Saturday Night News With Brad Hall

Not very many jokes in tonight's show, which are mostly par for the course, but Brad Hall goes out with a strong bit for what turned out to be his final show as the Saturday Night News anchor: the Cabbage Patch Cookbook, featuring various dolls mutilated into different dishes. Dr. Ruth Westheimer (Mary Gross) returns with a comment on the various ways the Christmas season provides sexual stimulation, pretty much the same Dr. Ruth bit as last time, but a little tighter this time around. Tim Kazurinsky criticizes Ballantine Books for publishing Blanche Knott's (real name Ashton Applewhite) Truly Tasteless Jokes and has some suggestions for next year's schedule. I got the impression Kazurinsky was serious about his dislike of the book, but this had some good jokes once the bit got going (favorites: The Alive! Cookbook, Nancy Drew's Unbearable Cramps, Pooh Gets an Aching in his Loins). This was Brad Hall's final episode as Saturday Night News anchor.

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