Episodes
See also: List of Saturday Night Live episodes| # | Host(s) | Musical guest(s) | Original airdate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 196 | 1 | Madonna | Simple Minds | November 9, 1985 |
| Joan Cusack, Nora Dunn, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, Danitra Vance, and Damon Wayans's first episode as cast members. In the episode's cold opening, Lorne Michaels and Brandon Tartikoff issue urine tests to check the new cast members for drug use. Guest appearance by Penn & Teller. | ||||
| 197 | 2 | Chevy Chase | Sheila E | November 16, 1985 |
| 198 | 3 | Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman | Queen Ida & the Bon Temps Zydeco Band | November 23, 1985 |
| Former castmember Robin Duke appears in the "Pee-wee Herman Thanksgiving Special" sketch as one of the audience members during Diana Ross's (Terry Sweeney) performance. Phil Hartman appears as a pilgrim in the same sketch and was credited for writing the "Pee-wee Herman Thanksgiving Special" sketch. Don Novello rejoins the cast after a five year hiatus. Dan Vitale's first episode as a cast member. | ||||
| 199 | 4 | John Lithgow | Mr. Mister | December 7, 1985 |
| Guest appearance by Sam Kinison. | ||||
| 200 | 5 | Tom Hanks | Sade | December 14, 1985 |
| The Entertainment Tonight opening sketch references Spying Isn't Cool a fake public service ad with Brooke Shields, mentioned as a joke on Weekend Update in the previous episode. Joan Cusack plays Shields, claiming that her movie career stalled after her mother turned down her offer to play roles for movies with Al Pacino (Scarface) and Robert De Niro (Once Upon a Time in America). Guest appearance by Steven Wright. | ||||
| 201 | 6 | Teri Garr | The Dream Academy The Cult |
December 21, 1985 |
| The Cult performs She Sells Sanctuary. Guest appearance by Penn & Teller. | ||||
| 202 | 7 | Harry Dean Stanton | The Replacements | January 18, 1986 |
| The Replacements plays "Bastards of Young" and "Kiss Me On the Bus", both from the Tim album. Guest appearance by Sam Kinison. | ||||
| 203 | 8 | Dudley Moore | Al Green | January 25, 1986 |
| The episode features a sketch about a beauty pageant for pregnant teenaged girls featuring Danitra Vance's Cabrini Green Jackson character. | ||||
| 204 | 9 | Ron Reagan | The Nelsons | February 8, 1986 |
| Dan Vitale's final episode as a cast member. Guest appearance by Penn & Teller. A. Whitney Brown appears on Weekend Update to do "The Big Picture." | ||||
| 205 | 10 | Jerry Hall | Stevie Ray Vaughan Jimmie Vaughan |
February 15, 1986 |
| Mick Jagger appears in this episode's cold opening where Tommy Flanagan (Jon Lovitz) hits on the host at a bar — told by Hall that Flanagan claims to know him, Jagger "confirms" this and remarks that the two had been on a fishing trip during a recent weekend where Hall didn't know where he was, telling Flanagan "I owe you for this one." Guest appearance by Sam Kinison. | ||||
| 206 | 11 | Jay Leno | The Neville Brothers | February 22, 1986 |
| A. Whitney Brown's first episode as a cast member. | ||||
| 207 | 12 | Griffin Dunne | Rosanne Cash | March 15, 1986 |
| In the "Mr. Monopoly" sketch, Damon Wayans plays a minor police officer character as gay, for which he was later fired. Guest appearance by Penn & Teller. | ||||
| 208 | 13 | George Wendt Francis Ford Coppola |
Philip Glass | March 22, 1986 |
| The Philip Glass Ensemble performs "Rubric" from Glassworks and "Lightning" from Songs from Liquid Days. The show's opening theme song was replaced by "Façades," also from Glassworks. Francis Ford Coppola appears in between sketches in a running gag throughout the episode where he, Lorne Michaels, and Terry Sweeney try to improve SNL on the air to boost the show's sagging ratings. Al Franken rejoins the cast. | ||||
| 209 | 14 | Oprah Winfrey | Joe Jackson | April 12, 1986 |
| 210 | 15 | Tony Danza | Laurie Anderson | April 19, 1986 |
| Guest appearance by Penn & Teller. | ||||
| 211 | 16 | Catherine Oxenberg Paul Simon |
Ladysmith Black Mambazo | May 10, 1986 |
| Guest appearance by Penn & Teller. | ||||
| 212 | 17 | Jimmy Breslin Marvin Hagler |
Level 42 E.G. Daily |
May 17, 1986 |
| Guest appearance by Sam Kinison and Marvelous Marvin Hagler. | ||||
| 213 | 18 | Anjelica Huston Billy Martin |
George Clinton Parliament-Funkadelic |
May 24, 1986 |
| Joan Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Anthony Michael Hall, Randy Quaid, Terry Sweeney, Don Novello and Danitra Vance's final episode as cast members. All of the cast members were shown to be trapped in a room on fire as parody of TV show cliffhangers. Final appearance of Al Franken as a cast member until the 13th season. Damon Wayans returns to perform stand-up. |
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