December 14, 1985 Season 11 episode
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| Episode | 200 |
| Season Episode | 5 |
| Host | Tom Hanks |
| Musical Guest(s) | Sade |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Is It a Crime" "The Sweetest Taboo" |
| Previous Episode December 7, 1985 |
Next Episode December 21, 1985 |
The 5th episode of Season 11 and the 200th episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by actor Tom Hanks with musical guest Sade. Special guest appearance by Steven Wright. It premiered on December 14, 1985. This was Tom Hanks' hosting (and SNL debut) and the first out of the two musical guest stints for Sade on SNL.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Joan Cusack
- Robert Downey, Jr.
- Nora Dunn
- Anthony Michael Hall
- Jon Lovitz
- Dennis Miller
- Randy Quaid
- Terry Sweeney
- Danitra Vance
Featured Player[]
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Entertainment Tonight Cold Open | Mary Hart (Nora Dunn) and Robb Weller (Tom Hanks) present showbiz news headlines and interviews with a variety of celebrities. | |
| Opening Montage | After just 4 episodes, the intro has been changed up, and this intro would remain for the rest of the season. As the repertory cast members were shown in video clips that would freeze with a title up, while featured players were shown in stills. Also, starting with this episode, the repertory cast is introduced first, followed by the host, then musical guest, and then finally the featured players. | |
| Monologue by Tom Hanks | Tom Hanks is disappointed by the experience of hosting SNL for the first time because he wants to be able to watch himself do it. | |
| Trojans | Repeat of November 16, 1985. A meditation on the importance of freedom turns out to be sponsored by condom manufacturer Trojans. | |
| Liars at Home | Tommy Flanagan (Jon Lovitz) and similarly-untruthful brother Earl (Tom Hanks) visit their trusting mom (Nora Dunn) for the holidays. | |
| The Pat Stevens Show | Pat (Nora Dunn) gives advice on how to hail a cab; Louis Farrakhan (Damon Wayans) breaks down in tears over accusations of anti-semitism. | |
| Sade Performs "Is It A Crime" | ||
| Weekend Update With Dennis Miller | Dennis Miller has a prop bit where he attempts to explain GE’s purchase of RCA with a toy fridge, a toy dog and the NBC peacock logo (he comments “I’m lost in the world of high finance” after he can’t get both the dog and peacock in the fridge). He also has another Dennis Miller’s Sports Fantasy, this time with an older man’s dream of being a boxing referee meeting an unfortunate end; it’s pretty much the same joke as the last one, but I liked Miller’s outro on this one a little better (offering to go “halfers” on a CAT scan and remarking the guy who had a fantasy is still “a complete pine cone”). | |
| Fantasy | On their anniversary, Steve (Tom Hanks) admits to wife Molly (Joan Cusack) that he has a particularly detailed fantasy about what life would be like after she dies. | |
| The Stand-Ups | Backstage, stand-up comics Paul (Tom Hanks), Bob (Jon Lovitz) and Keith (Damon Wayans) make observational jokes. | |
| Guest Performance: Steven Wright | Steven Wright does more surrealistic one-liners and sings about his girlfriend Rachel. | |
| Holiday Moms | On a break from Christmas shopping, mothers (Nora Dunn and Joan Cusack) commiserate about their kids and the crowds. | |
| Sade Performs "The Sweetest Taboo" | ||
| Fishermen | Poor fishermen Tomaso (Tom Hanks) and Mateo (Randy Quaid) curse their lives as “husbands to the sea” until they catch a treasure chest full of jewels. | |
| Goodnights | Hanks and Quaid are still toweling off fro the last sketch. The goodnights cut off at the Eaves-Brooks money credit in the live show, but as the band plays, Dennis Miller can be seen playing air guitar and Hanks chats with Terry Sweeney. |
| Preceded by: December 7, 1985 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 21, 1985 |