Andy Samberg made his triumphant return to the stage that made him famous last night as Saturday Night Live once again went all-out with its season finale episode, which featured Samberg hosting with musical guest St. Vincent, as well as cameos from Martin Short, Paul Rudd, Seth Meyers, Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Fred Armisen and Bill Hader.
One person who didn't make a cameo was Samberg's favorite SNL collaborator Justin Timberlake, but the star, who's currently touring Russia, did send over a photo to "show his encouragement."
The episode was a lot of Samberg doing what he did best in his years as a regular cast member: digital shorts, ridiculous impressions, and killing it on Weekend Update by appearing as Nicholas Cage for Get In The Cage.
Here are the best sketches from the finale:
Jay Z and Solange Cold Open
It turns out that with the sound included, there's a perfectly good explanation for Solange attacking Jay Z in that hotel elevator video, and it involves a serious case of arachnophobia.
Rapid-fire Impressions Monologue
So it turns out that Samberg only needed to do 24 more impressions to take the all-time impressions record from Bill Hader - okay, who cares what the dumb premise was, it's Samberg doing impressions of Beetlejuice, Alf, Seth Rogen, Macho Man Randy Savage, Liam Neeson, Larry Bird, Chris Mullins and more than a dozen others.
Weekend Update: Get In The Cage
This time it's Paul Rudd who gets in the Cage, and everyone's favorite, overworked movie star, with "a flowing mane of hair that resembles a ferret carcass stapled to a classroom skeleton" can't believe he's not in that movie.
Digital Short: When Will The Bass Drop?
This answers the question, what exactly are EDM DJs doing up there if they're just playing songs off their iTunes? (Playing Jenga, raking their zen garden, etc.) But wait for the bass to drop, 'cause it's about to get "turned up to death," literally.
Confident Hunchback
You wish you had game like Quasimoto.
