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Saturday Night Live
Season 9
The title card for the ninth season of Saturday Night Live.
Country of originUnited States
No. of episodes19
Release
Original networkNBC
Original releaseOctober 8, 1983 (1983-10-08) –
May 12, 1984 (1984-05-12)
Season chronology
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The ninth season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1983, and May 12, 1984.

Hosts

Future cast member Billy Crystal hosted twice this season: once with musical guest Al Jarreau and again on the season finale with Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Betty Thomas and former cast member Don Novello, with the Cars as musical guest.

Cast

Repertory players

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § season 9

This season's writers were Jim Belushi, Andy Breckman, Robin Duke, Adam Green, Mary Gross, Nate Herman, Tim Kazurinsky, Kevin Kelton, Andy Kurtzman, Michael McCarthy, Eddie Murphy, Pamela Norris, Margaret Oberman, Joe Piscopo, Andrew Smith, Bob Tischler, Eliot Wald and Herb Sargent. The head writers were Bob Tischler and Andrew Smith.

Episodes

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes
No.
overall		No. in
season		Host(s)Musical guest(s)Original air date
1601Brandon TartikoffJohn Cougar MellencampOctober 8, 1983 (1983-10-08)

1612Danny DeVito and Rhea PerlmanEddy GrantOctober 15, 1983 (1983-10-15)

1623John CandyMen at WorkOctober 22, 1983 (1983-10-22)

1634Betty ThomasStray CatsNovember 5, 1983 (1983-11-05)

1645Teri GarrMick Fleetwood's ZooNovember 12, 1983 (1983-11-12)

  • Mick Fleetwood's Zoo performs "Tonight"[1] and "Way Down".
  • Magician and future creator/star of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Joel Hodgson made a guest appearance.
  • Jim Belushi was not present nor credited for this episode due to performing in a play, True West.
1656Jerry LewisLoverboyNovember 19, 1983 (1983-11-19)

1667The Smothers BrothersBig CountryDecember 3, 1983 (1983-12-03)

1678Flip WilsonStevie NicksDecember 10, 1983 (1983-12-10)

1689Father Guido SarducciHuey Lewis and the NewsJanuary 14, 1984 (1984-01-14)

16910Michael and Mary PalinThe MotelsJanuary 21, 1984 (1984-01-21)

17011Don RicklesBilly IdolJanuary 28, 1984 (1984-01-28)

17112Robin WilliamsAdam AntFebruary 11, 1984 (1984-02-11)

17213Jamie Lee CurtisThe FixxFebruary 18, 1984 (1984-02-18)

17314Edwin NewmanKool & the GangFebruary 25, 1984 (1984-02-25)

17415Billy CrystalAl JarreauMarch 17, 1984 (1984-03-17)

17516Michael DouglasDeniece WilliamsApril 7, 1984 (1984-04-07)

First episode where *Eddie Murphy is not credited as a cast member nor appears.

17617George McGovernMadnessApril 14, 1984 (1984-04-14)

17718Barry BostwickSpinal TapMay 5, 1984 (1984-05-05)

17819Billy Crystal, Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Father Guido Sarducci, Betty ThomasThe CarsMay 12, 1984 (1984-05-12)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Saturday Night Live: The First Twenty Years. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 1994. pp. 124–127. ISBN 0-395-70895-8.
  2. ^ "Watch Saturday Night Live Highlight: James Brown's Celebrity Hot Tub Party". NBC.com. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "January 28, 1984". SNL Archives. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011.
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