October 25, 2014

October 25, 2014 Season 40 episode


Episode	771
Season Episode	4
Host	Jim Carrey
Musical Guest(s)	Iggy Azalea
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s)	"Fancy"/"Black Widow" (with Rita Ora) "Beg for It" (with Mø)

Previous Episode
October 11, 2014

Next Episode
November 1, 2014

The 4th episode of Season 40 and the 771st episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 25, 2014, hosted by actor and comedian Jim Carrey, star of the hit films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber and the sequel Dumb and Dumber To, Batman Forever, The Cable Guy, Liar Liar, The Truman Show, Me, Myself & Irene, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Horton Hears a Who, Mr. Popper's Penguins, The Majestic, Bruce Almighty, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, Fun with Dick and Jane, Disney's computer animated Christmas film A Christmas Carol, The Number 23, Sonic the Hedgehog and the sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 2, with musical guest Iggy Azalea.

Iggy Azalea made her musical guest debut and this was the 3rd time as host on SNL for Jim Carrey.

This marked the first episode with Leslie Jones credited as a cast member.

Cast[]

Main Players[]

Featured Players[]

Cameo by Jeff Daniels

Sketches and Music Performances[]

Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other

Title	Image	Summary
Ebola Press Conference Cold Open		President Obama (Jay Pharoah) introduces new ebola czar Ron Klain (Taran Killam), who introduces Al Sharpton (Kenan Thompson). With Cecily Strong, Bobby Moynihan, and Aidy Bryant as reporters.
Opening Montage		Leslie Jones is added to the cast in the opening montage.
Monologue by Jim Carrey		Jim Carrey is dressed up as "Helvis" for Halloween (Elvis Presley in a red jumpsuit with horns on his head) as he hosted SNL for the third time. He performs an Elvis-esque song about pecan pie. Also Features Bobby Moynihan as Red, Taran Killam, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson and Sasheer Zamata as the singers.
Matthew McConaughey for Lincoln I		Matthew McConaughey (Jim Carrey) does a commercial for Lincoln.
Carrey Family Reunion		Multiple members of the cast appear as Jim Carrey's relatives at a family reunion, doing impressions of him. Includes Taran Killam, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, Vanessa Bayer (talking from her rear a la Ace Ventura: Pet Detective), Cecily Strong (as Fire Marshall Bill), Bobby Moynihan (as Carrey's character from The Mask), and Jay Pharoah (as the Cable Guy). Also features Leslie Jones in her first credited role on SNL, and a cameo by Carrey's co-star Jeff Daniels (in character as Harry from Dumb and Dumber).
Matthew McConaughey for Lincoln II		A reprisal of the earlier sketch; there are now children in the car.
Haunted Graveyard		A couple (Sasheer Zamata and Pete Davidson) go to a graveyard for fun, only to find it haunted. Four ghosts (Jay Pharoah, Kenan Thompson, Bobby Moynihan, and Kate McKinnon) start a scary musical number, only to have it ruined by friendly ghosts Paul and Phil (Taran Killam and Jim Carrey). Mid-sketch, in an incorrect camera shot, Carrey and Killam can be seen crawling on the floor to their new positions flanking Thompson.
Matthew McConaughey for Lincoln III		Dennis Haysbert (Kenan Thompson) appears in an ad for AllState insurance, only to be run over by Matthew McConaughey (Jim Carrey) in another reprisal of the earlier sketches.
Iggy Azalea performs a medley of "Fancy" and "Black Widow" with Rita Ora
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che.		Features romantic comedy expert Denise Rose (Vanessa Bayer) and Drunk Uncle (Bobby Moynihan).
Billionaire Reality Show		A reality show where a woman must choose the real billionaire from a group of contestants. With Tarran Killam as the host, Cecily Strong as the guest, and Bobby Moynihan, Beck Bennett, Jim Carrey, and Jay Pharoah as the contestants.
Ghosts: Fact or Fiction		A parody of the early-2000s specials based upon the television series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. The host (Taran Killam) leads a group (Vanessa Bayer and others) in a haunted house, but the skeptic (Leslie Jones) turns out to be a believer and runs from the house screaming.
The Walking Dead		A father (Jim Carrey) tries to join a group of people hiding from the zombie apocalypse (Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong, Kyle Mooney, and Beck Bennett) with his infected son (Pete Davidson).
Chandelier		An office costume part is being held by the boss (Vanessa Bayer) and a group of employees (Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, and Aidy Bryant). Two other employees (Kate McKinnon and Jim Carrey) end up in the same costume, Sia from the music video for her song "Chandelier". They hold a dance-off to decide the winner, going off the set, through the audience (and pausing at Lorne Michaels), across the set from the earlier "Haunted graveyard" sketch, over the musical set (where Iggy Azalea joins them in-costume) before coming back to the sketch.
Iggy Azalea performs "Beg for It" with MØ
Geoff's Halloween Emporium		Two employees (Cecily Strong and Vanessa Bayer) do a terrible commercial for their Halloween store, while being annoyed by their boss (Jim Carrey).
Goodnights		Jim Carrey thanked Iggy Azalea, Jeff Daniels, Rita Ora, the cast and everybody and wishes them all a "Happy Halloween".

Credits[]

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: LORNE MICHAELS

PRODUCED BY: STEVE HIGGINS, ERIK KENWARD

DIRECTED BY: DON ROY KING

HEAD WRITERS: COLIN JOST, ROB KLEIN, BRYAN TUCKER

PRODUCERS: LINDSAY SHOOKUS, ERIN DOYLE

WRITTEN BY: JAMES ANDERSON, JEREMY BEILER, MICHAEL CHE, MIKEY DAY, STEVE HIGGINS, ZACH KANIN, ERIK KENWARD, LORNE MICHAELS, CLAIRE MULANEY, MIKE O'BRIEN, JOSH PATTEN, ALISON RICH, KATIE RICH, TIM ROBINSON, NATASHA ROTHWELL, NICK RUTHERFORD, STREETER SEIDELL

WRITING SUPERVISED BY: CHRIS KELLY, SARAH SCHNEIDER, KENT SUBLETTE

SUPERVISING PRODUCER: KEN AYMONG

FILM PRODUCER: RHYS THOMAS

WEEKEND UODATE PRODUCER: PETE SCHULTZ

PRODUCTION DESIGNERS: EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, JOSEPH DETULLIO

LIGHTING DESIGNER: PHIL HYMES

MUSICAL DIRECTORS: LENNY PICKETT, LEON PENDARVIS

SKETCH MUSIC ADAPTATION: HAL WILLNER

COSTUME DESIGNERS: TOM BROECKER, ERIC JUSTIAN

COORDINATING PRODUCER: STACY FOSTER

CO-PRODUCERS: BRIAN SIEDLECKI, NICHOLAS MALLARDI, DINA MOLES, ADAM NICELY

PHOTOGRAPHER: MARY ELLEN MATTHEWS

ANNOUNCER: DARRELL HAMMOND

Preceded by: October 11, 2014	Saturday Night Live episode	Followed by: November 1, 2014