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Brandon Tartikoff/John Cougar

Brandon Tartikoff/John Cougar

Episode number: 1

Overview: Sketches include ""In Brandon's Office,"" ""NBC Junket,"" ""Gumby's Rehearsal,"" ""Larry's Corner,"" and ""Whiner Show Ideas."" John Cougar Mellancamp performs ""Tumblin' Down"" and ""Pink Houses.""

Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman/Eddy Grant

Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman/Eddy Grant

Episode number: 2

Overview: Sketches are ""Calvin Klein Cream Pies,"" ""Mister Robinson's Neighborhood,"" ""Crazy Edelman,"" ""Book Beat,"" ""What Would Frank Do?"" ""Amos n' Andy,"" and ""Spanish Class."" Eddy Grant performs ""I Don't Wanna Dance,"" ""Electric Avenue,"" and ""Living on the Front Line.""

John Candy/Men at Work

John Candy/Men at Work

Episode number: 3

Overview: Sketches include ""Jim and Mr. Mambo,"" ""Doc Edmund,"" ""Village of the Damned Little Rascals,"" ""Eddie Murphy in the Suburbs,"" ""Dr. Tongue's Offer,"" ""Candace's Fantasy Shack,"" and ""Prison for the Winter."" Men at Work perform ""Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Jive.""

Betty Thomas/Stray Cats

Betty Thomas/Stray Cats

Episode number: 4
Teri Garr/Mick Fleetwood's Zoo

Teri Garr/Mick Fleetwood's Zoo

Episode number: 5

Overview: Sketches include ""Cheerleader Practice,"" ""Mister Robinson's Neighborhood,"" ""History: The Real Story,"" ""School Assembly,"" and ""Caffiene Achievers."" The Zoo (featuring Lindsey Buckingham) performs ""Tonight.""

Jerry Lewis/Loverboy

Jerry Lewis/Loverboy

Episode number: 6
The Smothers Brothers/Big Country

The Smothers Brothers/Big Country

Episode number: 7
Flip Wilson/Stevie Nicks

Flip Wilson/Stevie Nicks

Episode number: 8
Father Guido Sarducci/Huey Lewis and the News

Father Guido Sarducci/Huey Lewis and the News

Episode number: 9

Overview: Sketches are ""National Phone-In Democratic Primary,"" ""Tasteless Choice,"" ""The Ghost of Buckwheat,"" ""Countdown '84: The Candidates,"" ""Nice Boys Don't Get Girls Pregnant,"" and ""Phone-In Results."" The News perform ""Heart & Soul"" and ""I Want a New Drug.""

Michael Palin, Mary Palin/The Motels

Michael Palin, Mary Palin/The Motels

Episode number: 10

Overview: Sketches include ""Donahue,"" ""Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood,"" and ""Powerful Living Snaps."" The Motels perform ""Suddenly Last Summer.""

Don Rickles/Billy Idol

Don Rickles/Billy Idol

Episode number: 11

Overview: Live From New York, it's... Joe Piscopo! Sketches include ""TV President,"" ""Kannon AE-1,"" ""I Married A Monkey,"" ""The Hamlisch Maneuver,"" ""Fascinating People And Their Friends,"" ""Witness Protection,"" ""Romeo and Juilet,"" ""El Dorko and Becky,"" and ""This Is Your Afterlife."" Billy Idol performed ""White Wedding"" and ""Rebel Yell.""

Robin Williams/Adam Ant

Robin Williams/Adam Ant

Episode number: 12

Overview: Sketches include ""Olympic Coverage,"" ""Rock & Roll ...and then some,"" ""Gandhi & The Bandit,"" ""Firing Line,"" and ""MTV News."" Adam Ant performs ""Strip.""

Jamie Lee Curtis/The Fixx

Jamie Lee Curtis/The Fixx

Episode number: 13

Overview: Sketches include ""Rappin' Jimmy B.,"" ""Semi-Competant Video Store Clerk,"" ""The Julia Show,"" ""Jimmy and Jamie Lee Rehearse,"" ""People Transit,"" and ""Texxon."" The Fixx performs ""One Thing Leads to Another.""

Edwin Newman/Kool & the Gang

Edwin Newman/Kool & the Gang

Episode number: 14

Overview: Sketches include ""SNL Hairdressers,"" ""Edwin Newman and James Brown,"" and ""Prose and Cons."" Kool & the Gang perform ""Celebrate.""

Billy Crystal/Al Jarreau

Billy Crystal/Al Jarreau

Episode number: 15

Overview: Sketches include ""St. Patrick's Day Party,"" ""Hung Like Me,"" ""Unexplained Questions of the Universe."" ""Family in the Attic,"" ""Bad Career Moves,"" ""Ronald Reagen and Sammy Davis, Jr.,"" ""God's Place,"" ""The Womb,"" and ""SNL's First Episode."" Al Jarreau sang ""Mornin'"" and ""Trouble In Paradise.""

Michael Douglas/Deniece Williams

Michael Douglas/Deniece Williams

Episode number: 16

Overview: Sketches include ""Lost Script,"" ""MTV News,"" ""Four Minutes to Live"" (film), ""TV's Foul-Ups, Bleeps, Blunders, Bloopers, Practical Jokes, And Political Debates,"" ""Sugar or Plain"" (film), and ""Footless."" Deniece Williams performs ""Let's Hear It for the Boy.""

George McGovern/Madness

George McGovern/Madness

Episode number: 17

Overview: Sketches include ""60 Minutes,"" ""Menage a Trois,"" ""Book Talk,"" and ""My Brother, The Loser.""

Barry Bostwick/Spinal Tap

Barry Bostwick/Spinal Tap

Episode number: 18

Overview: Sketches are ""Simulated Cat Fight,"" ""Foldgers Crystals,"" ""Lie Detector Test,"" ""Spinal Tap Interview,"" ""Guest Performance: A. Whitney Brown,"" ""2 on the Town,"" and ""Texxon."" Spinal Tap perform ""Christmas with the Devil"" and ""Big Bottom.""

Billy Crystal, Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Father Guido Sarducci, Betty Thomas/The Cars

Billy Crystal, Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Father Guido Sarducci, Betty Thomas/The Cars

Episode number: 19

Overview: Sketches include ""Frank & Sammy,"" ""Sarducci & Nelson,"" ""Nose Guard,"" ""Hello, Trudy!,"" ""Needleman the Dentist,"" and ""Stooges Self-Defense."" The Cars perform ""Drive.""