﻿ Sam Kinison can be heard prompting Harry Dean Stanton (“There you are”) at the beginning; Kinson is arm and arm with Stanton and Danitra Vance, and several in the cast join in in a Kinison-scream and give Stanton big hugs (Randy Quaid gives him a peck on the cheek). Bob Stinson crosses over in front of everyone to join the rest of the Replacements, who all run off early. Don Pardo announces the next show with Dudley Moore and Al Green and wishes the viewers at home a happy Martin Luther King Day.

Susy Schneider is no longer credited as a writer.

Someone forgot to update the year on the copyright notice at the end of the credit crawl (fourth screencap above).

Final thoughts:

A mixed bag, with the bigger sketches falling far short of their ambition, but the night was sprinkled with enough smaller pieces that worked to prevent this show from being a total washout. As a host, Harry Dean Stanton was stiff and occasionally didn’t seem to be occupying the same reality as everyone else, but his monologue was fun, and the cast and Kinison seemed especially warm towards him. As well, while Randy Quaid continues to be the show’s heavy lifter, Jon Lovitz is starting to emerge as a solid utility player. The Replacements’ performances pretty much overshadow pretty much everything in the show, though.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

Big Ball of Sports

Jack’s Discount Emporium

Death of a Gunfighter

SHOW LOWLIGHTS

Hospital

Cleveland Vice

That Black Girl

MVP:

Randy Quaid

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN:

cast

Joan Cusack : 6 appearances [Press Conference, Cleveland Vice, Death of a Gunfighter, Hospital, That Black Girl, No Offense]

Robert Downey Jr. : 5 appearances [Gulf Coast Furniture Warehouse, Cleveland Vice, Death of a Gunfighter, No Offense, Jack’s Discount Emporium]

Nora Dunn : 5 appearances [Press Conference, Cleveland Vice, Death of a Gunfighter, Hospital, That Black Girl]

Anthony Michael Hall : absent

Jon Lovitz : 7 appearances [Press Conference, Cleveland Vice, Death of a Gunfighter, Hospital, That Black Girl, Big Ball of Sports, Jack’s Discount Emporium]

Dennis Miller : 3 appearances [Press Conference, Weekend Update, Jack’s Discount Emporium]

Randy Quaid : 5 appearances [Press Conference, Gulf Coast Furniture Warehouse, Cleveland Vice, Death of a Gunfighter, Jack’s Discount Emporium]

Terry Sweeney : 4 appearances [Cleveland Vice, Death of a Gunfighter, That Black Girl, Jack’s Discount Emporium]

Danitra Vance: 4 appearances [Cleveland Vice, Hospital, That Black Girl, No Offense]

featured players

Damon Wayans: 3 appearances [Death of a Gunfighter, That Black Girl, No Offense]

unbilled crew, extras and bit players

A. Whitney Brown : 3 appearances [Press Conference, Death of a Gunfighter, No Offense]

Rhonda Coullet : 3 appearances [Cleveland Vice, Death of a Gunfighter, No Offense]

Tom Davis : 1 appearance [Press Conference]

Jim Downey : 2 appearances [Press Conference, Jack’s Discount Emporium]

Al Franken : 1 voice-over [Big Ball of Sports]

Cheryl Hardwick : 1 appearance [Death of a Gunfighter]

Allan Havey : 3 appearances [Press Conference, Death of a Gunfighter, No Offense]

Carol Leifer : 2 appearances [Press Conference, Cleveland Vice]

Evie Murray : 2 appearances [Press Conference, No Offense]

Nils Nichols : 2 appearances [Death of a Gunfighter, No Offense]

Vic Noto : 1 appearance [Big Ball of Sports]

Don Pardo : 2 voice-overs [Big Ball of Sports, Jack’s Discount Emporium]

Robert Smigel : 1 appearance [Press Conference]

The SNL Band : 1 appearance [Monologue]

John Swartzwelder: 2 appearances [Press Conference, Death of a Gunfighter]

guests

Harry Dean Stanton : 5 appearances [Monologue, Cleveland Vice, Death of a Gunfighter, That Black Girl, No Offense]

The Replacements : 2 appearances [“Bastards of Young”, “Kiss Me On The Bus”]

Sam Kinison: 1 appearance [Guest Performance]

REBROADCAST HISTORY

Not rebroadcast on NBC.

Additional screen captures from this episode are available here.