Updated: August 10, 2012
Individual episode reviews:
1980-81: Season 6
11/15/80: Elliott Gould / Kid Creole & The Coconuts
11/22/80: Malcolm McDowell / Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
12/06/80: Ellen Burstyn / Aretha Franklin, Keith Sykes
12/13/80: Jamie Lee Curtis / James Brown, Ellen Shipley
12/20/80: David Carradine / The Cast of “The Pirates of Penzance” featuring Linda Ronstadt, Rex Smith & George Rose
01/10/81: Ray Sharkey / Jack Bruce & Friends
01/17/81: Karen Black / Cheap Trick, Stanley Clarke Trio
01/24/81: Robert Hays / Joe “King” Carrasco & The Crown, 14 Karat Soul
02/07/81: Sally Kellerman / Jimmy Cliff
02/14/81: Deborah Harry / Funky Four + 1 More
02/21/81: Charlene Tilton / Todd Rundgren, Prince
03/07/81: Bill Murray / Delbert McClinton
04/11/81: (no official host) / Junior Walker & The All-Stars
Season 7: 1981-82
10/03/81: (no host) / Rod Stewart
10/10/81: Susan Saint James / The Kinks
10/17/81: George Kennedy / Miles Davis
10/31/81: Donald Pleasance / Fear
11/07/81: Lauren Hutton / Rick James & The Stone City Band
11/14/81: Bernadette Peters / The Go-Go’s, Billy Joel
12/05/81: Tim Curry / Meat Loaf & The Neverland Express
12/12/81: Bill Murray / The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs of 1982
01/23/82: Robert Conrad / The Allman Brothers Band
01/30/82: John Madden / Jennifer Holliday
02/06/82: James Coburn / Lindsey Buckingham & The Cholos
02/20/82: Bruce Dern / Luther Vandross
02/27/82: Elizabeth Ashley / Daryl Hall & John Oates
03/20/82: Robert Urich / Mink DeVille, Buh-Weet and De Dupreems
03/27/82: Blythe Danner / Rickie Lee Jones
04/10/82: Daniel J. Travanti / John Cougar
04/17/82: Johnny Cash / Elton John
04/24/82: Robert Culp / The Charlie Daniels Band
05/15/82: Danny DeVito / Sparks
05/22/82: Olivia Newton-John
Live reviews (liveblogged):
03/14/09: Tracy Morgan / Kelly Clarkson
04/04/09: Seth Rogen / Phoenix
Post mortems (essays and quick comments):
Capsule Comments on some SNLs I watched
09/26/09: Megan Fox / U2
05/08/10: Betty White / Jay-Z
05/15/10: Alec Baldwin / Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Season summaries:
SNL Up Close: 1980-81
SNL Up Close: 1981-82
Season 6: Final cast and episode summary
Final Thoughts on SNL season 6 (1980-81)
Season 7: Final cast and episode summary
Season 35: Final cast and episode summary
SNL Season 35: What’s Wrong?
SNL Season 36: Still Ill
Essays:
SNL: Live vs. Rerun
Infamously Bad SNL Musical Performances
As well, I have included my “want list” for my SNL collection.
