Saturday Night News with Bob Uecker

Bob Uecker anchors tonight’s edition (and doesn’t get any applause when introduced by Don Pardo). Uecker’s delivery is very weak, and at one point misreads Barbara Bush’s name off the cue card as “Barbara Rush”, though he quickly ad-libs a good save with “Barbara Rush did [make the news] too, but that was some time ago.” Most of the photo jokes also feel like they’ve been done a few times before, particularly the national anthem/heart attack one. Speaking of Barbara Bush, Geraldine Ferraro (Mary Gross) responds to the Second Lady’s “rhymes with witch” comment, by saying “that bitch has no business calling me a snitch” in a bit poking fun at the scandal involving her and husband John Zaccaro’s financial disclosures. Despite Gross’s performance, this fell flat. More successful is Billy Crystal’s piece as cranky old Jewish weatherman Lew Goldman. It’s a broad piece that Crystal milks for all its worth (especially with the phlegm-clearing), but it kills with the audience.

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