Roy Scheider says “all these people are terrific!”. Martin Short is late to appear on stage and grins to the audience when he finally arrives partway through the closing credits (which no longer include Harry Shearer as a writer).

Ron Richards and Rosie Shuster are credited with additional sketches this week.

Final Thoughts:

This may not have looked like the most exciting show on paper, but aside from a weak start with the cold opening, tonight’s show had a lot of good or better material. Crystal, Guest and Short have prominent sketches tonight, but for most of the evening they take a backseat to the rest of the cast, including Mary Gross, Gary Kroeger and the returning Jim Belushi; even Pamela Stephenson has a better week than usual. As a host, Roy Scheider wasn’t the most memorable, but he was relaxed and he got the job done; Billy Ocean was underwhelming as a musical guest, but Steven Wright’s stand-up set made up for it.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

Scalper

Guest Performance

Good Cop, Bad Cop

The Flaming Parrot

SHOW LOWLIGHTS:

Inauguration

MVP:

(tie) Jim Belushi/Gary Kroeger

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN

cast

Jim Belushi : 3 appearances [Scalper, Saturday Night News, Good Cop, Bad Cop]

: 3 appearances [Scalper, Saturday Night News, Good Cop, Bad Cop] Billy Crystal : 2 appearances [Super Sunday, The Flaming Parrot]

: 2 appearances [Super Sunday, The Flaming Parrot] Mary Gross : 4 appearances [Scalper, In Praise of Women, Saturday Night News, Mental Hospital]

: 4 appearances [Scalper, In Praise of Women, Saturday Night News, Mental Hospital] Christopher Guest : 2 appearances [Super Sunday, Saturday Night News]

: 2 appearances [Super Sunday, Saturday Night News] Rich Hall : 3 appearances [Scalper, Saturday Night News, Good Cop, Bad Cop]

: 3 appearances [Scalper, Saturday Night News, Good Cop, Bad Cop] Gary Kroeger : 3 appearances [Scalper, In Praise of Women, Mental Hospital]

: 3 appearances [Scalper, In Praise of Women, Mental Hospital] Julia Louis-Dreyfus : 2 appearances [In Praise of Women, Mental Hospital]

: 2 appearances [In Praise of Women, Mental Hospital] Martin Short : 1 appearance [Good Cop, Bad Cop]

: 1 appearance [Good Cop, Bad Cop] Pamela Stephenson: 3 appearances [In Praise of Women, Saturday Night News, Mental Hospital]; 1 voice-over [Inauguration]

crew and extras

Edd Hall : 2 appearances [Scalper, The Flaming Parrot]

: 2 appearances [Scalper, The Flaming Parrot] Kevin Kelton : 1 appearance [Mental Hospital]

: 1 appearance [Mental Hospital] Rob Riley: 1 appearance [Scalper]

guests

Roy Scheider : 4 appearances [Monologue, Scalper, The Flaming Parrot, Good Cop, Bad Cop]

: 4 appearances [Monologue, Scalper, The Flaming Parrot, Good Cop, Bad Cop] Billy Ocean : 2 appearances [“Caribbean Queen”, “Loverboy”]

: 2 appearances [“Caribbean Queen”, “Loverboy”] Steven Wright: 1 appearance [Guest Performance]

REBROADCAST HISTORY:

July 6, 1985

Known alterations:

Minor edits to Scalper and Roy Scheider’s intro to “Caribbean Queen”

Additional screen captures from this episode are available here.