Live From New York, It's... John Belushi!
Sketches include "America's Oldest Living Doper," "Meat Wagon Toy Ambulance," "Dating the Self-Conscious & Extremely Obnoxious," "Gift of the Magi," "Sartresky and Hutch," "The Al Franken & Tom Davis Show," "E. Buzz Miller's Art Classics," "College Students Home For Christmas," "Drunken Santa," and "How to Make a Soiled Kimono."
Elvis Costello & The Attractions performed "Watching the Detectives," the first ten seconds of "Less Than Zero," and "Radio, Radio."
Season 3 Episode 8 of Saturday Night Live resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
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