Season 11 / Episode 13
George Wendt & Francis Ford Coppola
March 22, 1986 · Musical guest: Philip Glass
Running order
The show.
- 01
Backstage
Cold open - 02
Monologue
Monologue - 03
The Honeymooners: The Lost Episodes
Live sketch - 04
Commercials
Live sketch - 05
Camera Control
Live sketch - 06
Mystery Playhouse
Live sketch - 07
"Lightning"
Musical performance - 08
Weekend Update
- At the deskJoan Cusack: Commentary on "Out of Africa"
- At the deskFrancis Ford Coppola: Cancels the Pinochet satellite interview
Weekend Update - 09
That Black Girl
Live sketch - 10
Fish Market
Live sketch - 11
Actors
Live sketch - 12
Ghost of Thespians Past
Live sketch - 13
Vietnam Sketch
Live sketch - 14
"Rubric"
Musical performance - 15
Confrontational Monologue
Live sketch - 16
Grand Finale
Live sketch - 17
Goodnights
Goodnights
Notable moments.
Broadcast note
Segment 1 — Backstage: This cold opening is replaced with the dress rehearsal version in reruns.
Source ↗Broadcast note
Segment 3 — The Honeymooners: The Lost Episodes: George Wendt enters the wrong door on the set as he says "Alice, I'm home!" When he realizes his mistake, he ad-libs "I've been hiding in the bedroom the whole time."
Source ↗Broadcast note
Segment 8 — Weekend Update: Before Dennis Miller can do his introduction, several audience members shout "Hey!", and he ad-libs "The girls from 'Where Angels Go Trouble Follows'. We're 30 seconds in, that doesn't make sense."
Source ↗Broadcast note
Segment 8 — Weekend Update: During the Pinochet Countdown segment, Francis Ford Coppola's microphone is off for several seconds, during which a crew member is heard saying "get a boom on him". An accidental camera change while Dennis announces the prize prompts him to ad-lib that "the prize is available only to my cue card people".
Source ↗Format experiment
Francis Ford Coppola appears throughout the live broadcast in a running attempt to improve the show on the air.
Source ↗Opening-theme change
Philip Glass’s Façades replaces the regular opening theme for this episode.
Source ↗Your episode record
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