January 24, 2015 Season 40 episode
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| Episode | 778 |
| Season Episode | 12 |
| Host | Blake Shelton |
| Previous Episode January 17, 2015 |
Next Episode January 31, 2015 |
The 778th episode of Saturday Night Live was hosted by Blake Shelton.
Cast
Main
- Vanessa Bayer
- Aidy Bryant
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Bobby Moynihan
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured
Sketches
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Deflategate | 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 | Shelton tries to recreate 'Hee-Haw'. | |
| 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 vs. The Voice. | |
| Blake Shelton performs | ||
| 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. | |
| Topeka Today | A singer (Blake Shelton) performs a song an old man (Taran Killam) wrote about his deceased wife. | |
| Blake Shelton performs | ||
| Magic Show | A magic show is interrupted by a gullible audience member. |
| Preceded by: January 17, 2015 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: January 31, 2015 |