Scarlett Johansson and the cast of Saturday Night Live paid tribute to the 50th season of the show with a musical opening monologue that riffed the classic tube of Billy Joel “Piano Man”.
Back for his seventh time accommodation, the Jurassic World Rebirth Star launched the evening by proclaiming how “excited” she was “welcoming the final of season 50”.
“I’m so proud to be part of it.” She said. “You know, I first welcomed the show at the age of 21, so it’s crazy to be back here, what, like 3 years later. Guy, time really flies. ” After that, she embarked on Song.
“It is 11:30 am on a Saturday, final of season 50,” she sang. “It’s chaotic and crazy, all week is blurred, but there is no place that I prefer to be.”
Johansson started the solo of the monologue before it was slowly joined by more members of the program’s distribution, starting with Bowen Yang. “Scarlett, it was beautiful, it bothers me if I take the next verse?” He asked. “Oh well, it’s sort of my monologue,” she said before Wicked Star was also launched in his own song.
“Sometimes we play sympathetic characters, other times, we play JD Vance,” he sang. “It’s not always funny, we don’t do it for money, otherwise Sarah would buy better pants,” they both sang while her colleague actress Sarah Sherman joined them on stage.
“La, la-la, di-da, la-la, di-de-da, da-du”, they all sang, parodying Joel’s song. “Sing us a song, it’s your monologue, sing a song to us this evening, when we have made 50 years of great memories, every Saturday evening.”
Johansson then teased the public with a surprise appearance of Joel saying: “Ladies and Gentleman, Billy Joel… wrote this song.”
“I thought Billy Joel was going to come out,” said Mikey Day, to which she replied: “Oh, Mikey, so cute, so simple.”
She then pivoted to answer questions from the public, which the camera turned to Kenan Thompson in the public. “Can you introduce me to a dinosaur?” He asked, refering to the next main role of Johansson in the new Jurassic movie. “I’m sorry to call you,” she joked.
Earlier at night, the final Cold Open saw Donald Trump by James Austin Johnson telling the president’s recent trip to the Middle East with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman, played by Emil Wakim.
Johnson’s Trump noted that he would have a good time “and” I am a big fan of everything that Saudi Arabia has to offer, from oil to money at the end of the list. ” Later, they had fun to Trump who would be offered a plane from the Royal Qatari family.
“The Qatari gave me a plane of $ 400 million, can you believe this? And people said it was a kind of bribe. Not true, not true, because they did not ask for anything in return,” he said, what the Bin Salman of Wakim replied with “Well, not yet”, with Trump of Johnson, which was doubled.
Later of Johnson ride from Morgan Wallen’s sudden Snl Viral release earlier in the season. After the show, the star of the country shared a photo of what seemed to be taken from a private jet to his Instagram stories where he wrote: “Bring me to the country of God”.
“I don’t want to go home, let me stay,” said Trump of Johnson. “Bring me to the country of Allah.”
THE Eleanor the Great The director has closed its doors SnlThe 50th season of Saturday evening alongside Bad Bunny. Johansson returned for his seventh reception concert, while the triple winner of the Grammys was the musical guest for the third time after having doubled as a host and musical guest during his last appearance in October 2023.
Season 50 has seen a range of hosts and musical guests, including Ariana Grande, Charli XCX, Timothee Chalamet, Lady Gaga, Mikey Madison, Morgan Wallen, Jack Black, Jon Hamm, Quinta Brunson and Walton Goggins, among others.
