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NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” remembered the late Bob Newhart by looking back at his 1995 SNL opening monologue and two memorable sketches.
Newhart hosted season 5, episode 18 (May 10, 1980) and season 20, episode 12 (February 11, 1995). He passed away on July 18 at the age of 94.
The 1980 show included the famously and infamously popular “Weekend Update” segment, “A Limo for a Lame-O,” in which Al Franken criticized NBC president Fred Silverman and his executive lifestyle at a time when NBC’s ratings were at their lowest and its financial outlook was bleak, but Silverman was none too happy about the segment.
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The 1995 ending of the show featured Newhart and guest star Suzanne Pleshette recreating the ending of Newhart’s series finale, in which Newhart wakes up next to Pleshette as an actor and comedian, realizing it was all a dream – in this case, the “dream” was hosting SNL.
In honor of Newhart, the long-running late-night sketch comedy/music series released a snippet of his monologue from 1995. Watch it here.
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SNL also premiered a “Hi Bob” drinking game sketch starring Chris Farley and Chris Elliott, as well as a “Postal Worker Rating” sketch, which you can watch here: