In an episode that introduces Gilda Radners Emily Litel as a children's book author as the highlight, this show just seems flat. Host Robert Klein does an extensive monologue to open the show but it is not his best material. Musical Guest London Wainwright III does a Bicentennial Song & A Suicide song, neither of which are really good, though his guitar playing sounds good. Amazing hearing an audience applauding a suicide number.
Abba is definitely lip sync hing both of their numbers & because of this their music does not sound natural at all. Another short highlight is the week-end update segment as it is the second one to feature an Editorial reply. This time, it is Dan Akroyd doing a great one of his monologues with Chevy Chase mocking him the entire routine.
The Muppets are getting close to boring as their routine seems to be about the same every week. I think the NBC budget has to do with this as they are using the same volcano set every week. The network was really tight when doing this show. They were lucky to get such a talented cast as it is the cast that takes even lame material and give it legs.
Abba is definitely lip sync hing both of their numbers & because of this their music does not sound natural at all. Another short highlight is the week-end update segment as it is the second one to feature an Editorial reply. This time, it is Dan Akroyd doing a great one of his monologues with Chevy Chase mocking him the entire routine.
The Muppets are getting close to boring as their routine seems to be about the same every week. I think the NBC budget has to do with this as they are using the same volcano set every week. The network was really tight when doing this show. They were lucky to get such a talented cast as it is the cast that takes even lame material and give it legs.