” Saturday Night Live” was more reflective than joyful in the last episode of its 50th season.
Scarlett Johansson, who set a record for a female with her seventh look as host, utilized her monologue to lead the majority of the present cast of the NBC sketch organization in a tune sung to the tune of Billy Joel’s “Piano Guy.”
The efficiency reflected on an eventful year that consisted of an election, a legendary anniversary unique and a star-studded performance.
” Sing us a tune, it’s your monologue, the 50th season is through,” Johansson sang, together with Bowen Yang, Ego Nwodim, Mikey Day, Heidi Gardner and others. “It’s long lasting permanently, we did it together, and we got to invest it with you.”
Johansson teased, then reclaimed, a visitor look that would have remained in keeping with the season’s excess of visitor stars.
” Ladies and gentlemen, Billy Joel!” she yelled, before including, “composed this tune.”
No post-season cast departures have actually been revealed, so no psychological goodbyes were needed, however Johansson and the cast joked in the tune that Sarah Sherman would be gone.
” It’s been an excellent season and Sarah is leaving, we’re all gon na miss you next year!” they sang. A shocked Sherman responded, “Wait, what? Did you guys hear something?”
Johansson’s other half, Colin Jost, is an author on the program and anchor of the “Weekend Update” section.
Jost and co-anchor Michael Che went back to their yearly season-finale custom of composing and being required to provide hugely improper jokes for each other.
Johansson is the topic of a number of the Che-written jokes, so this year Jost forced Che to bring her out and excuse when comparing part of her body to “Costco roast beef.”
The 50th season brought much media conversation of who may run the program needs to 80-year-old developer Lorne Michaels ever step down.
Some have actually recommended Jost may change Michaels and Che required Jost to deal with the problem with among the jokes composed for him.
” It’s SNL’s 50th season, so I wish to take a minute to state something to our manager,” Jost stated. “Lorne, retire, bitch! let me run the program.”
Jost likewise appeared in a pre-recorded, behind-the-scenes bit where Johansson has torrid sex with Yang after she admits to Nwodim and Gardner that she has a crush on him, and discovers he has actually just been openly pretending to be gay “for the influence.”
Johansson has her heart broken when she finds out Yang likewise has actually been talking to Nwodim, Gardner and visitor star Emily Ratajkowski.
In another behind-the-scenes digital brief made by the 3 members of funny group Please Do not Ruin, Johansson deals with the trio to a superior flight that ends up being a luxe hip-hop video till the males panic when they discover they are landing at the distressed airport of Newark, New Jersey.
Musical visitor Bad Bunny looks like an air traffic controller, working alone on his very first day.
As in almost every episode of this season, James Austin Johnson did his impression of President Donald Trump in the cold open section, which had him “discovering love” with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Johnson’s Trump broke the 4th wall and strolled into the audience at the end of the bit.
” It’s the ‘SNL’ ending, season 50– worst one yet!” he stated. “See you once again in the fall if we still have a nation. It’s a coin toss.”