December 20, 1980 Season 6 episode
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| Episode | 111 |
| Season Episode | 5 |
| Host | David Carradine |
| Musical Guest(s) | Linda Ronstadt and the cast of The Pirates of Penzance |
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Medleys |
| Previous Episode December 13, 1980 |
Next Episode January 10, 1981 |
The 5th episode of Season 6 and the 111th episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by actor, director and musician David Carradine, star of the hit films Young Billy Young, The McMasters, Macho Callahan, Boxcar Bertha, You and Me, Death Race 2000, Cannonball, Bound for Glory, Thunder and Lightning, The Serpent's Egg, Gray Lady Down, Deathsport, Circle of Iron, Fast Charlie... the Moonbeam Rider, The Long Riders, Cloud Dancer, Safari 3000, Americana, Q, Trick Or Treats, Lone Wolf McQuade, The Warrior and the Sorceress, P.O.W. The Escape, Armed Response, The Misfit Brigade, Run for Your Life, Tropical Snow, Warlords, and Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II, with musical guests Linda Ronstadt and the cast of The Pirates of Penzance. It premiered on December 20, 1980. This is the only hosting stint for David Carradine and Linda Ronstadt's 2nd musical guest appearance was made on SNL. This is also the only musical guest appearance on SNL for the Pirates of Penzance. This episode was the last for uncredited contributor Mitchell Kriegman, who was fired during the break.[1]
First episode for Yvonne Hudson, who joins the cast as a featured player, and is the show's first African-American female cast member.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
Featured Performers[]
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| *Joe Piscopo's Don Pardo Impression Cold Open | ||
| Opening Montage | After two and a half seasons as an uncredited bit player, Yvonne Hudson is credited for the first time as a featured player . | |
| Monologue by David Carradine | Charles Rocket gets a kung fu kick for trying to stop David Carradine from singing "I Wanna Be A Dancin' Man" across grains of sand. | |
| Gun City | A spokesman (Joe Piscopo) makes a Crazy Eddie-style pitch for Christmas firearms. | |
| Kung-Fu Fashion | Caine (David Carradine) gets fashion advice from owner of black menswear shop (Eddie Murphy). | |
| Valley Girls At The Mall | Vickie & Debbie (Gail Matthius, Denny Dillon) hang out at the mall & talk with cool boys (Joe Piscopo, Charles Rocket). Yvonne Hudson's first appearance as a credited cast member. | |
| Rocket Report | derelict Santa Claus (Charles Rocket) wanders the streets of NYC. | |
| Dylan & Guthrie | David Carradine and Patrick Weathers are Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie | |
| The Home Version of Dallas | Turn domestic turmoil into TV drama with The Home Version of Dallas. | |
| Mr. Bill's Christmas Special | Painful yuletide memories. | |
| Kung Fu Christmas | a movie starring Caine (Catradine) & Bruce Lee (Eddie Murphy). | |
| Weekend Update with Charles Rocket | Ann Risley’s holiday suggestions revolve around lard wrapped in plastic bags; and Joe Piscopo opines regarding NBC’s announcerless, statistics-only NFL broadcast | |
| Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith, George Rose, and the cast of "The Pirates of Penzance" perform a medley of songs from the musical (several weeks before its opening on Broadway) | ||
| Heroin in Harlem | rich white drug users visit Harlem for an authentic heroin experience. | |
| Virgin Search | NBC exec’s (Matthew Laurance) worldwide search for a virgin eventually leads to Gail Matthius. | |
| *Dopenhagen & Happy Daze | Host David Carradine goes smokeless with Dopenhagen & Happy Daze instead of lighting up | |
| The Death of Colonel Sanders | Customers (David Carradine, Denny Dillon, Eddie Murphy) mourn Colonel Sanders while eating fried chicken. | |
| The Dancing Man | by Mitchell Kriegman- A man (Bill Irwin) can’t resist disco. | |
| Welfare Counseling | welfare recipients Ms. Robley and Caine (Yvonne Hudson, David Carradine) are told to take up prostitution. | |
| Roweena's Cut 'n Curl | Cigarette-dangling midwestern hairdresser Roweena (Gail Matthius) works on her friend Nadine (Denny Dillon) as the latter gets a visit from her now-unrecognizable daughter (Jamie Lee Curtis).. | |
| Clovin Hind Jeans (third) | Brooke Shields (Gail Matthius) loses her balance as she tries to recite a limerick about her Clovins. | |
| Camille Black's Cycle Gang | Reporter Joyce Shrapnel (Jamie Lee Curtis) interviews bike chick Camille Black (Ann Risley) of the Ocelots, a gang whose motivation is to dispose of roadkill. | |
| *Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith, George Rose and the cast of "The Pirates of Penzance" perform a medley of Christmas carols. | ||
| Goodnights and Closing Credits |
Trivia[]
- Last episode for head writer Mason Williams, as he left after five episodes, due to clashing with producer Jean Doumanian.
References[]
| Preceded by: December 13, 1980 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: January 10, 1981 |