October 9, 2004 Season 30 episode
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| Episode | 567 |
| Season Episode | 2 |
| Host | Queen Latifah |
| Musical Guest(s) | Queen Latifah |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"The Same Love That Made Me Laugh" "Hard Times" |
| Previous Episode October 2, 2004 |
Next Episode October 23, 2004 |
The 567th episode and 2nd episode of Saturday Night Live's 30th season and it was hosted by rapper, actress, and singer Queen Latifah, who also served as the musical guest. This is Queen Latifah's 2nd hosting stint, and her first time as the musical guest on SNL. It premiered on October 9, 2004.
This episode features a tribute to the legendary stand-up comedian and actor Rodney Dangerfield, who had died earlier in the week.
Cast[]
Repertory[]
- Fred Armisen
- Rachel Dratch
- Tina Fey
- Will Forte
- Darrell Hammond
- Seth Meyers
- Chris Parnell
- Amy Poehler
- Maya Rudolph
- Horatio Sanz
Featured[]
- Cameo by former longtime cast member Chris Kattan
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Second Presidential Debate | President George W. Bush (Will Forte) and John Kerry (Seth Meyers) conduct their most recent debate at a town hall forum. Also features Rachel Dratch as Carla Tamborello, Chris Parnell as Charles Gibson, Amy Poehler as Cheryl Spander, Rob Riggle as Anthony Baldi and Maya Rudolph as Nikki Washington. | |
| Queen Latifah's Monologue | Returning to SNL, to making her second stint, actress, rapper and singer Queen Latifah conducts a jazz performance with The Scat Cats (Horatio Sanz, Maya Rudolph, Fred Armisen, and Will Forte). | |
| Short & Curly | The shampoo men (Seth Meyers, Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Chris Parnell and Rob Riggle) use to keep their public hairs clean and shiny. | |
| The Prince Show | Eccentric Prince (Fred Armisen) welcomes Patti LaBelle (Queen Latifah), get rid of stress caused by racial tension headaches. With Amy Poehler as Sharon Stone and Maya Rudolph as Beyoncé. | |
| Excedrin | Excedrin helps black office secretary, Linda (Queen Latifah), get rid of stress caused by racial tension headaches. | |
| Vice Presidential Debate | Gwen Ifill (Queen Latifah) moderates' debate between Vice-Presidential nominees Dick Cheney (Darrell Hammond) and John Kerry (Will Forte). | |
| Queen Latifah performs "The Same Love That Made Me Laugh". Horatio Sanz introduces Latifah's first performance. | ||
| Weekend Update with Tina Fey and Amy Poehler | Live via satellite, Martha Stewart (Rachel Dratch) reports that she's enjoying life in prison, she even has a cellmate named Kenyatta Williams (Queen Latifah), who adores her and Finesse Mitchell comments that he's against young black mothers giving their babies weird names. | |
| Basketball Offers | Representatives from the NBA (Rob Riggle) and a respectable college (Seth Meyers) compete while courting a young basketball player (Finesse Mitchell). | |
| Saturday TV Funhouse: The X-Presidents | The X-Presidents battle President George W. Bush with a little help from Ron Reagan, Jr. and the XX-Presidents. | |
| Heaven | Rodney Dangerfield (Darrell Hammond) performs stand-up one last time at St. Peter's (Horatio Sanz) request. | |
| Vote Or Die! | Starkeesha (Finesse Mitchell) and her friends canvas voters in their neighborhood. | |
| Queen Latifah performs "Hard Times". Chris Kattan introduces Latifah's second performance. | ||
| Zinger vs. Snap | Nuclear physicists Dave Clinger (Seth Meyers) and Sheila "Snaps" Alsnape (Queen Latifah) compete via verbal wordplay. | |
| Goodnights | Queen Latifah thanked the cast and everyone for letting her be here. |
| Preceded by: October 2, 2004 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: October 23, 2004 |