March 8, 2014 Season 39 episode
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| Episode | 760 |
| Season Episode | 15 |
| Host | Lena Dunham |
| Musical Guest(s) | The National |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Graceless" "I Need My Girl" |
| Previous Episode March 1, 2014 |
Next Episode March 29, 2014 |
The 760th episode and 15th episode of Saturday Night Live's 39th season which premiered on March 8, 2014, hosted by actress Lena Dunham, the creator, executive producer and star of HBO's hit comedy-drama series Girls, with musical guests The National, an indie rock band, who performing "Graceless" and "I Need My Girl". The National made their first musical guest stint on SNL, and this was also the only time hosting for Lena Dunham.
Lena Dunham’s goodnight speech is "Thank you to The National, Liam Neeson, Jon Hamm, Fred Armisen. THis has been a true dream come true! I want to french kiss ALL of you!". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Aidy Bryant
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Bobby Moynihan
- Nasim Pedrad
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
- Beck Bennett
- Colin Jost
- John Milhiser
- Kyle Mooney
- Mike O'Brien
- Noël Wells
- Brooks Wheelan
- Sasheer Zamata
Cameos by Liam Neeson, Jon Hamm and Fred Armisen.
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Videotaped Weekend Update Music Performance Other
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| A Message from the President of the United States Cold Opening | 
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President Barack Obama (Jay Pharoah) toughens his image for Vladimir Putin with a little help from an action-movie trailer presented by Liam Neeson. |
| Monologue by Lena Dunham on the Sex in HBO's Girls | 
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Hosting for the only time, actress and Girls star Lena Dunham talks about the nudity on her show Girls. Vanessa Bayer, Aidy Bryant and Bobby Moynihan then reveal intimate details from their sex lives, and Lena's grandmother (Kate McKinnon) joins in with her own sexual anecdotes. |
| Ooh Child | 
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A group of road-trippers (Taran Killam, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, and Brooks Wheelan) sing along to “Ooh Child”, but the girl in the backseat (Lena Dunham) keeps getting interrupted by GPS directions. |
| Scandal | 
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A recent college grad (Lena Dunham) starts working for Olivia Pope (Sasheer Zamata) and feels overwhelmed by how fast and skilled Olivia's team is, as well as being awed with Olivia's relationship with the President (Taran Killam). |
| What's Poppin | 
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The hosts (Kenan Thompson, Jay Pharoah) of the MTV2's hip-hop show "What's Poppin'" are stunned by the very unhip performance by the very white rap group That's A Rap (Mike O'Brien, Lena Dunham, Aidy Bryant and Cecily Strong). |
| Girl | 
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The biblical tale of the Garden of Eden as presented as a prequel to “Girls” is coming soon to theaters. |
| What Are You Even Doing? You're Being Crazy | 
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Marisa (Nasim Pedrad) and Brendal (Lena Dunham) goofily flirt with boys (Bobby Moynihan and Kyle Mooney) and cameo by Jon Hamm. |
| The National perform "Graceless" | 
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| Weekend Update with Cecily Strong and Colin Jost | 
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With guests, Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey (Taran Killam) rambles while discussing the series finale of “True Detective” and Vladimir Putin’s Best Friends from Growing Up (Vanessa Bayer, Fred Armisen) try to defend his recent military actions. |
| Jewelry Party | 
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A jewelry party comes to a halt when the male guest (Mike O'Brien) reveals he is a men's rights activist; his Venezuelan-born girlfriend (Cecily Strong) then dumps him. With Lena Dunham, Aidy Bryant, Nasim Pedred and Vanessa Bayer |
| Pimpin' Pimpin' Pimpin' With Katt Williams: Oscar Edition | 
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Katt Williams (Jay Pharoah) interviews Jared Leto (Brooks Wheelan), Liza Minelli (Lena Dunham), and Harrison Ford (Taran Killam) on his Oscar Edition. |
| The National perform "I Need My Girl" | 
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| Planning | 
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Office boneheads (Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney) try to solicit co-worker (Brooks Wheelan) into Will Smith concert get-together via unnecessary e-mail messages. |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | 
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Lena Dunham thanked The National, Liam Neeson, John Hamm, Fred Armisen, this has been a true dream come true she wants to French kiss all of them. |
On Hulu and NBC app versions, when the first last 3 notes of the Goodnight's intro come, Lorne Michaels’ credit scrolls up. On-demand and TV app versions, when Lenny Pickett’s note comes, Lorne Michaels’ credit scrolls up. (This also happens on April 5, 2014, with Anna Kendrick.) On Hulu and NBC app versions, the cheers and applause track from the studio is used. On demand and TV app versions, the cheers and applause track from the montage is used. On Hulu and NBC app versions, after the production designers, the I love NY, copyright notice and logos appear. On the on-demand and TV app versions, the shot where the camera scrolls up to the clock. Then, the I love NY, copyright notice and logos appear.
Trivia[]
Another additional sketch does not appear in the credits in this episode.
| Preceded by: March 1, 2014 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: March 29, 2014 |