What's unmistakable is how much dreck comes in the second half of the show, and how the musical performances seem like a relief in comparison. I wonder whether the cast and crew were simply exhausted from pulling off three live shows in a row, or if there was another factor affecting the show's quality. After last week's strong episode, this one started off as somewhat of a step down to "business as usual" before crashing after Weekend Update. When rewatching this show, I actually was taken aback at how weak it actually was. Robert Hays almost accidentally exposes Gail Matthius' left breast.ĭon Pardo does not announce an upcoming host but continues to show off his singing ability. Good payoff.ĭena Disco (Denny Dillon) invites dancers to watch her change colors from "disco radiation" at her nightclub inside a nuclear reactor. Murphy actually tells a few audience members that applaud at the beginning of his commentary to "hold it". The audience liked his dismissal of the Oakland Raiders and Philadelphia Eagles as mediocre teams.Įddie Murphy gets the strongest segment, discussing how he was out money for both reefer and heating oil thanks to frozen Iranian assets.
Joe Piscopo gets another prop-based Saturday Night Sports, this time predicting the outcome of Super Bowl XV with an electric football game. That's writer David Hurwitz playing Paul (the bearded guy), while Robert is one of the administrative staff (no name, unfortunately, but it's the same guy as in Taped Confession). A few easy nerd "slide rule" and "pocket protector" jokes, but the sight of the pocket protector glued to the one model's chest woke up the audience. Tiffany Fleur (Ann Risley) shows some of her fashions for the engineering student. That probably would have been something Brian Doyle-Murray would have read the next season.Ĭharles Rocket gets a short bit getting an "apology" from the same dummy of Ayatollah Khomeini they used in SNL's 100th show last season. They're at least curbing the forced chemistry between the anchors (only one attempt this week) and Gail seems to be getting better, although I don't think anyone could have made the Eldridge Cleaver joke work. Most of the jokes were pretty bad this week (worst: the Mondale and Eldridge Cleaver jokes). Best Jokes: Reagan letter (for the graphic), Margaret Trudeau
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