Saturday Night Live: 1985-1986

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  Season 11: 1985-1986


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Starring:

Joan Cusack

Robert Downey, Jr.

Nora Dunn

Anthony Michael Hall

Jon Lovitz

Dennis Miller

Randy Quaid

Terry Sweeney

Danitra Vance

Featuring:

A. Whitney Brown (first: 02/08/86)

Al Franken (first: 03/22/86)

Don Novello

Dan Vitale

Damon Wayans (last: 03/15/86)

Episodes

11/09/85: Madonna / Simple Minds

11/16/85: Chevy Chase / Sheila E.

11/23/85: Pee Wee Herman / Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band

12/07/85: John Lithgow / Mr. Mister

12/14/85: Tom Hanks / Sade

12/21/85: Teri Garr / Dream Academy, The Cult

01/18/86: Harry Dean Stanton / The Replacements

01/25/86: Dudley Moore / Al Green

02/08/86: Ron Reagan / The Nelsons

02/15/86: Jerry Hall / Stevie Ray & Jimmie Vaughn

02/22/86: Jay Leno / The Neville Brothers

03/15/86: Griffin Dunne / Rosanne Cash

03/22/86: George Wendt & Francis Ford Coppola / Philip Glass

04/12/86: Oprah Winfrey / Joe Jackson

04/19/86: Tony Danza / Laurie Anderson

05/10/86: Catherine Oxenberg & Paul Simon / Ladysmith Black Mambazo

05/17/86: Jimmy Breslin & Marvin Hagler / Level 42, E.G. Daily

05/24/86: Anjelica Huston & Billy Martin / George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic

SummaryAfter a five-year absence, Lorne Michaels is back as Executive Producer of the mainstream variety classic he introduced late-night viewers to an even-decade earlier. Returning to the helms of his creation, he takes a cue from former producer Dick Ebersol, and brings in his own all-star roster, which includes the familiar likes of Randy Quaid and Anthony Michael Hall to the not-so-familiar likes of Terry Sweeney and Danitra Vance, all the way to the likes of future Hollywood stars Joan Cusack and Robert Downey, Jr. Despite the potential of Lorne’s second cast, only newcomers Nora Dunn, Jon Lovitz and Dennis Miller make it to the next season, Nora with her vain model-turned-talk show host Pat Stevens, Lovitz with his Pathological Liar, and Miller with his almost Christopher Guest-look-a-like appearance behind a resurrected Weekend Update desk.

Dismal ratings caused Lorne to set the season-ending cast party ablaze,sparing only Jon Lovitz’s life – Dennis Miller and Nora Dunn apparently outsmarted the other cast members and found their own way out!

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