March 27, 2021 Season 46 episode
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| Episode | 904 |
| Season Episode | 15 |
| Host | Maya Rudolph |
| Musical Guest(s) | Jack Harlow |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
First performance: Medley of: "Tyler Herro" and “Whats Poppin” Second performance: "Same Guy" |
| Previous Episode February 27, 2021 |
Next Episode April 3, 2021 |
The 904th episode and 15th episode of Saturday Night Live's 46th season premiered on March 27, 2021, hosted by longtime former cast member Maya Rudolph, star and executive producer of the Apple TV+'s hit comedy series Loot, the hit films Grown Ups and the sequel Grown Ups 2, Bridesmaids, Inherent Vice, Sisters, Life of the Party, and Disney's live-action/animated musical fantasy comedy film Disenchanted and the animated films Shrek the Third, Big Hero 6, The Nut Job and the sequel The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, The Angry Birds Movie, the sequel The Angry Birds Movie 2, The Emoji Movie, The Willoughbys, Luca, Nickelodeon Movies film Teenage Mutant Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and IF, with rapper and singer Jack Harlow as the musical guest, who performed a medley of "Tyler Herro" and "What's Poppin" for his first set and "Same Guy" with Adam Levine of Maroon 5 for his second set. He also appears in the pre-recorded "NFTs" skit.
This is Maya Rudolph's 2nd hosting stint, and her first appearance in 9 years, 1 month, and 9 days. This is also Jack Harlow's musical guest debut on SNL.
The last time Rudolph hosted the show was on February 18, 2012, the fifteenth episode of SNL's 37th season, with musical guests Sleigh Bells, a music duo.
The goodnight speech for Maya Rudolph is "Thanks to Jack Harlow, (Cheers and applause), Martin Short, Adam Levine, Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Lorne, Jenna, All My SNL Family, My Real Family, Paul, Pearl, Jack, Lucy, Ida, I Love You So Much and Thank You, Thank You For Being Here In This Crazy Time, It's Really Wonderful to Be Together as Humans Laughing, So Thank You, I Love You and I Love This Place and I Love Martin Short a Lot". (Cheers and applause again)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Mikey Day
- Heidi Gardner
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon
- Alex Moffat
- Kyle Mooney
- Ego Nwodim
- Chris Redd
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Melissa Villaseñor
Featured Players[]
- Cameos by SNL alums Martin Short, Tina Fey, and Rachel Dratch.
- Musical guest appearance by Adam Levine of Maroon 5.
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Videotaped Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Snatched! Vaxed! Or Waxed! Cold Opening | 
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Three contestants (Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, and Chris Redd) take guesses about a spring breaker’s physique based on clues. Maya Rudolph plays the host Cece Vuvuzela. Also Features Chloe Fineman as Madison, Heidi Gardner as Lego, Ego Nwodim as Potts and Melissa Villaseñor as Leopold. |
| Opening Montage | The musical guests/hosts introductions clips of the opening montage were changed once again to opposite, just for this episode (as opposed of two clips for musical guest for Jack Harlow and one clip for longtime former cast member/host Maya Rudolph). | |
| Monologue by Maya Rudolph | 
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Longtime former cast member Maya Rudolph returned to SNL to host for the second time and her first appearance in 9 years, 1 month and 9 days. She shares her experience as an earlier cast member to Saturday Night Live newcomers (Andrew Dismukes, Lauren Holt, and Punkie Johnson). |
| Hot Ones with Beyoncé | 
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Beyoncé Knowles (Maya Rudolph) has a hard time being interviewed by Sean Evans (Mikey Day) after eating an extremely hot wing. Also Features Alex Moffat as Todd, Ego Nwodimas the publicist and Kenan Thompson as D'Michaelangelo. |
| Maya Rudolph, Kenan Thomson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, Mikey Day, Melissa Villaseñor, Chris Redd, and Ego Nwodim, performed "Boomers Got The Vax" | 
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A group of boomers (Maya Rudolph, Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Mikey Day, Chris Redd, Ego Nwodim, Melissa Villaseñor, and Kyle Mooney) sing about why they’re the best generation. |
| A Kamala Harris Unity Seder | 
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Vice-President Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph) and her husband Doug Emhoff (Martin Short), host Ted Cruz (Aidy Bryant) and President Joe Biden (Alex Moffat) for a friendly Passover dinner. Also Features Kenan Thompson as Raphael Warnock, Cecily Strong as Marjorie Taylor Greene and Chloe Fineman as Ella Emhoff. |
| Pete Davidson and Chris Redd performs "NFTs" | 
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Pete Davidson and Chris Redd performed "NFTs" (a parody of Eminem's single Without Me). Also features Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney. With musical guest Jack Harlow. |
| Jack Harlow performed a medley of "Tyler Herro" and "Whats Poppin" | 
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A medley of his songs "Tyler Herro" and "Whats Poppin," from his debut album, That's What They All Say. |
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | 
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Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like former president Donald Trump claiming capitol rioters were "hugging and kissing" police and a Goldman-Sachs executive buying Jeffrey Epstein's mansion for $50 million. With guests, Sidney Powell (Cecily Strong) stops by Weekend Update to discuss being sued for defamation by Dominion for making false voter fraud claims during the 2020 Election and current cast member Bowen Yang stops by Weekend Update to discuss the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States. |
| Choreographers | 
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A dance rehearsal gets interrupted when the choreographers (Maya Rudolph, Kenan Thompson) refuse to work with each other. With Beck Bennett, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Lauren Holt and Chris Redd. |
| 2021 Barfly Awards | 
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A barfly (Maya Rudolph) has a particularly great night at the 2021 Barfly Awards. With Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Lauren Holt, Kate McKinnon, Alex Moffat, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong and Kenan Thompson. |
| Jack Harlow performed "Same Guy" with Adam Levine of Maroon 5 | 
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For the performance of "Same Guy," Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine joined Harlow on stage to sing his part of the song. |
| The Maya-ing | 
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Maya Rudolph takes an eerie walk-through memory lane backstage at SNL. Cameo appearances by SNL alums Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch. Also features Beck Bennett, Andrew Dismukes, Alex Moffat and Kenan Thompson. |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | 
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Jack Harlow, Martin Short, Adam Levine, Tina Fey, Rachel Dratch, Lorne Michaels, Jenna, all the SNL family and everyone are all thanked by Maya Rudolph for bringing her back home. She also thanked her own family, that she loved them, and she even loved Martin Short a lot. |
Trivia[]
- Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live) just won her second Emmy in Best Comedy Guest Actress thanks in part to her viral impression of Vice President Kamala Harris. Rudolph became the first person in 20 years to repeat in the category.
Trivia/Notes[]
- With this episode, Maya Rudolph becomes the second African-American female to come back to host SNL for the second time, after Queen Latifah, as well as the only African-American longtime former female cast member returned to SNL to host.
- Rudolph also reprising her impression as Beyoncé Knowles in the "Hot Ones" sketch and Vice President Kamala Harris in the "A Kamala Harris Unity Seder" skit.
- At the end of "The Maya-ing" pre-recorded sketch with Maya being integrated into the original cast photo. Interestingly, this is the second time she would be superimposed into an original cast photo. She appears in a similar, cute photo bumper from her first hosting gig.
- Maya Rudolph becomes the 17th person in SNL history whose 2nd appearance as host occurred 9+ years after their 1st and she also becomes a second-time SNL host.
- Dave Chappelle, Jason Bateman and Maya Rudolph all become second-time SNL hosts this season.
| Preceded by: February 27, 2021 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: April 3, 2021 |