May 21, 2011 Season 36 episode
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| Episode | 702 |
| Season Episode | 22 |
| Host | Justin Timberlake |
| Musical Guest(s) | Lady Gaga |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
First Performance: Medley of: "The Edge of Glory" and "Judas" Second Performance: "Born This Way" |
| Previous Episode May 14, 2011 |
Next Episode September 24, 2011 |
The season finale of Season 36 and the 702nd episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on May 21, 2011, hosted by singer-songwriter Justin Timberlake with pop sensation Lady Gaga as the musical guest. This is Justin Timberlake's 4th time as host and Lady Gaga's 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL.
The last time Gaga was the musical guest on October 3, 2009, the second episode of SNL's 35th season, with host Ryan Reynolds.
Justin Timberlake's goodnights speech is Thank you to Lady Gaga! Jimmy Fallon! Bradley Cooper! Susan Sarandon! Patricia Clarkson! Jimmy Fallon: Justin Timberlaaaaaaake!!, Come on, man! Thank you, and that’s the season, baby!, Have a good summerrrrrrr!!, Whoo!!, Bye, Good night.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Abby Elliott
- Bill Hader
- Seth Meyers
- Bobby Moynihan
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
Featured Players[]
- Vanessa Bayer (credited but did not appear and only appeared in goodnights)
- Paul Brittain
- Taran Killam
- Nasim Pedrad
- Jay Pharoah
Credited in the opening montage but did not appear.
+ Appeared only in the goodnights.
Cameos by Jimmy Fallon and Bradley Cooper.
Filmed cameo appearances by Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Strauss-Kahn's Cell Cold Open | The embattled former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn (Taran Killam) is confronted right away by some opinionated inmates (Jay Pharoah, Kenan Thompson) upon landing in his Rikers Island cell. | |
| Opening Montage | Only episode of the season where the montage announcements were done live, as opposed to being pre-recorded with no cast departures. | |
| Justin Timberlake Monologue | Justin Timberlake returned to SNL to host for the fourth time, and this time Lady Gaga is the musical guest, and she's here, so he's not going to do any singing... seriously. | |
| Liquorville | Singing & dancing mascots & co-worker (Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga) battle tea bag (Kristen Wiig). | |
| WXPD News New York: Junior High School Report | When news breaks at a local junior high school, veteran reporter Herb Welch (Bill Hader) is on the scene to give us the story and Jack Rizzoli (Jason Sudeikis) and Wanda Ramirez (Nasim Pedrad) are trying to tell him to interview Dan Mcdonald (Justin Timberlake) and Ken Yi (Fred Armisen) and voiced by Andy Samberg. | |
| SNL Digital Short: Andy Samberg, Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga performs "3-Way (The Golden Rule)" | When there's two guys and only one girl just remembers the golden rule. Cameos by Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson. | |
| Lady Gaga performed "The Edge Of Glory" and "Judas" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers | Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers brings you the latest news and has one question for Arnold Schwarzenegger: Really?. Actor Nicolas Cage (Andy Samberg) has some serious questions for Bradley Cooper about why he wasn't in 'Hangover 2' and Seth Meyers wraps up “Weekend Update” for the summer break, grabs his bag and walks off with his friend Stefon (Bill Hader). | |
| What's That Name?: Celebrity Edition | On this celebrity edition episode, Justin Timberlake and Lady Gaga must name various people (Fred Armisen, Abby Elliott, and Taran Killam) to win money for their charities, hosted by Vince Blight (Bill Hader). | |
| The Merryville Brothers: Love Tunnel | When a carnival's Love Tunnel ride breaks down, the animatronic Merryville Brothers (Justin Timberlake, Taran Killam, Bill Hader) flirt with a human woman (Nasim Pedrad), much to her boyfriend's (Jason Sudeikis) annoyance. | |
| Secret Word | Mindy Grayson (Kristen Wiig) and The Mysterious Crandell (Justin Timberlake) don’t help contestants (Abby Elliott, Bobby Moynihan). Also features Bill Hader plays the host Lyle Round. | |
| Lady Gaga performed "Born This Way" | ||
| The Barry Gibb Talk Show | Barry Gibb (Jimmy Fallon) and his brother Robin (Justin Timberlake) have some important issues they want to discuss in a very serious manner. Also features Fred Armisen, Abby Elliott and Kenan Thompson | |
| Goodnights | Justin Timberlake thanked Lady Gaga, Jimmy Fallon, Bradley Cooper, Susan Sarandon and Patricia Clarkson, and tells everyone that's the season. Only appearance of Vanessa Bayer. |
Trivia[]
- Although none of the cast left after this season, this was the final episode for longtime writer Paula Pell (who had been a writer on the show since 1995) who permanently left the show after 16 years as a writer. Though she would return to write for the show over the next few seasons.
- This was the final episode for longtime Weekend Update writer Doug Abeles (who had written for the fake-news segment since 2001), as he left the show after 10 years.
- This was also John Mulaney's final episode as a writing supervisor (a role only got two seasons ago, with the season 35 premiere in 2009), after just two seasons. However, Mulaney (who was hired by the show in 2008) returned to SNL for the next season, as a producer.
| Preceded by: May 14, 2011 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: September 24, 2011 (Season 37) |