The New Show

The New Show
Opening titles
Country of origin	USA
No. of episodes	9
Production
Running time	1 hour
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	January 9, 1984 – March 23, 1984

The New Show is a NBC sketch comedy show produced by Lorne Michaels, which ran for 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. It was the lowest rated of 94 programs that aired during the 1983–84 television season, averaging a 7.81 household rating. It was scheduled opposite Matt Houston and Falcon Crest.

Episodes

#	Original Airdate	Guest Stars	Musical Guest	Cast	Also appearing	Sketches
1	January 6, 1984	Steve Martin Jeff Goldblum Catherine O'Hara	New Edition	Valri Bromfield Buck Henry Dave Thomas	Maggie Jakobson G.E. Smith	Billie Jean music video takeoff (Martin, DT) Teacher's lounge and talent show tryouts (Goldblum, VB, DT, Smith, Jakobson) Statement of Principles for The New Show (Martin) Weekend Tonight (BH, DT, plus DT as Bob Hope) 1984 takeoff (everyone) Joy Behar – Make Me Laugh Part I (film segment) I've...been...drugged (Martin, O'Hara, Goldblum)
2	January 13, 1984	John Candy Carrie Fisher	Paul Simon	Valri Bromfield Buck Henry Dave Thomas	Maggie Jakobson Maura Moynihan James Downey	Ruth Gordon and Orson Welles (VB, Candy) Why don't you check on the baby? (Fisher) Mountain Mike (DT, Simon, Candy) Time Truck (everyone) Andropov faking illness (everyone) Weekend Tonight (BH, DT, Candy as Pavarotti) Paul Simon music video Roy's Food Repair (everyone)
3	January 20, 1984	Kevin Kline Gilda Radner John Candy	David Johansen	Valri Bromfield Buck Henry Dave Thomas	Maggie Jakobson Maura Moynihan	Opening with DT introducing cast (BH, VB) Gilda with her dog (also with DT) Introducing Kevin Kline and John Candy The Hustler (Kline, Candy, DT, BH, other extras) Good mailman, bad mailman (Radner, DT, Candy, VB) Olympic moment (Kline and Radner as skaters without skates) The Hustler contd Weekend Tonight (BH, DT, Candy as John Madden, DT as Liberace, Candy as Big Boy) Buster Poindexter and the Banshees of Blues (Johansen) The Hustler contd Den of Revulsion (ewwwww!) (VB, Radner, BH, Kline, Candy, DT) The Muensters (primetime soap takeoff) (everyone)
4	February 3, 1984	Raul Julia Penny Marshall	Randy Newman	Valri Bromfield Buck Henry Dave Thomas	Maggie Jakobson Tom Davis	Restaurant of Revulsion (ewwwww!) (VB, DT, Marshall, BH, Julia) Penny Marshall does breakdancing with The Dynamic Breakers Walter Cronkite's World of Bloopers (DT, Marshall) Randy Newman performs Scarface takeoff (everyone) Weekend Tonight (BH, DT, Marshall, VB, plus DT as Olivier) Trivial Pursuit (Marshall, DT, VB, Newman) Maggie Jakobson does black cheerleaders Randy Newman music video: I Love L.A. Zorka The Moth (Marshall, Julia)
5	February 10, 1984	Randy Quaid Dennis Quaid Catherine O'Hara	John Cougar Mellencamp	Valri Bromfield Buck Henry Dave Thomas	N/A	Buck Henry's Bikini Theater Commandos From Hell (Quaids) The Frightened Family (with DT, VB, O'Hara, BH) Mental Telepathy (with Dennis Quaid, O'Hara, DT, BH, VB) Weekend Tonight (with BH and DT, O'Hara as Wendy O. Williams) Sister and her pranking brothers (Quaids, O'Hara) The Naughty Lady (Quaids, VB, BH, O'Hara, DT) World of Nature (BH, O'Hara) Joy Behar – Make Me Laugh Part II (film segment)
6	February 17, 1984	Steve Martin Catherine O'Hara	Cyndi Lauper	Valri Bromfield Buck Henry Dave Thomas	Maggie Jakobson Tom Davis Maura Moynihan	Jim McKay at the Olympics (DT, VB) Steve Martin asks "What Kind of Guy Watches the New Show?" Couple seeing the doctor about "going unconscious" (DT, O'Hara, BH) Steve Martin as Italian gigolo (also with O'Hara) Cyndi Lauper performs New York Daily Bugle (Martin, O'Hara, BH, DT) Weekend Tonight (BH, DT, O'Hara as Julie Andrews, DT as Boy George) Problem with extras (everyone) New employee (DT, BH, Moynihan) Cyndi Lauper performs Film segment: "The Day Before"
7	March 9, 1984	Candice Bergen Steve Guttenberg	Rick James	Valri Bromfield Buck Henry Dave Thomas	Maggie Jakobson Tom Davis Al Franken Maura Moynihan	Going to Work (VB) Let's Make A Deal for doing the show (BH, Bergen, Guttenberg) Campaign Trail of Blood (DT, Guttenberg, BH) Vacationers forgot their camera (Bergen, BH) Smooth talking Jeb avoids a lynching (Guttenberg, Davis, Franken, BH, DT, Jakobson) Weekend Tonight (BH, DT, also DT as Ed Koch Chip Masters: Organ Donor (Moynihan, BH, VB, Guttenberg, Davis, DT) Menudo mockumentary Rick James
8	March 16, 1984	Laraine Newman John Candy	Laurie Anderson	Valri Bromfield Buck Henry Dave Thomas	Maggie Jakobson Tom Davis Al Franken	Buck insists it is a live audience (BH, Newman, Candy) Asian convenience store clerk (DT, Candy) Ping pong scene being filmed (Candy, BH, Davis, Franken) The Frightened Family (BH, DT, Candy, Newman, VB) Weekend Tonight (BH, DT, plus DT as Michael Caine, Candy as Tip O'Neill) Twilight Zonettes (everyone) Desiree Silver's Film Talk (Jakobson, Newman, Candy, VB)
9	March 23, 1984	Teri Garr	The Pretenders	Valri Bromfield Buck Henry Dave Thomas	Maggie Jakobson Maura Moynihan Tom Davis Al Franken	Buck speaks of cast as family (BH, Garr, Thomas) Union Scabs meeting (BH, Thomas, Franken, Davis, others) Ping pong scene being filmed (Candy, BH, Davis, Franken) Floont Artney (BH, Thomas) Dave's evil brother Bill tangles with Buck, Teri, and audience (BH, Garr, Thomas) The Pretenders Mr. Grandmom (Thomas, Garr, Bromfield) Weekend Tonight (BH, Thomas, plus Davis and Garr) Terri Garr hands out samples in supermarket (everyone) The Pretenders Where's The Beef themed wedding (everyone)

External links

• The New Show at the Internet Movie Database
• The New Show at TV.com
• The New Show on the SCTV website