It might have been a different appearance. I do remember it vividly, though. I thought it quite hilarious at the time. The joke, as I recall, was that the control room people didn't want a lecture from Jesse about hiring more minorities. Or at least that was the implication. In those days he could make fun of himself, intentionally. Now he does it unintentionally.
Two different appearances. The control room gag appeared during an SNL episode hosted by Jesse Jackson sometime around 1984. (IMHO, it was one of the single funniest episodes SNL has ever produced. That entire era of SNL, when it had cast members like Billy Crystal, Martin Short, Harry Shearer, etc., is woefully underrated, and arguably more consistently hilarious than any other period in the show's history. It was certainly more intellectual and took a hell of a lot more chances.) The Green Eggs and Ham reading, however, took place the week Dr. Seuss died (early '90s?). They had Jesse come in and read it during Weekend Update.
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