Saturday Night Live: 1984-1985

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  Season 10: 1984-1985


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Starring:

Jim Belushi

Billy Crystal

Mary Gross

Christopher Guest

Rich Hall

Gary Kroeger

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Harry Shearer

Martin Short

Pamela Stepheson

Episodes

10/06/84: (none) / Thompson Twins

10/13/84: Bob Uecker / Peter Wolf

10/20/84: Jesse Jackson / Andrae Crouch, Wintley Phipps

11/03/84: Michael Mckean / Chaka Khan, The Folksmen

11/10/84: George Carlin / Frankie Goes to Hollywood

11/17/84: Ed Asner / The Kinks

12/01/84: Ed Begley, Jr. / Billy Squier

12/08/84: Ringo Starr / Herbie Hancock

12/15/84: Eddie Murphy / Robert Plant & The Honeydrippers

01/12/85: Kathleen Turner / John Waite

01/19/85: Roy Scheider / Billy Ocean

02/02/85: Alex Karras / Tina Turner

02/09/85: Harry Anderson / Bryan Adams

02/16/85: Pamela Sue Martin / Power Station

03/30/85: Mr. T & Hulk Hogan / The Commodores

04/06/85: Christopher Reeve / Santana

04/13/85: Howard Cosell / Greg Kihn

SummarySaturday Night Live joins the All-Stars. With the departures of headliners Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo (not to mention Robin Duke, Brad Hall and Tim Kazurinsky), current producer Dick Ebersol decide to bring in some big-name talents to add appeal to the show. These new (to SNL), yet old (to showbiz), talents are two-time host Billy Crystal (“Soap”), Christopher Guest (“This Is Spinal Tap”), Rich Hall (“Not Necessarily The News”), Harry Shearer (from SNL’s 1979 season), Martin Short (“SCTV”) and Pamela Stephenson (“Superman III”).

Hosts this season included former cast member Eddie Murphy (“Host ‘Saturday Night Live’? Ha!”), and future 1994 cast member Michael McKean.

Aside from big name talents, SNL’s 10th season is also best remembered for its mainly pre-taped content. Though a majority of is still well-remembered today, it did leave a minimum void for fans of the live anything-can-happen aspect that had captivated viewers for nine years.

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