December 7, 2013 Season 39 episode
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| Episode | 753 |
| Season Episode | 8 |
| Host | Paul Rudd |
| Musical Guest(s) | One Direction |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Story of My Life" "Through the Dark" |
| Previous Episode November 23, 2013 |
Next Episode December 14, 2013 |
The 8th episode of Season 39 and the 753rd episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on December 7, 2013, hosted by actor Paul Rudd, star of the hit films Dinner for Schmucks, They Came Together, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Fundamentals of Caring, Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and The Catcher Was a Spy, and Marvel Studios films Ant-Man and the sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain America: Civil War, and Avengers: Endgame, and the third film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania with musical guest One Direction, an English-Irish boy band, who performed "Story of My Life" and "Through the Dark," and appeared in the opening monologue and the "Dan Charles" pre-taped sketch. This is Paul Rudd's 3rd time as host, and One Direction made their 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL.
Paul Rudd's goodnights speech is Awwww, Thank You So Much, I Had a Blast! I Want to Say Thank you to One Direction. Thank you! And thank you, Kristen Wiig and Fred Armisen and Steve Carrell and David Koechner and Will Ferrell… and To This Entire Cast and This Amazing Crew, Lorne Michaels and Everyone here. It is SUCH a thrill to Be BAck, Thank you so much! Have a great night, thanks for watching!
Sketches[]
- Bill Brasky
- Dan Charles (Pretaped Sketch)
- Weekend Update
- The Lawrence Welk Show
- The Sound of Music Condensed (Cold Open)
- Politics Nation
- Divorce Meeting
- Michalangelo's David
- White Christmas (Pretaped Sketch)
- Santa's Elves
- 28 Miles Away
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[]
Notes/Trivia[]
- One Direction performs "Story of My Life" and "Through the Dark" and appears in the opening monologue and in the pre-taped "Dan Charles" sketch.
- Longtime former cast members Kristen Wiig and Fred Armisen appear in the cold open reprising their characters from "The Lawrence Welk Show" sketches.
- Longtime former cast-member Will Ferrell and short-time cast member David Koechner and Steve Carell appear in the opening monologue. Ferrell and Koechner later reprise their roles in the "Bill Brasky" sketch.
- This was Katie Rich's first episode as a Weekend Update writer.
| Preceded by: November 23, 2013 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 14, 2013 |