December 2, 2017 Season 43 episode
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| Episode | 836 |
| Season Episode | 7 |
| Host | Saoirse Ronan |
| Musical Guest(s) | U2 |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"American Soul" "Get Out of Your Own Way" |
| Previous Episode November 18, 2017 |
Next Episode December 9, 2017 |
The 836th episode and 7th episode of Season 43 of Saturday Night Live premiered on December 2, 2017, hosted by American-born Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, star of the hit films I Could Never Be Your Woman, Atonement, The Lovely Bones, Hanna, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Brooklyn, Lady Bird, The Seagull, Mary Queen of Scots, Little Women, Ammonite, See How They Run, Foe, The Outburn, Blitz and Bad Apples, with musical guests U2, an legendary Irish rock band, who performed "American Soul" and "Get Out of Your Way". This will be Saoirse Ronan's hosting debut. This is also the 4th musical guest appearance for U2 on SNL.
The last time U2 were the musical guests was on September 26, 2009, the season premiere of Season 35, hosted by actress Megan Fox.
Saoirse Ronan's goodnights speech is "Thank You to U2, To Alec Baldwin, To John McEnroe, This Is Such an Incredible Night, It's Been a Dream Come True for Me to Be Back at Home in New York, Thank You So Much to Everyone Who Came Out, This Is Amaze and I Hope You Enjoy Your Nights, Thank You So Much". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Leslie Jones
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon
- Kyle Mooney
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
- Cameos by Alec Baldwin and John McEnroe
Pre-filmed cameo by Greta Gerwig
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| A Trump Christmas Carol Cold Opening | President Donald Trump (Alec Baldwin) encounters the ghost of Witness Flipped, Michael Flynn (Mikey Day), The Ghost Of Christmas Past, Billy Bush (Alex Moffat), Ghost Of Christmas Present, Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett), and Ghost Of Christmas Future, Hillary Rodham Clinton (Kate McKinnon). | |
| Monologue by Saoirse Ronan | Hosting SNL for the first time, American-born Irish actress Saoirse Ronan sings a little ditty about how to pronounce her name, and the cast tries (or don't even try) to get it right. With Leslie Jones, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant and Beck Bennett. | |
| Floribama Shore | From the creators of Jersey Shore, it's Floribama Shore, featuring Kyle (Mikey Day), Trish (Saoirse Ronan), Pontoon (Luke Null), Epcot (Heidi Gardner), Quartney (Aidy Bryant), and Justin (Chris Redd). Beck Bennett plays the annoubcer, | |
| Action 9 News | An explosion happens at an American Girl Store, and a customer named Thomas Dean (Mikey Day) tries to make people believe that the doll he bought was for a friend, and not for him. Also Features Saoirse Ronan as Debbie Pritchard, Beck Bennett as Jack Trask, Heidi Gardner as Becca Simms, Leslie Jones as Karen Kellers, Alex Moffat as emergency service worker, Cecily Strong as Beth Runyon and Kenan Thompson as Ben Hartley. | |
| Saoirse Ronan, Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, and Kate McKinnon, Melissa Villaseñor and Leslie Jones performed "Welcome To Hell" | In response to recent allegations about male celebrities being predators, sing a song about how women have been seen in a negative light for way longer than men have. | |
| KMart | A bunch of... unique customers (Luke Null, Kyle Mooney, Kenan Thompson, Leslie Jones, Saoirse Ronan, Chris Redd, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, Pete Davidson, Heidi Gardner, and Kate McKinnon) asked the cashier (Mikey Day) need to replace and exchange items at KMart. | |
| The Race | A worker named Evans (Kyle Mooney) challenges another worker, Ian (Beck Bennett) to a race to get signed documents. Also Features Saoirse Ronan as Lindsay, Alex Moffat and Chris Redd as the employees. Cameo by Greta Gerwig as Mrs. Reynolds. | |
| U2 performed "American Soul" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including the Senate passing the Republican tax plan and New York Giants starting Geno Smith over Eli Manning at quarterback. Featuring guests British Prime Minister Theresa May (Kate McKinnon) stops by to address President Donald Trump's retweets, and The Duncans (Leslie Jones and Mikey Day) stop by to discuss trying the Kama Sutra. | |
| Bachelor Auction | Women (Leslie Jones, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon and Saoirse Ronan) auction to have lunch with Chad (Pete Davidson). Also features Mikey Day as the emcee, Beck Bennett as Brandon, Melissa Villaseñor as bidder, Kenan Thompson as the bidder. Cameo by John McEnroe. This is the only live sketch appearance by Chad. | |
| New Kid In Class | A new kid (Luke Null) tries desperately hard to be cool in his new class and fails horribly. Also Features Saoirse Ronan as Jacqueline, Kenan Thompson as Mr. Nystrom, Beck Bennett as Mr. Lynch, Pete Davidson as student, Mikey Day as Aaron, Alex Moffat as Lou, Kyle Mooney as Randy Goodman, Luke Null and Chris Redd as William. | |
| U2 performed "Get Out of Your Own Way" | ||
| Aer Lingus | A very unique, and weird plane ride, where there multiple problems relating to dogs. With Saoirse Ronan as Colleen Doyle Aidy Bryant as Maeve O'Morgan, Kate McKinnon as marshal, Alex Moffat as the passenger, Kyle Mooney as Pee-wee Riley, Cecily Strong as Brianna Donnelly and Kenan Thompson as the passenger. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Saoirse Ronan thanked U2, Alec Baldwin, John McEnroe, and everyone at SNL for having her here. This is an incredible night and a dream come true for her to be back home in New York. |
| Preceded by: November 18, 2017 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 9, 2017 |