Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2013–14

The following is a list of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced during the thirty-ninth season of SNL, which began on September 28, 2013.

Bruce Chandling

Kyle Mooney plays stand-up comedian Bruce Chandling.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	September 28, 2013	Tina Fey	Bruce Chandling gives his take on new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's first U.N. Speech.
39	May 17, 2014	Andy Samberg	Bruce Chandling provides his perspective on summertime fun.
41	November 14, 2015	Elizabeth Banks	Bruce talks about women and his girlfriend.
41	April 9, 2016	Russell Crowe	Bruce talks about Halloween and brings on a fellow Comedian
42	April 15, 2017	Jimmy Fallon	Bruce talks about Easter.
43	November 18, 2017	Chance the Rapper	Bruce talks about Thanksgiving.

An installment was scheduled to air on October 22, 2016, where Bruce talks about Halloween and brings on a fellow Comedian (Tom Hanks); the segment was cut from the episode before airing, but was released online. Two filmed pieces with Kevin Hart and Louis C.K. respectively were also cut for time in Season 40.

Cinema Classics

Reese De'What (Kenan Thompson) presents classic cinema and television.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	September 28, 2013	Tina Fey
40	October 4, 2014	Sarah Silverman	Forgotten TV Gems
40	January 31, 2015	J.K. Simmons
40	April 11, 2015	Taraji P. Henson
40	May 16, 2015	Louis C.K.	Forgotten TV Gems
41	April 16, 2016	Julia Louis-Dreyfus
44	March 2, 2019	John Mulaney
44	May 11, 2019	Emma Thompson
45	November 23, 2019	Will Ferrell

Mornin' Miami!

Three surly and unusually-named news anchors of a Miami-based morning news program (played by Kate McKinnon, Bobby Moynihan, and the host) cheerfully record their promos for the week for their off-screen producer (voiced by Vanessa Bayer).

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	October 5, 2013	Miley Cyrus	Yolanda (Miley Cyrus), Jill, and B.F. seethe in between recordings.
39	January 18, 2014	Drake	Trey (Drake), Lena, and B.F. fume over their new sign off.

An installment of Mornin' Miami! was scheduled to air on May 10, 2014, featuring host Charlize Theron; the sketch was cut from the episode before airing, but was released online.

Miss Meadows (poetry teacher)

Unusually perky poetry teacher Miss Meadows (Vanessa Bayer) visits students and teaches them about the joys of poetry. She reads her eccentric original poems to the group. Students take turns reading their odd original poems with one student (played by the host) using their poems to display their sexual attraction towards Meadows.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	October 5, 2013	Miley Cyrus	Miss Meadows visits a class while the teacher is at a job interview.
39	January 18, 2014	Drake	Miss Meadows visits detention.
40	November 22, 2014	Cameron Diaz	Miss Meadows is a substitute teacher

Miley tapes

A look in the fictional romance of Miley Cyrus and Kyle Mooney, which takes place during and after the filming of a homemade videotape. Bobby Moynihan and Beck Bennett interrupt the shooting, to which Kyle exits the room and confides in them that he doesn't really want to do what Miley wants him to do in the tape. Every time he opens the door after that, her actions and situations become more outlandish.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	October 5, 2013	Miley Cyrus	Miley and Kyle make a sex tape. However, due to Kyle's reluctance, she ends up making a tape with his brother (Taran Killam) instead.
41	October 3, 2015	Miley Cyrus	Miley and Kyle make a wedding video, marry and have a child (Jon Rudnitsky), much against Kyle's wishes. At the end, time speeds up so fast that Kyle dies and becomes single again as Miley is now a widow.

Shallon

A guest speaker (played by the Host) visits Astoria Elementary School to give a safety presentation, but finds that the loud, brash student Shallon (Nasim Pedrad) twists his lecture into an endorsement of whatever he's warning the children against (such as getting into cars with strangers) while the class' teacher Miss Finley (Kate McKinnon) is away doing something in her car. Shallon's actions would get her classmates (played by Aidy Bryant, John Milhiser, Bobby Moynihan, Kenan Thompson, and Noël Wells) into thinking that what Shallon says is right much to the chagrin of the guest speaker. When Miss Finley returns, the guest speaker leaves and makes a negative comment about the class. Afterwards, Miss Finley gives the children permission to go pursue the activity the guest speaker was attempting to discourage.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	October 26, 2013	Edward Norton	Shallon convinces the class to get into vans with strangers while undermining the authority of a police officer named Officer Rosen (Edward Norton) to get candy on Halloween.
39	December 14, 2013	John Goodman	While Captain Lemkee (John Goodman) of the Irvine Fire Department talks about fire safety on Christmas, Shallon convinces the class to get into the fireplace on Christmas Eve to save Santa Claus from the fire.
39	April 12, 2014	Seth Rogen	Shallon convinces the class that they should seek out drug dealers to get crack from them while ignoring the words of D.A.R.E. member Officer Kellogg (Seth Rogen).

Holiday Food

The episode's host plays an eccentric character who talks about the food they'll be giving out on a certain holiday.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	October 26, 2013	Edward Norton	A father (Norton), accompanied by his wife Adult Ruth (Aidy) and their son Diego (Bobby Moynihan), shows off the candy he has bought for Halloween trick-or-treaters, including a kale chip in a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup packet, and a Pez dispenser with his own head on it.
40	April 4, 2015	Michael Keaton	Keaton (playing himself), accompanied by Portia (Kate McKinnon) and Jordan (Bobby Moynihan), shows off what he has bought for Easter, including creme eggs that he gave up for lent the year before, and a toy "Easter monkey".

A third sketch themed around Thanksgiving, starring Kristen Wiig as "Wisten Kriig", was cut for time during the Season 42 episode dated November 18, 2016. Another sketch for St. Patrick's Day, with Bill Hader as Liam Neeson, was also cut for time in season 43 on March 17, 2018.

Heshy Farahat

Heshy Farahat (Nasim Pedrad) is a Yemeni motivational speaker who comes to speak at schools and hotels, etc. She often tells personal stories to motivate the audience, using hip thrusts and shooting-gun sound effects controlled by her son (Mike O'Brien).

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	November 2, 2013	Kerry Washington	Heshy arrives at a school's career week with her son and her assistant Tammy (Kerry Washington).
39	May 10, 2014	Charlize Theron	Heshy appears at a hotel to give dating advice, "The Man Plan", with her friend Gail (Charlize Theron).

Waking up with Kimye

Kanye West (Jay Pharoah) and Kim Kardashian (Nasim Pedrad) host a morning talk show with a typical daytime-talk-show format. Despite Kanye feeding Kim each of her lines to say in extremely obvious ways, she messes up most of them anyway. Kanye appears to be oblivious to Kim's ditziness, seeing her as both beautiful and brilliant. The other Kardashian sisters make giggling nasal-voiced appearances.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	November 16, 2013	Lady Gaga	Kanye and Kim interview the Apple Store employee (Lady Gaga) who repaired Kim's computer.
39	December 21, 2013	Jimmy Fallon	Kim shows off her gingerbread nightclub. Fallon does not appear in the sketch.
39	May 17, 2014	Andy Samberg	Kim shows off a drawing of her wedding dress. Samberg plays Kim and Kanyes' wedding planner.

Jebidiah Atkinson

Jebidiah Atkinson (Taran Killam), a Weekend Update character, is an 1860s newspaper critic who has something negative to say about everything.

The character was inspired by an actual incident: On November 14, 2013, in honor of the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, The Patriot-News retracted a scathing review of the address that its predecessor publication, The Patriot & Union, had published on Nov. 24, 1863. Atkinson, ostensibly the author of that review, appeared on Weekend Update to defend his opinion. (The actual author was Oramel Barrett.)[1]

The character has received critical acclaim from multiple reviewers. Mike Ryan of the Huffington Post said he would watch a Jebidiah Atkinson movie.[2] Hitfix's Ryan McGee said that while performing the bit, Killam was on fire, even comparing Atkinson to Bill Hader's beloved Weekend Update character Stefon.[3]

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	November 16, 2013	Lady Gaga	Jebidiah is critical of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and other political speeches.
39	December 7, 2013	Paul Rudd	Jebidiah is critical of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and other Christmas specials and movies.
39	March 1, 2014	Jim Parsons	Jebidiah is critical of current and past Best Picture nominees.
39	May 3, 2014	Andrew Garfield	Jebidiah is critical of current and past Tony nominees.
40	January 31, 2015	J. K. Simmons	Jebidiah is critical of current and past Grammy nominees.
40	April 4, 2015	Michael Keaton	Jebidiah is critical of current and past television shows.

Mr. Patterson (Baby Boss)

Dick Patterson (Beck Bennett) is a businessman who exhibits infantile reflexes. He is described by those who work for him as having "the body of a baby."

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	November 23, 2013	Josh Hutcherson	Josh Hutcherson plays Mr. Patterson's newly hired assistant.[4]
39	March 29, 2014	Louis C.K.	Louis C.K. plays a vice-president of Mr. Patterson's company.[5]
40	November 22, 2014	Cameron Diaz	Cameron Diaz plays Mr. Patterson's wife, Nancy. This is the first version of the sketch not to take place in the office.
41	May 14, 2016	Drake	Drake plays a White House Representative representing Patterson as a potential third party candidate. Here it is revealed his first name is Dick.

Animal Hospital (Vet Office)

Nurses (played by Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, and the host) work at a vet hospital and deliver the news of the pet's death to pet owners. The host plays a flamboyant nurse.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	November 23, 2013	Josh Hutcherson
40	September 27, 2014	Chris Pratt	[6]

Family Feud

Steve Harvey (Kenan Thompson) hosts Celebrity Family Feud.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	December 21, 2013	Jimmy Fallon	CBS vs. NBC[7]
39	May 3, 2014	Andrew Garfield	American vs. International Musicians[8]
40	January 24, 2015	Blake Shelton	The Voice vs. American Idol[9]
41	October 17, 2015	Tracy Morgan	Extended Families[10]
41	March 12, 2016	Ariana Grande	Actors vs. Directors
42	October 1, 2016	Margot Robbie	Team Clinton vs. Team Trump[11]
42	February 4, 2017	Kristen Stewart	Super Bowl Edition[12]
42	April 15, 2017	Jimmy Fallon	Team 1977 vs. Team 2017
43	November 18, 2017	Chance the Rapper	Thanksgiving edition[13]
43	March 10, 2018	Sterling K. Brown	Oscar Edition
44	February 16, 2019	Don Cheadle	Oscar Nominees
44	May 4, 2019	Adam Sandler	Avengers vs. Game Of Thrones

An earlier version of this sketch aired in the season 35 episode hosted by Ryan Reynolds. It featured Jason Sudeikis as host Richard Dawson in a 1970s version of Family Feud between the Osmond family and the Phillips family.[14]

Black Jeopardy!

Kenan Thompson plays Darnell Hayes, host of a version of Jeopardy! where correct responses are stereotypes of lower-class African American speech and thought. The host plays the contestant in the rightmost seat.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	March 29, 2014	Louis C.K.	Louis C.K. plays a professor of African American Studies. Jay Pharoah and Sasheer Zamata play the other contestants, Amir and Keeley.[15]
41	November 14, 2015	Elizabeth Banks	Elizabeth Banks plays Allison who "dated a black guy once." Jay Pharoah and Sasheer Zamata reprise their roles as Amir and Keeley. Leslie Jones plays the woman providing the Daily Double clue.[16]
41	May 14, 2016	Drake	Drake plays a Black Canadian named Jared. Jay Pharoah and Sasheer Zamata reprise their roles as Amir and Keeley.[17]
42	October 22, 2016	Tom Hanks	Tom Hanks plays a Donald Trump supporter named Doug. Sasheer Zamata reprises her role as Keeley. Leslie Jones plays new contestant Shanice.[18]
43	April 7, 2018	Chadwick Boseman	Chadwick Boseman reprises his role of King T'Challa from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Leslie Jones reprises her role as Shanice. Chris Redd plays new contestant Rashad. Cecily Strong and Beck Bennett voice a white couple shopping for real estate.[19]
45	December 21. 2019	Eddie Murphy	Eddie Murphy reprises his Velvet Jones character. Chris Redd reprises his role as Rashad. Ego Nwodim plays new contestant Kiana.[20]

Dyke and Fats

Trailers from a fictional CBS buddy-cop show featuring Dutch Plains (Kate McKinnon) as lesbian cop Les Dykawitz, and Velvy O'Malley (Aidy Bryant) as food-loving cop Chubbina Fatzarelli. While they call one another "Dyke and Fats" and engage in stereotypical behavior, they won't tolerate that anyone else, including superior officers, call them by their nicknames.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	March 29, 2014	Louis C.K.
42	December 10, 2016	John Cena

Chris Fitzpatrick

Kyle Mooney plays Chris Fitzpatrick, an alternative high-schooler who makes videos featuring heavy metal music and public domain images of car crashes and buildings being demolished.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	March 29, 2014	Louis C.K.	Chris Fitzpatrick runs for High School President.
40	November 22, 2014	Cameron Diaz	Chris Fitzpatrick fights his high-school bully, Andy Rydell.
41	May 7, 2016	Brie Larson	Chris Fitzpatrick launches a Kickstarter campaign for his band, Discreet Annihilation.
43	March 10, 2018	Sterling K. Brown	Chris Fitzpatrick interviews people on the street on Rock vs. Rap

Leslie Jones

Leslie Jones appears as an expert on image and relationships on Weekend Update and flirts with host Colin Jost.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	May 3, 2014	Andrew Garfield	Leslie appears as an image expert and talks about Lupita Nyong'o being named PEOPLE's Most Beautiful Person. Her jokes about African-American slavery were met with controversy. Jones has since defended them.[21]
40	September 27, 2014	Chris Pratt	Leslie appears as a relationship expert and talks about the benefits of being single and her relationship woes.
40	November 15, 2014	Woody Harrelson	Leslie appears to give her thoughts about a woman who got arrested after attempting to break into the house of a man she met online and got stuck in a chimney. (This was Jones' first appearance as a correspondent since joining the cast of the show a few episodes prior.)
40	December 6, 2014	James Franco	Leslie appears as a relationship expert who gives her thoughts on 420Singles.com.
40	March 7, 2015	Chris Hemsworth	Leslie talks about how much she hates New York City.
40	May 9, 2015	Reese Witherspoon	Leslie reads love letters she wrote to a guy whom she had a four-year booty call with
41	October 3, 2015	Miley Cyrus	Leslie talks about how she hates that because she is funny, men "just aren't feeling [her] like that."
41	November 7, 2015	Donald Trump	Leslie talks about how gender roles are changing in the household
41	December 12, 2015	Chris Hemsworth	Leslie talks about Breaking Bad being snubbed from the Golden Globes
41	January 23, 2016	Ronda Rousey	Leslie talks about her crush on Leonardo DiCaprio
41	February 13, 2016	Melissa McCarthy	Leslie lists what qualities she'd like to see in her perfect man. Kenan Thompson appears as her resident pianist.
41	May 14, 2016	Drake	Leslie talks about achieving your dreams at any age
42	October 22, 2016	Tom Hanks	Leslie comments on her nude photo hack which happened that August
42	December 3, 2016	Emma Stone	Leslie believes that guys should appreciate their penis more
42	January 21, 2017	Aziz Ansari	Leslie reviews the movie Hidden Figures
42	May 6, 2017	Chris Pine	Leslie talks about going on vacation in Jamaica that April
SE	August 10, 2017	n/a	Leslie talks about her love for working out and exercising.
43	November 4, 2017	Larry David	Leslie talks about the Houston Astros winning the World Series.
43	March 3, 2018	Charles Barkley
43	May 5, 2018	Donald Glover	Leslie discusses Facebook's new dating feature.
44	December 1, 2018	Claire Foy
44	March 9, 2019	Idris Elba
44	May 18, 2019	Paul Rudd

Whiskers R We

Middle-aged cat-lover Barbara DeDrew (McKinnon) and her girlfriend (the episode's host) showcase the cats that are ready to be adopted at Whiskers R We animal shelter. Barbara spends each commercial highlighting each cat's ridiculous backstory (for example, one cat is described as a ghost who died in 1940, another is described as a master of psychological manipulation) and fending off her girlfriend's awkward attempts at physical affection, which she is uncomfortable with on camera.

Season	Episode	Host	Notes
39	May 10, 2014	Charlize Theron	Theron appears as Cat Muller.
40	December 10, 2014	Amy Adams	Adams appears as Ashley. Ashley was originally played by Sarah Silverman, however the sketch was cut for time from her episode.
40	May 9, 2015	Reese Witherspoon	Witherspoon appears as Purrsula.
41	February 13, 2016	Melissa McCarthy	McCarthy appears as Tabbytha.
42	November 19, 2016	Kristen Wiig	Wiig appears as Furonica.
43	November 11, 2017	Tiffany Haddish	Haddish appears as Clawdia.
45	April 25, 2020	no host

References

1. Micek, John L. (2013-11-19). "Author says it was his cranky great-great grandfather who panned Gettysburg Address". PennLive.com. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
2. Ryan, Mike (17 November 2013). "'SNL' Scorecard: Lady Gaga Dials It Down (Mostly)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
3. McGee, Ryan (16 November 2013). "Entertainment". Hitfix.com. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
4. Luippold, Ross (November 25, 2013). "'SNL': Beck Bennett Is A CEO With The Body Of A Baby". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
5. McGlynn, Katla (March 31, 2014). "The Boss With The Body Of A Baby Returns To 'SNL' To Throw Cake At Louis C.K.'s Face". The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
6. Mancuso, Vinnie (September 29, 2014). "'Saturday Night Live' Season 40 Premiere: The Good, the Bad and the Grande". New York Observer. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNCbK8JO-z0
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKLS2CM-NBY
9. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ6_vAXNcxQ
10. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=watFrxeBNgk
11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC4VXwFibWY
12. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSKJkGDT9AU
13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_kA2t2ytA8
14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6gx1hYZio8
15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWuJHbVZBQg
16. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX7rliyPF48
17. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VorxBhRxZGo
18. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7VaXlMvAvk
19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzMzFGgmQOc
20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwX8B52YXK0
21. Bacle, Ariana (May 5, 2014). "'Saturday Night Live' writer Leslie Jones responds to criticism of slavery standup -- VIDEO". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 2, 2014.

Preceded by Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2012–13

Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches (listed chronologically)

Succeeded by Recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches introduced 2014–15