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What Will Happen When James Franco Hosts Saturday Night Live (this time)?
And can he get through it without being visibly high?
As reports of acquittals in racially motivated police killings and subsequent protests keep rolling in, Ellen DeGeneres (Kate McKinnon) struggles to keep things light during her traditional Twelve Days Of Giveaways.
Host James Franco tries to dispel the rumours that he's an easily distractible stoner, reminding the audience of his recent run in Of Mice And Men on Broadway, only to be interrupted by Seth Rogen, his co-star in The Interview, with a blazing joint.
As James Franco (as himself) walks through the streets of New York, he takes a turn trying the profession of every person he passes.
In a break room at Macy's, one extremely motivated elf (Taran Killam) tries to get a more laid-back elf colleague (Franco) to match his level of enthusiasm before they go out to meet the kids.
After criticism over the all-white casting of his Egypt-set Exodus, Ridley Scott touts his follow-up: a historical epic about Genghis Khan starring Brad Pitt (Killam) and Miley Cyrus (Vanessa Bayer).
In light of the lack of indictments in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, the roundtable on How's He Doing? assess Barack Obama's response.
Nicki Minaj performs.
Sasha and Malia Obama (Leslie Jones and Sasheer Zamata) visit to talk about the controversy over their surly attitude at the Thanksgiving turkey pardon ceremony; Bar Mitzvah Boy (Bayer) details his plans for Hanukkah.
The employees at a veterinary clinic (Cecily Strong, McKinnon, and Franco) are extraordinarily bad at breaking the news to owners that their pets have died.
Finger-pointing and back-biting abounds at a meeting at People.com about the premature publication of Kirk Douglas's obituary.
All manner of heartwarming and horrifying tourist behaviour play out in the shadow of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.
A first-time father-to-be (Franco) out for dinner with his wife makes their couple friends uncomfortable by exhaustively describing the sympathetic pregnancy symptoms he's been experiencing.
Nicki Minaj performs.
Not to be outdone by the Victoria's Secret Fashion show, Playtex mounts its own fashion show on TLC, hosted by the Williams family of My Five Wives.
People wave goodbye, hug.