Despite having been removed from the opening credits and not appearing in any sketches, Norm MacDonald makes a surprise appearance during the Goodnights.
In his 2011 autobiography "God, If You're Not Up There, I'm F*cked: Tales of Stand-Up, Saturday Night Live, and Other Mind-Altering Mayhem", Darrell Hammond reveals that in the dress rehearsal on the "Riding My Donkey Political Talk Show" sketch, the donkey he was sitting on tried to bite him in the crotch, causing the sketch to fall apart quickly. It was still picked to go into the live show and this time, all the donkeys had been sedated and Hammond was issued with a catcher's cup to wear. This explains why during the sketch, the donkey Tim Meadows was sitting on lost it's footing, and Hammond was having trouble balancing on his donkey and keeping a straight face.