December 5, 2015 Season 41 episode
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|---|---|
| Episode | 794 |
| Season Episode | 7 |
| Host | Ryan Gosling |
| Musical Guest(s) | Leon Bridges |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Smooth Salin'" "River" |
| Previous Episode November 21, 2015 |
Next Episode December 12, 2015 |
The seventh episode of Season 41 and the 794th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on December 5, 2015, hosted by Canadian actor Ryan Gosling, star of the hit films The Notebook, Half Nelson, All Good Things, Lars and the Real Girl, Blue Valentine, Drive, Crazy, Stupid, Love, Only God Forgives, The Ides of March, The Big Short, La La Land, Blade Runner 2049, First Man, Barbie and Song to Song, with musical guest Leon Bridges. This was Ryan Gosling’s hosting debut and Leon Bridges’ musical guest debut was made on SNL.
Former longtime cast member Mike Myers makes a cameo in the opening monologue.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Beck Bennett
- Aidy Bryant
- Colin Jost
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Kyle Mooney
- Bobby Moynihan
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
- Sasheer Zamata
Featured Players[]
Sketches[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Donald and Melania Trump Christmas Cold Open | Donald (Taran Killam) and Melania Trump (Cecily Strong) reveal who is on Donald's naughty and nice list. | |
| Ryan Gosling Monologue | Ryan Gosling hosted SNL for the first time. He felt ashamed to be Canadian, former longtime cast member Mike Myers (also Canadian) joined him on stage to tell him about all the good things about Canada. | |
| Settl | Settl: The dating app for women looking to have tons of okay dates. | |
| Closer Encounter | Three people (Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, Ryan Gosling) share very different stories about their alien abduction. | |
| Santa Baby | Doug (Ryan Gosling) and Gina (Vanessa Bayer) make everyone at the neighborhood holiday party uncomfortable when they demand to meet the real Santa. | |
| Birthday Party | Melanie (Aidy Bryant) creeps out her friends when she hits on birthday girl Taylor's dad (Ryan Gosling). | |
| Leon Bridges Performs "Smooth Sailin" | Leon Bridges Performs "Smooth Sailin'". | |
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including Congress defunding Planned Parenthood and the most popular name for girls. Glamour magazine reporter Jill Davenport (Cecily Strong) stops by. Other News, Kylie Jenner's photo shoot and Mouse Mingle. Secondhand news correspondent Anthony Crispino (Bobby Moynihan) stops by with third-hand news guy Angelo Skaggs (Ryan Gosling). | |
| High School Friend | Ryan Gosling's high school friend picks on him while having an interview at at bar. | |
| Nespresso | George Clooney (Taran Killam) preps Danny DeVito (Bobby Moynihan) for his first taste of Nespresso. | |
| The Wiz | West Oz's Scarecrow (Ryan Gosling) mistakenly ends up in East Oz with Dorothy (Sasheer Zamata), Cowardly Lion (Kenan Thompson), Tin Man (Jay Pharoah), Scarecrow (Michael Che) and The Wiz (Leslie Jones). | |
| Leon Bridges Performs "River" | Leon Bridges Performs "River". | |
| Santa & The Elves | Santa's elves (Kenan Thompson, Vanessa Bayer, Ryan Gosling) purposely don't make any toys in the hopes that Santa (Bobby Moynihan) will punish them. | |
| Goodnights | Ryan Gosling thanked Leon Bridges, Mike Myers, Lorne Michaels the cast and the whole crew. |
| Preceded by: November 21, 2015 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 12, 2015 |