> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.theomnicosm.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Jonah Hill brings in Leonardo DiCaprio, Michael Cera and a few pornstars - URL: https://www.theomnicosm.com/jonah-hill-brings-in-leonardo-dicaprio-michael-cera-and-a-few-pornstars/ - Published: 2014-01-26T05:00:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-10-20T23:04:50.000Z - Description: A republished recap of the Jan. 25, 2014, episode of ‘SNL’ hosted by Jonah Hill. - Author: Bill Kuchman - Tags: The Cold Open • From the Archive, SNL Season 39, The Cold Open, SNL, The Cold Open • Episode Reviews, Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio *I wrote* SNL *recaps for the original version of Popculturology from 2012 to 2015\. The opinions voiced in these recaps may be outdated based on the events that have occurred since their writing. This article was originally published on Jan. 26, 2014.* Welcome to Edition No. 33 of **Popculturology**'s *Saturday Night Live*recaps. All of your questions about the **Jonah Hill**\-hosted episode will soon be answered. ### How'd Jonah Hill do? Hill's no *SNL* rookie, having previously hosted the show twice. I've usually included him among the better hosts of the past few seasons, probably because he's a funny guy for a living (unless he's working with **Martin Scorsese** or **Bennett Miller**) and he's game for *SNL* making fun of his "I'm a real actor now" persona. This weekend's episode stuck to those previous trends, with Hill's monologue tackling the fact that with a second Oscar nomination, Hill's "I'm a real actor now" persona was getting the best of him. In response to the (fake) audience questions about what it was like to work with **Leonardo DiCaprio** on *The Wolf of Wall Street*, Hill started taking shots a his costar. That all changed when DiCaprio strolled out on stage, asking, "What the hell are you doing?" Hill's immediate reaction of "Oh god. Oh god, no" at the sight of DiCaprio was priceless. DiCaprio wasted little time breaking down Hill's big shot persona, reminding Hill that instead of acting like this in public, he should just try to be the best version of himself. To settle Hill down, DiCaprio agreed to recreate an iconic *Titanic* scene. Good sport, DiCaprio. Why haven't you hosted *SNL* yet? ## Sign up Join the hundreds of ****Deep SNL Thoughts** subscribers who already get free editions including the episode recaps, news and more. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. ➕ Already a ****Deep SNL Thoughts** subscriber? ****Please consider becoming a supporter** by [****upgrading your account**](https://www.popculturology.news/?ref=theomnicosm.com#/portal/). 🍿🍪 Wanna add ****Popculturology** and ****Snackology** to your subscription? ****Update your email preferences** [****on your account page**](https://www.popculturology.news/?ref=theomnicosm.com#/portal/). ### What were the best sketches of the night? The pornstars. You can never go wrong with this sketch. It was reliably raunchy, so — as always — *SNL* had to save it until the very end of the show. **Vanessa Bayer** and **Cecily Strong** kill every time they do this sketch, perfectly nailing the balance between stoned ignorance and obscene one-liners. Is there any other recurring sketch that *SNL* would dare showcase lines like "You'll feel like you're conductor of running a train on the world" or "With these wheels, you'll feel like you're getting a rim job" with? I don't think so. *SNL* and Hill have been bringing back the Adam Grossman/Benihana sketch for so long now, the show had to give poor Adam a new parent in this episode since **Bill Hader**, who previously portrayed Adam's exasperated father, is no longer on *SNL*. Bayer filled in for Hader, playing Adam's stepmother, Debbie. Poor Debbie. Even though her stepson is only 6, he never stops making her the butt of his standup humor routine. Does anyone know if "Do you like turtles?" works as a pickup line? **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** This digital short (yes, I'm going to just call everything a digital short now) should've pleased fans of both *Her* and *Superbad*. I'm not sure how much overlap there is between those two fan bases, but I know that I'm right in the middle of that cinematic venn diagram. Spoofing *Her*, "Me" cast Hill in **Joaquin Phoenix**'s role, but instead of getting an operating system voiced by **Scarlet Johansson**, the guy in "Me" got one with a voice exactly the same as his own. This arrangement is really good when you want someone to compliment you on your mustache but also super awkward when it comes to ... um ... well, you know. Hill's *Superbad* costar **Michael Cera** showed up to play the surrogate hired by the OS to represent himself in the physical world. If you ever wondered what it would be like if *Superbad*'s Evan and Seth grew mustaches, started wearing high-wasted pants and sleeping with each other, "Me" is the fake movie you've been waiting for. This sketch was worth it purely because of the random things Hill's character screamed at himself in the bathroom after thinking he had embarrassed himself at his boss' house. "THANK GOD THEY DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE INFANT PENIS SYNDROME? WHAT'S INFANT PENIS SYNDROME YOU ASK? JUST TAKE A LOOK?" ### How about any shorts or commercials? **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** In addition to the "Me" short, *SNL* also tried to go high-concept with "The Hit," a sketch about three gangsters who become entranced with a snowfall while staking out a hit. **Taran Killam** and **Kenan Thompson**'s gangsters were scolded by **Jay Pharoah**'s gangster for trying to get out of the car to catch snowflakes on their tongues, but in the end, it was Pharoah's gangster who let the cuteness of a bunny get the best of him. ### How was Weekend Update? **\[SKETCH NOT AVAILABLE\]** While *SNL* didn't bring back **Kate McKinnon**'s killer **Justin Bieber** impression this week in honor of the Biebs' arrest, it did have Thompson play the cop who did the arresting. While talking to Strong during *Update*, Thompson's cop was quite proud of his work and didn't miss his chance to take a few shots at Bieber. "It was like finding a swaggy little leprechaun," Thompson's cop told Strong. Swaggy Little Leprechaun would be a horrible band name. Had *SNL* gone with a castmember instead of **Colin Jost** to replace the departing **Seth Meyers** on *Weekend Update*, sketches like this one were exactly why McKinnon wasn't going to be that pick. She's probably the all-around strongest *Update* guest performer at this point, proving that again this past weekend by playing a Russian woman amazed that anyone would actually want to visit her country for the Sochi Olympics. ### Anything else worth mentioning? First off, **Bobby Moynihan** is actually pretty good at skating. Not amazing, but better than I would be. I'm glad *SNL* went with something other than a political sketch or a all-the-news-of-the-week type sketch for the cold open. Those get old quick and *SNL* hasn't really landed a great political cold open yet this season. With Hader gone, it seems like *SNL* has made Thompson the go-to game show host now. I guess that's what he gets for being the longest-tenured *SNL* castmember after Meyers. The basic idea of this sketch wasn't really all that complex — who clogged the studio toilet? — and it was really only Hill's frantic defense against the charges that he was the one who did the clogging that saved it. I will trade "Inside SoCal" for "Wake Up, Wakefield" every day of the week. Every. Day. Of the. Week. ****Deep SNL Thoughts** is written and produced by ****Bill Kuchman**. Copyediting by ****Tim Kuchman**. 💰 Like what you’re reading on ****Deep SNL Thoughts**? 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