Saturday Night Live

Season 8

September 25, 1982 20 episodes

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.

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E1. Chevy Chase/Queen

67m Sep 25, 1982

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.""

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E2. Louis Gossett Jr./George Thorogood and the Destroyers

67m Oct 2, 1982

Sketches include Mister Robinson's Neighborhood #4.

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E3. Ron Howard/The Clash

67m Oct 9, 1982

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

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E4. Howard Hesseman/Men at Work

67m Oct 23, 1982

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E5. Michael Keaton/The New Joe Jackson Band

67m Oct 30, 1982

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E6. Robert Blake/Kenny Loggins

67m Nov 13, 1982

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""

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E7. Drew Barrymore/Squeeze

67m Nov 20, 1982

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""

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E8. The Smothers Brothers/Laura Branigan

67m Dec 4, 1982

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E9. Eddie Murphy/Lionel Richie

67m Dec 11, 1982

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

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E10. Lily Tomlin

67m Jan 22, 1983

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

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E11. Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas/The Bus Boys

67m Jan 29, 1983

Sid Caesar/Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

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E12. Sid Caesar/Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes

67m Feb 5, 1983

Howard Hesseman/Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

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E13. Howard Hesseman/Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers

67m Feb 19, 1983

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.""

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E14. Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges/Randy Newman

67m Feb 26, 1983

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E15. Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone

67m Mar 12, 1983

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E16. Robert Guillaume/Duran Duran

67m Mar 19, 1983

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.

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E17. Joan Rivers/Musical Youth

67m Apr 9, 1983

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E18. Susan Saint James/Michael McDonald

67m Apr 16, 1983

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E19. Stevie Wonder

67m Apr 16, 1983

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.""

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E20. Ed Koch/Dexys Midnight Runners

67m May 14, 1983

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.""