Saturday Night Live
Elizabeth Ashley / Hall & Oates
TV Flash files “Elizabeth Ashley / Hall & Oates” as hour 132 of 1009 in the TV Flash guide — Saturday Night Live (1975–present) on NBC, season 7, episode 13, aired 1982-02-27, 90 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E13: listed hour 132 of 1009 in the Saturday Night Live guide, hour 13 of 20 in season 7. It aired 1982-02-27 (90 min). The listed hour before it is “Bruce Dern / Luther Vandross” (S07E12). Next is “Robert Urich / Mink DeVille” (S07E14). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Elizabeth Ashley / Hall & Oates sit in the Saturday Night Live guide?
S07E13 is listed hour 132 of 1009 — hour 13 of 20 in season 7, season 7 episode 13.
When did Saturday Night Live S07E13 air?
Elizabeth Ashley / Hall & Oates aired 1982-02-27 and is listed at 90 minutes.
Where should I start if I cannot watch fifty seasons?
Do not start at season forty and scroll. Take the first Carlin hour for the live contract, Pryor for the danger, then one later event night (Walken or Timberlake) to see the factory still printing heat.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Not for a thousand recaps — for the live stain. Cold opens as weather, musical guests as alibis, and a talent factory that still prints stars, firings, and Sunday-morning arguments no For You page can schedule.
Flash: October 11, 1975, George Carlin in a cream suit that already looks like a dare, Billy Preston and Janis Ian as the musical alibi, and a late-night hour NBC had not yet learned how to brand. They called it Saturday Night. The afterglow is still on. Someone in 8H is already whispering that the host is terrified, the sketch will run long, and the cut that matters will not be the one Standards & Practices circled. Live television is a carpet that cannot be steam-cleaned until Sunday. I live for that stain.
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