Saturday Night Live - Season 7

Saturday Night Live - Season 7

Season 7

Saturday Night Live aired its seventh season during the 1981–1982 television season on NBC. The seventh season started on October 3, 1981 and ended on May 22, 1982. A total of 20 episodes were broadcast. Following the dismissal of producer Jean Doumanian and most of her cast members, the show was shut down due to the commencement of the 1981 WGA strike. Dick Ebersol, the program's developer, was hired as Doumanian's replacement. The new cast of Saturday Night Live for this season were the same ones from the episode Ebersol produced on the April 11, 1981 episode: Robin Duke, Tim Kazurinsky and Tony Rosato along with the Doumanian era's sole survivors Eddie Murphy and Joe Piscopo. Denny Dillon and Gail Matthius were fired following the April 1981 episode while Laurie Metcalf and unseen castmember Emily Prager weren't asked back to be cast members on the show. Ebersol then hired two new cast members: Mary Gross and Christine Ebersole. Both were hired to fill the gap left by Metcalf and Prager. Wanting to distance the show from its first five seasons, Ebersol cut the popular opening line Live from New York, It's Saturday Night! from the cold openings. In fact, sometimes cold openings weren't even shown and the monologues were skipped over almost entirely. These changes were not permanent, as Ebersol decided to reverse them for the eighth season.
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Episodes20
DatesOct 3, 1981 - May 22, 1982
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Episodes

Rod Stewart
Season 7Episode 190 min

Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart hosts and is the musical guest.

Oct 3, 1981
Susan Saint James / The Kinks
Season 7Episode 290 min

Susan Saint James / The Kinks

Sketches include ""McDonald & Wife,"" ""The Bizarro World,"" ""Buckwheat Sings,"" ""Skanky Fiancee,"" ""Cheap Laffs,"" and ""The Alan Alda Guide to Sensitivity."" The Kinks performed ""Destroyer"" and Christine Ebersole performed ""Single Bars and Single Women."" Also featured is an Anwar Sadat tribute film.
Oct 10, 1981
George Kennedy / Miles Davis
Season 7Episode 390 min

George Kennedy / Miles Davis

Sketches include ""To Tell the Truth Gone Awry,"" ""Mister Robinson's Neighborhood #2,"" ""Velvet Jones #1,"" and ""Harry Anderson's Grappler Tricks.""
Oct 17, 1981
Donald Pleasence / Fear
Season 7Episode 490 min

Donald Pleasence / Fear

Sketches include ""Vomiting for Luck,"" ""Jogger Motel,"" ""Profiles in British Courage,"" ""Last Night I Killed My Husband"" (musical number), ""Sugar Breakfast"" and ""Andy Warhol's TV."" Fear performed ""I Don't Care About You"" and medley of ""Beef Bologna,"" ""New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones,"" and ""Let's Have A War.""
Oct 31, 1981
Lauren Hutton / Rick James
Season 7Episode 590 min

Lauren Hutton / Rick James

Sketches Include: "Here's 'Cos", "Dressing Room", "Hail To The Chief", "Transeastern", "Whisper", "Cheap Laffs", "Harlequin Romances", "Reach Out", "Velvet Jones School of Technology", "Big Baser", "William Burroughs", "Bitter People"
Nov 7, 1981
Bernadette Peters / Billy Joel, The Go-Go's
Season 7Episode 690 min

Bernadette Peters / Billy Joel, The Go-Go's

Nov 14, 1981
Tim Curry / Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express
Season 7Episode 790 min

Tim Curry / Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express

Dec 5, 1981
Bill Murray / The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs
Season 7Episode 890 min

Bill Murray / The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs

Bill Murray hosts with musical guests The Spinners and Yale Whiffenpoofs.

Dec 12, 1981
Robert Conrad / The Allman Brothers Band
Season 7Episode 990 min

Robert Conrad / The Allman Brothers Band

Jan 23, 1982
John Madden / Jennifer Holliday
Season 7Episode 1090 min

John Madden / Jennifer Holliday

Jan 30, 1982
James Coburn / Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham
Season 7Episode 1190 min

James Coburn / Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham

Feb 6, 1982
Bruce Dern / Luther Vandross
Season 7Episode 1290 min

Bruce Dern / Luther Vandross

Bruce Dern hosts with musical guest Luther Vandross.

Feb 20, 1982
Elizabeth Ashley / Hall & Oates
Season 7Episode 1390 min

Elizabeth Ashley / Hall & Oates

Feb 27, 1982
Robert Urich / Mink DeVille
Season 7Episode 1490 min

Robert Urich / Mink DeVille

Sketches include ""He's No Burt Reynolds,"" ""Paul Harvey Radio News,"" ""Golden Age Obedience School,"" and ""Koala Bear Embryo."" Mink De Ville performed ""Maybe Tomorrow.""
Mar 20, 1982
Blythe Danner / Rickie Lee Jones
Season 7Episode 1590 min

Blythe Danner / Rickie Lee Jones

Sketches include No Sex for One Year, 20/20 and Help Blythe Danner.

Mar 27, 1982
Daniel J. Travanti / John Cougar
Season 7Episode 1690 min

Daniel J. Travanti / John Cougar

Sketches include ""Save Larry the Lobster,"" ""Whiners' Anniversary,"" ""Hill Street Blues,"" ""Too Many Ethel Mermans,"" and ""Career Corner."" John Cougar Mellencamp performed ""Hurts So Good.""
Apr 10, 1982
Johnny Cash / Elton John
Season 7Episode 1790 min

Johnny Cash / Elton John

Elton John performs the John Lennon tribute ""Empty Garden."" Sketches include ""Velvet Jones"" and ""Shadows.""
Apr 17, 1982
Robert Culp / The Charlie Daniels Band
Season 7Episode 1890 min

Robert Culp / The Charlie Daniels Band

Apr 24, 1982
Danny DeVito / Sparks
Season 7Episode 1990 min

Danny DeVito / Sparks

Sketches include ""Louis DePalma's Revenge,"" ""The Executive Test,"" ""The Whiners on an Airplane,"" ""Solomon and Pudge,"" ""Enzo,"" and ""Looks at Books."" Sparks performs ""Mickey Mouse."" Also, Brian Doyle-Murray interviews recently humbled actor-wrestler Andy Kaufman.
May 15, 1982
Olivia Newton-John
Season 7Episode 2090 min

Olivia Newton-John

Sketches include ""Ebony & Ivory,"" ""I Married a Monkey,"" Grease, ""Hitler In Heaven,"" and ""Ballpark Organ Favorites."" ONJ performs the hit ""Physical"" in lieu of the opening monologue.
May 22, 1982

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