Season 11 / Episode 14

Oprah Winfrey

April 12, 1986 · Musical guest: Joe Jackson

Running order

The show.

  1. 01

    Backstage

    Cold open
  2. 02

    Monologue

    Monologue
  3. 03

    John Cougar Mellencamp's Lookin' At America

    Live sketch
  4. 04

    The Pat Stevens Show

    Live sketch
  5. 05

    Cabrini Green

    Live sketch
  6. 06

    "Right and Wrong"

    Musical performance
  7. 07

    Weekend Update

    1. At the deskAnthony Michael Hall: Sophomoric review of "High Jinx"
    2. At the deskA. Whitney Brown: The Big Picture
    Weekend Update
  8. 08

    The Wart Hog

    Live sketch
  9. 09

    I Play The Maids

    Live sketch
  10. 10

    Actors On Film

    Live sketch
  11. 11

    Craig Sundberg, Idiot Savant

    Live sketch
  12. 12

    The Cute Shop

    Live sketch
  13. 13

    "Soul Kiss"

    Musical performance
  14. 14

    One Shoe Emma

    Live sketch
  15. 15

    Goodnights

    Goodnights

Notable moments.

Broadcast note

Segment 7 — Weekend Update: Dennis Miller forgets to remove his microphone when he stands up to demonstrate the Line of Death on the map. The wire jerks him back, and he ad-libs "The Line of Death is right around my neck."

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Broadcast note

Segment 13 — "Soul Kiss": Joe Jackson was under a four-minute time limit for this performance. After checking a stopwatch on his piano, he blows a whistle to abruptly end the song and says "That's it, four minutes."

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Extra

Joe Forristal appears in the broadcast.

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