Kennedy mentions if he could adopt seven more kids, he'd adopt the whole cast.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

A definite improvement over the previous week's show and one of the better shows of the season. Two of Eddie Murphy's most famous sketches are in this episode, but I found the real highlights to be some of the long-overlooked sketches like Tuna Melts & Typing and La Cage Aux Folles '81. As usual with this season, some of the material did feel filler-ish or just fell flat, but overall it had a stronger hit-to-miss ratio and was a fairly solid show by this season's standards.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

Tuna Melts & Typing

Spray-On Laetril

Mister Robinson's Neighborhood

An Editorial Reply

Harry Anderson

La Cage Aux Folles '81

EPISODE LOWLIGHTS

Up And At 'Em

A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney

Mr. Bill In L.A.

Rubik's Teeth

some jokes in SNL Newsbreak

MVP

Tim Kazurinsky

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN

cast

Robin Duke : 2 appearances [Velvet Jones School of Technology, Jake The Hired Hand]

: 2 appearances [Velvet Jones School of Technology, Jake The Hired Hand] Christine Ebersole : 4 appearances [Control Room '81, A Few Moments with Andy Rooney, Spray-On Laetril, Tuna Melts & Typing]

: 4 appearances [Control Room '81, A Few Moments with Andy Rooney, Spray-On Laetril, Tuna Melts & Typing] Mary Gross : 3 appearances [Spray-On Laetril, SNL Newsbreak, An Editorial Reply]

: 3 appearances [Spray-On Laetril, SNL Newsbreak, An Editorial Reply] Tim Kazurinsky : 3 appearances [Mister Robinson's Neighborhood, Spray-On Laetril, La Cage Aux Folles '81]

: 3 appearances [Mister Robinson's Neighborhood, Spray-On Laetril, La Cage Aux Folles '81] Eddie Murphy : 4 appearances [Mister Robinson's Neighborhood, Velvet Jones School of Technology, Spray-On Laetril, SNL Newsbreak]

: 4 appearances [Mister Robinson's Neighborhood, Velvet Jones School of Technology, Spray-On Laetril, SNL Newsbreak] Joe Piscopo : 3 appearances [A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney, Spray-On Laetril, Rubik's Teeth]; 1 voice-over [Control Room '81]

: 3 appearances [A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney, Spray-On Laetril, Rubik's Teeth]; 1 voice-over [Control Room '81] Tony Rosato: 3 appearances [53 At Studio 54, Spray-On Laetril, Jake The Hired Hand]

featured players

Brian Doyle-Murray: 1 appearance [SNL Newsbreak]

crew and extras

Pete Fatovich : 1 appearance [Control Room '81]

: 1 appearance [Control Room '81] Phil Hymes : 1 appearance [Control Room '81]

: 1 appearance [Control Room '81] Heino Ripp : 1 appearance [Control Room '81]

: 1 appearance [Control Room '81] Fred Stoller : 1 Appearance [53 At Studio 54]

: 1 Appearance [53 At Studio 54] Dave Wilson: 1 voice-over[Control Room '81]

guests

George Kennedy : 5 appearances [Control Room '81, 53 At Studio 54, La Cage Aux Folles '81, Jake The Hired Hand, Tuna Melts & Typing]

: 5 appearances [Control Room '81, 53 At Studio 54, La Cage Aux Folles '81, Jake The Hired Hand, Tuna Melts & Typing] Miles Davis : 1 appearance ["Jean Pierre"]

: 1 appearance ["Jean Pierre"] Harry Anderson : 1 appearance [Guest performance]

: 1 appearance [Guest performance] John Candy : 1 appearance [SNL Newsbreak]

Ron Howard : 1 appearance [Control Room '81]

: 1 appearance [Control Room '81] Regis Philbin: 1 appearance [Control Room '81]

REBROADCAST HISTORY:

November 28, 1981

June 12, 1982

Known alterations:

Exxico opening bumper was removed from the cold opening.

Additional screen captures from this episode can be seen here.