January 16, 2010 Season 35 episode
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| Episode | 670 |
| Season Episode | 12 |
| Host | Sigourney Weaver |
| Musical Guest(s) | The Ting Tings |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"That's Not My Name" "Shut Up and Let Me Go" |
| Previous Episode January 9, 2010 |
Next Episode January 30, 2010 |
The 12th episode of Season 35 and the 670th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on January 16, 2010. It was hosted by actress Sigourney Weaver, star of the Alien franchise and Ghostbusters films, and the hit films Holes, The Village, Infamous, You Again and Avatar and the sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, with musical guest The Ting Tings, an English indie pop duo, who performed "That's Not My Name" and "Shut Up and Let Me Go". This is Sigourney Weaver's 2nd hosting stint and her first appearance in 23 years, 3 months and 5 days. Weaver last hosted SNL back on October 11, 1986, which is the Season 12 premiere.
This is also the only musical guest appearance on SNL for The Ting Tings.
Sigourney Weaver's goodnights speech is "Thanks to the Ting Tings, Darrell Hammond, my friend James Cameron, to this AMAZING group of people, and to Lorne Michaels and to NBC and my dad". [she blows a kiss] (Applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Will Forte
- Bill Hader
- Seth Meyers
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
Featured Players[]
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Larry King Live Cold Opening | Larry King (Fred Armisen) moderates the late-night talk show war between Jay Leno (cameo by longtime former cast member Darrell Hammond) and Conan O’Brien (Bill Hader). | |
| Monolgue by Sigourney Weaver | Back to SNL to making her second hosting stint and her first appearance in 23 years, actress Sigourney Weaver reveals she’s no fan of scary movies and is easily frightened, then she reads her father’s original memo for “The Tonight Show”. Also features Kristen Wiig. | |
| Grady Wilson's Fifty and Freaky | Grady Wilson (Kenan Thompson) demonstrates sex techniques for seniors with the aid of a Dutch (Sigourney Weaver). | |
| ESPN Classic: Summer's Eve Lady Stars of Darts Championship 1988 | Commentators Pete Twinkle (Jason Sudeikis) and Greg Stink (Will Forte) keep the Summer’s Eve douche sponsorship flowing in lieu of focusing on darts match between Darcy Vancouver (Kristen Wiig) and Olga “The Wolf Bear” Bogunskaya (Sigourney Weaver). | |
| SNL Digital Short: Laser Cats 5 | Andy Samberg and Bill Hader bring James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver onboard for their pitch of “James Cameron’s Laser Cats 5” to Lorne Michaels. | |
| Disco Booty Junction | After Amber and Cream (Sigourney Weaver, Kristen Wiig) perform their disco track, Jerry Field Dushay (Kenan Thompson) can’t get a straight answer about who is who. | |
| The Ting Tings performed "That's Not My Name" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers | Seth Meyers compare the late-night wars to a husband trying to maintain a marriage with two attractive wives. One year later, Larry the Goose (Andy Samberg) reads the names of geese who died during Flight 1549’s crash-landing. Meryl Streep (Abby Elliott) is extremely humble about being a great actress and a great guest. | |
| Avatar | Jake Sully (Bill Hader) has simulated avatar sex with Neytiri (Nasim Pedrad) but comes to regret it. With Sigourney Weaver as Dr. Grace Augustine, Andy Samberg as Avatar Jake, Fred Armisen as scientist and Jason Sudeikis as Norm Spellman. | |
| Riley | New kid, Riley (Fred Armisen), has dinner with the family of a friend (Andy Samberg) and calls everyone a bitch with an effeminate tone. | |
| Internet Buzz | Sigourney Weaver is distracted from the Golden Globes by her obsession with reading online praise and criticism from web surfers watching her movies. | |
| The Ting Tings performed "Shut Up and Let Me Go" | ||
| Fire & Rice | Lounge chanteuse Jessica Fire (Sigourney Weaver) is fearful of falling off partner Dante Rice’s (Bobby Moynihan) tall piano. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Sigourney Weaver thanked the Ting Tings, Darrell Hammond, her friend James Cameron, the amazing group of people, Lorne Michaels and NBC and especially her father. |
| Preceded by: January 9, 2010 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: January 30, 2010 |