December 8, 1984

December 8, 1984  Season 10 episode
Episode	186
Season Episode	8
Host	Ringo Starr
Musical Guest(s)	Herbie Hancock
Song(s) performed by  Musical Guest(s)	"Junku" "Rockit"

Previous Episode December 1, 1984

Next Episode December 15, 1984

The 8th episode of Season 10 and the 186th episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by English musician, singer, songwriter and actor and the drummer for the Beatles Ringo Starr with musical guest Herbie Hancock, a jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, and composer and it premiered on December 8, 1984.

This is the only time hosting for Ringo Starr, a former member of The Beatles and the only musical guest appearance for Herbie Hancock on SNL.

This was briefly Jim Belushi's final episode, until the January 19, 1985 episode, as he was briefly fired, due to a confrontation with producer Dick Ebersol.

Cast

Repertory

• Jim Belushi
• Billy Crystal
• Mary Gross
• Christopher Guest
• Rich Hall†
• Gary Kroeger
• Julia Louis-Dreyfus
• Harry Shearer
• Martin Short
• Pamela Stephenson

† Credited, but did not appear

Sketches

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title	Image	Summary
Monologue
Fernando's Hideout	Fernando's Hideaway - Saturday Night Live	Fernando (Billy Crystal) interviews Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach. He spends most of his time talking about how marvelous Barbara Bach looks and ignores Ringo.

Trivia

• It is notable for being the only episode in Saturday Night Live history to not feature a news segment, at that time titled Saturday Night News.

Preceded by: December 1, 1984

Saturday Night Live episode

Followed by: December 15, 1984