Saturday Night Live · season 40, episode 769 · Saturday, October 11, 2014 Host: Bill Hader. Musical guest: Hozier. • Hozier performs "Take Me to Church" and "Angel of Small Death & the Codeine Scene". • Writer and future cast member Mikey Day appears in the cold open. • Hader's Skeleton Twins co-star Kristen Wiig (SNL alumni) appears during the opening monologue, in the Hollywood Game Night sketch, introduces the tribute to Jan Hooks (alongside Hader), and introduces Hozier's second performance. • Harvey Fierstein appears during the opening monologue. • A tribute to Jan Hooks, who died two days earlier, is shown by re-airing "Love is a Dream", a sketch from 1988 with Phil Hartman. • SNL writer Leslie Jones appears during the "39 Cents" commercial. • Long time production designer Akira Yoshimura appears during the pre-recorded "Group Hopper" trailer. • Hader portrayed The Cat in the Hat in one sketch, a role he would later voice in a 2026 animated film. Wiki link