Everything You NEED to Know About SNL Season 9 (1983-84)

Everything You NEED To Know About Saturday Night Live
Season 9 (1983-1984)

Hosts Jon Schneider and James Stephens (Saturday Night Network) explore season-by-season the cast members, sketches, characters, and backstage stories that have made Saturday Night Live a television institution.

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Everything You Need to Know About Saturday Night Live:
Executive Producers: Jon Schneider & James Stephens
Producers: Matthew Ammon, Cameron Bristow, Ellis Mitchell
Announcer: Alex Quintero
Post Production: JPS Productions
“News Theme Logo” composed by Alexander Rufire; “Broadcast News Opener” by Motionsparrow are used under license from Envato Elements Pty Ltd.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:05 - Brandon Tartikoff / John Cougar
1:43 - Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman / Eddy Grant
2:05 - John Candy / Men at Work
2:35 - Betty Thomas / Stray Cats
3:25 - Teri Garr / Mick Fleetwood's Zoo
3:51 - Jerry Lewis / Loverboy
4:03 - Tom Smothers, Dick Smothers / Big Country
4:50 - Flip Wilson / Stevie Nicks
5:40 - Father Guido Sarducci / Huey Lewis & The News
7:05 - Michael Palin, Mary Palin / The Motels
7:34 - Don Rickles / Billy Idol
8:54 - Robin Williams / Adam Art
9:25 - Jamie Lee Curtis / The Fixx
9:56 - Edwin Newman / Kool & The Gang
10:20 - Billy Crystal / Al Jarreau
10:58 - Michael Douglas / Deniece Williams
11:19 - George McGovern / Madness
12:15 - Barry Bostwick / Spinal Tap
13:32 - Billy Crystal, Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Father Guido Sarducci, Betty Thomas / The Cars
14:36 - SNL Season 9 Summary

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[stevehofer]

I am now addicted to these season rundowns.

[michaelvisser]

Season 9 has so many legends of comedy as hosts: Jerry Lewis, Robin Williams, Don Rickles, John Candy, Billy Crystal, Michael Palin, Teri Garr, Smothers Brothers, and Flip Wilson, Plus Spinal Tap, Danny Devito, and Father Guido. THATS STACKED

[mattl]

Gary Kroeger was a severely underrated cast member! Glad to see he's getting some recognition.

[mikeymutual]

10:48 Billy Crystal's character was just named "Fernando." It was assumed to be a parody of Fernando Lamas, but was never explicitly said as such.

[jillv]

I just want to point out that Jerry Lewis was 57 years old when he took that hard pratfall on the stage! That’s pretty darn gutsy if you ask me!

[blachubear]

The James Brown Hot Tub sketch is ICONIC. The next ICONIC Eddie Murphy is the one he debut when he host the show in Season 10 titled "White Like Me". Oh yeah the movie Eddie was filming during his weeks off, the ICONIC "Beverly Hills Cop". The Legendary Brandon Tartikoff to most folks who don't know brought NBC to it's glory days in the 80s with shows like "Hill Street Blues", "Cheers", & "Family Ties", when those shows weren't performing well, Tartikoff kept them on the air because he knew these shows were very good. Viewers was also noticing "Late Night With David Letterman" was must see TV and Carson was still ratings gold. People also need to understand that Eddie was also responsible for not only saving SNL from Season 7 to 9 but kept NBC a float as well. Which is why Tartikoff wanted to keep Eddie there. And this was the year before "The Cosby Show", "Miami Vice" & "The Golden Girls" hit the air to make NBC the No.1 network for two & a half decades.

[HDWTaipei]

The Rickles ep is a classic. He also calls back to the Witness Protection sketch during the Romeo and Juliet sketch, saying something to Piscopo like "I remember you. You were the guy who slapped me in that other sketch."

[JohnTaylor_]

This channel has been a must watch for me. Another great episode.

[FUGP]

Season 10 is when the show became Saturday Night Taped. As probably more than half the segments were pre-recorded. IT was also the year of being pre-empted about once a month for the WWF.

[Bigeazy]

Because of my age it was Seasons 7-9 that I watched in real time. Then the classic 5 seasons were airing as reruns on local TV. I was hooked on SNL forever and this series is so fantastic. I have now watched your recaps of Seasons 5-9. Can't wait to see more!

[dupont]

This was one of my favorite seasons in the entire run. It reminds me a bit of Season 4 in the respect that Eddie Murphy was bigger than any of the hosts, much in the way John Belushi had become during the 1978-79 season. And, like Belushi, Murphy left at the end of the season.

[richcharvel]

Great video! This was another cool SNL era that I never missed an episode. Billy Crystal did a great job. The Don Rickles episode was probably my favorite one. The running gag (throughout the show) where Don kept getting slapped (by Piscipo) in skits was hysterical. Finally Don loses it, and chases Piscipo and slaps him back. Also my first introduction to Spinal Tap.

[KBTime]

Great stuff! Bebe Neuwirth (Lilith on Cheers) is one of the dancers in the Needleman video.

[Randomcomicsfrommyspinne-xtkq]

Your coverage is thorough and exciting - so much time has passed and I had forgotten a lot of this. Plus you gentlemen add behind-the-scenes info I wasn't aware of.

[rocketimpossible]

That Season 10 cast photo is brutal. Chris Guest and Harry Shearer look exactly as fun and friendly as you would expect, and Jim and Gary look unhappy to be stuck with them.

[zzzombie]

S 10 is my fave because of Martin Short and Billy Crystal mostly

[KidVolcano]

3:42 Joel from MST3K? Man, I'm behind

[delicious_eggo]

I’m all caught up now and waiting for the new drops. Love this channel.

[proudhug]

This series is incredible. New episodes can't come out fast enough! I'd watch full EPISODE deep dives if you ever did them!

[LeadSurge]

*You guys are doing an excellent job. Eager to see more!* 🍎