The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced during the forty-third season of SNL, which began on September 30, 2017.
Marketing Campaign
A woman (Cecily Strong) and her significant other, played by the host, react angrily when they realize that their favorite restaurant is instead just the new campaign for a fast food restaurant.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | September 30, 2017 | Ryan Gosling | Terrezano's is revealed to be a set up for the new Pizza Hut campaign. |
| 44 | September 29, 2018 | Adam Driver | Domenico's is revealed to be a set up for the new Burger King campaign. |
Angel, Every Boxer's Girlfriend from Every Movie About Boxing Ever
Heidi Gardner plays Angel, a stereotypical girlfriend of a boxer, who appears on Weekend Update to give their "Good News Report". Angel will tell Michael Che that she is upset her boyfriend is "fighting again" and then expresses frustration with each piece of good news Michael asks her to comment on, such as a rise in holiday spending or the Royal Wedding. Her sketches occasionally make mention of the Boston area, such as her sister's address being "555 Whitey Bulger Way." Angel's catchphrase is "I'm taking the kids to my sisters", said as an ultimatum if her boyfriend fights again or if something else angering her does not go her way.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | November 4, 2017 | Larry David | |
| 43 | April 7, 2018 | Chadwick Boseman | |
| 44 | December 15, 2018 | Matt Damon | Damon appears as Tommy Ray Donovan, Angel's boyfriend. |
| 48 | January 28, 2023 | Michael B. Jordan | Jordan appears as Adonis Creed |
Fresh Takes
A high school live news show hosted by three students and one teacher, played by the host. The teacher is disturbingly up-to-date on all the teenage gossip.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | November 4, 2017 | Larry David | |
| 44 | February 16, 2019 | Don Cheadle | |
Lazlo Holmes
Lazlo Holmes (Chance the Rapper), a basketball correspondent, is forced to cover games that he doesn't have knowledge about.
In addition to the SNL sketches, Chance the Rapper also plays Holmes in web-exclusive interviews of hockey players on the official NHL YouTube channel.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | November 18, 2017 | Chance the Rapper | Lazlo covers a hockey game. |
| 45 | October 26, 2019 | Chance the Rapper | Lazlo covers a League of Legends gaming tournament. |
Sexual Harassment Charlie
At an office, a worker (played by the host) is being fired and insulted by their co-workers for allegedly inappropriate remarks, but Charlie (Kenan Thompson) is beloved by office workers, despite consistently saying extremely over-the-top comments.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | December 9, 2017 | James Franco | |
| 45 | December 14, 2019 | Scarlett Johansson |
Cousin Mandy
An off-kilter woman, Mandy (Heidi Gardner), reunites with her famous cousins.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | December 9, 2017 | James Franco | Mandy attends a reunion with James and Dave Franco. |
| 45 | April 25, 2020 | Brad Pitt | Mandy talks to her cousin Paul Rudd over FaceTime. |
Science Room
A vintage PBS science show where the host Mr. Science, played every time by the host(s), try to explain science in front of two not very intelligent kids, Lonnie (Cecily Strong) and Josh (Mikey Day), but each time they fail, even because of Josh's complete ignorance and Lonnie's snodate use of sexual and inappropriate references, mostly coming from his sister.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | January 13, 2018 | Sam Rockwell | Rockwell infamously dropped the F-bomb during this sketch. |
| 45 | January 25, 2020 | Adam Driver | |
| 47 | October 23, 2021 | Jason Sudeikis | Melissa Villaseñor and Kyle Mooney appear as Lonnie and Josh's parents, respectively. |
| 48 | December 10, 2022 | Steve Martin and Martin Short | This marked the final sketch appearance, as Strong left the show following the December 17, 2022 episode. |
Dog Head Man
A scientist (played by Mikey Day)'s latest cutting-edge project, a dog's head on a human body, confuses investors.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | January 13, 2018 | Sam Rockwell | |
| 47 | November 20, 2021 | Simu Liu |
Bailey Gismert
Teenage film critic Bailey Gismert (Heidi Gardner) reviews movies on Weekend Update. She is extremely ditzy and overemotional, and she tends to harbor nonsensical crushes on inappropriate movie characters (such as Pikachu) under the impression that they are real people.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | January 27, 2018 | Will Ferrell | [1] |
| 43 | May 12, 2018 | Amy Schumer | [2] |
| 44 | May 11, 2019 | Emma Thompson | [3] |
| 45 | October 12, 2019 | David Harbour | [4] |
| 45 | April 11, 2020 | Tom Hanks | [5] |
| 46 | December 5, 2020 | Jason Bateman | [6] |
Dinner Discussion
A group of friends (Kenan Thompson, Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Beck Bennett and the host) eating at a restaurant overreact when a woman (played by Heidi Gardner) brings up a divisive political topic.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | January 27, 2018 | Will Ferrell | |
| 47 | February 26, 2022 | John Mulaney |
Big Nick's
A man, initially played by Pete Davidson, and later by Andrew Dismukes, while accompanied by his friend (Chris Redd), asks business owner Big Nick (John Mulaney) to do something that is socially frowned upon. As a consequence, an ensemble, including both humans and anthropomorphic objects, join Big Nick in singing versions of songs from musicals.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | April 14, 2018 | John Mulaney | Davidson's character asks for lobster in Big Nick's diner. The ensemble, including Kenan Thompson and Kate McKinnon as singing lobsters, perform versions of songs from Les Miserables. This sketch was originally written for Zach Galifianakis' episode in Season 35, but never made it to the air, nor was it cut for time.[7] |
| 44 | March 2, 2019 | John Mulaney | Davidson's character asks to use the bathroom in Big Nick's bodega. Mulaney plays the bodega's owner. The ensemble, including Kenan Thompson as a cat version of Willy Wonka, Melissa Villaseñor and Cecily Strong as cockroaches, Kate McKinnon as a Virgin Mary prayer candle, Mikey Day, Aidy Bryant and Kyle Mooney as Sour Patch Kids dressed like Oompa Loompas, and Alex Moffat as a guy watching TV, perform versions of songs from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Cats, and Rent. Beck Bennett voices a toilet inspired by Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors. |
| 45 | February 29, 2020 | John Mulaney | Davidson's character asks to buy sushi at Big Nick's store at LaGuardia Airport. The ensemble, including Kenan Thompson as a bird version of the Phantom of the Opera, Cecily Strong as a sushi chef, Alex Moffat as a rat, Chloe Fineman as an air-hostess, Kate McKinnon as "Auntie Orphan Annie," Beck Bennett as a baby, Jake Gyllenhaal as "Guy Who Travels in Pajamas," Mikey Day as a gate agent, Bowen Yang as "profiled Asian," and David Byrne as a baggage handler, perform versions of songs from Phantom of the Opera, West Side Story, Annie, Wicked, Little Shop of Horrors, and Talking Heads' "Road to Nowhere".[8][9] |
| 46 | October 31, 2020 | John Mulaney | Davidson's character asks to buy a pair of I ❤ NY underpants from Big Nick's Souvenirs shop during the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 United States presidential election. The ensemble, including Kenan Thompson, Bowen Yang, Melissa Villaseñor, Lauren Holt, and Alex Moffat as Times Square costumed characters of a Minion, Batman, Minnie Mouse, Elsa, and Elmo, Kate McKinnon as Shrimp Louie, Beck Bennett as the "Diddler on the Roof," Maya Rudolph as the Statue of Liberty, Chloe Fineman as a "woman from Westchester", and Mikey Day as a homeless person, perform versions of songs from Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, A Little Night Music, Fiddler on the Roof, Follies, Sweet Charity, and Les Miserables. |
| 47 | February 26, 2022 | John Mulaney | Dismukes's character asks to buy a churro from a random woman (Villaseñor) in an F train subway station. The ensemble, including Kenan Thompson as a mole person, Sarah Sherman, James Austin Johnson, and Aristotle Athari as B&H Photo employees dressed like characters from Fiddler on the Roof, Cecily Strong as a woman on the tracks, Ben Marshall as a "finance bro", Mikey Day as a guy with a knife, Punkie Johnson as the train operator, Alex Moffat as a public masturbator, Kyle Mooney as Evan Hansen, Kate McKinnon as a "Puddle of Unidentifiable Origin", LCD Soundsystem as the Guardian Angels, and Aidy Bryant as "Jesus Christ" in a New York Islanders beer helmet, perform versions of songs from South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof, Little Shop of Horrors, The Music Man, Singin' In The Rain, Dreamgirls, Les Miserables, and Jesus Christ Superstar.[10][11] |
Mattel Instagram Pitch
Three interns, played by Pete Davidson, Heidi Gardner, and the host, pitch Instagram captions to Mattel employees, played by Kenan Thompson and Cecily Strong, that escalate in bizarreness.
| Season | Episode | Host | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | May 5, 2018 | Donald Glover | The interns pitch Instagram captions for Barbie's account.[12] |
| 44 | January 19, 2019 | Rachel Brosnahan | The interns pitch for Ken's account.[13] |
References
- ↑ Weekend Update: Bailey Gismert - SNL. Saturday Night Live. January 28, 2018. Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Weekend Update: Bailey Gismert on Summer Movies - SNL. Saturday Night Live. May 13, 2018. Archived from the original on October 3, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Weekend Update: Bailey Gismert on Summer 2019 Movies - SNL. Saturday Night Live. May 12, 2019. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Weekend Update: Bailey Gismert on Fall 2019 Movies - SNL. Saturday Night Live. October 13, 2019. Archived from the original on February 2, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Bailey Gismert YouTube Channel - SNL. Saturday Night Live. April 12, 2020. Archived from the original on June 5, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Weekend Update: Bailey Gismert on Old Movies - SNL - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ↑ Diner Lobster - SNL. Saturday Night Live. April 15, 2018. Archived from the original on November 3, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "Jake Gyllenhaal Sings in 'SNL' Musical Parody About LaGuardia Airport | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 29, 2020. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
- ↑ Airport Sushi - SNL. Saturday Night Live. March 1, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Hall, Margaret. "See John Mulaney, Kenan Thompson, Cecily Strong, More in New SNL Skit Subway Churro". www.playbill.com. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Subway Churro - SNL". Saturday Night Live. Retrieved February 27, 2022 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Barbie Instagram - SNL. Saturday Night Live. May 6, 2018. Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ↑ Ken Instagram - SNL. Saturday Night Live. January 20, 2019. Archived from the original on July 17, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via YouTube.