Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2013–2014
The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced during the thirty-ninth season of SNL, which began on September 28, 2013.
Black Jeopardy!
Kenan Thompson hosts a version of Jeopardy! where the correct responses are stereotypes of lower-class African American speech and thought. The SNL host plays the contestant in the rightmost seat.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | March 29, 2014 | Louis C.K. | Louis C.K. plays a professor of African American Studies. |
| 41 | November 14, 2015 | Elizabeth Banks | |
| 41 | May 16, 2015 | Drake | |
| 42 | October 22, 2016 | Tom Hanks | Tom Hanks plays a Donald Trump supporter. |
Bruce Chandling
Kyle Mooney plays stand-up comedian Bruce Chandling.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | September 28, 2013 | Tina Fey | Bruce Chandling gives his take on new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's first U.N. Speech. |
| 39 | May 17, 2014 | Andy Samberg | Bruce Chandling provides his perspective on summertime fun. |
| 40 | May 16, 2015 | Louis C.K. | Bruce confronts Louie C.K. about stealing his jokes. |
| 41 | November 14, 2015 | Elizabeth Banks | Bruce talks about women and his girlfriend. |
| 42 | October 22, 2016 | Tom Hanks | Bruce talks about Halloween and brings on a fellow Comedian |
Mornin' Miami!
Three surly and unusually-named news anchors of a Miami-based morning news program (played by Kate McKinnon, Bobby Moynihan, and the host) cheerfully record their promos for the week for their off-screen producer (voiced by Vanessa Bayer).
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | October 5, 2013 | Miley Cyrus | Yolanda (Miley Cyrus), Jill, and B.F. seethe in between recordings. |
| 39 | January 18, 2014 | Drake | Trey (Drake), Lena, and B.F. fume over their new sign off. |
An installment of Mornin' Miami! was scheduled to air on May 10, 2014, featuring host Charlize Theron; the sketch was cut from the episode before airing, but was released online.
Miss Meadows (poetry teacher)
Unusually perky poetry teacher Miss Meadows (Vanessa Bayer) visits students and teaches them about the joys of poetry. She reads her eccentric original poems to the group. Students take turns reading their odd original poems with one student (played by the host) using their poems to display their sexual attraction towards Meadows.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | October 5, 2013 | Miley Cyrus | Miss Meadows visits a class while the teacher is at a job interview. |
| 39 | January 18, 2014 | Drake | Miss Meadows visits detention. |
| 40 | November 22, 2014 | Cameron Diaz | Miss Meadows is a substitute teacher |
Shallon
A guest speaker (played by the Host) visits Astoria Elementary School to give a safety presentation, but finds that the loud, brash student Shallon (Nasim Pedrad) twists his lecture into an endorsement of whatever he's warning the children against (such as getting into cars with strangers) while the class' teacher Miss Finley (Kate McKinnon) is away doing something in her car. Shallon's actions would get her classmates (played by Aidy Bryant, John Milhiser, Bobby Moynihan, Kenan Thompson, and Noël Wells) into thinking that what Shallon says is right much to the chagrin of the guest speaker. When Miss Finley returns, the guest speaker leaves and makes a negative comment about the class. Afterwards, Miss Finley gives the children permission to go pursue the activity the guest speaker was attempting to discourage.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | October 26, 2013 | Edward Norton | Shallon convinces the class to get into vans with strangers while undermining the authority of a police officer named Officer Rosen (Edward Norton) to get candy on Halloween. |
| 39 | December 14, 2013 | John Goodman | While Captain Lemkee (John Goodman) of the Irvine Fire Department talks about fire safety on Christmas, Shallon convinces the class to get into the fireplace on Christmas Eve to save Santa Claus from the fire. |
| 39 | April 12, 2014 | Seth Rogen | Shallon convinces the class that they should seek out drug dealers to get crack from them while ignoring the words of D.A.R.E. member Officer Kellogg (Seth Rogen). |
Heshy Farahat
Heshy Farahat (Nasim Pedrad) is a Yemeni motivational speaker who comes to speak at schools and hotels, etc. She often tells personal stories to motivate the audience, using hip thrusts and shooting-gun sound effects controlled by her son (Mike O'Brien).
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | November 2, 2013 | Kerry Washington | Heshy arrives at a school's career week with her son and her assistant Tammy (Kerry Washington). |
| 39 | May 10, 2014 | Charlize Theron | Heshy appears at a hotel to give dating advice, "The Man Plan", with her friend Gail (Charlize Theron). |
Waking up with Kimye
Kanye West (Jay Pharoah) and Kim Kardashian (Nasim Pedrad) host a morning talk show with a typical daytime-talk-show format. Despite Kanye feeding Kim each of her lines to say in extremely obvious ways, she messes up most of them anyway. Kanye appears to be oblivious to Kim's ditziness, seeing her as both beautiful and brilliant. The other Kardashian sisters make giggling nasal-voiced appearances.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | November 16, 2013 | Lady Gaga | Kanye and Kim interview the Apple Store employee (Lady Gaga) who repaired Kim's computer. |
| 39 | December 21, 2013 | Jimmy Fallon | Kim shows off her gingerbread nightclub. Fallon does not appear in the sketch. |
| 39 | May 17, 2014 | Andy Samberg | Kim shows off a drawing of her wedding dress. Samberg plays Kim and Kanyes' wedding planner. |
Jebidiah Atkinson
Jebidiah Atkinson (Taran Killam), a Weekend Update character, is an 1860s newspaper critic who has something negative to say about everything.
The character was inspired by an actual incident: On November 14, 2013, in honor of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, The Patriot-News retracted a scathing review of the address that its predecessor publication, The Patriot & Union, had published on Nov. 24, 1863. Atkinson, ostensibly the author of that review, appeared on Weekend Update to defend his opinion. (The actual author was Oramel Barrett.)[1]
The character has received critical acclaim from multiple reviewers. Mike Ryan of the Huffington Post said he would watch a Jebidiah Atkinson movie.[2] Hitfix's Ryan McGee said that while performing the bit, Killam was on fire, even comparing Atkinson to Bill Hader's beloved Weekend Update character Stefon.[3]
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | November 16, 2013 | Lady Gaga | Jebidiah is critical of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and other political speeches. |
| 39 | December 7, 2013 | Paul Rudd | Jebidiah is critical of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and other Christmas specials and movies. |
| 39 | March 1, 2014 | Jim Parsons | Jebidiah is critical of current and past Best Picture nominees. |
| 39 | May 3, 2014 | Andrew Garfield | Jebidiah is critical of current and past Tony nominees. |
| 40 | January 31, 2015 | J. K. Simmons | Jebidiah is critical of current and past Grammy nominees. |
| 40 | April 4, 2015 | Michael Keaton | Jebidiah is critical of current and past television shows. |
Mr. Patterson (Baby Boss)
Dick Patterson (Beck Bennett) is a businessman who exhibits infantile reflexes. He is described by those who work for him as having "the body of a baby."
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | November 23, 2013 | Josh Hutcherson | Josh Hutcherson plays Mr. Patterson's newly hired assistant.[4] |
| 39 | March 29, 2014 | Louis C.K. | Louis C.K. plays a vice-president of Mr. Patterson's company.[5] |
| 40 | November 22, 2014 | Cameron Diaz | Cameron Diaz plays Mr. Patterson's wife, Nancy. This is the first version of the sketch not to take place in the office. |
| 41 | May 14, 2016 | Drake | Drake plays a White House Representative representing Patterson as a potential third party candidate. Here it is revealed his first name is Dick. |
Animal Hospital (Vet Office)
Nurses (played by Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, and the host) work at a vet hospital and deliver the news of the pet's death to pet owners. The host plays a flamboyant nurse.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | November 23, 2013 | Josh Hutcherson | |
| 40 | September 27, 2014 | Chris Pratt | [6] |
Chris Fitzpatrick
Kyle Mooney plays Chris Fitzpatrick, an alternative high-schooler who makes videos featuring heavy metal music and public domain images of car crashes and buildings being demolished.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | March 29, 2014 | Louis C.K. | Chris Fitzpatrick runs for High School President. |
| 40 | November 22, 2014 | Cameron Diaz | Chris Fitzpatrick fights his high-school bully, Andy Rydell. |
Leslie Jones
Leslie Jones appears as an expert on image and relationship on Weekend Update and flirts with host Colin Jost.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 39 | May 3, 2014 | Andrew Garfield | Leslie appears as an image expert and talks about Lupita Nyong'o being named PEOPLE's Most Beautiful Person. Her jokes about African-American slavery were met with controversy. Jones has since defended them.[7] |
| 40 | September 27, 2014 | Chris Pratt | Leslie appears as a relationship expert and talks about the benefits of being single and her relationship woes. |
| 40 | November 15, 2014 | Woody Harrelson | Leslie appears to give her thoughts about a woman who got arrested after attempting to break into the house of a man she met online and got stuck in a chimney. This was Jones' first appearance as a correspondent since joining the cast of the show a few episodes prior. |
| 40 | December 6, 2014 | James Franco | Leslie appears as a relationship expert who gives her thoughts on 420Singles.com. |
| 40 | March 7, 2015 | Chris Hemsworth | |
| 40 | May 9, 2015 | Reese Witherspoon | Leslie reads love letters she wrote to a guy whom she had a four-year booty call with |
References
- ↑ Micek, John L. (2013-11-19). "Author says it was his cranky great-great grandfather who panned Gettysburg Address". PennLive.com. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ↑ Ryan, Mike (17 November 2013). "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/17/snl-lady-gaga_n_4289022.html". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 March 2014. External link in
|title=(help) - ↑ McGee, Ryan (16 November 2013). Hitfix.com http://www.hitfix.com/monkeys-as-critics/recap-saturday-night-live-nil-lady-gaga.com/monkeys-as-critics/recap-saturday-night-live-nil-lady-gaga. Retrieved 2 March 2014. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Luippold, Ross (November 25, 2013). "'SNL': Beck Bennett Is A CEO With The Body Of A Baby". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ McGlynn, Katla (March 31, 2014). "The Boss With The Body Of A Baby Returns To 'SNL' To Throw Cake At Louis C.K.'s Face". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ Mancuso, Vinnie (September 29, 2014). "'Saturday Night Live' Season 40 Premiere: The Good, the Bad and the Grande". New York Observer. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ↑ Bacle, Ariana (May 5, 2014). "'Saturday Night Live' writer Leslie Jones responds to criticism of slavery standup -- VIDEO". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 2, 2014.