January 17, 1981 Season 6 episode
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|---|---|
| Episode | 113 |
| Season Episode | 7 |
| Host | Karen Black |
| Musical Guest(s) | Cheap Trick Stanley Clarke Trio |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Baby Loves to Rock" "Can't Stop It But I'm Gonna Try" "Wild Dog" |
| Previous Episode January 10, 1981 |
Next Episode January 24, 1981 |
The 7th episode of Season 6 and the 113th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on January 17, 1981, hosted by actress Karen Black, star of the hit films You're a Big Boy Now, Five Easy Pieces, The Great Gatsby, Airport 1975, Nashville, The Day of the Locust, Burnt Offerings, Family Plot, Killing Heart, Chanel Solitaire, Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?, Bad Manners, The Blue Man, Invaders from Mars, It's Alive III: Island of the Alive, and Out of the Dark, with musical guests Cheap Trick and Stanley Clarke Trio. Karen Black made her 2nd and final hosting stint, and her only appearance in the Doumanian-era, as well as the only musical guest appearances on SNL for Cheap Trick and the Stanley Clarke Trio.
Sketches and Musical Performances[]
- The Carters Leave the White House
- Opening Montage
- Monologue by Karen Black
- The Legendary Composers
- Foundation for the Tragically Hip
- The Livelys
- Reagan's Vice President
- The Rocket Report
- Mona Lisa in Love
- Cheap Trick performs "Baby Loves to Rock"
- Weekend Update with Charles Rocket & Gail Matthius
- 60 Minutes
- Stroke Victim
- Fair Dinkum Championship Finals
- Neighbor Confrontation
- Paulie Herman at the Diner
- Cheap Trick performs "Can't Stop It But I'm Gonna Try"
- Saturday Night Live Action Dolls
- What's It All About?
- National Handgun Association
- Stanley Clarke Trio performs "Wild Dog"
- Goodnights - Karen Black says had a stupendous time. Gail Matthius tugs her ear a la Carol Burnett.
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| Preceded by: January 10, 1981 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: January 24, 1981 |