Saturday Night Live Season 8 Episode release dates & where to watch
Premiered
Saturday, September 25, 1982
Ended: Saturday, May 14, 1983
When does Saturday Night Live Season 8 come out?
Saturday Night Live Season 8 premiered Saturday, September 25, 1982 on NBC and ended Saturday, May 14, 1983. The season has 20 episodes.
Saturday Night Live aired its eighth season during the 1982–1983 season on NBC. The 8th season started on September 25, 1982 and ended on May 14, 1983. This was the third season to air since Lorne Michaels had left his first tenure as executive producer. Many changes happened before the start of the season. Brian Doyle-Murray, Christine Ebersole and Tony Rosato were dropped from the show to make room for new cast members. Hired in their places were Brad Hall, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Gary Kroeger. Dick Ebersol brought back the show's cold openings that ended with "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" and the monologues by the host. Ebersol also changed Weekend Update's name for the second time, to Saturday Night News. Since Doyle-Murray and Ebersole had both been dropped, a new anchor was needed for the segment. Hall got the gig and became the new anchor. Notable moments of this season included Drew Barrymore hosting the show—the youngest ever person to host the show. During the episode hosted by Barrymore, the audience at home was given the chance to vote on whether or not Andy Kaufman should be banned from the show. The vote was conducted by a 1-900 number. At the end of the show Kaufman was banned from ever performing on SNL again.
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Saturday Night Live Season 8 release schedule
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1. Chevy Chase/Queen Sketches are ""Chevy Live from Burbank,"" ""Tyrone Green Art Gallery,"" ""Joe Piscopo In Love,"" ""John Hinckley for President,"" ""Mystery Theatre,"" ""Popeil Galactic Prophylactic,"" ""Late Night with David Letterman,"" and ""PTC Club."" Queen performs ""Crazy Little Thing Called Love"" and ""Under Pressure."" |
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2. Louis Gossett Jr./George Thorogood and the Destroyers Sketches include Mister Robinson's Neighborhood #4. |
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3. Ron Howard/The Clash Sketches include "Opie's Back", "Whiners Want a Baby" and "Focus On Film". The Clash performs "Rock The Casbah". |
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4. Howard Hesseman/Men at Work |
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5. Michael Keaton/The New Joe Jackson Band |
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6. Robert Blake/Kenny Loggins Sketches include ""The Merv Griffin Show,"" ""Shuttle Mission,"" ""PBS Promo,"" ""Talent Show,"" ""Little House on the Prairie,"" ""Masterful Theatre,"" ""Eddie Murphy,"" ""No More Andy Kaufman,"" ""DTV"" |
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7. Drew Barrymore/Squeeze Sketches include ""Dressing Room Opening,"" ""Gertie Kills E.T.,"" ""The Whiners,"" ""Mr. Blunt,"" ""Tim Kazurinsky Babysits Drew,"" ""My Friend Zeus,"" ""Robin Duke's Biological Clock"" |
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8. The Smothers Brothers/Laura Branigan |
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9. Eddie Murphy/Lionel Richie Sketches include ""A Message From Eddie,"" ""Merry Christmas, Dammit!,"" and ""April May June's Holiday Message."" |
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10. Lily Tomlin Sketches include ""Lily Confronts Eddie,"" ""Geraldine,"" ""Irish-American Radio Hour,"" and ""Coffees of the World."" |
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11. Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas/The Bus Boys |
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12. Sid Caesar/Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes |
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13. Howard Hesseman/Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Sketches are ""Howard Works on his Monologue,"" ""Sleepy Boy 2000,"" ""Elvis Presley, Back and Black,"" ""The A-Team,"" and ""Dion and Margie's Dreams."" Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform ""Change of Heart"" and ""The Waiting."" |
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14. Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges/Randy Newman |
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15. Bruce Dern/Leon Redbone |
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16. Robert Guillaume/Duran Duran Tim Kazurinsky was attacked by the monkey during the dress rehearsal of ""I Married A Monkey."" Tim was able to escape, but the monkey (actually a male) ripped off the dress he was wearing and began pleasuring himself. |
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17. Joan Rivers/Musical Youth |
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18. Susan Saint James/Michael McDonald |
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19. Stevie Wonder Sketches include ""VD,"" ""Kannon AE-1,"" ""Stevie Wonder Impersonator,"" ""Hitler: The Secret Diaries,"" ""The Story of Stevie Wonder,"" ""Stevie at Dion's Salon,"" ""Cotton Land,"" and ""The Hunchback Busboy."" Wonder performs the songs ""Fingertips,"" ""Overjoyed,"" and ""Go Home."" |
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20. Ed Koch/Dexys Midnight Runners Finale Sketches include ""What's the most disgusting thing you've seen in New York?"" ""Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood,"" ""Crowded Ledge,"" ""The Enquirer,"" ""Late Night with David Letterman,"" and ""Woman's Auxillery Meeting."" Dexy's Midnight Runners perform ""Come On, Eileen,"" while Kevin Rowland performs ""The Celtic Soul Brothers."" |
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Saturday Night Live Season 8 FAQ
When does Saturday Night Live Season 8 come out?
Saturday Night Live Season 8 premiered Saturday, September 25, 1982 on NBC.
How many episodes are in Saturday Night Live Season 8?
Saturday Night Live Season 8 has 20 episodes.
Are new episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 8 released weekly?
New episodes are released weekly.
When is the Saturday Night Live Season 8 finale?
The Saturday Night Live Season 8 finale (Episode 20) aired Saturday, May 14, 1983.
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