Holding a bouquet of roses, Pamela Sue Martin says “Great week, great cast, thank you, goodnight!” Julia Louis-Dreyfus seems a little bummed until she calls two blonde girls to the stage (one is her younger sister Lauren Bowles). Clarke Gordon leaves the stage early.

Don Pardo announces an interview with Bruce Springsteen on next week’s Friday Night Videos and a repeat of the Eddie Murphy show from last December.

Final Thoughts:

A very odd show: the first half of the show was good to great (aside from the Fernando pretape, which felt out of place), and while Pamela Sue Martin wasn’t anything special as a host, she did alright in the monologue and the White Guy and His Wife rap; then the quality dips quite a bit for the second half. There was so much else about this show that felt odd: the lack of a cold opening, the stand-up showcase for a castmember (as funny as it was), the really short news segment, the pretapes to fill time at the end of the show, the disappearance of Martin for about an hour, and even the musical guest’s use of taped instrumental tracks (though the last one seemed more of an artistic/practical choice on their part). I have to wonder if there were some other issues like sketches dying in dress rehearsal that meant the show was short on material by the end of the night.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

Plexiglass Stand-up

The Joe Franklin Show

Called Shot

SHOW LOWLIGHTS:

Tom, Dick & Horny

Dynasty’s Greatest Fights

Night of 100 Stars

MVP:

Jim Belushi

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN:

cast

Jim Belushi : 4 appearances [Monologue, That White Guy & His Wife, Called Shot, First Draft Theatre]

: 4 appearances [Monologue, That White Guy & His Wife, Called Shot, First Draft Theatre] Billy Crystal : 4 appearances [The Joe Franklin Show, Night of 100 Stars, Do You Know What I Hate (V), First Draft Theatre]

: 4 appearances [The Joe Franklin Show, Night of 100 Stars, Do You Know What I Hate (V), First Draft Theatre] Mary Gross : 1 appearance [Called Shot]

: 1 appearance [Called Shot] Christopher Guest : 3 appearances [The Joe Franklin Show, Do You Know What I Hate (V), Saturday Night News]; 2 voice-overs [First Draft Theatre, Tom Dick & Horny]

: 3 appearances [The Joe Franklin Show, Do You Know What I Hate (V), Saturday Night News]; 2 voice-overs [First Draft Theatre, Tom Dick & Horny] Rich Hall : 3 appearances [Night of 100 Stars, Plexiglass Stand-up, Called Shot]

: 3 appearances [Night of 100 Stars, Plexiglass Stand-up, Called Shot] Gary Kroeger : 4 appearances [The Joe Franklin Show, Called Shot, Saturday Night News, First Draft Theatre]

: 4 appearances [The Joe Franklin Show, Called Shot, Saturday Night News, First Draft Theatre] Julia Louis-Dreyfus : 1 appearance [Called Shot]

: 1 appearance [Called Shot] Martin Short : 2 appearances [The Joe Franklin Show, Called Shot]

: 2 appearances [The Joe Franklin Show, Called Shot] Pamela Stephenson: 2 appearances [Called Shot, Dynasty’s Greatest Fights]

crew and extras

Barbara Armstrong : 1 appearance [Called Shot]

: 1 appearance [Called Shot] Annette Bianco : 1 appearance [Called Shot]

: 1 appearance [Called Shot] Paul Buboltz : 1 appearance [Called Shot]

: 1 appearance [Called Shot] Joe Dicso : 1 appearance [Called Shot]

: 1 appearance [Called Shot] Dick Ebersol : 1 appearance [Called Shot]

: 1 appearance [Called Shot] Rob Riley : 1 appearance [Called Shot]

: 1 appearance [Called Shot] Bob Tischler : 1 appearance [Called Shot]

: 1 appearance [Called Shot] Dave Wilson: 1 voice-over [Dynasty’s Greatest Fights]

guests

Pamela Sue Martin : 4 appearances [Monologue, The Joe Franklin Show, That White Guy & His Wife, Dynasty’s Greatest Fights]

: 4 appearances [Monologue, The Joe Franklin Show, That White Guy & His Wife, Dynasty’s Greatest Fights] The Power Station : 2 appearances [“Some Like It Hot”, “Get It On”]

: 2 appearances [“Some Like It Hot”, “Get It On”] Clarke Gordon : 1 appearance [Called Shot]

: 1 appearance [Called Shot] Ann-Margret : 1 appearance [Night of 100 Stars]

: 1 appearance [Night of 100 Stars] Morgan Fairchild : 1 appearance [Night of 100 Stars]

: 1 appearance [Night of 100 Stars] Teri Garr : 1 appearance [Night of 100 Stars]

: 1 appearance [Night of 100 Stars] Susan Lucci : 1 appearance [Night of 100 Stars]

: 1 appearance [Night of 100 Stars] Lynn Swann: 1 appearance [Night of 100 Stars]

REBROADCAST HISTORY:

June 1, 1985

Known alterations:

First Draft Theatre, Tom Dick & Horny and Shootout at the Zepplin Chorale removed

Ballplayers and Massacre on 34th Street added

Additional screen captures from this episode are available here.