May 9, 2015 Season 40 episode
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Episode | 786 |
Season Episode | 20 |
Host | Reese Witherspoon |
Musical Guest(s) | Florence and the Machine |
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Ship to Wreck" "What Kind of Man" |
Previous Episode May 2, 2015 |
Next Episode May 16, 2015 |
The 20th episode of Season 40 and the 786th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on May 9, 2015. It was hosted by the actress Reese Witherspoon, star of the hit films The Man in the Moon, Cruel Intentions, Election, Walk the Line, Legally Blonde, and its 2003 sequel Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Water for Elephants, Devil's Knot, Wild, Hot Pursuit and Disney's science fiction adventure film A Wrinkle in Time, and the Apple TV+ drama series The Morning Show, with English musical group Florence and the Machine as her musical guest. This is Reese Witherspoon's 2nd time hosting and her first appearance in 13 years, 7 months, and 10 days. She last hosted SNL on September 29, 2001, the Season 27 premiere, with musical guest Alicia Keys, following the 9/11 attacks. This is also Florence and the Machine's 3rd musical guest appearance on SNL.
Reese Witherspoon’s goodnights speech is "Thanks to Florence and the Machine and All Of Our Moms, We Love You". (Cheers and Applause)
Cast[]
Main Players[]
- Vanessa Bayer
- Aidy Bryant
- Taran Killam
- Kate McKinnon
- Bobby Moynihan
- Jay Pharoah
- Cecily Strong
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
Title | Image | Summary |
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The Southern Republican Leadership Conference! Cold Open | With Beck Bennett as Mike Huckabee, Taran Killam as Marco Rubio, Kate McKinnon as Carly Fiorina, Kyle Mooney as Rand Paul, Bobby Moynihan as Ted Cruz, Cecily Strong as the DJ and Kenan Thompson as Ben Carson. | |
Opening montage | ||
Reese Witherspoon's Mother's Day Apologies Monologue | Reese Witherspoon returns to SNL to host for the second time and her first appearance in 13 years, 7 months and 10 days. She and cast members Cecily Strong, Jay Pharoah, Kate McKinnon, Sasheer Zamata, Beck Bennett, Vanessa Bayer, Kenan Thompson, Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney and Bobby Moynihan apologize to their moms. | |
Be Scene in L.A. | Whenever talk show hosts Lisa Ferar (Cecily Strong) and Jackie Fong (Reese Witherspoon) step offscreen to make a call, they forget to turn their mics off. | |
Picture Perfect | Game show contestants Daniel Hoffman (Bobby Moynihan) and his celebrity teammate Reginald VelJohnson (Kenan Thompson)), must draw the prophet Muhammad if they want to win $1 million. Also features Reese Witherspoon plays Daniel's wife Tara Hoffman, Vanessa Bayer and Beck Bennett as Michelle and Michael Fulton and Cecily Strong as Rosie Perez and Taran Killam plays the host. | |
Mr. Westerberg | When a group of co-workers (Reese Witherspoon, Pete Davidson, Kenan Thompson, Vanessa Bayer, Beck Bennett) takes turns mimicking the boss (Bobby Moynihan), one unintentionally reveals some disturbing comments Mr. Westerberg has made. | |
Florence and The Machine performed "Ship To Wreck" | ||
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | Weekend Update anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che tackle the week's biggest news, including Hillary Clinton's poll numbers dropping and Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn breaking up and astronomers discovering the most distant galaxy ever measured. Also features Leslie Jones stops by to read her love letters, Two Girls You Wish You Hadn't Started a Conversation with at a Party (Cecily Strong and Reese Witherspoon) and Che's neighbor Willie (Kenan Thompson) drop by. | |
High School Theater Showcase | Six high school students (Kyle Mooney, Taran Killam, Reese Witherspoon, Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Beck Bennett) stage an avant-garde production dedicated to John Lennon and Shonda Rhimes. Also features Bobby Moynihan and Leslie Jones plays the parents and Cecily Strong plays the teacher. | |
Southern Ladies | Carolynn (Aidy Bryant), Marilyn (Kate McKinnon), Terrilynn (Leslie Jones), Jerrilyn (Reese Witherspoon) and Nan (Cecily Strong) open up about what's got them down over drinks. | |
Water Slide | Two water park attendants (Beck Bennett, Kyle Mooney) cause accidents when they stop doing their jobs to flirt with a lifeguard (Reese Witherspoon). Also features Bobby Moynihan, Cecily Strong, Kenan Thompson and Sasheer Zamata. | |
Florence and The Machine performed "What Kind Of Men" | ||
Whiskers R' We | Barbara DeDrew (Kate McKinnon) and Purr-sula (Reese Witherspoon) showcase several cats up for adoption, including Cat Middleton, Mufasa and Magellan, a cat whose greatest discovery is his own buttonhole. Vanessa Bayer as the announcer. | |
Goodnights | Reese Witherspoon thanked Florence and The Machine and all their moms, they love them. |
Trivia[]
- On all versions, the audience applause from the studio is used and after the audience cheers, Lorne Michaels’ credit scrolls up. On NBC app versions, the audience cheering for the 2nd time, Lorne’s credit scrolls up during the waltz in a song. On On demand, Hulu and TV app versions, a second after Lenny Pickett plays his other note, the camera scrolls up to the shot were the camera scrolls up to the clock. On Hulu and TV app versions, after Evs, the I love ny, copyright notice and logos appear. On those versions, the clock is cut. On On demand versions, after Evs, the credits still come up straight after Darrell Hammond’s credit. Which means that this version scrolls up all the way to the clock. Then, the I love ny, copyright notice and logos appear. On NBC app versions, a second after Lenny Pickett plays his other note on this goodnights music episode, comes the shot were the stage but the doors do not appear. Then, before the clarinet plays the other note, the shot where the camera scrolls up to the clock appears. Then the I love ny, copyright notice and logos appear. On Sling versions, after Mary Ellen Matthews’ credit, the I love ny, copyright notice and logos appear.
Gallery[]
Credits[]
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: LORNE MICHAELS
PRODUCED BY: STEVE HIGGINS, ERIK KENWARD
DIRECTED BY: DON ROY KING
HEAD WRITERS: COLIN JOST, ROB KLEIN, BRYAN TUCKER
PRODUCERS: LINDSAY SHOOKUS, ERIN DOYLE
WRITTEN BY: JAMES ANDERSON, JEREMY BEILER, MEGAN CALLAHAN, MICHAEL CHE, MIKEY DAY, STEVE HIGGINS, ZACH KANIN, ERIK KENWARD, DAVE MCCARY, DENNIS MCNICHOLAS, LORNE MICHAELS, CLAIRE MULANEY, MIKE O’BRIEN, JOSH PATTEN, ALISON & KATIE RICH, TIM ROBINSON, NATASHA ROTHWELL, NICK RUTHERFORD, STREETER SEIDEL, JOHN SOLOMON
WRITING SUPERVISED BY: CHRIS KELLY, SARAH SCHNEIDER, KENT SUBLETTE
SUPERVISING PRODUCER: KEN AYMONG
FILM PRODUCER: RHYS THOMAS
WEEKEND UPDATE SUPERVISING PRODUCER: DENNIS MCNICHOLAS
WEEKEND UPDATE PRODUCER: PETE SCHULTZ
PRODUCTION DESIGNERS: EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, JOSEPH DETULLIO
LIGHTINING DESIGNER: PHIL HYMES
MUSICAL DIRECTORS: LENNY PICKETT, LEON PENDARVIS
SKETCH MUSIC ADAPTATIONS: HAL WILLNER
COSTUME DESIGNERS: TOM BROECKER, ERIC JUSTIAN
COORDINATING PRODUCER: STACY FOSTER
CO-PRODUCERS: BRIAN SIEDLECKI, NICHOLAS MALLARDI, DINA MOLES, ADAM NICELY
PHOTOGRAPHER: MARY ELLEN MATTHEWS
MR WESTERNBERG DIRECTED BY DAVE MCCARTHY
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: JANINE DEVITO, JOHN MACDONALD, MELANIE MALONE, GREG SCARNICI
SCRIPT COORDINATORS: CLAIRE SHIREY, LESLIE SIMS, ABBEY LIEBER, RACHEL LABIANCA, MICHELLE HARPER, CHRISTINE ABULU
WEEKEND UPDATE CO-PRODUCER: SCOT WEINSTEIN
TECHINCAL DIRECTOR: STEVEN CIMINO
TALENT EXECUTIVES: KERI POWERS, REBECCA SCHWARTZ
TALENT COORDINATIVE: JEFF BLAKE
ASSISTANT: LAURIE BERDAN
LIGHTNING DIRECTORS: GEOFF AMORAL, RICK MCGUINNESS
ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS: MICHAEL MANCINI, MICHAEL POOLE, BOB CAMINTI
STAGE MANAGERS: GENA ROSITANO, CHRIS KELLY
AUDIO: ROBERT PALLADINO, CHRIS MCKEVITT, CHRISTOPHER COSTELLO, PATRICIA REILLY
MUSIC MIX BY: JOSIAH GLUCK
MUSIC EDITOR: MARTY BRUMBATCH
AUDIO POST PRODUCER: DEVIN EMKE
SOUND EFFECTS: WILLIAM TAYLOR
VIDEO: FRANK GRISNANTI, SUSAN NOLL
TECHNICAL MANAGER: STEVE DAURIO
TECHNICAL SUPPORT: MIKE SCOLLINS
STUDIO MANAGERS: JIM BENJAMIN, RICK JULIANO
CAMERAS: JOHN PINTO, PAUL CANGIALOSI, LEN WECHSLER, CARL ECKETT, ERIC EINSTEIN
THE LIVE BAND
LEON PENDARVIS
GRAPHICS SUPERVISOR: BETH BENSON
GRAPHICS COORDINATOR: SARA COURTNEY
WRITERS RESEARCH: NICK POYNER
CHOREOGRAPHER: DANIELLE FLORA
PRODUCTION ACCOUNT: CHRIS WILLIAMS
GRAPHICS: TARA DONNELLY, ROBERT SAMARTINO, DOUG ZIDER, BILL AFFATIGATO, EDMOND HAWKINS, ELLEN PAIK
ELECTRONICS: CAROL COLLINS, PETER CAESAR
TALENTS: CHLOE GORDON, THEO SPIELBERG, ANNA WEINSTEN
ASSISTANTS: CAROLINE MARONEY, LUCIEN GOLLNER, BLAKE ROSENBERG, LAURA VALK, GRACE SHAKER
ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHER: DANA ENDELSON
OPENING TITLES PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY RHYS THOMAS
DESIGNED BY PENTAGRAM, NY
FILM LINK PRODUCER: JUSTS MCLARTY
FILM PRODUCTION: CHRIS VOSS, JAKE PLUNKETT, MELANIE BOGAN, ARIANA FEDES, LOUIS LEUCI, EMILY GENENDER
POST PRODUCTION: MATT YONKS
EDITORS: YANNI FEDER, JASON WATKINS, TONY DOLEZAL
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR: NICK POYNER
ART DESIGN: WELLS THORNE
EVS: HOWARD HIRSCH, ED HINCH
PRODUCTION STAFF: SONIA ATANACIO, LINDSEY CHARLES, JOSH PATTEN, KATIE RICH, TIM ROBINSON, SARAH SCHNEIDER, PETE SCHULTZ, KENT SUBLETTE
ANNOUNCER: DARRELL HAMMOND
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