Tim Curry asks Frank Nelson if he has a good time. Frank responds with his trademark "YEEEEESSSS!".

During the pullout you can see Eddie Murphy wearing sticks of dynamite and standing completely stonefaced; he is actually dressed as his character in "At Home With The Psychos".

I've also noticed around this time, Robin Duke's hair was really starting to get a little wild, frizzy and out of control. It wouldn't tame down until about March or April, once they were past the weakest portion of the season. Kind of an odd coincidence to mention but there you go.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

One of the season's best shows, hands down, with a few classic segments and what wasn't classic was generally pretty strong as well. This also seems to be the point where they realized that perhaps they didn't really need Michael O'Donoghue, because I can't really see too much of his influence in this episode. It also helps that they had a great host like Curry this week to carry a lot of the load, though.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

"The Zucchini Song"

Mick!

Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop

Monologue

Poppa, I Love You

Texxon

EPISODE LOWLIGHTS: -The Trouble With Fred

MVP:

Tim Curry

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN:

cast

Robin Duke : 3 appearances [2 roles in Mick!, Father and Son]

: 3 appearances [2 roles in Mick!, Father and Son] Christine Ebersole : 4 appearances [Mick!, Next Week, SNL Newsbreak, Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop]

: 4 appearances [Mick!, Next Week, SNL Newsbreak, Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop] Mary Gross : 4 appearances [Mick!, SNL Newsbreak, Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop, A CBS Special Report]

: 4 appearances [Mick!, SNL Newsbreak, Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop, A CBS Special Report] Tim Kazurinsky : 4 appearances [Father and Son, The Zucchini Song (voiceover only), Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop, A CBS Special Report]

: 4 appearances [Father and Son, The Zucchini Song (voiceover only), Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop, A CBS Special Report] Eddie Murphy : 4 appearances [Monologue, Mick!, Poppa I Love You, SNL Newsbreak]

: 4 appearances [Monologue, Mick!, Poppa I Love You, SNL Newsbreak] Joe Piscopo : 4 appearances [Mick!, SNL Newsbreak, Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Show (voiceover only), A CBS Special Report]

: 4 appearances [Mick!, SNL Newsbreak, Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Show (voiceover only), A CBS Special Report] Tony Rosato: 3 appearances [Mick!, Father and Son, A CBS Special Report]

featured players:

Brian Doyle Murray: 1 appearance [SNL Newsbreak]

guests:

Tim Curry : 5 appearances [Monologue, Mick!, SNL Newsbreak, "The Zucchini Song", Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop]

: 5 appearances [Monologue, Mick!, SNL Newsbreak, "The Zucchini Song", Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop] Meat Loaf : 3 appearances ["Promised Land", Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop, "Bat Out Of Hell"]

: 3 appearances ["Promised Land", Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop, "Bat Out Of Hell"] Frank Nelson : 1 appearance [Mick!]

: 1 appearance [Mick!] Bryant Gumbel: 1 appearance [SNL Newsbreak]

REBROADCAST HISTORY:

March 6, 1982

September 4, 1982

Known alterations:

The Trouble With Fred removed

Next Week removed

In The News (from 01/23/82) added

Additional screen captures from this episode are available here.