Saturday Night Live · season 6, episode 108 · Saturday, November 22, 1980 Host: Malcolm McDowell. Musical guest: Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. • Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band performs "Hot Head" and "Ashtray Heart" • Charles Rocket interviews John Lennon (played by Malcolm McDowell) during Weekend Update. • Joe Piscopo's Saturday Night Sports segment during Weekend Update debuts on this episode. • This episode features a sketch attempting to satirize the Greensboro massacre, which many consider to be a low point for this season. "Commie Hunting Season" had no audience laughter or response, and the piece was cut from any future airings of the episode. • Eddie Murphy makes his first SNL appearance in this episode in an uncredited cameo, in a sketch called "In Search of the Negro Republican," written by David Sheffield. Also present in the sketch are future featured players Yvonne Hudson and Matthew Laurance. NOTE: Many SNL veterans (as of 1985) consider this episode as the single worst night in the program's history. Wiki link