December 8, 2018 Season 44 episode
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Episode | 858 |
Season Episode | 8 |
Host | Jason Momoa |
Musical Guest(s) | Mumford & Sons |
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Guiding Light" "Delta" |
Previous Episode December 1, 2018 |
Next Episode December 15, 2018 |
The 858th episode and 8th episode of Saturday Night Live's 44th season, premiered on December 8, 2018, hosted by actor Jason Momoa, star of the DC Extended Universe films Aquaman, and the sequel Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, as well as the hit films, Dune, Braven, Slumberland and Sweet Girl, and the Discovery Channel historical drama series Frontier, and Apple TV+ science fiction series See, with musical guest Mumford & Sons, who performed "Guiding Light" and "Delta". This will be Jason Momoa's SNL (and hosting) debut, and the 3rd musical guest stint on SNL for Mumford & Sons.
The last time Mumford & Sons were the musical guests was on April 11, 2015, the eighteenth episode of SNL's 40th season, hosted by the actress Taraji P. Henson, star of the FOX's hit music drama series Empire.
Jason Momoa's goodnights speech is "Thanks to Mumford & Sons, Robert De Niro, All of the Cast and Crew, I Love You, to my mother, my grandmother, my babies and my wife, all of my Family, I Love You, I'm Coming Back". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Mikey Day
- Leslie Jones
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon
- Alex Moffat
- Kyle Mooney
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Melissa Villaseñor
Featured Players[]
Cameo by Robert De Niro
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
Title | Image | Summary |
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Trump Brothers Bedtime Cold Opening | Donald Trump Jr. (Mikey Day) puts Eric Trump (Alex Moffat) to bed when an unexpected vistor, Robert Mueller (Robert De Niro), stops by to chat. | |
Mo-Monologue by Jason Momoa | Hosting for the first time, actor Jason Momoa explains why he's hosting Saturday Night Live is a dream come true for him. Also features Aidy Bryant, Kenan Thompson, Leslie Jones and Chris Redd. | |
Elf on the Shelf | Scrappy the elf (Jason Momoa) reports back to Santa (Beck Bennett) on how his assigned child is behaving. With Melissa Villaseñor and Mikey Day as two fellow elves Dottie and Deedlebeep. | |
GE Big Boy Appliances | A commercial advertises GE's new line of home appliances made for men. With Jason Momoa, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Alex Moffat and Cecily Strong. Beck Bennett plays the announcer. | |
Kahl Drogo's Ghost Dojo | Zerbo (Kenan Thompson), bloodrider to Khal Drogo, co-hosts Khal Drogo's Ghost Dojo a talk show featuring the hundreds of Game of Thrones characters (Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Heidi Gardner, Kate McKinnon, and Alex Moffat) who have been killed off. | |
Them Trumps (Pretaped) | Based on true events, “Them Trumps” is a reimagining of the Trump family (Kenan Thompson, Leslie Jones, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd) from a diverse perspective. | |
Mumford & Sons perform "Guiding Light". | ||
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like Chief of Staff John Kelly leaving the Trump administration. With guest, Seventh-grader and travel expert, Carrie Krum (Aidy Bryant), stops by Weekend Update to share her travel tips. Also, Michael Che arrived as a guest to share how getting a bidet has changed his life. | |
An Extra Christmas Carol | Ebenezer Scrooge (Mikey Day) wakes up to an extra spirit (Jason Momoa) on Christmas morning. | |
Day Of The Dorks | In the 80s comedy Day of the Dorks, a bunch of frat brothers (Mikey Day, Jason Momoa, Kenan Thompson, Chris Redd, Beck Bennett, Alex Moffat) plot their revenge against the dorks. | |
Mumford & Sons performs "Delta" | ||
Sleigh Ride | Gemma (Cecily Strong) and her boyfriend (Jason Momoa) join Gene (Kenan Thompson) and his girlfriend (Leslie Jones) on a sleigh ride. | |
First Impression | A first meeting between a woman's (Melissa Villaseñor) parents (Jason Momoa, Heidi Gardner) and boyfriend (Beck Bennett) goes awry. | |
Rudolph's Big Night | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Pete Davidson) takes out some pent-up frustration on his colleagues (Beck Bennett, Mikey Day, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Chris Redd, and Kenan Thompson). With Jason Momoa as Santa Claus. | |
Goodngihts and Closing Credits | Jason Momoa thanked Mumford & Sons, Robert De Niro, all the cast and crew, he loved his mother, grandmother, his babies and his wife Lisa Bonet and he's coming back. |
Trivia[]
- A picture of SNL writer and future cast member Bowen Yang appeared during "Khal Drogo's Ghost Dojo" sketch.
Preceded by: December 1, 2018 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 15, 2018 |