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Saturday Night Live: Season 7, Episode 4

Donald Pleasance/Fear (31 Oct. 1981)

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The host for the episode is Donald Pleasance, and the musical guest is Fear. The skits for this episode are as follows: A Jogger Motel traps annoying joggers with a glue they can't jog out ... See full summary »

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The host for the episode is Donald Pleasance, and the musical guest is Fear. The skits for this episode are as follows: A Jogger Motel traps annoying joggers with a glue they can't jog out of. Jerry Lewis shows people his two completely different personas. Donald Pleasance shares his pumpkin carving tips. Tips are provided on how to survive in Harlem. A repeat skit presents rising literary stars who are all ex-cons. Other skits include vomiting for luck, profiles in British courage, 'Last Night I Killed My Husband', tales from the hip, Annie intermission, sugar breakfast, Andy Warhol's TV, and the Vic Salukin Show. Fear performs "I Don't Care About You", Beef Bologna", New York's All Right If You Like Saxophones" and "Let's Have a War". Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>

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Michael O'Donoghue wrote many dark sketches for this episode that Dick Ebersol cut during rehearsals. One of them was a short film portraying NBC president Fred Silverman as Adolf Hitler. Silverman - who is Jewish - threatened to sue if the short aired. O'Donoghue was fired two months later. See more »

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