December 5, 2015 Season 41 episode
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| Episode | 794 |
| Season Episode | 7 |
| Host | Ryan Gosling |
| Musical Guest(s) | Leon Bridges |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Smooth Salin'" "River" |
| Previous Episode November 21, 2015 |
Next Episode December 12, 2015 |
The 7th episode of Season 41 and the 794th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on December 5, 2015, hosted by Canadian actor Ryan Gosling, star of the hit films The Believer, The Notebook, Half Nelson, Fracture, All Good Things, The Nice Guys, Lars and the Real Girl, Blue Valentine, Drive, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Only God Forgives, The Ides of March, The Big Short, La La Land, Blade Runner 2049, First Man, Barbie, Song to Song, and The Fall Guy, with musical guest Leon Bridges, who performs "Smooth Sailin" and "River". This was Ryan Gosling’s SNL (and hosting) debut and Leon Bridges’ musical guest debut was made on SNL.
Former longtime cast member Mike Myers makes a cameo in the opening monologue.
Ryan Gosling's goodnights speech is "Thanks to Leon Bridges (Cheers and applause), the Genius Mike Myers, the Incredible Cast, Lorne Michaels, the Whole Crew, Eva and Ezzy, I Love You, Thank You So Much". (Cheers and applause again)
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Colin Jost
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Kyle Mooney
- Bobby Moynihan
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Sasheer Zamata
Featured Players[]
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Donald and Melania Trump Christmas Cold Opening | Donald (Taran Killam) and Melania Trump (Cecily Strong) reveal who is on Donald's naughty and nice list. | |
| Ryan Gosling's Monologue | Ryan Gosling hosted SNL for the first time. He felt ashamed to be Canadian, and former longtime cast member Mike Myers (also Canadian) joined him on stage to tell him about all the good things about Canada. Also features Aidy Bryant, Taran Killam, Kate McKinnon, Jay Pharoah, and Cecily Strong as an audience member. | |
| Settl | Settl: The dating app for women looking to have tons of okay dates. | |
| Closer Encounter | Three people (Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, Ryan Gosling) share very different stories about their alien abduction. Also features Aidy Bryant as Agent Morris and Bobby Moynihan as Special Agent Kirkpatrick. | |
| Santa Baby | Doug (Ryan Gosling) and Gina (Vanessa Bayer) make everyone (Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant and Kenan Thompson) at the neighborhood holiday party uncomfortable when they demand to meet the real Santa. | |
| Birthday Party | Melanie (Aidy Bryant) creeps out her friends (Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong and Sasheer Zamata) when she hits on birthday girl Taylor's (Vanessa Bayer) dad (Ryan Gosling). | |
| Leon Bridges Performs "Smooth Sailin" | Leon Bridges Performs "Smooth Sailin'". | |
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including Congress defunding Planned Parenthood and the most popular name for girls. Glamour magazine reporter With guests, Jill Davenport (Cecily Strong) stops by. Other News, Kylie Jenner's photo shoot and Mouse Mingle. Secondhand news correspondent Anthony Crispino (Bobby Moynihan) stops by with third-hand news guy Angelo Skaggs (Ryan Gosling). | |
| High School Friend | Ryan Gosling's high school friend (Kyle Mooney) picks on him while having an interview at the bar. Also features Bobby Moynihan as Jerry and Cecily Strong as Laura Sumner. | |
| Nespresso | George Clooney (Taran Killam) preps Danny DeVito (Bobby Moynihan) for his first taste of Nespresso. | |
| The Wiz | West Oz's Scarecrow (Ryan Gosling) mistakenly ends up in East Oz with Dorothy (Sasheer Zamata), Cowardly Lion (Kenan Thompson), Tin Man (Jay Pharoah), Scarecrow (Michael Che) and The Wiz (Leslie Jones). | |
| Leon Bridges Performs "River" | Leon Bridges Performs "River". | |
| Santa & The Elves | Santa's elves (Kenan Thompson, Vanessa Bayer, Ryan Gosling) purposely don't make any toys in the hopes that Santa (Bobby Moynihan) will punish them. With Aidy Bryant as Mrs. Claus. | |
| In Memoriam | A photo is dedicated to SNL wardrobe person Jenna Krempel before the goodnights. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Ryan Gosling thanked Leon Bridges, Mike Myers, Lorne Michaels the cast and the whole crew. |
Trivia[]
- A photo is dedicated to SNL wardrobe person Jenna Krempel before the goodnights.
| Preceded by: November 21, 2015 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 12, 2015 |