Hulk Hogan wishes the audience a goodnight “from all the heavyweights”; he later pretends to beat up Jim Belushi.

Marty Nadler is credited as a guest writer this week; Lou Marini and Mark Egan also fill in for Michael Brecker and Tom Barney in the SNL Band tonight.

Final Thoughts:

Another very odd show, with no Saturday Night News segment and at times feeling like half an episode, half a commercial for Wrestlemania. It’s not terrible, and the show is consistently watchable, but Mr. T and Hulk Hogan feel more like they’re making cameos the whole night than actively integrating into the show. Back then, what was then the World Wrestling Federation took more effort to maintain kayfabe, so that likely put a limitation on how tonight’s hosts were used; in this atmosphere, a moment like Fernando causing them to break would definitely stand out. Other than that, most of the sketches were good to great, and the weakest segments were short, but the whole thing felt like everyone was easing back into the return to work.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

Fernando’s Hideaway

I Am Also The World

Houses of Shame

SHOW LOWLIGHTS:

Trash Talk

Toxic Waste

MVP:

Billy Crystal

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN:

cast

Jim Belushi : 5 appearances [I Am Also The World, Toxic Waste, Camp Crystal Lake, Houses of Shame, Affair]

: 5 appearances [I Am Also The World, Toxic Waste, Camp Crystal Lake, Houses of Shame, Affair] Billy Crystal : 4 appearances [I Am Also The World, Fernando’s Hideaway, Substitute Teacher, The Joe Franklin Show]

: 4 appearances [I Am Also The World, Fernando’s Hideaway, Substitute Teacher, The Joe Franklin Show] Mary Gross : 3 appearances [I Am Also The World, Ohio Savings & Loan, Affair]

: 3 appearances [I Am Also The World, Ohio Savings & Loan, Affair] Christopher Guest : 3 appearances [Camp Crystal Lake, Houses of Shame, The Joe Franklin Show]

: 3 appearances [Camp Crystal Lake, Houses of Shame, The Joe Franklin Show] Rich Hall : 3 appearances [I Am Also The World, Ohio Savings & Loan, Substitute Teacher]

: 3 appearances [I Am Also The World, Ohio Savings & Loan, Substitute Teacher] Gary Kroeger : 4 appearances [I Am Also The World. Camp Crystal Lake, Houses of Shame, Ohio Savings & Loan]

: 4 appearances [I Am Also The World. Camp Crystal Lake, Houses of Shame, Ohio Savings & Loan] Julia Louis-Dreyfus : 2 appearances [I Am Also The World, Affair]

: 2 appearances [I Am Also The World, Affair] Martin Short : 4 appearances [I Am Also The World, Houses of Shame, The Joe Franklin Show, Affair]

: 4 appearances [I Am Also The World, Houses of Shame, The Joe Franklin Show, Affair] Pamela Stephenson: 4 appearances [I Am Also The World, Camp Crystal Lake, Houses of Shame, Ohio Savings & Loan]

guests

Mr. T : 5 appearances [I Am Also The World, Monologue, Fernando's Hideaway, "Nightshift", Trash Talk]

: 5 appearances [I Am Also The World, Monologue, Fernando's Hideaway, "Nightshift", Trash Talk] Hulk Hogan : 5 appearances [I Am Also The World, Monologue, Camp Crystal Lake, Fernando's Hideaway, Trash Talk]

: 5 appearances [I Am Also The World, Monologue, Camp Crystal Lake, Fernando's Hideaway, Trash Talk] The Commodores : 2 appearances ["Nightshift", "Animal Instinct"]

: 2 appearances ["Nightshift", "Animal Instinct"] Steve Landesberg : 1 appearance [Guest Performance]

: 1 appearance [Guest Performance] Liberace : 1 appearance [The Joe Franklin Show]

: 1 appearance [The Joe Franklin Show] Bob Orton : 1 appearance [Trash Talk]

: 1 appearance [Trash Talk] Rowdy Roddy Piper: 1 appearance [Trash Talk]

REBROADCAST HISTORY:

September 21, 1985

Known alterations:

Ronald Reagan Jeans removed

Additional screen captures from this episode can be seen here.