October 31, 1981 Season 7 episode
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| Episode | 123 |
| Season Episode | 4 |
| Host | Donald Pleasence |
| Musical Guest(s) | Fear |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"I Don't Care About You" "Beef Bologna" "New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones" "Let's Have a War" |
| Previous Episode October 17, 1981 |
Next Episode November 7, 1981 |
The 4th episode of Season 7 and the 123rd episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on October 31, 1981, hosted by English actor Donald Pleasence with musical guest Fear, a punk rock band. The special guest is Michael Davis, a comedic juggler.
This is the only hosting for Donald Pleasence, as well as the only time as musical guest on SNL for Fear.
Cast[]
Repertory[]
Featured[]
- Cameo by John Belushi
- (Chevy Chase also appeared from the promotional trailer for the episode, but he was never seen or heard on the episode, probably rejected.)
Sketches[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Cold Open | 
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Donald Pleasance tries Eddie Murphy’s suggestion & vomits for good luck; John Belushi cameo. |
| Opening montage and talent entrance. | ||
| Profiles in British Coverage | (host) operates on cooperative soldier (Tim Kazurinsky). | |
| Jogger Motel | “Joggers jog in, but they don’t jog out”. | |
| Two Faces of Jerry | movie about the serious (Joe Piscopo) & comical (Eddie Murphy) Jerry Lewises. | |
| I'm So Miserable | A woman (Christine Ebersole) sings “Last Night I Killed My Husband” while cleaning up the mess. | |
| Pumpkin | by Elbert Budin- the gory details associated with pumpkin carving. | |
| Guardian Angel | 
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a Guardian Angel (Eddie Murphy) shows how jewelry can simulate snot & defeat crime. |
| Michael Davis | Michael Davis juggles apples while eating the razor-free one. | |
| SNL Newsbreak with Mary Gross and Brian Doyle-Murray | Mary Gross asks Frank Sinatra (Joe Piscopo) how sale of AWACS to Saudis was arranged; after having her clothes stolen, weatherperson Christine Ebersole looks like a hooker; Raheem Abdul Muhammed (Eddie Murphy) tells why black people like to go to horror movies | |
| Tales from the Hip | a boogie-woogie musical version of Macbeth. | |
| Fear performs "I Don't Care About You" | ||
| The Clams | Rerun from October 3, 1981. | |
| Men's Room | During Annie intermission, theatergoers talk (Tim Kazurinsky) out of bathroom stall. | |
| Sugar Breakfast | A sugar-loving family (Joe Piscopo, Mary Gross, Robin Duke, Tony Rosato) enjoys the most important meal of the day. | |
| Andy Warhol's TV | Phone calls for Halloween costume suggestions. | |
| Home Movies | Mary Gross makes fun of a viewer-submitted home movie, asks for more entries. | |
| The Vin Salukin Show | challenge of “Scare me!” has lethal results, with Vin Salukin (Tony Rosato). | |
| Fear performs a medley of "Beef Bologna", "New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones" and "Let's Have a War" | 
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The most memorable, notorious part of the whole episode. A lot of screams of “New York sucks” from the skinhead mosh-pitters. Includes the sudden performance cut-off when the mosh-pitters appeared to start REALLY getting out of control. |
| Prose and Cons | Rerun from October 3, 1981. | |
| Goodnights. |
| Preceded by: October 17, 1981 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: November 7, 1981 |