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Season 8

Season 8

Saturday Night Live

Season 8 20 episodes 1982

Saturday Night Live aired its eighth season during the 1982–1983 season on NBC. The 8th season started on September 25, 1982 and ended on May 14, 1983. This was the third season to air since Lorne Michaels had left his first tenure as executive producer. Many changes happened before the start of the season. Brian Doyle-Murray, Christine Ebersole and Tony Rosato were dropped from the show to make room for new cast members. Hired in their places were Brad Hall, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Gary Kroeger. Dick Ebersol brought back the show's cold openings that ended with "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" and the monologues by the host. Ebersol also changed Weekend Update's name for the second time, to Saturday Night News. Since Doyle-Murray and Ebersole had both been dropped, a new anchor was needed for the segment. Hall got the gig and became the new anchor. Notable moments of this season included Drew Barrymore hosting the show—the youngest ever person to host the show. During the episode hosted by Barrymore, the audience at home was given the chance to vote on whether or not Andy Kaufman should be banned from the show. The vote was conducted by a 1-900 number. At the end of the show Kaufman was banned from ever performing on SNL again.

Episodes

Chevy Chase/Queen
E1 25 septembre 1982 67 min

Chevy Chase/Queen

Sketches are ""Chevy Live from Burbank,"" ""Tyrone Green Art Gallery,"" ""Joe Piscopo In Love,"" ""John Hinckley for President,"" ""Mystery Theatre,"" ""Popeil Galactic Prophylactic,"" ""Late Night with David Letterman,"" and ""PTC Club."" Queen performs ""Crazy Little Thing Called Love"" and ""Under Pressure.""

Louis Gossett Jr./George Thorogood and the Destroyers
E2 2 octobre 1982 67 min

Louis Gossett Jr./George Thorogood and the Destroyers

Sketches include Mister Robinson's Neighborhood #4.

Ron Howard/The Clash
E3 9 octobre 1982 67 min

Ron Howard/The Clash

Sketches include "Opie's Back", "Whiners Want a Baby" and "Focus On Film". The Clash performs "Rock The Casbah".

Howard Hesseman/Men at Work
E4 23 octobre 1982 67 min

Howard Hesseman/Men at Work

Michael Keaton/The New Joe Jackson Band
E5 30 octobre 1982 67 min

Michael Keaton/The New Joe Jackson Band

Robert Blake/Kenny Loggins
E6 13 novembre 1982 67 min

Robert Blake/Kenny Loggins

Sketches include ""The Merv Griffin Show,"" ""Shuttle Mission,"" ""PBS Promo,"" ""Talent Show,"" ""Little House on the Prairie,"" ""Masterful Theatre,"" ""Eddie Murphy,"" ""No More Andy Kaufman,"" ""DTV""

Drew Barrymore/Squeeze
E7 20 novembre 1982 67 min

Drew Barrymore/Squeeze

Sketches include ""Dressing Room Opening,"" ""Gertie Kills E.T.,"" ""The Whiners,"" ""Mr. Blunt,"" ""Tim Kazurinsky Babysits Drew,"" ""My Friend Zeus,"" ""Robin Duke's Biological Clock""

The Smothers Brothers/Laura Branigan
E8 4 décembre 1982 67 min

The Smothers Brothers/Laura Branigan

Eddie Murphy/Lionel Richie
E9 11 décembre 1982 67 min

Eddie Murphy/Lionel Richie

Sketches include ""A Message From Eddie,"" ""Merry Christmas, Dammit!,"" and ""April May June's Holiday Message.""

Lily Tomlin
E10 22 janvier 1983 67 min

Lily Tomlin

Sketches include ""Lily Confronts Eddie,"" ""Geraldine,"" ""Irish-American Radio Hour,"" and ""Coffees of the World.""

Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas/The Bus Boys
E11 29 janvier 1983 67 min

Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas/The Bus Boys

Sid Caesar/Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
E12 5 février 1983 67 min

Sid Caesar/Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

Howard Hesseman/Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
E13 19 février 1983 67 min

Howard Hesseman/Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

Sketches are ""Howard Works on his Monologue,"" ""Sleepy Boy 2000,"" ""Elvis Presley, Back and Black,"" ""The A-Team,"" and ""Dion and Margie's Dreams."" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform ""Change of Heart"" and ""The Waiting.""

Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges/Randy Newman
E14 26 février 1983 67 min

Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges/Randy Newman

Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone
E15 12 mars 1983 67 min

Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone

Robert Guillaume/Duran Duran
E16 19 mars 1983 67 min

Robert Guillaume/Duran Duran

Tim Kazurinsky was attacked by the monkey during the dress rehearsal of ""I Married A Monkey."" Tim was able to escape, but the monkey (actually a male) ripped off the dress he was wearing and began pleasuring himself.

Joan Rivers/Musical Youth
E17 9 avril 1983 67 min

Joan Rivers/Musical Youth

Susan Saint James/Michael McDonald
E18 16 avril 1983 67 min

Susan Saint James/Michael McDonald

Stevie Wonder
E19 16 avril 1983 67 min

Stevie Wonder

Sketches include ""VD,"" ""Kannon AE-1,"" ""Stevie Wonder Impersonator,"" ""Hitler: The Secret Diaries,"" ""The Story of Stevie Wonder,"" ""Stevie at Dion's Salon,"" ""Cotton Land,"" and ""The Hunchback Busboy."" Wonder performs the songs ""Fingertips,"" ""Overjoyed,"" and ""Go Home.""

Ed Koch/Dexys Midnight Runners
E20 14 mai 1983 67 min

Ed Koch/Dexys Midnight Runners

Sketches include ""What's the most disgusting thing you've seen in New York?"" ""Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood,"" ""Crowded Ledge,"" ""The Enquirer,"" ""Late Night with David Letterman,"" and ""Woman's Auxillery Meeting."" Dexy's Midnight Runners perform ""Come On, Eileen,"" while Kevin Rowland performs ""The Celtic Soul Brothers.""

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