Mary Gross and Tim Kazurinsky are holding a "Get Well Brian" sign; Eddie Murphy is standing off to the side. Chimpanzee trainer Dave Sabo runs on stage with the monkeys a little later into the goodnights.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

A very uneven show, with one of the best sketches of the season ("Buckwheat Dead") and some very weak material ("Heil Hits", "Motown Upon The Swanee River"). Robert Guillaume ultimately didn't contribute very much to tonight's show, and notably struggled in his biggest stretch of the night. The Eddie Murphy / Joe Piscopo show continues, with poor Robin Duke and Gary Kroeger were especially underutilized this week. Duran Duran also underwhelmed, and despite the presence of the teenage girls in the audience, there was an "off" vibe much of the night, even when some of the sketches were above average.

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

Buckwheat Dead

Oil Is Us

The Mrs. T Birthday Special

Pudge & Solomon

SHOW LOWLIGHTS:

Heil Hits

Motown Upon The Swanee River

I Married A Monkey

MVP:

Eddie Murphy

CAST & GUEST BREAKDOWN

cast

Robin Duke : 1 appearance [The Mrs. T Birthday Special]

: 1 appearance [The Mrs. T Birthday Special] Mary Gross : 2 appearances [Motown Upon The Swanee River, The Mrs. T Birthday Special]

: 2 appearances [Motown Upon The Swanee River, The Mrs. T Birthday Special] Brad Hall : 3 appearances [I Married A Monkey, Saturday Night News, Wrong Number]

: 3 appearances [I Married A Monkey, Saturday Night News, Wrong Number] Tim Kazurinsky : 3 appearances [Heil Hits, I Married A Monkey, Saturday Night News]

: 3 appearances [Heil Hits, I Married A Monkey, Saturday Night News] Gary Kroeger : 1 appearance [Oil Is Us]

: 1 appearance [Oil Is Us] Julia Louis-Dreyfus : 3 appearances [I Married A Monkey, Saturday Night News, Wrong Number]

: 3 appearances [I Married A Monkey, Saturday Night News, Wrong Number] Eddie Murphy : 5 appearances [Buckwheat Dead, Motown Upon The Swanee River, The Mrs. T Birthday Special, Oil Is Us, Pudge & Solomon]

: 5 appearances [Buckwheat Dead, Motown Upon The Swanee River, The Mrs. T Birthday Special, Oil Is Us, Pudge & Solomon] Joe Piscopo: 4 appearances [Buckwheat Dead, The Mrs. T Birthday Special, Oil Is Us, Pudge & Solomon]

guests

Robert Guillaume : 4 appearances [Monologue, Motown Upon The Swanee River, Oil Is Us, Pudge & Solomon]

: 4 appearances [Monologue, Motown Upon The Swanee River, Oil Is Us, Pudge & Solomon] Duran Duran: 2 appearances ["Hungry Like The Wolf", "Girls On Film"]

REBROADCAST HISTORY:

July 23, 1983

Known alterations:

Clysler-Prymouth removed

The Web added

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

Buckwheat Dead

Additional screen captures from this episode are available here.