At this point in the series Rich Hall was not a series regular, he just showed up for SNIGLETS updates. Also, Lucy Webb had replaced Audrie Neenan as a regular roughly 8 months before this episode broadcast. Lucy's anchorwoman character was acclaimed news journalist "Helen St. Thomas." This episode has several memorable gags such as when the british sound tech gets mad at the Pope for banging on the microphone, Bob Charles on vacation and some actual footage of President Ronald Reagan during the 1984 presidential debate where he makes basically NO sense while discussing American taxes. The footage is presented unaltered as a parody of H&R Block. As the old saying goes: You can't make this stuff up.
FOOTNOTE: "Easy Lover" by Philip Bailey & Phil Collins, and "I Got Loaded" by Los Lobos are among the pop songs which appear in the gag sequences on this episode.
