February 7, 1981 Season 6 episode
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| Episode | 115 |
| Season Episode | 9 |
| Host | Sally Kellerman |
| Musical Guest(s) | Jimmy Cliff Sally Kellerman |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"I Am The Living" "Gone Clear" "Starting Over Again" |
| Previous Episode January 24, 1981 |
Next Episode February 14, 1981 |
The 9th episode of Season 6 and the 115th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on February 7, 1981, hosted by actress Sally Kellerman, star of the hit films M*A*S*H, Brewster McCloud, Welcome to L.A., The Player, Prêt-à-Porter, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Back to School, and Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird, with musical guest Jimmy Cliff. Sally Kellerman's only time hosting was made, and this is also Jimmy Cliff's 2nd and last musical guest appearance on SNL, as well as his only appearance in the Doumanian-era.
It was also the first episode with Eddie Murphy credited as a repertory player.
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Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Message from President Reagan | President Reagan (Charles Rocket) speaks to the audience. Then-writer and future cast member Terry Sweeney appears as Ron Reagan Jr. | |
| Opening Montage | Eddie Murphy has upgraded to repertory status and becomes a regular cast member in this episode. | |
| Monologue by Sally Kellerman | Sally Kellerman name-drops her movies until the director asks her to stop. | |
| Rocket Report | Charles Rocket is on the scene at the welcome home parade for the American hostages who were in Iran. | |
| Italian Audition | A stereotypical Italian-American man (Gilbert Gottfried) auditions for a talent scout (Sally Kellerman) with his parents (Charles Rocket and Ann Risley) and grandmother (Denny Dillon) present. | |
| Name That Sin | A fake game show, with Charles Rocket as host, and Ann Risley and Eddie Murphy as guests. | |
| Ear, Nose, and Throat | A film featuring close-ups of body parts. | |
| Was I Ever Red | Carmen Campbell (Ann Risley) hosts a panel discussion of socially-escalated women's most embarrassing breaches of dinner etiquette. | |
| Iranian Joke Book | Play pranks on your hostages the way the Iranians do, like the classic "fake execution" bit. | |
| Jimmy Cliff performs "I Am The Living" | ||
| Weekend Update with Charles Rocket & Gail Matthius | Upon discovering that Abraham Lincoln didn’t sign the Emancipation Proclamation wasn’t signed, Eddie Murphy invites viewers to use a secret code to claim a Negro of their very own. Sports reporter Joe Piscopo interviews boxing hand puppet Rocko Weineretto (Marc Weiner). | |
| Parent & Child | A demonstration of the proper way to handle when a child (Gilbert Gottfried) walks in on mom (Ann Risley) and dad (Joe Piscopo) during a little BDSM. | |
| A Day in the Life of a Hostage | Film documentary of a former hostage’s quest for public attention. | |
| Lean Acres | Lois (Ann Risley) and Tina (Denny Dillon) are prisoners of a fat farm. An audience member decries the sketch as insensitive to the overweight, and discovers the sketch's writer is fuller-figured herself. | |
| Jimmy Cliff performs "Gone Clear" | ||
| Iranian Student Council | The Tehran University Class of 1981 discusses the success of their latest fundraiser and tries to figure out how they'll follow the hostage-taking. | |
| New York | A C.F. Bressler film done in Claymation. | |
| Pillow Pets | A woman (Ann Risley) is upset her husband (Gilbert Gottfried) seems to favor the dog over her, especially since the "dog" is just a stuffed pillow. | |
| TV Court | In the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling, a televised small claims trial takes the format of a late-night talk show. | |
| Sally Kellerman performs "Starting Over Again" | ||
| Goodnights |
| Preceded by: January 24, 1981 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: February 14, 1981 |