The 1st Episode of Season 11 of Saturday Night Live aired on November 9, 1985. The host was Madonna, and the musical guest was Simple Minds.
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Simple Minds
November 9, 1985
Madonna SNL Season 11 Cold Open
NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff appears to annouce that NBC will institute random drug testing for SNL in Season 11. This cold open was so controversial that Lorne Michaels removed it from all future re-broadcasts of the episode.
