This episode returns to the full widescreen frame format after the previous three episodes of center-cut framing.
Queen Latifah appeared as Gwen Ifill and Tina Fey returned as Sarah Palin in a parody of the Vice Presidential Debate.
The Killers performed "Human" and "Spaceman."
An edited version of the sketch parodying the economic bailout was posted on NBC.com, removing references to Herbert and Marion Sandler's (played by Darrell Hammond and Casey Wilson, respectively) corrupt activities and removing the graphic labeling the couple as "people who should be shot." Lorne Michaels admitted he did not know the Sandlers were a real couple, and that he believed they were simply characters written for the sketch. In the NBC rerun of this episode that aired on November 29, 2008, the entire part with Darrell Hammond and Casey Wilson as The Sandlers was cut, jumping from the part where Bill Hader and Anne Hathaway introduce their Juno-esque surrogate mother (Amy Poehler) to the part where Barney Frank (Fred Armisen) introduces George Soros (Will Forte).
The NBC rerun also switches the "Mary Poppins" sketch (which originally aired after Weekend Update) with the "Dance Floor Showoffs" sketch (which originally aired after the "CSPAN Economic Bailout" sketch).
Andy Samberg plays Mark Wahlberg in a sketch where Wahlberg talks to animals by only asking them how they are doing and telling them to say "hi to their mother" for him. In the following episode, Mark Wahlberg makes a guest appearance to speak to Andy about his mockery of him during the sketch, only for the real Mark to talk to a donkey and tell it to "say hi to his mother for him".
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