![]() ![]() I was either 14 or 15 years old at the time, depending on when in that summer this rerun aired (my birthday is in July), which I realize is quite older than the age that most people are when they first discover SNL. ![]() You see, this is the very first SNL episode I ever saw, when NBC reran it during the summer of 1999. I know this isn’t a popular opening montage among SNL fans, but I have a very soft spot for it. After season 23’s experiment with doing an opening montage with no traditional New York City scenery, we get a welcome return of NYC scenery tonight. Season 23’s drab opening montage has thankfully been done away with after only one season, and we get a new montage tonight. A particularly energetic “Live from New York…” from Tim to kick off this season. John Goodman makes his first of many cameos this season. I wonder if viewers at the time were watching this cold opening asking themselves “Who in the world is that playing Kenneth Starr?” Chris Parnell gets the honors of being the one in tonight’s trio of new cast members who gets to appear right at the top of show in the cold opening. I like the tanned, mustached look of Darrell as 2002 Bill Clinton. Interesting how this takes place four years in the future, looking back on the Lewinsky scandal. Decent fake-out with the “Oprah 2002” title screen immediately being followed by us seeing Tracy as a very heavyset, porkchop-eating woman, who we’re supposed to assume is what Oprah will look like in 2002, only for us to find out Tracy is just playing a woman who’s introducing Oprah. This is the second consecutive season premiere to begin with an Oprah cold opening. Linda Tripp (John Goodman) et al recall Lewinsky affair Segments are rated on a scale of 1-5 stars ![]()
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