Saturday Night Live Season 8

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Self - Various Characters

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Mary Gross

Self - Various Characters

Age : N/A | Popularity : 39%

Tim Kazurinsky

Self - Various Characters

Age : 75 | Popularity : 35%

Joe Piscopo

Self - Various Characters

Age : N/A | Popularity : 2%

Brad Hall

Self - Various Characters

Age : 67 | Popularity : 32%

Gary Kroeger

Self - Various Characters

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Eddie Murphy

Self - Various Characters

Age : N/A | Popularity : 13%

Episodes

Episode 1

25 September 1982 - 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.""

Episode 2

02 October 1982 - Louis Gossett Jr./George Thorogood and the Destroyers

Sketches include Mister Robinson's Neighborhood #4.

Episode 3

09 October 1982 - Ron Howard/The Clash

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

Episode 4

23 October 1982 - Howard Hesseman/Men at Work

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Episode 5

30 October 1982 - Michael Keaton/The New Joe Jackson Band

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Episode 6

13 November 1982 - 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""

Episode 7

20 November 1982 - 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""

Episode 8

04 December 1982 - The Smothers Brothers/Laura Branigan

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Episode 9

11 December 1982 - Eddie Murphy/Lionel Richie

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

Episode 10

22 January 1983 - Lily Tomlin

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

Episode 11

29 January 1983 - Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas/The Bus Boys

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Episode 12

05 February 1983 - Sid Caesar/Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Episode 13

19 February 1983 - 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.""

Episode 14

26 February 1983 - Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges/Randy Newman

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Episode 15

12 March 1983 - Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Episode 16

19 March 1983 - 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.

Episode 17

09 April 1983 - Joan Rivers/Musical Youth

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Episode 18

16 April 1983 - Susan Saint James/Michael McDonald

No Synopsis For This Episode Yet.

Episode 19

16 April 1983 - 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.""

Episode 20

14 May 1983 - 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.""

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Dick Ebersol Lorne Michaels
Department	Role	Name

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