Jodie Foster was 14 years and 8 days old when she hosted this episode. At the time, she was the youngest host in the history of the show, until Drew Barrymore hosted six years later at age of 7 years.
Tatum O'Neal was originally considered to host this episode, but Lorne Michaels preferred Jodie Foster as host, since Foster became widely known portraying a young prostitute in Taxi Driver (1976).
In the sketch "Don Pardo, The First Fifty Years", Don Pardo's birthday is given as February 22, 1926. Actually, Pardo's birthday is February 22, 1918, making him a few months from his 59th at the time, not 50th.
John Belushi's character "Steve Bushakis" in the "What Kind of Guy Watches Saturday Night" sketch is an homage to his best friend from Chicago.