Gina too. But people don't care as much about Gina.

The show's inception was in 1969, not 1971. Also, others have probably mentioned this by now, but Bob, Gordon and Luis were barely on the show anymore anyway. Still, it's odd that they decided not to keep bringing them back once a year or so.

I loved Sphere when I was 15. I'm afraid to re-visit it now.

Oh, so that's why they call it Pokingmon.

I still haven't figured out how to do a gym battle without pretty much dying immediately.

That guy I passed who was wearing a Kirby t-shirt and glancing all around was definitely playing. The elderly couple staring at their phone on a street corner under an umbrella, I'm less sure about.

Hmm. It seems more likely to me that Mohr misremembers how the audience responded to his sketch, as opposed to Lorne Michaels deliberately choosing the version with the less-enthusiastic audience for the syndicated/online episode. But I have heard of live and dress sketches getting mixed and matched before, so…

Ah, I didn't realize. I knew the Chicken Lady was a Kids in the Hall thing, but not Melanie. Was Melanie funnier on the other show?

"…the candy that's made by Nutzis!"

It was a rebuilding year.

Man, I hated Norm MacDonald when he was on Weekend Update. He didn't seem to take it "seriously" like Kevin Nealon, and his seemingly apathetic attitude drove me crazy. Now I think he's hilarious.

Anyone who had seen him on Muppets Tonight in 1996 knew he was funny! Which was about 17 people.

I liked Kattan's gibberish-speaking character. It was a considerably more restrained performance than Mango or Mr. Peepers.

Cheri Oteri was all right, but here "SIMMA DOWN NAH!" character was awful. See, she's this obnoxious lady, right? And she tells everyone to "SIMMA DOWN NAH!" And that's it! It felt like something that would have been much more at home on Mad TV.

Nut-riffic! Nut-riffic! Nut-riffic, nut-riffic!
It does nut taste good!

The nadir of McKinney's SNL career was a sketch where he played a teenage girl babysitter getting a ride home from Chris Elliott as a horny dad who keeps giving her Zima to get her drunk so he can have his way with her. I don't even know what the joke was supposed to be.

I don't think I've seen that since it aired, but I recall at the time my wild theory was that the set was wrong for the sketch. Was it all lit in bluish hues, with way too much stuff on the shelves in the background?

Here's something fun: Read Jay Mohr's account of his "Christopher Walken Skittles commercial" sketch, in which he describes getting huge laughs from an audience that ate up every second of it. Then watch the actual sketch, which is funny enough but goes on way too long and gets a moderate audience response.

I think he was the first person to be a musical guest (as Spinal Tap) and later join the cast. Something like that. It was odd to see one established guy surrounded by youngsters, but he was able to play dads and executives and such more convincingly than any of those youngsters could.

Lorenzo Music (the original voice of Garfield) played Peter Venkman on The Real Ghostbusters at first, but was later replaced by Dave Coulier. And years later, Bill Murray, who played Peter Venkman in the movie, voiced Garfield in movies.