February 26, 2022 Season 47 episode
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| Episode | 922 |
| Season Episode | 13 |
| Host | John Mulaney |
| Musical Guest(s) | LCD Soundsystem |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Thrills" "Yr City's a Sucker" |
| Previous Episode January 29, 2022 |
Next Episode March 5, 2022 |
The 922nd episode and 13th episode of Saturday Night Live's 47th season premiered on February 26, 2022, hosted by former SNL writer, writing supervisor and producer, stand-up comedian, and actor John Mulaney, with musical guests LCD Soundsystem, an indie rock band, who performed "Thrills" and "Yr City's a Sucker" and appears in the "Subway Churro" sketch. Mulaney return to hosted SNL for the fifth time, and he entered to become the newest member of the Five-Timers Club. This is John Mulaney's 5th time as the host, thus making him a five-time host and the only former SNL writer to enter The Five-Timers Club, beating out Larry David thrice, while LCD Soundsystem made their 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL.
Mulaney previously hosted SNL 4 times on the following dates: On April 14, 2018, the eighteenth episode of SNL's 43rd season, with musical guest Jack White, on March 2, 2019, the fourteenth episode of SNL's 44th season, with musical guest Thomas Rhett, a country singer-songwriter, on February 29, 2020, the fourteenth episode of SNL's 45th season, with musical guest David Byrne and the first time SNL has premiered on Leap Day, and on October 31, 2020, the fifth episode and Halloween show of SNL's 46th season, with legendary rock band The Strokes as his musical guests.
LCD Soundsystem previously made their musical guest debut on May 6, 2017, the nineteenth episode of SNL's 42nd season, hosted by the actor Chris Pine.
Cecily Strong returned to SNL in this episode, after having been absent from the last three episodes, due to starring in the Broadway play "The Search for Signs of Inteligent Life in the Universe".
Meanwhile, starting with this episode, until May 14, 2022, current cast member Pete Davidson is absent from the show to film his new movie "The Home" (he previously skipped the first two episodes of Season 45 to film his scenes for The Suicide Squad).
The goodnights speech for John Mulaney is "Thanks to LCD Soundsystem, Steve Martin, Candice Bergen, Paul Rudd, Tina Fey, Elliott Gould, Conan O'Brien and the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York, Thank You for Watching, Everybody". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Aidy Bryant
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson+
- Mikey Day
- Chloe Fineman
- Heidi Gardner
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon
- Alex Moffat
- Kyle Mooney
- Ego Nwodim
- Chris Redd
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Melissa Villaseñor
- Bowen Yang
Featured Players[]
+ Credited in the opening montage, but he did not appear in this episode.
- Cameos by Paul Rudd, Steve Martin, Candice Bergen, Tina Fey, Elliott Gould, and Conan O'Brien.
Pre-taped cameo by Al Roker.
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Ukrainian Chorus Dumka Cold Opening | Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York performed "Prayer for Ukraine". Introduced by Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong. | |
| Opening Montage | The musical guest/hosts clips of the opening montage was changed to one, only for this episode (the host/musical guest clips had one clip of them playing at the same time for musical guest LCD Soundsystem and host John Mulaney). | |
| John Mulaney's Stand-Up Monologue | Returning to host SNL for the fifth time, former SNL writer John Mulaney does his stand-up about his intervention, breaking up with his drug dealer and the birth of his son. | |
| Monkey Judge | A lawyer (Kenan Thompson) and his client (Melissa Villaseñor) attempt to win a settlement as they face a different kind of judge (John Mulaney), who looks like a monkey. Also Features Cecily Strong as the attorney and James Austin Johnson as the bailiff. | |
| Blue River Dog Food | A couple (John Mulaney and Cecily Strong) tries to convince their friend (Heidi Gardner) to switch to a new brand of dog food. Parody of Blue Buffalo. Also Features Chloe Fineman as the owner. | |
| COVID Dinner Discussion | A group of friends (John Mulaney, Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Heidi Gardner and Bowen Yang) discuss mask mandates, vaccines and COVID over dinner. | |
| Please Don't Destroy Film - Good Variant | A celebration breaks out after news of a new COVID variant for the guys (John Higgins, Ben Marshall and Martin Herlihy) and everyone. With John Mulaney as news anchor and Sarah Sherman as the nurse. Cameos by Paul Rudd and Al Roker. | |
| The Five-Timers Club Welcomes John Mulaney | In a direct segue, the sketch begins with Rudd, Bergen, and Martin watching the end of the Please Don't Destroy film on television. The hosts (Steve Martin, Paul Rudd, Candice Bergen, Tina Fey, and Elliott Gould) and another former writer and Late Night host Conan O'Brien welcome Mulaney into the Five-Timers Club. Also Features James Austin Johnson. | |
| LCD Soundsystem performed "Thrills" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like Russia invading Ukraine. | |
| Subway Churro | A man (Andrew Dismukes) surprises everyone (John Mulaney, Chris Redd, Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, Kyle Mooney, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Alex Moffat, Melissa Villaseñor, Punkie Johnson, Aristotle Athari, James Austin Johnson, and Sarah Sherman) by buying a churro in a random subway station. With musical guest LCD Soundsystem as the Guardians Angels. | |
| Behind the Slime | Marc Summers (Alex Moffat) and Nick Cannon (Chris Redd) hosting Behind the Slime and takes a look at the old Nickelodeon show You Can't Do That on Television. Also Features John Mulaney as Craig, Cecily Strong as Tracy, Melissa Villaseñor as Christina, Aidy Bryant as Becky Boggs, Sarah Sherman as Marcy, Kyle Mooney as Pat, Mikey Day as Matt, Chloe Fineman as Abby. | |
| LCD Soundsystem performed "Yr City’s a Sucker" | ||
| Cupid Shuffle | A man (John Mulaney) accompanies his wife (Ego Nwodim) to her family reunion. With Kenan Thompson as the DJ, Chris Redd as Uncle Buck and Punkie Johnson as Danitra. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Mulaney thanked LCD Soundsystem, Candice Bergen, Steve Martin, Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Elliott Gould, Conan O'Brien, the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York and everyone for watching at home. |
Cut For Time[]
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Zummary |
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| Fisher-Price Podcast Set | A man named Phil (John Mulaney) is gifted a toy podcast set at his office going away party. With Kyle Mooney, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes and James Austin Johnson as executives and Heidi Gardner as Phil's wife, Sharon. | |
| Family Band | Things go off the rails when a woman (Heidi Gardner) introduces her boyfriend (Mikey Day) to her brothers (John Mulaney, Kyle Mooney, and Andrew Dismukes). |
Trivia[]
- This also marked the first episode for Rosebud Baker, Clare O'Kane and Nicole Sun as writers on SNL.
- Overall, Mulaney had become the second fastest member to enter the Five-Timers Club, as of this episode, it took Mulaney 3 years, 10 months, and 12 days to get there, after Steve Martin.
- This is the 2nd and last sketch appearance of Dinner Discussion.
- This is also marked the 5th and final sketch appearance of "Big Nick's", until its returned on November 2, 2024, the fifth episode of Season 50, when Mulaney returned to host SNL for the sixth time, with musical guest Chappell Roan.
- Weekend Update marked the first time without a guest commentary since February 4, 2006, the twelfth episode of Season 31, hosted by comedian and actor Steve Martin, with musical guest Prince.
| Preceded by: January 29, 2022 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: March 5, 2022 |