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| Saturday Night Live Season 31 : |
| Saturday Night Live aired its thirty-first season in the 2005-06 television season on NBC. The season began on October 1 2005 and ended on May 20 2006 with 19 episodes in all. The season was cut one episode short due to the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. A 30th anniversary special for the show was planned but the plan was scrapped due to budget cuts. Before the start of the season featured player Rob Riggle was let go from the show. Finesse Mitchell and Kenan Thompson were both promoted to repertory status while Jason Sudeikis remained a featured player. The show then added three new cast members to the show. They included: Los Angeles-based sketch comedian Bill Hader Andy Samberg and Kristen Wiig of The Groundlings. Wiig debuted on the show in November in the episode hosted by Jason Lee. Samberg Schaffer and Taccone would be a notable force for creating SNL Digital Shorts. One such short was Lazy Sunday; after it aired during the Jack Black episode it became an Internet phenomenon. Tina Fey and Maya Rudolph missed a few episodes in this season due to both of them being pregnant and on maternity leave. Fey's place on Weekend Update was briefly taken over by Horatio Sanz until her return in the episode hosted by Catherine Zeta-Jones making Sanz the first Hispanic Weekend Update anchor. Fey returned to the show before her maternity leave time was up. Maya Rudolph however appeared on the first episode of the new season and then went on maternity leave and returned in February in the episode hosted by Steve Martin. |
| Episode 1 - [Steve Carell Kanye West] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... Will Forte! Sketches include Bush Addresses the Nation MorganStanley The JetBlue Crisis Anderson Cooper 360 The Couple That Should Be Divorced Girls Gone Wild Katrina Kanye Backstage The Lundford Twins Variety Hour Fun With Real Audio (cartoon) and Debbie Downer. Kanye West performed Gold Digger and Heard 'Em Say featuring Adam Levine. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Kanye West as Himself - Musical Guest | Steve Carell as Himself - Host | Adam Levine as Himself | |
| Air Date : Oct. 01, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [Jon Heder Ashlee Simpson] |
| Details : Sketches include George W. Bush and Harriet Miers Taco Town Caitlin's Science Fair Werewolf Date The Misadventures of Tom Delay and Bill Frist Showbiz Grande Explosion! Wilson Brothers Funeral Home Hubbard Systems Operator Date and The Black Eyed Peas. Ashlee Simpson performed Catch Me When I Fall and Boyfriend. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jon Heder as Himself - Host | Ashlee Simpson as Herself - Musical Guest | |
| Air Date : Oct. 08, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Catherine Zeta-Jones Franz Ferdinand] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... Darrell Hammond! Sketches include Bush's Spontaneous Chat Butt Cancer Treatment Center Newsnight with Aaron Brown Dancers Party The Italians Access Hollywood Creighton Boys School Glen and Gina's Wedding MorganStanley and The Scheinwalds. Franz Ferdinand performed Do You Want To and Take Me Out. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Catherine Zeta-Jones as Herself - Host | Alex Kapranos as Himself - Musical Guest | Nick McCarthy as Himself - Musical Guest | Bob Hardy as Himself - Musical Guest | Paul Thomson as Himself - Musical Guest | |
| Air Date : Oct. 22, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Lance Armstrong Sheryl Crow] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... Darrell Hammond! Sketches include The Libby Indictment Celebrity Ironman RAD 3000 Indigo Girls Harmonies The O'Reilly Factor Sheryl's Song Days of Our Lives Carol! and Giddy Henchman. Sheryl Crow performed Good is Good and Strong Enough. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Scott Podsednik | Lance Armstrong as Himself - Host | Sheryl Crow as Herself - Musical Guest | |
| Air Date : Oct. 29, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [Jason Lee Foo Fighters] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... Will Forte! Sketches include Hardball JJ Casuals Good Morning Meth The Falconer Thomas And Dobbins The Soaking Wet Killer Refurbishments Butt Pregnancy Stachin' McNutly And Sons and American Tasar. Foo Fighters performed DOA and Best of You. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jason Lee as Host | |
| Air Date : Nov. 12, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Eva Longoria Korn] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... Will Forte! Sketches include Hardball JJ Casuals Good Morning Meth The Falconer Thomas And Dobbins The Soaking Wet Killer Refurbishments Butt Pregnancy Stachin' McNutly And Sons and American Tasar. Foo Fighters performed DOA and Best of You. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Eva Longoria as Host | |
| Air Date : Nov. 19, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [Dane Cook James Blunt] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... the entire cast of SNL! (more or less) Sketches include The Tree Re-Lighting West Bedford Drama Club Taco Town The Long Ride Home: The Jay Feely Story Wool Sweater Lettuce (film) Target Greatland 24-Hour Coma Fight Back with Victor Santos and Morgan Stanley. James Blunt performed You're Beautiful and Goodbye My Lover. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : James Blunt as Musical Guest | Dane Cook as Host | |
| Air Date : Dec. 03, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [Alec Baldwin Shakira] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... Alec Baldwin! Sketches include Saddam's Cell Tylenol BM Face Transplant The O'Reilly Factor Celebrity Mugshot Poker (cartoon) Brokeback Goldmine The Tony Bennett Show Carol at Bowl-a-Rama The Man Who Married a Hot Dog Medicare and Santa's Workshop. Shakira performed Don't Bother and La Tortura (acoustic mix) with Alejandro Sanz. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Phil Gordon | Shakira as Musical Guest | Alec Baldwin as Himself - Host | |
| Air Date : Dec. 10, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [Jack Black Neil Young] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... Will Forte! Sketches include A Holiday Message from the Vice President Stuart Little Mouse Removal Kit Sbarro Appalachian Emergency Room Christmastime for the Jews (cartoon) Channel 5 Photo Shoot Lazy Sunday (film) A Very Downer Christmas Space War 2148 Two A-Holes Buying a Christmas Tree and Spelling Bee. Neil Young performed It's a Dream and He Was The King. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Kyle Gass as Musical Guest | Jack Black as Host | |
| Air Date : Dec. 17, 2005 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [Scarlett Johanson Death Cab For Cutie] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... the voice of Robert Smigel! Sketches include The 700 Gang (cartoon) Taco Town Deep House Dish Smorgabord Darwin (cartoon) Mike and Toni's Chandelier Galaxy Live Duluth My Super Sweet 16 Once in a Lifetime Jewelers The Kuril-Khamchatka Trench and Mr. Willoughby. Death Cab for Cutie performed Soul Meets Body and Crooked Teeth. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Scarlett Johansson as Host | |
| Air Date : Jan. 14, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [Peter Sarsgaard The Strokes] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... Seth Meyers! Sketches include Anderson Cooper 360 Nelson's Baby Toupees Target Greatland National Pirate Convention Carol! Young Chuck Norris (film) Cat Fancy Gays in Space Fairmount Suites Inn NSA Wiretap and Peter Sarsgaard's SARS-guards. The Strokes performed Juicebox and You Only Live Once. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Peter Sarsgaard as Host | Jorma Taccone | |
| Air Date : Jan. 21, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [Steve Martin Prince] |
| Details : Filmed in New York it's... Steve Martin! Sketches include The Sabotage of Baldwin (film) Teddy Bear Holding a Heart Oprah Don't Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford Hamas Party Close Talkers (film) Quick Zoom Theater Super Bowl XL Rehearsals Backstage: Steve Alec and Lorne The Prince Show State of the Galaxy 2145 The Tangent (film) Surfer Club and Naturally Crafting. Prince performed Fury (A Woman Scorned) and Beautiful Loved and Blessed featuring Tamar. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Steve Martin as Himself - Host | Scarlett Johansson as Herself | |
| Air Date : Feb. 04, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [Natalie Portman Fall Out Boy] |
| Details : Sketches include Bush Responds to Criticism Nelson's Baby Toupees Jamba Juice Larry King Live The Couple That Should Be Divorced Belated Black History Moment (cartoon) Art Dealers and the College Boyfriend Sheldon's Bar Mitzvah The Real Natalie (film) and RAD 3000. Fall Out Boy performed Dance Dance and Sugar We're Going Down. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Natalie Portman as Herself - Host | |
| Air Date : Mar. 04, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [Matt Dillon Arctic Monkeys] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... Darrell Hammond! Sketches include Bush Responds to Criticism Nelson's Baby Toupees Jamba Juice Larry King Live The Couple That Should Be Divorced Belated Black History Moment (cartoon) Art Dealers and the College Boyfriend Sheldon's Bar Mitzvah The Real Natalie (film) and RAD 3000. Fall Out Boy performed Dance Dance and Sugar We're Going Down. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Matt Dillon as Host | Alex Turner as Musical Guest | |
| Air Date : Mar. 11, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [Antonio Banderas Mary J Blige] |
| Details : Live from New York (for the 600th time) its... Seth Meyers! Sketches include Anderson Cooper 360 Basic Instinct 2: Return of the Beaver Deal or No Deal Automated-Phone Lady Besos y Lagrimas 13th Annual Women's Basketball Coaches Fashion Awards Zorro's Body Double Rascals' Karoake Immigrants Backstage and Wine Snobs. Mary J. Blige performs Be Without You and Enough Crying. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mary J. Blige as Herself - Musical Guest | Antonio Banderas as Host | Chris Kattan as Himself - Various Characters | |
| Air Date : Apr. 08, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [Lindsay Lohan Pearl Jam] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... Lindsay Lohan! Sketches include The Situation Room Neutrogena Coin Slot Deep House Dish Journey to the Disney Vaults (cartoon) The O'Reilly Factor Le Rendezvous Laser Cats! (film) Debbie Downer Officemates' Night Out and Atlantic City Fever. Pearl Jam performed World Wide Suicide and Severed Hand. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lindsay Lohan as Host | Jorma Taccone | |
| Air Date : Apr. 15, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [Tom Hanks Red Hot Chili Peppers] |
| Details : Live from New York its... Will Forte! Sketches include Bill Frist's Gas Plan Wheel of Fortune Kaitlin and the Iguana Ariell And Ephraim (film) Ma! Claremont Yoga Center Colin's Place and Country Club Tennis. Red Hot Chili Peppers performed Dani California and Give It Away. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tom Hanks as Himself - Host | Flea as Himself - Musical Guest | Anthony Kiedis as Himself - Musical Guest | Chad Smith as Himself - Musical Guest | John Frusciante as Himself - Musical Guest | |
| Air Date : May. 06, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 18 - [Julia Louis-Dreyfus Paul Simon] |
| Details : Live from New York its... Al Gore! Sketches include Parallel Universe Address from President Gore Techpack Horny Homeless Guy The Morning Show MySpace Charades Unsolved Mysteries: The Sandy Patterson Story and Peyote (film). Paul Simon performed How Can You Live In the Northeast? and Outrageous. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Al Gore | Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Herself - Host | Paul Simon as Himself - Musical Guest | |
| Air Date : May. 13, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 19 - [Kevin Spacey Nelly Furtado] |
| Details : Live from New York its... Rachel Dratch! Sketches include Anderson Cooper 360 A-holes at a Crime Scene Oprah's Legends Ball Carol! Fun with Real Audio (cartoon) Kevin and Andy Backstage The Falconer Andy Walking (film) Lord Phillip Sarc and I Do Not Agree With Many of This Administration's Policies. Nelly Furtado performs Promiscuous (featuring Timbaland) and Maneater. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Kevin Spacey as Host | Timbaland | Nelly Furtado as Musical Guest | |
| Air Date : May. 20, 2006 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |