This marked the first episode hosted by Christopher Walken that did not include his recurring character, The Continental, or his song-and-dance monologue.
Connecticut senator and former 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Christopher Dodd made a guest appearance during the SNL Digital Short "Laser Cats! 3D".
Tina Fey appeared in the Annuale commercial (a re-aired commercial from the episode she hosted in February).
Panic! at the Disco performed "Nine in the Afternoon" and "I Write Sins Not Tragedies".
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