another notable moment of the season was in the episode hosted by george wendt. during the show, francis ford coppola appeared in between sketches where he, michaels and sweeney try to fix up "snl" to boost the show's sagging ratings by turning creative control over to coppola. with the exception of the "who shot c.r.?" storyline back in season6, this episode marks the series' only attempt at extending a plot throughout an episode, as oscar-winner coppola turns out to be an incompetent director.