March 9, 2019 Season 44 episode
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| Episode | 865 |
| Season Episode | 15 |
| Host | Idris Elba |
| Musical Guest(s) | Khalid |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Talk" "Better" |
| Previous Episode March 2, 2019 |
Next Episode March 30, 2019 |
The 865th episode and 15th episode of Season 44 of Saturday Night Live premiered on March 9, 2019. It was hosted by English actor Idris Elba, star of the hit films Pacific Rim, Concrete Cowboy, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, Thor: The Dark World, Zootopia, The Jungle Book, The Suicide Squad, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Beast and Three Thousand Years of Longing, with musical guest Khalid, who performed "Talk" and "Better". This was Idris Elba's hosting debut and the musical guest debut on SNL for Khalid.
Idris Elba's goodnights speech is "Thank You Khalid, Make Some Noise, Gwyneth Paltrow, Thank You So Much Everybody, I Had an Amazing Time with the Incredible Cast, My Family". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Mikey Day
- Leslie Jones
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon
- Alex Moffat
- Kyle Mooney†
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Melissa Villaseñor
Featured Players[]
† Credited in the opening montage, but did not appear in this episode.
- Cameo Appearance by Gwyneth Paltrow
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| The Gayle King Interview with R. Kelly Cold Open | Gayle King (Leslie Jones) interviews R. Kelly (Kenan Thompson) about the allegations leveled against him. Also Features Beck Bennett as cameraman and Chris Redd as Darrell Johnson. | |
| Monologue by Idris Elba | Hosting for the first time, English actor Idris Elba talks about his humble beginnings as a struggling actor in New York. | |
| Can I Play That? | Actors (Idris Elba, Cecily Strong, and Beck Bennett) play a game where they choose if they can or cannot play a certain role. Kenan Thompson plays the game show host Danny Glands. | |
| Bok Bok's | A commercial advertises a chicken restaurant called Bok Bok's. With Mikey Day as father, Heidi Gardner and Ego Nwodim as mothers, Kate McKinnon as Bok Bok and Melissa Villaseñor as the cashier. Beck Bennett plays the announcer. | |
| PowerPoint Workshop | Two women (Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant) struggle to make a PowerPoint presentation. Also Features Idris Elba as Charles, Mikey Day as Chris, Heidi Gardner as Crystal, Leslie Jones as Diane, Alex Moffat as Brian and Chris Redd as Kevin. | |
| The Impossible Hulk | After being hit by gamma radiation in a failed experiment, Dr. Bruce Banner (Idris Elba) transforms into an emboldened white lady (Cecily Strong) whenever he is threatened. Also Features Mikey Day as police officer, Chris Redd and Ego Nwodim as Banner's neighbors, Kenan Thompson as the security guard and Melissa Villaseñor as cashier. | |
| The Gold Diggers of the WNBA | Two men (Idris Elba and Kenan Thompson) introduce a friend (Chris Redd) to the world of WNBA gold diggers. Also Features Pete Davidson as Maxwell, Leslie Jones as Tamika Williams, Kate McKinnon as Trish and Cecily Strong as Jane Sawyer. | |
| Khalid performed "Talk" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like Trump signing bibles in Alabama and Queen Elizabeth II sharing a picture on Instagram. With guests, Goop staffer Baskin Johns (Heidi Gardner) stops by Weekend Update to talk about more Goop products, with her supervisor Fifer James (Gwyneth Paltrow), Pete Davidson arrives to talk about listening to R. Kelly and Michael Jackson's music despite the controversy surrounding them and Leslie Jones share her plans for her perfect funeral. | |
| Sky Sports | Two soccer commentators (Mikey Day, Alex Moffat) try to interview a soccer player (Idris Elba). Also Features Heidi Gardner as Anna Millaroon, Ego Nwodim as Alicia Kooseman and Melissa Villaseñor as Rose. | |
| Magic Show | A magician (Idris Elba) performs a show with a substitute assistant (Leslie Jones). With Kenan Thompson as Clarence. | |
| Khalid performed "Better" | ||
| Supportive Friend | An aspiring actor (Beck Bennett) struggles with some good news his friend (Idris Elba) shares. Also Features Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong and Alex Moffat as Alan's friends and Mikey Day as the patron. | |
| In Memoriam | Before the goodnights of this rerun, a photo of former lighting director Phil Hymes was shown. Hymes had died on the Monday of that week. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Idris Elba thanked Khalid, Gwyneth Paltrow, the incredible cast, his family and everybody, he had an amazing time. |
Cut For Time[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| New Cast Member | A new cast member (Kyle Mooney) struggles to ingratiate himself with the cast. |
Trivia[]
- The episode's rerun on August 3, 2019, aired the originally Cut for Time "New Cast Member", a short film where Kyle Mooney plays an unknown relative who appears as an unnoticed Saturday Night Live cast member Adam Zekeman.
- Also, before the goodnights of this rerun, a photo of former lighting director Phil Hymes was shown. Hymes had died on the Monday of that week.
| Preceded by: March 2, 2019 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: March 30, 2019 |