February 4, 2006 Season 31 episode
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| Episode | 597 |
| Season Episode | 12 |
| Host | Steve Martin |
| Musical Guest(s) | Prince |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Fury" "Beautiful Loved & Blessed" |
| Previous Episode January 21, 2006 |
Next Episode March 4, 2006 |
The 12th episode of Season 31 and the 597th episode overall of Saturday Night Live, hosted by comedian, actor, writer, playwright, producer, and musician Steve Martin, and the musical guest was Prince, who was joined by Tamar for both of his performances. It premiered on February 4, 2006. This is also Steve Martin's 14th time hosting, and the 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL was made for Prince.
Martin lasts hosted SNL was the Season 20 premiere on September 24, 1994, with musical guest Eric Clapton.
The last time Prince was the musical guest was on the February 21, 1981 episode, the eleventh episode of SNL's 6th season, with host Charlene Tilton, which making his first appearance in over 25 years.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Rachel Dratch
- Tina Fey
- Will Forte
- Darrell Hammond
- Seth Meyers
- Finesse Mitchell†
- Chris Parnell
- Amy Poehler
- Maya Rudolph
- Horatio Sanz
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
† Credited, but did not appear
- Cameos by Alec Baldwin and Jimmy Fallon
- Pre-Filmed cameos by Kelly Ripa, Brian Williams, Conan O'Brien, Gideon Yago and Scarlett Johansson
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| The Sabotage Of Baldwin Cold Opening | While initiating an affair with Kelly Ripa, Steve Martin pop a Viagra pill and learns that Alec Baldwin is hosting “SNL” tonight and will tie his record. Thus begins the short film, “The Sabotage of Baldwin”, as Steve – whose Viagra clock is ticking – rushes to Studio 8-H to defend his title, even if that means knocking Lorne Michaels out cold and dropping Alec’s body to the ice skating rink seven floors below. | |
| Opening montage | ||
| Monologue by Steve Martin | Now hosting SNL for the 14th time, the comedian and actor Martin reflects back on an amusing incident from the first episode he hosted, if he could only remember when that was. He also shows off supposed photos of the original cast, then announces Maya Rudolph's return to the show, her first appearance on the show since October 1, 2005. | |
| A Teddy Bear Holding a Heart | Not only the little bear holding a heart available just about anywhere in the world, but, when used as a gift, it also shows that a man has put a lot of thought into his woman's Valentine's Day gift. | |
| Oprah | A similar scandal breaks out on Oprah Winfrey's (Maya Rudolph) show when Stone Freeman (Steve Martin), author of "Skating at the Bottom of the Ocean", is revealed to have written false memoirs. | |
| Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford | Buy the author's (Chris Parnell) new book, and you'll never go into debt by buying useless merchandise again. | |
| Hamas Party | Steve Martin finds himself in the middle of a publicity conflict when he unknowingly agrees to perform stand-up at a Hamas rally, where the Hamas officials (Fred Armisen, Seth Meyers, and Bill Hader) have mistaken for an anti-Semite. But a gig's a gig, and Steve is under contract to promote "The Pink Panther" through any means necessary. | |
| SNL Digital Short- Close Talkers | Two old friends (Steve Martin and Will Forte) run into each other and chat... very closely. | |
| Quick Zoom Theater | The intensity of a dramatic scene is heightened by frequent quick zooms. | |
| Prince performed "Fury" with Tamar | ||
| Weekend Update with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler | Tina Fey and Amy Poehler present the news alone, with no guest commentaries. | |
| Super Bowl National Anthem | Musical performers Aaron Neville (Horatio Sanz), Aretha Franklin (Kenan Thompson) and Dr. John (Jason Sudeikis) are more interested in eating than rehearsing their numbers for the Super Bowl Halftime Show. | |
| Backstage: Lorne's Office | Steve Martin rushes into Lorne Michaels' to tell him the buzz is that the ratings are through the roof, so he'd like more money for his hosting gig. Lorne won't renegotiate, but will be happy to let the recovering Alec Baldwin or Jimmy Fallon assume Steve's duties. | |
| The Prince Show | Prince (Fred Armisen) behaves in his usual eccentric way while welcoming his personal chef (Steve Martin) and Drew Barrymore (Kristen Wiig) to the show. | |
| State Of The Galaxy 2145 | A glimpse to the year 2145 reveals that little has changed; on the contrary, things are just more intense: President George Q. Bush (Will Forte) talks about the sun’s dwindling energy supply during his State of the Galaxy address, and the new Category 5 levees in New Orleans are no match for a Category 12 hurricane battering the Gulf Coast. | |
| SNL Digital Short- The Tangent | Joel (Fred Armisen) rambles endlessly about a restaurant he visited to his friend Liz (Kristen Wiig) at first, and becomes so involved in the story that he fails to notice that he is discovered by talent scouts (Bill Hader, Chris Parnell), stars in a movie with Scarlett Johansson, becomes a national phenomenon, and then loses it all when his movie flops at the box office. | |
| Surfers | Young Surfers try to give the hint that middle-aged ? ? (Steve Martin) is not welcome in their group, but he just can't seem to take a hint. | |
| Prince performed "Beautiful, Loved & Blessed", once again with Tamar | ||
| Naturally Crafting | Natural crafter Midge Hartsinger (Rachel Dratch) makes it clear that she wants her guest, craftsman Jack Patrick (Steve Martin), to spend the night during a blizzard. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Steve Martin thanked Prince, Alec Baldwin, Jimmy Fallon and Tamar, and said that he had a great time. |
Trivia[]
- Maya Rudolph returns with this episode.
- Finesse Mitchell does not appear until the goodnights.
- Alec Baldwin made a guest appearance during the Backstage sketch and made a filmed appearance in The Sabotage Of Baldwin sketch.
- Kelly Ripa made a filmed appearance in The Sabotage Of Baldwin sketch
- Brian Williams, Conan O'Brien, Gideon Yago and Scarlett Johansson all make filmed appearances in the SNL Digital Short The Tangent.
- Former longtime SNL cast member and Weekend Update co-anchor Jimmy Fallon made a guest appearance during the Backstage Sketch.
- This is also the first episode to have two SNL Digital Shorts.
- This is the 6th appearance of The Prince Show.
| Preceded by: January 21, 2006 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: March 4, 2006 |