Saturday Night Live - Season 27
Season 27
Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-seventh season during the 2001-2002 television season on NBC. The season started on September 29, 2001 and ended on May 18, 2002, 20 episodes were produced.
Eighteen days before the season started, the September 11, 2001 attacks took place in New York. The season premiere went on as scheduled, with a special cold open featuring Rudy Giuliani, the Mayor of New York City at the time, along with the firefighters and police officers of New York, declaring that despite the terrorist attack, New York City will run as normal and Saturday Night Live will go on as planned.
Three weeks into the season the show faced another scare when anthrax was found in the GE Building. The scare caused most of the cast and crew, as well as that week's guest host Drew Barrymore, to evacuate the building.
Before the start of the season, Jerry Minor and Chris Parnell were both let go from the show. However, luck was on Parnell's side as he was hired back to the show mid-season in the episode hosted by Jonny Moseley, becoming the second cast member to be hired back to the show after being fired, the first person being Jim Belushi in 1983.
Network
Episodes20
DatesSep 29, 2001 - May 18, 2002
Episodes
Season 27Episode 190 min
Reese Witherspoon / Alicia Keys
Live From New York, It's...Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
Sketches include: ""9/11 Tribute"", ""Wake Up, Wakefield!,"" ""Preparation-H,"" ""The Little Mermaid,"" ""The Culps,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy,"" ""Farting Baby,"" and ""Donatella Versace's Kids' Songs.""
Alicia Keys performed ""Fallin'"" and ""A Woman's Worth."" Paul Simon performed ""The Boxer.""
Sep 29, 2001
Season 27Episode 290 min
Seann William Scott / Sum 41
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell
Sketches include: Bush Warns bin Laden, Law and Order: Parking Violations Movement, Snotty Department Store Guys, Emmy Awards Pre-Show, Jarrett's Room, The Patriotic Co-Worker, The ""How Do You Say? Ah, Yes"" Show, The Approval Center, and The Porn Star Blind Date
Sum 41 performs: ""Fat Lip"" and ""In Too Deep""
Oct 6, 2001
Season 27Episode 390 min
Drew Barrymore / Macy Gray
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond
Sketches include ""A Message from Dick Cheney,"" ""Crossing Over with John Edwards,"" ""Jacuzzi Lovers,"" ""Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: Collector's Edition DVD"", ""First Liberty Savings Bank,"" ""Action Talk Show"", ""Post-9/11-Edited King Kong Movie,"" and ""Whole Latte Love, The Lesbian Bar.""
Macy Gray performs: ""Sexual Revolution"" and ""Sweet Baby""
Oct 13, 2001
Season 27Episode 490 min
John Goodman / Ja Rule
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond
Sketches include: ""MSNBC: Ashcroft's Press Conference,"" ""Hudson Valley Community Circuit,"" ""Herbal Essences For Men,"" ""E.P.T Pregnancy Kit"", ""Liberty Medical Supplies,"" ""She's The Girl with No Gaydar,"" ""CBS News Anthrax Update,"" ""HBO America Undercover,"" ""Bad Conceptual Theater with Leonard Pinth-Garnell,"" and ""Amateur Sleuths.""
Ja Rule performs: ""Always On Time"" (with Ashanti) and ""Livin' It Up"" (by himself)
Nov 3, 2001
Season 27Episode 590 min
Gwyneth Paltrow / Ryan Adams
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell (speaking Arabic)
Sketches include ""George W. Bush's Arab Myths,"" ""Boston Teens' School Dance,"" ""Gemini's Twin Weekend,"" ""The Atteburys,"" ""Dysfunctional Family Dinner,"" ""Mango and Gwyneth,"", ""TV Funhouse: Michael Jackson"", ""My Big Thick Novel"", and ""Fiesta Politica.""
The Michael Jackson TV Funhouse is replaced on the NBC rerun with a TV Funhouse: Fun With Real Audio about Pat Robertson. Also: Ryan Adams's second performance and a sketch featuring Dean Edwards and Tracy Morgan were cut after dress rehearsal.
Nov 10, 2001
Season 27Episode 690 min
Billy Bob Thornton / Creed
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond
Sketches include ""Donald Rumsfeld's Defense Press Briefing,"" ""The Gay Pilgrim,"" ""Nick Burns and His Father,"" ""Brian Fellow's Safari Planet,"" ""Inside The Actor's Studio: Billy Bob Thorton"", ""SNL War Party"", ""A Farmer and His Fenced-In Area"", ""E.P.T Pregnancy Test"" (repeat from the John Goodman/Ja Rule feat. Ashanti episode), ""My Big Thick Novel"", and ""Martha Stewart's Patriotic Thanksgiving.""
Creed performs: ""My Sacrifice"" and ""Bullets""
A ""Hello Dolly"" sketch was scheduled to air, but got cut due to time constraints
Nov 17, 2001
Season 27Episode 790 min
Derek Jeter / Bubba Sparxxx & Shakira
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell
Sketches include: George W. Bush's 'You Might Be A Terrorist...', Preparation H (repeat from the Reese Witherspoon/Alicia Keys episode), Muchas Iglesias, The Baseball Wives, Store Clerk's Masseuse Fantasy, Dissing Your Dog, Derek Jeter's Taco Hole, Dealing With Mom and Dad, Osama's Pep Talk, Male Perms, SNL Holiday Song, and My Big Thick Novel
Shakira performs: ""Wherever, Whenever"" Bubba Sparxxx performs: ""Ugly"" and ""Lovely""
Dec 1, 2001
Season 27Episode 890 min
Hugh Jackman / Mick Jagger
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond
Sketches include ""Gore's White House Call,"" ""Jarret's Room,"" ""The Robert Goulet All-Holiday Special,"" ""Sears Family Photographers,"" ""Hello Dolly,"" ""Backstage SNL: Mick Jagger's Reflection,"" ""Superman and His Parents,"" ""Donatella Versace,"" and ""Hugh Jackman's 'The Christmas Kangaroo'.""
Mick Jagger performs: ""God Gave Me Everything"" and ""Visions of Paradise""
Dec 8, 2001
Season 27Episode 990 min
Ellen DeGeneres / No Doubt
Ellen DeGeneres hosts and No Doubt performs.
Dec 15, 2001
Season 27Episode 1090 min
Josh Hartnett / Pink
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond
Sketches include ""Buddy The Dog's Funeral,"" ""Wake Up, Wakefield!,"" ""Hello Stepson, Now Let's Go To Bed: I Went To Bed With My Stepson: The Lara Bengal Covington Story"", ""TV Funhouse: The X-Presidents Meet The Ambiguously Gay Duo"", ""The Shout Out Show,"" ""HBO First Look: Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones,"" ""Airplane Entertainment,"" and ""Playboy Channel: Arabic Awareness Month.""
Pink performs: Get This Party Started and Don't Let Me Get Me
The Playboy Channel: Arabic Awareness Month sketch was in the dress rehearsal of the Ellen DeGeneres/No Doubt episode.
Jan 12, 2002
Season 27Episode 1190 min
Jack Black / The Strokes
Live From New York, It's...Jimmy Fallon
Sketches include: White House Cops: The Pretzel Incident, Flenderson's, Russell Putnam: Investigative Reporter, Tales of Valor: The Virgin Sacrifice, Mountaintop Lovers, Friends, Now That's What Actors Call Singing, Bass-Off, HBO's America Undercover, Music International, and My Big Thick Novel
The Strokes perform: ""Last Nite"" and ""Hard To Explain""
Jan 19, 2002
Season 27Episode 1290 min
Britney Spears
Live From New York, It's...Seth Meyers
Sketches include ""Morman Winter Olympics,"" ""Brian Fellow's Safari Planet,"" ""Inside Barbie's Dreamhouse,"" ""Jarrett's Room,"" ""A Message From Martha Stewart,"" ""Astronaut Jones,"" ""HBO First Look: Gemini's Twin,"" ""Channel 9 Action News,"" and ""The Leather Man.""
The host/musical guest performs: ""Boys"" and ""I'm Not A Girl""
Feb 2, 2002
Season 27Episode 1390 min
Jonny Moseley / Outkast
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell
Sketches include ""George W. Bush's Axis of Evil,"" ""Boston Teens' Ski Trip,"" ""The O'Reilly Factor,"" ""DisMissed,"" ""The Adventures of Dinner-Rolling Jonny Moseley,"" ""Super Buzzers,"" ""Typhoid Mary Rehearsal,"" and ""Extreme Wedding.""
OutKast performs: ""The Whole World"" and ""I'm Sorry, Ms. Jackson""
A TV Funhouse cartoon was cut from dress rehearsal, despite that Seth Meyers (substituting for Don Pardo) announces a cartoon for this episode
Mar 2, 2002
Season 27Episode 1490 min
Jon Stewart / India Arie
Live From New York, It's...Darrell Hammond
Sketches include: Cheney's Concerns, The Cheese Game, MTV's Total Request Live, The Bloder Brothers, TV Funhouse: MTV Forum (Fun With Real Audio), Talkin' To The Stars, News Media, Jazzvisions, We Were Soldiers Who Knew What Women Want, and My Big Thick Novel
India.Arie performs: ""Video"" and ""Ready For Love""
Mar 9, 2002
Season 27Episode 1590 min
Ian McKellen / Kylie Minogue
Live From New York, It's... Darrell Hammond
Sketches include ""Tom Ridge Terrorism Address,"" ""Kotex Classic,"" ""Donatella Versace's Oscar Party,"" ""NPR Delicious Dish,"" ""Great Moments In Oscar History II"" (cartoon), ""Hot Air Balloon Mystery Theater,"" ""The Ferey Muthar Talk Show,"" ""A&E's The Life and Times of Charles Dickens,"" and ""Kevin and Richie's Comic Book Zone.""
Kylie Minogue performed ""Can't Get You Out of My Head"" (with Ian McKellen singing off to the side of the stage) and ""In Your Eyes.""
Mar 16, 2002
Season 27Episode 1690 min
Cameron Diaz / Jimmy Eat World
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell & Ana Gasteyer!
Sketches include ""The Culps In Lamaze Class,"" ""17th Annual Auto Show Spokeman Awards,"" ""MTV Spring Break 2002,"" ""SNL 530,"" ""Astronaut Jones,"" ""Celine Dion on CBS,"" ""Gorgeous Living,"" ""The First Female Peepers,"" ""MTV 4"", and ""My Big, Thick Novel.""
Jimmy Eat World performed ""The Middle"" and ""Sweetness.""
Apr 6, 2002
Season 27Episode 1790 min
The Rock / Andrew W.K.
The Rock hosts with musical guest Andrew W.K.
Apr 13, 2002
Season 27Episode 1890 min
Alec Baldwin / P.O.D.
Live From New York, It's...The Parrot From ""Barretta""
Sketckes include ""FOX News: Robert Blake Murder,"" ""Kotex Classic"" (rerun from the Ian McKellen/Kylie Minogue episode), ""Gay Voice Mail,"" ""When White Men Date Old Black Women,"" ""Ozzy Osbourne's Problems,"" ""Let's All Hate France"", ""TV Funhouse: The Anatominals"", ""The Cardinals"", ""Lovers' Birthday Party,"" and ""The Tony Bennett Show.""
P.O.D performs: ""Alive"" and ""Youth of the Nation""
Apr 20, 2002
Season 27Episode 1990 min
Kirsten Dunst / Eminem
Live From New York, It's...Will Ferrell
Sketches include ""George W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice, and Dick Cheney,"" ""Clear Results Home Pregnancy Test,"" ""Last Call With Carson Daly,"" ""TV Funhouse: Bambi 2002,"" ""Demilon,"" ""Annoying Background Soap Actors,"" ""Jarret's Room,"" ""Court TV: Kournikova vs. Penthouse,"" ""Wake Up Wakefield,"" ""DeMarco Family Dancers,"" ""My Big Thick Novel"".
May 11, 2002
Season 27Episode 2090 min
Winona Ryder / Moby
Live From New York, It's...Maya Rudolph and (for the final time) Will Ferrell
Sketches include ""Jimmy Carter In Cuba,"" ""Celebrity Jeopardy: Music Edition,"" ""Dueling Wedding Singers,"" ""Botox"", ""Bear Researchers,"" ""Girl Next Door: The Search For a Playboy Playmate,"" ""Jacuzzi Lovers II,"" ""Mango, Winona, and Moby Go Shoplifting,"" and ""Farewell To Will Ferrell.""
Moby performs: ""We Are All Made Of Stars"" and ""South Side""
May 18, 2002
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