Changes: January 31, 2015

Revision as of 07:03, 25 February 2015

January 31, 2015 Season 40 episode

Episode	779
Season Episode	13
Host	J.K. Simmons
Musical Guest(s)	D'Angelo
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s)

Previous Episode
January 24, 2015

The 778th episode of Saturday Night Live was hosted by J.K. Simmons with musical guest D'Angelo.

Cast

Main

Featured

Cameos by Fred Armisen and Jason Sudeikis, plus a Mike O'Brien picture

Sketches

Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other

Title	Image	Summary
Richard Sherman talk show		Richard Sherman (Jay Pharoah) hosts a talk show with Marshawn Lynch (Kenan Thompson), with guest Pete Carroll (Taran Killam).
Monologue by J.K. Simmons		Simmons parodies his upcoming movie Whiplash by performing a song with Kyle Mooney on drums and Aidy Bryant on keyboards. Simmons replaces Kyle with Pete Davidson, then Leslie Jones, and then Fred Armisen.
Super Bowl activity pack		A housewife (Vanessa Bayer) plugs a pack of activities designed to keep her busy while she waits for her husband (J.K. Simmons) to yell for her to bring something for his Super Bowl party. With Beck Bennett and Bobby Moynihan.
Miss Trash 2015		A Miss-America-esque competition where the trashiest woman wins. With J.K. Simmons as host and Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, and Vanessa Bayer as contestants.
Cinema Classics		Kenan Thompson returns as Reese De'What. With J.K. Simmons and Kate McKinnon.
Teacher Snow Day		Teachers "enjoy" a day off. With J.K. Simmons, Aidy Bryant, Sasheer Zamata, Leslie Jones, and Pete Davidson.
D'Angelo performs
Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che		Cecily Strong returns as The One-Dimensional Female Character From A Male Driven Comedy, and Taran Killam returns as Jebidiah Atkinson.
Pushie		An old man (J.K. Simmons) asks his wife (Aidy Bryant) for help writing a letter in Microsoft Word, because the animated assistant "Pushie" (Bobby Moynihan) is making a mess. (The sketch calls Pushie a replacement for the much-maligned Microsoft Word Paperclip; in reality, the Paperclip had been dropped altogether several years prior.)
A Mike O'Brien Picture: The Jay-Z Story		A Jay-Z biopic with Mike O'Brien as Jay-Z. Also stars Jay Pharoah, Sasheer Zamata as Beyonce, and a cameo by Jason Sudeikis as Kanye West.
D'Angelo performs		The backing band dons "Black Lives Matter" shirts, and routinely make "hands up, don't shoot" and black power gestures throughout, references to the recent deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
Career Day		J.K. Simmons is a parent, explaining his job in the sex industry. With Cecily Strong, Leslie Jones, Bobby Moynihan, and Pete Davidson.
Goodbyes		D'Angelo's singers retain their "Black Lives Matter" shirts. The goodbyes segment goes on for an unusually long time, long beyond the end of the credits.

Preceded by: January 24, 2015	Saturday Night Live episode	Followed by:

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