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The Best Episodes of Saturday Night Live Season 7

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  1. 7.2/10(103 votes)

    #1 - Johnny Cash/Elton John

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    S7:E17

    Elton John performs the John Lennon tribute ""Empty Garden."" Sketches include ""Velvet Jones"" and ""Shadows.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:N/A
  2. 7.0/10(88 votes)

    #2 - Olivia Newton-John

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    S7:E20

    Sketches include ""Ebony & Ivory,"" ""I Married a Monkey,"" Grease, ""Hitler In Heaven,"" and ""Ballpark Organ Favorites."" ONJ performs the hit ""Physical"" in lieu of the opening monologue.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
    Writer:N/A
  3. 6.9/10(83 votes)

    #3 - Elizabeth Ashley/Hall and Oates

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    S7:E13

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  4. 6.7/10(85 votes)

    #4 - George Kennedy/Miles Davis

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    S7:E3

    Sketches include ""To Tell the Truth Gone Awry,"" ""Mister Robinson's Neighborhood #2,"" ""Velvet Jones #1,"" and ""Harry Anderson's Grappler Tricks.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  5. 6.6/10(87 votes)

    #5 - Tim Curry/Meat Loaf

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  6. 6.5/10(84 votes)

    #6 - Bernadette Peters/The Go-Go's, Billy Joel

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  7. 6.5/10(83 votes)

    #7 - Danny DeVito/Sparks

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    S7:E19

    Sketches include ""Louis DePalma's Revenge,"" ""The Executive Test,"" ""The Whiners on an Airplane,"" ""Solomon and Pudge,"" ""Enzo,"" and ""Looks at Books."" Sparks performs ""Mickey Mouse."" Also, Brian Doyle-Murray interviews recently humbled actor-wrestler Andy Kaufman.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  8. 6.4/10(97 votes)

    #8 - Donald Pleasence/Fear

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    S7:E4

    Sketches include ""Vomiting for Luck,"" ""Jogger Motel,"" ""Profiles in British Courage,"" ""Last Night I Killed My Husband"" (musical number), ""Sugar Breakfast"" and ""Andy Warhol's TV."" Fear performed ""I Don't Care About You"" and medley of ""Beef Bologna,"" ""New York's Alright If You Like Saxophones,"" and ""Let's Have A War.""

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    Directors:Andy Warhol, Dave Wilson
    Writer:N/A
  9. 6.3/10(105 votes)

    #9 - (no host)/Rod Stewart

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    S7:E1

    Sketches include ""Our Age is Showing,"" ""The Little Richard Simmons Show,"" ""The Clams"" (film), ""Nuns on the Beach,"" ""A Few Minutes With Andy Rooney,"" ""Prose and Cons"" (film), ""The Khaddaffi Look,"" ""Ruth Deals With Rod,"" ""Andy Warhol,"" Juggling with Michael Davis, and ""Season of Glass"" (film).

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  10. 6.3/10(103 votes)

    #10 - Bill Murray/The Spinners, Yale Whiffenpoofs

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    S7:E8

    Sketches include ""The Phone Company,"" ""Tales of the Unlikely,"" ""Washed-Up Tom Snyder,"" ""MX-5 Tampons,"" and ""The Economics of Christmas."" The Spinners perform ""I'll Be Around.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  11. 6.2/10(86 votes)

    #11 - Robert Conrad/The Allman Brothers Band

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  12. 6.1/10(89 votes)

    #12 - John Madden/Jennifer Holliday

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  13. 6.0/10(90 votes)

    #13 - Lauren Hutton/Rick James

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    S7:E5

    Sketches Include: "Here's 'Cos", "Dressing Room", "Hail To The Chief", "Transeastern", "Whisper", "Cheap Laffs", "Harlequin Romances", "Reach Out", "Velvet Jones School of Technology", "Big Baser", "William Burroughs", "Bitter People"

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  14. 6.0/10(81 votes)

    #14 - Daniel J. Travanti/John Cougar

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    S7:E16

    Sketches include ""Save Larry the Lobster,"" ""Whiners' Anniversary,"" ""Hill Street Blues,"" ""Too Many Ethel Mermans,"" and ""Career Corner."" John Cougar Mellencamp performed ""Hurts So Good.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  15. 5.8/10(93 votes)

    #15 - Susan Saint James/The Kinks

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    Sketches include ""McDonald & Wife,"" ""The Bizarro World,"" ""Buckwheat Sings,"" ""Skanky Fiancee,"" ""Cheap Laffs,"" and ""The Alan Alda Guide to Sensitivity."" The Kinks performed ""Destroyer"" and Christine Ebersole performed ""Single Bars and Single Women."" Also featured is an Anwar Sadat tribute film.

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  16. 5.8/10(73 votes)

    #16 - Robert Urich/Mink DeVille

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    S7:E14

    Sketches include ""He's No Burt Reynolds,"" ""Paul Harvey Radio News,"" ""Golden Age Obedience School,"" and ""Koala Bear Embryo."" Mink De Ville performed ""Maybe Tomorrow.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  17. 5.8/10(80 votes)

    #17 - Blythe Danner/Rickie Lee Jones

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    S7:E15

    Sketches include ""Lorne Greene,"" ""The New Celibacy,"" ""20/20,"" ""The Uncle Tom Show,"" ""Senior Spring Fling '82,"" ""Meet the People,"" and ""Help Out Blythe Danner."" Rickie Lee Jones performed ""Pirates"" and ""Lush Life.""

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  18. 5.7/10(85 votes)

    #18 - James Coburn/Lindsey Buckingham

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  19. 5.7/10(74 votes)

    #19 - Robert Culp/The Charlie Daniels Band

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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  20. 5.6/10(80 votes)

    #20 - Bruce Dern/Luther Vandross

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    Director:Dave Wilson
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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Johnny Cash/Elton John" is the best rated episode of "Saturday Night Live" season 7. It scored 7.2/10 based on 103 votes. Directed by Dave Wilson and written by N/A, it aired on 4/17/1982. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Olivia Newton-John".