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Louis Gossett Jr/George Thorogood & The Destroyers

  • Episode aired Oct 2, 1982
  • TV-14
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Louis Gossett Jr. in Saturday Night Live (1975)
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Oscar winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. hosts this 1982 episode featuring a cameo by Mr. T. Selected sketches include: "Sex Therapy", "Mr. and Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix", "Donahue" and the Commer... Read allOscar winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. hosts this 1982 episode featuring a cameo by Mr. T. Selected sketches include: "Sex Therapy", "Mr. and Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix", "Donahue" and the Commercial Parody "Don't Hitch-Hike". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited fro... Read allOscar winning actor Louis Gossett Jr. hosts this 1982 episode featuring a cameo by Mr. T. Selected sketches include: "Sex Therapy", "Mr. and Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix", "Donahue" and the Commercial Parody "Don't Hitch-Hike". For clearances reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version.

  • Director
    • Dave Wilson
  • Writers
    • Paul Barrosse
    • Barry W. Blaustein
    • Robin Duke
  • Stars
    • Louis Gossett Jr.
    • Robin Duke
    • Mary Gross
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    88
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Dave Wilson
    • Writers
      • Paul Barrosse
      • Barry W. Blaustein
      • Robin Duke
    • Stars
      • Louis Gossett Jr.
      • Robin Duke
      • Mary Gross
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Louis Gossett Jr.
    Louis Gossett Jr.
    • Self - Host…
    Robin Duke
    Robin Duke
    • Various…
    Mary Gross
    Mary Gross
    • Various…
    Brad Hall
    Brad Hall
    • West German Audience Member…
    Tim Kazurinsky
    Tim Kazurinsky
    • Various…
    Gary Kroeger
    Gary Kroeger
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    Julia Louis-Dreyfus
    Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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    Eddie Murphy
    Eddie Murphy
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    Joe Piscopo
    Joe Piscopo
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    George Thorogood & The Destroyers
    • Themselves - Musical Guest
    Don Pardo
    Don Pardo
    • Announcer
    • (voice)
    • …
    Robert Judd
    Robert Judd
    • Eddie Murphy's Father
    • (uncredited)
    Mr. T
    Mr. T
    • Mr. T
    • (uncredited)
    The Saturday Night Live Band
    • Themselves
    • (uncredited)
    Eliot Wald
    • Self - Sketch Writer
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Dave Wilson
    • Writers
      • Paul Barrosse
      • Barry W. Blaustein
      • Robin Duke
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      According to Robin Duke, she was the first person to impersonate Mr. T on screen, and by repeating his line "I pity the fool" from Rocky III (1982) various times during the sketch, she helped to create his most famous catchphrase.
    • Goofs
      During the monologue, Drill Sergeant Louis Gosset Jr. asks Brad Hall to give him a joke setup, but the camera focuses on Gary Kroeger instead.
    • Quotes
      • Mrs. T.: [Commercial for Mr. & Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix]
      • [shouting]
      • Mrs. T.: If you're as mean as me and my husband, Mr. T, you should be drinking Mr. & Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix! I pity the fool that doesn't drink it! I pitty the fool! Ain't that right, Mr. T?
      • Mr. T.: I pity the fool!
      • Mrs. T.: Now if you want the real Bloody Mary, you come to my apartment tonight, I'll show you a real Bloody Mary! You hear?
      • Mr. T.: She showed me!
      • Mrs. T.: Settle down, old man, and lemme finish! The strategy for a real bloody Mary is three parts Mr. & Mrs. T's Bloody Mary Mix, and one part vodka! Then you drink it down!
      • [She chugs the drink and wipes off her mouth]
      • Mrs. T.: That's mean! Now if any man says to me he doesn't like Mr. & Mrs. T's Bloody Mary Mix, I say to him: Shut up, old man! Shut up! And then I kill him to death, I kill the man! But I pity him first. It's a bloody shame. It's Mr. & Mrs. T Bloody Mary Mix!
      • Mr. T.: Buy it or I'll kill ya!
    • Alternate versions
      Network reruns slightly edit Joe Piscopo's announcement of next week's guests during his announcement of Don Pardo's return, as well as the Back to Wentzville sketch. The reruns also remove a segment where Mary Gross trashes Jerry Lewis with help from dirty jokes (this was presumably done because Lewis suffered a heart attack in December 1982).
    • Connections
      Edited into Saturday Night Live: SNL Film Festival (1985)
    • Soundtracks
      Our Pride is Showing
      (uncredited)
      Performed by chorus

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    Details

    • Release date
      • October 2, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Site
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Studio 8H, NBC Studios - 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Broadway Video
      • NBC Productions
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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