November 22, 2014 Season 40 episode
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| Episode | 773 |
| Season Episode | 7 |
| Host | Cameron Diaz |
| Musical Guest(s) | Mark Ronson Bruno Mars |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Uptown Funk" "Feel Right" |
| Previous Episode November 15, 2014 |
Next Episode December 6, 2014 |
The 7th episode of Season 40 and the 773rd episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on November 22, 2014, hosted by the actress Cameron Diaz, star of the DreamWorks Animation Shrek franchise, as well as the hit films, Charlie's Angels and its 2003 sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Being John Malkovich, What to Expect When You're Expecting, In Her Shoes, The Holiday, Bad Teacher, The Other Woman, Sex Tape, There's Something About Mary, What to Expect When You're Expecting, The Other Woman, Any Given Sunday, Sex Tape, and Annie, with musical guests Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars. This is Cameron Diaz's 4th time as host and her first appearance in 15 years, 7 months, and 10 days. She last hosted SNL on April 9, 2005, the sixteenth episode of SNL's 30th season, with musical guest Green Day, a rock band.
This is also Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars' first-time and third respective musical guest stints on SNL.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Schoolhouse Rock Cold Open | A remake of the 1970s Schoolhouse Rock short "Just a Bill", where President Obama (Jay Pharoah) explains executive orders. With Kyle Mooney as the kid, Kenan Thompson as the Bill, and Bobby Moynihan as the Executive Orders. | |
| Monologue by Cameron Diaz | Returning to host SNL for the fourth time and her first appearance in 15 years, 7 months, and 10 days, actress Cameron Diaz takes questions from the audience. With Kyle Mooney, Leslie Jones, Vanessa Bayer, Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant and Bobby Moynihan. | |
| Back Home Ballers | An extension of season 39's "Twin Bed", the women of the cast rap about staying with their parents on Thanksgiving. With Cameron Diaz, Kate McKinnon, Vanessa Bayer, Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, Sasheer Zamata, and Leslie Jones. | |
| Black Orphan Annie | Jamie Foxx (Jay Pharoah) decides to adopt Black Orphan Annie (Leslie Jones) rather than the white Little Orphan Annie (Vanessa Bayer). With Cameron Diaz, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, and Aidy Bryant, plus Kenan Thompson singing a parody of Ram Jam's "Black Betty". | |
| Nest-Spresso | A commercial for an egg-incubating device, with Vanessa Bayer, Kate McKinnon, and Taran Killam. | |
| High School Theater Show | A Tuesday-afternoon school play turns out to be an experimental/postmodern mess. With Cameron Diaz, Kyle Mooney, Beck Bennett, Aidy Bryant, and Kate McKinnon as performers, and Vanessa Bayer and Kenan Thompson as audience members. | |
| Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars performs "Uptown Funk" | Mark Ronson is in the group of backing vocalists. | |
| Weekend Update with Colin Jost and Michael Che | With German Chancellor Angela Merkel (Kate McKinnon) and Charles Manson and his new bride (Taran Killam and Cecily Strong). | |
| Baby Boss | Return of Beck Bennett's character from season 39. With Cameron Diaz, Kenan Thompson, and Sasheer Zamata. | |
| Dr. Dave and Buggles' Animal Hour | The host of a show about animals Dr. Dave (Kenan Thompson) is less-than-enthusiastic after having his genitalia torn from his body by a monkey the previous week. With Cameron Diaz and Jay Pharoah. | |
| Fighting Andy Rydell | A VHS-quality short film starring Beck Bennet and Kyle Mooney. Also featured Cameron Diaz and Pete Davidson. | |
| Poetry Class | Vanessa Bayer returns as her recurring character, who brings a guest (Cameron Diaz) that reads an inappropriate poem to a class full of students. With Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, and Kenan Thompson. | |
| Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson and Mystikal performs "Feel Right" | Bruno Mars is in the group of backing vocalists. | |
| Night Rumors | An advertisement for a phone sex line, where the women insinuate, they will pressure callers for favors outside of the phone-sex business. With Cameron Diaz, Cecily Strong, and Kate McKinnon. | |
| Goodnights | Cameron Diaz thanked Bruno Mars, Mark Ronson, Mystikal and everyone at SNL for having her back, she had so much fun. |
Trivia[]
- A memorial picture of Mike Nichols, who died of a heart attack three days before, was shown after the end of "High School Theater Show" sketch.
- Starting with this episode, writer Dennis McNicholas (who previously wrote for the show from 1995 to 2004; and was head writer four the last four seasons of his first stint there), returns to the writing staff, but mainly as a writer for Weekend Update.
| Preceded by: November 15, 2014 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 6, 2014 |