May 15, 2021 Season 46 episode
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| Episode | 908 |
| Season Episode | 19 |
| Host | Keegan-Michael Key |
| Musical Guest(s) | Olivia Rodrigo |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Drivers License" "Good 4 U" |
| Previous Episode May 8, 2021 |
Next Episode May 22, 2021 |
The 908th episode, 19th (and penultimate) episode of Saturday Night Live's 46th season premiered on May 15, 2021. It was hosted by comedian and actor Keegan-Michael Key, star of the former rival FOX's sketch comedy show MadTV and the Comedy Central's hit comedy series Key & Peele, as well as the hit films the Hotel Transylvania franchise, Keanu, Don't Think Twice, Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey and Wendell & Wild and Disney and Pixar's hit animated film Toy Story 4, with singer-songwriter and actress Olivia Rodrigo as the musical guest, who performed "drivers license" and "good 4 u".
This was Keegan-Michael Key's first-time hosting, making the only time that a former cast member from the rival FOX's clasic sketch comedy show MADtv has ever hosted, and Olivia Rodrigo made her musical guest debut on SNL.
Keegan-Michael Key's goodnights speech is "Thanks to Olivia Rodrigo, Thank You to Lorne, Thank You to The Cast, Thank You to The Crew, Thank You to Everyone Out There Tonight Who Is Watching, I Just Want to Tell You, This Was Better Than the Dream, So, I Just Want to Say Thank You Elle, I Love You, Everybody Have a Safe Happy Wonderful and Prosperous Summer, Uh We'll See You Next Season-- I Hope to See You Next Season". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Mikey Day
- Heidi Gardner
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon
- Alex Moffat
- Kyle Mooney
- Ego Nwodim
- Chris Redd
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Melissa Villaseñor
Featured Players[]
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| No More Masks Cold Open | Dr. Anthony Fauci (Kate McKinnon) presents different scenarios to demonstrate the new COVID-19 mask guidelines. With Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Lauren Holt, Punkie Johnson, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson, Melissa Villaseñor, Bowen Yang. | |
| Opening montage | ||
| Monologue by Keegan-Michael Key | Hosting for the first time, comedian and actor Keegan-Michael Key attempts to perfect the "classic" SNL monologue. With Kenan Thompson, Pete Davidson and Cecily Strong. Onscreen appearance by writer Steven Castillo as an audience member. | |
| Prom Show | Three high schoolers (Keegan-Michael Key, Heidi Gardner, Bowen Yang) host a live red-carpet coverage of their prom. Beck Bennett as the guy, Aidy Bryant as the girl, Pete Davidson as Mr. Miller, Mikey Day as another guy, Andrew Dismukes as Ted Vinaigrette, Chloe Fineman as date, Heidi Gardner as Katie Stervack, Ego Nwodim as Lexi, Chris Redd as guy Melissa Villaseñor as Michelle Shugian. | |
| The Last Dance: Extended Scene | Unseen footage from the documentary "The Last Dance" shows an intensely competitive side to Michael Jordan (Keegan-Michael Key). With Mikey Day as Jason Hehir, Heidi Gardner as John Michael Wozniak, Alex Moffat as Phil Jackson, Chris Redd as Dennis Rodman and Kenan Thompson as Charles Barkley. | |
| The Muppet Show | In this episode of The Muppet Show, Statler and Waldorf (Beck Bennett, Mikey Day) get into a heated argument with the venue’s bouncers (Keegan-Michael Key, Kenan Thompson). With Kyle Mooney as Kermit the Frog and Melissa Villaseñor as Lily Tomlin. | |
| Gemma & DJ Balls | Gemma (Cecily Strong) and her musical partner (Keegan-Michael Key) try to cheer up a newly single Gene (Kenan Thompson). With Heidi Gardner, Punkie Johnson, Alex Moffat and Chris Redd as Gene's friends. | |
| Olivia Rodrigo performed "drivers license" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines proving effective against new variants of the virus and hicago releasing feral cats to control the city’s rat crisis. With guests, Rep. Liz Cheney (Kate McKinnon) stops by Weekend Update to discuss her recent conflicts with the Republican Party, Andrew Dismukes (in his very first Weekend Update appearance on the show) arrives to discuss growing up in Texas and hanging out with his great-grandmother and Bob Baffert (Beck Bennett) arrived to discuss Medina Spirit’s recent failed drug test. | |
| Gershwin Celebration | With Keegan-Michael Key as Oscar Rapt, Kate McKinnon as Nina Pate and Cecily Strong as Angela Parboli, Mikey Day as the director and Kenan Thompson as emcee. | |
| Olivia Rodrigo performed "good 4 u" | ||
| High School Graduation | A high school graduation ceremony keeps getting interrupted by some disruptive parents (Keegan-Michael Key, Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Mikey Day, Andrew Dismukes, Heidi Gardner, Lauren Holt, Punkie Johnson, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd and Kenan Thompson). | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Keegan-Michael Key thanked Olivia Rodrigo, Lorne, the cast and crew and everyone out there for watching, and he tells this was better than the dream and wishes everyone a happy wonderful summer and see them next season. |
Trivia[]
- Olivia Rodrigo became the fourth youngest SNL solo artist musical guest of all time, and the youngest since Billie Eilish, who was 17 years old when she performed, hosted by actor Woody Harrelson on September 28, 2019, which is the Season 45 premiere.
- (May 15, 2021) Keegan-Michael Key / Olivia Rodrigo episode also featured the twentieth largest age gap in SNL history between an individual Host and Musical Guest.
| Preceded by: May 8, 2021 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: May 22, 2021 |