October 29, 2005 Season 31 episode
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| Episode | 589 |
| Season Episode | 4 |
| Host | Lance Armstrong |
| Musical Guest(s) | Sheryl Crow |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Good Is Good" "Strong Enough" |
| Previous Episode October 22, 2005 |
Next Episode November 12, 2005 |
The 589th episode and 4th episode of Saturday Night Live's 31st season premiered on October 29, 2005, hosted by former professional road racing cyclist Lance Armstrong and the musical guest was Sheryl Crow, a country singer-songwriter, who performed "Good Is Good" and "Strong Enough" and also appeared in two sketches: the Harmonies sketch and the Lance's Song sketch, both as herself. She also appeared in the opening monologue. This was Lance Armstrong's only time hosting and Sheryl Crow made her 3rd musical guest appearance on SNL.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Fred Armisen
- Rachel Dratch
- Tina Fey
- Will Forte
- Darrell Hammond
- Seth Meyers
- Finesse Mitchell
- Chris Parnell
- Amy Poehler
- Maya Rudolph
- Horatio Sanz
- Kenan Thompson
Featured Players[]
Sketches and Music Performances[]
- A Message From the Vice President (Cold Opening)
- Celebrity Iron Man (Show)
- Fire Alert 3000 (Commercial)
- Harmonies
- The O'Reilly Factor (Show)
- Lance's Song
- Trump's Cameo
- Carol
- Noisy Sidekick
Cast[]
- A Message From the Vice President
- Fred Armisen as Firefighter
- Darrell Hammond as Dick Cheney
- Opening Monologue
- Lance Armstrong
- Sheryl Crow
- Fred Armisen as Audience Member
- Liz Cackowski as Audience Member
- Will Forte as Cyclist
- Bill Hader as Cyclist
- Andy Samberg as Cyclist
- J.B. Smoove as Terell
- Jason Sudeikis as George
- Celebrity Iron Man
- Lance Armstrong
- Fred Armisen as Runner
- Bill Hader as Runner
- Seth Meyers as Donnie Brantley
- Finesse Mitchell as Stephen A. Smith
- Chris Parnell as Bill Perry
- Andy Samberg as Runner
- Horatio Sanz as Runner
- Jason Sudeikis as Runner
- Fire Alert 3000
- Fred Armisen as Officer Peter Venelli
- Rachel Dratch as Wife
- Will Forte as Husband
- Steve Higgins as the announcer (voice only)
- Finesse Mitchell as Ed Lover
- Chris Parnell as Spencer Mason
- Amy Poehler as Wife
- Horatio Sanz as Husband
- Jason Sudeikis as Husband
- Kenan Thompson as Doctor Dre
- Harmonies
- Lance Armstrong as Ranger
- Sheryl Crow
- Rachel Dratch as Amy Ray
- Amy Poehler as Emily Sailers
- The O'Reilly Factor
- Lance Armstrong as Sean Boyland
- Fred Armisen as Charles Schumer
- Darrell Hammond as Bill O'Reilly
- Steve Higgins as the announcer (voice only)
- Chris Parnell as Robert Bork
- Sheryl Crow performed "Good is Good"
- Weekend Update
- Tina Fey
- Amy Poehler
- Rachel Dratch as Harriet Miers
- Will Forte as George W. Bush (voice only)
- Finesse Mitchell
- Scott Podsednik
- Kenan Thompson as Mrs. Butterworth
- Lance's Song
- Lance Armstrong
- Sheryl Crow
- Fred Armisen as Gregorio
- Bill Hader as Hector
- Trump's Cameo
- Darrell Hammond as Donald Trump
- Seth Meyers as Director
- Amy Poehler as Arianne Zuker
- Carol
- Lance Armstrong as Dylan
- Amy Poehler as Amanda
- Jason Sudeikis as Jim
- Horatio Sanz as Carol
- Sheryl Crow performed "Strong Enoguh"
- Noisy Sidekick
- Lance Armstrong as Gordon
- Will Forte as Marty
- Horatio Sanz as Mr. Franco
- Goodnights: Lance Armstrong thanked everyone for hanging out with them, Sheryl Crow, Scott Podsednik, the entire cast and crew and Lorne Michaels, this is amazing week.
Trivia[]
- Maya Rudolph does not appear in this episode due to being on maternity leave, she is still credited, however.
- Chris Parnell returns with this episode.
- Chicago White Sox outfielder Scott Podsednik made a guest appearance on Weekend Update shortly after his team swept the Houston Astros in the 2005 World Series.
- This is the 5th and final appearance of Terrell.
- This is the 1st appearance of Carol.
| Preceded by: October 22, 2005 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 12, 2005 |