Thursday, March 11, 2021

Season 11 (85-86)

November 9, 1985-Madonna

*Brandon Tartikoff [real] says drug tests will end substance abuse at SNL

-National Inquirer Theatre- a dramatization of JFK (RAQ) killing Marilyn Monroe (host)

-Pinklisting- a gay actor (TES) pretends to be macho in order to get work

-Jones Brothers' (AMH) & (DAW) sell cheap merchandise when the middleman is eliminated

-El Spectaculare De Marika (host)- Mexican variety special consists of dance numbers

-Nancy Reagan (TES) boozes during royal visit by Charles (JOL) & Di (host)


November 16, 1985-Chevy Chase

*fireman (CHC) leads his men on a door-checking mission in a smoky hallway

-The Pat Stevens (NOD) Show- guest is feminist stripper Harriet De Lafayette (DAV)

-Gerald Ford (CHC) gives Ronald Reagan (RAQ) advice about Soviet meeting

-Those Unlucky Andersons- (CHC) prescribes butter for his ill-fated family

-Jose Cuervo's Party School Bowl- students answer very easy questions

-The Life of Vlad The Impaler- Transylvanian prince (RAQ) receives complaints

-The Blue, The Gray, & The Yellow- cowardly brothers (AMH) & (RDJ) are Civil War enemies

-Drums, Drums, Drums- CHC plays selections from his three-album collection

-Tommy Flanagan (JOL) of Pathological Liars Anonymous tells his life story

-Craig Sundberg, Idiot Savant (AMH) judges a violin recital in Moscow


November 23, 1985-Pee-Wee Herman

*cast watches as host walks a tightrope between the World Trade Center towers

-(RAQ) is interested in a hooker, but he can't figure out how to tell host

-host's Thanksgiving Special has Brooke Shields (JOC) & Diana Ross (TES)

-The Pat Stevens (NOD) Show- dealing with runway drool with depression expert (RAQ)

-cellmates Tommy Flanagan (JOL) & host trade fibs while waiting to be bailed out

-host looks for a mouse in a bottle of Coke to save (RAQ)'s Dinosaur Town

-host's love for his teacher Miss Patterson (JOC) is requited

-Hal Fisher's (RAQ) Money Magnet Method is real estate & motivates sellers


December 7, 1985-John Lithgow

*Ronald Reagan (RAQ) won't listen to Dr. Lizardo's (host) Halley's Comet alert

-(host)'s outlook improves after getting a bug removed from his butt

-Master Thespian (JOL) has an acting duel with mentor Baudelaire (host)

-Double R (RAQ) & son (RDJ) sell the Rajneesh's Rolls-Royces

-(host) can only offer his daughter (JOC) cliches in her time of need

-Nancy Reagan (TES) sings & dances "That Old Black Magic" Vegas-style

-captain (host) has valid reasons not to give in to mutineers' demands

-The Limits Of The Imagination- fish fry is literally "all-you-can-eat"


December 14, 1985-Tom Hanks

*Entertainment Tonight- Mary Hart (NOD) & Rob Weller (host) dish on celebrities

-Tommy Flanagan (JOL) & his brother Earl (host) visit their mom (NOD) for the holidays

-The Pat Stevens (NOD) Show- how to hail a cab as Louis Farrakhan (DAW) cries

-(host) has thought about what life will be like after his wife (JOC) dies

-stand-up comics (host) (JOL) (DAW) do observational humor backstage

-(NOD) & (JOC) take a break from shopping for their kids' Christmas toys

-fishermen (host) & (RAQ) react after the sea gives them a treasure chest


December 21, 1985-Teri Garr

*Cabrini Green (DAV) takes a Christmas gift to a rapper wrapper (DAW)

-island residents (RAQ) & (host) discuss the latter's price in eggs

-Hildy- the Deavers' maid (TES) rewards herself for saving Christmas

-NBC broadcasts the six unaired minutes of A Roy Orbison (RAQ) Christmas

-The Big Tree- a disaster movie about a huge, unsafe Christmas decoration

-(AMH)'s time-travel excursions affect his parents' Trivial Pursuit game




January 18, 1986-Harry Dean Stanton

*sullen, wheelchair-bound Herb (RAQ) explains why he's never had a Whopper

-Double R (RAQ) & son (RDJ) have a "stink sale" to move death-scented furniture

-Cleveland Vice- (host) & (RAQ) investigate a spree of bowling ball thefts

-Death of a Gunfighter- Bat Masterson (RAQ) schedules showdown with (host)

-new father (JOL) is mad about what his wife (JOC) said to him during labor

-That Black Girl- Latoya Marie's (DAV) agent Seymour (TES) gets her a part

-in a bar, drunk (host) bothers patrons (RDJ) & (JOC)

-a store insensitively uses MLK Day as an occasion to stage a white sale


January 25, 1986-Dudley Moore

*monks break their vow of silence & discuss their yearly Super Bowl bet

-(JOC) & Cabrini Green (DAV) compete in Miss Pregnant Teenage America Pageant

-The Pat Stevens (NOD) Show- poses that build self-esteem with Jackie Stewart (host)

-The Limits of the Imagination- comic's (host) audience is over-responsive

-Name That Tune- contestants (JOC) & (host) fail to identify simple songs

-Master Thespian (JOL) has a rehearsal with rival actor Sir Roger Tewksberry (host)


February 8, 1986-Ron Reagan

*parents are at Camp David, so host engages in White House Risky Business

-The Pat Stevens (NOD) Show- Little Richard (DAW) says everyone steals his ideas

-defective Dalkon Shields make great trout traps according to (RDJ)

-host goes Back To The Future to Hellcats Of The Navy set to unite parents

-The Limits Of The Imagination- family & friends fail to recognize (host)

-Flotilla Williams (DAV) explains Romeo & Juliet using ghetto terminology

-(JOC) is upset with her boyfriend David's (JOL) Woody Allen obsession


February 15, 1986-Jerry Hall

*Mick Jagger [real] covers for Tommy Flanagan (JOL) when he talks to host in a bar

-The Limits Of The Imagination- Maggie The Cat (host) desires gay (TES)

-Models Against The Wilderness- host & Brooke Shields (JOC) in plane crash

-Master Thespian (JOL) has unrequited love for co-star of jungle movie (host)

-Kaddafi (JOL) threatens (host) & (NOD) after they cross his line of death

-The Pat Stevens (NOD) Show- host shows how to hang upside-down & maintain looks

-(RAQ)'s sore big toe is repeatedly injured by uncommon inconveniences


February 22, 1986-Jay Leno

*“SNL executive producer” Tommy Flanagan (JOL) gives host a tour of the studio

-Target Earth- aliens from a less-advanced civilization act tough

-Mike The Dog [real] has dinner with an old friend (RAQ) in a restaurant

-Star Search- singers, actors, comedians & more on talent contest

-mustache lets host become his evil twin "Wayne" when (JOC) won't give in

-a veteran comic (host) visits observational stand-ups (JOL) (DAW) (DEM) backstage

-Lyle Alzado (RAQ) supervises (RDJ) during ad for Man Beat magazine

-shy Biff (JOL) & Salena (JOC) talk to each other in her diner


March 15, 1986-Griffin Dunne

*Tommy Flanagan (JOL) clears up rumors about SNL's poor ratings & reviews

-Double R (RAQ) & son (RDJ) stage Ferdinand Marcos Malacanang Palace Liquidation Sale

-lawyer Mr. Monopoly (JOL) uses game cards to help his client (host)

-You Bet Your Finger- a malfunctioning mini-guillotine butchers (host)

-Nancy Reagan (TES) counters her daughter's tell-all with her own book

-Gianni Tucci (Don Novello) doesn't sing Ireland's music in the original language

-Two Jones Cable Installers- the "brothers" (AMH) & (DAW) can get you a special deal

-(host) is called out for trying to pick (RAQ)'s nose during panel discussion

-Business Beat- panelists are literal examples of workplace cliches

-undead (host) receives guidance from his old girlfriend's mother (JOC)


March 22, 1986-George Wendt & Francis Ford Coppola

*Lorne Michaels tells cast that NBC has brought in Francis to direct tonight's SNL

-The Honeymooners, The Lost Episodes- Ralph (George) punches Alice (NOD)

-Francis' bad camera switches screw up a Mystery Playhouse sketch

-Francis interrupts That Black Girl as he wants more realism from set & DAV

-fish market owner (George) tries to unload a mistakenly-delivered whale

-Francis nearly quits when AMH gets shot during a too-real Vietnam sketch


April 12, 1986-Oprah Winfrey

*servant DAV tells Lorne Michaels to beat host for refusing black stereotype material

-Lookin' At America through John Cougar-Mellencamp's (RDJ) eyes & hair

-The Pat Stevens (NOD) Show- host gives some tips on how to run a talk show

-(host) finds out that her daughter Cabrini Green (DAV) is pregnant

-The Wart Hog (RAQ)- world's greatest detective wins Most Grotesque award

-Actors on Film- The Color Purple amazed Jimmy Chance (RDJ) & Ashley Ashley (NOD)

-Craig Sundberg, Idiot Savant (AMH) helps create a high-strength adhesive

-The Cute Shop is filled with stuffed animals, but it's actually a trap

-waitress One-Shoe Emma (DAV) is humble, but longs for what she's been missing


April 19, 1986-Tony Danza

*RAQ's Vietnam tale scares eager AMH & RDJ out of wanting to go to Libya

-AT&T spokesman Cliff Robertson (RAQ) abuses his phone in angry breakdown

-Nancy Reagan (TES) demonstrates her fitness routine to trainer (host)

-Queen Elizabeth (JOC) sells heroin to Henry Kissinger (Al Franken) & (host)

-a 30-second count rule extends a match between boxers (AMH) & (host)

-Big-Time Professional Golf- upcoming games are promoted wrestling-style

-(JOC)'s pillow talk confirms whether (host) loves her unconditionally

-Master Thespian (JOL) tells about the time he performed for the Queen

-at bar's open mike night, Biff (JOL) gains confidence to do "butt dancing" song


May 10, 1986-Catherine Oxenberg & Paul Simon

*Paul performs "You Can Call Me Al"

-prisoners (Paul) & (JOL) try to escape despite being shackled to a wall

-The Late Show with Joan Rivers (TES)- Roger Vadim's ex-wives fight back

-The Limits of the Imagination- Paul's hell is Muzak versions of his songs

-former CIA operative Dirk Landers (RDJ) is killed by stranger (Catherine)

-producer Tommy Flanagan (JOL) shares lies with an "actress" (Catherine)

-drowsy waitress (NOD) recommends Brim Decaffeinated to sleepy (RAQ)


May 17, 1986-Jimmy Breslin

*AMH & manager Tommy Flanagan (JOL) weigh-in for upcoming match with Marvin Hagler [real]

-a USA sub has Kaddafi in its sights, but Ronald Reagan (RAQ) can't act

-between twisters, Tornadoville residents (RAQ) & (AMH) chat

-Midday- advice from Bond villains Goldfinger (host), Blofeld (JOL) & Largo (RAQ)

-the crybaby rebel cop Lone Wolf McCord (RAQ) decides to quit

-The Pat Stevens (NOD) Show- driving exercises make Pulitzer winner host walk off

-at school assembly, Cabrini Green (DAV) sings a song to prevent teen pregnancy


May 24, 1986-Anjelica Huston & Billy Martin

*Hands Across America participants won't let one-legged runner (RAQ) pass

-Moments of Doubt- (RAQ) & (Anjelica) silently worry about uncertainties

-a sketch pulled from last week's show excessively glamorizes drinking

-Actors on Film- Jimmy Chance (RDJ) & Ashley Ashley (NOD) praise Top Gun

-Maerose Prizzi (Anjelica) reads some Hallmark Organized Crime Cards

-both (JOC) & her fiancé (RDJ) are picked up by lesbians in a bar

-Book Minute- (DAV) reads nursery rhymes for inner-city children

-loud talk of Patti LaBelle (TES) & aunt her (DAV) irritates moviegoers

-Lorne Michaels fires Billy after he shows up drunk for a Colonel Sanders sketch

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