Featuring: Peter Aykroyd, Tom Davis, Jim Downey, Brian Doyle-Murray, Al Franken, Don Novello as Father Guido Sarducci, Paul Shaffer
Weekend Update Host: Jane Curtin and Bill Murray
Airdates | Guest Host | Musical Guest(s) |
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10/13/79 | Steve Martin | Blondie, Mr. Bill |
cold: a doorman (GAM) turns away clergy at a Pope (host) tour stop mono: host dances as the SNL Band plays "Stompin' At The Savoy" skit: a juvenile delinquent Vandal's (ALF) pranks victimize a Centurion (host) news: Father Guido Sarducci talks about merchandizing linked to the Pope's tour news: Father Guido Sarducci announces the "Find The Popes In The Pizza" contestBlondie performed "Dreaming" and "The Hardest Part." | ||
10/20/79 | Eric Idle | Bob Dylan, Harry Shearer |
cold: after hearing that host is sick, Buck Henry [real] begs to replace him mono: under-the-weather host does impressions while strapped to a stretcher comm: pitchman Tom Clay (HAS) advertises the upcoming Hotel-Motel Art Fair comm: Prince Charles' (host) book tells you how to use royal ties to get girls COMM: Ed Herlihy [real] endorses the Banshee surrogate mourning device show: Heavy Sarcasm- Joan Face (JAC) & guests (host) & (BIM) feign emotions news: BIM lets Princess Margaret's anti-Irish comments slide- she was 'faced news: Roseanne Roseannadanna meanders from home-buying to Yves St. LaurentBob Dylan performed "Gotta Serve Somebody," "I Believe In You," and "When You Gonna Wake Up." | ||
11/3/79 | Bill Russell | Chicago |
cold: Chappaquiddick looms as Ted Kennedy (BIM) makes campaign announcement show: The Black Shadow- white basketball team keeps coach (host) out of trouble COMM: Banshee {rerun} MISC: "First Love"- JAC keeps missing Walter Cronkite in a film by AVS news: BIM sings "Happy Birthday" to a light bulbChicago performs "I'm a Man" and "Street Player." | ||
11/10/79 | Buck Henry | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers |
comm: (GIR) tries to find someone who'll share Harley's Bristol Creme with her skit: Lisa & Todd try to get Marshall & Enid to go on a date MISC: "First Love"- BIM visits his old canine flame in a film by AVS skit: (host) scares (LAN) & (GIR) during a desperate drive home for the toilet COMM: Banshee {rerun} news: Father Guido Sarducci picks "Find The Popes In The Pizza" contest winnerTom Petty and the Heartbreakers performed "Refugee" and "Don't Do Me Like That." | ||
11/17/79 | Beatrice Arthur | The Roches, Tom Davis, Paul Shaffer, Harry Shearer |
cold: Reagan's campaign aide (HAS) outlines the candidate's nap-filled schedule skit: First He Cries- (BIM) tries to cope with his wife's (GIR) mastectomy COMM: Spud Beer- boat people lift their spirits with the potato-based brew MISC: Mr. Hands helps build a new house for Mr. Bill in a WAW film comm: Tom Clay describes Saveco's low-price recalled products skit: (TOD) not wanting to go to school leads to a Soviet takeover of the USAThe Roches preform "Bobby's Song" and "Hallelujah Chorus." | ||
12/8/79 | Howard Hesseman | Randy Newman |
skit: The Nuclear Family- radiation-sick power plant neighbors are lethargic skit: WKRP star host shares studio time with real deejay Steve Marvin (HAS) skit: (GIR) explores personal growth with old (BIM) & new (host) boyfriends news: ALF says goodbye to the selfish 70's & introduces the Al Franken DecadeRandy Newman performed "It's Money That I Love," "I'm Gonna Take Off My Pants," and "The Story of a Rock & Roll Band." | ||
12/15/79 | Martin Sheen | David Bowie |
cold: (BIM) undergoes a cheap & quick sex-change operation skit: (host) embarks on a mission to terminate production of Apocalypse Now COMM: Le Shoe is ugly footwear, but its French aura makes it fashionable news: BIM implicitly slams two former SNL castmembers while panning 1941 news: Father Guido Sarducci performs his duties as spokesman for Mr. TeaDavid Bowie performed "The Man Who Sold The World," "TVC - 15," "Boys Keep Swinging." | ||
12/22/79 | Ted Knight | Desmond Child and Rouge |
cold: from Panama, Shah Pahlavi (BIM) celebrates Christmas with friends skit: grievance board pretends to care about (JAC)'s sexual harassment charges comm: at holiday time, police officer (host) has tough words for the public MISC: "Java Junkie"- PEA & Teri Garr star in a TOS film about coffee addiction news: Roseanne Roseannadanna goes from picking a charity to thawing Gene ShalitDesmond Child & Rouge perform "Tumble In The Night" and "Goodbye Baby". | ||
1/26/80 | Teri Garr | The B-52's, Father Guido Sarducci |
NOTE: This was Harry Shearer's first appearance as a regular player show: Debs Behind Bars- jailed preppies (host), (JAC), (GIR) try to survive show: Bad Playhouse- a production of The Great Mr. Potatohead Famine MISC: Mr. Hand picks up hitch-hiking runaway Mr. Bill in a WAW film skit: baby mogul Paula Kirsch (LAN) & Marilyn Nasalman (GIR) negotiate a dealThe B-52's perform "Rock Lobster" and "Dance This Mess Around." | ||
2/9/80 | Chevy Chase | Marianne Faithful, Don Nebelle, Al Franken and Tom Davis |
cold: while visiting Ford (CHC), Henry Kissinger (ALF) guards against accidents show: The Bel Airabs- middle-eastern family tries to entrap (TOD) in Abscam comm: all the food at Pre-Chewed Charlie's (BIM) is easy to digest show: Speaking of Fashion- Mr. Blackwell (HAS) discusses CHC's line of clothes news: BIM says we should draft women- if we lose, the Russians look like jerks news: BIM sings "Happy Birthday" to busts of Washington & LincolnMarianne Faithfull performed "Broken English" and "Guilt" | ||
2/16/80 | Elliott Gould | Randy Newman, Gary Numan, Father Guido Sarducci, Peter Aykroyd, Brian Doyle Murray, Al Franken |
comm: Kramer vs. Godzilla- custody battle pits man against monster in a movie skit: The Incredible Man (HAS)- yellow snow leads to the Canadian Wizard of Oz MISC: "Street Scene"- off-screen director coaches pedestrians in a film by ANA skit: all-time radio station deejay (HAS) keeps listeners chronologically awareGary Numan performed "Cars" and "Praying to the Aliens." | ||
2/23/80 | Kirk Douglas | Sam and Dave |
cold: a trip to host's dressing room reveals he's very short & has no dimple skit: The Micro Dentists- tiny tooth doctors work in Anwar Sadat's (GAM) mouth MISC: "Mask Of Fear"- in TOS film, break-in victims learn they're going skiing skit: drunk last-minute replacement Nick "Collins" sings at a bar mitzvahSam and Dave performed "You Don't Know Like I Know" and "Soul Man" | ||
3/8/80 | Rodney Daingerfield | J. Geils Band, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Aykroyd, Brian Doyle Murray, Father Guido Sarducci |
cold: host gets little respect from dressing room hog Father Guido Sarducci mono: host does self-deprecating stand-up, solicits OK signs from audience COMM: Craig's Travellers' Checks {rerun} skit: people in court play pranks on a substitute judge (BDM) news: BIM interviews Jerry Mathers & Tony Dow [real] about Vietnam death rumorThe J. Geils Band perform "Love Stinks" and "Sanctuary." | ||
3/15/80 | Paul Simon | David Sanborn, Paul Simon, James Taylor, Michael Palin, Mr. Mike, John Belushi |
NOTE: this was show #100 cold: for SNL's hundreth show, LAN, JAC, GAM, GIR summon spirits of MOD & JOB mono: BIM sings a song about what a typical day in NYC is like for him MISC: "Roman Holiday"- woman has great time despite husband's death in TOS film skit: Todd's student body president candidacy is threatened by moon blackmail misc: Honker & bums (PEA) & (GAM) are wine critics; Patrick Moynihan cameoPaul Simon and James Taylor perform "Cathy's Clown / Take Me to the Mardi Gras" and David Sanborn performs "Anything You Want." | ||
4/5/80 | Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss | The Grateful Dead |
skit: Iris de Flaminio (JAC), Bobbi Farber, Christy Christina get assertive MISC: "Mr. Bill Strikes Back"- a trip to the police backfires in a WAW film skit: paranoid (Richard) experiences guilt after sleeping with (LAN) news: ALF asks people to send him their receipts so he can avoid income taxes news: BIM sings "Happy Birthday" to the Three Mile Island accidentGrateful Dead performs "Alabama Getaway" and "Saint of Circumstances". | ||
4/12/80 | Burt Reynolds | Anne Murray |
skit: daughter (LAN) & other Peppers convince (BDM) & (JAC) to join the cult skit: in ancient Rome, (host) tries to pick up women in a vomitorium skit: (BIM) & (JAC) allow young daughters (LAN) & (GIR) to sleep with host news: Father Guido Sarducci dislikes animals' lack of gratitude toward mankindAnne Murray performs "Lucky Me" and "Why Don't You Stick Around". | ||
4/19/80 | Strother Martin | The Specials |
cold: Rosalyn Carter (LAN) encourages illegal aliens to take part in the census skit: Invasion of the Brain Snatchers- Reagan pods turn liberals conservative skit: captive Luke (BIM) rebels against French language camp director (host)The Specials performed "Gangsters" and "Too Much Too Young." | ||
5/10/80 | Bob Newhart | The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn, Al Franken, Paul Shaffer |
cold: Marvin Hamlisch (PAS) & Pink Lady (LAN) & (GIR) & Carl Sagan (HAS) joke mono: host does stand-up about a "seven lost cities of the Incas" travelogue MISC: Hal Holbrook, Carrie Fisher, Desi Arnaz, Jr. [real] in a TOS temblor film show: The Dating Zone- (host) questions Iris de Flaminio & autistic ColleenBruce Cockburn perform "Wondering Where the Lions Are." | ||
5/17/80 | Steve Martin | 3-D, Paul and Linda McCartney, Father Guido Sarducci |
comm: Stretch Marks- bitter loneliness in aging Patti Caldwell's (GIR) album mono: host talks about his ideals in the form of "What I Believe" COMM: the Horizon System 12 is the largest television system ever show: Real Incredible People- sushi eater AKY, dark-skinned man (GAM), others skit: The Hominids- caveman (BIM) feels threatened by more-evolved (host)3-D performed "All-Night Television," and Paul McCartney presents a clip of his song "Comin' Up." | ||
5/24/80 | Buck Henry | Andrae Crouch and the Voices of Unity, Andrew Gold, Peter Aykroyd, Jim Downey, Al Franken, Tom Davis, Paul Shaffer |
NOTE: This was the final show as regulars for Curtin, Morris, Murray, Newman, Radner and for now Shearer. skit: eponymous noblemen mingle at a party thrown by Lord Salisbury (HAS) skit: Nick "Lava"'s Hawaiian-themed bar has music & waitress Iris de Flaminio show: Week In Review- tabloid journalists discuss sensationalistic stories COMM: Jewess Jeans- Rhonda Weiss models the kosher designer denim news: Roseanne Roseannadanna travels from volcanoes to Gloria Vanderbilt's itchAndrew Gold performed "Kiss This One Goodbye" and Andrae Crouch performed ""Can't Nobody Do Me Like Jesus." |
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