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- A naive young Amish woman runs away from her home in Pennsylvania to New York City, where she hopes to act in religious stage plays but ends up performing in Burlesque theatre.
- The foreman of a jury asks questions that send a woman to the electric chair for a murder committed in the heat of passion. On the night of the execution, his actions come back to haunt him.
- A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.
- Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
- An American secret agent tries to stop the Soviets from launching an intercontinental missile at the mainland United States.
- When M. Beaucaire, a handsome barber, catches the Duke of Winterset cheating at gambling, Beaucaire exacts Winterset's cooperation in sneaking Beaucaire into a great ball, disguised as the Duke de Chartres, and to introduce him to the beautiful Lady Mary. The disguised barber successfully pulls off the masquerade and is soon the toast of society. But Winterset is embittered at having been blackmailed so, and he sets out to destroy Beaucaire if he can do so without revealing his own duplicity.
- An all-Black comedy and dance revue with stars of stage and screen.
- Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters. Ends with a series of musical numbers.
- From a team 2 girls and 2 not-straight men, a girl leaves to be a star, other stays to keep the boys straight. The star comes back with a producer, who falls in love with the girl who stayed. There are hurdles, the 2 men, and her IOU.
- A song plugger is stranded in a small town. There he meets a girl who later helps him to put on a show on Broadway.
- Father is going to build a new barn. Mother (Academy Award nominee Amy Madigan) wants the new house she's been promised. A simple story, yet one that reveals so much about love and respect and the often difficult times between those who strive and work to build a life together. Set against the beautiful rustic backdrop of farming life in 1890 New England, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's poignant story brings us two hard-working people of the land. Sometimes the most difficult thing to see may be the needs of those who are closest to you.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-146.0 (93)TV EpisodeSketch's include "Advice", "Elevator", "The Question Is Moot!", "Refrigerator Magnet Safety Advisory Board", "Just Kidding", "First Class", "Tippi Turtle", "Wrong Voice, Right Face", "Funny Black People", "Jeane Kirkpartrick", "Rich Hall's Election Report", "Fashion Report", "Rainbow Coalition" Musical numbers were "Right Now" and "Tell Me Again"
- No cold opening. In her monologue, the host Madonna talks about her and Sean Penn's recent secretive wedding and shows mockumentary clips from it. Hell beer commercial carries a warning for the soul. The Reagans spend a quiet evening with Prince Charles and Lady Di at the White House but tongues get loose after a few drinks and Nancy gets frisky. The musical guest Simple Minds perform their song Alive and Kicking. Twitchy street fences Jones & Jones offer the best cheapest goods in town. Dennis Miller makes his first appearance as the anchorperson on the Weekend Update. He comments on the USSR's paranoid reaction to Halley's Comet, the US and USSR's peace talks, Georgia's ironic anti-gay law, Ferdinand Marcos hold over the Philippines elections, the passing of Orson Welles, the new way to throw away the garbage, Libya, the Palestinian PLO and Jehovah's Witnesses clash, clinical death record, the Beatrice Company expansion, Louis Farrakhan's similarities to Pee-wee Herman, the ironic dilemma of illegal immigrant and US lottery winner Jose Caballero, the controversial policy of the World News Agency and Jordan King Hussein's arms deal with the Philadelphia police department. Finally, Dennis makes the wish of SNL's viewer Bobby to take on major league baseball pitcher Goose Gossage come true but hubris intervenes. Madonna performs a funny version of A-ha's Take On Me on a Spanish variety show La Cucaracha Motel. Penn bets the audience that he'll pull off a magic trick with cards before his partner Teller drowns in a tightly locked tank filled with water but things don't go as he planned. National Inquirer Theater's questionable reenactment of the violent death of Marylin Monroe involves the Kennedy brothers and a mentalist. Simple Minds perform their song Sanctify Yourself. The host of the Twilight Zone-esque Limits of the Imagination intervenes during the story. An awkward movie shoot with an ironic twist portrays a gay actor's fear of "Pinklisting", a new scare in Hollywood caused by the AIDS outbreak. An African American teenage mother promotes her educational "I Don't Want a Baby" coloring book.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-145.8 (79)TV EpisodeModel/actress Jerry Hall hosts this episode from 1986, with a guest performance by Sam Kinison. Selected sketches include "Weekend Update," "Sore Toe" and "Line Of Death." For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-PG5.2 (64)TV Episode
- Watch selected sketches from this 1986 episode hosted by After Hours star Griffin Dunne. Sketches and segments include "Mr. Monopoly," "You Bet Your Finger," and "Pick Your Friends," as well as a guest performance by Penn & Teller. For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-146.7 (66)TV EpisodeFrancis Ford Coppola directs and co-hosts with George Wendt in this 1986 special episode. Selected sketches and segments include "Commercials," "Fish Market," and "Actors," as well as a Grand Finale. For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- Media giant Oprah Winfrey hosts this 1986 episode. Selected sketches and segments include A Color Purple take-off in the Cold Opening, "Cute Shop," "The Wart Hog," and "Craig Sundberg: Idiot Savant." For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- Tony Danza hosts this 1986 episode, with a special guest performance by Penn and Teller. Other selected sketches and segments include "30 Counts," "Big Time Professional Golf," and "Unconditional Love." For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-146.4 (71)TV EpisodeSelected sketches and segments from this 1986 special episode co-hosted by Catherine Oxenberg and Paul Simon, which includes a special performance by Penn and Teller. Sketches include "Prison," "The Late Show With Joan Rivers," "Beverly Hills," and "A Mother's Day Message." For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-145.5 (67)TV EpisodeJournalist Jimmy Breslin hosts this 1986 episode, with a special guest performance by Sam Kinison. Selected sketches include "Midday with Jennifer Hicks," "The Pat Stevens Show," "Assembly," and "A Message From Jody Hagler." For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-146.1 (77)TV EpisodeAnjelica Houston and Billy Martin co-host the finale episode of the 1985/86 season. Selected sketches and segments include "Moments of Doubt," "Actors On Film," "Bocce Ball My Way," and "My Friend"
- Original SNL cast member Chevy Chase returns to host this 1985 episode, which includes selected sketches such as "The Pat Stevens Show," "Ford & Reagan," and "The Life Of Vlad The Impaler." For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-146.0 (77)TV EpisodeWatch selected sketches and segments from this 1985 episode hosted by Pee-Wee Herman. Sketches include: "Locker Room," "The Pat Stevens Show," "Jail Cell," and "Weekend Update." For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- In cold open, President Reagan ignores Dr. Federico's appeal to use nukes against an incoming killer comet. In his monologue, jet-lagged John Lithgow mistakes the live show for a pre-show dress rehearsal. Hell beer ad has a warning for your soul. Uptight family man Bob Danielson has something up his behind. Master thespian Jonathan Yankolovichy and his mentor Baudelaire have a deadly acting duel. Texan car salesmen Rudy Randolph wants to sell you a Rolls-Royce. A time-wasting ad successfully wastes your time. John is a caring father who only talks in clicheed metaphors, phrases and expressions, which aggravates his heartbroken daughter Joan to no end. Pop rock band Mr. Mister perform their hit song Broken Wings. On Weekend Update, Dennis discusses Reagan's claim that an alien threat could unite the planet and end the Cold War, Reagan's Star Wars weapons program, US gymnast and 1984 Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton's selling out to ad companies, the gruesome results of the "Search for Captain Crunch" competition, the acquittal of the death squad responsible for the murder of Filipino opposition leader Benigno Aquino Jr., Reagan's stuffing of a turkey, former hippie Wally Paxton who claims to be the inventor of Granola and is disillusioned by its commercialization, the resignation of Reagan's national security adviser Robert McFarlane over his rivalry with the White House Chief of Staff Donald Regan, Exxon's plans for the year, the White House's plan to hire Brooke Shields as a spokesperson against selling US secrets to foreign countries, the subscription to Omni magazine, the 40th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the 920th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings and anchor Phyllis George's attack on CBS's executives. The segment wraps up with Damon as a political commentator from the hood who comments on the US - USSR negotiations, the Star Wars initiative and the threat of nuclear war. Next, Nancy Reagan dreams about being a femme fatal cabaret singer. Popular stand up comedian Sam Kinison does his stand up bit about Jesus. In the 19th century, mutiny on the Cameron fails due to a lack of demands. Trojan ad turns to patriotic Americans. Mr. Mister performs their song Kyrie. On the Twilight Zone-sque The Limits of Imagination episode, a couple goes to an "all you can eat" restaurant not realizing that this place takes that slogan literally.
- The host is Tom Hanks and the musical guest is Sade. The sketches are: on "Entertainment Tonight", Brooke Shields claims that her film career stalled after turning down "Scarface" and "Once Upon a Time in America"; Paul meets two stand-up comedians; Pat Stevens interviews Louis Farrakhan; Steve has a fantasy; Tommy Flanagan meets his brother Earl; Tomaso and Mateo are fishermen. Sade performs "Is It a Crime?" and "The Sweetest Taboo". Steven Wright performs a stand-up.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-145.7 (69)TV EpisodeTeri Garr returns to host the Christmas episode of 1985, which includes selected segments such as "Rapping Wrapper," "Hildy," "Weekend Update," and "Time Machine Trivia Game." For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- 1975– 1h 30mTV-146.0 (77)TV EpisodeCheck out these selected sketches and segments from the 1986 episode hosted by Hollywood veteran Harry Dean Stanton. Sketches include "Press Conference," "New Parents," and "That Black Girl," along with a guest performance by Sam Kinison. For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- Arthur star Dudley Moore hosts this 1986 episode, which features selected sketches such as "Monks," "The Pat Stevens Show," and "Just Like Phoebe." For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.
- Penn and Teller perform an upside down magic act.
- A group of tough convicts volunteer for a cancer experiment to avoid their harsh sentences.
- In 1750, in Gambia, West Africa, Kunta Kinte, son of Omoro and Binta, distinguishes himself among his tribesmen in manhood training rituals. But he does not enjoy his new status long: slave traders sweeping the countryside seize him. Chained with other captives, Kunta begins an agonized odyssey to the New World.