Marv Throneberry still doesn't know why he's there. Mel Brandt announces that next week's show will feature James Coburn, Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

Another bad show. The producers wisely kept Madden out of sketches for the most part, but the sketches they came up with continued to be underwhelming. Madden himself actually provided one of the funnier moments in the show with his anecdote, oddly enough, and didn't weight down the show as badly as Robert Conrad did. Even usually reliable cast members like Tim Kazurinsky, Robin Duke and Joe Piscopo had an off night tonight. The writing continued to be uninspired and for the most part this episode was completely forgettable. The main thing this episode had to recommend for it were the two performances by Jennifer Holliday, which stood out from the rest of the show.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

Madden Story

Old Friends

The Uncle Tom Show

EPISODE LOWLIGHTS:

Mafia Name Giver

The Lou Grant Show

The Johnny Carson School Of Acting

From Super Bowl to Saturday Night Live

SNL Newsbreak

Poetry Corner

MVP:

Jennifer Holliday (I really couldn't give it to anyone in the cast for this episode)

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN:

cast

Robin Duke : 3 appearances [Betty Beer, Next Week, Mafia Name Giver]

: 3 appearances [Betty Beer, Next Week, Mafia Name Giver] Christine Ebersole : 3 appearances [The Johnny Carson School of Acting, Betty Beer, The Lou Grant Show]

: 3 appearances [The Johnny Carson School of Acting, Betty Beer, The Lou Grant Show] Mary Gross : 4 appearances [Betty Beer, The Lou Grant Show, SNL Newsbreak, Mafia Name Giver]

: 4 appearances [Betty Beer, The Lou Grant Show, SNL Newsbreak, Mafia Name Giver] Tim Kazurinsky : 2 appearances [Loser's Locker Room, Mafia Name Giver]

: 2 appearances [Loser's Locker Room, Mafia Name Giver] Eddie Murphy : 4 appearances [Loser's Locker Room, The Uncle Tom Show, Mafia Name Giver, Old Friends]

: 4 appearances [Loser's Locker Room, The Uncle Tom Show, Mafia Name Giver, Old Friends] Joe Piscopo : 5 appearances [Loser's Locker Room, The Johnny Carson School of Acting, Jogger Motel (voiceover only), Betty Beer (voiceover only), The Lou Grant Show, The Uncle Tom Show, Old Friends], 2 voiceovers [Jogger Motel, Betty Beer]

: 5 appearances [Loser's Locker Room, The Johnny Carson School of Acting, Jogger Motel (voiceover only), Betty Beer (voiceover only), The Lou Grant Show, The Uncle Tom Show, Old Friends], 2 voiceovers [Jogger Motel, Betty Beer] Tony Rosato: 5 appearances [Bengals Locker Room, The Lou Grant Show, SNL Newsbreak, The Uncle Tom Show, Mafia Name Giver]

featured players:

Brian Doyle-Murray: 4 appearances [Loser's Locker Room, The Lou Grant Show, SNL Newsbreak, Mafia Name Giver]

crew and extras:

Yvonne Hudson : 1 appearance [Betty Beer]

: 1 appearance [Betty Beer] Neil Jason : 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman]

: 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman] Tom Malone : 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman]

: 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman] Lou Marini : 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman]

: 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman] Chris Palmaro : 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman]

: 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman] Alan P. Rubin : 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman]

: 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman] David Spinozza : 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman]

: 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman] Liz Welch : 1 appearance [Betty Beer]

: 1 appearance [Betty Beer] Buddy Williams: 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman]

guests:

John Madden : 5 appearances [Loser's Locker Room, Betty Beer, Poetry Corner, Madden Story, From Super Bowl to Saturday Night Live]

: 5 appearances [Loser's Locker Room, Betty Beer, Poetry Corner, Madden Story, From Super Bowl to Saturday Night Live] Jennifer Holliday : 2 appearances ["And I Am Telling You That I'm Not Going", "One Night Only"]

: 2 appearances ["And I Am Telling You That I'm Not Going", "One Night Only"] Andy Kaufman : 1 appearance [Guest Appearance]

: 1 appearance [Guest Appearance] Brent Musberger : 1 appearance [From Super Bowl to Saturday Night Live]

: 1 appearance [From Super Bowl to Saturday Night Live] Marv Throneberry : 2 appearances [Betty Beer, Next Week]

: 2 appearances [Betty Beer, Next Week] Bob Zmuda: 1 appearance [Andy Kaufman]

REBROADCAST HISTORY:

April 3, 1982

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