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Get ready to laugh out loud with some of the most unexpected and hilarious cameos by former SNL cast members! From unforgettable impressions to spot-on reprises of classic sketches, these alumni brought the perfect mix of nostalgia and fresh comedy to the stage. Featuring moments from legends like Will Ferrell, Maya Rudolph, Dana Carvey, and more, these appearances prove that once an SNL star, always an SNL star!
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00:00Oh, somebody say we can update Joe?
00:03Ah, my first wife and my second wife, everybody.
00:06Thank you for helping us.
00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:09And today, we're counting down our picks
00:11for the most surprising cameos on SNL
00:14by former cast members that gave us life.
00:17Feline AIDS.
00:19It's the number one killer of domestic cats.
00:22Meow, meow.
00:24Number 10, Anna Gasteyer and Molly Shannon.
00:30NPR delicious dish, Dusty Muffin.
00:34Your muffin is remarkably velvety.
00:37It's true.
00:39I think we both assumed, and I think wrongfully,
00:41that a baker of your generation
00:42might tend towards a more dry or crusty muffin.
00:46Betty White's historic hosting stint in season 35
00:49was truly one for the books.
00:51Several former cast members made cameos,
00:54but nothing topped the revival
00:56of the iconic delicious dish sketch.
00:58Anna Gasteyer and Molly Shannon
01:00slipped right back into their roles
01:02as NPR hosts Margaret Jo McCollin and Terry Rialto,
01:07two monotone presenters who crack themselves up
01:09with the most ridiculous food puns.
01:11As you all know, Sunday is National Dietary Fiber Day,
01:15and we've celebrated that together for years.
01:18Yeah, and even though we've been friends for a long time,
01:20you could say our shared love of fiber
01:22keeps our relationship brand new.
01:25This time, Betty White plays Florence Dusty,
01:28a confectionery genius who brings her famous muffins.
01:32From her first line, White steals the show,
01:35but it wouldn't be the same without Gasteyer
01:37and Shannon's oblivious reactions.
01:40Florence, there's a tangy taste in this muffin.
01:42Is that a cherry?
01:43Oh, no, no, my muffin hasn't had a cherry since 1939.
01:50It's a masterclass in deadpan humor
01:52and a reminder of just how good the two are
01:54when they're sharing a stage.
01:56To heck with it.
01:57This is my muffin, and I don't care how it looks.
02:01I'm just gonna let it all hang out.
02:05That's really progressive.
02:06You go, sister.
02:07Number nine, Bill Hader and Amy Poehler.
02:11Weekend Update, Stefan and Amy.
02:13What are you guys doing here?
02:16Seth, we are here to take you to the other side.
02:20We're like a gateway drug, you know,
02:21like bath salts and meow meow.
02:24Seth Meyers anchored Weekend Update for nearly a decade,
02:28so his final episode was bound to be special.
02:30To mark the occasion,
02:32the show brought out Bill Hader as Stefan
02:34and Amy Poehler as, well, Amy Poehler
02:38to give Meyers a proper send-off.
02:40This was barely one year after Stefan
02:42and Meyers tied the knot on the show,
02:45so it was no surprise that Stefan
02:46got a little possessive of his man.
02:49And on that, we're gonna miss you so much, Seth.
02:52You barely know him!
02:54Hader and Poehler,
02:55who had also co-hosted Weekend Update before leaving,
02:58took a moment to remind Meyers
03:00that life after SNL was full of new adventures
03:03and maybe a few weird surprises, too.
03:06Can I put this?
03:07That place has everything.
03:10Everything. Opportunities and new adventures.
03:13Homeless weightlifters who look like the Croods.
03:16Andy Samberg later joined the party
03:18as Meyers closed things out
03:19with a sweet emotional farewell.
03:22Being out here with my co-anchors
03:24and my dear friend and my husband
03:25is the perfect way to end this episode.
03:28This is the job I always wanted
03:29and I had the best time
03:31and I met the best people.
03:32Number 8.
03:33Andy Samberg and Dan Aykroyd.
03:35It's a date.
03:36There were cameos aplenty
03:37when Justin Timberlake returned to host SNL
03:40for the fifth time.
03:41After his star-studded five-timers monologue,
03:44the first live sketch spoofed a dating show,
03:47with Timberlake reprising his role
03:49as one half of the mother-loving R&B duo,
03:52joined, of course, by Andy Samberg.
03:53You sound like a real Tenderoni.
03:58Tenderoni!
04:00So come take a ride with us.
04:03Freaking in the back of a peachy cruiser.
04:06Just as the audience finished cheering their return,
04:09another iconic duo was revealed.
04:12The two wild and crazy guys,
04:14played by none other than Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin.
04:17Hello, American female fox!
04:21I am Yorgi Fastrunk,
04:23and now you will meet my brother Yurta.
04:26You nailed it!
04:27Your swinging dream dates have finally arrived for you!
04:31Although Aykroyd had already appeared earlier,
04:34seeing him in that classic get-up,
04:36shimmying like no time had passed,
04:38was the sweetest treat of the night.
04:40In the end, both duos collided
04:42to give us the intergenerational SNL collab
04:45we never knew we needed.
04:46You know we had a great time on this dumbass show.
04:50And we formed a tremendous alliance!
04:53Now we will swing with this American fox!
04:56I can't believe you guys are not black!
04:58Number 7. Cecily Strong
05:00Trump Mother's Day Cold Open
05:02We could never get tired of seeing Cecily Strong on our screens.
05:07Just weeks after welcoming her first child,
05:09the former cast member returned for the first time
05:12since her departure in 2022,
05:13reviving her spot-on impression of TV host Janine Pirro.
05:18I'm so proud to be part of this group
05:20full of Russian assets,
05:23booze hounds,
05:24and people famous for the little baby animals they've killed.
05:28As the newly appointed U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C.,
05:31Strong's Janine Pirro remains as loud,
05:34boisterous,
05:35and Merlot-obsessed as ever.
05:36And she's just as full of controversial takes on her new position.
05:40Oh, is it bombing the hooties?
05:44Uh, close.
05:44It fell off the aircraft carrier into the ocean.
05:49What? Again?
05:51Strong shines yet again in the role,
05:54taking the sketch to new comedic heights
05:56when she sprays wine Oliver Colin Jost
05:58after he pops in as Pete Hegseth.
06:00Watching her in action again,
06:03it's mind-boggling how Strong never won an Emmy
06:05for her phenomenal SNL run.
06:07Number 6.
06:09Fred Armisen,
06:10The Parent Trap.
06:11On!
06:13Turn them off!
06:15You are so annoying!
06:17And I'm starting to think you're a real d***.
06:20Ever since leaving SNL in 2013,
06:24Fred Armisen has returned to his old stomping ground
06:26so often you'd think he lives inside Studio 8H.
06:30Over the years,
06:31Armisen has revived plenty of his beloved characters,
06:34including one of Putin's best friends from growing up,
06:37alongside Vanessa Bayer.
06:39I'm a nerd, you know.
06:40He's such a nerd about it.
06:41It's like so funny.
06:41I will say,
06:43he's very weird about money
06:46in that he keeps saying
06:48that he's not weird about money.
06:50So I'm like,
06:50why are you bringing it up?
06:51But perhaps his funniest cameo
06:53came in Season 48's
06:55The Parent Trap sketch,
06:56where he played an unlikely standing
06:58during the filming of a remake of the classic film.
07:00At first,
07:01his character sticks to the script,
07:03but he soon begins tossing out off-the-cuff lines
07:06that make no sense for an 11-year-old girl.
07:09But at least yours is probably a whole picture.
07:12A whole picture?
07:13You're 11.
07:14Go look at those.
07:15The appearance wasn't just a homecoming for Armisen,
07:18but also a reunion with host Jenna Ortega,
07:21his co-star in the Netflix series Wednesday.
07:24Annie!
07:24Oh my god, wow!
07:25I'm like, crying now!
07:28This is amazing!
07:30So they just split us up?
07:32Why would they do that to us?
07:33We gotta kill them!
07:34Number 5.
07:36Tina Fey and Seth Meyers
07:37Weekend Update
07:3813-Pound Baby Joke-Off
07:40The Weekend Update cinematic universe
07:42assembled its own Avengers
07:44for Amy Poehler's hosting gig in Season 51.
07:47Poehler,
07:47who spent four years behind the famous desk,
07:50made her grand return
07:51after Colin Jost told a joke about a 13-pound baby.
07:54What are you doing here?
07:56What do you mean what I'm doing here?
07:58What do you mean?
08:00A woman has a 13-pound baby
08:02and that's the best you can do?
08:03You think you can do better?
08:05Oh, I know I can!
08:06After criticizing his take,
08:09Poehler challenged him to a joke-off,
08:11enlisting her own partners in crime,
08:13Tina Fey and Seth Meyers,
08:15to help.
08:15The OG trio squared off against Jost and Michael Che,
08:19trading hilarious punchlines about the same news story.
08:22A woman gave birth to a 13-pound baby,
08:25which was so big,
08:25he slapped the doctor on his ass.
08:28A woman gave birth to a 13-pound baby
08:31and the new baby's name is...
08:33It was a close call,
08:35but the veterans edged out the win
08:36thanks to Poehler's perfectly timed,
08:38self-deprecating zinger.
08:40A woman in Tennessee broke a hospital record
08:42after giving birth to a 13-pound baby.
08:44The record was for loosest vagina
08:46and was previously held by me.
08:48This wasn't Faye's only cameo during the episode.
08:51She also appeared in the cold open
08:53as Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem,
08:57opposite Poehler as Attorney General Pam Bondi.
09:00Do you like to use zip ties
09:01because people in your life don't trust you with keys?
09:04You know it.
09:06Then buckle up and slap on some Oakley's, big boy.
09:08Welcome to ICE.
09:09Number four, Jason Sudeikis, new girlfriend.
09:13Jason Sudeikis and Fred Armisen
09:15spent nine years together on SNL
09:17before both leaving at the end of season 38.
09:19The two reunited three years later
09:22when Armisen returned to host the season 41 finale,
09:26with Sudeikis making a surprise cameo
09:28in the new girlfriend sketch.
09:29Isn't she beautiful, gang?
09:31Huh?
09:32Isn't she?
09:33And no plastic surgery.
09:34All natural.
09:34This is all God.
09:35Gods.
09:36Gods.
09:37Gods.
09:37Yes, that's right.
09:38I'm sorry.
09:38She's a, uh, Regine's a polytheist.
09:40Sudeikis plays a man introducing his new boo, Regine,
09:44to his friends at a party.
09:45But whenever Regine is shown physical affection,
09:48she completely loses control and flails around the room,
09:51much to the discomfort of the other party guests.
09:54Watch what happens when I blow in her ear.
09:55Don't.
09:56Come on, let me.
10:04This bit is clearly an excuse to make the cast members break,
10:08and it works.
10:09At one point,
10:10Sudeikis even eats guacamole off Armisen's shoe.
10:13Doesn't matter.
10:14Doesn't matter.
10:15Makes it better.
10:18I'm fine with that.
10:20Can I?
10:21Don't bother me.
10:25By the end,
10:26they've managed to break nearly everyone,
10:28including the once unshakable Vanessa Bayer.
10:31Number three,
10:33Dana Carvey.
10:34Harris and Trump rallies cold open.
10:37During his seven-year tenure on SNL,
10:39Dana Carvey made a name for himself
10:41with his hilarious impersonation of George H.W. Bush.
10:44More than three decades later,
10:46he returned to the show ahead of the 2024 election
10:48to play another one-term president.
10:51Joe Biden.
10:52I did a pretty good job.
10:54I passed more bills than any president history.
10:57But folks,
10:58we still got work to do.
10:59No joke.
11:00I'm being serious right now.
11:02Carvey debuted his Biden impression
11:04in the cold open of the season 50 premiere,
11:06and the crowd went wild.
11:08He nailed Biden's raspy voice,
11:10the mix of grandpa charm and confusion,
11:13and those trademark Bidenisms we all know too well.
11:17And guess what?
11:18And by the way,
11:18the fact of the matter is,
11:21no joke,
11:22this is serious right now.
11:23This is serious.
11:25Anyway,
11:26in conclusion,
11:27me and Vice President Harris are the same.
11:29After spending two years fine-tuning the impression,
11:32Carvey finally brought it to SNL,
11:34and even Biden's own team reportedly loved it.
11:37The cold open also featured a surprise cameo by Andy Samberg,
11:41playing Kamala Harris's husband, Doug Emhoff.
11:44Because I am proud to join the esteemed list of presidential spouses throughout history,
11:51women and men,
11:53but all women.
11:54Number two,
11:56Maya Rudolph,
11:57impeachment town hall.
11:58Former cast member Maya Rudolph has taken on former Vice President Kamala Harris
12:03more than a dozen times on SNL,
12:05even earning an Emmy for her performance.
12:08But it all began here.
12:09I'm not just that little girl.
12:11I'm also America's cool aunt.
12:15A fun aunt.
12:17I call that a funt.
12:19Back in 2019,
12:20when Harris was still a senator and a Democratic primary candidate,
12:24Rudolph made a surprise cameo in the town hall sketch,
12:27debuting her now iconic impression of her.
12:29This was our introduction to the smooth-talking, cocktail-sipping funt,
12:34and everyone was instantly hooked.
12:36What if Joe Biden gets implicated in this Ukraine scandal in some way?
12:40Oh, no.
12:43That would be terrible.
12:45Not Joe Biden.
12:47She kept coming back,
12:48each appearance somehow funnier and sassier than the last.
12:52Okay, now, Susan,
12:53what I'm going to do is I'm going to switch to more of a Claire Huxtable side-eye.
12:57President Trump puts the health of all Americans
13:02way ahead of his own personal and financial gain.
13:06So when Harris became the Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election,
13:11there was no question that Rudolph would return once again.
13:14This culminated in a joint appearance with the real Kamala Harris
13:17just days before the election.
13:19The American people want to stop the chaos and end the drama-la
13:25with a cool new step-mama-la.
13:29Kick back in our pajamas and watch a Ram Kamala.
13:33Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
13:37Adam Sandler, gallbladder surgery.
13:39Sandler pops up literally in this error-ridden sketch.
13:43Chris Rock, election night.
13:58Rock joins host Dave Chappelle for a hilarious commentary on the 2016 U.S. election.
14:04Why aren't people turning out for Hillary the way they did for Barack Obama?
14:08I mean, maybe because you're replacing a charismatic 40-year-old black guy
14:13with a 70-year-old white woman.
14:15I mean, that's like the Knicks replacing Patrick Ewing with Neil Patrick Harris.
14:20Jimmy Fallon, the Barry Gibb talk show, 2024 election.
14:25Surprisingly, Fallon doesn't break in this revival of the talk show after over a decade.
14:29My dad's a kangaroo.
14:34Eating Vegemite on the weird brown bread that they bring to the table.
14:37I'm back. Steakhouse.
14:39Rachel Dratch, Debbie Downer Wedding Reception.
14:43Dratch ruins a wedding reception with her morbid take on the COVID-19 pandemic.
14:48Unfortunately, with COVID-19, you can display no symptoms and still be wildly contagious.
14:55Hi, I'm Debbie.
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15:15Number 1. Will Ferrell
15:17A message from former President of the United States George W. Bush cold open.
15:23Even if you didn't watch SNL during Will Ferrell's tenure,
15:26chances are you've seen clips of his unforgettable take on George W. Bush.
15:30In 2015, he dusted up the impression for one more spin.
15:34This time, Ferrell made a surprise appearance to announce his candidacy for president again
15:39and roast the field of Republican hopefuls.
15:42Although an all-too-familiar role for Ferrell, he still delivers the laughs,
15:57cracking up not just the audience, but also himself,
16:00as he mocks Donald Trump and his immigration policies.
16:03Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio
16:15are all in his comedic line of fire, with his brother Jeb Bush saved for last.
16:20I wish you would have asked me about the exclamation point on the end of his name.
16:25Look, I don't like the taste of broccoli.
16:28This was Strategery at its finest.
16:31Which SNL alum would you like to see make a cameo on the show?
16:35Let us know in the comments.
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