October 17, 2009 Season 35 episode
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| Episode | 662 |
| Season Episode | 4 |
| Host | Gerard Butler |
| Musical Guest(s) | Shakira |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"She Wolf" "Did It Again" |
| Previous Episode October 10, 2009 |
Next Episode November 7, 2009 |
The 4th episode of Season 35 and 662nd episode overall of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Scottish actor Gerard Butler and Colombian singer Shakira as his musical guest. It premiered on October 17, 2009. This is Gerard Butler's hosting debut, and Shakira's 3rd musical guest stint on SNL.
Cast[]
Repertory[]
- Fred Armisen
- Will Forte
- Bill Hader
- Seth Meyers
- Andy Samberg†
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
Featured[]
† Credited, but did not appear
- Cameos by James Franco and Dwayne Johnson
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| The Rock Obama Cold Open | While discussing health care reform with Republican senators, President Barack Obama (Fred Armisen) once again becomes angry and morphs into The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) Obama. | |
| Opening Montage | ||
| Gerard Butler's Monologue | While attempting to sing a sensitive ballad from “Phantom of the Opera”, first-time host Gerard Butler is accosted by several warriors (Jason Sudeikis, Bill Hader and Bobby Moynihan), ninjas (Fred Armisen and WIll Forte), and a dagger-weilding Christine (Kristen Wiig). | |
| Fuquay Satin's Grand Hoochie Skank Rosé | Fuquay Satin (Kenan Thompson) promotes the ideal urban champagne for pouring down women’s asses. | |
| SNL Backstage with Bud Light Gold Wheat Part I | The cast cracks up during a dress rehearsal clip from “Riding My Donkey Political Talk Show” on February 14, 1998. | |
| Game Time with Randy and Greg | Randy Dukes’ (Kenan Thompson) efforts to convince callers that co-host Greg (Bill Hader) is not an alien prove to be fruitless. With Gerard Butler as Cal Saslow. | |
| SNL Backstage with Bud Light Gold Wheat Part II | Chris Rock cracks up during a dress rehearsal clip from “Perspectives” on November 2, 1996. | |
| Beauty and the Beast | While singing their duet, Belle (Kristen Wiig) and the Beast (Gerard Butler) express confusion over which one is actually the beast, because he’s into a woman with a bigger ass. Also Features Bill Hader as Lumiere, Bobby Moynihan as Cogsworth and Jenny Slate as Mrs. Potts. | |
| Shakira performed "She Wolf" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers | With guests Two Gay Guys from New Jersey who are in the Military (Bill Hader, Fred Armisen) comment on the now-defunct “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The balloon from Colorado drops by to say hi to Seth Meyers, Gerard Butler speaks directly to his family back in Scotland, as Seth Meyers translates and PGAD Sufferer Tamara Parks (Kristen Wiig) involuntarily orgasms several times while discussing her medical malady. | |
| SNL Backstage with Bud Light Gold Wheat Part III | Amy Poehler cracks up during dress rehearsal clips from “Weekend Update with Amy Poehler & Seth Meyers” on September 17, 2009, September 29, 2007, and April 21, 2007. | |
| 300 | King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) agrees to lift Sparta’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, but is surprised to discover that all of his gladiators are gay. | |
| SNL Backstage with Bud Light Gold Wheat Part VI: | The cast cracks up during a dress rehearsal clip from “Jeffrey’s” on February 17, 2001. | |
| What Up with That? | Host Diondre Cole (Kenan Thompson) and the crew (Will Forte, Nasim Pedrad, Jenny Slate, Fred Armisen and Jason Sudeikis) welcome guests Leslie Free (Abby Elliott), James Franco and Lindsey Buckingham (Bill Hader) to talk about the issues. With a special guest performance by White Pete (Gerard Butler). | |
| SNL Backstage with Bud Light Golden Wheat VII | A robot has trouble crashing through a breakaway wall during a dress rehearsal clip from “Robot Dinner” on November 18, 1995. | |
| Cottage Cheese Pitch | As adman Thomas (Gerard Butler) pitches a campaign to a client (Jason Sudeikis), his annoying secretary, Trina (Kristen Wiig), repeatedly interrupts and calls his name. | |
| Shakira performed "Did It Again" | ||
| Braveheart | Braveheart’s younger brother (Gerard Butler) is an extreme coward. | |
| Goodnights | Gerard Butler thanked Shakira, James Franco, the incredible cast, all the writers and all the crew, everyone, his mother and everybody in Scotland and everybody else that he like. |
Trivia[]
- Despite promoting this episode on late night talk shows, Andy Samberg did not appear in this episode. It is said that he didn't appear, because he got sick during the week.
- It's even said that he was supposed to be the announcer for What Up With That, instead of Will Forte.
| Preceded by: October 10, 2009 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 7, 2009 |