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 January 13, 1996
 Season 21 episode
Walken s21
Joan Osborne
 Episode 10
 Season Episode 10
 Host Christopher Walken
 Musical Guest(s) Joan Osborne
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"One Of Us"
Previous Episode
December 16, 1995
Next Episode
January 20, 1996

The 396th episode and 10th episode of Saturday Night Live's 21st season premiered on January 13, 1996, hosted by the actor, dancer and singer Christopher Walken, with singer, songwriter and musician Joan Osborne as the musical guest. This is Christopher Walken's 3rd time as host, as well as the only musical guest stint on SNL for Joan Osborne.

Christopher WaIken's goodnights speech is "I want to thank John – Joan – Osborne. And my special guests, uh, Governor.. Pataki. And.. Mayor Guiliani". (Cheers and applause)

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

† Credited, but did not appear

Cameos by Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki

Sketches and Musical Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
The Blizzard of '96 Cold Opening   Mayor Rudolph Giuliani & Governor George Pataki apologize for the low quality of tonight’s show, due to the past week’s blizzard and the cast’s efforts to assist with snow removal instead of rehearsing.
Christopher Walken's Monologue   Returning to host SNL for the third time, actor Christopher Walken sings about snow with the Snowdiggers (Molly Shannon, Cheri Oteri, Nancy Walls).
Rita Delvecchio: Winter
Rita Delvecchio (Cheri Oteri) tries to get her neighbor, Vic (Christopher Walken), to clear up her walk with his snowblower.
The Continental   The Continental (Christopher Walken) fails again with an unintended female visitor to his elegant bachelor pad.
Joan Osborne performed "One Of Us"
Weekend Update with Norm Macdonald
With guests, Jim Breuer, demonstrating how his stomach reacts to various alcoholic beverages and Rev. Jesse Jackson (Darrell Hammond) draws a comparison between civil rights and laughter.
Connie Stinson Talk Show   Talk show host Connie Stinson (Christopher Walken) fuels the wrath of his guests (Will Ferrell, Tim Meadows, Cheri Oteri, Molly Shannon and Nancy Walls) by putting their feelings into his own man-spirited words. Also Features Jim Breuer and David Koechner as audience members.
Mary Katherine Gallagher: Guidance Counselor   Mary Katherine Gallagher (Molly Shannon) indulges in a daydream about dancing with her guidance counselor (Christopher Walken).
Spade in America
Christopher Walken mans the desk so David Spade can deliver a live outdoor remote at the scene of the blizzard, but technical problems result in David Spade never realizing he’s on the air as he makes fun of Christopher Walken and the cast of “Saturday Night Live.”
The Execution
While manning the switch, Gerald “T-Bone” Tibbins (David Koechner) tortures a death row inmate (Christopher Walken) in his last minutes on Earth.
Goodnights   Christopher Walken thanked Joan Osborne, and special guests, Governor Pataki and Mayor Guiliani.
Preceded by:
December 16, 1995
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
January 20, 1996
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