November 21, 1987 Season 13 episode
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| Episode | 238 |
| Season Episode | 5 |
| Host | Candice Bergen |
| Musical Guest(s) | Cher |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"We All Sleep Alone" "I Found Someone" |
| Previous Episode November 14, 1987 |
Next Episode December 5, 1987 |
The 5th episode of Season 13 and the 238th episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on November 21, 1987, hosted by the actress Candice Bergen with musical guest Cher, the pop sensation and singer-actress. This is Candice Bergen's 4th time as host and her first appearance in over three decades. She last hosted SNL on December 11, 1976, the tenth episode and Christmas show of Season 2, with musical guest Frank Zappa. This also the only musical guest appearance on SNL for Cher.
Cast[]
Repertory Players[]
Featured Player[]
- Guest appearances by Paul Shaffer & The World's Most Dangerous Band
- Cameo by the original Mayflower Madam Sydney Biddle Barrows
Sketches and Music Performances[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| A Message From the Vice-President of the United States Cold Open | Vice-President George Bush (Dana Carvey) announces that he's staged a coup in order to deter his status as a wimp. | |
| Monologue by Candice Bergen | While clutching a live turkey, actress Candice Bergen tells the audience about the pet turkey she has as a child, as she returned to host SNL for the fourth time, and her first appearance in over three decades. | |
| Pumping Up With Hans & Franz | Hans (Dana Carvey) and Franz (Kevin Nealon) will put girly man Helmut (Phil Hartman) through an extensive and cruel exercise regime. | |
| Anne Boleyn | King Henry VII's (Phil Hartman) exiled wife, Anne Boleyn (Candice Bergen), decides how she wants to die following their divorce. | |
| Manufactures of Machine Part Components United To Save Our Courts | Machine parts will be taxed. | |
| Cher performed "We All Sleep Alone" with Paul Shaffer & The World's Most Dangerous Band and G.E. Smith | ||
| Ching Change | Ching Change's (Dana Carvey) sister Loose (Nora Dunn) dates a positive ethnic stereotype (Phil Hartman). | |
| Weekend Update with Dennis Miller | Dennis Miller, with a lot of the jokes falling flatter than usual. The biggest laugh this week actually comes from the mistake involving the point-counterpoint segment; the story is that Dana Carvey (who was supposed to play Dennis Miller for the first time tonight) thought that the segment wasn’t going ahead and didn’t show up. I’m also guessing that between Ching Change and the next sketch, he probably would have missed the window to do a quick change into the Miller costume. | |
| Mayflower Madam | Sydney Biddle Barrows’ ancestor Priscilla (Candice Bergen) establishes her escort service at the first Thanksgiving. Also Features Dana Carvey as Amagansett, Nora Dunn as Prudence, Phil Hartman as Myles Standish, Jan Hooks as the pilgrim, Victoria Jackson as Chastity and Jon Lovitz as Chief Takonik. | |
| Thought Bible | Their visual thoughts differ from a couple's (Phil Hartman, Candice Bergen) conversation. With Kevin Nealon as waiter. | |
| Peeping Tom | A peeping Tom (Kevin Nealon) watches as newly released Mace (Phil Hartman) tries to seduce a prostitute (Jan Hooks). | |
| Country Through and Through | Country singer Lonnie Broadaxe's (Dana Carvey) album expresses his humiliation. | |
| Einstein Express | With Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks and Kevin Nealon. | |
| Cher performs "I Found Someone", once again with Paul Shaffer & The World's Most Dangerous Band | ||
| Goodnights | Candice Bergen wishes everyone goodnight and Happy Thanksgiving; there’s a little time before the credits start rolling. |
| Preceded by: November 14, 1987 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: December 5, 1987 |