February 6, 2016 Season 41 episode
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| Episode | 799 |
| Season Episode | 12 |
| Host | Larry David |
| Musical Guest(s) | The 1975 |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"The Sound" "Love Me" |
| Previous Episode January 23, 2016 |
Next Episode February 13, 2016 |
The 12th episode of Season 41 and the 799th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on February 6, 2016, hosted by former SNL writer, comedian and actor Larry David, star of the HBO's hit comedy of matters series Curb Your Enthusiasm, with musical guests The 1975, who performing "The Sound" and "Love Me". This was the first time that Larry David hosted, and this is also the musical guest debut on SNL for The 1975.
Cast[]
Main Players[]
- 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[]
- Cameos by Senator Bernie Sanders, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Message from Ted Cruz Cold Open | Sen. Ted Cruz (Taran Killam) explains how he managed to win the Iowa caucus despite his many off-putting qualities. With Kate McKinnon as Catherine Cruz. | |
| Opening montage | ||
| Monologue by Larry David | Returning to SNL to host for the first time, former writer, actor and comedian Larry David discusses the differences between being a schmuck and being a prick and admits he's well aware women only date him because he has money and is on TV. | |
| FBI Simulator | A training exercise puts an agent's (Kenan Thompson) ability to distinguish between a threat (Beck Bennett, Leslie Jones, Jon Rudnitsky) and a harmless civilian (Aidy Bryant, Larry David, Vanessa Bayer, and Bobby Moynihan) to the test. With Cecily Strong as the instructor. | |
| Bern Your Enthusiasm | Despite his friends' (Bobby Moynihan, Cecily Strong, and Jay Pharoah) best efforts, Sen. Bernie Sanders (Larry David) keeps finding ways to upset voters (Leslie Jones, Aidy Bryant) in Iowa. With Vanessa Bayer as Jane Sanders, Taran Killam as Marty, and Kyle Mooney as staffer. | |
| Steam Ship | When a ship runs aground, the women and children are loaded onto lifeboats first -- until two passengers (Larry David, Sen. Bernie Sanders) voice their objections. With Vanessa Bayer as Madame Donovan, Beck Bennett, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Moynihan, Cecily Strong, and Kenan Thompson as passengers. | |
| Totino's | When you need to keep your hungry guys (Larry David, Kyle Mooney, Jon Rudnitsky, Jay Pharoah, Pete Davidson, and Beck Bennett) fed, there's Totino's pizza rolls. Also features Vanessa Bayer as Totino's wife. | |
| The 1975 performs "The Sound" | Larry David asked Sen. Bernie Sanders how is New Hampshire, and he replied, "Well, it's pretty, pretty, pretty good", referencing David's famous line from his show Curb Your Enthusiasm and David introduces tonight's musical guest The 1975. | |
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Features guests Sturdy Barbie (Kate McKinnon), Jon Rudnitsky, Derek Zoolander (Ben Stiller), and Hansel (Owen Wilson). | |
| Songwriting Class | Russ (Larry David) has a hard time understanding the teacher's (Pete Davidson) lesson on rhyming lyrics. With Vanessa Bayer as Trish, Pete Davidson as Jason, Taran Killam as Ted, Kate McKinnon as Willow and Jay Pharoah as Nate. | |
| A Super Bowl Greeting from Cam Newton and Peyton Manning | ||
| The 1975 performs "Love Me" | ||
| Last Call | A bartender (Kenan Thompson) pays witness to the sad hookup between Sheila Sovage (Kate McKinnon) and Ace Chuggins (Larry David). | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | The 1975, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, and Bernie Sanders and everyone of SNL are thanked by Larry David for bringing him back home to Studio 8H. |
Trivia[]
- Larry David's hosting marks the first time since Season 26 that a former SNL writer who was never hired as a cast member has returned to hosted (Conan O'Brien was an SNL writer from 1988-1991 and hosted on March 10, 2001), with musical guest Don Henley.
| Preceded by: January 23, 2016 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: February 13, 2016 |