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| Saturday Night Live Season 10 | |
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 The Saturday Night Live title card as seen in the opening credits of the 10th season. | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | NBC |
| Original run | October 6, 1984 – April 13, 1985 |
| Season chronology | |
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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 (who hosted twice in season nine and was originally set to appear in SNL's first episode), Harry Shearer (who was a castmember on SNL in its fifth season), New Zealander Pamela Stephenson (from "Not The Nine O'Clock News"), Rich Hall (best known for his work on Not Necessarily the News and Fridays), Martin Short (from SCTV), and Christopher Guest (a frequent contributor to The National Lampoon Radio Hour in the early 1970s). Guest would become the anchor of Saturday Night News.
In the middle of the season, Harry Shearer left the show, due to "creative differences" (which Shearer describes as "I was creative; they were different"). Despite his departure, his image is still shown in the opening credits (spray-painting an elevated train as it goes down the track).
This season also featured a bizarre opening sequence, depicting the SNL cast as giants in New York City with flying hot dogs and cockroaches.
At the end of the season, Ebersol requested to completely revamp the show to include mostly prerecorded segments. Short, Guest, and Hall had tired of the show's demanding production schedule and showed little interest in returning for another season, leaving Crystal the only "A-cast" member available for Season 11. Like Lorne Michaels at the end of Season 5, Ebersol made taking the show off the air for several months to re-cast and rebuild a condition of his return. Another idea was to institute a permanent rotation of hosts (Billy Crystal, David Letterman and Joe Piscopo) for "a hip The Ed Sullivan Show".
After briefly canceling the show, NBC decided to continue production only if they could get Michaels to produce again. Ebersol along with his writing staff and most of the cast, left the show after this season (those who wished to stay, such as Crystal, were eventually not re-hired for 1985), which closed the book on an inconsistent, yet memorable, era in SNL history.
Cast
Repertory cast members
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bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
Writers
Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers#Season 10
Billy Crystal, Larry David, Christopher Guest, Rich Hall, Rob Riley, and Martin Short joined the writing staff. Jim Downey and Harry Shearer rejoined the staff after a four year hiatus. Robin Duke, Adam Green, Tim Kazurinsky, Michael McCartney, Eddie Murphy, Pamela Norris, and Joe Piscopo left the staff.
Episodes
See also: List of Saturday Night Live episodes
| No. | # | Host(s) | Musical guest(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | 1 | (none) | Thompson Twins | October 6, 1984 |
| The Thompson Twins performs "Hold Me Now" and "The Gap." Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Rich Hall, Martin Short and Pamela Stephenson's first episode as cast members. Harry Shearer rejoins the cast after a four-year hiatus. Crystal, as Fernando, anchors Saturday Night News. | ||||
| 180 | 2 | Bob Uecker | Peter Wolf | October 13, 1984 |
| Peter Wolf performs "Lights Out" and "I Need You Tonight." Bob Uecker anchors Saturday Night News. Yogi Berra makes a guest appearance. | ||||
| 181 | 3 | Jesse Jackson | Andrae Crouch Wintley Phipps | October 20, 1984 |
| Andrae Crouch performs "Right Now" and Wintley Phipps performs "Tell Me Again." The first appearance of Willie and Frankie on the "You Know What I Hate?" sketch. Jesse Jackson anchors Saturday Night News. | ||||
| 182 | 4 | Michael McKean | Chaka Khan The Folksmen | November 3, 1984 |
| Chaka Khan performs "I Feel for You" and "This Is My Night." Edwin Newman anchors Saturday Night News. Bobby Fraraccio appears as Barry Manilow on "Fernando's Hideaway." | ||||
| 183 | 5 | George Carlin | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | November 10, 1984 |
| Frankie Goes to Hollywood performs "Two Tribes" and "Born to Run." Carlin anchors Saturday Night News. | ||||
| 184 | 6 | Ed Asner | The Kinks | November 17, 1984 |
| The Kinks performs "Do It Again" and "Word of Mouth." Ed Asner anchors Saturday Night News. | ||||
| 185 | 7 | Ed Begley, Jr. | Billy Squier | December 1, 1984 |
| Billy Squier performs "Rock Me Tonite" and "All Night Long." Christopher Guest hosts Saturday Night News. | ||||
| 186 | 8 | Ringo Starr | Herbie Hancock | December 8, 1984 |
| Herbie Hancock performs "Junku" and "Rockit." Guest appearance by Barbara Bach, wife of host Ringo Starr. | ||||
| 187 | 9 | Eddie Murphy | Robert Plant & the Honeydrippers | December 15, 1984 |
| Robert Plant and the Honeydrippers performs "Rockin' at Midnight" and "Santa Claus Is Back in Town." | ||||
| 188 | 10 | Kathleen Turner | John Waite | January 12, 1985 |
| Harry Shearer's final episode as a cast member. John Waite performs "Saturday Night." | ||||
| 189 | 11 | Roy Scheider | Billy Ocean | January 19, 1985 |
| Billy Ocean performs "Caribbean Queen" and "Loverboy." | ||||
| 190 | 12 | Alex Karras | Tina Turner | February 2, 1985 |
| Tina Turner performs "What's Love Got to Do with It" and "Private Dancer." | ||||
| 191 | 13 | Harry Anderson | Bryan Adams | February 9, 1985 |
| Bryan Adams performs "Somebody" and "Run to You." Guest appearances in the audience by Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Christopher Reeve, and Carol Burnett. | ||||
| 192 | 14 | Pamela Sue Martin | Power Station | February 16, 1985 |
| Power Station performs "Some Like It Hot" and "Get It On (Bang a Gong)." Pre-recorded guest appearances by Terri Garr, Susan Lucci, Morgan Fairchild, Lynn Swann, and Ann-Margret. | ||||
| 193 | 15 | Mr. T Hulk Hogan | The Commodores | March 30, 1985 |
| The Commodores performs "Nightshift" and "Animal Instinct." Guest appearances by Steve Landesberg, Liberace, Rowdy Roddy Piper, and Bob Orton, Jr.. | ||||
| 194 | 16 | Christopher Reeve | Santana | April 6, 1985 |
| Santana performs "Say It Again" and "Right Now." Guest appearance by Steven Wright. | ||||
| 195 | 17 | Howard Cosell | Greg Kihn | April 13, 1985 |
| Greg Kihn performs "Boys Won't" and "Lucky." Billy Crystal, Jim Belushi, Mary Gross, Christopher Guest, Rich Hall, Gary Kroeger, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Martin Short and Pamela Stephenson's final episode as cast members. Dick Ebersol's final episode as executive producer. | ||||
Specials
| # | Special | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "SNL Film Festival" | March 2, 1985 |
| Hosted by Billy Crystal, presenting short films and commercial parodies. Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo, Robin Williams, Tim Kazurinsky, and Stevie Wonder make appearances in pre-recorded segments from previous seasons. Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review the show. John Candy and Eugene Levy plug next week's show with musical guests Hall & Oates (who don't end up appearing). | ||
| 1 | "The Best of John Belushi" | August 3, 1985 |
| The special featured some of the best material featuring John Belushi during his stint on the show. Sketches include Sam Peckinpah, Beethoven Composes 'My Girl', Beethoven Composes 'What I Say', Vito Corleone in Therapy, Samurai Deli, Wilderness Comedian, The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise, The Bee Honeymooners, Dragnet, Tomorrow with Tom Snyder, Mussolini Reenactment, Little Chocolate Donuts, Olympia Cafe, Don't Look Back In Anger, The Academy Awards, Superhero Party and Miles Cowperthwaite, Part Two: I Am Nailed to the Hull." The special also features musical numbers Belushi performs on the show: Belushi as Joe Cocker performs A Little Help From My Friends and The Blues Brothers performs "King Bee," "Soul Man," and "B-Movie Boxcar Blues." | ||
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