Sat, Sep 25, 1982
The host for the episode is Chevy Chase (his third appearance as host), and the musical guest is Queen. The skits for this episode are as follows: Chevy Chase announces from a TV screen that because of a missed flight, he will have to host the show via satellite from California. He prepares to begin the first skit, but a stagehand accidentally knocks over his TV. For his opening monologue, Chevy speaks from a broken TV at the foot of the stage. Angry young artist and poet Tyrone Green displays his hatred of white people through his art at a gallery packed with white art connoisseurs. Joe Piscopo confesses his love for Rose Kennedy and asks her to marry him. John Hinckley announces his campaign for the presidency from his hospital cell. A mystery show presents a scene about a woman being accosted by a land shark that turns out to be on a video screen. Inventor Ron Popiel presents the Galactic Prophylactic, made of rubber and steel and guaranteed to last for fifty years. David Letterman presents a film shot by his dog and interviews Gumby. For the Weekend Update, Brad Hall reports on Reagan sending the Maureens to Lebanon, the NFL player's strike, and a new celebrity sperm bank, then phones up Secretary of the Interior James Watt to insult him. Father Andrew Titus angrily criticizes the new Reader's Digest condensed bible. Chevy claims to be reporting live from Beirut, but is revealed to be on the set of The Tonight Show in Burbank. An expose takes a serious look at a young man addicted to video games. Siskel and Ebert review the episode already in progress, praising Eddie Murphy but skewering Chevy. PTC Club prophet April May June praises Jesus while a faith healer performs miracles in the audience. Queen performs "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Under Pressure".
Sat, Oct 2, 1982
Oscar winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. hosts this 1982 episode featuring a cameo by Mr. T. Selected sketches include: "Sex Therapy", "Mr. and Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix", "Donahue" and the Commercial Parody "Don't Hitch-Hike". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
Sat, Oct 9, 1982
Sketches include "Bureau of Weights and Measures," "Opie's Back," "Velvet Jones Romance Novels," "Whiners Want a Baby," a guest performance by Harry Anderson, "In Search of Francis the Talking Mule" (film), "Focus on Film," "Reagan Visits Carter, 1980," "America is Turning Gay," "Sylvester School of Speech Therapy," "Hooker Explanation," and "Nukes Are For Kooks." The Clash performed "Straight To Hell" and "Should I Stay or Should I Go."
Sat, Oct 23, 1982
Howard Hessmann. Sketches include "Killing Time," "The Girls of SNL," "John Delorean," "Good Morning America," "Closet Heterosexual," "Marvin and Celeste in the Caribbean," "Naked Corpse Funeral," "Uncle Teddy's Little Theatre," and "The Amazing Ronco Answer Book." Men at Work performed "Who Can It Be Now" and "Down Under."
Sat, Dec 4, 1982
Sketches include"The Tonight Show, Thank you, Thank You Ron Reagan, Ledge, Rubbers, If You were a homosexual, who would you find attractive?, truck driving women, TV, Pudge and Solomon, Magic Act, The Inside Story, Handsome Men with big noses." Musical numbers were "Gloria and Living a Lie"
Sat, Mar 12, 1983
Sketches include "Buckwheat Jeans, Donny and Marie St. Patrick's Day Special, Special Report, The Home for Disgusting Practices, The Buckwheat Story, Gumbys, Old Jew Beer, Old Negro Beer, Veggie Burgers, Old Chinaman Beer, Jerry Lewis School of Manners, Songwriters." Musical numbers "Sweet Sue, When you Wish Upon a star, and I ain't got nobody."
Sat, May 7, 1983
The host and musical guest for this episode is Stevie Wonder. The sequences are: "VD", a Kannon AE-1 photo camera ad (its slogan "so simple, anyone can use it"), Eddie Murphy plays a Stevie Wonder Impersonator, Adolf Hitler writes his own diaries before he takes his own life, a pseudo-biopic of Stevie Wonder, Dion's, Cotton Land and The Hunchback Boy. Wonder performs "Fingertips", "Overjoyed" and "Go Home".