Sunday, March 7, 2021

Season 7 (81-82)

October 3, 1981-no host

-Little Richard Simmons (EDM) does exercise & rock-n-roll with audience

-at the beach, (ROD) finds that fellow nun (MAG) has poor qualifications

-A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney (JOP)- shoes & assorted other topics are discussed

-annoying one-night stand Rod (TIK) annoys Ruth (ROD) after her father dies

-at her father's funeral, Ruth (ROD) puts up with obnoxious relatives & Rod (TIK)


October 10, 1981-Susan Saint James

-McDonald & Wife- Ronald McDonald (JOP) & (host) solve crime while in bed

-Buckwheat (EDM) is back & he has a new album- Buh-Weet Sings

-The Bizarro World- Black House policy is the same in this inverted dimension

-shipwreck survivors (JOP) & (host) have a musical date in a lifeboat

-(TIK)'s skanky fiancé Paulette Clooney (ROD) meets him in a restaurant

-on their honeymoon, (TOR) is surprised that his wife (host) is a virgin

-Cheap Laffs- Sta-Free Peenie Pads is the vulgar joke of the week

-Sensitivity Training For Men- Alan Alda's book gets girls


October 17, 1981-George Kennedy

*To Tell The Truth- host takes command of control room during technical difficulties

-Mister Robinson's (EDM) Neighborhood- eviction notice from Mr. Landlord (TIK)

-A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney (JOP)- chocolate & Mrs. Rooney (CHE) are present

-Velvet Jones (EDM) School of Technology offers career help in I Wanna Be A Ho

-Spray-On Laetril alleviates (MAG)'s lung cancer & comes in "the pump"

-La Cage Aux Folles '81- Renato (TIK) & Albin (host) return for a sequel

-Rubik's Teeth- JOP demonstrates the dental puzzle

-Jake the Hired Hand (TOR) takes (ROD)'s land despite sexual tension

-a secretary (CHE) & janitor (host) talk about what's important to them


October 31, 1981-Donald Pleasence

*host tries EDM's suggestion & vomits for good luck

-Profiles In British Courage- (host) operates on cooperative soldier (TIK)

-Two Faces of Jerry- movie about the serious (JOP) & comical (EDM) Lewises

-(CHE) sings "Last Night I Killed My Husband" while cleaning up the mess

-Tales From The Hip- a boogie-woogie musical version of Macbeth

-during Annie intermission, theatergoers talk (TIK) out of bathroom stall

-a sugar-loving family enjoys the most important meal of the day

-The Vic Salukin (TOR) Show- challenge of "Scare me!" has lethal results


November 7, 1981-Lauren Hutton

-Here's Cos- new album from frequent Tonight Show fill-in Bill Cosby (EDM)

-Ed Meese (TOR) uses movie ruse to direct Ronald Reagan's (JOP) presidency

-host demonstrates Whisper's bubble bath & detergent uses simultaneously

-Cheap Laffs- Macho Wipe super-abrasive toilet paper is weekly lowbrow joke

-(JOP) & (host) act out a scene from a men's Harlequin Romance novel

-Reach Out- Brooke Shields (MAG) & Cheryl Tiegs (CHE) talk real-life problems

-Velvet Jones' (EDM) follow-up book teaches guys how to be a pimp & kick ho butt

-(JOP) longs for the good old days when Coca-Cola contained cocaine

-Bitter People- Pat Cooper (JOP) says mean things about Vegas performers


November 14, 1981-Bernadette Peters

-I Married A Monkey- baby Ronnie frolics as Madge considers a divorce offer

-Hidden Photo- Allen Funt (JOP) gives diners dangerous forks & upsets kids

-(TOR) tells a bedtime story about camels that upholster furniture

-after power failure, TOR & CHE's sketch is unacceptable to the censor (TIK)

-42nd Street- an innocent starlet (host) gets her chance in a sleazy club

-Nick the Knock (JOP) listens to a fairy's (MAG) poem, then eats her spine

-Rock 'n Roll Heaven Inc. specializes in dead musician merchandizing


December 5, 1981-Tim Curry

-Mick Jagger's (host) first TV variety special has Buckwheat (EDM) & more

-Frank (TIK) stays with his Italian father (TOR) after a fight with his wife

-host & Meat Loaf [real] advertise Tim & Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop

-Dan Rather (JOP) & others ponder If Reagan Had Survived The Assassination


December 12, 1981-Bill Murray

-Tales of the Unlikely- Libyan terrorists try to assassinate the president

-a washed-up Tom Snyder (JOP) has delusions in a dumpy hotel room

-Father Guido Sarducci endorses MX-5 tampons

-Designer Fairy Tales- elves make clothes for Ralph Lauren (BIM)

-At Home With The Psychos- a nuclear family is prepared for the blow hole

-(JOP) & (CHE) explain trickle-down economics to Honker (BIM) through song




January 23, 1982-Robert Conrad

*The People's Court- Paulette Clooney (ROD) sues Velvet Jones (EDM) over failed ho bid

-Wild Wild Wild West- James West (host) visits Velvet Jones' (EDM) brothel

-Battle of the Week- game show puts Las Vegas showgirls vs. volunteer army

-A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney (JOP)- the topic is breasts

-G. Gordon Liddy (host) & Richard Nixon (TOR) plan to dispute FDR (TIK)


January 30, 1982-John Madden

*host gives postgame report from Super Bowl loser Bengals' locker room

-Art Fern (JOP) on how to succeed the Johnny Carson way by stealing characters

-Betty Beer- the Bitches' Brew gives women confidence to act dumb like men

-Poetry Corner- host's poems carry the mark of a former football coach

-Mary Richards (MAG) & Ted Baxter (JOP) ask Lou Grant (TOR) to come back

-Buckwheat (EDM) & Captain Kangaroo (TOR) visit Tom Snyder's (JOP) kiddie show

-mobster (TOR) goes to (EDM) to be assigned a nickname

-Solomon (EDM) remembers his wife & complains to Pudge (JOP) about bunions


February 6, 1982-James Coburn

*Frank Sinatra (JOP) sings a medley to honor Ronald Reagan's 71st birthday

-I Married A Monkey- while on vacation, Madge fools around with (host)

-Mister Robinson's (EDM) Neighborhood- Mr. Landlord (TIK) cuts off the heat

-Jesus in Blue Jeans- Jerry Falwell's (BDM) Christianized rock classics

-MAG points out the signals that show that host is a homosexual

-Dan Rather (JOP) wants to eliminate 60 Minutes on behalf of its victims

-Ronald Reagan thinks host's past movie roles make him a qualified advisor

-Unique Perspectives- survivalists (TIK) & (TOR) see shelter as babe magnet

-Those Crazy Taboosters- inbred family doesn't mind breaking social norms


February 20, 1982-Bruce Dern

*host advises TIK to be realistic about his movie prospects

-(host) accidentally agrees to take (MAG)'s dog on a ski trip

-Focus on Film- Raheem Abdul Muhammed (EDM) denies that his buddy is homosexual

-The Bizarro World- NBC programming is unchanged in the backward dimension

-songwriters Schleimer (JOP) & Laub (TIK) have trouble selling their work

-The Mild One- a Zen-inspired biker (host) verbally examines diner patrons

-an unstable pilot (host) makes his passengers nervous

-while entertaining at her cafe, Melina (ROD) makes her troubles known


February 27, 1982-Elizabeth Ashley

*Dan Rather (JOP) tries to loosen up & ends up emulating Walter Cronkite

-Big Damn Plastic Bubble- EDM thinks the home protection device is stupid

-Speaking as a Woman- host & other female panelists discuss past loves

-a cardinal (TOR) daydreams about Pope John Paul II (JOP) being a diva

-(EDM) takes a hostage in order to audition in front of Joseph Papp [real]

-women's party conversation mirrors one they had twenty years before

-after losing a patient, doctors drink Lowembrau to loosen up


March 20, 1982-Robert Urich

*Burt Reynolds' ghost comes when host tires of being compared to him

-an in-studio look at a Paul Harvey (JOP) broadcast

-Focus on Film- host mimics Burt Reynolds on Raheem Abdul Muhammed's (EDM) show

-Ronald Reagan hires Dr. Strangelove (TIK) against Ed Meese's (TOR) wishes

-Golden Age School of Obedience shuts up complaining elderly parents

-(TOR) discovers his wife (ROD) was artificially fertilized with a koala embryo

-Headline Challenge- panelists fail to identify Jose Espinoza (TIK)

-Low Class Italian Theater- ethnic cliches include a Rocky-inspired Hamlet


March 27, 1982-Blythe Danner

*Alpo pitchman Lorne Greene (JOP) has the meat dogs really prefer

-(ROD) & (TIK) rush dinner after discovering their chastity was unintentional

-20/20- Geraldo Rivera (JOP) hassles baby delivery during hospital report

-reclusive poet (MAG) finds her kindred spirit in burglar Tyrone Green (EDM)

-some of the less appealing aspects of the '50s have resurfaced in the '80s

-Gumby (EDM) tells Tom Snyder (JOP) on his kiddie-show of toon scandal

-Meet The People- panelists' rude questions offend Princess Di (CHE)


April 10, 1982-Daniel J. Travanti

*EDM asks the home audience to call in to decide Larry the Lobster's fate

-Doug (JOP) & Wendy (ROD) Whiner go out to eat on their anniversary

-(TOR) tells Ethel Merman impersonator (CHE) that her skill isn't special

-Hill Street Blues- Furillo (host) is unable to separate his work and personal lives

-Career Corner- Tooth Fairy (EDM) wishes to change his profession

-Reagan-brand (JOP) economics- "where the D.C. stands for don't care"


April 17, 1982-Johnny Cash

*host sings while his younger self (TIK) has character-forming experiences

-The Honeyrooneys- Andy Rooney (JOP) plays Kramden & makes observations

-a death row inmate's (EDM) last wish is host singing "99,999 Bottles of Beer"

-Ronald Reagan (JOP) suggests Margaret Thatcher (MAG) kiss an Argentinian

-Tegrim shampoo checks if you have dandruff by shaking your head over host

-train commuter (host) speaks poetically about his preferred mode of transport

-Black Talk- (EDM) & (Clint Smith) engage in some of the show's title


April 24, 1982-Robert Culp

*Kelly (host) goes undercover to investigate old I-Spy buddy Scotty (EDM)

-Middle Age of Aquarius- Mary Travers (CHE) introduces updated '60s hits

-out-of-town convention attendees (JOP) & (BDM) hire a "party girl" (ROD)

-in (CHE)'s uterus, a sperm (TIK) tries to pick up an egg (MAG)

-James Brown is Annie- Godfather of Soul (EDM) sings hits from the musical

-business-as-usual for the crew of a submarine stranded on the ocean floor

-Happy's (EDM) Mayonnaise Palace has delicious treats made entirely of mayo


May 15, 1982-Danny DeVito

*footage of wrestling match between Andy Kaufman & Jerry Lawler is teased

-(host) is stuck next to Doug (JOP) & Wendy (ROD) Whiner on an airplane

-(host) has to pass an unannounced stress test to get promoted

-Solomon (EDM) does his dance while Pudge (JOP) plays his new song

-Enzo mouthwash can freshen even Ozzy Osbourne's (TIK) breath

-Table Talk- TOR shows how to intimidate the wine steward

-Looks At Books- (TIK) claims that the Beatles stole ideas from the Nazis


May 22, 1982-Olivia Newton-John

*Paulette Clooney (ROD) meets her idol host by chance in the ladies' restroom

-Frank Sinatra (JOP) & Stevie Wonder (EDM) sing "Ebony & Ivory" variation

-I Married A Monkey- Madge doesn't want to give up her new life as a nun

-Colonel (Graham Chapman) halts sketch about Hitler (TIK) at pearly gates

-after being fired, (EDM) can no longer understand fellow businessmen's banter

-unpopular girls (MAG) & (ROD) try to impress bad girls (host) & (CHE)

-Sports Organ Classics- bring ballpark excitement home with this songbook

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