December 17, 2005

December 17, 2005 Season 31 episode


Episode	594
Season Episode	9
Host	Jack Black
Musical Guest(s)	Neil Young
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s)	"It's A Dream" "He Was The King"

Previous Episode
December 10, 2005

Next Episode
January 14, 2006

The 594th episode and 9th episode of Saturday Night Live's 31st season premiered on December 17, 2005, hosted by comedian and actor Jack Black, with musical guest Neil Young, a Canadian and American singer, songwriter and musician, who performed "It's A Dream" and "He Was the King", and also appeared in the Appalachian Emergency Room sketch as the druggie son. This is Jack Black's 3rd time hosting and Neil Young's 4th musical guest appearance on SNL.

Neil Young previously made his 3rd musical guest appearances on SNL on the following dates: On September 30, 1989, which the Season 15 premiere, hosted by actor Bruce Willis, on December 5, 1992, the eighth episode of SNL's 18th season, hosted by comedian and actor Tom Arnold, and on May 6, 2000, the eighteenth episode of SNL's 25th season, hosted by actor John Goodman.

Jack Black's goodnight speech is "Hey Thanks to Neil Young, Johnny Knoxville, Tracy Morgan and My Main Man, Kyle Gass, My Parents, All Four of You Guys, I Love All, Happy Hanukkah and a Merry Christmas". (Cheers and applause)

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

† Credited, but they did not appear in this episode.

Cameos by Johnny Knoxville, Kyle Gass, and Tracy Morgan; vocal cameo by Darlene Love (singer of Christmastime for the Jews)

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

Cold Open Sketch Videotaped Weekend Update Music Performance Other

Title	Image	Summary
Santa Cheney Cold Opening		Playing Santa Claus, Dick Cheney (Darrell Hammond) asks various children what they want for Christmas, but their answers suspiciously sound pre-written to meet Cheney’s agenda. President George W. Bush (Will Forte) takes the opportunity to sit on Cheney’s lap to request the new X-Box for Christmas.
Monologue by Jack Black		Jack Black sings a song that director Peter Jackson rejected for inclusion in the new "King Kong" remake, as he made his return to host SNL for the third time.
Stuart Little Mouse Removal Kit		Modeled after the movie, homeowners can get rid of unwanted mice by leaving cheese, tracks and an exploding race car aimed out the front door.
The Wind		Family members (Jack Black, Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch) take a break from Christmas shopping to order pizza from Sbarro, but are inundated by strong winds since the only available seats in the crowded eatery are by the door.
Appalachian Emergency Room		Robert Smigel's spoof of 1960’s animated holiday specials, Darlene Love delivers a Claymation chorus of “Christmastime For the Jews.”
TV Funhouse: Christmastime for the Jews		Robert Smigel’s spoof of 1960’s animated holiday specials, Darlene Love delivers a Claymation chorus of “Christmastime For the Jews.”
Band Shot
Channel 5 Photo Shoot		The theme of this year’s photo shoot is simple: pointing. Seems simple enough, except that none of the other anchors (Kenan Thompson, Amy Poehler, Chris Parnell) are pointing at Chet the weatherman (Jack Black), and he’s taking it personally.
SNL Digital Short: Lazy Sunday		Chris Parnell & Andy Samberg rap about a trip to see The Chronicles Of Narnia.
Neil Young performs "It's A Dream"
Weekend Update with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler		Skull Island tourism representatives, Joseph (Kenan Thompson) and Charles Lepani (Tracy Morgan); Amy Poehler and Tina Fey list icky properties of 15 year-old boys they find irresistible.
Debbie Downer: A Very Downer Christmas		Flashback to Christmas, 1978, as a pre-teen Debbie Downer (Rachel Dratch) walks in on Santa Claus (Jack Black) in her parents’ living room and frowns upon every gift idea planned for her.
Space War 2148		Bisexual alien Glirk (Andy Samberg) makes it clear to his fellow space war survivor, an American astronaut (Jack Black), that they can repopulate the galaxy together.
Two A-Holes Buying a Christmas Tree		Two A-Holes (Jason Sudeikis, Kristin Wiig) behave like jerks while shopping for a Christmas tree just before closing time.
Spelling Bee		A young Jack Black (Will Forte) stumbles on the word "Business", and attempts to spell it with way too many letters. Jack Black and Kyle Gass summarize the experience with a song.
Neil Young performs "He Was The King"
Goodnights and Closing Credits		Jack Black, Tracy Morgan, and the cast all end the show from Rockefeller Center skating rink. Black later thanked Neil Young, Johnny Knoxville, Tracy Morgan and his man Kyle Gass, his parents, all of them, which he loves them all and he wishes everyone "Happy Hannukah" and "Merry Christmas".

Trivia[]

Maya Rudolph and Horatio Sanz do not appear in this episode, Rudolph is absent because she was on maternity leave while Sanz was likely shut out of the live show, they both are still credited however.
Johnny Knoxville, Darlene Love and Black's Tenacious D partner Kyle Gass all make cameo appearances in this episode. Knoxville appears during the Appalachian Emergency Room sketch, Love lends her vocals to the Saturday TV Funhouse cartoon Christmastime for the Jews and also performs "White Christmas" with the Saturday Night Live Band and Gass appeared during the spelling bee sketch.
Former longtime SNL cast member Tracy Morgan makes a guest appearance during Weekend Update.
This is the episode that features the SNL Digital Short Lazy Sunday which soon after this episode's airing became an internet phenomenon and brought popularity to Andy Samberg and The Lonely Island.
This is the 6th appearance of Appalachian Emergency Room.
This is the 6th appearance of Debbie Downer.
This is the 1st appearance of the Two A-Holes.
Starting with around this episode, Paula Pell (who had previously written for the show from 1995 to 2005) returns to the writing staff (though she's credited as 'writing additional sketches'.)

Preceded by: December 10, 2005	Saturday Night Live episode	Followed by: January 14, 2006