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| Saturday Night Live Season 10 : |
| Saturday Night Live aired its tenth season during the 1984-1985 television season on NBC. The season contained 18 episodes and was cut short due to a writer's strike and budget constraints. During the previous season Eddie Murphy left the show mid season. Because of Murphy's departure Joe Piscopo also left the show because he did not want to do it without Murphy. Dick Ebersol then fired Robin Duke Brad Hall and Tim Kazurinsky. Ebersol then wanted to blow up the show by adding seasoned comedians instead of newcomers. He hired Billy Crystal Harry Shearer New Zealander Pamela Stephenson Rich Hall Martin Short and Christopher Guest. Guest would become the anchor of Saturday Night News. In the middle of the season Harry Shearer left the show due to creative differences. Despite his departure his image is still shown in the opening credits. |
| Episode 1 - [(No Host) Thompson Twins] |
| Details : Sketches include Lifestyles of Relatives of the Rich and Famous Wheel of Fortune Interview Grandpa Howard Syncronized Swimming First Draft Theater Rich Hall's Election Report and Olympics 1984. Thompson Twins perform their hit Hold Me Now. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 06, 1984 |
| Episode 2 - [Bob Uecker Peter Wolf] |
| Details : Live from New York it's a baby boy Mr. Williams! it's... Martin Short! Sketches include Password Snap Crackle And Pop An American Portrait Little League Trade Tom Brokaw Mamie Eisenhower Center For The Dull 7 x 4 Negro Leaguers (film) Lost and Found Department Tippi Turtle (cartoon) SNL Mailbag Baseball Juice and Color Commentary. Peter Wolf performed Lights Out and I Need You Tonight. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bob Uecker | Dave Winfield | Peter Wolf | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 13, 1984 |
| Episode 3 - [Jesse Jackson Andrae Crouch Wintley Phipps] |
| Details : Rev. Jackson has his monologue sabotaged meets Ed Grimley sings two pop songs and hosts the parody game The Question is Moot! |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Wintley Phipps | Andraé Crouch | Jesse Jackson | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 20, 1984 |
| Episode 4 - [Michael Mckean Chaka Khan The Folksmen] |
| Details : Sketches include Gerry and the Mon-dells Fernando's Hideaway The Folksmen Reunion First Draft Theater Buddy Young Jr. Is Back and Mondale's Strategy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Edwin Newman | Michael McKean as Himself - Various Characters | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 03, 1984 |
| Episode 5 - [George Carlin Frankie Goes To Hollywood] |
| Details : Sketches were: Gary Kroeger's Last Mondale Impression Profiles in Sports Willie and Frankie as Night Watchmen Rich Hall's Election Report The Joe Franklin Show Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe The Ghostbusters Show Strategic Airborne Contraceptive In Thickeness and In Health International Health News and Relunctant Cop. Frankie Goes to Hollywood performs Two Tribes and Born to Run. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : George Carlin | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 10, 1984 |
| Episode 6 - [Ed Asner The Kinks] |
| Details : Sketches include Lou Grant's Rescue Mission Wing Tips 60 Minutes and Nuclear Plant Retiree. The Kinks perform Do It Again. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ed Asner | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 17, 1984 |
| Episode 7 - [Ed Begley Jr Billy Squier] |
| Details : Sketches included Kate And Ali Strategic Airborne Contraceptive Book Beat Time Traveler Grim Reaper Trivial Pursuit Refridgerator Magnets (film) Let's Watch TV Chayefsky Meshugana Eyeball to Eyeball and Elevator Stool. Billy Squier performes Rock Me Tonight and All Night Long. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Billy Squier | Ed Begley Jr. | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Dec. 01, 1984 |
| Episode 8 - [Ringo Starr Herbie Hancock] |
| Details : Sketches include Beatles Auction Fernando's Hideaway and Ed Grimley Meets Ringo. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Herbie Hancock | Ringo Starr | Barbara Bach | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Dec. 08, 1984 |
| Episode 9 - [Eddie Murphy The Honeydrippers] |
| Details : Sketches include Buckwheat Lives! White Like Me (film) Milestones and Newsmakers. Robert Plant and the Honeydrippers perform Santa Claus is Back in Town. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Eddie Murphy as Himself - Various Characters | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Dec. 15, 1984 |
| Episode 10 - [Kathleen Turner John Waite] |
| Details : Sketches include Donahue Green Room Hypnotic Fireplace The Joe Franklin Show Boxing Stories and Mr. Blackwell. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Kathleen Turner | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jan. 12, 1985 |
| Episode 11 - [Roy Scheider Billy Ocean] |
| Details : Sketches include Reagan's Inaguration Ricky And Phil Super Bowl XIX Tickets Sale a performance by Steven Wright Foldgers Crystals In Praise of Women Penny Lane Good Cop Bad Cop and Mental Hospital. Billy Ocean performs Carribean Queen and Loverboy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Billy Ocean | Roy Scheider | Steven Wright | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jan. 19, 1985 |
| Episode 12 - [Alex Karras Tina Turner] |
| Details : Live from New York its... Billy Crystal! Sketches include Prince and Hulk Hogan Ed Grimley's Sexy Neighbor Time Magazine (rerun 2 26 83) A Couple Of White Guys Rap Kelly Cola Power From Giving New York On Five Dollars a Day Walter Mondale in Minnesota and The Auctioneer. Tina Turner performs What's Love Got To Do With It Better Be Good To Me and Private Dancer. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Edd Hall | Alex Karras | Tina Turner | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Feb. 02, 1985 |
| Episode 13 - [Harry Anderson Bryan Adams] |
| Details : Sketches are Robert Latta in Congress The Kate and Ali's Valentine's Day Special American Profiles Dueling Magi While You Were Gone Ricky and Phil's Discuss Movies Salem Witch Trial Hats and Small Time Agency. Bryan Adams performs Somebody and Run to You. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Johnny Cash | June Carter Cash | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Feb. 09, 1985 |
| Episode 14 - [Pamela Sue Martin Power Station] |
| Details : Sketches include Strategic Airborne Contraceptive (rerun 11 10 84) The Joe Franklin Show White Rappers Fernando at Radio City Music Hall standup by Rich Hall Jim's Promise First Draft Theatre Linda And Joan: The Catfight Album Tom Dick And Horny and Bullet Cartoon. The Power Station performed Some Like It Hot and Bang a Gong (Get It On). |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Feb. 16, 1985 |
| Episode 15 - [Mr T And Hulk Hogan The Commodores] |
| Details : Sketches include Willie and Frankie In The Crew Ed Grimley In The Hospital Run and Throw Like a Girl Olympics Sports Beat and Good Sex. Greg Kihn performs Lucky. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Steve Landesberg | Roddy Piper | Hulk Hogan | Mr. T | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Mar. 30, 1985 |
| Episode 16 - [Christopher Reeve Santana] |
| Details : Sketches include A.D.13 Superman Auditions Jackie Rogers Junior's $100000 Jackpot Wad Escaping the Germans and Aging Superman. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Christopher Reeve | Steven Wright | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 06, 1985 |
| Episode 17 - [Howard Cosell Greg Kihn] |
| Details : Sketches include Willie and Frankie In The Crew Ed Grimley In The Hospital Run and Throw Like a Girl Olympics Sports Beat and Good Sex. Greg Kihn performs Lucky. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Greg Kihn | Howard Cosell | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 13, 1985 |