November 11, 2017 Season 43 episode
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| Episode | 834 |
| Season Episode | 5 |
| Host | Tiffany Haddish |
| Musical Guest(s) | Taylor Swift |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"...Ready For It?" "Call It What You Want" |
| Previous Episode November 4, 2017 |
Next Episode November 18, 2017 |
The 834th episode and 5th episode of Season 43 of Saturday Night Live premiered on November 11, 2017. It was hosted by stand-up comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish, star of the hit films, Girls Trip, Nobody's Fool, Night School, Bad Trip, Here Today and Like a Boss, with singer-songwriter Taylor Swift as the musical guest. Taylor Swift made her 3rd musical guest appearance on SNL, and this was Tiffany Haddish's hosting debut.
Taylor Swift previously performed on SNL on the following dates: On January 10, 2009, the twelfth episode of SNL's 34th season, hosted by actor Neil Patrick Harris, star of the ABC's classic hit medical sitcom Doogie Howser, M.D. and the CBS' hit classic sitcom How I Met Your Mother and on November 7, 2009, the fifth episode of SNL's 35th season, with herself as host and served as the episode's musical guest.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Leslie Jones
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon
- Kyle Mooney
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
- Pre-filmed cameos by Larry David (the previous week's host) and longtime former cast member Jason Sudeikis.
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Vice President's Office Cold Open | Embattled Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore (Mikey Day) meets with Vice President Mike Pence (Beck Bennett) and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Kate McKinnon). | |
| Monologue by Tiffany Haddish | Hosting for the first time, comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish gives men being accused of sexual harassment some advice and explains why she'll never stop repeating her Alexander McQueen dress. | |
| Tournament Fighter | A player (Kenan Thompson) is forced to play as Boo Boo Jeffries (Tiffany Haddish) in a tournament. Also Features Beck Bennett as voice of game announcer, Pete Davidson as player, Mikey Day as Scorponox, Kate McKinnon as Deathstripe, Alex Moffat as Mark, Kyle Mooney as moderator, Luke Null as Pyro, and Melissa Villaseñor as Amy. | |
| The Lion King Screen Tests | Mary J. Blige (Tiffany Haddish), Kit Harington (Alex Moffat), Oprah Winfrey (Leslie Jones), Eminem (Pete Davidson), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Cecily Strong), John Oliver (Mikey Day) and more (Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Heidi Gardner, Alex Moffat, Chris Redd, Kenan Thompson and Melissa Villaseñor) audition for The Lion King. | |
| Democratic National Committee (III) | Nancy Pelosi (Kate McKinnon), Dianne Feinstein (Cecily Strong), Chuck Schumer (Alex Moffat), Bernie Sanders (Larry David) and more (Leslie Jones, Mikey Day and Jason Sudeikis) revel in the Democrats' victories. | |
| Beck & Kyle | Beck Bennett admits that Kyle Mooney's relationship with Leslie Jones has taken a toll on his and Kyle's friendship. Also Features Tiffany Haddish, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner, Chris Redd and Melissa Villaseñor. Onscreen appearances by executive producer Lorne Michaels, stage manager Gena Rositano and writer Gary Richardson as Lorne. | |
| Taylor Swift performed "...Ready For It?" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including President Donald Trump's trip to Asia and Democrats winning elections in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City. With guests, Claire from HR (Cecily Strong) stops by to discuss sexual harassment and LaVar Ball (Kenan Thompson) stops by to discuss his son, Lonzo Ball. | |
| The Last Black Unicorn | The last black unicorn (Tiffany Haddish) answers teens' (Beck Bennett, Melissa Villaseñor, Aidy Bryant) questions about the future. | |
| Get Woke With Tamika | Talk show host Tamika (Leslie Jones) tries to determine if her guests (Aidy Bryant, Tiffany Haddish) are truly woke. | |
| The Dolphin Who Learned To Speak | Three scientists (Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Tiffany Haddish) look back at an experiment that attempted to teach a dolphin to speak. | |
| Taylor Swift performed "Call It What You Want" | ||
| Whiskers R' We | Barbara DeDrew (Kate McKinnon) and Claudia (Tiffany Haddish) show off the cats available for adoption as part of the Fall Cat Giveaway. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Tiffany Haddish had the fantastic evening to be the very first African-American female stand-up comedian to host SNL and thanked Taylor Swift, Larry David, her grandmother and social worker, everyone and all the cast for letting her be here. |
Trivia[]
- A photo of SNL soundman George Corrado is shown in silence before the goodnights.
- Haddish won an Emmy in 2018 for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for hosting.
| Preceded by: November 4, 2017 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 18, 2017 |