March 7, 2015 Season 40 episode
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Episode | 781 |
Season Episode | 15 |
Host | Chris Hemsworth |
Musical Guest(s) | Zac Brown Band |
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Homegrown" "Heavy Is the Head" |
Previous Episode February 28, 2015 |
Next Episode March 28, 2015 |
The 15th episode of Season 40 and the 781st episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on March 7, 2015 and it was hosted by Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, star of Thor: Love & Thunder with the Zac Brown Band as the musical guests. This was Chris Hemsworth's hosting debut, as well as the musical guest debut on SNL for the Zac Brown Band.
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 |
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A Message From Hillary Clinton Cold Open | Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon) says she has nothing to hide in her emails and that this scandal won't stop her from becoming president, if she decides to run. | |
Monologue by Chris Hemsworth | Chris Hemsworth celebrates his first time hosting SNL with his brothers, Liam, Luke and Callum (Kenan Thompson), and fields questions from the audience. With Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney, Bobby Moynihan and Cecily Strong | |
Chris Hemsworth for American Express | They said Chris Hemsworth was too tall and too blonde to be an actor but if a jacked Australian with a perfect face can make it, anyone can. | |
Brother 2 Brother | Hemsworth and Taran Killam are brothers on a Disney series. With Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney. | |
Empire | A parody of the television series, with Chris Hemsworth, Kenan Thompson, Sasheer Zamata, Jay Pharoah, and a rare non-Weekend Update appearance by Michael Che. | |
Chicken Captain | With Chris Hemsworth, Cecily Strong, Sasheer Zamata, and Kenan Thompson. | |
The Iggy Azalea Show | Kate McKinnon portrays Azalea, with Chris Hemsworth and Sasheer Zamata. | |
The Zac Brown Band performs "Homegrown" | ||
Weekend Update with Michael Che and Colin Jost | With guests Leslie Jones and The Girl You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party (Cecily Strong). In an apparent teleprompter error, Jost reads that the average flaccid penis length is thirty-six inches, then stops and points out previous versions of the sketch had said "3.6." | |
The Avengers Post-Battle News Report | Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Taran Killam), Bruce Banner (Pete Davidson), Nick Fury (Jay Pharoah) and Captain America (Beck Bennett) celebrate defeating Ultron on live TV. | |
Soap Opera director | ||
So You Think You Can Live With Brian | A Beck Bennett/Kyle Mooney Mr. Riot Films production, though unlike the previous week, no logo is shown. | |
The Zac Brown Band performs "Heavy Is the Head" | ||
Porn Stars: Dolce and Gabbana | Cecily Strong and Vanessa Bayer returned as their recurring characters. | |
Goodnights | Chris Hemsworth thanked the Zac Brown Band, Chris Cornell, his brothers, the cast, crew, Lorne and everyone. |
Preceded by: February 28, 2015 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: March 28, 2015 |