October 5, 2013 Season 39 episode
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| 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’ goodnights 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[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Aidy Bryant
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Seth Meyers
- Bobby Moynihan
- Nasim Pedrad
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| 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 | 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) gives his take on the NFL season and Bar Mitzvah boy Jacob (Vanessa Bayer) 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. | |
| 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 |