November 5, 2011 Season 37 episode
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| Episode | 707 |
| Season Episode | 5 |
| Host | Charlie Day |
| Musical Guest(s) | Maroon 5 |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Moves Like Jagger" "Stereo Hearts" |
| Previous Episode October 15, 2011 |
Next Episode November 12, 2011 |
The 5th episode of Season 37 and the 707th episode of Saturday Night Live, premiered on November 5, 2011. It was hosted by the comic actor Charlie Day, the co-created, executive producer, writer and star of the FX and later FXX's hit sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Guillermo del Toro's science-fiction monster films Pacific Rim and its sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising and the hit films Horrible Bosses, and the sequel Horrible Bosses 2 and Fist Fight, and the animated films, Disney and Pixar's hit animated film Monsters University, The Lego Movie film franchise and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and the musical guest was Maroon 5, a pop-rock band who performed "Moves Like Jagger" and "Stereo Hearts" with Travie McCoy. Adam Levine also appears in the "Kings of Catchphrase Comedy" commercial and the Greek Economy sketch. This is Maroon 5's 3rd musical guest stint on SNL, as well as the hosting debut for Charlie Day.
Charlie Day's goodnights speech is "Thanks to Maroon 5, Danny DeVito, Travie McCoy from Gym Class Heroes! I had an AMAZING time, I love this cast and I love this show! Thanks, Lorne Michaels! Good night!" (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 Day's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-star Danny DeVito
- Musical guest appearance by Travie McCoy
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| The Ghost of Kaddafi (Cold Opening) | Live from Hell, The Ghost of Moammar Gaddafi (Fred Armisen) reports on his recent capture and death and gives a status update. | |
| Monologue by Charlie Day | Having achieved his dream of hosting "SNL", actor Charlie Day plans to relax and take easy, but Day's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-star and frequent SNL host Danny DeVito, tells him has to really put out and deliver, so Day performs a song about himself, as he hosted SNL for the first time. | |
| Kim's Fairytale Divorce | E! promises lots of glamour and excitement when it televises the hot divorce proceedings between Kim Kardashian (Nasim Pedrad) and CHris Humphies (Andy Samberg). | |
| The Dr. Oz Show | Dr. Oz (Bill Hader) embarrasses an audience member (Charlie Day) by offering poor medical advice for his dead rectum. | |
| Greek Gods | Zeus (Jason Sudeikis) organizes the other Greek gods so they can put their heads together to help solve the current financial crisis in Greece. | |
| It's Getting Freaky with Cee Lo Green! | Cee Lo Green (Kenan Thompson), Freakasaurus (Charlie Day) and Colonel Nasty (Bill Hader) help a couple (Andy Samberg, Abby Elliott) put the freaky back into their marriage. | |
| The Original Kings Of Catchphrase Comedy Volume 2 | A group of hacky comedians are back on tour with even more of their catchphrase-repeating friends. | |
| Maroon 5 performed "Moves Like Jagger" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers | With guests, Rick Perry (Bill Hader) defends allegations that he was drunk while delivering a speech in New Hampshire. Seth Meyers offers “A Closer Look at Europe” in order to explain Greece’s financial crisis and Travel guru Judy Grimes (Kristen Wiig) counters her nervousness by kidding around while attempting to reveal last-minute travel bargains. | |
| Because Of One Dolphin | On the set of a new family film, an actor (Charlie Day) is frustrated by both his dolphin co-star’s animal trainer (Taran Killam) and a boom mic operator (Kenan Thompson) who thinks he can do a better job with the scene. | |
| Maroon 5 performed "Stereo Hearts" with Travie McCoy | ||
| Crime Scene | Detective (Charlie Day) pleads ignorance to officer’s (Jason Sudeikis) pop culture references while attempting to solve a murder. | |
| Lil Poundcake | Rerun from October 1, 2011. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Charlie Day thanked Maroon 5, Danny DeVito, and Travie McCoy. He had a great time hosting and loved the show, the cast, and Lorne Michaels. |
Notes/Trivia[]
- Adam Levine, the lead vocalist of musical guest Maroon 5, also appeared as Yanni in the "Greek Gods" sketch and as Adam "Hawk Attack" Levine in "The Original Kings Of Catchphrase Comedy Volume 2" filmed commercial sketch.
| Preceded by: October 15, 2011 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 12, 2011 |