Saturday Night Live Wiki
 May 3, 2014
 Season 39 episode
Andrew Garfield
Cold Play 39
 Episode 764
 Season Episode 19
 Host Andrew Garfield
 Musical Guest(s) Coldplay
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"Magic"
"A Sky Full Of Stars"
Previous Episode
April 12, 2014
Next Episode
May 10, 2014

The 19th episode of Season 39 and the 764th episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by English actor Andrew Garfield, star of Marvel Studios films The Amazing Spider-Man and the sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2, with musical guests Coldplay, the British rock band. It premiered on May 3, 2014. This was the 2nd appearance and the first time as host for Andrew Garfield.

This is also Coldplay's 5th appearance as the musical guest on SNL, thus making the British pop-rock band a former five-time musical guest.

Andrew Garfield’s goodnight speech is Thank You To Coldplay, (cheers and applause) Emma Stone, (cheers and applause again), The Entire Amazing Ridiculous Cast, The Writers, Lorne, Lindsay, That Woman Right There, (groans) I’m So Sad It’s Over, That Was Too Quick For Me. So Much Love And I Hope I Come Back. Maybe, I Don’t Know? Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla Bla...... (Cheers and applause again)

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Cameo by Emma Stone.

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Videotaped   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Donald Sterling Press Conference Cold Opening Screenshot 2025-11-23 202936

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Following his racist recording rant, L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling (Bobby Moynihan) makes his half-hearted apologies to the NBA.
Monologue by Andrew Garfield Screenshot 2025-11-23 202952 Andrew Garfield is nervous about hosting SNL for the first time, so his Amazing Spider-Man costars Emma Stone and Aidy Bryant come out to give him tips on how to do his monologue.
Stanx Screenshot 2025-11-23 203003 In this commercial parody, an office worker (Beck Bennett) with a flatulence problem starts wearing Stanx, the new undergarment from the makers of Spanx that traps excess gas rather than letting it pass through like normal underwear
Family Feud Celebrity Edition: American and International Musicians Screenshot 2025-11-23 203012 Host Steve Harvey (Kenan Thompson) welcomes American and international musicians like Justin Timberlake (Andrew Garfield), Bruno Mars (Nasim Pedrad), Shakira (Kate McKinnon), Drake (Jay Pharoah), and Adele (Aidy Bryant).
Oliver Twist Screenshot 2025-11-23 203021 A starving Oliver Twist (Andrew Garfield) fights older orphan Dierdre (Cecily Strong) for the last bowl of soup.
The Beygency Screenshot 2025-11-23 203029
Coldplay performed "Magic" Screenshot 2025-11-23 203037
Weekend Update with Cecily Strong and Colin Jost Screenshot 2025-11-23 203046

Screenshot 2025-11-23 203056 Screenshot 2025-11-23 203105

With guests, Russian woman Olya Povlatsky (Kate McKinnon) stops by Weekend Update to talks about the Ukrainian attack in her village, In-house image expert Leslie Jones arrives to comments on People Magazine’s Most Beautiful Person, and 1860s newspaper critic Jebediah Atkinson (Taran Killam) stops by Weekend Update to reviews the Tony Awards.
Spider-Man Kiss Screenshot 2025-11-23 203115 On the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone have trouble shooting their climactic love scene in front of a green screen, so Chris Martin from Coldplay offers to step in and make sure they get the kiss they need.
Wedding Toast Screenshot 2025-11-23 203125 Kevin (Andrew Garfield) makes an ass of himself when he admits to being in love with the bride (Cecily Strong) at her reception.
Coldplay performed "A Sky Full of Stars" Screenshot 2025-11-23 203133
The Bird Bible Screenshot 2025-11-23 203140 Rerun from March 1, 2014.
Goodnights and Closing Credits Screenshot 2025-11-23 203150 Andrew Garfield thanked Coldplay, Emma Stone, the entire amazing ridiculous cast, the writers, Lorne, Lindsay, that woman right here, he's so sad it's over, that was too quick for him, and he hope he can come back, maybe and he says "Bla, Bla, Bla, Bla, Bla, Bla.....".

Cut For Time[]

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Videotaped   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Cut For Time: Andrew and Janet   Andrew Garfield brings his biggest fan Janet (Bobby Moynihan) home. She's ready to do the dirty, but he wants to talk.
Cut For Time: Touch O' Heat   On the top BBQ talk radio show "Touch O' Heat," hosts Donnell (Kenan Thompson) and Winfield (Brooks Wheelan) talk ribs and interview BBQ legend Sugar Foot Timmy Deveroux (Andrew Garfield) who tastes sauces with them.

Trivia[]

The cheering from the audience is very loud in this episode.

This is the first episode in which Colin Jost says “Here are tonight’s top stories.”

On Demand, NBC App, Apple TV & the New Episode versions, the cheers and applause from the montage are used. On other versions, the cheers and applause from the studio are used.


Preceded by:
April 12, 2014
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
May 10, 2014