October 2, 2021 Season 47 episode
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| Episode | 910 |
| Season Episode | 1 |
| Host | Owen Wilson |
| Musical Guest(s) | Kacey Musgraves |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Justified" "Camera Roll" |
| Previous Episode May 22, 2021 (Season 46) |
Next Episode October 9, 2021 |
The 910th episode and the season premiere of Season 47 of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 2, 2021, hosted by actor Owen Wilson, star of the hit series Loki and the films Cars 3, Free Birds, Father Figures, Wedding Crashers, The Internship, Night at the Museum, The Big Year, Starsky & Hutch, Hall Pass, Little Fockers, Masterminds, The French Dispatch, Marmaduke, She's Funny That Way, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Drillbit Taylor, You, Me and Durpee, Wonder, Midnight in Paris, Are You Here, How Do You Know, Marley & Me, No Escape, Bliss, Zoolander, Zoolander 2 and Marry Me, with the musical guest being Kacey Musgraves, a country singer. This is the 2nd appearance for Owen Wilson, as well as his first-time hosting. This is also the 2nd musical guest appearance for Kacey Musgraves on SNL.
Kacey Musgraves made her musical guest debut on May 12, 2018, the twentieth episode and the Mother's Day show of SNL's 43rd season, hosted by stand-up comedian and actress Amy Schumer.
This marked the first episode with Aristotle Athari, James Austin Johnson, and Sarah Sherman as cast members.
Kate McKinnon was credited in the opening montage but she did not appear, as she was away filming the Peacock series Joe Exotic.
Musgraves' performance of "Justified" marks the first time a musical guest has ever performed a song nude on stage.
The goodnight speech for Owen Wilson is "Thanks So Much to Kacey Musgraves (Cheers and applause), and All of You Guys, I Had a Great Time Tonight, Thanks to All of You Guys, Terrific, Thank You". (Cheers and applause)
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Aidy Bryant
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Mikey Day
- Chloe Fineman
- Heidi Gardner
- Colin Jost
- Kate McKinnon (Credited in the opening montage, but she did not appear in this episode)
- Alex Moffat
- Kyle Mooney
- Ego Nwodim
- Chris Redd
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Melissa Villaseñor
- Bowen Yang
Featured Players[]
- Aristotle Athari (First Appearance)
- Andrew Dismukes
- James Austin Johnson (First Appearance)
- Punkie Johnson
- Sarah Sherman (First Appearance)
- Cameos by Luke Wilson and Andrew Wilson
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Videotaped Weekend Update Music Performance Other
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| Address from President Biden Cold Opening | 
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President Biden (James Austin Johnson), Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Cecily Strong), Sen. Joe Manchin (Aidy Bryant), Rep. Ilhan Omar (Ego Nwodim), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Melissa Villaseñor) address the president’s infrastructure bill. First appearance of James Austin Johnson as a cast member (who plays President Biden). Also features Pete Davidson as Andrew Cuomo, and Alex Moffat as Chuck Schumer. |
| Opening Montage |   
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The previous season's opening montage returns, and it's retained; however, the previously black-and-white clips have their color restored, additionally, longtime cast member Beck Bennett and featured player Lauren Holt are gone from the intro, since they both left the show before this season. First credits for Aristotle Athari, James Austin Johnson, and Sarah Sherman and Chloe Fineman and Bowen Yang were both promoted to repertory status. |
| Monologue by Owen Wilson | 
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Hosting for the first time and making his second SNL appearance, actor Owen Wilson talks about reading bad reviews about his work and preparing to host Saturday Night Live. Cameos by his brothers Luke Wilson and Andrew Wilson. |
| The Talking | 
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A doctor (Owen Wilson) delivers COVID test results to four hosts of a talk show. Parody of the positive COVID tests on "The View". With Luke Wilson, Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner, Aidy Bryant, and Cecily Strong. |
| Star Trek: Ego Quest | 
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A new Star Trek spinoff follows the adventures of Captain Jeff Bezos and his brother. With Owen Wilson, Andrew Dismukes, Heidi Gardner, Alex Moffatt, Mikey Day, and Kenan Thompson. Cameo by Luke Wilson. |
| Cars 4 | 
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Owen Wilson has reservations about his character Lightning McQueen’s lines in Cars 4. With Mikey Day, Punkie Johnson, and James Austin Johnson. |
| School Board Meeting | 
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Two board members (Alex Moffat, Ego Nwodim) try to keep the school board meeting attendees focused on one topic. With Owen Wilson and all cast members except Michael Che, Colin Jost, and Kate McKinnon. First appearances of Sarah Sherman and Aristotle Athari as cast members. |
| Kacey Musgraves performed "Justified" | 
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Performed her song 'Justified' wearing nothing but cowboy boots. |
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | 
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Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week’s biggest news, like Biden getting his COVID booster shot and Amazon’s new robot. With guests, A black woman who’s been missing for ten years (Ego Nwodim) stops by Weekend Update to discuss her disappearance and Pete Davidson stops by Weekend Update to discuss the 2021 Met Gala. They also pay tribute to former cast member and update host Norm Macdonald. The segment ended with several clips from Macdonald's tenure as Weekend Update anchor. |
| Funeral Singer | 
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With Owen Wilson, Kenan Thompson, Chloe Fineman, Aidy Bryant, Cecily Strong, and Andrew Dismukes, with a photo of Heidi Gardner as the deceased. |
| Kacey Musgraves performed "Camera Roll" | 
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Performed her song 'Camera Roll' this time with clothes on. |
| NFL on Fox | 
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With Owen Wilson, James Austin Johnson, and Heidi Gardner, with Chloe Fineman and Sarah Sherman in stills. |
| Stool Test Advert | 
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Two doctors (Andrew Dismukes, Sarah Sherman) have difficulty filming a commercial for their practice. With Owen Wilson, Aristotle Athari, and Chris Redd. |
| In Memoriam | 
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The segement was preceded by a memorial card to former NBC president and co-creator Herbert Schlosser, who died on August 6, was show before the goodnights. |
| Goodbyes and Closing Credits | 
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Owen Wilson thanks Kacey Musgraves and everyone of SNL for having him here, he had a great time, and it was terrific. Some of the cast point to Aristotle Athari, James Austin Johnson and Sarah Sherman, since this is their first episode in the cast. During the outro music, Colin Jost held up a cue-card sign reading "We'll miss you, Ken," referring to the longtime producer Ken Aymong, who retired from SNL earlier that May after thirty-nine years and Aidy Bryant wore an IATSE shirt.[1] |
Trivia[]
- On Weekend Update, Pete Davidson wears a T-shirt with a picture of former SNL cast member and Update host Norm Macdonald who died on September 14. Colin Jost and Michael Che ended the segment with footage of Macdonald hosting Update as a tribute.
- This was Please Don't Destroy's first episode as writers for the show.
- Starting with this episode, writer Alison Gates (who joined the writing staff back in 2018), is named as a writing supervisor.
References[]
| Preceded by: May 22, 2021 (Season 46) |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: October 9, 2021 |