October 18, 1986 Season 12 episode
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| Episode | 215 |
| Season Episode | 2 |
| Host | Malcolm-Jamal Warner |
| Musical Guest(s) | Run-DMC |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Walk This Way" "Hit It, Run" |
| Previous Episode October 11, 1986 |
Next Episode November 8, 1986 |
The 2nd episode of Season 12 and the 215th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 18, 1986, hosted by actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, star of the hit NBC's comedy series The Cosby Show, with musical guest Run-DMC, a hip-hop group. Sam Kinison appears as a special guest and Buster Poindexter sits in with the SNL Band.
This was Malcolm-Jamal Warner's only time as host and the only musical guest appearance on SNL for Run-DMC.
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Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Bartles & Jaymes | Frank Bartles (Phil Hartman) & Ed Jaymes (A. Whitney Brown) denounce crack. | |
| Opening Montage | ||
| Malcolm Jamal Warner’s Monologue | Dana Carvey helps self-conscious The Cosby Show star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dance in front of the audience, as he hosted for the only time. | |
| Team Xynex | Time-saving business helps employees' goof off more productively. | |
| Donahue | Phil Donahue (Phil Hartman) talks with women in exploitive relationships. With Nora Dunn as Dr. Norma Hoeffering, Jan Hooks as Phyllis Sykes, Victoria Jackson as Elaine Poldask, Jon Lovitz and Kevin Nealon as audience members. | |
| The Crosby Show | Theo Huxtable (Warner) dreams Bing Crosby (Phil Hartman) is his dad. With Dana Carvey as Gary Crosby and voice of Bill Cosby, Nora Dunn as Kathryn Crosby, Jan Hooks as Mary Crosby, Jon Lovitz as David Crosby and Dennis Miller as Nathaniel Crosby. | |
| Run-DMC performs "Walk This Way" | Malcolm-Jamal Warner introduces his friend Mars Blackmon (Spike Lee) from the 1986 black-and-white comedy drama film She's Gotta Have It, who talked about rap music and introduces hip hop group Run-DMC. | |
| Weekend Update with Dennis Miller | Kevin Nealon rambles on in search of what he’s really trying to say, and Casey Kasem (Dana Carvey) pronounces Queen #1 rock group of all time. | |
| Old Hollywood | End of WWII diminishes Johnny’s (Phil Hartman) film career. With Jon Lovitz as Harry Meyer. | |
| Parent-Teen Drunk Driving Contract | Warner has negotiated a user-friendly parent-teen drunk driving contract. | |
| Sam Kinison's Stand-Up | Sam Kinison performs stand-up about growing up in his family. | |
| Instant Coffee with Bill Smith | With Nora Dunn as Liz Sweeney and Jan Hooks as Candy Sweeney. Cameo by writer Marc Shaiman as Skip St. Thomas. | |
| Run-DMC performs "Hit It, Run". Malcolm-Jamar Warner and Spike Lee introduces Run-DMC's second performance. | ||
| Chalk Factory | Son (Warner) doesn’t want to follow in dad’s (Dana Carvey) footsteps. With Nora Dunn as worker and Jon Lovitz as Dusty Whitcomb. | |
| A Film by Spike Lee | A man who struggles to become a father and become a musician by playing a saxophone. | |
| G.E. Smith and the Saturday Night Live Band and Buster Pointdexter performs "Hit The Road Jack" with Soozie Tyrell | ||
| Goodnights | Warner thanks everyone for coming and watching at home, they had a great time. |
| Preceded by: October 11, 1986 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 8, 1986 |