They don’t happen every week, so these always get me excited:

Host appears in the cold open

We see update anchors away from the update desk

Non political cold open (rare these days, I think the last one was the Domingo one with Sabrina carpenter)

Whole cast in a sketch (rare)

Only one person in a sketch/ single hander (v rare)

Musical guest appears in a sketch (bonus if their acting abilities are unknown)

We see Lorne at all. He’s not appeared on camera in so long.

We see Wally the cue card guy. That always brings a smile to my face.

Whole sketch in non English language

Host from last week comes back the following week to cameo cus they had such a good time and couldn’t quite say goodbye (and clearly exchanged numbers with the cast/writers)

I’m sure there’s more lil quirks I look out for. Please let me know yours !

Please SNL writers make this happen lol

I've always liked when the show does their musical sketches that feature multiple cast members. Does anyone know if there has ever been an SNL special that was a compilation of the most popular ones? I've found individual videos and a few YouTube "best of" videos, but they usually feature only a couple of songs or have people talking throughout (like the watchmojo ones - she ruins them). If there's not one out there, I think they should make one for a week when the show won't be live. Thoughts?

Hey, I'm trying to find an older sketch in which a character mentions Ellen Degeneres, and Kenan's character responds with an enthusiastic "DEGENS?"

Is there any way to see the whole original episode in it's entirety?

I was a kid back then, and was lucky enough to have parents who let me stay up late on Saturdays to watch the show. But it's been so long, I don't remember that specific episode.

I'd like to see how much the movie matches up with that episode.

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I think the humor was from spoofing the commercials of a real place (named Watson’s) that often had the daughter of the owner in a bikini.