Every sketch, excluding the Darnette Disposable Toilet commercial and Weekend Update, features recurring characters. Bill Clinton, Bob Dole and Michael Jackson and Debbie Rowe appear in the cold open (and Will Ferrell debuts his soon-to-be-recurring impersonation of Janet Reno). The other recurring characters are, in this order: the Spartan Cheerleaders, Mary Katherine Gallagher, The Delicious Dish, The Ambiguously Gay Duo on TV Funhouse, Goat Boy, Rita DelVecchio, Russell & Tate and Joe Blow.