May 14, 1983 Season 8 episode
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| Episode | 159 |
| Season Episode | 20 |
| Host | Mayor Ed Koch |
| Musical Guest(s) | Kevin Rowland & Dexy's Midnight Runners |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Come On Eileen" "The Celtic Soul Brothers" |
| Previous Episode May 7, 1983 |
Next Episode October 8, 1983 (Season 9) |
The season finale of Season 8 and the 159th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on May 14, 1983, hosted by Then-Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch with musical guest Kevin Rowland & Dexy's Midnight Runners. Special guest is actor, comedian and magician Harry Anderson. This is Ed Koch's 2nd appearance, as well as his first-time hosting SNL, and the only musical guest appearance for Kevin Rowland & Dexy's Midnight Runners.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Robin Duke
- Mary Gross
- Brad Hall
- Tim Kazurinsky
- Gary Kroeger
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Eddie Murphy
- Joe Piscopo
- Special guests Harry and Leslie Anderson
Cameos by Don King and Marv Albert
Sketches[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Opening montage | For the first time in SNL's then eight-year history, an episode doesn’t have a cold opening, and just goes straight into the opening montage. | |
| Monologue by Ed Koch | Making his second SNL appearance, Then-Mayor of New York City, Ed Koch, hosting for the first time. He thanked the FCC for not censoring his opinions on the president. | |
| What's the Most Disgusting Thing You've Seen in New York | responses to, “What’s the most disgusting thing you’ve seen in New York?” | |
| Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood | An inventory of stolen goods. | |
| Ledge | Ed Koch & Frank Sinatra (Joe Piscopo) try to talk a man (Eddie Murphy) down from a ledge. | |
| Kevin Rowland & Dexy's Midnight Runners perform “Come On, Eileen” | ||
| The Enquirer | The paper for people with enquiring minds (rerun from April 9, 1983). | |
| Bald No More | Bald No More hair stimulant gives host a mane like Don King’s. | |
| Late Night with David Letterman: Gumby's Bloopers | Gumby (Eddie Murphy) visits; Marv Albert cameo. | |
| Harry Anderson | Harry & Leslie Anderson escape strait jacket & ropes, respectively. | |
| Whiners | Wendy Whiner (Robin Duke) recalls Doug (Joe Piscopo)’s experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. | |
| Kevin Rowland & Dexy's Mdnight Runners perform “The Celtic Soul Brothers” | ||
| Saturday Night News with Brad Hall | Patti Lynn Hunnsacker (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) complains about her nightmare prom date; Havnagootiim Vishnuuerheer (Tim Kazurinsky) lists ways to tell if you’re stupid; Mary Gross gets her dander up about network programming; Don King promotes upcoming fights while Joe Piscopo cuts his hair | |
| Birthday a Go-Go | A women’s club watches an exhibitionist (Tim Kazurinsky) deliver a strip-o-gram. | |
| Goodnights |
Trivia[]
- Though no cast members left at the end of the season, this is the final season for writers David Sheffield and Barry Blaustein (both of whom had been writers since 1980), as they left the show, after three years.
- Sheffield and Blaustein were some of the last writers from the Jean Doumanian season to leave the show.
- Although, first-year cast member Gary Kroeger was fired over the summer, castmate Brad Hall convinced then-producer Dick Ebersol to hire him back, and so, Kroeger was back for season 9.
- This was also the last episode for 10 members of the Saturday Night Live Band:
- Most notably including original band members Lou Marini (saxophone) and Alan Rubin (trumpet) (both of them had been with the band, since the show's inception in 1975), as they both exited the band after eight years.
- In addition to Marini and Rubin, this was the last episode for about 8 other band members (who of whom started back in 1980), all of whom were dropped after just three years.
- Starting with the next season, the SNL Band became a sextet, with only six members of the band returning (Though it would no longer be a sextet as of season 11 in 1985, which went back to a bigger-sized band).
| Preceded by: May 7, 1983 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: October 8, 1983 (Season 9) |