October 30, 1982 Season 8 episode
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| Episode | 144 |
| Season Episode | 5 |
| Host | Michael Keaton |
| Musical Guest(s) | The New Joe Jackson Band |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Steppin' Out" "Another World" |
| Previous Episode October 23, 1982 |
Next Episode November 13, 1982 |
The 5th episode of Season 8 and the 144th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 30, 1982, hosted by actor Michael Keaton with The New Joe Jackson Band, a rock band, as the musical guest. This was Michael Keaton's SNL (and hosting) debut and his only appearance in the Ebersol era. This was also the only musical guest appearance for the New Joe Jackson Band, as well as the musical guest debut on SNL for Joe Jackson.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
- Robin Duke†
- Mary Gross
- Brad Hall
- Tim Kazurinsky
- Gary Kroeger
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus
- Eddie Murphy
- Joe Piscopo
† Credited, but does not appear
- Special guest Michael Palin
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Keaton Needs Cue Cards Cold Open | Before the show, actor Michael Keaton finds out that he must do the show without cue cards and he's panicking. Eddie Murphy and Michael Palin stop by and offer some advice. | |
| Michael Keaton on Trick-or-Treating Monologue | As he hosted for the first time, Michael Keaton reflects on the joy of trick-or-treating, people who hand out veggies instead of candy and his childhood Halloween costumes. | |
| The Interesting Four | On Halloween night, the limited superheroes (Joe Piscopo, Tim Kazurinsky, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Brad Hall) are searching for the villainous Espresso (Mary Gross) but are slow to catch on that the woman who gives coffee to trick-or-treaters is right in front of them. | |
| A Sense Of Fear | W. Barrington D'Arcy, aka Arthur Roscoe (Michael Palin) realizes the scary story he's reading is actually happening to him. | |
| Thank You, Ronald Reagan | In a parody of Paine Webber's commercials, different classes illustrate that in the new supply-side economy, "how you do depend on who you know". | |
| Snookie | David (Tim Kazurinsky) finds that his date Marcia (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) runs hot and cold and tends to express her true desires through her teddy bear. | |
| The New Joe Jackson Band performed "Steppin' Out" | ||
| Saturday Night News with Brad Hall | Brad Hall shakes things up this week with an extended segment about the upcoming midterm elections, using celebrity endorsements to evaluate the candidates. It's a little too long, but the payoff at the end is potent: Hall gives two Wisconsin Senate candidates his full endorsement for a noticeable lack of staff or celebrities. The rest of the jokes are more of the same of what's been on the show this season. With guests Mary Gross is back with another "spittin' mad" commentary, where she suggests some more acceptable budget cuts and Raheem Abdul Muhammed (Eddie Murphy) makes another quick return to the show to comment on the Liberace / Scott Thorson palimony suit, stating his disbelief that Liberace ("the baddest keyboard player in existence") could be gay. | |
| Bill Smith Cares | On election night, a senate candidate (Joe Piscopo), his wife (Mary Gross), intern (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), and speechwriter (Tim Kazurinsky) wait for the election results. | |
| Topol the Idiot | ||
| Nutty President | Ronald Reagan (Joe Piscopo) transforms into Jerry Lewis' "Nutty Professor" character as he addresses the nation on the economy. | |
| The New Joe Jackson Band performed "Another World" | ||
| Goodnights | Keaton says that Andy Kaufman (who was announced as a special guest) was "cut" |
| Preceded by: October 23, 1982 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 13, 1982 |