Saturday Night Live Ron Howard/The Clash (1975– ) Online
- Original Title :
- Ron Howard/The Clash
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Comedy / Music
- Year :
- 1975–
- Directror :
- Dave Wilson,Bruce Murray
- Cast :
- Ron Howard,Robin Duke,Mary Gross
- Writer :
- Paul Barrosse,Barry W. Blaustein
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h 30min
- Rating :
- 8.1/10
Sketches include "Bureau of Weights and Measures," "Opie's Back," "Velvet Jones Romance Novels," "Whiners Want a Baby," a guest performance by Harry Anderson, "In Search of Francis the Talking Mule" (film), "Focus on Film," "Reagan Visits Carter, 1980," "America is Turning Gay," "Sylvester School of Speech Therapy," "Hooker Explanation," and "Nukes Are For Kooks." The Clash performed "Straight To Hell" and "Should I Stay or Should I Go."
Episode cast overview: | |||
Ron Howard | - | Himself - Host / Various / Opie | |
Robin Duke | - | Various / Aunt Bee | |
Mary Gross | - | Various | |
Brad Hall | - | Saturday Night News Anchor / Various / Gomer Pyle | |
Tim Kazurinsky | - | Various | |
Gary Kroeger | - | Various / Barney Fife | |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus | - | Various | |
Eddie Murphy | - | Various / Floyd the Barber | |
Joe Piscopo | - | Various / Otis | |
The Clash | - | Themselves - Musical Guest | |
Harry Anderson | - | Various | |
Don Pardo | - | Himself - Announcer (voice) |
In the sketch "Mayberry 1982", Ron Howard accidentally calls Floyd "Otis". Eddie Murphy corrects him and Howard ad-libs "I told you I couldn't recognize you!"
In the sketch "Mayberry 1982", it's implied that Gomer has come out of the closet, and Jim Nabors eventually really did so.