Overview
- The NBC program transformed Rockefeller Center Plaza on Oct. 31 with a U.S.-themed 'Today Road Trip' of coordinated group costumes.
- Savannah Guthrie portrayed Miranda Priestly and Jenna Bush Hager portrayed Anna Wintour, with Dylan Dreyer as Frankie Valli, Craig Melvin as Prince, and Sheinelle Jones as Beyoncé.
- Live segments featured Dreyer singing 'Walk Like a Man,' Melvin channeling 'Purple Rain,' Jones performing 'Texas Hold 'Em,' Carson Daly reenacting Rocky’s run with Al Roker as Clubber Lang, plus Willie Geist as Wayne Newton and Peter Alexander as Jimmy Buffett.
- Laura Jarrett appeared as Saved by the Bell’s Lisa Turtle and connected on-air with Mario Lopez, who revisited A.C. Slater.
- Behind the scenes, SNL’s hair team built Guthrie’s wig in roughly 80 hours as the costume department custom-printed garments and color-matched accessories during dawn rehearsals, while a 'fashion icons meeting' Instagram video of Guthrie and Bush Hager drew widespread sharing.