![]() Gumby: Don’t tell me to calm down, trailer boy. And this is the thanks that I get for saving the show? Shame on you Lorne Michaels. ![]() Gumby: How the hell are people not gonna know who I am? I am Gumby, dammit! Let me tell you something. Michael Che: Well, we just thought people wouldn’t know who you were. He was just a regular corn boy till I saw him. I am the one that made Eddie Murphy a star. Leslie Pollock: 1 appearance Īdditional screen captures from this episode are available here.Gumby: What am I doing here? The question, Michael Che, is how the hell are you going to put on a show and not have me in the show until now? I should have been in the every damn sketch from the top.Kevin Rowland & Dexy's Midnight Runners: 2 appearances.Joe Piscopo: 5 appearances 1 voice-over.Gary Kroeger: 4 appearances 1 voice-over.It may have been end-of-season exhaustion on the cast and writers' part, or they may have used their energy on Stevie Wonder's show, but it felt like they went for the easy jokes a few times too often this week. In a way, it reminds me of how the current SNL often panders to the audience. There are times when bringing back audience favorites can boost a particular week's show, but aside from Letterman, a lot of the return engagements tonight felt uninspired at worst, they felt calculated. Koch, while not a performer, was still a decent emcee for tonight's show despite not being used for anything aside from introductions in the last hour, but he didn't really stray too far outside his safety zone (aside from "singing"). The 1982-83 season of SNL ends with a weaker outing not a truly bad show, but it felt like everyone was going through the motions. Julia Louis-Dreyfus yells "Happy birthday, Stevie!" (Stevie Wonder's birthday was the day before, though I'm not sure whether she's sending birthday greetings to last week's host or another Stevie). Robin Duke looks particularly happy, and Brad Hall is wearing a Practical Theatre Co. Koch invites viewers to come visit New York City.Wendy (Robin Duke) finds Doug's (Joe Piscopo) war medals and flashes back to his time as a prisoner of the Viet Cong. ![]() The audience enjoys this, but again it feels like empty cameo calories.
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