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| Saturday Night Live Season 7 : |
| Saturday Night Live aired its seventh season during the 1981–1982 television season on NBC. The seventh season started on October 3 1981 and ended on May 22 1982. A total of 20 episodes were broadcast. Following the dismissal of producer Jean Doumanian and most of her cast members the show was shut down due to the commencement of the 1981 WGA strike. Dick Ebersol the program's developer was hired as Doumanian's replacement. The new cast of Saturday Night Live for this season were the same ones from the episode Ebersol produced on the April 11 1981 episode: Robin Duke Tim Kazurinsky and Tony Rosato along with the Doumanian era's sole survivors Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo. Denny Dillon and Gail Matthius were fired following the April 1981 episode while Laurie Metcalf and unseen castmember Emily Prager weren't asked back to be cast members on the show. Ebersol then hired two new cast members: Mary Gross and Christine Ebersole. Both were hired to fill the gap left by Metcalf and Prager. Wanting to distance the show from its first five seasons Ebersol cut the popular opening line Live from New York It's Saturday Night! from the cold openings. In fact sometimes cold openings weren't even shown and the monologues were skipped over almost entirely. These changes were not permanent as Ebersol decided to reverse them for the eighth season. |
| Episode 1 - [(No Host) Rod Stewart Tina Turner] |
| Details : 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). |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Rod Stewart as Himself - Musical Guest | Tina Turner | Michael Davis | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 03, 1981 | Rating ➦ ★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [Susan St James The Kinks] |
| Details : Sketches include McDonald And 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Susan Saint James | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 10, 1981 | Rating ➦ ★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [George Kennedy Miles Davis] |
| Details : Sketches include To Tell the Truth Gone Awry Mister Robinson's Neighborhood #2 Velvet Jones #1 and Harry Anderson's Grappler Tricks. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Miles Davis | George Kennedy | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 17, 1981 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Donald Pleasence Fear] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Donald Pleasence | John Belushi as Himself - Various Characters | Michael Davis | Director : Andy Warhol | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 31, 1981 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [Lauren Hutton Rick James] |
| Guest Cast and Crew : William S. Burroughs | Lauren Hutton | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 07, 1981 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Bernadette Peters Billy Joel The Go-Go's] |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bernadette Peters | Billy Joel as Himself - Musical Guest | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 14, 1981 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [Tim Curry Meat Loaf And The Neverland Express] |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Meat Loaf | Tim Curry | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Dec. 05, 1981 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [Bill Murray The Spinners Yale Whiffenpoofs] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bill Murray as Himself - Host | Michael Davis | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Dec. 12, 1981 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [Robert Conrad Allman Brothers Band] |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert Conrad | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jan. 23, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [John Madden Jennifer Holliday] |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Brent Musburger | Gates McFadden | John Madden | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jan. 30, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [James Coburn Mick Fleetwood Lindsay Buckingham] |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mick Fleetwood | James Coburn | Lindsey Buckingham | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Feb. 06, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [Bruce Dern Luther Vandross] |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Luther Vandross as Himself - Musical Guest | Bruce Dern as Host | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Feb. 20, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [Elizabeth Ashley Hall And Oates] |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Elizabeth Ashley | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Feb. 27, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [Robert Urich Mink De Ville] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert Urich | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Mar. 20, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [Blythe Danner Rickie Lee Jones] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Blythe Danner | Rickie Lee Jones | Michael Davis | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Mar. 27, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [Daniel J Travanti John Cougar] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Daniel J. Travanti | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 10, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [Johnny Cash Elton John] |
| Details : Elton John performs the John Lennon tribute Empty Garden. Sketches include Velvet Jones and Shadows. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Johnny Cash | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 17, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 18 - [Robert Culp Charlie Daniels Band] |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert Culp | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 24, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 19 - [Danny Devito Sparks] |
| Details : 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. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tony Danza as Himself - Host | Danny DeVito as Himself - Host | Christopher Lloyd | Judd Hirsch | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : May. 15, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 20 - [Olivia Newton-John] |
| Details : Sketches include Ebony And Ivory I Married a Monkey Grease Hitler In Heaven and Ballpark Organ Favorites. ONJ performs the hit Physical in lieu of the opening monologue. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Graham Chapman | Michael Davis | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : May. 22, 1982 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |