November 9, 2024 Season 50 episode
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| Episode | 974 |
| Season Episode | 6 |
| Host | Bill Burr |
| Musical Guest(s) | Mk.Gee |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"ROCKMAN" "Alesis" |
| Previous Episode November 2, 2024 |
Next Episode November 16, 2024 |
The 974th episode and 6th episode of Season 50, as well as the thirteenth post-U.S. Presidential Election episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on November 9, 2024, hosted by stand-up comedian, actor, filmmaker, and podcaster Bill Burr, the host of the twice-weekly Monday Morning Podcast since 2007 and co-founded the All Things Comedy network in 2012, he also created, co-wrote, and voiced the lead character Frank Murphy in the Netflix's classic hit adult animated sitcom F Is for Family, guest starred on the Disney+ series The Mandalorian and starred in the hit films The King of Staten Island, The Opening Act, Old Dads, Drugstore June and Unfrosted and his stand-up comedy specials including You People Are All the Same, I'm Sorry You Feel That Way, Walk Your Way Out, Paper Tiger, Friends Who Kill and Live at Red Rocks, as well as the 2023 animated musical comedy film Leo and he's even currently on tour with his Bill Burr Live show, with musical guest Mk.Gee, a singer-songwriter, music producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Burr previously hosted SNL on the October 10, 2020 episode, the second episode of SNL's 46th season, with musical guest Jack White.
Mk.Gee made his musical guest debut and this is the 2nd time as the host on SNL for Bill Burr.
The goodnights speech for Bill Burr is "All Right, That's Our Show, Thank You to Everyone, Thanks to Mk.Gee for Rocking It, The Whole Cast of "Saturday Night Live", Shawn Pelton on Drums, My Lovely Nia, Thank You So Much, Good Night!" (Cheers and applause)
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[]
† Credited, but does not appear in this episode/Appeared only in goodbyes.
- Cameo by SNL alum Dana Carvey
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| SNL for Trump Cold Opening | The cast of SNL (Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim, Kenan Thompson, Heidi Gardner, Marcello Hernandez, Sarah Sherman, and Colin Jost) say that they supported Trump all along. Also features James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump, Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline. Cameo by longtime former cast member Dana Carvey as Elon Musk. | |
| Opening Montage | The separate "Behind The Scenes" set change from Cold Open to Monologue for the 50th anniversary season of Saturday Night Live, presented by T-Mobile. Also, in the opening montage, the colors of the rectangle are acid blue and red violet were same as the opposite for musical guest Mk.Gee and host Bill Burr. | |
| Stand-Up Monologue by Bill Burr | Returning to host SNL for the second time, legendary comedian and actor Bill Burr does stand-up about the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, catching the flu and Shaquille O'Neal's credibility, as well as the possible next virus, and about the election, including advice as to how women can win politics the next time, about Trump getting shot, and when he went to McDonald's. | |
| Fire Station Rorschach Test | Firefighters (Bill Burr, Emil Wakim, Marcello Hernandez, and Andrew Dismukes) look at photos different things, while one (Burr) sees weird drawings of cartoon characters. With James Austin Johnson and Heidi Gardner. | |
| Buffalo Wild Wings | A commercial advertises Buffalo Wild Wings. Somewhat of a sequel to the Samuel Adams Jack-O Pumpkin Ale commercial from Burr's last hosting stint. With Bill Burr, Marcello Hernandez, Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, Heidi Gardner, Mikey Day, and Ashley Padilla. | |
| Snake Skin: Rock Band | A father (Bill Burr) shows his son (Emil Wakim) some songs from the rock group Snake Skin (James Austin Johnson, Andrew Dismukes, and Sarah Sherman). | |
| The Janitor | A janitor (Michael Longfellow) neglects to clean up barf, due to doing a Math problem. | |
| Dads | Two dads (Bill Burr, Kenan Thompson) about emotional things with their sons (Andrew Dismukes, Devon Walker), but their dads disguise it as other things. | |
| Mk.Gee performs "ROCKMAN" | ||
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news like Trump being re-elected, how Trump and Biden will meet in the Oval Office next week, a women's pro baseball league, black students getting text messages being selected to pick cotton, and P. Diddy celebrating his 55th birthday in jail. With guests, A Woman Who Can't Find Things in Her Purse (Ego Nwodim) arrives to share her tips on how to listen to friends when they're stressed and the return of Willie (Kenan Thompson), Michael Che's now ex-neighbor stops by to discuss the results of the 2024 presidential election. | |
| Bald Men | A couple's (Mikey Day, Sarah Sherman) date gets interrupted by a group of bald men (Kenan Thompson, Bill Burr, James Austin Johnson, Andrew Dismukes, Bowen Yang, and Michael Longfellow), who sings about being bald. | |
| Trauma Support Group | A guy (Bowen Yang) shares his "trauma" with his support group (Bill Burr, James Austin Johnson, Emil Wakim, Ashley Padilla, and Jane Wickline). | |
| Mk.Gee performs "Alesis" | ||
| I Got One | Things go off the rails at a work dinner when a coworker's wife (Ashley Padilla) can't stop cracking bad jokes. With Bill Burr, Kenan Thompson, Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim and Bowen Yang. | |
| In Memoriam | Before the goodnights, a photo of Quincy Jones, who hosted the twelfth episode of the fifteenth season, and who died earlier in the week, is shown in silence. | |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | Bill Burr thanked everyone, Mk.Gee, the whole cast of Saturday Night Live, member of the Saturday Night Live Band, Shawn Pelton on drums and of course Burr's wife Nia. Only appearance of Chloe Fineman. |
Trivia[]
- Bill Burr joined the list of hosts that have headlined the SNL episode after a presidential election.
- Burr is also a part of the group of alliterative names who have hosted SNL.
- 58 people have hosted SNL for the first time since Season 45. Only three people have hosted again including: Timothée Chalamet, Nate Bargatze and Bill Burr.
- Bill Burr is one of the only first-time hosts from the last five years to return to host SNL.
- Only 17 rookie hosts have come back to host Saturday Night Live since Season 40 including tonight's host Bill Burr.
- Burr also becomes a second-time host this month.
- With the return of Bill Burr, there are 11 of 20 SNL hosts from Season 46 that have hosted more than once.
- Bill Burr finished the streak of five returning SNL hosts in a row (last seen in Season 45).
- The last time SNL had 5 consecutive returning hosts of Season 45 (2019-2020) including: Will Ferrell, Jennifer Lopez, Scarlett Johansson, Eddie Murphy, and Adam Driver.
- Ashley Padilla, Emil Wakim and Jane Wickline also says "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night" for the first time.
- In versions distributed online and internationally, the "Trauma Support Group" sketch is replaced by a longer version recorded at dress rehearsal.
- Before the goodnights, a photo of Quincy Jones (who hosted the show on February 10, 1990, the twelfth episode of SNL’s 15th season), and who died earlier in the week, is shown in silence.
- Chloe Fineman was apparently not in New York for most of the week, and then the one dress rehearsal sketch she was in got cut, so she was shut out from the live show. She only appears in the goodbyes.
| Preceded by: November 2, 2024 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 16, 2024 |