Darrell Hammond imitated an absent Don Pardo during the opening credits and then during James Van Der Beek's monologue, announcing, "...James Van Der Beek!" with a quavering, awestruck inflection and subsequently interrupts and addresses him as "Dawson", presents him with a gift of tighty whiteys and a handwritten note and suggests that they meet privately until Lorne Michaels, off-camera, intervenes and squelches Pardo's overtures.