January 9, 2010 Season 35 episode
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| Episode | 669 |
| Season Episode | 11 |
| Host | Charles Barkley |
| Musical Guest(s) | Alicia Keys |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" "Empire State of Mind" |
| Previous Episode December 19, 2009 |
Next Episode January 16, 2010 |
The 11th episode of Season 35 and the 669th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on January 9, 2010, hosted by former longtime NBA basketball player Charles Barkley with musical guest Alicia Keys, who performed "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" and "Empire State of Mind". This is Charles Barkley’s 2nd time as host and his first appearance for the first time in 16 years, 3 months and 5 days, while Alicia Keys made her 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL.
He last hosted SNL back on September 25, 1993, the Season 19 premiere, with musical guest Nirvana, a rock band.
Alicia Keys previously made her musical guest debut on September 29, 2001, the season premiere of Season 27, with actress Reese Witherspoon as the host, which coincidentally, was the first episode for longtime cast member and Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers.
Charles Barkley's goodnights speech is the following: "Hey I want to Give a Special Thanks to Ms. Alicia Keys! It's Been a Great Week with You Guys. Thank y'all for coming, and thanks again". (Cheers and Applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Will Forte
- Bill Hader
- Seth Meyers
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
Featured Players[]
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| The Situation Room Cold Open | Wolf Blitzer (Jason Sudeikis) calls attention to a disjointed United States-Yemen joint press conference between General David Petraeus (Will Forte) and Ali Abdullah Saleh | |
| Monologue by Charles Barkley | Returning to host SNL for the second time and his first appearance in 16 years, former longtime NBA basketball player Charles Barkley believes honesty is the best policy and talks about how few Black hosts there are on SNL, then speaks to two audience members (Jon Lutz and Jessi Klein) and the only Black man in the seats (Hannibal Buress). Also features Kenan Thompson. | |
| Thoms Peppers Insurance | Insurance representative (Bill Hader) will keep a watchful eye on your family, night and day. | |
| Real Quotes | Game show contestants (Charles Barkley, Kristen Wiig) are unable to complete the world's most familiar and obvious movie quotes. Bill Hader plays the game show host. | |
| MacGruber I | MacGruber's (Will Forte) racist jokes don't go over well with Darrell (Charles Barkley). | |
| Shana: Ski Retreat | At a ski retreat, Shana (Kristen Wiig) tries to turn up the heat, but the guys (Andy Samberg, Will Forte, Kenan Thompson) at the ski lodge find everything she does surprisingly unsexy. | |
| MacGruber II | After being forced to take racial sensitivity training, MacGruber (Will Forte) tries to avoid using the word "Black" - in any context whatsoever around Darrell (Charles Barkley). | |
| Inside the NBA | ||
| MacGruber III | After visiting Africa to get in touch with his inner Negro, MacGruber (Will Forte) smoothest things over with Darrell (Charles Barkley), but still manages to overreact. | |
| Alicia Keys performs "Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers | James Carville (Bill Hader) rebuts the Republican response on the Christmas bombing attack, Nicholas Cage (Andy Samberg) rambles while discussing his newly-appointed duties as Goodwill Ambassador on Drugs & Crime, and Gov. David Paterson (Fred Armisen) comments on his angry State on the State address and continues to make fun of New Jersey. | |
| The Haney Project | Hank Haney (Jason Sudeikis) tries to help Charles Barkley improve his golf swing by examining his humorous ineptitude while performing other normal tasks. | |
| An SNL Digital Short: | Alicia Keys makes a drunken "Booty Call" to Lionel (Andy Samberg). | |
| Alicia Keys performs "Empire State of Mind" | ||
| Scared Straight | Hardcore inmate Lorenzo McIntosh (Ken Thompson) and his father (Charles Barkley) try to scare another trio of young punks (Bobby Moynihan, Andy Samberg, and Bill Hader) straight via obscure movie references. | |
| Barkley's Bank | Charles Barkley's investment plan is simple - he'll apply it to his personal gambling habit to ensure that you'll either double your money or lose it altogether. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Charles Barkley thanked Ms. Alicia Keys, it's been a great week with the cast and crew of SNL and everyone for coming. |
| Preceded by: December 19, 2009 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: January 16, 2010 |