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The New Show Episode Guide
John Candy, Carrie Fisher, Paul Simon
S1 Ep2
13th Jan 1984
Ruth Gordon and Orson Welles (VB, Candy)
Why don't you check on the baby? (Fisher)
Paul Simon performs Hearts and Bones
Mountain Mike (DT, Simon, Candy)
Time Truck (everyone)
Andropov faking illness (everyone)
Weekend Tonight (BH, DT, Candy as Pavarotti)
Paul Simon debuts music video for Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War
Roy's Food Repair (everyone)
Steve Martin, Catherine O'Hara
S1 Ep6
17th Feb 1984
Jim McKay at the Olympics (DT, VB)
Steve Martin asks "What Kind of Guy Watches the New Show?"
Couple seeing the doctor about "going unconscious" (DT, O'Hara, BH)
Steve Martin as Italian gigolo (also with O'Hara)
Cyndi Lauper performs
New York Daily Bugle (Martin, O'Hara, BH, DT)
Weekend Tonight (BH, DT, O'Hara as Julie Andrews, DT as Boy George)
Problem with extras (everyone)
New employee (DT, BH, Moynihan)
Cyndi Lauper performs
Film segment: "The Day Before"
The New Show is a NBC sketch comedy show produced by Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels, which ran for only one season from January 6 to March 23, 1984. Apart from being 60 minutes in length and entirely pre-recorded, the show is similar in format to SNL. It was the lowest rated of 94 programs that aired during the 1983-84 television season, averaging a dismal 7.81 household rating. It was opposite 20/20 & Falcon Crest.
The first episode of The New Show aired on January 06, 1984.
The last episode of The New Show aired on March 23, 1984.
