October 30, 2010 Season 36 episode
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| Episode | 685 |
| Season Episode | 5 |
| Host | Jon Hamm |
| Musical Guest(s) | Rihanna |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"What's My Name?" "Only Girl (In The World)" |
| Previous Episode October 23, 2010 |
Next Episode November 13, 2010 |
The 5th episode of Season 36 and the 685th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 30, 2010. It was hosted by actor Jon Hamm, star of AMC's hit period crime drama series Mad Men with musical guest Rihanna. Jon Hamm made his 3rd hosting stint, and this was Rihanna's 2nd musical guest appearance on SNL.
Jon Hamm's goodnights speech is Thanks to Rihanna! The cast! You all! The best crew in television! Studio 8-H! Lorne! Thanks for coming! Happy Halloween!
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Abby Elliott
- Bill Hader
- Seth Meyers
- Bobby Moynihan
- Andy Samberg
- Jason Sudeikis
- Kenan Thompson
- Kristen Wiig
Featured Players[]
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| A Message from the Vice President Cold Open | Joe Biden (Jason Sudeikis) compares the plight of the Chilean miners to the problems facing President Obama. | |
| Monologue by Jon Hamm | {{[1]}} | Actor Jon Hamm proves his worth as an actor portraying an advertising executive on television by creating on-the-fly slogans for random objects chosen by audience members, as he returned to host for the third time. |
| SNL Digital Short: Ronnie and Clyde | {{[2]}} | Rihanna and Shy Ronnie (Andy Samberg) rob a bank as “Ronnie & Clyde”. |
| Vincent Price's Halloween Special | {{[3]}} | Vincent Price's (Bill Hader) 1960 Halloween special is ruined by Judy Garland's (Kristen Wiig) drug dependency and sexual innuendos courtesy of Sen. John F. Kennedy (Jon Hamm) and Liberace (Fred Armisen). |
| Back to the Future 25th Anniversary DVD Commercial Part I | {{[4]}} | The new DVD and Blu-Ray box set features audition outtakes from 80's-era celebrities. |
| Auditions | {{[5]}} | While auditioning for a role, Lizette Barnes (Kristen Wiig) lays down her list ridiculous standards to production's director (Jason Sudeikis). |
| Back to the Future 25th Anniversary DVD Commercial Part II | {{[6]}} | The new DVD and Blu-Ray box set features more audition outtakes from 80's-era celebrities. |
| Rihanna performs "What's My Name?" | ||
| Weekend Update with Seth Meyers | {{[7]}} | With guests, James Carville (Bill Hader) gives his crazed thoughts on the upcoming mid-term elections and Garth and Kat (Fred Armisen and Kristen Wiig) are, as usual, unprepared to promote their new Halloween CD. |
| I Didn't Ask For This | {{[8]}} | |
| Highway Cops | {{[9]}} | |
| Darlique and Barney | {{[10]}} | Lounge act Darleek (Kristen Wiig) and Barney (Jon Hamm) have pretended fights and make bad jokes to one's amusement. |
| Rihanna performs "Only Girl in the World" | ||
| Greetings from American America, Dog in Purse | In a cartoon by former SNL writer Fred Wolf, a male dog (voiced by longtime former cast member David Spade) in a celebrity's purse muses about his lot in life. | |
| Goodnights and Closing Credits | Jon Hamm thanked Rihanna, the cast, the best crew in television, Studio 8H and Lorne and audience for coming and wishes everyone "Happy Halloween". |
Trivia[]
- Then-writing supervisor/future cast member Colin Jost appears as the marker in the Back to the Future - Part II screentest.
| Preceded by: October 23, 2010 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 13, 2010 |