The visual style of this commercial is a dead-on recreation of these types of phone commercials from this era. NCI Long Distance Company will do whatever you want to get your business Too bad 9-year-old me at this time in 1993 hadn’t discovered SNL yet, because I would’ve gotten a huge kick out of seeing Barney getting pummeled, considering my seething hatred for him at the time (which was probably typical for boys around my age during Barney’s overexposure in the early 90s). This film is priceless, especially when it gets to the point where Barney has an eye hanging loose and stuffing popping out of his head. New writer (and soon-to-be new cast member) Jay Mohr came up with the idea of this monologue. Hilarious idea of Charles going one-on-one with Barney the Dinosaur. Considering Charles Barkley’s evident greenness here, it’s probably a good thing he threw to a pre-taped video fairly early. Host goes one-on-one with Godzilla stand-in Barney We will eventually get three of them added within the following two months. The shot of Julia Sweeney from the last three seasons (first screencap below) has been updated to a new shot (second screencap below). After the 1990-1993 experiment of having two separate categories of featured players, we now go back to the traditional format of only one category of featured players. Ellen Cleghorne, Melanie Hutsell, Tim Meadows, Adam Sandler, and David Spade have all been promoted from featured player to repertory player. That exact same statement could be made about this opening montage. I find it funny that right before tonight’s montage was cued up, Phil Hartman’s Clinton set up his “Live from New York…” by saying there are certain things they’re too afraid to change. Same montage from the last three seasons, making this the first time in SNL history where an opening montage was used for more than three seasons. I wonder if SNL fans at the time were disappointed to have to see this montage being used for YET ANOTHER season. Funny part with Clinton’s sly smile before saying breast augmentation is covered by his health care plan. (“Japu, the Indian rubber man, you are covered. Some really good laughs from Phil’s Clinton delivering such a serious rundown of which circus sideshow freaks are covered by his health care plan. Funny reference to the infamous then-recent Lorena Bobbitt incident (the first of many references this season). Segments are rated on a scale of 1-5 starsīill Clinton (PHH) tells what the health care plan will & won’t cover
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