SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE {ALEC BALDWIN, TORI AMOS} (TV)

Summary

One in this series of live, late-night comedy/variety programs featuring topical satire. Actor Alec Baldwin hosts this program, with singer Tori Amos as guest performer. In the opening sequence, the cast spoofs Ted Koppel on "Nightline" discussing the breakup of Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson with Barbara Walters, Diane Sawyer, and Prof. Stephen Hawking. In the monologue, Baldwin explains he is unable to express his strong emotions about becoming a father, so he asks two seventeenth-century wordsmiths to help him express his feelings. Next is a commercial parody for Marshall Power Tools, in which members of the Marshall family have been dismembered. Sketches include the following: the Spartan cheerleaders root for the chess team, with less-than-stellar results; in a celebrity parody sketch, Joe Pesci hosts a talk show with Robert DeNiro and punches out Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Brad Pitt, and the cue card boy when they are deemed annoying or insulting; and "Literary Theatre" adapts a Jane Austen novel for television, under the title "Dense and Densibility," about two very stupid sisters. After Tori Amos sings one of her signature songs, Norm MacDonald hosts "Weekend Update" with guest Joe Blow of "Local News"; Baldwin plays a candidate for governor who shoots Lassie, curses at babies, and defiles the American flag; "Fuzzy Memories" features children who pretend to be pirates and take the game a little too seriously; in "Accidentally Shot by Hunters," Cheri Oteri hosts a talk show about people who have been shot by hunters in seemingly understandable circumstances; Baldwin sends his friends and associates a generic belated Christmas card; and naval officers exhibit an unusual way of speaking. Tori Amos performs another song, and the program concludes with a group of salesmen telling tales about their scotch-drinking pal. Includes commercials and promos. Commercials include Ed O'Neil for 1-800-COLLECT and Candice Bergen for Sprint.

Details

• NETWORK: NBC
• DATE: January 20, 1996 11:30 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 1:26:28
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T:47099
• GENRE: Comedy/Variety
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; She Made It Collection (Beth McCarthy Miller); Variety
• SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1975-
• COMMERCIALS:
  • TV - Commercials - "Beautiful Girls" (feature film)
  • TV - Commercials - "Black Sheep" (feature film)
  • TV - Commercials - "Leaving Las Vegas" (feature film)
  • TV - Commercials - "The Juror" (feature film)
  • TV - Commercials - 1-800-COLLECT telephone service
  • TV - Commercials - Afrin nasal spray
  • TV - Commercials - Budweiser beer
  • TV - Commercials - Busch beer
  • TV - Commercials - Chevrolet automobiles
  • TV - Commercials - HBO
  • TV - Commercials - Macintosh computers
  • TV - Commercials - MasterCard credit card
  • TV - Commercials - NBA on NBC
  • TV - Commercials - Red Dog beer
  • TV - Commercials - Sprint telecommunications
  • TV - Commercials - Subway restaurants
  • TV - Commercials - Volkswagen automobiles
  • TV - Commercials - Western Union money transfer
  • TV - Promos - "The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards"

CREDITS

• Ken Aymong … Supervising Producer
• Lorne Michaels … Producer, Writer
• James Downey … Producer, For "Weekend Update"
• James Signorelli … Producer, Film Producer
• Marci Klein … Associate Producer
• Michael Shoemaker … Associate Producer
• Caroline Stevens Koka … Production (Misc.), Production Executive
• Hillary Selesnick … Production (Misc.), Production Executive
• Beth McCarthy … Director
• James Signorelli … Director, For "Marshall Power Tools"
• Sam Sheffler … Researcher
• Alec Sulkin … Researcher
• Dan Wilson … Researcher
• Steve Higgins … Writer
• Fred Wolf … Writer
• Ross Abrash … Writer
• Cindy Caponera … Writer
• James Downey … Writer
• Hugh Fink … Writer
• Peter Gaulke … Writer
• Tom Gianas … Writer
• Jack Handey … Writer
• Tim Herlihy … Writer
• Norm Hiscock … Writer
• Steven Koren … Writer
• Erin Maroney … Writer
• Adam McKay … Writer
• Dennis McNicholas … Writer
• Lori Nasso … Writer
• Paula Pell … Writer
• Colin Quinn … Writer
• Frank Sebastiano … Writer
• Leon Pendarvis … Conductor
• Saturday Night Live Band, The … Music Group
• Cheryl Hardwick … Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Director, Instrumentalist
• Tom Barney … Instrumentalist
• Robin Eubanks … Instrumentalist
• Alex Foster … Instrumentalist
• Earl Gardner … Instrumentalist
• Lino Gomez … Instrumentalist
• Yoshiko Hirashige … Instrumentalist
• Valerie Naranjo … Instrumentalist
• Shawn Pelton … Instrumentalist
• Lenny Pickett … Music (Misc. Credits), Musical Director
• Hal Willner … Music (Misc. Credits), Sketch Music Adaptations by
• John Zonars … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Supervisor
• Del Gatto, Lew … Music (Misc. Credits), Arranger
• Alec Baldwin … Host
• Don Pardo … Announcer
• Tori Amos … Singer, Guest
• Jim Breuer … Cast
• Will Ferrell … Cast
• Darrell Hammond … Cast
• David Koechner … Cast
• Norm MacDonald … Cast
• Mark McKinney … Cast
• Tim Meadows … Cast
• Cheri Oteri … Cast
• Molly Shannon … Cast
• David Spade … Cast
• Nancy Walls … Cast
• Ed O'Neill … Talent, 1-800-COLLECT commercial
• Candice Bergen … Talent, Sprint commercial