This episode of SNL is the eighteenth episode of the twentieth season and features Courteney Cox (Friends) with musical guest Dave Matthews Band. The opening sketch is Matt Foley Motivational Speaker in Venezuela. It's pretty funny because Michael Mckean's character tells Matt Foley (Chris Farley) that the family speaks English, yet Foley continues to speak very poor Spanish. It's funny as all Matt Foley sketches are although it seemed so brief. Jay Mohr and Morwenna Banks (I'm sorry I honestly do not remember her on SNL ) also appear.
Cox's monologue is memorable as she mentions her new show 'Friends' and then Adam Sandler appears as Bruce Springsteen. Fans of Cox, Springsteen or 80s music videos will love the recreation of the Dancing in The Dark video and Sandler is hilarious as he keeps on singing gibberish over Cox as she tries to end the monologue.
The next sketch is 'Good Morning Brooklyn' with Jay Mohr as James Barrone and Cox as Angela Tucci. It is supposed to be a morning talk show. McKean is funny as the weather man. Sandler is Angelo and he tells who is getting the "beating of the week". Farley is the "beating of the week". Molly Shannon does the trivia question and she is about to ask Farley the question when the others tell her he is the beating of the week. This is a pretty good sketch.
The next bit is 'Gapardy', which is like 'Jeopardy' but with contestants who have worked at The Gap, so obviously the Gap Girls (Sandler, Spade, Farley) are the contestants and the host is played by Cox. Something that is really cool and worth noting is the fact that Cox tells Sandler's character she looks like Tom Selleck (facial hair reference) and this is before Selleck would play the love interest of Cox on 'Friends'. It's a decent enough sketch.
Up next is the Dave Matthews Band performing 'What Would You Say'. It's a real good performance. I'm not even much of a fan but they sounded awesome.
The next bit in the show is obviously Weekend Update. I have to say going back and rewatching that Norm Macdonald, despite flubbing one of his lines, absolutely kills. He's a lot better than I remembered him being when I first watched this episode as a child. Of course I was a bit too young to enjoy the jokes. What's really interesting is a joke about Arnold Schwarzenegger denying being the father of a twelve year old girl. Years later it was revealed that he fathered a child with the maid. It's ok I still love Arnold regardless, but it is worth noting. Molly Shannon appears to talk about the school system. She plays a crazy lady named Louise Ingstrom who has had allegations against her. This bit was okay but when you have Macdonald it's not all that necessary to get more laughs elsewhere.
The next sketch is a memorable but creepy one where Chris Elliot is infatuated with the babysitter, played by Mark McKinney, in a schoolgirl uniform. Mark McKinney does a good job as the schoolgirl and Elliot is great as the creepy older man who hits on the girl while giving her a ride home. At the time it was funny, but seeing it again all these years later, it was really not that funny. At least Elliot's character gets what he deserves in the end.
The next sketch sounds like it would be stupid, but I think it's actually pretty funny. Cox and Spade are tasked with hiring someone at their place of business. McKean tells them he doesn't care if they hire Charles Manson just find someone, so they take that as him wanting them to hire Manson. Sandler shows up as Manson, and surprise surprise, he is hilarious.
The next sketch features Kevin Nealon, Tim Meadows and Ellen Cleghorne. Nealon is a lawyer and Meadows is a janitor trainee. Cleghorne is his wife. It's seems like a brief sketch that is meant to be filler, but it's ok.
The next bit is a parody of those Ken Burns documentaries and this one is supposed to be about replacement baseball players. It features Nealon, McKinney, Elliot, Meadows, Cleghorne. It's a decent sketch.
The next sketch, 'His Muse Friday', is a spoof of the classic film 'His Girl Friday'. It features Cox alongside McKean, Shannon and Mohr. It's cute but there isn't much to it.
Once again we have Dave Matthews Band. This time they perform a song called 'Ants Marching'.
The next sketch is 'Mr Cool' with Cox, Spade and Laura Kightlinger. It takes place in an office where Spade is the guy all the women want. This sketch is really funny. Cox tries to talk to Spade and he shoots her down, but sends a message to her computer telling her to come over to his house but to act like it never happened. The next day things get pretty weird and hilarious.
Overall, this was a decent episode.
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