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This weekend's vintage Saturday Night Live rerun (the one they run in the wee small hours of the A.M.) is from November 22, 1986. Robin Williams is the host, Paul Simon is the musical guest and there are some pretty good sketches with Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, Jan Hooks, Nora Dunn, Dennis Miller, Dana Carvey, Victoria Jackson, Kevin Nealon and a few others. The opening sketch is Williams as Ronald Reagan getting the answers for a press conference via a secret earpiece…a bit that should have been rerun during the last election, when there were rumors that George W. Bush was being prompted via a hidden radio receiver. There's also a funny sketch with Paul Simon waiting on line for some event and being approached by fans who don't believe he'll remember them but he does. You'll see the punchline coming but it's still pretty good.