March 8, 2014 Season 39 episode
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| Episode | 760 |
| Season Episode | 14 |
| 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 premiered on March 8, 2014, hosted by actress Lena Dunham, the creator, executive producer and star of HBO comedy-drama series Girls, with musical guests The National, an indie rock band, performed "Graceless" and "I Need My Girl". The National made their first musical guest stint on SNL, and this was also the hosting debut for Lena Dunham.
Lena Dunham’s goodnights speech is "Thank You to The National, Liam Neeson, John 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 Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| A Message from the President of the United States Cold Opening | President Barack Obama (Jay Pharoah) toughens his image for Vladmir 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 | Hosting for the first time, actress and Girls star Lenan Dunham would rather not entertain the cast members’ (Vanessa Bayer, Aidy Bryant and Bobby Moynihan) sex questions. | |
| Ooh Child | 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 | Newcomer Kelsey (Lena Dunham) is super-impressed with how quick and on-the-ball Olivia Pope (Sasheer Zamata) and her team are at infiltrating problem situations. | |
| What's Poppin | LeGod Williams (Kenan Thompson) and Lil’ Taint Anthony (Jay Pharoah) are flummoxed by the performance of white hip-hop group That’s a Rap! (Lena Dunham, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong and Mike O'Brien). | |
| Girl | 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 | Marisa (Nasim Pedrad) and Brendal (Lena Dunham) goofily flirt with boys (Bobby Moynihan and Kyle Mooney) and cameo by Jon Hamm. | |
| The National performed "Graceless" | ||
| Weekend Update with Cecily Strong and Colin Jost | With guests, Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey (Taran Killam) rambles while discussing the series finale of “True Detective” and Vladmir Putin’s Best Friends from Growing Up (Vanessa Bayer, Fred Armisen) try to defend his recent military actions. | |
| Jewelry Party | Marisol’s (Cecily Strong) sexist Internet boyfriend (Mike O’Brien) brings the party down. | |
| Pimpin' Pimpin' Pimpin' With Katt Williams: Oscar Edition | Katt Williams (Jay Pharoah) interviews Jared Leto (Brooks Wheelan), Liza MInelli (Lena Dunham) and Harrison Ford (Taran Killam) on his Oscar Edition. | |
| The National performed "I Need My Girl" | ||
| Planning | 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 | 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 goodnights intro comes, Lorne Michaels’ credit scrolls up. On 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 appplause track from the studio is used. On On demand and TV app versions, the cheers and applause track from the montage is used. On Hulu and NBC app versions, after production designers, the I love ny, copyright notice and logos appear. On 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 by does not appear in the credits in this episode.
| Preceded by: March 1, 2014 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: March 29, 2014 |