﻿ With fake snow descending from above, Teri Garr thanks the Dream Academy and The Cult for “their wonderful music”, the cast of “fabulously funny people”, and asks “Why not be nice to each other, what could it hurt?” Jon Lovitz ad-libs “Why, it couldn’t hurt at all!”

Who is the older man that joined everyone on stage?

Final thoughts:

A step down quality-wise, with a generally tired aura throughout the night, and lot of sketches featuring fairly obvious padding. The first half of the show is particularly weak, and while the second half is a bit of an improvement, many of the sketches feel like they fall a little bit short of what they aim for. The night isn’t a complete wash, thanks to some interesting ideas (“A Dozen Eggs”, “Time Machine Trivia Game”), a Penn & Teller appearance, and strong music performances, but Teri Garr couldn’t bring the same boost the last few hosts gave to their shows.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

Time Machine Trivia Game

Guest Performance

A Roy Orbison Christmas

SHOW LOWLIGHTS

Hildy

Rapping Wrapper

Monologue

Mr. X on Weekend Update

MVP:

Penn & Teller

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN

cast

Joan Cusack : 2 appearances [Hildy, The Big Tree]

Robert Downey Jr. : 3 appearances [Hildy, A Roy Orbison Christmas, The Big Tree]

Nora Dunn : 2 appearances [The Big Tree, Time Machine Trivia Game]

Anthony Michael Hall : 3 appearances [A Roy Orbison Christmas, The Big Tree, Time Machine Trivia Game]

Jon Lovitz : 5 appearances [A Dozen Eggs, Hildy, A Roy Orbison Christmas, The Big Tree, Time Machine Trivia Game]

Dennis Miller : 2 appearances [Weekend Update, The Big Tree]

Randy Quaid : 4 appearances [A Dozen Eggs, A Roy Orbison Christmas, The Big Tree, Time Machine Trivia Game]

Terry Sweeney : 3 appearances [Hildy, A Roy Orbison Christmas, The Big Tree]

Danitra Vance: 3 appearances [Rapping Wrapper, A Roy Orbison Christmas, The Big Tree]

featured players

Don Novello (credited as “Maurice”) : 2 appearance [Monologue, Weekend Update]

Damon Wayans: 1 appearance [Rapping Wrapper]

unbilled crew, extras and bit players

Steve Ferrone : 1 appearance [A Roy Orbison Christmas]

Cheryl Hardwick : 1 appearance [A Roy Orbison Christmas]

Lanier Laney : 2 appearances [A Roy Orbison Christmas, The Big Tree]

Carol Leifer : 2 appearances [Rapping Wrapper, The Big Tree]

Don Pardo : 4 voice-overs [Hildy, Update Promo, A Roy Orbison Christmas, The Big Tree]

Lenny Pickett : 1 appearance [A Roy Orbison Christmas]

G.E. Smith : 1 appearance [A Roy Orbison Christmas]

T-Bone Wolk: 1 appearance [A Roy Orbison Christmas]

guests

Teri Garr : 5 appearances [Monologue, A Dozen Eggs, A Roy Orbison Christmas, The Big Tree, Time Machine Trivia Game]

Dream Academy : 1 appearance [“Life in a Northern Town”]

The Cult : 1 appearance [“She Sells Sanctuary”]

Penn & Teller: 1 appearance [Guest Performance]

REBROADCAST HISTORY

Not rebroadcast on NBC (not counting a 2003 NBC All Night airing)

Additional screen captures from this episode are available here.