The 18th episode of Season 25 and the 483rd episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on May 6, 2000, hosted by actor and comedian John Goodman with singer and guitarist Neil Young as his musical guest. Neil Young made his third musical guest stint on SNL and this was John Goodman’s 11th time hosting.
This marked the first episode with Maya Rudolph as a cast member.
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
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Who Wants to be a Millionaire Cold Open
Time Warner interrupts celebrity contest
Opening montage
Maya Rudolph is added to the opening montage.
John Goodman Monologue
Plastered John Goodman mistakenly thinks he acted in the Flintstones prequel
Platinum Mach 14
Gillette’s Platinum Mach 14 razor is more advanced than the Triple-Trac
Wanna Be a VJ 3
Raymond (Chris Kattan) & Shannon (Ana Gasteyer) compete for a job at MTV. First appearance of Maya Rudolph, who plays Gwen Stefani, in this sketch. Also the debut of Jimmy Fallon's Carson Daly impression and his accompanying catchphrase, “I’m Carson Daly, and I’m a massive tool.”, and host John Goodman as Dave Holmes.
Office Flirt
Co-workers (John Goodman, Tim Meadows, Chris Parnell, Rachel Dratch) endure office vamp Adele(Cheri Oteri)'s unsubtle sexual innuendo.
TV Funhouse
“The Life of a Catchphrase” by Robert Smigel - “Yeah, That’s The Ticket” is tracked.
The Christopher Lowell Show
Fey panelists laud decorating ideas.
Neil Young performs “Razor Love”
Weekend Update with Colin Quinn
SNL writer Kevin Brennan downplays the value of familial relations; while lame duck Bill Clinton (Darrell Hammond) tells Cuban-Americans to shut up
Rock & Roll Restaruant
Jim Morrison impersonator (Horatio Sanz) waits on diners at rock & roll restaurant.
Traffic Stop
Troopers (John Goodman, Tim Meadows) administer sobriety test to the Bloater brothers (Jimmy Fallon. Chris Parnell).
Neil Young performs "Silver & Gold".
Tek-Co
Tek-co Mechanical Currency Masticator automates coin valuation via biting.