November 12, 2011 Season 37 episode
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| Episode | 708 |
| Season Episode | 6 |
| Host | Emma Stone |
| Musical Guest(s) | Coldplay |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Paradise" "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" |
| Previous Episode November 5, 2011 |
Next Episode November 19, 2011 |
The 6th episode of Season 37 and the 708th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered November 12, 2011, hosted by actress Emma Stone, star of the hit films Superbad, Zombieland and the sequel Zombieland: Double Tap, Easy A, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Magic in the Moonlight, La La Land, The Help and The Amazing Spider-Man and the hit DreamWorks Animation film The Croods and the musical guest being British pop rock band Coldplay, who performed "Paradise" and "Every Teardrop is a Waterfall" and appears in the "Someone Like You" sketch. Chris Martin also appears in the "Garth and Kat" segment on Weekend Update. This is Emma Stone's 2nd time as host, and Coldplay's 4th time making their appearance as the musical guest on SNL.
Emma Stone's goodnights speech is "Thank you to Coldplay, Andrew Garfield… Lorne, the cast… my mom, my dad, Spencer! Thank you SO much, you’ve been great! Thank you". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Abby Elliott
- Bill Hader
- Seth Meyers
- Bobby Moynihan
- Nasim Pedrad
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
Featured Players[]
- Cameo by Stone's The Amazing Spider-Man co-star and her then-boyfriend, Andrew Garfield
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| The Republican Presidential Debate Cold Opening | The other Republican presidential nominees take a back seat when Rick Perry (Bill Hader) wastes time trying to remember which three government agencies he’d like to cut. | |
| Monologue by Emma Stone | Emma Stone returned to host SNL for the second time. She talked about her role as Gwen Stacy in the upcoming action-adventure movie, The Amazing Spider-Man, when Andy Samberg lowers from the ceiling, upside down in a Spider-Man costume, to try out for the leading role, but Andrew Garfield came along. | |
| Secret Word | Emcee Lyle Round (Bill Hader) is frustrated when celebrity panelists Mindy Grayson (Kristen Wiig) and pageant winner Charlene Strumphries (Emma Stone) are unable to grasp the concept of the game without sacrificing their huge egos. | |
| WXPD News New York | Elderly reporter Herb Welch (Bill Hader) teeters through a live remote at the scene of an apartment safety dispute. | |
| SNL Digital Short - Wish It Would Rain | When the weather won't cooperate with a singer (Andy Samberg) who wishes it would rain, he's forced to evaluate why his girlfriend left him, lies from the weather channel, his assistant's huge butt and a guy peeing on him. | |
| Coldplay performed "Paradise" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers | The Devil (Jason Sudeikis) is outraged when he learns that the situation at Penn State with Jerry Sandusky is more than a simple recruiting scandal. Garth (Fred Armisen) & Kat (Kristen Wiig) and their full-time back-up singer (Chris Martin) promote their new Thanksgiving-themed album. | |
| Les Jeunes de Paris | Juliette (Emma Stone) is off to see the world, but Francois (Taran Killam) initiates a cafe dance-off in order to keep her in France long enough to get her to marry him. | |
| Bridal Shower Gifts | Socially-inept Wallace (Emma Stone) desperately tries to fit in at her co-worker's (Kristen Wiig) bridal shower, but keeps making a mess of things by giving overly inappropriate gifts. | |
| Coldplay performed "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall" | ||
| Sad Song | After losing a business account, Karen (Nasim Pedrad) wraps herself around Adele's single "Someone Like You" and enjoys a good cry, which quickly forms a chain reaction among her co-workers (Emma Stone, Fred Armisen, Bill Hader, Bobby Moynihan, Andy Samberg, Kenan Thompson and Kristen Wiig). | |
| We're Going To Make Technology Hump | Colleen (Emma Stone) and Jacob (Andy Samberg) present videos of digital humping one another. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Emma Stone thanked Coldplay, Andrew Garfield, Lorne, the cast and her family, her mother, father, and her brother Spencer. |
Notes/Trivia[]
- Chris Martin, the lead vocalist of musical guest Coldplay, also appeared as Jan Pockabook in the Weekend Update segment.
- The song A cause des garçons by Yelle was played during the "Les Jeunes de Paris" sketch.
| Preceded by: November 5, 2011 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 19, 2011 |