October 3, 2015 Season 41 episode
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|---|---|
| Episode | 788 |
| Season Episode | 1 |
| Host | Miley Cyrus |
| Musical Guest(s) | Herself (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 on SNL, and this is also the 2nd musical guest appearance for her.
This marked the first episode with Jon Rudnitsky as a cast member. Hillary Clinton made a cameo in the "Bar Talk" sketch and she introduces Cyrus' first performance.
The Flaming Lips appears as Cyrus' backing band for her first performance.
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[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Colin Jost
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Kyle Mooney
- Bobby Moynihan
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Sasheer Zamata
Featured Players[]
- Michael Che
- Pete Davidson
- Leslie Jones
- Jon Rudnitsky (First Appearance)
Sketches and Music 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 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 Open | 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. First credited for Jon Rudnitsky as a cast member. Meanwhile, Beck Bennett, Colin Jost, Kyle Mooney and Sasheer Zamata were all upgraded to repertory status. | |
| 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 her 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, 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, Sasheer Zamata) joined Taylor Swift's squad. | |
| Miley Cyrus Performs "The Twinkle Song" | Kenan Thompson introduces her 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". |
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.
| Preceded by: May 16, 2015 (Season 40) |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: October 10, 2015 |