February 23, 1980 Season 5 episode
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| Episode | 98 |
| Season Episode | 12 |
| Host | Kirk Douglas |
| Musical Guest(s) | Sam & Dave |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"You Don't Know Like I Know" "Soul Man" |
| Previous Episode February 16, 1980 |
Next Episode March 8, 1980 |
The 12th episode of Season 5 and the 98th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on February 23, 1980, hosted by the actor and filmmaker Kirk Douglas with musical guests Sam & Dave, a soul and R&B duo. This was the only hosting stint for Kirk Douglas and the only musical guest appearance on SNL for Sam & Dave.
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Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Kirk’s Dressing Room Cold Open | Gilda Radner brings her Aunt Margie backstage to meet the real Kirk Douglas, who’s not as he appears in the movies. | |
| Kirk Douglas' Monologue | Actor Kirk Douglas introduces his biggest fan in the audience — his goddaughter, Alexandra, as he hosted for the only time. | |
| What If? | ||
| The Micro-Dentists | Micro-dentists team (Kirk Douglas, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman) shrink their size so they can fix Anwar Sadat’s (Garrett Morris) teeth and battle Taste Buds. | |
| Sam & Dave performs “You Don’t Know Like I Know” | ||
| Weekend Update with Jane Curtin and Bill Murray | Ronald Reagan (Harry Shearer) demonstrates some off-color jokes in his new commercial and Al Franken wants to reinstate the draft, so he won’t have to go to war. | |
| Nick The Lounge Singer: Bar Mitzvah | A drunken Nick Collins (Bill Murray) performs at the Lieberman bar mitzvah. | |
| Prime Time Saturday | Tom Snyder (Harry Shearer) interviews the brothers of Republican Party candidates. | |
| Kirk's Greatest Kirks | Kirk Douglas does impressions of the people who do impressions of him. | |
| Schiller's Reel: Mask of Fear | In “Mask of Fear”, a tense breaking-and-entering episode turns into an afternoon of skiing. | |
| Sam & Dave performs “Soul Man” | ||
| Women's Restroom | Arleeeni’s bathroom attendant (Gilda Radner) asks Kirk Douglas for his autograph. | |
| Goodnights |
| Preceded by: February 16, 1980 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: March 8, 1980 |