I’ve watched hundreds of Saturday Night Live episodes, and at no point have I ever thought about the practicalities of wearing a bald cap and what that means for someone who is in multiple sketches. Well, it turns out it means a lot of pre-production planning and a series of wig changes.
The subject of bald caps came up during a recent episode of Fly On The Wall with David Spade and Dana Carvey. At first the conversation was in reference to Coneheads, but later, the two started talking more broadly about how it works on Saturday Night Live. Apparently, if a host is going to wear a bald cap at any point during the episode, they typically put it on before the show even starts. Then, the production department gives them a wig during the monologue to resemble their real hair so no one notices.
