trumpet player for Jazz X 10 and one of Sheldon's best friends. Also, Senator John McCain appears as a guy in an aloha shirt named Pete Van Bleet. Sheldon always signs off with his trademark salute (similar to Doc Severinsen's on The Tonight Show). Jazz x 10 opens the show with a badly performed version of the song "Pick up the Pieces" by Average White Band. References Lists of recurring Saturday Night Live characters and sketches Saturday Night Live in the 2000s Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live