Saturday Night Live Transcripts
Season 39: Episode 17
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Air Date:Host:Musical Guest:Special Guests:Cameos:Bit Players:
April 5th, 2014
Anna Kendrick
Pharrell Williams
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Lorne Michaels
Icona Pop
Hans Zimmer
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GM Hearings
Summary: General Motors CEO Mary Barra (Kate McKinnon) remains vague about her company’s recent ignition switch recall.
Montage
Anna Kendrick’s Monologue
Summary: Anna Kendrick and the cast perform a Broadway-style medley about how excited she is to host “SNL”.
Transcript
Fox & Friends
Summary: Steve Doocey (Taran Killam), Brian Kilmeade (Bobby Moynihan) and Elizabeth Hasselback (Vanessa Bayer) discuss the Obamacare deadline disaster with survivor Bethany Ravenal (Anna Kendrick), as well as global warming with science guy Neil deGrasse Tyson (Kenan Thompson).
Recurring Characters: Steve Doocey, Brian Kilmeade, Elizabeth Hasselback.
Dongs All Over the World 
Summary: Group of girls have the nasty idea to travel the globe in search of “Dongs All Over the World.”
The Little Mermaid
Summary: Ursula (Aidy Bryant) wants Ariel’s (Anna Kendrick) voice, until she discovers the little mermaid is tone-deaf when it comes to singing.
Flirty
Summary: Evan (Kyle Mooney) shies his way around asking his neighbor Sara (Vanessa Bayer) for a date.
Transcript
Pharrell Williams performs “Happy”
Weekend Update with Cecily Strong & Colin Jost
Summary: German chancellor Angela Merkel (Kate McKinnon) recalls her recent dealings with Russian president Vladmir Putin. To help explain the importance of drinking responsibly, Brooks Wheelan tells an anecdote about the time he got drunk and his friends put butter in his pants. George R.R. Martin (Bobby Moynihan) admits he’s out of good ideas for his “Game of Thrones” books.
Recurring Characters: Angela Merkel.
Les Jeunes de Paris
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Principal Frye
Summary: Principal Frye (Jay Pharoah) and the Vice-Principal (Vanessa Bayer) address students during a field trip to the Norfolk Zoo.
Pharrell Williams performs “Marilyn Monroe”
Big Joe
Summary: Big Joe (Taran Killam) wants to save Miss Sara’s (Anna Kendrick) brother (Bobby Moynihan) but is unable to lift the huge rocks.
Transcript
Audition
Summary: Layla Burke (Anna Kendrick) and her tone-deaf sister Cammy (Vanessa Bayer) audition to appear in Pharrell Williams’ next music video.
NCAA Tourney: Best of the White Guys
Summary: Mundane basketball clips showcase white player in action.
Goodnights
Transcript
Dress Rehearsal Cuts
