Saturday Night Live (1975)
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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30x01 Ben Affleck/Nelly
03 October, 2004 7:30 am
Live From New York (and opening the 30th season of SNL), it's...Chris Parnell
Sketches include ""First Presidential Debate 2004,"" ""Dr. Porkenheimer's Boner Juice,"" ""Debbie Downer,"" ""Swift Veterans for Truth,"" ""Kerry Campaign Stop,"" ""The Escalator,"" ""Obnoxious Wedding DJ,"" and ""Kitty Kelley's 'The Family.'""
Nelly performs: ""My Place"" and ""Na-Nana-Na""
The Dr. Porkenheimer fake commercial is not shown in the 11/27/04 NBC rerun.
30x02 Queen Latifah
10 October, 2004 7:30 am
Live From New York, it's...Will Forte
Sketches include: Second Presidential Debate, Short 'n Curly Pubic Shampoo, The Prince Show, Excedrin Racial Tension, Vice Presidential Debate, Basketball Recruits, TV Funhouse: The X-Presidents, Rodney Dangerfield Goes To Heaven, Starkisha Gets Political, and Zings vs. Snaps
The host (also the musical guest) sings: ""The Same Love That Made Me Laugh"" and ""Hard Times""
30x03 Jude Law/Ashlee Simpson
24 October, 2004 7:30 am
Live From New York, it's...Darrell Hammond
Sketches include ""Hardball"", ""Sky Captain Filming"", ""Dyson Toilets"", ""The Ninth Presidential Debate"", ""Paris Hilton Apologizes"", ""President Bush and Tony Blair"", ""Apprentice Halloween Episode Commercial Taping"", ""Jane Eyre"", ""Bear City: The Fender Bender"", ""The Adventures of Peter O'Toole and Michael Caine"", and ""Bear City: Getting Fired"".
Ashlee Simpson sings ""Pieces of Me"" (refer to Notes to see what happened to her on her second performance).
30x04 Kate Winslet/Eminem
31 October, 2004 6:30 am
Live From New York, it's...Jim Downey translating for Seth Meyers
Sketches include: NBC Special Report, Rap Night, Mrs. Dr. Frankenstein, TV Funhouse: John McCain's Speech, Clinton and Kerry, Kaitlin at the Mall, Goodwin Wig and Toy, and Election Map Colors
Eminem performs: ""Mosh"" and ""Just Lose It""
30x05 Liam Neeson/Modest Mouse
14 November, 2004 7:30 am
Live From New York, it's...Will Forte
Sketches include: Kerry at the Beach, Star Jones' Wedding Night, You Call This A House Do Ya?, Dr. Porkenheimer's Boner Juice (repeat from the Ben Affleck/Nelly episode with slight edit*). The Giant Parrot, Wake Up San Diego, Appalachian Emergency Room, and The Drug Sniffing Dog.
Modest Mouse performs: ""Float On"" and ""Ocean Breathes Salty""
*The Dr. Porkenheimer commercial repeats in this episode, but the ending where it shows Rob Riggle with an exaggerated erection (covered by the bedsheets) is replaced with a scene where Poehler and Riggle are hugging.
30x06 Luke Wilson/U2
21 November, 2004 7:30 am
Live From New York, it's...Will Forte
Sketches Include: ""White House Apprentice"", ""Debbie Downer"", ""American Trainwreck Awards"", ""TV Funhouse: George W. Bush's Homocranial Machine"", ""Feeding Buddies"", ""Coolest Teacher At Benton Township High School"", ""The Falconer"", and ""Drunk Businessmen.""
U2 performs: ""Vertigo"", ""Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own"", ""I Will Follow"", and a fourth song that wasn't broadcast because of time constriants.
30x07 Colin Farrell/Scissor Sisters
12 December, 2004 7:30 am
Sketches include: Donald Rumsfeld Speaks To Soldiers, Turlington's Lower Back Tattoo Remover (rerun from Lindsay Lohan/Usher episode), Big Roach Problem, Horny Airport Security Officer, Show Biz Grande Explosion, Key Party, The Window Cleaner, and Merv The Perv.
Scissor Sisters sing: ""Take Your Mama"" and a cover of Pink Floyd's ""Comfortably Numb""
30x08 Robert DeNiro/Destiny's Child
19 December, 2004 7:30 am
Sketches include: ""C-SPAN Terrorist Alert,"" ""Woomba,"" ""Pranksters,"" ""A 'Blue' Christmas"" (cartoon), ""The Undercover Cop,"" ""Prince Christmas Special,"" ""Apprentice Christmas Promo,"" ""Bear City: The Carolers,"" ""Christmas With The Cat Lady,"" and Horatio sings with The Muppets.
Destiny's Child performed ""Soldier"" and ""Cater 2 U.""
30x09 Topher Grace/The Killers
16 January, 2005 7:30 am
Live From New York, it's...Darrell Hammond
Sketches include: CNN Press Conference, Trucker Talk, Beaver Ranch Brothel, Hardball, Black Paramedics, Noony and Nuni, and The Not So Great Adventures of the Down and Out Dollar
30x10 Paul Giamatti/Ludacris & Sum 41
23 January, 2005 7:30 am
Live From New York, it's...Tina Fey and Amy Poehler!
Sketches include: ""The Bush Twins"", ""Condelezza Rice's Hearing"", ""Gaystrogen"" (from season 29), ""Paul Giamatti's Limo Driver"", ""Kaitlin's Karaoke Machine"", ""TVLand: The Lundsford Twins Feel Good Variety Hour"", ""Andy at Reinhold Investments"", ""Spy Glass"", and ""Giant Cat.""
Ludacris and Sum 41 perform ""Get Back""; Ludacris performs ""Number One Spot.""
30x11 Paris Hilton/Keane
06 February, 2005 7:30 am
Live from New York, it's...Rachel Dratch
Sketches include: American Idol, CheapKids.Net Ad 1, Versace Skiing, Starkisha and Portia at the Purse Shop, CheapKids.Net Ad 2, Exclusive Connections, Donald Trump's New Wife, Merv The Perv, CheapKids.Net Ad 3, Rafael Alonzo's I.T.F. Technical Computer Institute, Inside Barbie Dreamhouse, The Bar, and Bear City: Cigarette Shopping
Keane performs: ""Somewhere Only We Know"" and ""Everybody's Changing""
30x12 Jason Bateman/Kelly Clarkson
13 February, 2005 7:30 am
Live from New York, it's... Horatio Sanz
Sketches include ""Kim Jong Il,"" ""me-Harmony.com,"" ""Monkeys Throwing Poop at Celebrities,"" ""Black History Month,"" ""The Best of TT and Mario,"" ""Subway Beggers,"" ""Gays in Space,"" ""Gibson Studios,"" ""Rap Night with Chubb Hotty,"" and ""Public Speech Class.""
30x13 Hilary Swank/50 Cent
20 February, 2005 7:30 am
Live from New York, it's... Amy Poehler!
Sketches include ""Neverland Ranch,"" ""Grayson-Moorhead Investments,"" ""Sheila Choad's LA Face,"" ""Hot Plates,"" ""Debbie Downer at the Oscars,"" ""Seasons of Love,"" ""City Court with Aaron Neville,"" ""After the Grammys,"" and ""Project Runway.""
50 Cent (featuring Olivia) performed ""Candy Shop"" and later performed ""Disco Inferno.""
30x14 David Spade/Jack Johnson
13 March, 2005 7:30 am
Live from New York (and back to host), it's...David Spade in drag!
Sketches include: CNN: The Return of Martha Stewart, Nuni and Noony, Deaf Judge/Idiot Doctor, David Spade's Stunt Double, Woomba (repeat from the Robert De Niro/Destiny's Child episode), Sherman Oaks Holding Cell, Sean Penn's Celebrity Roast, The UPS Delivery Man, Jingle Singers Reunion, Bear City: The Handicapped Bathroom Stall, and Dirt Ball and Burnout Convention
Jack Johnson performs: ""Sitting, Waiting, Wishing"" and ""Mudfootball"" (with G. Love)
30x15 Ashton Kutcher/Gwen Stefani
20 March, 2005 7:30 am
Live From New York, it's...Darrell Hammond
Sketches include: Hardball, meharmony.com (repeat from the Jason Bateman/Kelly Clarkson episode), Oprah, The Push-Up Contest, Kevin Federline, Gays In Space, Guest Preacher, Action News 13, and Nebulzitol
Gwen Stefani (with Eve) performs ""Rich Girl"" and ""Holla Back Girl""
30x16 Cameron Diaz/Green Day
10 April, 2005 7:30 am
Sketches include ""Papal Debate '05,"" ""Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,"" ""Michael Jackson"" (cartoon), ""The Barry Gibb Talk Show,"" ""One-Star Hotel,"" ""Woo! The Musical,"" ""Sofa Warehouse,"" and ""Spy Glass.""
Green Day performed ""Boulevard of Broken Dreams"" and ""Holiday.""
30x17 Tom Brady/Beck
17 April, 2005 7:30 am
Live from New York, it's...Chris Parnell
Sketches include: A Message From Tom DeLay, Dr. Porkenheimer's Boner Juice (re-edited and using the alternate ending from the Liam Neeson/Modest Mouse episode), The Bad Thrower, The Falconer, Tom Brady's Falafel House, Behind The Music: The Super Bowl Shuffle, Dr. Phil, and Backstage SNL: The Quarterbacks
30x18 Johnny Knoxville/System of a Down
08 May, 2005 7:30 am
Live From New York, it's...Paula Abdul
Sketches include: ""Primetime Live: The American Idol Scandal,"" ""Sally & Dan Harrison: The Couple That Should Be Divorced,"" ""Donald Trump's Domino's Ad,"" ""Versace Mother's Day,"" ""Channel 5 Late Night Movie,"" ""Mother's Day Brunch,"" ""Helping Hands Telethon,"" ""Merv the Perv,"" ""Action News,"" ""Bear City"" (film), and ""You Might Be A Gay Redneck If...""
System of a Down perform: ""B.Y.O.B"" and ""Aerials""
30x19 Will Ferrell/Queens of the Stone Age
15 May, 2005 7:30 am
Sketches include ""Will Backstage,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""Oracle Conclave,"" ""Going 2 C Movies,"" and ""Luxury Spy.""
30x20 Lindsay Lohan/Coldplay
22 May, 2005 7:30 am
Live From New York, It's... Darrell Hammond (yet again)
Sketches include ""Hardball,"" ""America's Next Top Model,"" ""Monster-In-Law Screening,"" ""The Prince Show,"" ""Little Italy,"" ""The Ride Home,"" and ""Bear City"" (film).
Coldplay performed ""Speed of Sound"" and ""Fix You.""
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