Saturday Night News with Ed Asner

Ed Asner anchors tonight; he only has a handful of jokes but his delivery is fairly awkward compared to the rest of the guest anchors. Paul Harvey (Rich Hall) suggests toy manufacturers get involved in the arms race, showing weapons such as the Wiffle Rocket and recommending covering the earth with Nerf. Hall’s impression is a little broader than Piscopo’s, but like with Byrne, he hits the right notes. Pamela Stephenson returns to apologize for her “cheap” bit last week, says that she was tricked by some American writers into believing that most female news personalities got their start by showing their bodies, and shows doctored pictures of Diane Sawyer and Jane Pauley (and a real one of Phyllis George) before asking her left breast if it was sorry. Not quite as strong as the previous week’s bit, but a decent follow up.

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