Saturday Night News with Christopher Guest

Christopher Guest’s hair is wet and dishevelled-looking; he also has a weaker set of jokes tonight including a lengthy photo-montage of the Reagans and other people being affectionate. That has a few funny moments, though. Caspar Weinberger (Rich Hall) announces he is going to hold his breath until the defense department gets the full $285 billion budget increase he is asking for, and Guest returns to check in after every few jokes. It’s a little obvious, but I enjoyed the sight gags of the fake bugged-out eyes and the balloon Weinberger head deflating. Buddy Young Jr. (Billy Crystal) does a routine about visiting a Hawaiian restaurant; Crystal is good as the character, but the funnier part is when he goes into the audience and confronts Waylon Jennings (“When did you go Hassid?”), Johnny Cash (who really seems to be enjoying the insult jokes) and Christopher Reeve. Jessi Colter, June Carter Cash and Marty Stuart (who was Cash’s son-in-law at the time) are also visible in the audience here.

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