During Weekend Update, Norm MacDonald has an unexpected coughing fit and says "The fuck was that?" He quickly laughs it off and jokes "My farewell performance." When he signs off at the end of Weekend Update, he says "Maybe I'll see you next week."
An August 1997 rebroadcast of this episode was notably interrupted by an NBC News Bulletin announcing that Princess Diana of Wales was seriously injured in a car crash.
Chris Kattan impersonates David Spade during the "Joe Pesci Show" sketch. When Kattan joined the cast as a featured player at the tail end of season 21, Spade was still a cast-member - even though he only appeared to do his Hollywood Minute segments on Weekend Update - and the two of them shared an office for the remainder of that season.