October 12, 2013 Season 39 episode
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| Episode | 748 |
| Season Episode | 3 |
| Host | Bruce Willis |
| Musical Guest(s) | Katy Perry |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Roar" "Walking on Air" |
| Previous Episode October 5, 2013 |
Next Episode October 26, 2013 |
The 748th episode and 3rd episode of Saturday Night Live's 39th season premiered on October 12, 2013, hosted by German-born American actor Bruce Willis, with musical guest Katy Perry, a pop singer-songwriter, who performed "Roar" and "Walking on Air." This is Bruce Willis' 2nd and last hosting stint and his only appearance in 24 years and 12 days, and Katy Perry's 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL.
Willis last hosted SNL was on September 30, 1989, the season premiere of SNL's 15th season, with musical guest Neil Young and Katy Perry previously made her musical guest debut on September 25, 2010, the premiere of SNL's 36th season, with longtime former cast member and Weekend Update co-anchor Amy Poehler as the host; which coincidentally, was the first episode for current cast members Vanessa Bayer, Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah.
Bruce Willis' goodnights speech is "Thank You to Katy Perry! Katy Perry: Oh, Thank you!. Thank you to Lorne Michaels! And to the cast and crew! I had an incredible week, Thank you so much, Be Careful going home. Katy Perry: (laughing) Or walking home! Or walking home! Have a great week!". (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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| NASA Shutdown Cold Opening | After their shuttle is damaged in space, astronauts Kazanski (Taran Killam) and Dr. Janet Stone (Cecily Strong) desperately radio for help despite no one being available at Mission Control due to the government shutdown. | |
| Monologue by Bruce Willis | Encouraged by the musically inept current cast member Bobby Moynihan, actor Bruce Willis performed a harmonica duet, as he returned to host SNL for the second and last time and his first appearance in 24 years and 12 days. | |
| 24-hour Energy For Dating Actresses | The energy booster for men (Taran Killam, John Milhiser, Kyle Mooney, Mike O'Brien, Jay Pharoah, Kenan Thompson and Brooks Wheelan) use to help them cope with the pressures of dating overemotional aspiring actress (Vanessa Bayer, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong and Noël Wells). | |
| Black Ops | As a team of Navy Seal Ops prepare for a mission, Zermicki (Bruce Willis) describes the action-film scenario he would use to save the day against terrorist forces. | |
| The Ol' Barbershop | Barbers (Jay Pharoah and Kenan Thompson) tell wild over-the-top stories, but newbie Terry (Bruce Willis) can't match their patter and enthusiasm. | |
| Boy Dance Party | While the women (Vanessa Bayer, Aidy Bryant and Nasim Pedrad) are out, the men (Bruce Willis, Beck Bennett, Taran Killam, Bobby Moynihan, Jay Pharoah and Kenan Thomspon) will bump and grind and throw themselves a wild "Boy Dance Party". | |
| The Lady Gaga Show | Pop sensation Lady Gaga (Vanessa Bayer) hosts a weird talk show with special guest designer Michael Kors (Bruce Willis) and phonetically-challenged actress Penelope Cruz (Kate McKinnon), then gives an audience member (Aidy Bryant) a ridiculous makeover. | |
| Katy Perry performed "Roar" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers and Cecily Strong | With guests, Chaplain Barry Black (Kenan Thompson) offers prayers for the government shutdown and Brooks Wheelan comments about the Army's upcoming tattoo policy, and advices men to think twice before having hasty symbols inked on themselves. | |
| Armageddon | Kirby (Bobby Moynihan) nearly jeopardizes his captain's (Bruce Willis) rescue mission by having his pet kitty cat blow up the asteroid hurtling toward Earth. | |
| Centauri Vodka | The front half of a Centaur costume (Bruce Willis) insists that rear half (John Milhiser) doesn't have enough breathing capacity to perform at the opening gala. | |
| Protective Son | When Mom (Vanessa Bayer) brings her new boyfriend (Bruce Willis) home to meet the family, her son Eddie (Taran Killam) acts overprotective of her, especially after the hapless gentleman nervously combines the words "child" and "son" into an awkward "Chun". | |
| Sigma | As new pledges (John Milhiser and Jay Pharoah) look on, the Sigma frat brothers (Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett) outline the rules to a childlike version of Beer Pong. | |
| Katy Perry performed "Walking on Air" | ||
| e-meth | Rerun from September 28, 2013. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Bruce Willis thanked Katy Perry, Lorne Michaels, the cast and crew, he had an incredible week and tells everyone to be careful going or walking home. |
Notes/Trivia[]
- Willis reprised his role as Harry Stamper from Armageddon during the sketch with the same name.
- The "e-meth" commercial sketch, featuring cameo Aaron Paul as his Breaking Bad character Jesse Pinkman, was a repeat from the September 28, 2013 episode (the previous first episode of the season).
| Preceded by: October 5, 2013 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: October 26, 2013 |