October 1, 2011

October 1, 2011 Season 37 episode


Episode	704
Season Episode	2
Host	Melissa McCarthy
Musical Guest(s)	Lady Antebellum
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s)	"We Owned the Night" "Just a Kiss"

Previous Episode
September 24, 2011

Next Episode
October 8, 2011

The 2nd episode of Season 37 and the 704th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 1, 2011, hosted by actress and comedian Melissa McCarthy, star of the CBS' hit sitcom Mike & Molly and the hit film Bridesmaids, with musical guests Lady A, a country music group, who performed "We Owned the Night" and "Just a Kiss." This was Melissa McCarthy's SNL (and hosting) debut and the musical guest debut for Lady Antebellum on SNL.

Melissa McCarthy's goodnight speech is "I want to say, "Thank You!" to Lady Antebellum! I've had the TIME OF MY LIFE here this week, the cast, the crew, New York City! Thank you for coming! This has been amazing!". (Cheers and applause)

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

Cold Open Sketch Videotaped Weekend Update Music Performance Other

Title	Image	Summary
The Lawrence Welk Show Cold Opening		Lawrence Welk (Fred Armisen) welcomes the Autumn season with a performance by Eugene Duelox (Taran Killam), musical sisters Shirley (Abby Elliott), Nancy (Nasim Pedrad), Toni (Vanessa Bayer) and tiny-handed Dooneese (Kristen Wiig) and her muscular cousin Gert (Melissa McCarthy).
Monologue by Melissa McCarthy		Actress and comedian Melissa McCarthy enlists help from longtime cast member Kristen Wiig to show off a series of perfect dance moves, as she hosted SNL for the first time.
Lil Poundcake		The realistic doll that gives HPV vaccination shots to little girls.
Office Flirt		Desperate Arlene (Melissa McCarthy) hits on Tim (Jason Sudeikis) at the office and sends flowers and balloons to herself with hopes of making him jealous.
SNL Digital Short: Stomp		Cops (Andy Samberg, Bill Harder) find solitude in their desk work by listening for musical sounds at the office an opening numbers of the Blue Man Group (Fred Armisen, Paul Brittain).
The Comments Section		Formerly anonymous Internet posters (Bobby Moynihan, Taran Killam, Melissa McCarthy) relive their snarky comments and are confronted by one of their online targets (Nasim Pedrad).
Rock's Way		Appearing in various Broadway productions, Chris Rock (Jay Pharaoh) breaks the fourth wall to perform stand-up routines making fun of each routines.
Lady Antebellum performed "We Owned The Night"
Weekend Update with Seth Meyers		With guests, Gaddafi’s Two Best Friends From Growing Up (Vanessa Bayer, Fred Armisen) whisper more secrets about him while attempting to praise their friendship with him and Tyler Perry (Kenan Thompson) comments on his status as the richest entertainer on the Forbes’ list.
Taste Test		As part of a focus group sampling new Hidden valley Ranch Dressing flavors, Linda (Melissa McCarthy) desperately tries to get her opinions of the production heard and recorded.
The Essentials with Robert Osborne		Racounter Robert Osborne (Jason Sudeikis) presents a series of clips featuring 1930's actress Lulu Diamonds (Melissa McCarthy) repeatedly falling down stairs in rapidly-produced romantic comedies.
Lady Antebellum performed "Just A Kiss"
Complaints		Don (Andy Samberg) tries to pick up Lana (Melissa McCarthy) in a bar, despite receiving a barrage of complaints from all of his past conquests while in the process.
Goodnights and Closing Credits		Melissa McCarthy thanked Lady Antebellum, the cast and crew, she had the time of her life, and it's amazing, and everyone for coming.

Notes/Trivia[]

Melissa McCarthy joined the list of SNL hosts with alternative names.
Melissa McCarthy was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for hosting the episode.

Preceded by: September 24, 2011	Saturday Night Live episode	Followed by: October 8, 2011