Saturday Night Live Season 6 Episode 13

As of this episode, Denny Dillon and Yvonne Hudson become the first two people to appear on screen during shows produced by all three executive producers (Doumanian, Ebersol, and Michaels). Bill Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray, the only others to do it, would complete the feat the following season.

Although Chevy Chase, Christopher Reeve, and Robin Williams made appearances on this episode (and Chevy Chase returned to Weekend Update), this episode had no credited host. It is the second broadcast in SNL history to be hostless.

A show scheduled to be hosted by Al Franken and Tom Davis was set to air after this one, but cancelled due to a writers' strike (making this one of the shortest SNL seasons in history at 13 episodes).

Weekend Update was seperated in two parts by a commercial break (not an ad spoof) in this episode, the only known instance of such a thing happening in SNL history.

This episode features the first appearance of Tim Kazurinsky's recurring sketch "I Married A Monkey."

When this episode was broadcast during the "Eddie Murphy Experience" marathon on Comedy Central in 1998, the "Sinatra for American Cars" sketch and "Bag Lady" film were cut and replaced with "Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood" (from Charlene Tilton) and "60 Minutes" (from Karen Black). In turn, the 60-minute edit removed all those sketches as well as "Johnny Cash at Spandau Prison," Raheed Abdul Muhammad's commentary on Weekend Update, and Junior Walker's first performance.

Emily Prager is credited for appearing in this episode, yet does not appear in any sketches. She also had a commentary on "Update" that was cut in rehearsal, making her the only cast member to never appear on screen.

For this episode only, the opening credits feature the theme song from 1975-80.

Dick Ebersol originally wanted to hire John Candy and Catherine O'Hara from "SCTV" as SNL cast members. Candy turned down the offer. O'Hara initially accepted, but she changed her mind after Michael O'Donoghue screamed at the cast about the season's poor writing. "SCTV" co-stars Robin Duke and Tony Rosato joined SNL instead.

Last episode for Gail Matthius, Yvonne Hudson and Denny Dillon as cast members. Hudson, however, would continue to appear occasionally as an uncredited extra until the tenth season.

Chevy Chase fills in for the departed Charles Rocket during the "Weekend Update" segment and receives a standing ovation. The set that was used during Chase's Update heyday is also brought back for the occasion.