History of Saturday Night Live (1990–95) Bob Marley's song "War", musical guest Sinéad O'Connor created controversy by holding up a picture of Pope John Paul II, exclaiming, "Fight the real enemy", and tearing the picture to pieces. According to the book "Live From New York", this was unrehearsed, and condemned by Michaels and the "SNL" crew, who refused to light the applause sign after O'Connor's performance; likewise, guest host Tim Robbins, who was raised Catholic, did not thank O'Connor during the closing. "Featuring" "With" "Featuring" One host during this season, Martin Lawrence, had an opening monologue which included an extended series of comments about feminine hygiene.
Live from Studio 6H and news broadcasts from the 1950s through 1980s. In addition, the show closed with an on-stage good-bye in the style of "Saturday Night Live", owing to the strong overlap in cast and crew of the two programs. Hazel's attention-grabbing stunt explicitly parodied a 1992 "SNL" appearance by O'Connor where she ripped up a picture of Pope John Paul II. The proposal scene parodied "Mad Men" episode "A Little Kiss". The satire of "Laugh-In" includes the mailbox reference to H. R. Haldeman from "Rosemary's Baby" (despite explicitly taking place during the Johnson administration). Baldwin reprises his Nixon impression from "Subway Hero"