January 24, 2015 Season 40 episode
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Episode | 778 |
Season Episode | 12 |
Host | Blake Shelton |
Musical Guest(s) | Blake Shelton |
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Neon Light" "Boys 'Round Here" |
Previous Episode January 17, 2015 |
Next Episode January 31, 2015 |
The 12th episode of Season 40 and the 778th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on January 24, 2015, hosted by country singer, songwriter, actor and television performance Blake Shelton, who served as the episode's musical guest, and the star of the NBC's singing reality competition series The Voice. This was both his first time hosting and musical guest debut on SNL.
Cast[]
Main Players[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Aidy Bryant
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Bobby Moynihan
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
Title | Image | Summary |
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Deflategate Cold Open | A New England Patriots press conference about the recent deflated-football scandal. With Kenan Thompson as Greg Gumbel, Beck Bennett as Bill Belichick, Taran Killam as Tom Brady, Bobby Moynihan as equipment manager Dougie Spoons, and Sasheer Zamata, Kate McKinnon, Jay Pharoah, and Kyle Mooney as reporters. | |
Monologue by Blake Shelton | Hosting for the first time, Blake Shelton talks about growing up watching Hee Haw and teaches Taran Killam, Pete Davidson, Jay Pharoah, Cecily Strong, Vanessa Bayer and Leslie Jones about country humor with help from an old kook (Bobby Moynihan). | |
Farm Hunk | Blake Shelton is the star of a Bachelor-esque reality show. | |
Wishing Boot | Blake Shelton, Kate McKinnon, and Aidy Bryant star in a music video for a song about a 'wishing boot.' | |
Celebrity Family Feud | Celebrity Family Feud, hosted by Steve Harvey (Kenan Thompson), where the teams are American Idol (Keth Urban (Kate McKinnon), Steven Tyler (Kyle Mooney), Harry Connick Jr. (Beck Bennett), and Nicki Minaj (Sasheer Zamata)) vs. The Voice (Blake Shelton, Adam Levine (Taran Killam), Christina Aguilera (Cecily Strong) and Pharrell Williams (Jay Pharoah)). | |
Blake Shelton performs "Neon Light". Taran Killam introduces Blake Shelton's first performance. | ||
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Featuring Che's high school friend Riblet (Bobby Moynihan), who proceeds to take over the segment (complete with a duplicate intro listing him as anchor). Also features Pete Davidson and Che's ex-girlfriend Nicole (Sasheer Zamata). | |
Parole Board | A rough takeoff of the parole board scene of the movie Shawshank Redemption. A prisoner (Kenan Thompson) pleads his case, but the parole board is not so easily swayed, especially because of his cannibalism. | |
Topeka Today | A singer (Blake Shelton) performs a song an old man (Taran Killam) wrote about his deceased wife. | |
Blake Shelton performs "Boys Round Here" Kate McKinnon introduces Blake Shelton's second performance. | ||
Magic Show | A magic show is interrupted by a gullible audience member (Blake Shelton) heckles a magician (Taran Killam) to grant his wishes including making him rich, giving him chicken nuggets and granting him the power to go down on himself. | |
Goodnights | Blake Shelton thanked his band, The Voice family, his then-wife and his family, the cast and crew for having him here to hosting Saturday Night Live. |
Preceded by: January 17, 2015 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: January 31, 2015 |