Saturday Night Live Madonna/Simple Minds (Season 11, Episode 1)
TV-14
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

Saturday Night Live

Madonna/Simple Minds (Season 11, Episode 1)

TV-14

TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

No cold opening. In her monologue, the host Madonna talks about her and Sean Penn's recent secretive wedding and shows mockumentary clips from it. Hell beer commercial carries a warning for the soul. The Reagans spend a quiet evening with ...See moreNo cold opening. In her monologue, the host Madonna talks about her and Sean Penn's recent secretive wedding and shows mockumentary clips from it. Hell beer commercial carries a warning for the soul. The Reagans spend a quiet evening with Prince Charles and Lady Di at the White House but tongues get loose after a few drinks and Nancy gets frisky. The musical guest Simple Minds perform their song Alive and Kicking. Twitchy street fences Jones & Jones offer the best cheapest goods in town. Dennis Miller makes his first appearance as the anchorperson on the Weekend Update. He comments on the USSR's paranoid reaction to Halley's Comet, the US and USSR's peace talks, Georgia's ironic anti-gay law, Ferdinand Marcos hold over the Philippines elections, the passing of Orson Welles, the new way to throw away the garbage, Libya, the Palestinian PLO and Jehovah's Witnesses clash, clinical death record, the Beatrice Company expansion, Louis Farrakhan's similarities to Pee-wee Herman, the ironic dilemma of illegal immigrant and US lottery winner Jose Caballero, the controversial policy of the World News Agency and Jordan King Hussein's arms deal with the Philadelphia police department. Finally, Dennis makes the wish of SNL's viewer Bobby to take on major league baseball pitcher Goose Gossage come true but hubris intervenes. Madonna performs a funny version of A-ha's Take On Me on a Spanish variety show La Cucaracha Motel. Penn bets the audience that he'll pull off a magic trick with cards before his partner Teller drowns in a tightly locked tank filled with water but things don't go as he planned. National Inquirer Theater's questionable reenactment of the violent death of Marylin Monroe involves the Kennedy brothers and a mentalist. Simple Minds perform their song Sanctify Yourself. The host of the Twilight Zone-esque Limits of the Imagination intervenes during the story. An awkward movie shoot with an ironic twist portrays a gay actor's fear of "Pinklisting", a new scare in Hollywood caused by the AIDS outbreak. An African American teenage mother promotes her educational "I Don't Want a Baby" coloring book. See less

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26 cast members

Name	Known for
Joan Cusack Various Various See fewer	In & Out (1997)
Robert Downey Jr. Sean Penn / Elvis Presley / Various (as Robert Downey) Sean Penn / Elvis Presley / Various (as Robert Downey) See fewer	Iron Man (2008)
Nora Dunn Maura Cornell / Various Maura Cornell / Various See fewer	Three Kings (1999)
Anthony Michael Hall Bobby Kennedy / Fed Jones / Various Bobby Kennedy / Fed Jones / Various See fewer	War Machine (2017)
Jon Lovitz Eric Brewer / Prince Charles / Victor LaSalle / Various Eric Brewer / Prince Charles / Victor LaSalle / Various See fewer	Happiness (1998)
Dennis Miller Weekend Update Anchor / Various Weekend Update Anchor / Various See fewer	The Net (I) (1995)
Randy Quaid John F. Kennedy / Ronald Reagan / Joaquin Andujar / Various John F. Kennedy / Ronald Reagan / Joaquin Andujar / Various See fewer	Kingpin (1996)
Terry Sweeney Ted Kennedy / Nancy Reagan / Clint Weston / Various Ted Kennedy / Nancy Reagan / Clint Weston / Various See fewer	Hype (2000)
Danitra Vance Cabrini Green Jackson / Various Cabrini Green Jackson / Various See fewer	The War of the Roses (1989)
Madonna Self - Host / Marilyn Monroe / Melinda Zumont / Princess Diana / Marika / Various Self - Host / Marilyn Monroe / Melinda Zumont / Princess Diana / Marika / Various See fewer	A League of Their Own (1992)
Simple Minds Themselves - Musical Guest Themselves - Musical Guest See fewer	Bumblebee (I) (2018)
Penn & Teller Themselves - Special Guest Themselves - Special Guest See fewer	Deception (2018)
Damon Wayans Ned Jones / Various Ned Jones / Various See fewer	My Wife and Kids (2000)
Don Pardo Self - Announcer (voice) Self - Announcer (voice) See fewer	Radio Days (1987)
Joe Dicso Stage Manager (uncredited) Stage Manager (uncredited) See fewer	Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President (1981)
Al Franken Pinklisting Narrator (voice) (uncredited) Pinklisting Narrator (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Penn Jillette Self - Penn & Teller (uncredited) Self - Penn & Teller (uncredited) See fewer	Penn & Teller Get Killed (1989)
Tony LaFortezza Uncle Guido (uncredited) Uncle Guido (uncredited) See fewer	The Verdict (1982)
Don Novello Father Guido Sarducci (uncredited) Father Guido Sarducci (uncredited) See fewer	Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
Lenny Pickett Self - Saxophone (uncredited) Self - Saxophone (uncredited) See fewer	Man of the Year (2006)
The Saturday Night Live Band Themselves (uncredited) Themselves (uncredited) See fewer	Live from New York! (2015)
Robert Smigel Marika Backup Singer (uncredited) Marika Backup Singer (uncredited) See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
G.E. Smith Self - Guitarist (uncredited) Self - Guitarist (uncredited) See fewer	The Departed (2006)
Brandon Tartikoff Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Beggars and Choosers (1999)
Teller Self - Penn & Teller (uncredited) Self - Penn & Teller (uncredited) See fewer	Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003)
Dan Vitale Wedding guest (uncredited) Wedding guest (uncredited) See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)