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Classic SNL Review: October 2, 1982: Louis Gossett Jr. / George Thorogood & The Destroyers (S08E02)
Sketches include "NBC Promo", "Marine Comedy", "Hitchhiker", "Mister Robinson's Neighborhood", "Sex Therapy", "Mr. & Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix", "Man On The Street", "Singing In The Stall", "Don's Back", "Donahue", "Trashing Jerry", "Father And Son", and "The Interesting Four". George Thorogood & The Destroyers perform "Bad To The Bone" and "Back To Wentzville". Mr. T also appears.
Classic SNL Review: September 25, 1982: Chevy Chase / Queen (S08E01)
Sketches include "Live From Burbank", "Art Opening", "Joe Takes A Wife", "Hinckley", "The Web", "Mystery Theatre", "Video Victims", "Popeil", "Late Night with David Letterman", and "PTC Club". Queen performs "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Under Pressure".Cameos by John Zacherle, Danny DeVito, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.
SNL Up Close: 1982-83
Dick Ebersol brought Saturday Night Live back from the brink of cancellation.His first full season of SNL had its share of volatility, particularly with Michael O'Donoghue's mid-season firing, but the show stablized by the end of the season.For the next season, Ebersol and producer Bob Tischler retreated a bit from the calculated risks the show took in 1981-82: Don Pardo was back in the announcer's booth, the "live from New York" phrase opened some (but not all) of the shows this year, and hosts once again got monologue segments following the opening montage. Like with 1980-81, and 1981-82, I will be doing sketch-by-sketch reviews of the episodes this season.If anyone has information to contribute about the episodes, such as who wrote what, writer cameos, etc., I welcome it and will acknowledge my source in the sketch review.
Classic SNL Review: April 11, 1981: (no host) / Jr. Walker & The All Stars (S06E13)
Sketches include "Storeroom", "Drive For America", "Lite Beer", "I Married A Monkey", "Same", "The Self-Righteous", "Wedding Day", "Famous Broadcaster's School of Cue-Card Reading", "Wild Country Gun Cards" and "Bag Lady". Jr. Walker & The All-Stars perform two medleys: "Roadrunner/Shotgun" and "How Sweet It Is/What Does It Take". Chevy Chase, Al Franken, Mr. Bill, Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve also appear.
Classic SNL Review: March 7, 1981: Bill Murray / Delbert McClinton (S06E12)
Sketches include: "Dressing Room", "Formula for the Good Life", "The Writer", "Altered Walter", "ChapStick", "Nick Rivers", "Cut Flowers", "No Sex With Mary", "Cat's Name" and "Bubba's Wash, Fayetta's Dry".Delbert McClinton performs "Givin' It Up For Your Love" and "Shotgun Rider" with Bonnie Bramlett.Mark King also appears.
Classic SNL Review: February 21, 1981: Charlene Tilton / Todd Rundgren, Prince (S06E11)
Sketches include: "Super Fight", "Greatest Records Of All Time", "Mister Robinson's Neighborhood", "Pork Parade", "The Rocket Report- Subway" "A Fiddler Be On The Roof", "Lincoln Bedroom", "Backstage", "The Competition", "Speaking Out", "Women Behind Bars", "SNL Sports", "Submissing Sugar Daddies", "Mary Louise" and "After Midnight".Todd Rundgren performs "Healer" and "Time Heals".Prince performs "Partyup".
Classic SNL Review: February 14, 1981: Deborah Harry / Funky 4 + 1 (S06E10)
Sketches include "Sinatra Interview", "Don't Look In The Refrigerator", "Livelys II", "Newsbreak I", "Where's Cooter?", "The Rocket Report - Central Park", "Card Store", Big Brother", "Sweet Hearts", "SoHo", "Newsbreak II", "Big Ape" and "Dropout".Deborah Harry performs "Love TKO" and "Come Back Jonee".Funky 4 + 1 perform "That's The Joint".Poland invades Russia.
Classic SNL Review: February 7, 1981: Sally Kellerman / Jimmy Cliff (S06E09)
Sketches include: Reagan & The Economy, The Rocket Report- Hostages, The Audition, Name That Sin, Eye Ear Nose & Throat, Was I Ever Red, Iranian Joke Book, Parent & Child, A Day In The Life of a Hostage, Lean Acres, Iranian Student Council, New York, Pillow Pets and Televised Trial.Jimmy Cliff performs "I Am The Living" and "Gone Clear". Sally Kellerman performs "Starting Over Again".
Classic SNL Review: January 24, 1981: Robert Hays / Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crown, 14 Karat Soul (S06E08)
Sketches include "America Not Held Hostage Anymore", "Dazola", "Love American Style", "Saturday Night Live Sports Central", "Reaganco", "Save-A-Network Telethon", "Pre-Superbowl Pre-Game Preview", "The Foreign Film", "Funeral", "Disco Meltdown", "The Rocket Report", "The Pacesetter", "Ravi Sings", "Cut 'N Curl", "Promotion", "Dream Date", "Ordinary Elephant People", and "National Enquirer".Joe "King" Carrasco & The Crown perform "Don't Bug Me, Baby".14 Karat Soul performs "I Wish That We Were Married" and "This Time It's For Real".
Classic SNL Review: January 17, 1981: Karen Black / Cheap Trick, Stanley Clarke Trio (S06E07)
Sketches include "White House Strip", "The Legendary Composers", "Foundation for the Tragically Hip", "The Livelys", "Sinatra & Reagan", "The Rocket Report: Daredevils", "Mona Lisa", "60 Minutes", "Hospital Bed", "Saturday Night Sports: Fair Dinkum", "Neighbor", "Turnpike Diner", "Saturday Night Live Action Dolls", "What's It All About" and "National Handgun Association".Cheap Trick performs "Baby Loves To Rock" and "Can't Stop It But I'm Gonna Try".Stanley Clarke Trio performs "Wild Dog".
Classic SNL Review: January 10, 1981: Ray Sharkey / Jack Bruce & Friends (S06E06)
Sketches include: "To Tell The Truth", "Work Time", "Interpreter", "Tommy Torture", "Citizens For A Better America", "Bobbie's Bar/January 11th", "Taped Confession", "Have A Nice Day", "Black Market Baby", "Surrogate Mothers", "The Man In The Black Hat", "Stop-A-Nut", "The Waiter-Maker", "Commercial For Nothing", and "Insult Contest". Jack Bruce & Friends perform "Dancing On Air" and "Livin' Without Ja".
Classic SNL Review: December 20, 1980: David Carradine / The cast of "The Pirates of Penzance" (S06E05)
Sketches include "Pardo Impression", "Gun City", "Kung Fu Menswear", "Cedar Mall", "The Rocket Report", "Dylan & Guthrie", "The Home Version of Dallas", "Mr. Bill's Christmas Special", "Kung Fu Christmas", "Heroin In Harlem", "Virgin Search", "Dopenhagen & Happy Daze", "Mourning The Colonel", "The Dancing Man" and "Welfare Counseling". Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith, George Rose and the cast of The Pirates of Penzance perform medleys of selections from the musical and Christmas carols.
Classic SNL Review: December 13, 1980: Jamie Lee Curtis / James Brown, Ellen Shipley (S06E04)
Sketches include "The Mean Majority", "Clovin Hind Jeans", "Attack of the Terrible Snapping Creatures", "Three Card Monty", "Who Is Gilbert Gottfried?", "Dying To Be Heard", "Poker and Drugs", "Badgers", "Tortu-Matic", "Hairstylist", and "News In Akron". James Brown performs "Rapp Payback" and a medley of his hits. Ellen Shipley performs "Fotogenic". Excerpts from Martin Brest's "Hot Dogs For Gauguin" are also shown.