May 2, 2015 Season 40 episode
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Episode | 785 |
Season Episode | 19 |
Host | Scarlett Johansson |
Musical Guest(s) | Wiz Khalifa |
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"See You Again" (with Charlie Puth) "We Dem Boyz" |
Previous Episode April 11, 2015 |
Next Episode May 9, 2015 |
The 19th episode of Season 40 and the 785th episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by actress Scarlett Johansson, star of the hit films He's Not That Into You, Scoop, and We Bought a Zoo, the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Avengers: Endgame and Black Widow and the hit animated films Sing and Sing 2 with rapper Wiz Khalifa as the musical guest. Wiz Khalifa made his SNL musical guest debut on SNL as well as Scarlett Johansson‘s 4th time hosting. It premiered on May 2, 2015.
Scarlett Johansson’s goodnights speech is "Thank You So Much for Our Incredible Cast and Crew Thanks to Wiz Khalifa, To Charlie Puth, Congratulations to May Weather I Guess You Won Sorta I Don’t Know? Thank You So Much Have a Great Night". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Main Players[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Aidy Bryant
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Bobby Moynihan
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
- Beck Bennett
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Leslie Jones
- Colin Jost
- Kyle Mooney
- Sasheer Zamata (does not appear in any sketches)
- Musical cameo by Charlie Puth
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
Title | Image | Summary |
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Mayweather-Pacquaio Fight Cold Open | In order to keep viewers from changing the channel, SNL stages its own version of the "Fight of the Century" with Jay Pharoah portraying Floyd Mayweather and Aidy Bryant portraying Manny Pacquiao. | |
Monologue by Scarlett Johansson | Actress and the star of The Avengers: Age of Ultron and new mom Scarlett Johansson serenades Kenan Thompson and Taran Killam with a lullaby she uses to get her infant daughter to sleep, as she returned to host SNL for the fourth time. | |
Right Side of the Bed | New Jersey caterer Daniela (Scarlett Johansson) shows Cory (Taran Killam) and Gracelynn Chisholm (Cecily Strong) how to make mint juleps just in time for the Kentucky Derby. | |
TV 11 News Baltimore | Baltimore Orioles announcers Jim Palmer (Taran Killam) and Frank Robinson (Kenan Thompson) try their best to call a game being played in an empty stadium without referencing the rioting. | |
Black Widow: Age Of Me | In her first stand-alone film, Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) juggles an internship at Fashion Weekly magazine and a complicated relationship with boyfriend Ultron. With Beck Bennett as Captain America, Taran Killam as Thor, Kate McKinnon as the editor, Bobby Moynihan as The Hulk, Jay Pharoah as Nick Fury and Cecily Strong as Cheryl Fishman. | |
Girlfriends Talk Show | Kyra (Cecily Strong) and Morgan (Aidy Bryant) chat with former prom queen Camden (Scarlett Johansson), who shares her tips for not being ratchet at the prom. | |
Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth performs "See You Again" | ||
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | With guests, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Kate McKinnon), Samwell Tarly (Bobby Moynihan) and Gilly (Vanessa Bayer), Charles Barkley (Kenan Thompson) and Shaquille O'Neal (Jay Pharoah). | |
Dino Bones | Two museum visitors (Cecily Strong, Scarlett Johansson) drive the other members (Vanessa Bayer, Pete Davidson and Kenan Thompson) of their guided tour crazy with their questions and commentary. | |
Blazer | Detective Blazer (Taran Killam) always gets his man in a video he edited together using footage from his partner's body cam. | |
Virgin Flight | Virgin Atlantic introduces bionic flight attendants (Vanessa Bayer, Scarlett Johansson) to disastrous results. | |
Wiz Khalifa performs "We Dem Boyz" | ||
Jingle Writers | Fayanne (Aidy Bryant) and Vanetta (Scarlett Johansson) are desperate to land the Pampers account, but they might not be the best fit for it. | |
Goodnights | Scarlett Johansson thanked the incredible cast and crew, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth, says, "Congratulations to May Weather", she guesses that he won, and also especially thanked everyone for having her back. |
Trivia[]
On On demand and Apple TV versions, the cheers and applause track from the montage is used. On other versions, the cheers and applause track from the studio is used.
On all versions (except the new episode version) the monologue is absent.
External links[]
Preceded by: April 11, 2015 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: May 9, 2015 |