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 September 26, 1992
 Season 18 episode
 Episode 327
 Season Episode 1
 Host Nicolas Cage
 Musical Guest(s) Bobby Brown
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"Humpin' Around"
"Good Enough"
Previous Episode
May 16, 1992
(Season 17)
Next Episode
October 3, 1992

The season premiere of Season 18 and the 327th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on September 26, 1992, hosted by actor Nicolas Cage star of the hit films Honeymoon in Vegas, Knowing, Valley Girl, Moonstruck, Leaving Las Vegas, Con Air Face/Off, The Family Man, Mandy, Fire Birds, Amos & Andrew, Trapped in Paradise, Kiss of Death, Windtalkers, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Gone in 60 Seconds, Lord of War, Drive Angry, and Next, the three of Disney's films National Treasure and the 2004 sequel film National Treasure: Book of Secrets, and The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and DreamWorks Animation film The Croods: A New Age with R&B musician, singer-songwriter and dancer Bobby Brown as the musical guest. Special guest appearance by former cast member Jan Hooks. This is Nicholas Cage's hosting debut and Bobby Brown's musical guest debut on SNL.

Mike Myers did not appear in the opening montage as he would be absent in the first seven episodes of the season until he returned on the December 5, 1992 episode, hosted by actor and comedian Tom Arnold.


Nicolas Cage goodnights speech is "I Want to Thank You All for Being Here, I Would Like to Thank Bobby Brown (cheers and applause), I Would Like to Thank Jan Hooks for Flying Here, I Love You All, Good Night". (Cheers and Applause)

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

Featuring[]

+ Credited, but did not appear in this episode
Mike Myers was still in the cast at this point, but was not credited until December 5, 1992; as he was out filming a movie.

Sketches and Music Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Outside the Movies: Husbands and Wives Cold Open

Woody Allen (Dana Carvey) and Soon-Yi Previn (Rob Schneider) awkwardly run into Mia Farrow (Jan Hooks) and Alan Dershowitz (writer Rob Smigel) outside the movie theater during a presentation of “Husbands and Wives”. Also Features Chris Farley as moviegoer, Phil Hartman as Frank Sinatra, and Adam Sandler as Tony Roberts.
Opening Montage   The opening montage is the same as in the previous two seasons. Mike Myers is not credited for the first 7 episodes of the season, as he was out filming a movie. Additionally, Victoria Jackson, Beth Cahill and Siobhan Fallon are gone from the intro, since they left the show prior to this season, Rob Schneider was upgraded to repertory status this season, and Melanie Hutsell was promoted to the middle cast group. This is also the first of many times that Jan Hooks is credited as a special guest. Lastly, starting with this episode, hosts are announced in the montage with the billing “And your host”, which would go on to be a tradition that continues to this day. (Before this episode, hosts were announced with the billing “And starring” from 1986-1992, and before that, hosts were usually announced with the billing “With host”, “With”, or “Starring”).
Monologue by Nicolas Cage

Hosting for the first time, actor Nicholas Cage talks too much about his leading ladies' body parts. Also Features Chris Farley, Julia Sweeney, Ellen Cleghorne and Melanie Hutsell. Onscreen appearance by Lorne Michaels and voice of original director Dave Wilson.
Canis

A commercial for the product Canis -- a fragrance for dogs.
The Adventures of Tiny Elvis   Tiny Elvis (Nicolas Cage) marvels at the enormity of the normal-sized objects that surround him. Also Features Chris Farley as Joe Esposito, Phil Hartman as the voice of announcer, Kevin Nealon as Sonny West and Rob Schneider as Red West.
Ross Perot Makes a Deal   Ross Perot (Dana Carvey) offers complete strangers money to perform bizarre stunts for his own pleasure, as proof of his own power. Also Features Chris Farley, Phil Hartman and Julia Sweeney as the people and Kevin Nealon as Roy.
Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey: Favorite Uncle   Jack Handey recalls his Uncle Caveman.
Bobby Brown performed "Humpin' Around"
Weekend Update with Kevin Nealon

Kevin Nealon delivers a subliminal commentary about Bill Clinton. Chris Rock comments on the first day of school. Opera Man (Adam Sandler) sings about Madonna and other recently celebrity gaffes. With Nicolas Cage and Cher.
Baby Names

Mr. Asswipe Johnson (Nicolas Cage) is extra-sensitve about choosing a name for wife’s (Julia Sweeney) expectant child.
Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey Part 2: Hammers   Jack Handey muses on the top thing an Indian can do.
Nightline   Ted Koppel (Dana Carvey) moderates a Q&A session between Gov. Bill Clinton (Phil Hartman) and a series of stupid-yet-undecided voters. (Nicolas Cage, Ellen Cleghorne, Chris Farley, Melanie Hutsell, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider and Julia Sweeney). Special guest by former cast member Jan Hooks as Hilary Clinton.
Bobby Brown performed "Good Enough"
The Queen Shenequa Show   Queen Shenequa (Ellen Cleghorne) raps with Bobby Brown.
Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey Part 3: Indians   Jack Handey ponders a world gone mad.
Casual Sex   Mr. Casual Sex (Rob Schneider) responds to Dan Quayle a la Murphy Brown. Also Features Chris Farley, Phil Hartman, Kevin Nealon, Chris Rock, Julia Sweeney, and Melanie Hutsell as the guests. Introduced by Lorne Michaels.
Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey Part 4   Jack Handey offers a suggestion of what to do if you go temporarily insane.
Goodnights   Nicolas Cage thanked everyone for being here, Bobby Brown and Jan Hooks, he loved them all.

Trivia[]

  • One of the final sketches of the night is a satire of the famous Murphy Brown episode that aired this week responding to Dan Quayle's comments. Executive producer Lorne Michaels does a cold open to the camera explaining that Dan Quayle had, during their summer hiatus, criticized that Rob Schneider running character "Mr. Casual Sex", and they would now like to respond - the joke being that this character had never existed until that moment, though he has an introductory theme song. This is followed by a sketch of Mr. Casual Sex being criticized for his morality, followed by endless pedantic jokes about the spelling of potato, and culminating in Mr. Casual Sex being joined by an array of men who like casual sex to proudly stand up to Quayle (a la the ending of the Murphy Brown) episode.
  • This is also marked the first episode for Shawn Pelton, who played drums, replaced Matt Chamberlain, after 1 year.
Preceded by:
May 16, 1992
(Season 17)
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
October 3, 1992
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