April 16, 1983 Season 8 episode
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| Episode | 157 |
| Season Episode | 18 |
| Host | Susan Saint James |
| Musical Guest(s) | Michael McDonald |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"If That's What It Takes" "I Can't Let Go Now" |
| Previous Episode April 9, 1983 |
Next Episode May 7, 1983 |
The 18th episode of Season 8 and the 157th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on April 16, 1983, hosted by actress Susan Saint James, star of the NBC's classic police procedural series McMillan & Wife and the CBS' hit classic sitcom Kate & Allie, with musical guest Michael McDonald, a blue-eyed soul singer, keyboardist and songwriter. Susan Saint James made her 2nd and final hosting stint, and this is also the 2nd and final musical guest appearance for Michael McDonald on SNL, as well as his only time as the solo musical guest.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Robin Duke
- Mary Gross
- Brad Hall
- Tim Kazurinsky
- Gary Kroeger
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Eddie Murphy
- Joe Piscopo
- Special guest Steven Wright
Sketches[]
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Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Velvet Jones: The Exercises of Love | Velvet Jones (Eddie Murphy) plugs his titillating new videotape- “The Exercises of Love” | |
| Opening montage | Don Pardo precedes his usual announcement of “It’s Saturday Night Live” by saying “from New York”. Not sure why. The cold opening didn’t end with a “Live from New York”, but neither did several cold openings from earlier this season, and those episodes didn’t have Pardo changing up the “It’s Saturday Night Live” announcement. | |
| Susan Saint James Monologue | Susan Saint James talks about marriage and breast feeding. | |
| Tootise Cosmetics | Dorothy Michaels’ (Gary Kroeger) Tootsie cosmetics bring out the woman in Eddie Murphy. | |
| Our Generator (Nah!) | Lazy (Gary Kroeger) ignores motivation from parents, friends, potential fortune. | |
| Guest Performance: Steven Wright | Steven Wright [real] does stand-up about his cross-country trip. | |
| Eddie Murphy Fills Time | Eddie Murphy wastes some time by plugging 48 Hours & Trading Places. |
Trivia[]
- 7th and final appearance of Velvet Jones, while Eddie Murphy was still in the cast.
- Murphy would reprise the role when he hosted the show in 2019.
| Preceded by: April 9, 1983 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: May 7, 1983 |