The New Show

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The New Show
Image:newshowlogo.jpg
Opening titles
Format Comedy
Country of origin Flag of the United States United States
No. of episodes 8, possibly 9
Production
Running time 1 hour
Broadcast
Original channel NBC
Original run January 9, 1984 – March 23, 1984

The New Show was an NBC sketch comedy show produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, which ran for only one season from January 6 to March 23, 1984. Apart from being 60 minutes in length and entirely pre-recorded, the show is similar in format to SNL.

Note that the following information on each show is derived from watching actual videotapes of the shows as originally aired.

[edit] Episodes

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Episode One (January 6th 1984) -

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  • Billie Jean music video takeoff (Martin, Thomas)
  • Teacher's lounge and talent show tryouts (Goldblum, Bromfield, Thomas, Smith, Jakobson)
  • Statement of Principles for The New Show (Martin)
  • Weekend Tonight (Henry, Thomas, plus Thomas as Bob Hope)
  • 1984 takeoff (everyone)
  • Joy Behar - Make Me Laugh Part I (film segment)
  • I've...been...drugged (Martin, O'Hara, Goldblum)

Episode Two (January 13th 1984)

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  • Ruth Gordon and Orson Welles (Bromfield,Candy)
  • Why don't you check on the baby? (Fisher)
  • Mountain Mike (Thomas, Simon, Candy)
  • Time Truck (everyone)
  • Andropov faking illness (everyone)
  • Weekend Tonight (Henry, Thomas, Candy as Pavarotti)
  • Paul Simon music video
  • Roy's Food Repair (everyone)

Episode Three (January 20th 1984)

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  • opening with Dave Thomas introducing cast (Henry,Bromfield)
  • Gilda with her dog (also with Thomas)
  • introducing Kevin Kline and John Candy
  • The Hustler (Kline, Candy, Thomas, Henry, other extras)
  • Good mailman, bad mailman (Radner, THomas, Candy, Bromfield)
  • Olympic moment (Kline and Radner as skaters without skates)
  • The Hustler contd
  • Weekend Tonight (Henry, Thomas, Candy as John Madden, Thomas as Liberace, Candy as Big Boy)
  • Buster Poindexter and the Banshees of Blues (Johansen)
  • The Hustler contd
  • Den of Revulsion (ewwwww!) (Bromfield,Radner,Henry,Kline,Candy,Thomas)
  • The Muensters (primetime soap takeoff) (everyone)

Episode Four (February 3rd 1984)

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  • Restaurant of Revulsion (ewwwww!) (Bromfield,Thomas,Marshall,Henry,Julia)
  • Penny Marshall does breakdancing with The Dynamic Breakers
  • Walter Cronkite's World of Bloopers (Thomas,Marshall)
  • Randy Newman performs
  • Scarface takeoff (everyone)
  • Weekend Tonight (Henry,Thomas,Marshall,Bromfield, plus Thomas as Olivier)
  • Trivial Pursuit (Marshall,Thomas,Bromfield,Newman)
  • Maggie Jakobson does black cheerleaders
  • Randy Newman music video: I Love L.A.
  • Zorka The Moth (Marshall,Julia)

Episode Five (February 10 1984)

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  • Buck Henry's Bikini Theater
  • Commandos From Hell (Quaids)
  • The Frightened Family (with Thomas, Bromfield, O'Hara, Henry)
  • Mental Telepathy (with Dennis Quaid, O'Hara, Thomas, Henry, Bromfield)
  • Weekend Tonight (with Henry and Thomas, O'Hara as Wendy O. Williams)
  • Sister and her pranking brothers (Quaids, O'Hara)
  • The Naughty Lady (Quaids, Bromfield, Henry, O'Hara, Thomas)
  • World of Nature (Henry, O'Hara)
  • Joy Behar - Make Me Laugh Part II (film segment)

Episode Six (February 17 1984)

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  • Jim McKay at the Olympics (Thomas,Bromfield)
  • Steve Martin asks "What Kind of Guy Watches the New Show?"
  • Couple seeing the doctor about "going unconscious" (Thomas,O'Hara,Henry)
  • Steve Martin as Italian gigolo (also with O'Hara)
  • Cyndi Lauper performs
  • New York Daily Bugle (Martin,O'Hara,Henry,Thomas)
  • Weekend Tonight (Henry,Thomas,O'Hara as Julie Andrews,Thomas as Boy George)
  • Problem with extras (everyone)
  • New employee (Thomas,Henry,Moynihan)
  • Cyndi Lauper performs
  • Film segment: "The Day Before"

Episode Seven (Mar 9 1984)

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  • Sketches:
  • Going to Work (Bromfield)
  • Let's Make A Deal for doing the show (Henry,Bergen,Guttenberg)
  • Campaign Trail of Blood (Thomas,Guttenberg,Henry)
  • Vacationers forgot their camera (Bergen,Henry)
  • Smooth talking Jeb avoids a lynching (Guttenberg,Davis,Franken,Henry,Thomas,Jakobson)
  • Weekend Tonight (Henry,Thomas,also Thomas as Ed Koch
  • Chip Masters: Organ Donor (Moynihan,Henry,Bromfield,Guttenberg,Davis,Thomas)
  • Menudo mockumentary
  • Rick James


Episode Eight (Mar 16 1984)

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  • Buck insists it is a live audience (Henry,Newman,Candy)
  • Asian convenience store clerk (Thomas,Candy)
  • Ping pong scene being filmed (Candy,Henry,Davis,Franken)
  • The Frightened Family (Henry,Thomas,Candy,Newman,Bromfield)
  • Weekend Tonight (Henry,Thomas, plus Thomas as Michael Caine, Candy as Tip O'Neill
  • Twilight Zonettes (everyone)
  • Desiree Silver's Film Talk (Jakobson,Newman,Candy,Bromfield)

Another Episode

This episode is described in other website as being aired on January 27, 1984 and featuring Teri Garr as a guest. However, the TV guide for this date indicates that "TV Comedy's Funniest Moments" was to be aired in the 10:00pm time slot on NBC. The TV Guide entry for March 23, 1984 indicates only that The Pretenders are the musical guest, so it is possible that this episode aired instead on March 23. It is likely that this episode did air at some point because there is a scene-by-scene description on the SCTV website.


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