Saturday Night Live Howard Hesseman/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Season 8, Episode 13)
TV-14
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

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Saturday Night Live

Howard Hesseman/Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (Season 8, Episode 13)

TV-14

TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

Sketches include "Sleepy Boy 2000, Gas Station, Mad Magazine Theater, West Heaven, The A-Team, Holiday Inn, My Date with Dion, The Laughing Buddha, The Khaddaffi Look." Musical numbers were "Change of Heart and The Waiting."

Head writers

Andrew Smith | Bob Tischler

Director

Dave Wilson

Writers

Paul Barrosse | Barry W. Blaustein | Robin Duke | Ellen L. Fogle & 12 more

Producers

Barbara Lieberman | Bob Tischler

Production Designer

Akira Yoshimura

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 19, 1983

Release date

Feb 19, 1983 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 89 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 129 wins & 589 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
22 cast members

Name	Known for
Howard Hesseman Self - Host / Various Self - Host / Various See fewer	WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
Robin Duke Various Various See fewer	Groundhog Day (1993)
Mary Gross Various Various See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Brad Hall Saturday Night News Anchor / Various Saturday Night News Anchor / Various See fewer	Brooklyn Bridge (1991)
Tim Kazurinsky Various Various See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Gary Kroeger Various Various See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Various Various See fewer	Seinfeld (1989)
Eddie Murphy Various Various See fewer	The Nutty Professor (1996)
Joe Piscopo Various Various See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Themselves - Musical Guest Themselves - Musical Guest See fewer	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Don Pardo Self - Announcer (voice) Self - Announcer (voice) See fewer	Radio Days (1987)
Judith Belushi-Pisano Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Mike Campbell Self - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (uncredited) Self - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (uncredited) See fewer	Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
Howie Epstein Self - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (uncredited) Self - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (uncredited) See fewer	Band of the Hand (1986)
Stan Lynch Self - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (uncredited) Self - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (uncredited) See fewer	Little Giants (1994)
Tom Malone Mexican musician (uncredited) Mexican musician (uncredited) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Milan Melvin Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Caveman (1981)
Tom Petty Self - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (uncredited) Self - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (uncredited) See fewer	The Postman (1997)
Alan Rubin Mexican musician (uncredited) Mexican musician (uncredited) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Saturday Night Live Band Themselves (uncredited) Themselves (uncredited) See fewer	Live from New York! (2015)
David Spinozza Mexican musician (uncredited) Mexican musician (uncredited) See fewer	Hairspray (2007)
Benmont Tench Self - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (uncredited) Self - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (uncredited) See fewer	Joy (I) (2015)