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Bob Newhart Monologue – Saturday Night Live
In honor of the late Bob Newhart, NBC's Saturday Night Live looks 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 on July 18 at the age of 94.
The 1980 show featured the infamous “Weekend Update” segment “A Limo for a Lame-O,” in which Al Franken took on NBC president Fred Silverman and his executive lifestyle while the network was struggling with low ratings and a bleak financial outlook — a segment Silverman was not too happy about.
