Saturday Night Live · season 6, episode 118 · Saturday, March 7, 1981 Host: Bill Murray. Musical guest: Delbert McClinton. • Delbert McClinton performs "Givin' It Up for Your Love" and "Shotgun Rider" with Bonnie Bramlett joining him on vocals. • In the cold opening, Bill Murray encourages the cast members not to worry about ratings or reviews. • Mark King appears as Dr. Jonathan Lear during Weekend Update, now called Saturday Night Newsline. The news section appears in three segments (King's science portion, an Oscar predictions segment with Murray and a newscast with Charles Rocket). • Murray reprises his Nick the Lounge Singer character from his 1977–1980 stint on the show. • Paul Shaffer makes a cameo as Nick's pianist. • Murray announces that the next episode would be hosted by Robert Guillaume with musical guest Ian Dury and the Blockheads, but this episode was cancelled when Dick Ebersol replaced Jean Doumanian. • Credited Featured Players: (none) • Despite being mentioned by Murray in the opening sketch and making appearances throughout the episode, Yvonne Hudson, Matthew Laurance and Patrick Weathers don't receive onscreen credit. • Gilbert Gottfried, Hudson, Laurance, Ann Risley, Rocket and Weathers's final episode as cast members (although Hudson would continue to make uncredited appearances until 1984). • Doumanian's final episode as executive producer. Wiki link