October 18, 2008 Season 34 episode
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| Episode | 641 |
| Season Episode | 5 |
| Host | Josh Brolin |
| Musical Guest(s) | Adele |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Chasing Pavements" "Cold Shoulder" |
| Previous Episode October 4, 2008 |
Next Episode October 25, 2008 |
Actor Josh Brolin hosted the 5th episode of Season 34 and the 641st episode of Saturday Night Live, which premiered on October 18, 2008. Adele was the musical guest. A lot of cameos were made in this episode: Tina Fey, Sarah Palin, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin and Oliver Stone. This marked Adele’s first musical guest appearance on SNL, and it was also the first time that Josh Brolin hosted.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Will Forte
- Bill Hader
- Darrell Hammond
- Seth Meyers
- Amy Poehler
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
Featured Performers[]
Cameos by Tina Fey, Sarah Palin, Lorne Michaels, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin and Oliver Stone.
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Palin Press Conference (Opening Sketch) | As Tina Fey portrays Gov. Sarah Palin in a sketch, the real Sarah Palin watches backstage with Lorne Michaels and is confused for Tina Fey by hotheaded Alec Baldwin. | |
| Monologue by Josh Brolin | Hosting for the first time, Josh Brolin displays the mannerisms of President George W. Bush, but has to be reminded by director Oliver Stone to mention their film by name. | |
| MacGruber | MacGruber (Will Forte) is sidetracked from defusing the bomb while checking his stocks online. | |
| Surprise Proposal | Chris (Josh Brolin) informs his friends that he’ll be proposing to his girlfriend Kath (Casey Wilson) that evening, but the excitement is much more than Sue (Kristen Wiig) can handle. | |
| The Suze Orman Show | Financial expert Suze Orman (Kristen Wiig) is ignorant of the financial hardships expressed by her viewers. | |
| Wahlberg's Confrontation | Mark Wahlberg demands an explanation from Andy Samberg for last episode’s “Mark Wahlberg Talks to Animals” sketch. | |
| I'm No Angel | A heavily pregnant woman (Amy Poehler) flirts with rough riders at a honkytonk bar, as way of promoting Greg Allman’s (Will Forte) new fragrance. | |
| Adele performs "Chasing Pavements" | ||
| Weekend Update with Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers | Presidential candidate Tim Calhoun (Will Forte) extends his harebrained hustings; Jean K. Jean (Kenan Thompson) offers his perspective on European issues of the day; after Sarah Palin demurs, Amy Poehler performs the prospective veep’s rap. Amy Poehler's last Update before maternity leave. | |
| Fartface | Jerry (Bill Hader) jokingly bestows grumpy co-worker Carl (Will Forte) with the nickname “Fartface”, which he quickly unloads on Jim Deaver (Josh Brolin) in an act of revenge that goes too far. | |
| Narc School | Ms. Matthews (Casey Wilson) is unable to teach her class because all the students have been replaced with narcs (Josh Brolin, Kristen Wiig, Will Forte, Darrell Hammond). | |
| ReadiTrade.com | Spokesman (Jason Sudeikis) promotes the web site where the primary aim is to sell or unload your stocks as quickly as possible. | |
| New York Underground | Trevor Dix (BH) profiles underground musician Joshua Rainhorn (FA). | |
| Adele performs “Cold Shoulder” | ||
| Fall Foliage | Maniacal business executive (Josh Brolin) tries to push his employees to be as psyched about the Fall foliage as he is. | |
| Goodnights | Josh Brolin thanked Adele, Governor Sarah Palin, Mark Wahlberg, Alec Baldwin, Oliver Stone, Tina Fey and everybody for coming. |
| Preceded by: Octbober 4, 2008 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: October 25, 2008 |