Robert Blake was not cooperative with the cast and writers during rehearsals. At one point, he crumbled up a script presented to him by Gary Kroeger and threw it back in his face. Blake appears in only two sketches plus the monologue.
Eddie Murphy began wearing a black leather outfit with no shirt underneath when appearing as himself during this season. According to talent coordinator Neil Levy, Murphy was inspired by a video tape recording Levy had of Elvis: The Comeback Special (1968) in which Elvis Presley wore a black leather jumpsuit.