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 September 13, 2008
 Season 34 episode
SNL Michael Phelps
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 Episode 637
 Season Episode 1
 Host Michael Phelps
 Musical Guest(s) Lil Wayne
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"Got Money"
"Lollipop"
Previous Episode
May 17, 2008
Next Episode
September 20, 2008

Michael Phelps hosted the season premiere of Season 34 and the 637th episode of Saturday Night Live, which premiered on September 13, 2008. The musical guest was rapper, singer and songwriter Lil Wayne. Lil Wayne made his 2nd appearance and this was also his first time as the musical guest, as well as the only time as host on SNL for Michael Phelps. This marked the earliest season premiere in the show's history.

This marked the first episode for Bobby Moynihan as a cast member.

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Cameos by former longtime writer/cast member Tina Fey and William Shatner

Sketches[]

Sketches and Music Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
A Non-Partisan Message from Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Hillary Clinton
Sarah Palin (Tina Fey) & Hillary Clinton (Amy Poehler) address campaign sexism.
Opening Montage
Portal 32 - Bobby Moynihan
The opening montage is in black and white, while the cast credits remain in color. The "SNL" logo and the cast credits appear smaller to fit into the 4:3 "safe area". Bobby Moynihan's first credit as a cast member/featured player. In the second episode of the season, the video for[Casey Wilson's credit was changed.
Michael Phelps' Monologue
A flag-waving Debbie Phelps (Amy Poehler) cheers on her son Michael Phelps as he does his opening monologue. Phelps then introduces his new show, Swim Cop, and William Shatner shows up to give him endorsement advice.
Quiz Bowl home-schoolers (Will Forte, Amy Poehler, Michael Phelps) whiff on science questions. Bobby Moynihan's first appearance as a cast member.
Jar Glove
Without a Jar Glove, (Kristen Wiig) would suffer a calamitous cascade of gerunds.
Locker Motivation unlike his swim team, terpsichorean coach (Will Forte) is moved by “Fancy Pants”.
Craig & Stacia awkward quirks of Stacia (Kristen Wiig) & cousin Craig (Michael Phelps) creep out dinner guests.
Lil Wayne performs "Got Money"
Weekend Update with Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers Sarah Palin supporter Alaska Pete (Will Forte) admonishes the media elites; once again, Nicholas Fehn (Fred Armisen) fails to communicate anything substantive; dispatcher (Seth Meyers) fields a 911 call placed by a cockatoo (Amy Poehler); comic strip staple Cathy (Andy Samberg) reprises her usual hair-raising themes
The Charles Barkley Show
Bela Karolyi (Darrell Hammond) & Michael Phelps panel at casino.
T-Mobile
dad’s (Jason Sudeikis) interest in teenaged T-Mobile Fave 5 creates marital discord.
An SNL Digital Short (Space Olympics)
administrative failures wreck an off-world extravaganza.
Pizzeria Uno the smell of pepper distracts unhelpful pizzeria waiter Mark Payne (Bobby Moynihan).
Lil Wayne performs "Lollipop"
The Michael Phelps Diet
Goodnights

Trivia[]

  • This was John Mulaney's first episode as a writer.
  • Starting with this episode, Seth Meyers (who had became head writer in January 2006) continues on as the sole head writer of the show, something that would last through the next four seasons.
    • Meanwhile, Paula Pell (who had writen for SNL since 1995, and served as co-head writer for the previous two seasons) was moved back to being a writing supervisor).
Preceded by:
May 17, 2008
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
September 20, 2008
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