On said Saturday Night Live repeat, it turns out Steve Carell is hosting, and it's right before the S2 premiere of The Office in summer 2005. And he just made a joke about how they were going to cancel it because nobody was watching! Ohhhh, so funny. He's funny.
ETA: The episode also references beet salad and people checking their hotel rooms with blacklights for sketchy stains. Yay!