Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2013–14

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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.

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Bruce Chandling

Kyle Mooney plays stand-up comedian Bruce Chandling.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 September 28, 2013 Tina Fey Bruce Chandling gives his take on new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's first UN Speech.
39 May 17, 2014 Andy Samberg Bruce Chandling provides his perspective on summertime fun.
41 November 14, 2015 Elizabeth Banks Bruce talks about women and his girlfriend.
41 April 9, 2016 Russell Crowe Bruce talks about sports.
42 April 15, 2017 Jimmy Fallon Bruce talks about Easter.
43 November 18, 2017 Chance the Rapper Bruce talks about Thanksgiving.

An installment was scheduled to air on October 22, 2016, where Bruce talks about Halloween and brings on a fellow Comedian (Tom Hanks); the segment was cut from the episode before airing, but was released online. Two filmed pieces with Kevin Hart and Louis C.K. respectively were also cut for time in Season 40.

Cinema Classics

Reese De'What (Kenan Thompson) presents classic cinema and television.

SeasonEpisodeHostTV show/film lampooned
39 September 28, 2013 Tina Fey
40 October 4, 2014 Sarah Silverman Forgotten TV Gems: Supportive Women
40 January 31, 2015 J.K. Simmons Casablanca
40 April 11, 2015 Taraji P. Henson
40 May 16, 2015 Louis C.K. Forgotten TV Gems: Whoops! I Married a Lesbian
41 April 16, 2016 Julia Louis-Dreyfus
44 March 2, 2019 John Mulaney To Have and Have Not
44 May 11, 2019 Emma Thompson
45 November 23, 2019 Will Ferrell The Wizard of Oz
46 October 31, 2020 John Mulaney The Birds
47 January 22, 2022 Will Forte Gaslight
49 December 16, 2023 Kate McKinnon Meet Me in St. Louis

A further Cinema Classics sketch was set for the October 12, 2024 episode during season 50, in which host Ariana Grande would portray Judy Garland. It was canned during set construction in the live program due to cascading effects of earlier technical problems, which lead to insufficient time remaining in the program to perform it; its slot was instead filled by another, unrelated, but shorter, sketch initially dropped at dress rehearsal. [1]

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).

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 October 5, 2013 Miley Cyrus Yolanda Natalie Portman (Miley Cyrus), Jill Amockingbird, and B.F. seethe in between recordings.
39 January 18, 2014 Drake Trey Shayearwood (Drake), Lena Towerapisa, and Burt Fingerblast fume over their new sign off. The producer is onscreen at the beginning of this sketch.

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.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
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

Miley tapes

A look in the fictional romance of Miley Cyrus and Kyle Mooney, which takes place during and after the filming of a homemade videotape. Bobby Moynihan and Beck Bennett interrupt the shooting, to which Kyle exits the room and confides in them that he doesn't really want to do what Miley wants him to do in the tape. Every time he opens the door after that, her actions and situations become more outlandish.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 October 5, 2013 Miley Cyrus Miley and Kyle make a sex tape. However, due to Kyle's reluctance, she ends up making a tape with his brother (Taran Killam) instead.
41 October 3, 2015 Miley Cyrus Miley and Kyle make a wedding video, marry and have a child (Jon Rudnitsky), much against Kyle's wishes. At the end, time speeds up so fast that Kyle dies and becomes single again as Miley is now a widow.

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.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
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).

Holiday Food

The episode's host plays an eccentric character who talks about the food they'll be giving out on a certain holiday.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 October 26, 2013 Edward Norton A father (Norton), accompanied by his wife Adult Ruth (Aidy) and their son Diego (Bobby Moynihan), shows off the candy he has bought for Halloween trick-or-treaters, including a kale chip in a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup packet, and a Pez dispenser with his own head on it.
40 April 4, 2015 Michael Keaton Keaton (playing himself), accompanied by Portia (Kate McKinnon) and Jordan (Bobby Moynihan), shows off what he has bought for Easter, including creme eggs that he gave up for lent the year before, and a toy "Easter monkey".

A third sketch themed around Thanksgiving, starring Kristen Wiig as "Wisten Kriig", was cut for time during the Season 42 episode dated November 18, 2016. Another sketch for St. Patrick's Day, with Bill Hader as Liam Neeson, was also cut for time in season 43 on March 17, 2018.

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).

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
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.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 November 16, 2013 Lady Gaga Kanye and Kim interview the Apple Store employee Karen (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 Kanye's wedding planner Jostin Pappick.

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 November 24, 1863. Atkinson, ostensibly the author of that review, appeared on Weekend Update to defend his opinion. (The actual author was Oramel Barrett.) [2]

The character has received critical acclaim from multiple reviewers. Mike Ryan of the Huffington Post said he would watch a Jebidiah Atkinson movie. [3] 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. [4]

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
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.

Richard 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."

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 November 23, 2013 Josh Hutcherson Josh Hutcherson plays Mr. Patterson's newly hired assistant. [5]
39 March 29, 2014 Louis C.K. Louis C.K. plays a vice-president of Mr. Patterson's company. [6]
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.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 November 23, 2013 Josh Hutcherson
40 September 27, 2014 Chris Pratt [7]

Family Feud

Steve Harvey (Kenan Thompson) hosts Celebrity Family Feud.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 December 21, 2013 Jimmy Fallon CBS vs. NBC [8]

Team CBS: Jimmy Fallon as Jim Parsons

Taran Killam as Ashton Kutcher

John Milhiser as Jon Cryer

Noel Wells as Alyson Hannigan

Team NBC: Justin Timberlake as Jimmy Fallon

Kate McKinnon as Jane Lynch

Jay Pharoah as Ice-T

Brooks Wheelan as himself

39 May 3, 2014 Andrew Garfield American vs. International Musicians [9]

American Musicians: Andrew Garfield as Justin Timberlake

Nasim Pedrad as Bruno Mars

Noel Wells as Reba McEntire

Kyle Mooney as Skrillex

International Musicians: Kate McKinnon as Shakira

Jay Pharoah as Drake

Aidy Bryant as Adele

Taran Killam as Russell Crowe

40 January 24, 2015 Blake Shelton The Voice vs. American Idol [10]

The Voice: Blake Shelton as himself

Taran Killam as Adam Levine

Jay Pharoah as Pharrell Williams

Cecily Strong as Christina Aguilera

American Idol: Kate McKinnon as Keith Urban

Sasheer Zamata as Nicki Minaj

Beck Bennett as Harry Connick Jr.

Kyle Mooney as Steven Tyler

41 October 17, 2015 Tracy Morgan Extended Families [11]

Williams Family: Leslie Jones as Jackie

Jay Pharoah as Martin

Sasheer Zamata as Leila

Michael Che as Raymond

Williams-Magill Family: Tracy Morgan as Darryl

Cecily Strong as Maria

Vanessa Bayer as Rachel

Jon Rudnitsky as Blake

41 March 12, 2016 Ariana Grande Actors vs. Directors [12]

Actors: Ariana Grande as Jennifer Lawrence

Kate McKinnon as Tilda Swinton

Beck Bennett as Javier Bardem

Jay Pharoah as Idris Elba

Directors: Taran Killam as Quentin Tarantino

Jon Rudnitsky as Martin Scorsese

Kyle Mooney as Woody Allen

Bobby Moynihan as Kevin Smith

42 October 1, 2016 Margot Robbie Team Clinton vs. Team Trump [13]

Team Trump: Kate McKinnon as Kellyanne Conway

Margot Robbie as Ivanka Trump

Bobby Moynihan as Chris Christie

Beck Bennett as Vladimir Putin

Team Clinton: Darrell Hammond as Bill Clinton

Melissa Villaseñor as Sarah Silverman

Cecily Strong as Lin-Manuel Miranda

Larry David as Bernie Sanders

Cameo appearances by Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr. and Alex Moffat as Eric Trump.

42 February 4, 2017 Kristen Stewart Super Bowl Edition [14]

Falcons Fans: Kate McKinnon as Justin Bieber

Leslie Jones as Samuel L. Jackson

Aidy Bryant as Paula Deen

Beck Bennett as Roger Goodell

Patriots Fans: Kristen Stewart as Gisele Bündchen

Bobby Moynihan as Bill Belichick

Alex Moffat as Casey Affleck

Melissa Villaseñor as Lady Gaga

42 April 15, 2017 Jimmy Fallon Team 1977 vs. Team 2017

Team 1977: Harry Styles as Mick Jagger

Cecily Strong as Liza Minnelli

Sasheer Zamata as Diana Ross

Jimmy Fallon as John Travolta (1977 version)

Team 2017: Pete Davidson as David Blaine

Melissa Villaseñor as Gwen Stefani

Kate McKinnon as Kristen Stewart

Jimmy Fallon as John Travolta (2017 version)

43 November 18, 2017 Chance the Rapper Thanksgiving edition [15]

Harvey Family: Leslie Jones as Janelle

Chris Redd as Mike

Michael Che as Andre

Gary Richardson as Ricky

Didrickson Family: Aidy Bryant as Carol

Beck Bennett as Peter

Mikey Day as Justin

Chance the Rapper as Cecil

43 March 10, 2018 Sterling K. Brown Oscar Edition: Oscar Winners vs. Losers [16]

Winners: Kate McKinnon as Frances McDormand

Beck Bennett as Guillermo del Toro

Heidi Gardner as Allison Janney

Chris Redd as Jordan Peele

Losers: Sterling K. Brown as Common

Melissa Villaseñor as Sally Hawkins

Alex Moffat as Willem Dafoe

Pete Davidson as Timothée Chalamet

44 February 16, 2019 Don Cheadle Oscar Nominees: Newbies vs. Veterans [17]

The Newbies: Melissa Villasenor as Lady Gaga

Kyle Mooney as Bradley Cooper

Pete Davidson as Rami Malek

Chris Redd as Mahershala Ali

The Veterans: Don Cheadle as Spike Lee

Kate McKinnon as Glenn Close

Beck Bennett as Sam Elliott

Cecily Strong as Olivia Colman

44 May 4, 2019 Adam Sandler The Avengers vs. Game of Thrones [18]

The Avengers: Alex Moffat as Thor

Beck Bennett as Thanos

Ego Nwodim as Okoye

Leslie Jones as Groot

Game of Thrones: Kate McKinnon as Brienne of Tarth

Mikey Day as Tormund Giantsbane

Cecily Strong as Melisandre

Kyle Mooney as Brandon Stark

Cameo appearance by Melissa Villaseñor as Arya Stark.

50 October 12, 2024 Ariana Grande Election Showdown [19]

Team Trump: James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump

Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr.

Bowen Yang as JD Vance

Team Harris: Maya Rudolph as Kamala Harris

Andy Samberg as Doug Emhoff

Jim Gaffigan as Tim Walz

Dana Carvey as Joe Biden

Cameo appearance by Chloe Fineman as Kaitlan Collins.

NOTE: Cecily Strong as Melania Trump was supposed to appear in this Family Feud sketch, but she's absent when Johnson (as Trump) says that she was standing right beside him "about two years ago".

An earlier version of this sketch aired in the season 35 episode hosted by Ryan Reynolds. It featured Jason Sudeikis as host Richard Dawson in a 1970s version of Family Feud between the Osmond family and the Phillips family. [20] Another version originally aired on January 21, 1978 (Season 3) featuring Bill Murray as Richard Dawson and the Coneheads as the contestants.

Bathroom Guy

A man (Jonah Hill) is called out for leaving a mess on the toilet in unlikely situations.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 January 25, 2014 Jonah Hill "Couples Quiz!" Gameshow
41 March 5, 2016 Jonah Hill Murder Mystery Mansion

Black Jeopardy!

Kenan Thompson plays Darnell Hayes, host of a version of Jeopardy! where correct responses are stereotypes of working-class African American speech and thought. The host plays the contestant in the rightmost seat.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 March 29, 2014 Louis C.K. Louis C.K. plays Mark, a white professor of African American Studies at Brigham Young University. Jay Pharoah and Sasheer Zamata play the other contestants, Amir and Keeley. [21]
41 November 14, 2015 Elizabeth Banks Elizabeth Banks plays Allison who "dated a black guy once." Jay Pharoah and Sasheer Zamata reprise their roles as Amir and Keeley. Leslie Jones plays the woman providing the Daily Double clue. [22]
41 May 14, 2016 Drake Drake plays a Black Canadian named Jared. Jay Pharoah and Sasheer Zamata reprise their roles as Amir and Keeley. [23]
42 October 22, 2016 Tom Hanks Tom Hanks plays a Donald Trump supporter named Doug. Sasheer Zamata reprises her role as Keeley. Leslie Jones plays new contestant Shanice. [24]
43 April 7, 2018 Chadwick Boseman Chadwick Boseman reprises his role of King T'Challa from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Leslie Jones reprises her role as Shanice. Chris Redd plays new contestant Rashad. Cecily Strong and Beck Bennett voice a white couple shopping for real estate. [25]
45 December 21, 2019 Eddie Murphy Eddie Murphy reprises his Velvet Jones character. Chris Redd reprises his role as Rashad. Ego Nwodim plays new contestant Kiana. [26]

Dyke and Fats

Trailers from a fictional CBS buddy-cop show featuring Dutch Plains (Kate McKinnon) as lesbian cop Les Dykawitz, and Velvy O'Malley (Aidy Bryant) as food-loving cop Chubbina Fatzarelli. [27] While they call one another "Dyke and Fats" and engage in stereotypical behavior, they won't tolerate that anyone else, including superior officers, call them by their nicknames.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 March 29, 2014 Louis C.K.
42 December 10, 2016 John Cena [28]

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.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
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.
41 May 7, 2016 Brie Larson Chris Fitzpatrick launches a Kickstarter campaign for his band, Discreet Annihilation.
43 March 10, 2018 Sterling K. Brown Chris Fitzpatrick interviews people on the street on Rock vs. Rap

Leslie Jones

Leslie Jones appears as an expert on image and relationships on Weekend Update and flirts with host Colin Jost.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
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. [29]
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 Leslie talks about how much she hates New York City.
40 May 9, 2015 Reese Witherspoon Leslie reads love letters she wrote to a guy whom she had a four-year booty call with
41 October 3, 2015 Miley Cyrus Leslie talks about how she hates that because she is funny, men "just aren't feeling [her] like that."
41 November 7, 2015 Donald Trump Leslie talks about how gender roles are changing in the household
41 December 12, 2015 Chris Hemsworth Leslie talks about Breaking Bad being snubbed from the Golden Globes
41 January 23, 2016 Ronda Rousey Leslie talks about her crush on Leonardo DiCaprio
41 February 13, 2016 Melissa McCarthy Leslie lists what qualities she'd like to see in her perfect man. Kenan Thompson appears as her resident pianist.
41 May 14, 2016 Drake Leslie talks about achieving your dreams at any age
42 October 22, 2016 Tom Hanks Leslie comments on her nude photo hack which happened that August
42 December 3, 2016 Emma Stone Leslie believes that guys should appreciate their penis more
42 January 21, 2017 Aziz Ansari Leslie reviews the movie Hidden Figures
42 May 6, 2017 Chris Pine Leslie talks about going on vacation in Jamaica that April
SE August 10, 2017n/aLeslie talks about her love for working out and exercising.
43 November 4, 2017 Larry David Leslie talks about the Houston Astros winning the World Series.
43 March 3, 2018 Charles Barkley
43 May 5, 2018 Donald Glover Leslie discusses Facebook's new dating feature.
44 December 1, 2018 Claire Foy
44 March 9, 2019 Idris Elba
44 May 18, 2019 Paul Rudd

Whiskers R We

Middle-aged cat-lover Barbara DeDrew (McKinnon) and her girlfriend (the episode's host) showcase the cats that are ready to be adopted at Whiskers R We animal shelter. Barbara spends each commercial highlighting each cat's ridiculous backstory (for example, one cat is described as a ghost who died in 1940, another is described as a master of psychological manipulation) and fending off her girlfriend's awkward attempts at physical affection, which she is uncomfortable with on camera.

SeasonEpisodeHostNotes
39 May 10, 2014 Charlize Theron Theron appears as Cat Muller.
40 December 10, 2014 Amy Adams Adams appears as Ashley. Ashley was originally played by Sarah Silverman, however the sketch was cut for time from her episode.
40 May 9, 2015 Reese Witherspoon Witherspoon appears as Purrsula.
41 February 13, 2016 Melissa McCarthy McCarthy appears as Tabbytha.
42 November 19, 2016 Kristen Wiig Wiig appears as Furonica.
43 November 11, 2017 Tiffany Haddish Haddish appears as Clawdia.
45 April 25, 2020no hostSketch was part of SNL at Home episode.
49 December 16, 2023 Kate McKinnon Billie Eilish appears as Paw-bree Hep-Purrn

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