February 20, 1982 Season 7 episode
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| Episode | 131 |
| Season Episode | 12 |
| Host | Bruce Dern |
| Musical Guest(s) | Luther Vandross |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Never Too Much" "A House Is Not a Home" |
| Previous Episode February 6, 1982 |
Next Episode February 27, 1982 |
The 12th episode of Season 7 and the 131st episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on February 20, 1982. It was hosted by actor Bruce Dern, star of the hit films They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant, The Cowboys, Silent Running, The Driver, Coming Home, Tattoo, That Championship Season, Monster, The Hateful Eight, The Artist's Wife and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, with musical guest Luther Vandross. Bruce Dern's first hosting stint was made, and this is also the 2nd appearance and the first-time as musical guest on SNL for Luther Vandross.
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| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Backstage | Bruce Dern tells Tim Kazurinsky he's the standout in the cast, but advises him that a short, geeky little guy like him can't break into film. | |
| Monologue by Bruce Dern | ||
| Ski Date | Jack's (Bruce Dern) date for a ski trip cancels on him, but he sees an opportunity when his downstairs neighbor Debra (Mary Gross) comes up. | |
| Who Do You Hate? | Various people on the streets of New York tell the camera who they hate. | |
| Focus on Film | Raheem Abdul Mohammed (Eddie Murphy) denies there's anything going on between him and friend Clint (Clint Smith) after they saw Making Love together. | |
| The Bizarro World | The Bizarro Broadcasting Company's bad programming decisions parallel NBC's in the real world. | |
| Luther Vandross performs "Never Too Much" | ||
| SNL Newsbreak | The opening bit with the Gross/Doyle-Murray romance arc was pretty weird, although the visual of Gross holding Doyle-Murray's tie with her teeth was a little funny. The segment's more notable for the appearance of former SNL writer Tom Schiller and current SNL talent executive Neil Levy as gypsy musicians: Levy appeared on the show frequently during 1980-82, but this is the only on-camera appearance Schiller would make between 1980 and 1989 (he has a voiceover in "Art Is Ficial"). Christine Ebersole does a traffic report where she's more concerned with the novelty of seeing the city from up high. Pretty weak. Joe Piscopo gives the skinny on what's going on in sports: nothing. It was a brief and fairly pointless appearance, but it got the audience excited. | |
| Songwriters | In the 1930s, hack songwriters Harry Schleimer (Joe Piscopo) and Moe Laub (Tim Kazurinsky) see an opportunity when singer Helen Waterling (Christine Ebersole) stops by their office. | |
| The Mild One | Zen-inspired bikers (Bruce Dern) and (Tony Rosato) use philosophy to terrorize people in a diner. | |
| Fracas | Jay Clay, a small claymation man, retaliates against his annoying human roommate. | |
| Flying | When pilots Bob (Bruce Dern) and his wife (Robin Duke) bring their friends (Mary Gross and Tony Rosato) on an airplane flight, a drunken Bob threatens to crash the plane over his suspicions of infidelity. | |
| Luther Vandross performs "A House is Not a Home" | ||
| Melina's Cafe | Mad, passionate Greek immigrant Melina (Robin Duke) works her hot-and-cold relationship with maitre d' Anthony (Tony Rosato) into her nightclub act. | |
| Goodnights | Eddie Murphy bellows "Looooooou" after Dern mentions Luther Vandross. The show runs long in the original broadcast and cuts off before the credits roll. |
| Preceded by: February 6, 1982 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: February 27, 1982 |