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  • Saturday Night Live Oprah Winfrey/Joe Jackson (Season 11, Episode 14)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

Saturday Night Live

Oprah Winfrey/Joe Jackson (Season 11, Episode 14)
TV-14
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

Media giant Oprah Winfrey hosts this 1986 episode. Selected sketches and segments include A Color Purple take-off in the Cold Opening, "Cute Shop," "The Wart Hog," and "Craig Sundberg: Idiot Savant." For clearance reasons, episodes have ...See moreMedia giant Oprah Winfrey hosts this 1986 episode. Selected sketches and segments include A Color Purple take-off in the Cold Opening, "Cute Shop," "The Wart Hog," and "Craig Sundberg: Idiot Savant." For clearance reasons, episodes have been edited from their original version. See less
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Head writer
Directors
Dave Wilson | Dan Perri (segments: opening montage)
Production Designers
Status
Edit Released
Updated Apr 12, 1986

Release date
Apr 12, 1986 (United States)

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24 cast members
Name Known for
Joan Cusack
Various Various   See fewer
Robert Downey Jr.
Self / John Cougar Mellencamp / Jimmy Chance / Various (as Robert Downey) Self / John Cougar Mellencamp / Jimmy Chance / Various (as Robert Downey)   See fewer
Nora Dunn
Pat Stevens / Craig Sundberg / Ashley Ashley / Various Pat Stevens / Craig Sundberg / Ashley Ashley / Various   See fewer
Anthony Michael Hall
Self / Various Self / Various   See fewer
Jon Lovitz
Tommy Flanagan / Various Tommy Flanagan / Various   See fewer
Dennis Miller
Weekend Update Anchor / Various Weekend Update Anchor / Various   See fewer
Randy Quaid
The Wart Hog / Various The Wart Hog / Various   See fewer
Terry Sweeney
Various Various   See fewer
Danitra Vance
Cabrini Green Jackson / Various Cabrini Green Jackson / Various   See fewer
Oprah Winfrey
Self - Host / Various Self - Host / Various   See fewer
Joe Jackson
Self - Musical Guest Self - Musical Guest   See fewer
A. Whitney Brown
Self / Detective Self / Detective   See fewer
Don Novello
Detective Detective   See fewer
Don Pardo
Self - Announcer (voice) Self - Announcer (voice)   See fewer
Tom Davis
Commercial Announcer (voice) (uncredited) Commercial Announcer (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
Mark McKinney
The Pat Stevens Show Announcer (voice) (uncredited) The Pat Stevens Show Announcer (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
Lorne Michaels
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
Lenny Pickett
Self - Saxophone (uncredited) Self - Saxophone (uncredited)   See fewer
Lisa Ruffin
Various (uncredited) Various (uncredited)   See fewer
The Saturday Night Live Band
Themselves (uncredited) Themselves (uncredited)   See fewer
G.E. Smith
Self - Guitarist (uncredited) Self - Guitarist (uncredited)   See fewer
John Swartzwelder
Police Officer (uncredited) Police Officer (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Van Ry
Stage Manager (uncredited) Stage Manager (uncredited)   See fewer
Akira Yoshimura
Professor Chin (uncredited) Professor Chin (uncredited)   See fewer
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