March 29, 2014 Season 39 episode
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Episode | 761 |
Season Episode | 16 |
Host | Louis C.K. |
Musical Guest(s) | Sam Smith |
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Stay With Me" "Lay Me Down" |
Previous Episode March 8, 2014 |
Next Episode April 5, 2014 |
The 16th episode of Season 39 and the 761st episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on March 29, 2014. It was hosted by stand-up comedian, the star of Louie and actor Louis C.K. with musical guest Sam Smith, an English singer and songwriter. C.K. previously hosted SNL on November 3, 2012, the sixth episode of SNL's 38th season, with musical guest Fun. This is Louis C.K.'s 2nd time as host on SNL and Sam Smith made his first musical guest stint.
Louis CK’s goodnights speech is "How Good Was Sam Smith Everybody, (cheers and applause), I want to thank Lorne for bringing me back I had a wonderful week. I want to thank everybody on the floor here Jenna and Wallie, everybody Phil, who lights this place so beautifully, and how about this Cast, what a great cast. (cheers and applause), the writers are doing well they've been working hard and I appreciate it. Thank you everybody for being here also. Goodnight. Thank you".
Cast[]
Repertory[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Aidy Bryant
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Bobby Moynihan
- Nasim Pedrad
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured[]
- Beck Bennett
- Colin Jost
- John Milhiser
- Kyle Mooney
- Mike O'Brien
- Noël Wells
- Brooks Wheelan
- Sasheer Zamata
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
Title | Image | Summary |
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HealthCare.gov Meeting Cold Opening | President Barack Obama (Jay Pharoah) relunctantly poses with recent social media tropes in a last-minute attempt to promote his healthcare plan. | |
Louis C.K.'s Stand-Up Monologue | Louis C.K. is back to host SNL for the second time and he performs observational stand-up about the existence of God and heaven, women, and wifebeater t-shirts. | |
Black Jeopardy! | White contestant (Louis C.K.) doesn’t stand a chance against the vague, correct answers given by his opponents (Jay Pharoah, Sasheer Zamata). Kenan Thompson plays the game show host Darnell Hayes. | |
Baby Boss | Baby boss Richard Patterson’s (Beck Bennett) takes it hard when his favorite company vice-president (Louis C.K.) announces his plans to relocate to a new job. | |
Jos. A. Bank | Mom (Vanessa Bayer) uses “Buy 1 Get 3 Free” suits from Jos. A. Banks to clean her family’s messiest spills. | |
Sam Smith performs "Stay With Me" | ||
Weekend Update with Cecily Strong and Colin Jost | With guest, Sports correspondent Steven A. Smith (Jay Pharoah) rambles through his NCAA picks. | |
Mr. Big Stuff | On a New York stoop, four women (Sasheer Zamata, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, Kate McKinnon) fed up with their boyfriends take out their frustrations on a man (Louis C.K.) asking for directions by dancing and singing "Mr. Big Stuff." | |
Doctor's Office | Patient (Louis C.K.) insists that his doctor (Mike O’Brien) check his butt for any Darth Vader action figures that shouldn’t be there. | |
Private Eyes | Detective Brock (Louis C.K.) tries to persuade his partner (Vanessa Bayer) to cut holes in her pajamas and make love to him. | |
Dyke & Fats | A commercial parody for Dyke & Fats, an explosive '70s cop show that follows the adventures of Les Dykawitz (Kate McKinnon) and Chubbina Fatzarelli (Aidy Bryant), a crime-fighting duo who go by the nicknames "Dyke" and "Fats." | |
Sam Smith performs "Lay Me Down" | ||
Chris Fitzpatrick for ASB President | Slacker Chris Fitzpatrick (Kyle Mooney) is running for Class President and is ready to acto way cool in order to get the job. | |
Romantic Speech | Dave (Louis C.K.) makes a passioned plea for his ex-girlfriend (Aidy Bryant) to take him back. | |
Goodnights and Closing Credits | Louis C.K. thanked Sam Smith, Lorne, everybody on the floor here, Jenna, Wallie and Phil who lights this place so beautifully, the cast and the writers are doing well, he appreciate that. |
Trivia[]
On On demand, Hulu & Apple TV versions, the cheers and applause track from the studio is used. On the new episode version, the cheers and applause track from the montage is used.
After Don Pardo’s credit, the I love ny, copyright notice and logos appear. Which means on all versions, the clock does not appear.
Credits[]
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: LORNE MICHAELS
PRODUCED BY: STEVE HIGGINS, ERIK KENWARD
DIRECTED BY: DON ROY KING
WRITERS: COLIN JOST, ROB KLEIN, BRYAN TUCKER
WRITTEN BY: JAMES ANDERSON, ALEX BAZE, MICHAEL CHE, MIKEY DAY, STEVE HIGGINS, ZACH KANN, CHRIS KELLY, ERIK KENWARD, LORNE MICHAELS, CLAIRE MULANEY, JOSH PATTEN, KATIE RICH, TIM ROBINSON, SARAH SCHNEIDER, PETE SCHULTZ, KENT SUBLETTE
ADDITIONAL SKETCH BY: ROBERT SMIGEL
WRITING SUPERVISED BY: MARIKA SAWYER, BRYAN TUCKER
SUPERVISING PRODUCER: KEN AYMONG
FILM PRODUCER: RHYS THOMAS
WEEKEND UPDATE SUPERVISING PRODUCER: ALEX BAZE
WEEKEND UPDATE PRODUCER: PETE SCHULTZ
PRODUCTION DESIGNERS: EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, JOSEPH MCCARTHY
LIGHTNING DESIGNER: PHIL HYMES
MUSICAL DIRECTORS: LENNY PICKETT, LEON PENDARVIS, ELI BRUGGEMANN
SKETCH MUSIC ADAPTATION: HAL WILLNER
COSTUME DESIGNERS: TOM BROECKER , ERIC JUSTIAN
COORDINATING PRODUCER: STACY FOSTER
CO-PRODUCERS: BRIAN SIEDLECKI, NICHOLAS MALLARDI, DINA MOLES, ADAM NICELY
DIGITAL PRODUCER: RACHEL LYNN
PHOTOGRAPHER: MARY ELLEN MATTHEWS
GLEANING PRODUCT DIRECTED BY MATT AND OZ
DOCTOR APPOINTMENT DIRECTED BY JOHN SOLOMON
COP SHOW DIRECTED BY RHYS THOMAS
CHRIS FOR PRESIDENT DIRECTED BY DAVE MCCARTHY
SCRIPT COORDINATORS: GREG SCARNICI, CLAIRE SHIREY, LESLIE SIMS, ABBEY LIEBER, NERY RAMOS, MELISSA ROSEN, RACHEL LABIANCA
WEEKEND UPDATE CO-PRODUCER: SCOTT WEINSTEIN
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: STEVE CIMINO
TALENT EXECUTIVE: MATHEW MCHUGH
TALENT COORDINATOR: JEFF BLAKE
ASSISTANT: LAURIE BERDAN
LIGHTNING DIRECTORS: GEOFF AMORAL, RICK MCGUINNESS
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS: MICHAEL MANCINI, MICHAEL POOLE, BOB CAMINTI
STAGE MANAGERS: CHRIS KELLY, GENA ROSITANO
AUDIO: EZRA MATYCHAK, MICHAEL FORTUNATO
MUSIC MIX BY JOSIAH GLUCK
MUSIC EDITOR: MARTY BRUMBATCH
MUSIC SUPERVISOR: MELANIE MALONE
AUDIO POST PRODUCTION: DEVIN EMKE
SOUND EFFECTS: WILLIAM TAYLOR
VIDEO: FRANK GRISANTI, SUSAN NOLL
TECHNICAL MANAGER: STEVE DAURIO
STUDIO MANAGER: JIM BENJAMIN
CAMERAS: JOHN PINTO, PAUL CANGIALOSI, LEN WECHSLER, CARL ECKETT, ERIC EINSTEIN
THE LIVE BAND
LEON PENDARVIS
GRAPHICS SUPERVISOR: TOM WILSON
FILM RESEARCH COORDINATOR: JOHN MACDONALD
GRAPHICS COORDINATOR: SARA COURTNEY
WRITERS RESEARCH: NICK POYNER
CHOREOGRAPHER: DANIELLE FLORA
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT: CHRIS WILLIAMS
GRAPHICS: TARA DONNELLY, ROBERT SAMARTINO, DOUG ZIDER, BILL AFFATIGATO, EDMOND HAWKINS
ELECTRONICS: CAROL COLLINGS, PETER CAESAR
ASSISTANTS: MEGAN CALLAHAN, CAROLINE MARONEY, ANNA WEINSTEIN, CHLOE GORDON
TALENTS: EAMON O’NEIL, GRACE SHAKER
ASSISTANT PHOTOGRAPHER: DANA ENDELSON
ASSISTANT SECRETARY: TARA DONNELLY
OPENING TITLES DESIGNED BY PENTAGRAM, NY
FILM PRODUCTION: JUSTUS MCLARTY, JAKE PLUNKETT, MELANIE BOGIN, KAITLIN KNUTSON, CHRIS VOSS
EDITORS: ADAM EPSTEIN, KELLY BRICKNER, YANNI FEDER, JASON WATKINS, MATT YONKS, DEVON SCHWAB
CUE CARDS: TODD SEDA, ROMAN URBANSKI
PROPERTY: LARRY DEMMLER, JIM BALZERETTI
CHIEF: STEVE DEMMLER
CARPENTER: JOE REILY
ELECTRICIAN: WILLIAM MCGUINNESS
ROBOTICS: TREVOR BROWN
COMBINATION: DOUG MOORE
NIGHT CREW: MIKE MIRANDO
SPECIAL EFFECTS: RICHARD TACHE, JOHN GREENFIELD
HAIR: BETTIE O RODGERS, JODI MANCUSO, INGA THRASER
MAKE UP: LOUIE ZAKARIAN
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT: CHRIS WILLIAMS
PRODUCTION OFFICE MANAGER: SCOTT RICHARD
MUSIC TECHNICIAN: SPEEDY ROSENTHAL
PRODUCTION STAFF: SONIA ATANACIO, LINDSEY CHARLES, JOSH PATTEN, KATIE RICH, TIM ROBINSON, SARAH SCHNEIDER, PETE SCHULTZ, KENT SUBLETTE, JOSH HICKMAN, EMILY HOFFMAN, LAUREN KESTER, GRANT LIPSHULTZ, JOSEPH LYNN, BLAKE ROSENBERG, LAURA VALK
SCENIC SHOP: STIEGELBAUER ASSOCIATES
ANNOUNCER: DON PARDO
Preceded by: March 8, 2014 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: April 5, 2014 |