The New Show

Infobox Television
show_name = The New Show


caption = Opening titles
format = Comedy
runtime = 1 hour
country = USA
network = NBC
first_aired = January 9, 1984
last_aired = March 23, 1984
num_episodes = 8, possibly 9

"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.

Episodes

Episode One (January 6th 1984) -

Guest Stars:

* Steve Martin

* Jeff Goldblum

* Catherine O'Hara

Musical Guest:

* New Edition

Cast:

* Valri Bromfield

* Buck Henry

* Dave Thomas

Also appearing:

* Maggie Jakobson

* G.E. Smith

Sketches:

* 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)

Guest Stars:

* John Candy

* Carrie Fisher

Musical Guest:

* Paul Simon

Cast:

* Valri Bromfield

* Buck Henry

* Dave Thomas

Also appearing:

* Maggie Jakobson

* Maura Moynihan

* James Downey

Sketches:

* 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)

Guest Stars:

* Kevin Kline

* Gilda Radner

* John Candy

Musical Guest:

* David Johansen

Cast:

* Valri Bromfield

* Buck Henry

* Dave Thomas

Also appearing:

* Maggie Jakobson

* Maura Moynihan

Sketches:

* 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)

Guest Stars:

* Raul Julia

* Penny Marshall

Musical Guest:

* Randy Newman

Cast:
* Valri Bromfield

* Buck Henry

* Dave Thomas

Also appearing:

* Maggie Jakobson

* Tom Davis

Sketches:

* 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)

Guest Stars:

* Randy Quaid

* Dennis Quaid

* Catherine O'Hara

Musical Guest:

* John Cougar Mellencamp

Cast:

* Valri Bromfield

* Buck Henry

* Dave Thomas

Sketches:

* 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)

Guest Stars:

* Steve Martin

* Catherine O'Hara

Musical Guest:

* Cyndi Lauper

Cast:

* Valri Bromfield

* Buck Henry

* Dave Thomas

Also appearing:

* Maggie Jakobson

* Tom Davis

* Maura Moynihan

* Sketches:

* 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)

Guest Stars:

* Candice Bergen

* Steve Guttenberg

Cast:

* Valri Bromfield

* Buck Henry

* Dave Thomas

Musical Guest:

* Rick James

Also appearing:

* Maggie Jakobson

* Tom Davis

* Al Franken

* Maura Moynihan

* 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)

Guest Stars:

* Laraine Newman

* John Candy

Cast:

* Valri Bromfield

* Buck Henry

* Dave Thomas

Musical Guest:

* Laurie Anderson

Also appearing:

* Maggie Jakobson

* Tom Davis

* Al Franken

Sketches:
* 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.

External links

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* [http://sctvguide.ca/episodes/as_newshow.htm "The New Show" on the SCTV website]