The occasional big-name guest can be flummoxed by its intimacy.

The series begins its second year on Sunday at 10 P.M. with a special hourlong episode dotted with big-name guests.

There were big-name guests.

There are big-name special guests drafted in to bolster unfinished songs.

Running time was usually two to three hours, depending on the availability of big-name guests.

No big-name guests are scheduled for the departure.

"Saturday Night" is a combination of repertory comedy performers and, with its weekly big-name guests, variety show.

Today, however, some hosts were preoccupied with getting a big-name guest.

Union workers, complaining that their contract expired 20 months ago, have been handing leaflets to big-name guests arriving for events.

They fill the city's bounty of plush four- and five-star hotels with big-name guests.