December 21, 2013 |
The 754th episode and 9th episode of Season 39 of Saturday Night Live premiered on December 14, 2013, hosted by actor John Goodman, making his first appearance in 12 years. Kings of Leon, a rock band, who performed "Temple" and "Wait for Me", is the musical guests and appeared in the "Guy Fieri's Full Throttle Holiday Special" sketch.
This is the 3rd musical guest stint on SNL for the Kings of Leon and the 13th time as host on SNL for John Goodman.
Goodman last hosted SNL on November 3, 2001, the fourth episode of SNL's 27th season, with rapper Ja Rule as the musical guest.
The Kings of Leon previously performed on SNL on the following dates: On September 20, 2008, the second episode of SNL's 34th season, hosted by actor James Franco, and on October 23, 2010, the fourth episode of SNL's 36th season, hosted by actress Emma Stone.
John Goodman’s goodnights speech is "Thanks to Kings Of Leon, Robert DeNiro, Sylvester Stallone, Goodnight, Everybody It’s Great To Be Back". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Aidy Bryant
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Seth Meyers
- Bobby Moynihan
- Nasim Pedrad
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
- Cameos by Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| President Obama After Mandela's Funeral Cold Opening | After dismissing the controversies, he encountered at Nelson Mandela's memorial, President Barack Obama (Jay Pharoah) discusses the healthcare website while an incompetent sign-language interpreter Thamsanqa Jantjie (Kenan Thompson) stands behind him. Also Features Beck Bennett and Mike O'Brien as the Secret Service agents and Kate McKinnon as Angela Merkel. | |
| Monologue by John Goodman | John Goodman is back to hosting SNL for the thirteenth time and his first appearance in 12 years and Kenan Thompson joins him for a holiday duet dedicated to their wives called "All I Want for Christmas Is Booty." | |
| Guy Fieri's Full Throttle Christmas Special | Food Network host Guy Fieri (Bobby Moynihan) invites his celebrity friends over for a Full Throttle Christmas Special, with Kid Rock (Brooks Wheelan), Criss Angel (Kyle Mooney), Dog the Bounty Hunter (John Goodman) and more (Aidy Bryant, Taran Killam, Kate McKinnon, John Milhiser, Kenan Thompson, Noël Wells and Brooks Wheelan). | |
| Dance of the Snowflakes | Four middle-aged adults (John Goodman, Kenan Thompson, Aidy Bryant, Vanessa Bayer) are overcome with regret that they're dancing on stage dressed as snowflakes. | |
| Three Wise Guys | Three kings played by John Goodman, Sylvester Stallone, and Robert De Niro gossip about baby Jesus while riding their camels to Bethlehem. | |
| Kings of Leon performed "Temple" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers and Cecily Strong | Weekend Update anchors Seth Meyers and Cecily Strong tackle the week's biggest news, including Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson and Kathie Lee and Hoda's New Year's Eve Primetime Special and Italian sex toy ornaments and a tumbleweed Christmas tree. With guests, Santa Claus (Kenan Thompson), Drunk Uncle (Bobby Moynihan) and Drunker Uncle (John Goodman). | |
| Too Hot | John Goodman plays Jenaveve Lazarra, a woman fired for being too hot. Also Features Beck Bennett as Mr. Rosenfeld, Tarran Killam and Cecily Strong as the attorneys and Kenan Thompson as the judge. | |
| Shallon: Fire Safety | A fireman (John Goodman) visits a classroom to give fire safety tips, but Shallon (Nasim Pedrad) convinces the other kids (Aidy Bryant, John Milhiser, Noel Wells, Bobby Moynihan, and Kenan Thompson) they should jump into the fireplace to save Santa. With Kate McKinnon as Ms. Filley. | |
| Hallmar Channel's Countdown to Christmas | In this commercial parody, the Hallmark Channel promotes their Countdown to Christmas, which includes heartwarming family films like, Skyping with Santa, Scrooge, Jr., Elf with a Shelf and Tony Danza in On Dasher, On Danza. | |
| Kings of Leon performed "Wait for Me" | ||
| The Christmas Whistle | In this TCM classic movie, a man named Robert (John Goodman) gets fired, then learns the true meaning of Christmas: a whistle that shows someone is watching over you. The whistling disturbs his family (Kate McKinnon, Nasim Pedrad, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney) and neighbors (Bobby Moynihan) until he acts heroically, and Bartholomew (Taran Killam) came in when he's choking. | |
| H&M | A man (John Goodman) has $60 to buy six shirts and four pairs of pants, so he goes to H&M and leaves looking like a member of One Direction, in this musical short featuring Jay Pharoah, Wale and Taran Killam. With Nasim Pedrad, John Milhisher, Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney, Noël Wells, and Mike O'Brien. | |
| Last Call with John Goodman | A bartender (Kenan Thompson) must endure the romance developing between the last two people in a bar, Sheila Sovage (Kate McKinnon) and Vernon Crotcher (John Goodman). Sheila ends up eating whip cream off of Vernon's beard. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | John Goodman thanked the Kings of Leon, Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone and everyone for having him back. |
Trivia[]
- John Goodman also becomes a thirteenth-time SNL host this season.
- HAIM, One Direction and Kings of Leon are the 2nd instance where SNL had consecutive bands/groups headline as Musical Guests.
Notes/Trivia[]
- Wale appears in the "H&M" music video.
- This is the first time since the November 3, 2001 episode, the fourth episode of SNL's 27th season, with musical guest Ja Rule tha Goodman hosted SNL.
| Preceded by: December 7, 2013 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 21, 2013 |