Saturday Night Live

Catherine Oxenberg, Paul Simon/Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Season 11, Episode 16, Aired 5/10/86

Episode Summary

Live from New York, it's... Paul Simon!''''Sketches include "Geraldo Rivera Opens The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier," "Wall Shackles Prison," "The Late Show with Joan Rivers," "The Limits Of The Imagination," "Dirk Landers, CIA Operative," a guest performance by Penn & Teller, "Producer Tommy Flanagan," "Brim Decaffeinated," "A Mother's Day Message," and "Trojans."''''Paul Simon performed "You Can Call Me Al," "Homeless" with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and "Graceland."moreless

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- Paul Simon's backing musicians are obviously lip-synching to the recorded tracks from his album Graceland, but Simon himself appears to be singing live. Edit
- In the "Limits of the Imagination" sketch where "Artie" Garfunkel and Paul Simon are admonished for keeping Uncle Seymour awake, Mrs. Garfunkel (Nora Dunn) accidentally calls the boys "Artie and Seymour." Edit
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- Footage from Paul Simon's performance of "You Can Call Me Al" was re-used for an alternate "concept" version of the song's music video. (This is not to be confused with the better-known clip where Simon lip-syncs with Chevy Chase.) Edit
- Paul Simon joins the Five-Timers club with this episode. Edit
- The ad spoof "Trojans" is repeated from earlier in the season. Edit
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