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Saturday Night Live S31E1 — Steve Carell/Kanye West

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Saturday Night Live•Season 31•Episode 1

Steve Carell/Kanye West

6.7/10 · 172 votesOct 1, 200567 min

Ranked #6 of 19 in Season 31•+0.3 vs season avg

Live from New York, it's... Will Forte! Sketches include "Bush Addresses the Nation," "MorganStanley," "The JetBlue Crisis," "Anderson Cooper 360," "The Couple That Should Be Divorced," "Girls Gone Wild Katrina," "Kanye Backstage," "The Lundford Twins Variety Hour," "Fun With Real Audio" (cartoon), and "Debbie Downer." Kanye West

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Kenan Thompson

Kenan Thompson

Self - Various Characters

Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler

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Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers

Self - Various Characters

Will Forte

Will Forte

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Maya Rudolph

Maya Rudolph

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Darrell Hammond

Darrell Hammond

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Chris Parnell

Chris Parnell

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Horatio Sanz

Horatio Sanz

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Rachel Dratch

Rachel Dratch

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Finesse Mitchell

Finesse Mitchell

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Bill Hader

Bill Hader

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Andy Samberg

Andy Samberg

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Paula Pell

Paula Pell

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Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels

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Erik Kenward

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John Lutz

John Lutz

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Steve Higgins

Steve Higgins

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Jorma Taccone

Jorma Taccone

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Emily Spivey

Emily Spivey

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Tina Fey

Tina Fey

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Seth Meyers

Seth Meyers

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Harper Steele

Harper Steele

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Bryan Tucker

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James Anderson

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Episode Summary

"Steve Carell/Kanye West" is episode 1 of Saturday Night Live season 31. It scored 6.7/10 from 172 votes, ranking #6 of 19 episodes this season (season average 6.4). Directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller and written by Paula Pell, Lorne Michaels, Erik Kenward, John Lutz, Steve Higgins, Jorma Taccone, Emily Spivey, Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, Harper Steele, Bryan Tucker, James Anderson, Robert Smigel, Akiva Schaffer, Matt Murray, Colin Jost, Adam McKay, Frank Sebastiano, T. Sean Shannon, Alex Baze, Doug Abeles, Charlie Grandy, JB Smoove, Liz Cackowski, Matt O'Brien, it aired on October 1, 2005.

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