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 May 11, 2013
 Season 38 episode
 Episode 744
 Season Episode 20
 Host Kristen Wiig
 Musical Guest(s) Vampire Weekend
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"Diane Young"
"Unbelievers"
Previous Episode
May 4, 2013
Next Episode
May 18, 2013

The 744th episode and 20th (and penultimate) episode of Saturday Night Live's 38th season premiered on May 11, 2013, hosted by longtime former cast member Kristen Wiig with musical guest Vampire Weekend, a legendary indie rock band, who performed "Diane Young" and "Unbelievers". This was Kristen Wiig's first time as host and Vampire Weekend made their 3rd musical guest appearance on SNL.

The goodnights speech for Kristen Wiig is "Thanks to Vampire Weekend, Maya Rudolph, Jonah Hill, I can't tell you how much it means to be back here!, Happy Mother’s Day, Thank You, Have a Good Mother's Day!". (Cheers and applause)

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Cameos by Jonah Hill and Maya Rudolph

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Benghazi Hearings Cold Opening In an attempt to keep the Benghazi Hearings fresh in the minds of a disniterested public, Darrell Issa (Bill Hader) calls media sensation Jodi Arias (Nasim Pedrad) to the stand.
Monologue by Kristen Wiig Longtime former cast member Kristen Wiig sings “I’m so Excited” to demonstrate how thrilled she is to come back to host “Saturday Night Live” 11 months and 30 days after quitting the cast, but has already forgotten the general layout of Studio 8-H.
1-800-Flowers.com

Kathleen (Kristen Wiig) buys flowers for her Mom (Kate McKinnon) on Mother’s Day, even though she finds her personally annoying.
The Californians

Stuart (Fred Armisen) is shocked to learn that Karina (Kristen Wiig) faked her own death, and is now back with plenty of directions to give.
Aww Nuts! Mom's A Ghost

A new Disney tween comedy features a wacky, “Ring”-like ghost mom (Kristen Wiig).
The Lawrence Welk Show

Dooneese (Kristen Wiig) shows off her weird baby hands in a fake beach setting.
Vampire Weekend performed "Diane Young"
Weekend Update with Seth Meyers



Secondhand news correspondent Anthony Crispino (Bobby Moynihan) botches more recent names and events from the news. Garth (Fred Armisen) & Kat (Kristen Wiig) improvise songs for Mother’s Day.
Target Lady

The Target Lady (Kristen Wiig) has another exciting day scanning her customers’ merchandise.
Acupuncture

Ronald’s (Jason Sudeikis) acupuncture therapy results in Daphne (Aidy Bryant) and her supervisor (Kristen Wiig) accidentally bleeding him to death.
Vampire Weekend performed "Unbelievers". Kristen Wiig and Aidy Bryant introduces Vampire Weekend's second performance.
Double Date

A pair of desperate women (Kristen Wiig, Cecily Strong) are thrilled to be on a blind date with sixth-graders Tyler (Tim Robinson) and Drew (Bobby Moynihan).
Classy Sexy Elegnace

Reality-TV housewives (Kristen Wiig, Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant) release hastily-produced vanity albums.
Goodbyes and Closing Credits   Vampire Weekend, Maya Rudolph, Jonah Hill, the cast and crew and Lorne and everyone are all thanked by Kristen Wiig for bringing her back home and wishes everyone and their mothers "Happy Mother's Day".

Notes/Trivia[]

  • Kristen Wiig is the 29th former SNL cast member to come back, and host.
  • Wiig is also the sixth longtime former female cast member come back to host.
Preceded by:
May 4, 2013
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
May 18, 2013