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| Saturday Night Live | |
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| Season 9 | |
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| No. of episodes | 19 |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 8, 1983 – May 12, 1984 |
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The ninth season of Saturday Night Live , an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 8, 1983, and May 12, 1984.
Future cast member Billy Crystal hosted twice this season: once with musical guest Al Jarreau and again on the season finale with Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Betty Thomas and former cast member Don Novello, with the Cars as musical guest.
Repertory players
bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
This season's writers were Jim Belushi, Andy Breckman, Robin Duke, Adam Green, Mary Gross, Nate Herman, Tim Kazurinsky, Kevin Kelton, Andy Kurtzman, Michael McCarthy, Eddie Murphy, Pamela Norris, Margaret Oberman, Joe Piscopo, Andrew Smith, Bob Tischler, Eliot Wald and Herb Sargent. The head writers were Bob Tischler and Andrew Smith.
| No. overall | No. in season | Host(s) | Musical guest(s) | Original air date | |
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| 160 | 1 | Brandon Tartikoff | John Cougar Mellencamp | October 8, 1983 | |
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| 161 | 2 | Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman | Eddy Grant | October 15, 1983 | |
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| 162 | 3 | John Candy | Men at Work | October 22, 1983 | |
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| 163 | 4 | Betty Thomas | Stray Cats | November 5, 1983 | |
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| 164 | 5 | Teri Garr | Mick Fleetwood's Zoo | November 12, 1983 | |
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| 165 | 6 | Jerry Lewis | Loverboy | November 19, 1983 | |
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| 166 | 7 | The Smothers Brothers | Big Country | December 3, 1983 | |
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| 167 | 8 | Flip Wilson | Stevie Nicks | December 10, 1983 | |
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| 168 | 9 | Father Guido Sarducci | Huey Lewis and the News | January 14, 1984 | |
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| 169 | 10 | Michael and Mary Palin | The Motels | January 21, 1984 | |
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| 170 | 11 | Don Rickles | Billy Idol | January 28, 1984 | |
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| 171 | 12 | Robin Williams | Adam Ant | February 11, 1984 | |
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| 172 | 13 | Jamie Lee Curtis | The Fixx | February 18, 1984 | |
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| 173 | 14 | Edwin Newman | Kool & the Gang | February 25, 1984 | |
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| 174 | 15 | Billy Crystal | Al Jarreau | March 17, 1984 | |
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| 175 | 16 | Michael Douglas | Deniece Williams | April 7, 1984 | |
First episode where *Eddie Murphy is not credited as a cast member nor appears. | |||||
| 176 | 17 | George McGovern | Madness | April 14, 1984 | |
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| 177 | 18 | Barry Bostwick | Spinal Tap | May 5, 1984 | |
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| 178 | 19 | Billy Crystal, Ed Koch, Edwin Newman, Father Guido Sarducci, Betty Thomas | The Cars | May 12, 1984 | |
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