| Cold Opening | Buckwheat Lives! |
| Film | White Like Me |
| Show | Milestones |
| Sketch | The End of Buckwheat |
| Musical Performance | "Rockin' at Midnight" |
| Sketch | Lishman's Deli |
| Show | Newsmakers |
| Miscellaneous | Black History Minute |
| Sketch | Climbing The Stairs |
| Musical Performance | "Santa Claus is Back in Town" |
| Miscellaneous | Killing Time |
| Sketch | The End of Buckwheat |
| Mary Gross | ... | Alfalfa |
| Gary Kroeger | ... | Rotary Club member |
| Harry Shearer | ... | speech lesson tape voice Voice |
| Musical Performance | "Rockin' at Midnight" |
| Sketch | Lishman's Deli |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Lew Goldman |
| Christopher Guest | ... | Morty Schmegman |
| Rich Hall | ... | waiter |
| Martin Short | ... | Irving Cohen |
| Larry David | ... | patron |
| Alan Zweibel | ... | employee |
| Show | Newsmakers |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Ben Chapman |
| Mary Gross | ... | Paula Franklin |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | ... | Rebecca Sturgeon |
| Sketch | Climbing The Stairs |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Sergeant Gurney |
| Rich Hall | ... | Frankie |
| Gary Kroeger | ... | Butterworth |
| Martin Short | ... | Lawrence Orbach |
| Pamela Stephenson | ... | injured woman |
| Saturday Night News |
| Christopher Guest | ||
| Rich Hall | ... |
Paul Harvey
Promotes products instead of discussing the Kennedys |
| Pamela Stephenson | ... |
Angela Bradleigh
/BBC commentator Commentary on Reagan's budget cuts |
| Musical Performance | "Santa Claus is Back in Town" |
| Sketch | Lishman's Deli |
| Eddie Murphy | ... | Gumby |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Lew Goldman |
| Martin Short | ... | Irving Cohen |
| Saturday Night News |
| Pamela Stephenson | ... |
Angela Bradleigh
/BBC commentator Commentary on Reagan's budget cuts |
| Saturday Night News |
| Rich Hall | ... |
Paul Harvey
Promotes products instead of discussing the Kennedys |
| Film | White Like Me |
| Eddie Murphy | ||
| Mark E. Corry | ... | passenger |
| Mike Hodge | ... | Harry |
| Charlie Murphy | ||
| Jim Downey | ... | clerk |
| Andrew Smith | ... | passenger |
| Clint Smith |
| Show | Milestones |
| Eddie Murphy | ... | Desmond Tutu |
| Christopher Guest | ... | Alfred Jenkins |
| Rich Hall | ... | Doug Flutie |
| Willie Day | ... | welder |
♬John Cameron - "Majestic Brass"
| Show |
| Eddie Murphy | ... | Leonard Brown |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Kitty Brynner |
| Harry Shearer | ... | Robin Leach |
| Martin Short | ... | Denise Lewis |
♬Bill Conti - "Come With Me Now (Love Theme)"
| Sketch | The End of Buckwheat |
| Eddie Murphy | ... | Buckwheat |
| Mary Gross | ... | Alfalfa |
| Gary Kroeger | ... | Rotary Club member |
| Harry Shearer | ... | speech lesson tape voice Voice |
| Musical Performance | "Rockin' at Midnight" |
| Sketch | Lishman's Deli |
| Eddie Murphy | ... | Gumby |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Lew Goldman |
| Christopher Guest | ... | Morty Schmegman |
| Rich Hall | ... | waiter |
| Martin Short | ... | Irving Cohen |
| Larry David | ... | patron |
| Alan Zweibel | ... | employee |
| Show | Newsmakers |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Ben Chapman |
| Mary Gross | ... | Paula Franklin |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | ... | Rebecca Sturgeon |
| Miscellaneous | Black History Minute |
| Eddie Murphy | ... | Shabazz K. Morton |
⁕The audience chuckles when Eddie Murphy mispronounces "soil", and he ad-libs "So I messed up, shut up!" After some applause, he says "Stop clappin' 'fore y'all make me smile!"
| Sketch | Climbing The Stairs |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Sergeant Gurney |
| Rich Hall | ... | Frankie |
| Gary Kroeger | ... | Butterworth |
| Martin Short | ... | Lawrence Orbach |
| Pamela Stephenson | ... | injured woman |
| Saturday Night News |
| Christopher Guest | ||
| Rich Hall | ... |
Paul Harvey
Promotes products instead of discussing the Kennedys |
| Pamela Stephenson | ... |
Angela Bradleigh
/BBC commentator Commentary on Reagan's budget cuts |
| Eddie Murphy |
Commentary on Christmas toys |
| Musical Performance | "Santa Claus is Back in Town" |
| Total Appearances | Characters | Impressions | Voices | Stills | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Murphy | 10 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Robert Plant & The Honeydrippers | 2 | ||||
| Mark E. Corry | 1 | ||||
| Mike Hodge | 1 | ||||
| Charlie Murphy | 1 | ||||
| Jim Belushi | |||||
| Billy Crystal | 4 | 1 | |||
| Mary Gross | 3 | 2 | |||
| Christopher Guest | 3 | ||||
| Rich Hall | 4 | 2 | |||
| Gary Kroeger | 3 | 1 | |||
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 1 | ||||
| Harry Shearer | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Martin Short | 3 | 2 | |||
| Pamela Stephenson | 2 | 1 | |||
| Ronnie Cuber | 2 | ||||
| Larry David | 1 | ||||
| Willie Day | 2 | ||||
| Jim Downey | 1 | ||||
| Tom Malone | 2 | ||||
| Lou Marini | 2 | ||||
| Paul Shaffer | 2 | ||||
| Andrew Smith | 1 | ||||
| Clint Smith | 1 | ||||
| Georg Wadenius | 2 | ||||
| Buddy Williams | 2 | ||||
| Alan Zweibel | 1 | ||||
| 59 | 9 | 4 | 2 |