Saturday Night Live

This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing For A Variety, Music or Comedy Program.

Reruns of this episode edits or completely cuts the "Morning Drive" sketch where Alec Baldwin says "Bobby McFerrin raped my grandmother", and McFerrin's "Don't Worry, Be Happy" playing at the end; it is replaced by "First Person In the World to Dance" and "Urigro" sketches from the Jeremy Piven/AFI episode to pad time.

Sketches cut after dress rehearsal include: "Speedreader"; a sketch about a handicapped piano player (Kenan Thompson) who solicits others for money; a sketch where two men (Alec Baldwin, Fred Armisen) are in shock over the closing of Tower Records; and a sketch where a director (Armisen) is forced to perform duties simultaneously when his star (Baldwin) fails to show up.

A sketch about two guys(Fred Armisen, Alec Baldwin) acting shocked over the closing of Tower Records was scheduled to air, but was cut due to time constraints with the addition of Christina's 3rd song. Thus, "Out of Breath Jogger from 1992" aired instead.

"The Platinum Lounge" sketch seems to have taken inspiration from "The Five-Timers Club" sketch from Tom Hanks' fifth time hosting in 1990. In the Five-Timers Club, Tom runs into Steve Martin, Elliot Gould, and Paul Simon, with Jon Lovitz as the waiter.

Alec Baldwin is (thus far) the only cast member from "30 Rock" to host SNL.

Martin Short mentioned in an interview on Conan O'Brien the week after the broadcast that only Lorne, Steve Martin, and himself knew that McCartney was in the building. Baldwin had no knowledge.

Paul McCartney and Martin Short did not appear in dress rehearsal, and no one played the role of McCartney in dress. Andy Samberg played the waiter's role in the "Platinum Lounge" sketch, which ended with Alec and Steve calling a truce.

The ad spoof "EZdate.com" had been cut from each of the previous four dress rehearsals.