December 19, 2009 Season 35 episode
| |
|---|---|
| |
| |
| Episode | 668 |
| Season Episode | 10 |
| Host | James Franco |
| Musical Guest(s) | Muse |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Uprising" "Starlight" |
| Previous Episode December 12, 2009 |
Next Episode January 9, 2010 |
The 10th episode of Season 35 and the 668th episode, as well as the Christmas episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on December 19, 2009, hosted by actor James Franco, with musical guests Muse, an English rock band. This is James Franco's 2nd time as host and the first time as musical guest on SNL for Muse.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Will Forte
- Bill Hader
- Seth Meyers
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
Featured Players[]
Cameo Appearances by Jack McBrayer and Mike Tyson.
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Videotaped Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| The Lawrence Welk Show Cold Opening | Rico Garlando (James Franco) enjoys singing and dancing with musical sisters (Abby Elliott, Jenny Slate, Nasim Pedrad), but is grossed out by their tiny-handed sister Judice (Kristen Wiig). | |
| Monologue by James Franco | Returning to host SNL for the second time, actor James Franco talks about his choice to leave films to go to college and act on the soap opera General Hospital, which many considered to be a step backwards. Franco then pulls career ideas out of a suggestion bin. | |
| What Up With That? | Diondre Cole and the crew welcome guests Jack McBrayer and Mike Tyson to discuss his new documentary. Musical guests Skintessa and Johnny Wave (Wiig and James Franco) perform. | |
| The Vogelchecks | The affectionate Vogelcheck Family (Fred Armisen, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, and James Franco) still greet one another with open arms and wet, sloppy kisses. | |
| SNL Digital Short: The Tizzle Wizzle Show | Kids (Nasim Pedrad, Andy Samberg, Jenny slate, Bobby Moynihan, and Abby Elliott) on “The Tizzle Wizzle Show” play with knives and take pills with confused guest star James Franco. | |
| The Manuel Ortiz Show | Manuel Ortiz (Fred Armisen) walks guest Angie (Jenny Slate) through her boyfriend (James Franco) crisis with endless Spanish dancing. | |
| Muse performs "Uprising" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers | With guests, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi (Bobby Moynihan) comments on the shenanigans of M-TV reality show “Jersey Shore” and Unprepared Garth (Fred Armisen) & Kat (Kristen Wiig) sing Christmas songs as though they were making them up on the spot. | |
| Sigma Lambda | Upon pledging the Sigma Lambda Omega fraternity, freshman initiate (Andy Samberg) realizes that the house brothers (Jason Sudeikis, James Franco, Bobby Moynihan) are illiterate and lacking in basic educational skills. | |
| Variety Vault: Vincent Price's Christmas Special | Vincent Price (Bill Hader) attempts to play Secret Santa with Katherine Hepburn (Kristen Wiig), James Dean (James Franco) and Liberace (Fred Armisen). | |
| Christmas Trees | Christmas tree salesman (James Franco) severs the emotional ties with his merchandise upon each sale. | |
| Muse performs "Starlight" | ||
| Christmas Gift Meeting | Business executives Carl (Will Forte), Jerry (Bill Hader), and Troy (James Franco) strain their brains to figure out what gift to give their employees other than dildoes. | |
| Mark Wahlberg Talks To Christmas Animals | Mark Wahlberg (Andy Samberg) talks to Christmas animals and a snowman. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits |
Trivia[]
- This marked the final SNL episode of 2009, as well as the final episode of the 2000s.
| Preceded by: December 12, 2009 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: January 9, 2010 |