Saturday Night Live · season 11, episode 198 · Saturday, November 23, 1985 Host: Pee-wee Herman. Musical guest: Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band. • Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band performs "La Louisiane" and "Frisco Zydeco". • Credited Featured Players: Don Novello, Dan Vitale, Damon Wayans • Former cast member Robin Duke appears in the "Pee-Wee Herman Thanksgiving Special" sketch as one of the audience members during the performance by Diana Ross (Terry Sweeney). • Don Novello rejoins the cast after a five-year hiatus. • Dan Vitale's first of two episodes as a featured player. • According to Vitale, the show considered George C. Scott as a possible host for this episode, before selecting Reubens. • Future cast member Phil Hartman was credited as a guest writer for this episode. • This marks the second time that a fictional character hosts an episode. The first being Novello as Father Guido Sarducci in 1984. Wiki link