The BEST episodes of Saturday Night Live season 7
Every episode of Saturday Night Live season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Saturday Night Live season 7!
Each week, a famous guest host appears in sketches and parodies alongside a roster of up-and-coming comedians. A popular musical guest, short films, and Weekend Update - a recurring satirical newscast - form the backbone of one of the most influential and culturally significant TV shows in history.
#1 - Tim Curry/Meat Loaf and the Neverland Express
Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/5/1981
Texxon, Mick!, Illegitimate Son, The Trouble with Fred, Frank & Papa, Tim and Meat's One Stop Rocky Horror Shop, The Zucchini Song, If Reagan had Survived the Assassination.
#2 - Donald Pleasence/Fear
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/31/1981
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.""
#3 - Robert Urich/Mink De Ville
Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/20/1982
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.""
#4 - Olivia Newton-John
Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/22/1982
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.
#5 - (no host)/Rod Stewart, Tina Turner
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1981
Sketches include ""Our Age is Showing,"" ""The Little Richard Simmons Show,"" ""The Clams"" (film), ""Nuns on the Beach,"" ""A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney,"" ""Prose and Cons"" (film), ""The Khaddaffi Look,"" ""Ruth Deals With Rod,"" ""Andy Warhol,"" Juggling with Michael Davis, and ""Season of Glass"" (film).
#6 - Bill Murray/The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/12/1981
Sketches include ""The Phone Company,"" ""Tales of the Unlikely,"" ""Washed-Up Tom Snyder,"" ""MX-5 Tampons,"" and ""The Economics of Christmas."" The Spinners perform ""I'll Be Around.""
#7 - Elizabeth Ashley/Hall and Oates
Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/27/1982
Sketches include: CBS Evening News, Damn Plastic Bubble, Speaking as a Woman, African Tour, Musical Performance "You Make My Dreams", Joseph Papp Auditions, Musical Performance "I Can't Go For That", Girls to Women, Lowembrau, Musical Performance "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling"
#8 - Blythe Danner/Rickie Lee Jones
Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/27/1982
Sketches include ""Lorne Greene,"" ""The New Celibacy,"" ""20/20,"" ""The Uncle Tom Show,"" ""Senior Spring Fling '82,"" ""Meet the People,"" and ""Help Out Blythe Danner."" Rickie Lee Jones performed ""Pirates"" and ""Lush Life.""
#9 - Robert Culp/Charlie Daniels Band
Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/24/1982
Sketches include: Tennis Club Locker Room, Middle Age of Aquarius, Party Girl, Musical Performance "Still in Saigon", Egg & Sperm, James Brown is Annie. U.S.S. Cunningham , Babies In Makeup, Happy's, Musical Performance "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
#10 - Danny DeVito/Sparks
Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/15/1982
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.
#11 - Bernadette Peters/Billy Joel, The Go-Go's
Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/14/1981
Johnny Keep Your Gun Clean, Escape from New York Films, I Married a Monkey, A Message to Young White Viewers, Hidden Photo, Bedtime Story, Man Ray and Mic, Sketch in the Dark, 42nd Street, Nick the Knock, Rock 'N Roll Heaven Incorporated.
#12 - John Madden/Jennifer Holliday
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/30/1982
Sketches include: Locker Room, Johnny Carson School of Acting, Jogger Hotel, Betty Beer, Poetry Corner, The Lou Grant Show, The Uncle Tom Show, Inside Story, Mob Nicknames, Super Bowl to Saturday Night Live and Solomon & Pudge.
#13 - George Kennedy/Miles Davis
Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1981
Sketches include ""To Tell the Truth Gone Awry,"" ""Mister Robinson's Neighborhood #2,"" ""Velvet Jones #1,"" and ""Harry Anderson's Grappler Tricks.""
#14 - Robert Conrad/Allman Brothers Band
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/23/1982
Sketches include: The People's Court, In the News, Wild Wild Wild West, Babies in Makeup, Overexposed Characters, Battle of the Week, A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney, The Nixon Mansion, Family Tradition.
#15 - Daniel J. Travanti/John Cougar
Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/10/1982
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.""
#16 - Susan St. James/The Kinks
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1981
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.
#17 - Lauren Hutton/Rick James
Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/1981
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, Push Button to Explode Building, Bitter People, Schiller's Reel: Art is Ficial.
#18 - Bruce Dern/Luther Vandross
Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/20/1982
Sketches include: Backstage, Ski Date, Who Do You Hate, Focus On Film. The Bizarro World, Songwriters, The Mild One, Fracas, Flying, Melina's Cafe.
#19 - Johnny Cash/Elton John
Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/17/1982
Sketches include: The Train of Life, The Honeyrooneys, Musical Performance "Empty Garden", Last Request, Next Week, Musical Performance "I Walk The Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", Hail To The Chief, Jay Clay gets Depressed, Tegrim, Showmanship & Flash, Musical Performance "Ball & Chain", Train Poet, Black Talk, Reach Out, Musical Performance "Sunday Morning Coming Down"
#20 - James Coburn/Mick Fleetwood, Lindsay Buckingham
Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/6/1982
Sketches include: President's Birthday, Reach Out, I Married a Monkey, Mr. Robinson Neighborhood, Jesus in Blue Jeans, Crazy Mary Gay Jim, Victims of 60 Minutes, Magnificent Analyst, The Khaddaffi Look, Unique Perspectives, Those Crazy Taboosters.