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 October 5, 2013
 Season 39 episode
Miley Cyrus 39
Miley music 39
 Episode 747
 Season Episode 2
 Host Miley Cyrus
 Musical Guest(s) Miley Cyrus
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"Wrecking Ball"
"We Can't Stop"
Previous Episode
September 28, 2013
Next Episode
October 12, 2013

The 2nd episode of Season 39 and the 747th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 5, 2013, hosted by pop sensation Miley Cyrus, who was also served as the musical guest and performed "Wrecking Ball" and an acoustic version of "We Can't Stop." This is Miley Cyrus' 2nd hosting stint and her first time as the musical guest on SNL.

Miley Cyrus’ goodnights speech is "Thank You Guys So Much Thanks To Everybody at SNL for Having Me This Week, It Was Awesome. Goodnight, Everybody".

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featured Players[]

Sketches and Music Performances[]

  • VMAs Backstage (Cold Opening)
  • 50 Shades of Grey Auditions (Pretaped)
  • Girlfriends Talk Show (Show)
  • We Did Stop (Film/Music Video)
  • Piers Morgan Live (Show)
  • Cheer Squad (Skit)
  • Mornin' Miami (Sketch)
  • Poetry Class (Sketch)
  • Miley Sex Tape (Pretaped Sketch)

Cast[]

  • VMAs Backstage Cold Open
  • In a bleak version of the future, Papa Joe (Kenan Thompson) explains to the girl (Noël Wells) points to Miley Cyrus' behavior at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards as the moment civilization spiraled out.
  • Opening Monologue
  • Returning to SNL to making her second hosting stint, pop sensation Miley Cyrus promises there will be no twerking and kills a sketch about a wrecking ball.
  • 50 Shades of Grey Auditions
  • Odd celebrity pairings audition for the roles of Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele in the film 50 Shades of Grey.
  • Girlfriends Talk Show
  • On this episode of Girlfriends Talk Show, Morgan (Aidy Bryant) is threatened anew when her best friend and co-host Kyra (Cecily Strong) welcomes new best friend Tara (Miley Cyrus) to the topic couch.
  • We Did Stop
  • John Boehner (Taran Killam) and Michele Bachmann (Miley Cyrus) star in a political spoof of Miley Cyrus' latest music video, "We Can't Stop".
  • Piers Morgan Live
  • Arianna Huffington (Nasim Pedrad) gives Piers Morgan (Taran Killam) the rundown on a series of Hillary Clinton televised biopics.
  • Miley Cyrus performs "Wrecking Ball". Kenan Thompson introduces Miley Cyrus' first performance.
  • Weekend Update
  • Cheer Squad
    • Miley Cyrus as Amber
    • Vanessa Bayer as Debbie
    • Aidy Bryant as Ashley
    • Taran Killam as Phil
    • Kate McKinnon as Dakota Flanning
    • Nasim Pedrad as the girl
    • Cecily Strong as Charla
    • Kenan Thompson as Zorbon Valtrax
    • Noël Wells as Toni
  • Cheerleading practice is interrupted by a space alien (Kenan Thompson) who wants to take the Earth's moon.
  • Mornin' Miami
    • Miley Cyrus as Yolanda Natalie Portman
    • Vanessa Bayer as the director
    • Kate McKinnon as Jill Amockingbird
    • Bobby Moynihan as Bitch Fantastic
  • Morning anchors (Miley Cyrus, Bobby Moynihan and Kate McKinnon) seethe at the thought of having to peppily tape the week's promo spots.
  • Miley Cyrus performs an acoustic version of "We Can't Stop". Seth Meyers introduces Miley Cyrus' second performance.
  • Poetry Class
    • Miley Cyrus as one of the students
    • Vanessa Bayer as Ms. Meadows
    • Aidy Bryant as one of the students
    • John Milhiser as one of the students
    • Michael Patrick O'Brien as the teacher
    • Jay Pharoah as one of the students
    • Kenan Thompson as one of the students
    • Noël Wells as one of the students
    • Brooks Wheelan as one of the students
  • Poetry specialist Miss Meadows (Vanessa Bayer) remains enthusiastic while teaching her craft to high schoolers who just don't give a damn about poetry.
  • Miley Sex Tape
    • Miley Cyrus
    • Beck Bennett
    • Taran Killam as Ricky
    • Kyle Mooney
    • Bobby Moynihan
  • Kyle Monney is distraught at the thought that Miley Cyrus wants to have anything goes sex with him in his office and asks Bobby Moynihan and Beck Bennett for advice.
  • Goodnights: Miley Cyrus thanked everybody at SNL for having her this week, it was awesome.

Notes/Trivia[]

  • On the Apple TV version, the cheers and applause track from the montage is used. On other versions, the cheers and applause track from the studio is used. On the versions except Apple TV, after writing supervised by, the I love ny, copyright notice and logos appear.
  • The episode was delayed by 22 minutes, airing at 11:57pm, instead of 11:35pm.
  • There were two technical problems:
    • During Weekend Update, Kate McKinnon's chair was stuck in the down position, leaving her at chest-level with the desk. While delivering her lines, she pulled herself onto the desk and sat on the arm of the chair.
    • During the "Cheer Squad" sketch, the video cable failed on the live camera, causing the video to flicker and cut to a green blank. The shot hurriedly switched to a second camera, but doing so revealed a stagehand who was on set to hook up the harnesses that would lift two of the actresses. He was forced to scurry offstage. Repeats of the episode use the dress rehearsal performance.
  • The "We Did Stop" filmed sketch is a parody of the music video of Miley Cyrus' song, "We Can't Stop."
  • This marked the first appearance of "Poetry Class" sketch.
  • Starting with this episode, John Solomon (who had been writing for the show since 2006) is named a writing supervisors, starting with this episode.

Credits[]

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: LORNE MICHAELS

PRODUCED BY: STEVE HIGGINS, ERIK KENWARD

DIRECTED BY: DON ROY KING

HEAD WRITERS: COLIN JOST, SETH MEYERS, ROB KLEIN

WRITTEN BY: JAMES ANDERSON, MICHAEL CHE, MIKEY DAY, STEVE HIGGINS, ZACH KANIN, ERIK KENWARD, LORNE MICHAELS, CLAIRE MULANEY, JOSH PATTEN, TIM ROBINSON, SARAH SCHNEIDER, PETE SCHULTZ, KENT SUBLETTE

WRITING SUPERVISED BY: BRYAN TUCKER, MARIKA SAWYER, JOHN SOLOMON

SUPERVISING PRODUCER: KEN AYMONG

FILM PRODUCER: RHYS THOMAS

WEEKEND UPDATE SUPERVISING PRODUCER: ALEX BAZE

WEEKEND UPDATE PRODUCER: PETE SCHULTZ

PRODUCTION DESIGNERS: EUGENE LEE, AKIRA YOSHIMURA, KEITH IAN RAYWOOD, JOSEPH LYNN, BLAKE ROSENBERG

LIGHTNING DESIGNER: PHIL HYMES

MUSICAL DIRECTORS: LENNY PICKETT, LEON PENDARVIS

SKETCH MUSIC ADAPTATION: HAL WILLNER

COORDINATING PRODUCER: STACY FOSTER

CO-PRODUCERS: BRIAN SIEDLECKI, NICHOLAS MALLARDI, DINA MOLES, ADAM NICELY

DIGITAL PRODUCER: RACHEL LYNN

PHOTOGRAPHER: MARY ELLEN MATTHEWS

GRAPHICS: TARA DONNELLY, ROBERT SAMARTINO, DOUG ZIDER, BILL AFFATIGATO, EDMOND HAWKINS

EVS: ED HINCH, PAUL SCRABO

PRODUCTION STAFF: LINDSEY ARENBERG, SONIA ATANACIO, LINDSEY CHARLES, JOSH PATTEN, KATIE RICH, TIM ROBINSON, SARAH SCHNEIDER, PETE SCHULTZ, KENT SUBLETTE

ANNOUNCER: DON PARDO

Preceded by:
September 28, 2013
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
October 12, 2013
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