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>> now with that in mind, let's continue with the opening remarks. >> it was just a little off. it looked like a talk show, kind of. sometimes he wore sneakers, which was weird. and they talked about the events of the day. to a certain extent. but also more focused on weirdness than on the newspaper. >> dave is passing out ham. >> dave was a very new york-centered show. jay could be monica lewinski and oj trial and dave could be like there was a squirrel today in the park. just some bizarre off beat thing. so you're not going to just get monologue jokes about the front page. it is whatever dav...

>> he makes you hear what you wish would you have thought of. oh, man, why didn't i think of that? or that's hilarious, i never thought of it like that. >> he grew a stronger and stronger conscience then felt the need to put it out there. >> nothing will change with the same people always -- this is the status quo? another latin word, status quo, and it stands for, in the middle, everyday americans are really getting taken for a ride. >> that's the kind of talk you normally hear right before the -- >> it wasn't about politics, it was moral outrage. that's what made the show so riveting and fun...

But an important moment for us at home. this is backyard. so almost incumbent upon "saturday night live" to play some sort of role in the nation's healing. the question is, when is it okay to laugh again? >> on behalf of everyone here, i want to thank you all for being here tonight. especially you, mr. mayor. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> having our institutions up and uning sends the message that new york city is open for business. "saturday night live" is one of our great new york city institutions and that's why it's important for you to do your show tonight. >> can we be funny? >> ...

>> it wouldn't that much emphasize on it for dave because when we started on "late night" we weren't allowed to do a monologue. >> with that in mind let's continuing with the opening remarks. it was just a little off and looked like a talk show kind of, sometimes he wore sneakers which was weird and they talk about the events of the day to a certain extent but it was focussed on weirdness than the newspaper. >> dave's passing out ham. >> dave was a very new york centered show, so jay could be monica lewinski and o.j. trial and dave could be, there's a squirrel today in the park. some bizarre o...

>> and i've heard from some people, especially in local news, that say it's the most accurate thing there is. >> part of that accuracy, it turns out, is because before he became a sensation on "saturday night live" ferrell had his own brief stint behind the anchor desk working for a cable access news show right out of college. >> we did some research, our crack research unit on you. >> you have a unit that smokes crack? >> no. so back in 1991 did you try out to be an anchor at a local cable access station called around and about orange county? >> that's correct. i was an anchor. i was also a f...