November 2, 2024 Season 50 episode
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| Episode | 973 |
| Season Episode | 5 |
| Host | John Mulaney |
| Musical Guest(s) | Chappell Roan |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Pink Pony Club" "The Giver" |
| Previous Episode October 19, 2024 |
Next Episode November 9, 2024 |
The 973rd episode and 5th episode of Saturday Night Live's 50th season premiered on November 2, 2024, hosted by former SNL writer, writing supervisor and producer, stand-up comedian and actor John Mulaney, star of the new Broadway play, “All In: Comedy About Love” opening Dec. 11, his stand-up comedy specials include The Top Part, New in Town, The Comeback Kid, Kid Gorgeous, and Baby J, the children's musical comedy special, John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch, and the host of Netflix's live variety talk show Everybody's Live with John Mulaney, and the voice of Andrew Glouberman in the Netflix's hit adult animated coming-of-age sitcom Big Mouth, and the hit animated films Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and the sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Disney's Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers and DreamWorks Animation's film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, with musical guest Chappell Roan, a singer and songwriter. This is John Mulaney's 6th time hosting SNL, thus making him the most frequent former SNL writer who was never hired as a cast member to host more than five. This is also the musical guest debut on SNL for Chappell Roan.
John Mulaney previously hosted SNL on the following dates: On April 14, 2018, the eighteenth episode of SNL's 43rd season, with musical guest Jack White, on March 2, 2019, the fourteenth episode of SNL's 44th season, with musical guest Thomas Rhett, a country singer-songwriter, on February 29, 2020, the fourteenth episode of SNL's 45th season and the first time SNL has premiered on Leap Day, with musical guest David Byrne, on October 31, 2020, the fifth episode and Halloween-themed show of SNL's 46th season, with the legendary rock band The Strokes as the musical guests, and on February 26, 2022, the thirteenth episode of SNL's 47th season, with musical guests LCD Soundsystem, the legendary electronic rock band (which he returned to hosted SNL for the fifth time and he entered to become the then-newest member of the Five-Timers Club).
The goodnight speech for John Mulaney is "My Thanks to Chappell Roan (Cheers and applause), Vice President... Vice President Kamala Harris, Maya Rudolph, Dana Carvey, Andy Samberg, Jim Gaffigan, Senator Tim Kaine, and Senator Pete Davidson. This is the Greatest Gig in the World. Thank You All for a Fantastic Week. Thank You All for Watching, Thank You to Everyone Who Works Here. Good Night Malcolm, and Good Night Méi". (Cheers and applause again)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Michael Che
- Mikey Day
- Andrew Dismukes
- Chloe Fineman
- Heidi Gardner
- Marcello Hernandez
- James Austin Johnson
- Colin Jost
- Michael Longfellow
- Ego Nwodim
- Sarah Sherman
- Kenan Thompson
- Devon Walker
- Bowen Yang
Featured Players[]
- Cameos by Vice-President Kamala Harris, Senator Tim Kaine, SNL alums Dana Carvey, Maya Rudolph, Andy Samberg, and Pete Davidson, and Jim Gaffigan.
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Videotaped Weekend Update Music Performance Other
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| 2024 Pre-Election Cold Opening | 
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CNN's Kaitlan Collins (Chloe Fineman) checks in with Kamala Harris (Maya Rudolph) and Donald Trump's (James Austin Johnson) campaigns on the eve of the 2024 election. Also, backstage between Tim Walz (Jim Gaffigan), Doug Emhoff (Andy Samberg), and Joe Biden (Dana Carvey). The real Vice President Kamala Harris appears near the end of the cold open. |
| Opening Montage | The musical guests/hosts introductions clips of the opening montage were changed to one, only for this episode, and the colors of the rectangle were changed to red violet, and acid blue (one clip for musical guest Chappell Roan and host John Mulaney). | |
| John Mulaney's Stand-Up Monologue | 
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Returning to host SNL for the sixth time, former SNL writer, stand-up comedian and actor John Mulaney does his stand-up about his parents and physical therapy, as well as how his wife and his in-laws are shorter than him and about his grandfather. |
| What's That Name: Election Edition | 
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The host of What's That Name (Michael Longfellow) hosts a game show where contestants (John Mulaney, Sarah Sherman) try to guess the name of political figures relevant to the 2024 election. Cameo by Senator Tim Kaine. |
| Saturday Night Live Midnight Matinee: Beppo | 
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When a NASA space mission hits a snag, the flight director (John Mulaney) has to deliver some bad news to Beppo the chimp. Also features Mikey Day, Ego Nwodim, Andrew Dismukes, Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim, James Austin Johnson, and Sarah Sherman. |
| Next Episode Commercial Bumper | Bill Burr will return to host SNL for the 2nd time on Nov. 9. Mk.gee will perform as a musical guest for the 1st time. | |
| Port Authority Duane Reade | 
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A Duane Reade cashier (John Mulaney) rings up two customers (Pete Davidson, Andrew Dismukes). Also features Kenan Thompson, Ego Nwodim, James Austin Johnson, Sarah Sherman, Michael Longfellow, Marcello Hernandez, Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman, Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, and Jane Wickline. Cameo by longtime former cast member Andy Samberg. |
| Chappell Roan performs "Pink Pony Club" | 
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| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | 
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Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, like a comedian at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally calling Puerto Rico a "floating pile of garbage" and Sean "Diddy" Combs facing a new lawsuit. With guests, country music star and The Voice judge Reba McEntire (Heidi Gardner) stops by the Update desk to talk about the 2024 Election and The Couple You Can't Believe Are Together (Marcello Hernandez, Jane Wickline) arrives to talk about how they met and their unique relationship. |
| Sitcom Pioneers: Family Bonds | 
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The creator of the sitcom Family Bonds (John Mulaney) joins PBS for an interview about the show. Little Richard (Kenan Thompson) guest stars on a sitcom titled "Family Bonds". |
| Chappell Roan performs "The Giver" | 
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Chappell Roan debuted her new song "The Giver" tonight on SNL. |
| Harvey Epstein for City Council | 
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A commercial advertises Harvey Epstein’s (John Mulaney) campaign for his city council election run. With Heidi Gardner as the announcer, Andrew Dismukes, Ego Nwodim, Ashley Padilla, and Sarah Sherman as the residents. |
| Band Shot | The Saturday Night Live Band plays the final music piece during the final commercial break. | |
| In Memoriam | 
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Before the goodnights, a photo of host Teri Garr, who died earlier in the week, is shown in silence. |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | 
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John Mulaney thanked Chappell Roan, Vice-President Kamala Harris, Maya Rudolph, Dana Carvey, Andy Samberg, Jim Gaffigan, Senator Tim Kaine and Pete Davidson and everyone of SNL who worked here for having him back and everyone for watching, this is the greatest gig in the world, and he especially even says goodnight to his son Malcolm and his daughter Méi. |
Cut for Time[]
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Videotaped Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Superman | In this Cut for Time Sketch, Superman’s (John Mulaney) interview with Lois Lane (Sarah Sherman) gets interrupted by Lois’ roommate (Chloe Fineman). |
Trivia[]
- Before the goodnights, they showed a photo of actress Teri Garr, who hosted three times in the 1980s, and who died earlier in the week, in silence.
- Several NBC affiliates filed complaints with the FCC due to Harris and Kaine's appearances violating the equal-time rule.
- Maya Rudolph says "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" for the 22nd time, moves into a tie for 18th time place all-time, with longtime former cast members Taran Killam, Jay Pharoah and Aidy Bryant.
- Vice-President Kamala Harris also says "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" for the 1st time.
- Kamala Harris and Tim Kaine also joined the list of politicians who have appeared on Saturday Night Live.
- John Mulaney becomes a sixth-time SNL host this season, after Scarlett Johansson.
- John Mulaney also honored actress Brooke Shields in one of his SNL bumpers.
- Jane Wickline is the first SNL rookie to make more than two appearances in their first episodes on Weekend Update since longtime former cast members Pete Davidson and Leslie Jones in Season 40.
| Preceded by: October 19, 2024 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 9, 2024 |