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 March 29, 2014
 Season 39 episode
 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[]

Featured[]

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
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


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