George Carlin mentions that the network still hasn’t received a call from the Archbishop, and jokes “see you in another nine years!” Gary Kroeger holds up a sign that says “Hi Annie!”, Paul Rutherford and another member of Frankie Goes To Hollywood hoist their keyboard player up, and Holly Johnson leans into frame and waves his scarf.

Margaret Oberman has an "additional sketches" credit tonight.

Final thoughts: Another very good outing, though a step down from the consistently strong McKean show. While George Carlin was a good host, it felt like it could have been a better show with him around. Other than that, this had some very nice work from Gary Kroeger tonight, who delivers two of his best pieces (“Mondale Impression” and “Spot Bleeding”) and actually appears in the most sketches this evening thanks to his participation in some of the pre-tapes. The more well-known writer/performers deliver a lot of their greatest hits tonight, but Kroeger manages to stand out, and this was a night where the team of Kevin Kelton, Andrew Kurtzman and Eliot Wald demonstrated they were the backbone of the show’s writing staff.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

Mondale Impression

Profiles in Sports

Monologue

Do You Know What I Hate? (II)

Ted’s Book of World Records

Not A Cop

Alan Thicke’s In Thickeness and In Health

Strategic Airborne Contraceptive

SHOW LOWLIGHTS:

The Ghostbuster Show

MVP:

(tie) George Carlin/Gary Kroeger

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN

cast

Jim Belushi : 2 appearances [Profiles in Sports, The Ghostbusters Show]

: 2 appearances [Profiles in Sports, The Ghostbusters Show] Billy Crystal : 4 appearances [Do You Know What I Hate (II), The Joe Franklin Show, Saturday Night News, Not A Cop]

: 4 appearances [Do You Know What I Hate (II), The Joe Franklin Show, Saturday Night News, Not A Cop] Mary Gross : 2 appearances [Profiles in Sports, The Ghostbusters Show]

: 2 appearances [Profiles in Sports, The Ghostbusters Show] Christopher Guest : 3 appearances [Do You Know What I Hate (II), The Joe Franklin Show, Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe]

: 3 appearances [Do You Know What I Hate (II), The Joe Franklin Show, Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe] Rich Hall : 1 appearance [Rich Hall’s Election Report]

: 1 appearance [Rich Hall’s Election Report] Gary Kroeger : 5 appearances [Mondale Impression, Strategic Airborne Contraceptive, Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe, Saturday Night News, International Star Health]

: 5 appearances [Mondale Impression, Strategic Airborne Contraceptive, Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe, Saturday Night News, International Star Health] Julia Louis-Dreyfus : 3 appearances [Strategic Airborne Contraceptive, The Ghostbusters Show, International Star Health]

: 3 appearances [Strategic Airborne Contraceptive, The Ghostbusters Show, International Star Health] Harry Shearer : 2 appearances [Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe, In Thickeness and in Health]; 2 voice-overs [The Ghostbusters Show, Ted’s Book of World Records]

: 2 appearances [Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe, In Thickeness and in Health]; 2 voice-overs [The Ghostbusters Show, Ted’s Book of World Records] Martin Short : 2 appearances [The Joe Franklin Show, In Thickeness and In Health]

: 2 appearances [The Joe Franklin Show, In Thickeness and In Health] Pamela Stephenson: 2 appearances [Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe, Saturday Night News]; 2 voice-overs [In Thickeness and In Health, International Star Health]

crew & extras:

Jackson Beck : 1 voice-over [Strategic Airborne Contraceptive]

: 1 voice-over [Strategic Airborne Contraceptive] Bob Christianson : 2 appearances [Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe, In Thickeness and In Health]

: 2 appearances [Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe, In Thickeness and In Health] Nate Herman : 1 appearance [Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe]

: 1 appearance [Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe] Rob Riley : 1 appearance [Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe]

: 1 appearance [Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe] Bob Van Ry: 1 appearance [In Thickeness and In Health]

guests:

George Carlin : 6 appearances [Monologue, The Joe Franklin Show, Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe, Saturday Night News, Ted’s Book of World Records, Not a Cop]

: 6 appearances [Monologue, The Joe Franklin Show, Ye Olde Comedy Shoppe, Saturday Night News, Ted’s Book of World Records, Not a Cop] Frankie Goes To Hollywood: 2 appearances [“Two Tribes”, “Born to Run”]

REBROADCAST HISTORY:

March 16, 1985

August 17, 1985

Known alterations:

In Thickeness and In Health, International Star Health and “Born to Run” removed

Mister Robinson’s Neighborhood (11/12/83) and 60 Minutes (11/17/84) added

Additional screen captures from this episode are available here.