October 3, 2015

October 3, 2015 Season 41 episode


Episode	788
Season Episode	1
Host	Miley Cyrus
Musical Guest(s)	Miley Cyrus (with The Flaming Lips)
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s)	"Karen Don't Be Sad" "The Twinkle Song"

Previous Episode
May 16, 2015
(Season 40)

Next Episode
October 10, 2015

The season premiere of Season 41 and the 788th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 3, 2015. It was hosted by pop sensation Miley Cyrus, who also served as the musical guest. This is Miley Cyrus' 3rd hosting stint, and this is also the 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL for her.

This marked the first episode with Jon Rudnitsky as a cast member.

Miley Cyrus’ goodnights speech is Thank You So Much to Hillary Clinton and of Course My Dad’s Pets, Goodnight, Everybody Happy Saturday. (Cheers and applause)

Cast[]

Main Players[]

Featured Players[]

Cameo by Hillary Clinton.
Musical cameo by The Flaming Lips.

Onscreen appearance by longtime former cast member and the show's announcer Darrell Hammond.

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other

When the middle second to last theme of the first 3 notes of the goodnights' music starts, Lorne Michaels’ credit scrolls up. On demand, Peacock app, TV app and NBC app versions, the cheers and applause track from the montage is used. On Hulu and Sling versions, the cheers and applause from the studio is used. On those 2 versions, after supervised by, the I love ny, copyright notice and logos appear.

Title	Image	Summary
A Message From Donald and Melania Trump Cold Opening		Donald Trump (Taran Killam) and his wife, Melania (Cecily Strong), clear up some of the misconceptions about him, like that he hates women and immigrants.
Opening Montage		The previous season's opening montage returns, but without the special SNL 40 logo. Also in the opening montage, various old bumper formats return, it will have solid color faded background for the hosts and musical guests. The entire cast from the previous season returned, with Beck Bennett, Colin Jost, Kyle Mooney and Sasheer Zamata being promoted to repertory status; and the first credit for new cast member Jon Rudnitsky.
Miley Cyrus Monologue		Making her third hosting stint and second musical guest appearance, Miley Cyrus bids goodbye to the people who made summer 2015 memorable, including Rachel Dolezal (Vanessa Bayer), Kim Davis (Aidy Bryant) and the dentist (Taran Killam) who killed Cecil the lion and others (Kenan Thompson, Bobby Moynihan, Jay Pharoah, Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney, Colin Jost, Sasheer Zamata, Michael Che, and Pete Davidson). First appearance of Jon Rudnitsky.
Abilify For Canidates and People Who Think They Can Be President		For Rick Santorum (Taran Killam), Mike Huckabee (Bobby Moynihan) and the nine more people (Beck Bennett, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong and Kenan Thompson) who think they can be president, there's Abilify.
50's Dance		Three couples (Kyle Mooney, Kate McKinnon, Taran Killam, Cecily Strong, Jon Rudnitsky, Miley Cyrus) declare their love for each other through song at a high school dance.
Hillary Clinton Bar Talk		Hillary Clinton (Kate McKinnon) confides her concerns about the 2016 presidential race to her bartender, Val (Hillary Clinton).
Miley Cyrus Performs "Karen Don't Be Sad" with The Flaming Lips		Hillary Clinton introduced Cyrus' first performance.
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che		Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including Jeb Bush’s criticism of Donald Trump and Burger King’s Halloween bun. Pope Francis stops by the Update desk. Other News, Polish American Heritage Month and an arrest in a Walmart parking lot. Resident young person Pete Davidson talks politics and Leslie Jones discusses texting etiquette.
The Millennials		Beautiful twenty-somethings (Kate McKinnon, Pete Davidson, Miley Cyrus, Jon Rudnitsky) search for the love and success they're entitled to on The Millennials.
Katz' Deli		When a group of friends (Vanessa Bayer, Leslie Jones, Miley Cyrus, and Cecily Strong) takes turns enacting the fake orgasm scene from When Harry Met Sally, one takes it too far.
The Squad		At first it was just the models and athletes, but eventually, everyone (Vanessa Bayer, Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, Taran Killam, Kenan Thompson, and Sasheer Zamata) joined Taylor Swift's squad.
Miley Cyrus Performs "The Twinkle Song"		Kenan Thompson introduces Cyrus' second performance.
American Voices		American Voices looks back at "Too Late with Ruby Nichols," a short-lived late-night program hosted by an African-American woman (Leslie Jones).
Miley's Wedding Tape		Kyle Mooney doesn't want to marry Miley Cyrus and Bobby Moynihan and Beck Bennett can't figure out why. Also Features Taran Killam as the priest, Jay Pharoah as the doctor and Jon Rudnitsky as Six Flags.
Goodnights and Closing Credits		Miley Cyrus thanked Hillary Clinton and of course her dad's pets and wishes everyone a "Happy Saturday". Some of the cast point to Jon Rudnitsky, as this is his first episode in the cast.

Trivia[]

This also marked the first episode for Fran Gillespie, Sudi Green, Will Stephen, Paula Masella, Chris Belair and Dave Sirus as writers on SNL.
On the Apple TV Version, the monologue and Hillary Clinton Bar Talk Sketch are absent.
On the Hulu Version, after writing supervised by, the I love ny, copyright notice and logos appear. On the new episode version after Miley tells everyone happy Saturday, the channel changes to commercials. On the Hulu version, the cheers and applause from the studio is used. On other versions, the cheers and applause track from the montage is used.

Preceded by: May 16, 2015 (Season 40)	Saturday Night Live episode	Followed by: October 10, 2015