user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: What is the highest overall prior to 1996 with a slalom of 39?
Columns: ['Season', 'Overall', 'Slalom', 'Giant Slalom', 'Super G', 'Downhill', 'Combined']
Types: ['real', 'real', 'text', 'real', 'real', 'text', 'text']
Sample row: [1990.0, 44.0, '—', 39.0, 12.0, '—', '21']
SQL:

assistant: SELECT MAX("Overall") FROM "Table" WHERE "Slalom" = '39' AND "Season" < 1996.0;