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The setup

A self-important high-school drama teacher keeps his nervous students waiting for the Bye Bye Birdie cast list while turning every exchange into another test of loyalty.

Community rating

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

Drama students crowd the hallway outside the theater department, desperate to learn their parts in Bye Bye Birdie. When Mr. Koenig finally emerges, he has no list, only new rules: colorblind casting unless something strikes him as odd, a warning that one senior girl will be crushed, and a series of personal demands. He quizzes a devout student about stage kissing, mocks a dating couple's inexperience and assigns them an outrageous homework task, forces a horrified student into a mayoral pose and rewards another for not caring. His pet student Casper sings on command, and the list still needs the choreographer's initials and a visit from the tech director before it goes up. When the students finally read it, they learn every part has been double-cast, leaving each of them with a single night on stage.

The funny people

Meet the cast. 11

Say it with us

Highly quotable.

We will be using Hamilton casting rules for this show.

If you're going to kiss my ass, at least tell me how it tastes.

Gorgeous, sweet chaos.

A little extra

Notes from the archive.

Cut for time from the November 23, 2019 episode hosted by Will Ferrell and released on SNL's YouTube channel the following day. Ferrell's Mr. Koenig and Mikey Day's Casper returned in the 2026 sequel “Cast List 2.”

ScriptEnglish · 51 turns

Automatically generated script; wording may contain errors. Speaker labels are inferred.

  1. 00:00

    Oh, my God, I can't wait any longer. I have to know if I'm in the musical. I know. This is, like, the latest Mr. Koenig's ever posted the cast list. Like, last year, Godspell was up by, like, ten. You were so good in Godspell. What if I just, like, ran right through this door? That's hilarious.

  2. 00:20

    Casper ?

    I hope I get to play Conrad Birdie.

  3. 00:22

    You know you will. You're the most talented male in the department.

  4. 00:25

    You really think so? Um, yes. I could never do what you're doing right now.

  5. 00:31

    Student ?

    Okay, I just hope I get to play a person in this show. Because I already played a dog in Annie and a dog in the foot in Beauty and the Beast.

  6. 00:40

    Yeah, but you're so good at playing parts with no lines. Yeah.

  7. 00:47

    Mr. Koenig

    I see the sharks are circling the boat.

  8. 00:55

    Beth ?

    Oh, my God, so funny, Mr. Koenig.

  9. 00:59

    Mr. Koenig

    Shut up, Beth.

  10. 01:01

    Mr. Koenig, is the cast list done?

  11. 01:05

    Mr. Koenig

    No. Just wanted to inform you all, we will be using Hamilton casting rules for this show. So any race for any part, unless, of course, it strikes me as weird. Also... Also, don't read too much into this, but one senior girl is going to be very disappointed. because

  12. 01:31

    Oh, my God, I knew it. Mr. Koenig hates me.

  13. 01:34

    Okay, don't be too loud, I think he likes to watch us spin out through the masks in the door

  14. 01:40

    if you don't get a good part I don't even want to do the show I mean I have to do it's my senior show and I'm definitely gonna do it no matter what but still I'm sorry

  15. 01:54

    Mr. Koenig

    miles would you kiss a girl with tongue if the role required it I know your family is the difficult kind of Christian

  16. 02:03

    Miles ?

    um I need to pray on that and see what god leads me to

  17. 02:08

    Mr. Koenig

    tell god i need an answer now

  18. 02:10

    Miles ?

    then um well then yes sir

  19. 02:14

    Mr. Koenig

    tell god gracias brie and tyson stand next to each other

  20. 02:19

    Tyson ?

    is this good sir your hair looks great by the way

  21. 02:22

    Mr. Koenig

    oh if you're going to kiss my ass at least tell me how it tastes

  22. 02:27

    Tyson ?

    sorry sir

  23. 02:29

    Mr. Koenig

    oh you read like like such virgins. Aren't you dating? Have you not gone all the way?

  24. 02:36

    Brie ?

    Um, no comment.

  25. 02:39

    Tyson ?

    We're working up to it, sir. We're currently at her jeans on, my jeans and underwear off, my shirt off, her shirt and usually jacket on.

  26. 02:47

    Mr. Koenig

    So you're naked and she's fully clothed. Your homework before hell week is to bang each other's brains out. And I'll know if you did it by the way you carry yourselves.

  27. 03:01

    Tyson ?

    Absolutely, sir. Whatever it takes.

  28. 03:04

    Mr. Koenig

    Camden, can I see you stand like a mayor?

  29. 03:06

    Camden ?

    Oh, my God, no. The mayor has two lines. This is not happening. No.

  30. 03:11

    Mr. Koenig

    Camden, mayoral stance. Mime suspenders, please.

  31. 03:16

    Camden ?

    No, no, no, no, no, no, no, God, no, no.

  32. 03:19

    Mr. Koenig

    Hmm. Thank you. Tammy, do you want a leading role?

  33. 03:24

    Tammy ?

    I don't really care either way.

  34. 03:26

    Mr. Koenig

    And that's why you'll get one. Casper.

  35. 03:29

    Casper ?

    Yes, Mr. Koenig.

  36. 03:30

    Mr. Koenig

    Conrad birdie is an Elvis type sing something like you've bedded 1,000 women

  37. 03:35

    Casper ?

    Yes, there goes the Baker with his tray like waste of...

  38. 03:46

    Mr. Koenig

    God, you're talented! By the way... By the way the show's cast did

  39. 03:56

    Guys, no matter what happens, we all a great job Oh my god. Oh my god.

  40. 04:14

    Mr. Koenig ?

    Oopsie I forgot some tape if

  41. 04:21

    Camden ?

    Guys, I get the mayor role I'm dropping out of school

  42. 04:24

    Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor.

  43. 04:28

    Mr. Koenig ?

    Back Back up, please. Back up. Please. What are you doing?

  44. 04:41

    Mr. Koenig

    First, first it must be initialed by the choreographer.

  45. 04:49

    I'm I'm sorry. Do it! God! Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Please.

  46. 05:12

    Mr. Koenig

    And our tech director, Deb.

  47. 05:16

    Deb ?

    This This is gonna be a bitch to light, but I was promised new gels, so, uh, stay tuned.

  48. 05:25

    Deb!

  49. 05:28

    Mr. Koenig ?

    Well, here's your meat.

  50. 05:30

    Oh, God. Wait, oh my god, he double-cast it? We each only get to do one night? No! What? No!

  51. 05:40

    Mr. Koenig

    Yes. Gorgeous, sweet chaos. All right.

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