October 5, 2013

October 5, 2013 Season 39 episode


Episode	747
Season Episode	2
Host	Miley Cyrus
Musical Guest(s)	Miley Cyrus
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s)	"Wrecking Ball" "We Can't Stop"

Previous Episode
September 28, 2013

Next Episode
October 12, 2013

The 747th episode and 2nd episode of Saturday Night Live's 39th season premiered on October 5, 2013, hosted by pop sensation and actress Miley Cyrus, who was also served as the episode's musical guest and she performed "Wrecking Ball" and an unplugged version of "We Can't Stop." This is Miley Cyrus' 2nd hosting stint and her first time as the musical guest on SNL.

Miley Cyrus’ goodnight speech is "Thank You Guys So Much Thanks To Everybody at SNL for Having Me This Week, It Was Awesome. Goodnight, Everybody". (Cheers and applause)

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

Cold Open Sketch Videotaped Weekend Update Music Performance Other

Title	Image	Summary
VMAs Backstage Cold Opening		In a bleak version of the future, Papa Joe (Kenan Thompson) explains to the girl (Noël Wells) points to Miley Cyrus' behavior at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards as the moment civilization spiraled out. Backstage at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, Miley Cyrus is warned by a younger version of herself (Vanessa Bayer) not to perform with Robin Thicke (Taran Killam), or else she'll bring about the destruction of America.
Monologue by Miley Cyrus		Returned to SNL to making her second hosting stint and first-time as the musical guest, pop sensation Miley Cyrus promises there will be no twerking and kills a sketch about a wrecking ball.
50 Shades of Grey Auditions		Odd celebrity pairings audition for the roles of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in the film 50 Shades of Grey.
Girlfriends Talk Show		On this episode of Girlfriends Talk Show, Morgan (Aidy Bryant) is threatened anew when her best friend and co-host Kyra (Cecily Strong) welcomes their new best friend Tara (Miley Cyrus) to the topic couch.
We Did Stop		John Boehner (Taran Killam) and Michele Bachmann (Miley Cyrus) star in a political spoof of Miley Cyrus' latest music video, "We Can't Stop".
Piers Morgan Live		Arianna Huffington (Nasim Pedrad) gives Piers Morgan (Taran Killam) the rundown on a series of Hillary Clinton televised biopics.
Miley Cyrus performed "Wrecking Ball". Kenan Thompson introduces Miley Cyrus' first performance.
Weekend Update with Seth Meyers and Cecily Strong		Weekend Update anchors Seth Meyers and Cecily Strong outline the “Winners/Losers” of the government shutdown. With guests, Connecticut mother Pat Lynhart (Kate McKinnon) opposes video game violence but loves Grand Theft Auto 5, A drooling Shannon Sharpe (Jay Pharoah) arrives to gives his take on the NFL season and Bar Mitzvah boy Jacob (Vanessa Bayer) stops by Weekend Update to reads pre-rehearsed jokes about Shabbatz.
Cheer Squad		Cheerleading practice is interrupted by a space alien (Kenan Thompson) who wants to take the Earth's moon.
Mornin' Miami		Morning anchors (Miley Cyrus, Bobby Moynihan and Kate McKinnon) seethe at the thought of having to peppily tape the week's promo spots. With Vanessa Bayer as the director.
Miley Cyrus performed an unplugged version of "We Can't Stop". Seth Meyers introduces Miley Cyrus' second performance.
Poetry Class		Poetry specialist Miss Meadows (Vanessa Bayer) remains enthusiastic while teaching her craft to high schoolers (Miley Cyrus, Kenan Thompson, Aidy Bryant John Milhiser, Jay Pharoah, Noël Wells and Brooks Wheelan) who just don't give a damn about poetry.
Kyle and Miley's Sex Tape		Kyle Monney is distraught at the thought that Miley Cyrus wants to have anything goes sex with him in his office and asks Bobby Moynihan and Beck Bennett for advice.
Goodnights and Closing Credits		Miley Cyrus thanked everybody at SNL for having her this week, it was awesome.

Notes/Trivia[]

On the Apple TV version, the cheers and applause track from the montage is used. On other versions, the cheers and applause track from the studio is used. On the versions except Apple TV, after writing supervised by, the I love NY, copyright notice and logos appear.
The episode was delayed by 22 minutes, airing at 11:57pm, instead of 11:35pm.
There were two technical problems:
- During Weekend Update, Kate McKinnon's chair was stuck in the down position, leaving her at chest-level with the desk. While delivering her lines, she pulled herself onto the desk and sat on the arm of the chair.
- During the "Cheer Squad" sketch, the video cable failed on the live camera, causing the video to flicker and cut to a green blank. The shot hurriedly switched to a second camera, but doing so revealed a stagehand who was on set to hook up the harnesses that would lift two of the actresses. He was forced to scurry offstage. Repeats of the episode use the dress rehearsal performance.
The "We Did Stop" filmed sketch is a parody of the music video of Miley Cyrus' song, "We Can't Stop."
This also marked the first appearance of "Poetry Class" sketch.
Miley Cyrus joined the famous group of SNL hosts who have performed "double duty" on the show (headlined as the host & musical guest).
Starting with this episode, John Solomon (who had been writing for the show since 2006) is named a writing supervisors, starting with this episode.

Credits[]

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: LORNE MICHAELS

PRODUCED BY: STEVE HIGGINS, ERIK KENWARD

DIRECTED BY: DON ROY KING

HEAD WRITERS: COLIN JOST, SETH MEYERS, ROB KLEIN

WRITTEN BY: JAMES ANDERSON, MICHAEL CHE, MIKEY DAY, STEVE HIGGINS, ZACH KANIN, ERIK KENWARD, LORNE MICHAELS, CLAIRE MULANEY, JOSH PATTEN, TIM ROBINSON, SARAH SCHNEIDER, PETE SCHULTZ, KENT SUBLETTE

WRITING SUPERVISED BY: BRYAN TUCKER, MARIKA SAWYER, JOHN SOLOMON

SUPERVISING PRODUCER: KEN AYMONG

FILM PRODUCER: RHYS THOMAS

WEEKEND UPDATE SUPERVISING PRODUCER: ALEX BAZE

WEEKEND UPDATE PRODUCER: PETE SCHULTZ

PRODUCTION DESIGNERS: EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, JOSEPH LYNN, BLAKE ROSENBERG

LIGHTNING DESIGNER: PHIL HYMES

MUSICAL DIRECTORS: LENNY PICKETT, LEON PENDARVIS

SKETCH MUSIC ADAPTATION: HAL WILLNER

COORDINATING PRODUCER: STACY FOSTER

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

DIGITAL PRODUCER: RACHEL LYNN

PHOTOGRAPHER: MARY ELLEN MATTHEWS

GRAPHICS: TARA DONNELLY, ROBERT SAMARTINO, DOUG ZIDER, BILL AFFATIGATO, EDMOND HAWKINS

EVS: ED HINCH, PAUL SCRABO

OPENING TITLES DESIGNED BY: PENTAGRAM, NY

PRODUCTION STAFF: LINDSEY ARENBERG, SONIA ATANACIO, LINDSEY CHARLES, JOSH PATTEN, KATIE RICH, TIM ROBINSON, SARAH SCHNEIDER, PETE SCHULTZ, KENT SUBLETTE

ANNOUNCER: DON PARDO

Preceded by: September 28, 2013	Saturday Night Live episode	Followed by: October 12, 2013