Stevie Wonder talks about how the show helps us see the absurdities in life, before jokingly admonishing Eddie Murphy not to do him on TV anymore.

Piscopo appears quite sweaty; I guess the hunchback prosthetics took a lot of work to remove.

Don Pardo announces Greg Dean appeared with Michael Davis, Ed Koch and Dexy's Midnight Runners will appear next week, before signing off with "How'm I doin'?"

FINAL THOUGHTS:

Another fun show, with Stevie Wonder demonstrating a willingness to poke fun at himself. Combined with the musical performance at the beginning, this show starts off especially strong. It's not a perfect night, with a few overlong sketches, but, as with a number of the shows from this part of the season, the fun atmosphere helps things along. What's great, though, is really great, and the music is also a highlight.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

Kannon AE-1

Stevie Experience

Michael Davis

SHOW LOWLIGHTS:

parts of Hitler: The Secret Diaries

V.D.

MVP:

Stevie Wonder

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN

cast

Robin Duke : 3 appearances [Hitler: The Secret Diaries, Dion's, Cotton Land]

: 3 appearances [Hitler: The Secret Diaries, Dion's, Cotton Land] Mary Gross : 2 appearances [The Story of Stevie, Cotton Land]

: 2 appearances [The Story of Stevie, Cotton Land] Brad Hall : 6 appearances [Hitler: The Secret Diaries (2 roles), The Story of Stevie, Saturday Night News, DJs, Cotton Land, Busboy]

: 6 appearances [Hitler: The Secret Diaries (2 roles), The Story of Stevie, Saturday Night News, DJs, Cotton Land, Busboy] Tim Kazurinsky : 4 appearances [Hitler: The Secret Diaries, Saturday Night News, Cotton Land, Busboy]

: 4 appearances [Hitler: The Secret Diaries, Saturday Night News, Cotton Land, Busboy] Gary Kroeger : 3 appearances [Hitler: The Secret Diaries, Dion's, Busboy]

: 3 appearances [Hitler: The Secret Diaries, Dion's, Busboy] Julia Louis-Dreyfus : 3 appearances [Hitler: The Secret Diaries, Saturday Night News, Busboy]

: 3 appearances [Hitler: The Secret Diaries, Saturday Night News, Busboy] Eddie Murphy : 4 appearances [Stevie Experience, The Story of Stevie (2 roles), Dion's, Cotton Land]

: 4 appearances [Stevie Experience, The Story of Stevie (2 roles), Dion's, Cotton Land] Joe Piscopo: 5 appearances [Kannon AE-1, Stevie Experience, The Story of Stevie, Dion's, Busboy]; 2 voice-overs [V.D., Kannon AE-1]

crew and extras

Hiram Bullock : 1 appearance [Cotton Land]

: 1 appearance [Cotton Land] Ronnie Cuber : 1 appearance ["Fingertips"]

: 1 appearance ["Fingertips"] Lawrence Feldman : 1 appearance ["Fingertips"]

: 1 appearance ["Fingertips"] Tom "Bones" Malone : 1 appearance ["Fingertips"]

: 1 appearance ["Fingertips"] Lou Marini : 1 appearance ["Fingertips"]

: 1 appearance ["Fingertips"] Andy Murphy : 1 appearance [Hitler: The Secret Diaries]

: 1 appearance [Hitler: The Secret Diaries] Alan P. Rubin: 1 appearance ["Fingertips"]

guests

Stevie Wonder : 10 appearances ["Fingertips", Kannon AE-1, Stevie Experience, "Overjoyed", The Story of Stevie, Dion's, Saturday Night News, DJs, Cotton Land, "Go Home"]

: 10 appearances ["Fingertips", Kannon AE-1, Stevie Experience, "Overjoyed", The Story of Stevie, Dion's, Saturday Night News, DJs, Cotton Land, "Go Home"] Michael Davis : 2 appearances [The Story of Stevie, Guest Performance]

: 2 appearances [The Story of Stevie, Guest Performance] Greg Dean: 1 appearance [Guest Performance]

REBROADCAST HISTORY:

October 1, 1983

May 19, 1984

Known alterations

V.D. is removed.

Sketches included in the 03/24/84 Best Of special:

Stevie Experience

Additional screen captures from this episode are available here.