‘Saturday Night Live’ Remembers Bob Newhart With Video Tributes
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) and Season 20, Episode 12 (February 11, 1995). He died July 18 at 94.
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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.
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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. Check it out here:
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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. Watch them here:
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