May 17, 2008 Season 33 episode
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| Episode | 636 |
| Season Episode | 12 |
| Host | Steve Carell |
| Musical Guest(s) | Usher |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"This Ain't Sex" "Love in This Club" |
| Previous Episode May 10, 2008 |
Next Episode September 13, 2008 (Season 34) |
The 636th episode and 12th episode, as well as the Season 33 finale of Saturday Night Live. It premiered on May 17, 2008, and was hosted by actor and comedian Steve Carell. star of NBC's hit comedy series The Office and Despicable Me franchise, with R&B singer Usher as the musical guest. This is Steve Carell's 2nd time as host and the 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL for Usher.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Will Forte
- Darrell Hammond
- Seth Meyers
- Amy Poehler
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
Featured Player[]
- Cameos by John McCain, Nancy Walls, and Ricky Gervais
- Musical guest appearance by Young Jeezy
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| 2008 Graduation Ceremony, Students with Inappropriate Names (Cold Opening) | High school principal (Steve Carell) reads off the names of his nastily-named student body. | |
| Opening Montage | Only episode of the season where the montage announcements were done, as opposed to being pre-recorded with no cast departures. | |
| Monologue by Steve Carell | Returning to host SNL for the second time, The Office star Steve Carell experiences an adrenaline after claiming to have drink six Red Bulls before the show. Cameo by Steve's wife and former cast member Nancy Carell. Also features Amy Poehler. | |
| The Democratic Primaries | Split-screen features the faces of Barack Obama (Fred Armisen) and Hillary Clinton (Amy Poehler) delivering their messages. | |
| Deal or No Deal with Howie Mandel | (Fred Armisen) with Disapproving Father (Will Forte); uncooperative suitcase girl (Kristen Wiig). | |
| A Couple of Two A-Holes Do Karaoke | The Two A-Holes (Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig) make mockery of the karaoke circuit. With Steve Carell, Bill Hader, Darrell Hammond, Jason Sudeikis, Kenan Thompson and Kristen Wiig. | |
| SNL Digital Short: The Japanese Office | Ricky Gervais talks Origin of The Office. | |
| John McCain 2008 Election Campaign | Sen. John McCain discusses pork barrels and his age. | |
| Usher performed "This Ain't Sex" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers & Amy Poehler | With guests, Senator John McCain (himself), Rev Jesse Jackson & Rev Al Sharpton (Kenan Thompson and Darrell Hammond). | |
| The Charlie Flitt Show | After losing 200 pounds, formerly heavyset Charlie Flitt (Steve Carell) hosts his own talk show and crashes his chest and kills the guy. | |
| CPR Class | While demonstrating CPR training on a former student (Andy Samberg), an instructor (Steve Carell) accidentally crushes his chest and kills the guy. Also features Kenan Thompson, Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig. Musical guest Usher appears at the end of the sketch. | |
| Usher performed "Love in This Club" with Young Jeezy | ||
| Bless This Child | New Parents (Steve Carell and Kriseb Wiig) prayer for Little One; sing Bless This Child. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Steve Carell thanked Usher, Sen. John McCain, his wife Nancy Walls, Ricky Gervais and Young Jeezy and tells everyone to have a great summer. |
Trivia[]
- This was the final episode for longtime head writer Harper Steele (then known as Andrew Steele) (who had been writing for the show overall since 1995), as she left the show, after 13 years.
- Additionally, Steele (who had became head writer in 2004) lasted four years in the role.
- This was also Paula Pell's final episode as head writer (a position she only picked up back in 2006), after just two seasons.
- However, Pell (who had also been writing for the show since 1995) returned to the show the next season, as a regular writer.
- With those two out as head writers, Seth Meyers continues into season 34 as the sole head writer of the show.
- Lastly, this was the final episode for longtime writer Robert Smigel (who previously wrote for the show from 1985-1993; and had been back to write/produce the TV Funhouse cartoons since 1996), as he permanently left the show after 20 accumulative years.
| Preceded by: May 10, 2008 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: September 13, 2008 (Season 34) |