In honor of the late Bob Newhart, NBC’s Saturday Night Live has shared a look back at his 1995 SNL opening monologue and two memorable sketches.
Newhart hosted Season 5, Episode 18 (May 10, 1980 – with musical guest The Amazing Rhythm Aces/Bruce Cockburn) and Season 20, Episode 12 (February 11, 1995 – with musical guest Des’ree).
The 1980 show included the famous/infamous “Weekend Update” segment “A Limo For A Lame-O,” which saw Al Franken taking on NBC president Fred Silverman and his executive lifestyle while the network suffered from basement ratings and a dismal financial outlook – a segment that Silverman was not too happy about.
The ending to the 1995 show saw Newhart and guest star Suzanne Pleshette recreating their series finale ending to Newhart, which saw the actor-comedian waking up next to Pleshette and realizing it was all a dream – in this case, the “dream” was hosting SNL.
To honor Newhart, the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series released a look at his 1995 monologue.
Bob Newhart’s Monologue February 11, 1995 pic.twitter.com/CaC1fKUOkq
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SNL also posted the “Hi Bob” drinking game sketch with Chris Farley and Chris Elliott, and the “Postal Worker Evaluation” sketch.
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