Air Date: Host: Musical Guest: Special Guests: February 22nd, 1986 Jay Leno The Neville Brothers Mike the Dog
Backstage With Tommy Tommy Flanagan (Jon Lovitz) gives Leno a backstage tour of Studio 8-H, which he owns. Recurring Characters: Tommy Flanagan.
Jay Leno’s Monologue Leno performs stand-up on TV Guide, The People’s Court, game shows, insurance companies, celebrity endorsements and Charles Manson.
Target Earth Less-advanced aliens (Leno, Robert Downey, Jr.) act superior while attempting to take miserable Earth creatures in as their slaves.
Dinner Reunion At restaurant, Mike the Dog snuffs his former owner (Randy Quaid).
The Neville Brothers perform “The Big Chief”
Weekend Update with Dennis Miller The Weekend Update Dancers dance to “Living In America” as a tribute to the flu outbreak. A. Whitney Brown delivers Big Picture on Iran and Iraq.
Star Search Ed McMahon (Randy Quaid) and spokesmodel (Nora Dunn) introduce contestants. Recurring Characters: Ed MacMahon.
Jay’s Evil Twin Leno uses fake moustache to determine if date (Joan Cusack) will put out.
Observational Stand-Ups II Observational stand-ups (Jon Lovitz, Dennis Miller, Damon Wayans) receive advice from Jackie Niles (Leno).
Don Roy King has directed fourteen seasons of Saturday Night Live. That work has earned him ten Emmys and fourteen nominations. Additionally, he has been nominated for fifteen DGA Awards and won in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
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