November 23, 2013 Season 39 episode
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| Episode | 752 |
| Season Episode | 7 |
| Host | Josh Hutcherson |
| Musical Guest(s) | HAIM |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"The Wire" "Don't Save Me" |
| Previous Episode November 16, 2013 |
Next Episode December 7, 2013 |
The 7th episode of Season 39 and the 752nd episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on November 23, 2013, hosted by actor Josh Hutcherson, star of The Hunger Games franchise and the animated film Epic, as well as the hit films The Polar Express, Little Manhattan, Zathura: A Space Adventure, RV, Bridge to Terabithia, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and its 2011 sequel Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Detention, The Forger, Escobar: Paradise Lost and Five Nights at Freddy's, with musical guests HAIM, a rock band, who performed "The Wire" and "Don't Save Me," and appeared in the "Josie" sketch. This will be Josh Hutcherson's hosting debut, thus making him the second cast member from The Hunger Games to host and HAIM made their musical guest debut on SNL.
Josh Hutcherson's goodnights speech is "Alright, guys, I want to say Thank You to everybody! Thank you to HAIM, especially! All you people! It was the Most Amazing Experience of My life, Thank you all so much!" (Cheers and Applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Aidy Bryant
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Seth Meyers
- Bobby Moynihan
- Nasim Pedrad
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Piers Morgan Live Cold Opening | Piers Morgan (Taran Killam) discusses George Zimmerman’s recent borderline criminal activity. | |
| Opening Montage | ||
| Monologue by Josh Hutcherson | Hosting for the first time, actor Josh Hutcherson endures the cast’s (Vanessa Bayer, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Kyle Mooney, Bobby Moynihan, Jay Pharoah, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson and Noël Wells) desire to pit him in their own version of “The Hunger Games”. | |
| Girlfriends Talk Show | Morgan (Aidy Bryant) acts nervous when Kyra (Cecily Strong) invites her secret crush Trevor Masterson (Josh Hutcherson) to co-host the show. | |
| Baby Boss | New company employee Craig (Josh Hutcherson) meets his boss Richard Patterson (Beck Bennett), who has the intelligence of a man yet the body of a baby. | |
| Matchbox 3 | Trio of subway performers (Kenan Thompson, Jay Pharoah, Josh Hutcherson) specialize in the art of performing limited dance moves in crowded subway cars. | |
| HAIM performed "The Wire" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers and Cecily Strong | Featuring guest The Worst Lady on an Airplane (Aidy Bryant) offers tips on how to behave annoyingly during holiday plane trips. | |
| Josie | Veronica (Vanessa Bayer) meets her friend’s brother Devon (Josh Hutcherson), which sparks a romantic conversation via the lip-synched lyrics of “Our Love” by The Outfield. | |
| Best Buy Firing | When the manager (Josh Hutcherson) at Best Buy calls a meeting to announce employee layoffs, Niff (Bobby Moynihan) and Dana (Cecily Strong) assume they’re first in line on the chopping block and proceed to call out their co-workers (Vanessa Bayer, Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Taran Killam, Kate McKinnon, John Milhiser, Kyle Mooney, Mike O'Brien, Nasim Pedrad, Jay Pharoah, Kenan Thompson, Noël Wells and Brooks Wheelan) for being a bunch of lame-asses. | |
| Dancing | A club promoter (Beck Bennett) spots his roommate (Kyle Mooney) dancing and instantly sets him up with a career as a professional dancer. | |
| HAIM performed "Don't Save Me" | ||
| Animal Hospital | Bored nurses (Josh Hutcherson, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong) at an animal hospital tell all the owners that their pets have died. | |
| Investigate Report | Investigative reporter Winston Sam Bass (Mike O’Brien) and his brothe Lance Sam Bass (Josh Hutcherson) ask bugs why they’re always running so fast. | |
| Thanksgiving Guest: Turkey Dinner Date | Trey’s (Josh Hutcherson) family (Taran Killam, Aidy Bryant, Bobby Moynihan and Kyle Mooney) is surprised when he brings his live turkey girlfriend (Vanessa Bayer) home for Thanksgiving dinner. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Josh Hutcherson thanked everybody, HAIM, the cast and crew of SNL, and all the people, this is the most amazing experience of his life. |
Trivia[]
- Josh Hutcherson is also the second cast member from The Hunger Games to host SNL, after Jennifer Lawrence.
| Preceded by: November 16, 2013 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 7, 2013 |