Terry Gross

Founder of the anti-abortion group, "Operation Rescue," Randall Terry. Last week his group tried to stop abortions by blocking access to clinics in seven cities across the United States, including Philadelphia. TERRY also has a new book, "Why does a nice guy like me keep getting thrown in jail?" (Huntington House Pub., Lafayette, LA; Resistance Press, Windsor, N.Y.)

Poet, writer, and teacher Nancy Mairs. She's a Catholic feminist, who started out Protestant, and who late in life became a feminist. She calls herself, "the connoisseur of catastrophe." She's known for writing honestly about her struggles with multiple sclerosis, depression, and the life-threatening illness of her husband, also about being a woman, a mother, and a wife. Her newest book of personal essays is "Ordinary Time," (Beacon). One reviewer calls it "a small miracle of honesty mediated by dignity and humor."

Producer Jeff Apple and writer Jeff Maguire. Their latest project is the new film, "In the Line of Fire," starring Clint Eastwood as a burnt-out Secret Service agent, haunted by the assassination of President Kennedy. Apple has produced hundreds of TV commercials as well as documentaries and promotional films. He came up with the idea for the film, and approached Maguire to write the film script.

Chris Rock. Besides his work on "Saturday Night Live," Rock played the junkie in the movie "New Jack City" and recently co-wrote and starred in the rap parody film "CB4". (Rebroadcast from 12/12/91).

Comic Actor Martin Short. Short was with the Second City troupe for three years, where he created such characters as the infamous Ed Grimley, who lived on in the Saturday morning children's show, "The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley." Short brought that character and others to "Saturday Night Live." Since then, he's starred in feature films including "Three Amigos!" and "Innerspace." (Rebroadcast from 1/30/89).

Comedy writer Alan Zweibel. He was one of the original writers for "Saturday Night Live." He wrote the `Samurai' skits for John Belushi, and the Emily Litella and Roseanne Roseannadanna skits for Gilda Radner. He also worked on "The Gary Shandling Show." (Rebroadcast from 8/3/89).

James Belushi. He recently starred in "Wild Palms," the futuristic miniseries produced by Oliver Stone. Belushi is the brother of the late John Belushi. He was a member of the Second City improvisational comedy troupe and "Saturday Night Live," and has appeared in films and on Broadway. (Rebroadcast from 5/12/93).

Jon Lovitz. On Saturday Night Live he played the pathological liar, the Annoying Man and Harry Chanukah. (Rebroadcast from 7/17/92).

Bill Murray first came to prominence as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live." He then went on to appear in movies such as "Ghostbusters," "Caddyshack," "Meatballs" and "Stripes." (Rebroadcast from 5/13/91).

We begin our Saturday Night Live flashback show with JANE CURTIN. Curtin was an original cast member of the show and stars in the upcoming film "Coneheads." (Originally broadcast in 10/28/1988.)