Kathleen Turner says she had a great time; Butch and Pepe are on stage with the cast. Harry Shearer holds his “Thanks Tom” sign.

Don Pardo announces the next show lineup with Roy “Jaws” Scheider and Billy “Loverboy” Ocean, before signing off as Don “Loverjaws” Pardo.

Bruce Feirstein (Goldeneye, The World is Not Enough and Tomorrow Never Dies), Ron Richards (Not Necessarily The News) and Rosie Shuster are credited with additional sketches.

Final Thoughts:

A bit of a noticeable drop down in quality from the first half of the season; while the cast and writers’ professionalism prevents things from getting unwatchable, the first half of the show has quite a few duller pieces and a recurring sketch that’s starting to lose steam. As a host, Kathleen Turner was game, but she didn’t really bring too much to the sketches (aside from maybe the Joe Franklin Show), and the women in the cast didn’t get much to do tonight. However, there are a few funny unplanned moments this week, one of which livens up an otherwise overlong sketch, and Harry Shearer gets two of the better pieces into what ended up being his final show. As well, even though he only appears in the weaker first half of the show, Billy Crystal demonstrates that he has become the reliable backbone of the cast by this point in the season, doing an impressive six appearances in that span.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

The Joe Franklin Show

MacDouglass-Drummond

Strictly From Blackwell

Green Room

SHOW LOWLIGHTS:

Monologue

Predictions

MVP:

Billy Crystal/Harry Shearer

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN

cast

Jim Belushi : absent

: absent Billy Crystal : 6 appearances [Green Room, Do You Know What I Hate? (IV), Nose Hair Trimmer, Fire Dance, The Joe Franklin Show, Boxer]

: 6 appearances [Green Room, Do You Know What I Hate? (IV), Nose Hair Trimmer, Fire Dance, The Joe Franklin Show, Boxer] Mary Gross : 1 appearance [Predictions]; 1 voice-over [Fire Dance]

: 1 appearance [Predictions]; 1 voice-over [Fire Dance] Christopher Guest : 5 appearances [Do You Know What I Hate? (IV), Nose Hair Trimmer, Fire Dance, The Joe Franklin Show, Saturday Night News]

: 5 appearances [Do You Know What I Hate? (IV), Nose Hair Trimmer, Fire Dance, The Joe Franklin Show, Saturday Night News] Rich Hall : 3 appearances [Green Room, Nose Hair Trimmer, Saturday Night News]

: 3 appearances [Green Room, Nose Hair Trimmer, Saturday Night News] Gary Kroeger : 3 appearances [Nose Hair Trimmer, Safeco, Saturday Night News]

: 3 appearances [Nose Hair Trimmer, Safeco, Saturday Night News] Julia Louis-Dreyfus : 1 appearance [Fire Dance]

: 1 appearance [Fire Dance] Harry Shearer : 2 appearances [MacDouglass-Drummond, Strictly From Blackwell]; 1 voice-over [Predictions]

: 2 appearances [MacDouglass-Drummond, Strictly From Blackwell]; 1 voice-over [Predictions] Martin Short : 4 appearances [Fire Dance, The Joe Franklin Show, Scary Lady, Strictly From Blackwell]

: 4 appearances [Fire Dance, The Joe Franklin Show, Scary Lady, Strictly From Blackwell] Pamela Stephenson: 1 appearance [Safeco]

crew and extras

Andy Breckman : 1 appearance [Scary Lady]

: 1 appearance [Scary Lady] Butch : 1 appearance [Green Room]

: 1 appearance [Green Room] Larry David : 1 appearance [Scary Lady]; 1 voice-over [Predictions]

: 1 appearance [Scary Lady]; 1 voice-over [Predictions] Barry Nichols : 1 appearance [Scary Lady]

: 1 appearance [Scary Lady] Pepe : 1 appearance [Green Room]

: 1 appearance [Green Room] Rob Riley : 2 appearances [Green Room, Scary Lady]

: 2 appearances [Green Room, Scary Lady] Rosie Shuster : 1 appearance [Scary Lady]

: 1 appearance [Scary Lady] Dave Wilson: 1 voice-over [Monologue]

guests

Kathleen Turner : 5 appearances [Monologue, Nose Hair Trimmer, The Joe Franklin Show, Scary Lady, Killing Time]

: 5 appearances [Monologue, Nose Hair Trimmer, The Joe Franklin Show, Scary Lady, Killing Time] John Waite: 1 appearance [“Saturday Night”]

REBROADCAST HISTORY:

April 27, 1985

Known alterations:

Safeco and Killing Time removed

Jogger Motel (from 10/31/81) added

Additional screen captures from this episode are available here.