Saturday Night Live Transcripts
Season 6: Episode 12
80m: (None) / Jr. Walker & The All-Stars
Goodnights
…..Tim Kazurinsky
…..Chevy Chase
Irene Cara…..Gail Matthius
[ return from commercial with cast and guests surrounding Home Base; in the front, Chevy Chase kneels next to the monkey and offers a kiss ]
Tim Kazurinsky: Thanks, evrybody, we had a very nice time!
Chevy Chase: [ looking up from the monkey’s lips ] Good night!
[ “Same” begins playing again, as Irene Cara and her back-up dancers come down the spiral staircase at the rear of the stage ]
[ Irene jumps into Chevy Chase’s arms ]
Irene Cara: [ singing ]
“Baby, look at me
The girl who’s on TV
Sing the same song every time
Now you must know every rhyme by heart!”
Gail Matthius: [ breaking character ] You gotta put me down now, Chevy!
[ Chevy Chase puts Gail down, as the end credits begin to scroll ]
[ Irene Cara and her back-up dancers lead the cast through the audience ]
Irene Cara: [ singing ]
“– Captain Kangaroo
But you’re in good company
If you’re bored, just think of me!
I’m always the sa-ame!
(Same!)
I sing the same some forever!
Just like some sci-fi film!
(Same!)”
[ a break in the performance, as the back-up dancers carry Irene through the studio ]
Irene Cara: [ singing ]
At the Golden Globes
They ran short on stuff
Oh no, that was really nice
‘Cause they made me sing it twice in a row!”[ fade ]