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Ron Howard/The Clash

Episode Number: 142    Season Num: 8    First Aired: Saturday October 9, 1982    Prod Code: n/a
Sketches include "Bureau of Weights & Measures," "Opie's Back," "Velvet Jones Romance Novels," "Whiners Want a Baby," a guest performance by Harry Anderson, "In Search of Francis the Talking Mule" (film), "Focus on Film," "Reagan Visits Carter, 1980," "America is Turning Gay," "Sylvester School of Speech Therapy," "Hooker Explanation," and "Nukes Are For Kooks."

The Clash performed "Straight To Hell" and "Should I Stay or Should I Go."

Cast and Crew

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Director: Dave Wilson
Star: Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Herself),  Robin Duke (Herself),  Tim Kazurinsky (Himself),  Gary Kroeger (Himself),  Eddie Murphy (Himself),  Mary Gross (Herself),  Joe Piscopo (Himself),  Brad Hall (Himself)
Recurring Role: Harry Anderson (Himself),  Don Pardo (Himself)
Guest Star: The Clash (Themselves),  Ron Howard (Himself),  Rex Reed (Himself),  Andy Griffith (Andy Taylor/Himself)

Notes

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Sketches/segments removed from the 60-minute edit (cold opening notwithstanding): Saturday Night News, "Reagan's Visit," "Sylvester School of Speech Therapy," and "Hooker Explanation." (edit)
The "Bureau of Weights & Measures" cold opening appeared only in the original live broadcast; it has not been seen in any 90-minute or 60-minute repeats since. (edit)
The now-famous goof in the "Opie's Back" sketch can be seen on "The Best of Eddie Murphy" DVD as part of the "Outtakes" section. (edit)

Quotes

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Jimmy Carter: You know, there are a few things I would like to forget, however: the rabbit, Billy, the Ayatollah, my mother... (edit)
Raheem Abdul Mohammed: That mustache makes you look weird.
Ron Howard: And I'm not cutting off my mustache for you, the public, or anybody else, you understand, because I like it.
Raheem Abdul Mohammed: Anything else?
Ron Howard: Well, the next film that I'm going to be directing...
Raheem Abdul Mohammed: Yeah, but look look look, man, nobody cares about the movies you're directing. I mean, really, who cares about Splash? (edit)

Trivia

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Toward the end of "Opie's Back," Ron Howard mistakenly calls Floyd the Barber "Otis." Eddie Murphy, playing Floyd the Barber, corrects Ron, who snaps back, "I told you I couldn't recognize you." (edit)

Allusions

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Aunt Bea: Opie! What the hell are you doing here? We heard you bought it in 'Nam. Opie: Oh no, that wasn't me, Aunt Bea. That was The Beaver.

Rumors had circulated that Jerry Mathers, star of TV's Leave It To Beaver, was killed in the Vietnam War. Jerry Mathers actually served stateside in the Air Force Reserve during the war. The rumor was likely caused by a source misidentifying a real Vietnam War casualty, Sergeant Allen Mathers (no relation), as "Private J. Mathers." (edit)
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