Episodes 20

1 (no host)/Rod Stewart

October 3, 1981

1h 7m

Sketches include ""Our Age is Showing,"" ""The Little Richard Simmons Show,"" ""The Clams"" (film), ""Nuns on the Beach,"" ""A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney,"" ""Prose and Cons"" (film), ""The Khaddaffi Look,"" ""Ruth Deals With Rod,"" ""Andy Warhol,"" Juggling with Michael Davis, and ""Season of Glass"" (film).

2 Susan Saint James/The Kinks

October 10, 1981

1h 7m

Sketches include ""McDonald & Wife,"" ""The Bizarro World,"" ""Buckwheat Sings,"" ""Skanky Fiancee,"" ""Cheap Laffs,"" and ""The Alan Alda Guide to Sensitivity."" The Kinks performed ""Destroyer"" and Christine Ebersole performed ""Single Bars and Single Women."" Also featured is an Anwar Sadat tribute film.

3 George Kennedy/Miles Davis

October 17, 1981

1h 7m

Sketches include ""To Tell the Truth Gone Awry,"" ""Mister Robinson's Neighborhood #2,"" ""Velvet Jones #1,"" and ""Harry Anderson's Grappler Tricks.""

4 Donald Pleasence/Fear

October 31, 1981

1h 7m

Sketches include ""Vomiting for Luck,"" ""Jogger Motel,"" ""Profiles in British Courage,"" ""Last Night I Killed My Husband"" (musical number), ""Sugar Breakfast"" and ""Andy Warhol's TV."" Fear performed ""I Don't Care About You"" and medley of ""Beef Bologna,"" ""New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones,"" and ""Let's Have A War.""

5 Lauren Hutton/Rick James

November 7, 1981

1h 7m

Sketches Include: "Here's 'Cos", "Dressing Room", "Hail To The Chief", "Transeastern", "Whisper", "Cheap Laffs", "Harlequin Romances", "Reach Out", "Velvet Jones School of Technology", "Big Baser", "William Burroughs", "Bitter People"

6 Bernadette Peters/The Go-Go's, Billy Joel

November 14, 1981

1h 7m

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7 Tim Curry/Meat Loaf

December 5, 1981

1h 7m

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8 Bill Murray/The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs

December 12, 1981

1h 7m

Sketches include ""The Phone Company,"" ""Tales of the Unlikely,"" ""Washed-Up Tom Snyder,"" ""MX-5 Tampons,"" and ""The Economics of Christmas."" The Spinners perform ""I'll Be Around.""

9 Robert Conrad/The Allman Brothers Band

January 23, 1982

1h 7m

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10 John Madden/Jennifer Holliday

January 30, 1982

1h 7m

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11 James Coburn/Lindsey Buckingham

February 6, 1982

1h 7m

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12 Bruce Dern/Luther Vandross

February 20, 1982

1h 7m

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13 Elizabeth Ashley/Hall and Oates

February 27, 1982

1h 7m

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14 Robert Urich/Mink DeVille

March 20, 1982

1h 7m

Sketches include ""He's No Burt Reynolds,"" ""Paul Harvey Radio News,"" ""Golden Age Obedience School,"" and ""Koala Bear Embryo."" Mink De Ville performed ""Maybe Tomorrow.""

15 Blythe Danner/Rickie Lee Jones

March 27, 1982

1h 7m

Sketches include ""Lorne Greene,"" ""The New Celibacy,"" ""20/20,"" ""The Uncle Tom Show,"" ""Senior Spring Fling '82,"" ""Meet the People,"" and ""Help Out Blythe Danner."" Rickie Lee Jones performed ""Pirates"" and ""Lush Life.""

16 Daniel J. Travanti/John Cougar

April 10, 1982

1h 7m

Sketches include ""Save Larry the Lobster,"" ""Whiners' Anniversary,"" ""Hill Street Blues,"" ""Too Many Ethel Mermans,"" and ""Career Corner."" John Cougar Mellencamp performed ""Hurts So Good.""

17 Johnny Cash/Elton John

April 17, 1982

1h 7m

Elton John performs the John Lennon tribute ""Empty Garden."" Sketches include ""Velvet Jones"" and ""Shadows.""

18 Robert Culp/The Charlie Daniels Band

April 24, 1982

1h 7m

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19 Danny DeVito/Sparks

May 15, 1982

1h 7m

Sketches include ""Louis DePalma's Revenge,"" ""The Executive Test,"" ""The Whiners on an Airplane,"" ""Solomon and Pudge,"" ""Enzo,"" and ""Looks at Books."" Sparks performs ""Mickey Mouse."" Also, Brian Doyle-Murray interviews recently humbled actor-wrestler Andy Kaufman.

20 Olivia Newton-John

May 22, 1982

1h 7m

Sketches include ""Ebony & Ivory,"" ""I Married a Monkey,"" Grease, ""Hitler In Heaven,"" and ""Ballpark Organ Favorites."" ONJ performs the hit ""Physical"" in lieu of the opening monologue.

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