Videos: <em>Saturday Night Live</em> Bids Farewell To Bill Hader, Fred Armisen, Stefon In Excellent Episode - Photo Gallery

Even the political cold open wasn't half bad this week! That's mostly thanks to Al Sharpton and chart humor.

We're very glad they rejected the "5 Timers Club" angle for the monologue.

We love Ahmadinejad so much, we couldn't help but enjoy this sketch.

We would get anxiety from watching choreographed routines for unreleased Beyonce songs too.

The "Depression Scene" ended with a twist straight out of that movie Orphan.

Amy Poehler returned for Weekend Update!

We don't want to say goodbye to Stefon, but if this is really the end, at least he went out on a very fun note.

Is this a funeral or a pile-on?

The best sketch of the night that didn't have Stefon or Ian Rubbish: Hermes Handbag.

Ian Rubbish bids goodnight with a lot of cool musicians.

And Kanye West performed new tunes "Black Skinhead" and "New Slaves."