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What Will Happen When J.K. Simmons Hosts Saturday Night Live?
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At the funeral for Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, President and Mrs. Obama (Jay Pharoah and Sasheer Zamata) present to the late king's survivors their absurdly enormous entourage of American luminaries paying tribute, from Nancy Pelosi (Kate McKinnon) to John Kerry (Beck Bennett) to Meghan Trainor (Vanessa Bayer) to Superman (Taran Killam).
Host J.K. Simmons describes the similarities between preparing for SNL during Winter Storm Juno and starring in the film Juno.
A teenager (Pete Davidson) trying to put the moves on his date (Vanessa Bayer) keep getting interrupted by his well-meaning but extremely intrusive and corny parents (Simmons and Cecily Strong).
New York City forensic psychiatrist Emil Skoda (Simmons) gives unvarnished diagnoses of current-day TV characters including Olivia Pope (Zamata), Sherlock Holmes (Killam), and Jake Peralta (cameo by Andy Samberg).
In the interview portion of the Miss Universe pageant, co-hosts Thomas Roberts (Simmons) asks the contestants increasingly sexist and condescending questions allegedly submitted by fans via Facebook.
D'Angelo performs.
Potential Republican Presidential candidate Lindsey Graham (McKinnon) visits to explain his position on how gay marriage could lead to polygamy; Leslie Jones delivers a personal commentary on Benedict Cumberbatch's extremely recent use of the phrase "coloured people."
Super Bowl spectators (Simmons, Killam, Kenan Thompson, and Bobby Moynihan) use the time between plays to get introspective and candidly share their hopes, fears, and dreams for the future.
From the producers of Empire comes an explosive new drama about a family-run polka-based record label, led by ruthless, murderous taskmaster Verne Banaszewski (Simmons).
D'Angelo performs.
Just before a bar's last call, Sheila Sovage (McKinnon) turns her attention to the last man left (Simmons) in the hopes of making a short-term love connection.
People wave goodbye, hug.