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Season 42 / Episode 12

Aziz Ansari

January 21, 2017 · Musical guest: Big Sean

Running order

The show.

  1. 01

    A Paid Message From The Russian Federation

    2 cast members

    • Beck Bennett

      as Vladimir Putin

    • Kate McKinnon

      Olya Povlatsky

    Cold open
  2. 02

    Monologue

    Monologue
  3. 03

    Beat the Bookworm

    4 cast members

    • Beck Bennett

      announcer

    • Cecily Strong

      GSN announcer

    • Mikey Day

      Keaton Seasons

    • Vanessa Bayer

      Cindy

    Live sketch
  4. 04

    Interrogation

    5 cast members

    • Aidy Bryant

      girl

    • Beck Bennett

      Santangeli

    • Cecily Strong

      DeMarco

    • Kenan Thompson

      suspect

    • Vanessa Bayer

      officer

    Live sketch
  5. 05

    Kellyanne Conway

    2 cast members

    • Beck Bennett

      as Jake Tapper

    • Kate McKinnon

      as Kellyanne Conway

    Pre-tape
  6. 06

    Broderick & Ganz

    5 cast members

    • Bobby Moynihan

      Jeremy Ganz

    • Kate McKinnon

      Lisa Broderick

    • Melissa Villaseñor

      client

    • Pete Davidson

      Dale

    • Sasheer Zamata

      client

    Live sketch
  7. 07

    "Bounce Back"

    Musical performance
  8. 08

    Weekend Update

    1. At the deskLeslie Jones comments on Black history and Hidden Figures
    2. At the deskJake Rocheck reports from the friend zone while helping Shannon move
    5 cast members

    • Cecily Strong

      Shannon

    • Colin Jost

      Anchor

    • Leslie Jones

      As self

    • Michael Che

      Anchor

    • Mikey Day

      Jake Rocheck

    Weekend Update
  9. 09

    Dirty Talk

    1 cast member

    • Melissa Villaseñor

      dirty talk girl

    Live sketch
  10. 10

    Five Stars

    1 cast member

    • Bobby Moynihan

      Petros

    Pre-tape
  11. 11

    Pizza Town

    7 cast members

    • Aidy Bryant

      Mary Nara

    • Beck Bennett

      officer

    • Bobby Moynihan

      Chef Jeff

    • Kenan Thompson

      officer

    • Kyle Mooney

      Carazzi

    • Melissa Villaseñor

      employee

    • Mikey Day

      Cheesy Steve

    Live sketch
  12. 12

    "Sunday Morning Jetpack"

    Musical performance
  13. 13

    To Sir With Love

    2 cast members

    • Cecily Strong

      As self

    • Sasheer Zamata

      As self

    Live sketch
  14. 14

    Goodnights

    Goodnights

Notable moments.

Aziz Ansari makes his hosting debut

Aziz Ansari delivered a stand-up monologue the day after the presidential inauguration.

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Kellyanne Conway becomes a Chicago-style musical

The pre-tape reworked Roxie around Kate McKinnon’s Kellyanne Conway.

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To Sir, With Love honors Barack Obama

Cecily Strong and Sasheer Zamata performed the song as a non-comedic farewell.

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15 credited cast members

Episode cast index.

Open a running-order credit to see roles and impressions.

  • Beck Bennett5 segments
  • Cecily Strong4 segments
  • Bobby Moynihan3 segments
  • Kate McKinnon3 segments
  • Melissa Villaseñor3 segments
  • Mikey Day3 segments
  • Aidy Bryant2 segments
  • Kenan Thompson2 segments
  • Sasheer Zamata2 segments
  • Vanessa Bayer2 segments
  • Colin Jost1 segment
  • Kyle Mooney1 segment
  • Leslie Jones1 segment
  • Michael Che1 segment
  • Pete Davidson1 segment

Cast credits checked against SNL Archives and remain under editorial review. Research source

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