January 12, 1985

January 12, 1985 Season 10 episode


Episode	188
Season Episode	10
Host	Kathleen Turner
Musical Guest(s)	John Waite
Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s)	"Saturday Night"

Previous Episode
December 15, 1984

Next Episode
January 19, 1985

The 10th episode of Season 10 and the 188th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on January 12, 1985, hosted by actress Kathleen Turner, star of the hit films Body Heat, The Man with Two Brains, Crimes of Passion, Romancing the Stone, Prizzi's Honor, The Jewel of the Nile, Switching Channels, Peggy Sue Got Married, Julia and Julia, The Accidental Tourist, The War of the Roses, V.I. Warshawski, Serial Mom, House of Cards, Undercover Blues, Moonlight and Valentino, Baby Geniuses, The Virgin Suicides, Beautiful, Marley & Me, Dumber and Dumber To, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Monster House, with musical guest John Waite, an English rock singer and musician. This is Kathleen Turner's first hosting stint and her only appearance in the Ebersol-era, as well as the only musical guest appearance on SNL for John Waite.

This marked the final episode for short-term cast member Harry Shearer. Shearer (who previously a cast member and writer in the 1979-80 season) leaves after two accumulative seasons in the cast, and as a writer.

Cast[]

Repertory Players[]

†Belushi was fired after the December 8, 1984 episode, but would be rehired with the next episode.

Sketches[]

Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other

Title	Image	Summary
Green Room Cold Opening		Fernando (Billy Crystal) visits new studio neighbor Donahue’s green room, and encounters dwarf transvestites (Butch and Pepi), a pleasant Nazi (Rob Riley), and subway vigilante Bernhard Goetz (Rich Hall).
Monologue by Kathleen Turner		Making her first hosting stint, Kathleen Turner introduces “Jack Nicholson” in the audience and shows stills from her film roles that show her growing sexier with each new part.
Macdouglass-Drummond		Pitchman (Harry Shearer) shows the defence contractor’s rudimentary yet overpriced line of products.
Do You Know What I Hate IV		On vacation, Willie (Billy Crystal) and Frankie (Christopher Guest) discuss more self-injury as they participate in a waterski pyramid.
Nose Hair Trimmer		Walter (Gary Kroeger) justifies the importance of professional nose hair trimming to the building manager (Christopher Guest) seeking to kick his standout.
Safeco		Safeco’s Dura-Guard II plate glass is tough enough to withstand the impact of Joan Collins (Pamela Stephenson) being used as a battering ram.
Fire Dance		Overprotective father Brad Allen (Martin Short) uses his fireplace to hypnotize his daughter’s date (Billy Crystal).
Predictions		Jeane Dixon (Mary Gross) makes her predictions for the coming year.
The Joe Franklin Show		Joe’s (Billy Crystal) guests are Alan Arkin (Christopher Guest), rising actress Daphne Clayton (Kathleen Turner), and Doug Henning (Martin Short).
Boxer		Boxing match peanut vendor Tony Minetti (Billy Crystal) recalls his own days in the ring.
Scary Lady		Victoria (Kathleen Turner) plots out a future with newly single Adam (Martin Short) just after they meet at a loft party.
Saturday Night News with Christopher Guest		Christopher Guest is actually improving as an anchor; he only has two jokes tonight, but the cabinet shuffle summary lands well and the Elvis joke also works. He still does better playing off the guest commentaries, though, particularly his “that’s very sad” after Gary Kroeger’s bit. Gary Kroeger discusses the trend of beefcake calendars, and hops on that bandwagon with his own “Kroeger-A-Month” calendar (which he’s selling in the lobby at a discount). This is the stuff Kroeger does very well, with some nice self-deprecation in there (the first anniversary of him losing his virginity). Rich Hall takes over the role of Doug Henning, who is now Reagan’s new financial advisor (tying in nicely to the cabinet shuffle joke at the beginning), and has Guest help him make the deficit disappear. Hall’s impression isn’t as good as Short’s (then again, Hall’s impressions have an “I’m not under any pretense that I’m an impressionist” quality to them I like, similar to Norm Macdonald), but this piece is still pretty funny, and not just only for the blooper where Hall’s fake buck-teeth fall out of his mouth.
John Waite performed "Saturday Night"
Strictly From Blackwell		Mr. Blackwell (Harry Shearer) interviews Bobby Bouchet (Martin Short), star of a dinner theatre production of Irma La Douce. Harry Shearer's final appearance as an SNL cast member.
Miscellaneous; Killing Time		With only seconds available between commercial breaks, Kathleen Turner tells viewers to stay tuned.
Goodnights		Kathleen Turner says she had a great time; Butch and Pepe are on stage with the cast. Harry Shearer holds his “Thanks Tom” sign.

Preceded by: December 15, 1984	Saturday Night Live episode	Followed by: January 19, 1985