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Thursday Night Live nails both Saturday Night Live and Fridays, the SNL rip off. Features the first appearance by both Walter Cronkite and David Brinkley, in their very first two-hander. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf was also spoofed in Mind Games from series 2. Additional Viewing: Saturday Night Live and ABC's SNL competiton Fridays; K-Tel fast talking Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf is based on the 1966 film Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor (also featured in Mind Games); Dat's Da Name of Dat Tune is a spoof of 70s cop show Baretta, starring Robert Blake; the tune in question is the theme from Baretta, while S.W.A.T was another cop show on at the time (thanks Markshark). Syndication Note: Fast Talking Playhouse was moved to 3-4 (56); Crazy Crafts (first show) from 3-3 (55) was added DVD Note: The end credits music has been changed to the Ira Newborn Cycle 2 theme, obscuring Cronkite's rambling monologue.

My Factory, My Self is an inspired sendup several big Oscar winning movies of the time, and the can-do attitude of their leading ladies. Also features the first Money Talks, hosted by the awkward Brian Johns, and Walter Cronkite takes over from Moe Green on Dialing For Dollars. End credits music for this episode is 'Drugs' by Talking Heads. Additional Viewing: My Factory, My Self, starring 'Sally Jane Clayburgh-Streep', is a parody of An Unmarried Woman (Jill Clayburgh), Coming Home (Jane Fonda), Norma Rae (Sally Field), Kramer vs Kramer (Meryl Streep), with the nuclear reactor from The China Syndrome thrown in for good measure. The Young and the Restless, a long-running soap. Syndication Note: The Young and the Wrestling was moved to 3-3 (55); Kanadian Korner 4 was dropped; Fast talking Playhouse from 3-2 (54) was added

Monster Chiller Horror Theatre features a rare solo venture for Woody Tobias Jr, and, unusually, an after-feature interview with Count Floyd. Additional Viewing: In his introduction to Death Motel, Count Floyd describes how, when the film was in theatres, a bell would sound before the really scary parts - like an early warning system; in 1973, Eugene Levy and Andrea Martin starred in Ivan Reitman's Cannibal Girls, which used that exact gimmick. More at Canucksploitation. Syndication Note: Edna's Back was moved to 3-6 (58); Elvis 'n' Costello from 3-3 (55) was added DVD Note: Edna Hymbecker no longer sings Killing Me Softly

Play It Again, Bob brings Woody Allen and Bob Hope together, with a little help from Bing Crosby. Clever, amusing, dead-on impressions, great premise, and plenty of one-liners. Remarkable. Additional Viewing: Woody Allen's Play It Again, Sam Syndication Note: SCTV News Teaser was dropped DVD Note: The end credits music has been changed to the Ira Newborn Cycle 2 theme; the original had a recording of "Thanks for the Memories."

Additional Viewing: Cecil and Cynthia previously appeared in the Series 2-14 Alfred Hitchcock thriller 'Murder is Bad for Your Health'. This time they are in a parody of the 1944 film Gaslight, starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer. The Dick Cavett Show, a long-running talk show in the 70s. Chick Monk is based on Chip Monck, lighting and sound man for many of the great bands of the 60's and 70's and MC at Woodstock. Syndication Note: Kanadian Korner 8 was dropped; American Express from 3-22 (74) and Gordon Lightfoot from 3-18 (70) were added

Bob Hope spoils Bobby Bittman's routine when he walks on to The Sammy Maudlin Show to promote his latest special. Additional Viewing: Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese's 1976 classic; Bob Hope on the Road to China, Hope's 1979 TV special. Syndication Note: Taxi Driver was moved to 3-17 (69); TotaControl was moved to 3-10 (62); Participaction from 3-10 (62) was added

Featuring Sneak Previews and the Kirk Douglas hosted Hollywood Salute to Extras. Additional Viewing: Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese's 1976 classic; Popeye, Robert Altman's 1980 semi-classic; Star Wars, again; and Sneak Previews, the movie review show featuring Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert. Thomas and Flaherty later reprised their Siskel-Ebert impressions on Martin Short's special I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood. Syndication Note: Howards Bristol Cream was moved to 3-3 (55); Jackie Stewart's Wide World of High Voices from 3-23 (75) was added DVD Note: The John Williams music used in the Star Wars clip in Sneak Previews has been replaced with the Polka music that was used to replace Williams' music in The Happy Wanderers Salute to John Williams (Series 5) on DVD Volume 4; Hawaii 5-O theme music in Hawaii 5-Ho has been replaced; closing credits music changed to the Ira Newborn Cycle 2 theme.

Former station manager Moe Green is being held by radical Lutonians and Guy won't pay the ransom. Irwin Allen's classic '70s disaster movies sink lower with Shelley Winters (Robin Duke), Charlton Heston (Joe Flaherty) and Red Buttons (Dave Thomas).

It's new years' eve 1980 and Guy Caballero imagines the future in 1984, resulting in the multi-sketch Telescreen broadcast. Additional Viewing: Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese's 1976 classic; The PTL Club, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's television ministry. Syndication Note: Taxi Driver (Bob Hope) was moved to syndicated show 117; Tomorrow, Today, Tonight from 3-19 (71) was added

Mr. Kessler (Rick Moranis) demonstrates a way to use your TV for banking and medical services – even to choose the programs you watch! Earl Camembert covers a dog fight.

Via the SCTV satellite, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello host the Midnight Special live from the prisons of Turkey, while Bill Needle has his show cut to three seconds. Additional Viewing: Alan Parker's 1978 Oscar-winning film Midnight Express and The Midnight Special, the late night rock show that SCTV would eventually replace. Syndication Note: Tomorrow, Tonight, Today was moved to 3-16 (68) DVD Note: Randy Newman's "Pants" has been replaced by generic music, and Randy's segment has been cut down to where he is basically muffled from the top.

"Monster Chiller Horror Theater" presents Dick Cavett! Dick (Moranis) interviews Bobby Bittman (Levy). Bob and Doug, on the lam, discuss cops.