"It dawned on me as I was playing the piano onstage, it's just going to be me singing for this whole cold open," Yang said of the song parody written by Colin Jost.
Paul Rudd also popped up as an over-enthusiastic improv group member, while Matt Damon played himself in "Retirement Party," a callback to several vintage SNL sketches.
Yang spoke to Seth Meyers about his high-profile scene partners in "Moulin Rouge" and "Bowen's Straight," calling Grande "wonderfully disarming and great."
After stripping down to take a cold plunge in his monologue, Dune: Part Two's Brolin got gloriously silly in an episode that also featured Ariana Grande in sketches.
Sweeney's Hooters waitress pulls in more than 30 grand in her first night in the uniform—earning a visitation from the iconic mascot Hootie himself—in the March 2 Saturday Night Live sketch.