Lily Tomlin thanks the cast for treating her like a wholesome person, and shouts out to Lillian Gish. Joe Piscopo plugs the Bye Bye Billy contest again before asking "Who's Lillian Gish?" in jest. Eddie Murphy wears black leather.

Tomlin's partner Jane Wagner is credited with the staff writers. Louis St. Louis is credited as a musical consultant.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

Tomlin definitely gave the show a boost, but with her trunk of established characters, the end result felt more like a Lily Tomlin special done from Studio 8H than a regular episode of SNL; it was definitely "The Lily Tomlin Show" more than the last live show was "The Eddie Murphy Show". Gary Kroeger confirmed by e-mail that this was often the case when a big comedian hosted: "There was a tendency in those days to bring the show to the host, rather than have the host become part of the show." Aside from Saturday Night News, the non-Tomlin bits were forgettable, but nothing was truly bad, and even those were lifted by the other sketches' energy. Despite Tomlin carrying most of the show, there was a nice surprise in one of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' performances, and Brad Hall has comparatively strong news segment.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

Edith Ann and Friends

Monologue

Ernestine's House Call

SHOW LOWLIGHTS

Coffees Of The World

Speaking As A Woman

Tess In The Balcony

MVP

Lily Tomlin

CAST AND GUEST BREAKDOWN

cast

Robin Duke : 3 appearances [Tess In The Balcony, Fantasy, Coffees Of The World]

: 3 appearances [Tess In The Balcony, Fantasy, Coffees Of The World] Mary Gross : 5 appearances [Lily and Eddie, Ernestine's House Call, Fantasy, The Irish Radio Hour, Coffees Of The World]

: 5 appearances [Lily and Eddie, Ernestine's House Call, Fantasy, The Irish Radio Hour, Coffees Of The World] Brad Hall : 3 appearances [Saturday Night News, Fantasy, The Irish Radio Hour]

: 3 appearances [Saturday Night News, Fantasy, The Irish Radio Hour] Tim Kazurinsky : 6 appearances [Lily and Eddie, Ernestine's House Call, Speaking As A Woman, Saturday Night News, Fantasy, The Irish Radio Hour]

: 6 appearances [Lily and Eddie, Ernestine's House Call, Speaking As A Woman, Saturday Night News, Fantasy, The Irish Radio Hour] Gary Kroeger : 4 appearances [Lily and Eddie, Speaking As A Woman, Fantasy, The Irish Radio Hour]

: 4 appearances [Lily and Eddie, Speaking As A Woman, Fantasy, The Irish Radio Hour] Julia Louis-Dreyfus : 3 appearances [Edith Ann and Friends, The Irish Radio Hour, Coffees Of The World]; 1 voice-over [Ernestine's House Call]

: 3 appearances [Edith Ann and Friends, The Irish Radio Hour, Coffees Of The World]; 1 voice-over [Ernestine's House Call] Eddie Murphy : 3 appearances [Lily and Eddie, Pudge & Solomon, Fantasy]

: 3 appearances [Lily and Eddie, Pudge & Solomon, Fantasy] Joe Piscopo: 4 appearances [Speaking As A Woman, Pudge & Solomon, Saturday Night News, Fantasy]; 1 voice-over [Coffees Of The World]

crew and extras

Don Pardo : 1 voice-over [Saturday Night News]

: 1 voice-over [Saturday Night News] Clint Smith: 1 appearance [Lily and Eddie]

guests

Lily Tomlin : 10 appearances [Lily and Eddie, Monologue, Judith Goes Shopping, Ernestine's House Call, Natural Resources, Edith Ann and Friends, Pudge & Solomon, Tess In The Balcony, "We Care", Fantasy]

: 10 appearances [Lily and Eddie, Monologue, Judith Goes Shopping, Ernestine's House Call, Natural Resources, Edith Ann and Friends, Pudge & Solomon, Tess In The Balcony, "We Care", Fantasy] Andy Kaufman : 1 appearance [Saturday Night News]

: 1 appearance [Saturday Night News] Barry Mitchell : 1 appearance [Fantasy]

: 1 appearance [Fantasy] Rick Moranis : 1 appearance [Next Week]

: 1 appearance [Next Week] Dave Thomas: 1 appearance [Next Week]

REBROADCAST HISTORY:

April 30, 1983

September 17, 1983

June 23, 1984

Known alterations:

Next Week and The Web removed

Jogger Motel added.

Additional screen captures from this episode are available here.