Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live , or SNL for short , is an American late - night television comedy show featuring various comedy sketches , involving both a regular cast and celebrity guests . SNL has parodied " Star Trek " many times over the years in addition to appearances by many " Trek " actors . Since its beginning in October 1975 , " SNL " is produced for , and airs on NBC , the network that had been the original broadcaster of . Sketches . " The Last Voyage of the " Enterprise " " . " SNL " first featured a " Star Trek " parody in 1976 entitled " The Last Voyage of the " Enterprise " " . It starred John Belushi as Captain Kirk , Chevy Chase as Spock , and Dan Aykroyd as Dr . McCoy and the voice of Scotty . The " Enterprise " is pursued through space by a 20th century automobile , " owned by a company that manufactured cookies " ( a play on the fact that the full name of NBC - - the network that airs " SNL " - - is the National Broadcasting Company , whereas the " cookie company " in question is Nabisco , who ' s name is short for National BISCUIT Company ) . A passenger from the vehicle , NBC executive Herb Goodman ( played by host Elliott Gould ) , boards the " Enterprise " and informs the actors that " Star Trek " has been cancelled . " " Star Trek " V : The Restaurant " Enterprise " " . Another parody was done on December 20 , 1986 when William Shatner hosted . The " Enterprise " is bought by the Marriott corporation and turned into a seafood restaurant . The crew is threatened when Khan brings a health inspector to the restaurant , though Kirk resolves the situation by slipping the inspector a bribe . Shatner , of course , played Kirk , Kevin Nealon played Spock , Phil Hartman played McCoy , Victoria Jackson played Janice Rand ( now a waitress instead of a yeoman ) and Dana Carvey played Khan and voiced Scotty . Perhaps the most memorable exchange is this one : Another memorable quote is as follows : " Get a Life ! " sketch . The most infamous " Star Trek " sketch was also featured during Shatner ' s 1986 appearance on the show . Not so much a parody , it featured Shatner as the guest of honor at a " Star Trek " convention . After being asked a barrage of trivial questions by the audience , Shatner finally berates them to " get a life ! " , telling them it was only a TV show . After finishing his rant ( and being reminded of his contractual obligations by the convention manager ) Shatner quickly explains the rant was a reenactment of the " evil " Captain Kirk from . The scene apparently caused some fans to believe these were his true feeling for " Star Trek " fans , though he has assured them it was only a sketch . The sketch did , however , inspire the title for his book " Get a Life ! " In the intro to this edition of SNL , Shatner quipped that he hopes the Trekkies out there have a sense of humor or " " I ' m in deep trouble ! " " " Star Trek " Democrats . The cold open of the March 14 , 1992 episode did a combined parody of Trekkies and American Presidential campaigns , as the remaining Democratic candidates , former California governor ( Dana Carvey ) , former Massachusetts Senator ( Al Franken ) , and Bill Clinton ( Phil Hartman ) , visit a Star Trek convention , hoping to sway the audience ( led by Chris Farley and Mike Myers ) to support them by telling them what great fans they are - but when told that Leonard Nimoy has endorsed Tsongas , Clinton breaks into a rage , screaming " " He no better than Shatner ! ! ! " " and breaking the podium . " Love Boat : The Next Generation " . Yet another was done in 1994 , when Patrick Stewart hosted , in a skit called " Love Boat : The Next Generation " ( parodying both TNG and ) . Essentially , it involved the crew running the " " Galaxy " - class Cruiseship Pacific Princess " . ( The sketch involved a model of the " Enterprise " - D with a model cruise ship as part of the saucer section . ) Stewart , of course , played Captain Picard , Chris Farley played Riker , Rob Schneider played Data , Phil Hartman played Worf , Tim Meadows played La Forge ( although he acts more like the character of Isaac from " The Love Boat " , with his catchphrase , " outta sight ! " a double entendre towards La Forge ' s blindness ) , Julia Sweeney as Deanna Troi , Ellen Cleghorne as Guinan ( acting more like Whoopi Goldberg than the character ) , Melanie Hutsell as regular " Love Boat " guest star Charo , Al Franken as Tog the Ferengi ( Charo ' s estranged boyfriend ) , Adam Sandler as David Brenner and David Spade as Joan Rivers . Instead of Dr . Crusher , however , the sketch featured a cameo by actor Bernie Kopell , reprising his role as Dr . Adam Bricker from " The Love Boat " . The show had also begun with a " Trek " spoof : Stewart ' s opening monologue had been a laughably inaccurate " tribute " to TOS . " Rescue 911 " spoof . Another semi - parody , also aired in 1994 involved a spoof of " Rescue 911 " which was hosted by William Shatner at the time . Michael McKean played Patrick Stewart , filling in for Shatner . Host Roseanne plays a 911 operator who keeps blowing off callers . The sketch also features a brief appearance and the end of the sketch by Tim Meadows as Geordi . Quinto , Pine , and Nimoy on ' Weekend Update ' . On the May 9 , 2009 episode , Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto appeared on the " Weekend Update " segment of " SNL " . They tried to explain that the new film fit flawlessly into Star Trek canon , though two Trekkies in the audience ( one wearing a red TOS - uniform shirt with commander ' s stripes , the other a t - shirt with McCoy and Uhura and fake Vulcan ears ) are clearly skeptical . Quinto , for instance , mentioned that the movie took the time to explain the origins of the Kolinahr ceremony as it is connected to the fascinating pon farr marriage ritual . Finally , however , after Pine attempts to explain how the transporter uses the Heisenberg compensator , just as previous " Trek " transporters did , but is unable to pronounce " Heisenberg " , they admitted they actually had no idea what they were talking about . They also mentioned having been harassed by angry fans and having received threats in a language they could not decipher - either Vulcan or Hebrew . Quinto mentioned having found decapitated action figures in his mailbox every morning , and Chris Pine complained about having received notes tied to rocks that were thrown at his windows , but only scratching them , not breaking them , since they didn ' t throw hard enough - all of which has resulted in death stares from the insulted Trekkies . Finally , they simply express hope that these fans will still come to see the movie . In the background , a rather familiar voice assures the two that " they will come " , and Leonard Nimoy appears - at which point the two previously angered Trekkies are visibly overcome with joy ( combining Vulcan salute s with a rather un - Vulcanlike display of emotion ) - and states that in time Chris Pine will be accepted as equal to the original Kirk , while Zachary Quinto will be viewed as " slightly less " than equal to the original Spock , but " ultimately OK " . Nimoy attempts to assure Quinto that fans will like the movie because to not like it would not be " illogical " as host Seth Meyers suggests ( having interrupted Nimoy , beaming at the idea of beating Spock himself to the logic - based punchline ) , but rather " would make them dickheads " - a sentiment that , coming from their hero , the Trekkies in the audience heartily accept . The appearance ends with Nimoy , Pine , and Meyers doing the Vulcan salute . Worf , M . D . . On the February 28 , 2015 episode , there is a skit featuring cast member Kenan Thompson as a doctor attempting to get closer to his wife - - a Trekkie - - by attending " Star Trek " conventions . He later goes straight from the convention to go and operate on a man while still dressed up as Lt . Worf . After various other off - color gags , he ends up causing the patient to go into cardiac arrest and die due to being unable to have the other doctors look at him with a straight face or without laughing at his ridiculous costume . It ends with NBC announcing a new show called " Worf M . D . " The skit was subsequently followed by a card paying tribute to Leonard Nimoy , who had died the preceding day . Lost episode . Broadcast May 6 , 2016 , this sketch features host Chris Pine as Kirk Prime and is presented as a documentary by ( Kenan Thompson ) on a missing TOS episode . It depicts the introduction of Spocko , Spock ' s stereotypical Italian - American half - brother who was fathered by Sarek with a Human hostess . Tyson closes out the sketch by remarking that at least it was better than . Other mentions . On the October 12 , 2013 episode , " SNL " spoofed both the film " Gravity " and the 2013 US government shutdown . In the skit , two astronauts lost in space contact NASA to find that the only remaining employees are two janitors . One of the janitors claims her son can help rescue the astronauts because he is always watching " Star Trek : Deep Nine Space " . In a November 2015 episode of " SNL " , the show presented fictional auditions for the upcoming " Star Wars " movie " Episode VII : The Force Awakens " , with an introduction by J . J . Abrams . One of those auditions featured cast member Leslie Jones , in Klingon makeup , reporting that the ship had entered the Neutral zone , although the shield s were down to 12 % . Jones was then informed her performance was Star " Trek " , while the audition was for Star " Wars " . " Star Trek " and SNL connections . Roy Orbison and The Beastie Boys , whose music has been played by " Trek " characters , have also appeared on SNL . Teri Hatcher , Dwayne Johnson ( twice as " The Rock " , once as " Dwayne Johnson " ) , Kirsten Dunst , Winona Ryder ( Dunst and Ryder hosted consecutive episodes ) , and Seth MacFarlane have also hosted .