Movie Comedy Teams (From Laurel & Hardy, to The Three Stooges, to Abbott & Costello, Here Are the Inside Stories of Hollywood's Unforgettable Comedians)
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SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE - Three Stooges Self-Defense
| Air Date/Released | Saturday, November 5, 1983 |
|---|---|
| Station/Studio | NBC / Broadway Video |
| Host/Star | Betty Thomas |
Revolutionary sketch comedy/music program, featuring the Not-Ready-For-PrimeTime-Players. After a couple poor seasons, following the 1979-1980 departures of the original cast (i.e., Belushi, Aykrod, Curtin, etc.), the sketch variety series was back on track with talents that included Eddie Murphy, Joe Piscopo and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
A group of women enroll in the '3-San Karate School' and discover that their instructors are Moe-San, Larry-San and Curly-San. The sketch’s best laugh comes from a blooper, when Piscopo’s pants fall down after his ‘Curly-San’ belly-bumps Betty Thomas... both audience and cast lose it.
Cast: Betty Thomas (Host, Karate school student), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Mary Gross, Robin Duke (Karate school students), Tim Kazurinsky (Moe-San), Brad Hall (Larry-San), Joe Piscopo (Curly-San), Don Pardo (Announcer), Jim Belushi, Gary Kroeger, Eddie Murphy (Other cast), The Stray Cats (Musical guest)
Crew: Dave Wilson (Director), Dick Ebersol (Executive Producer), Barry Blaustein, Bob Tischler, David Sheffield, Audrey Peart Dickman, Barbara Liebman, Kim Myers (Producers), Bob Tischer, Andrew Smith, Mary Gross, Robin Duke, Joe Piscopo, Tim Kazurinsky, Jim Belushi, Eddie Murphy, Andy Breckman, Adam Green, Herb Sargent, Nate Herman, Kevin Kelton, Michael C. McCarthy, Andy Kurtzman, Pamela Norris, Margaret Oberman, Eliot Wald (Writers)
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