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| Saturday Night Live Season 1 : |
| The first season of Saturday Night Live the weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show on NBC aired during the 1975–1976 television season. Saturday Night Live premiered on October 11 1975 and consisted of a total of 24 episodes the last of which aired on July 31 1976. In 1974 NBC Tonight Show host Johnny Carson requested that the weekend broadcasts of Best of Carson come to an end so that Carson could take two weeknights off and NBC would thus air those repeats on those nights rather than feed them to affiliates for broadcast on either Saturdays or Sundays. Given Carson's undisputed status as the dean of late-night television NBC heard his request as an ultimatum fearing he might use the issue as grounds to defect to either ABC or CBS. To fill the gap the network drew up some ideas and brought in Dick Ebersol – a protégé of legendary ABC Sports president Roone Arledge – to develop a 90-minute late-night variety show. Ebersol's first order of business was hiring a young Canadian producer named Lorne Michaels to be the show-runner. |
| Episode 1 - [George Carlin With Janis Ian And Billy Preston] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include: Wolverines George Carlin's Monologue New Dad Insurance The Courtroom Andy Kaufman George Carlin Stand-Up I Victims Of Shark Bite Jamitol Triopenin Triopenin Triple-Trac George Carlin Stand-Up II The Impossible Truth Bee Hospital Academy of Better Careers Show Us Your Guns George Carlin Stand-Up III Trojan Horse Home Security |
| Guest Cast and Crew : George Carlin as Host | Janis Ian as Herself - Musical Guest | Billy Preston as Himself - Musical Guest | Valri Bromfield | Albert Brooks | Andy Kaufman | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 11, 1975 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [Paul Simon With Randy Newman Phoebe Snow And Art Garfunkel] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include: The Berkeley Collection of Grafitti Wallpaper Paul Simon vs.Connie Hawkins The Bees Have Been Cut and The Mighty Favog and Try-Hard 1-11. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Paul Simon as Host / Musical Guest | Randy Newman as Himself - Musical Guest | Art Garfunkel as Himself - Musical Guest | Albert Brooks | Phoebe Snow as Herself - Musical Guest | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 18, 1975 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Rob Reiner] |
| Details : Live from New York it's.. Sketeches Include: Wheelchair Bound A Trip to the Doctor Fashion Show Surgery Free Healing Dangerous But Inept National Pancreas Association PSA At The Blaine Hotel What Gilda Ate Square Dancing Smoking Craters and Operation. John Belushi (as Joe Cocker) performed A Little Help From My Friends. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Penny Marshall | Denny Dillon | Mark Hampton | Albert Brooks | Andy Kaufman | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 25, 1975 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Candice Bergen With Esther Phillips] |
| Details : Live from New York It's... Sketches include: Gerald Ford adressess the nation Ambassador Training Institute spot Jaws II Garrett Morris confronts unorganized CIA Catherine Deneuve Black Perspective Midnight Probe Andy Kaufman as Foreign Man Crank Call to Airline Stewardess Obnoxious journalist interviews world ruler. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Esther Phillips as Herself - Musical Guest | Candice Bergen as Herself - Host | Albert Brooks | Andy Kaufman | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 08, 1975 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [Robert Klein With Abba And Loudon Wainwright III] |
| Details : Live from New York It's... Sketches include: Pagent winner Sherry refuses crown Minute Mystery Bee-Cenntinial Minute Greg Allman dodges question about his love-life The Eternal Crawl: Roaches Through History Sam Peckinpah Female fireman tips Looks at Books. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert Klein as Host | Loudon Wainwright III as Himself - Musical Guest | Anni-Frid Lyngstad | Benny Andersson | Björn Ulvaeus | Agnetha Fältskog | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 15, 1975 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Lily Tomlin] |
| Details : Live from New York it's...Chevy Chase Sketches include Gerald Ford Addresses the Nation Beethoven Sings My Girl Jaws III Edith Ann On Ice Spud Beer How To Harass Men Beethoven's Second The Clumsy Bellhop and the Interracial Couple Suzy Forgives Patty Hearst Beethoven as Ray Charles and Skred In Love (Muppets). |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Albert Brooks | Howard Shore as Himself - Bandleader | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 22, 1975 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [Richard Pryor With Gil Scott-Heron] |
| Details : On A Seven Second Delay from New York it's...Garrett Morris Sketches include: The Clumsy Waiters Samurai Hotel Looks At Books New Dad (repeat from the first episode of the series) Police Line-Up #1 Racist Word Association SNL Film: Pong When White Family Members Turn Black Spud Beer Police Line-Up #2 Early Suicide Pill The Muppets: Ploobis and Scred Get Drunk Police Line-Up #3 Exorcist II SNL Film: Albert Brooks Is Home Sick and Richard Pryor Stand-Up. Gil-Scott Heron performs: Johannesburg and A Lovely Day |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Pryor as Himself - Host | Gil Scott-Heron as Himself - Musical Guest | Shelley Pryor | Annazette Chase | Thalmus Rasulala | Albert Brooks | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Dec. 13, 1975 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [Candice Bergen With Martha Reeves And The Stylistics] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include-- Fireside Chat with Gerald Ford Mel's Char Palace What Gilda Ate Billy is guilty of murder Teddy the Elf The Fritzie Kringle Show Minute Mystery Candice and the cast perform 'Winter Wonderland' The Bees Christmas Party Homeward Bound. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Candice Bergen as Herself - Host | Martha Reeves as Herself - Musical Guest | Margaret Kuhn | Howard Shore as Himself - Bandleader | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Dec. 20, 1975 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [Elliott Gould With Anne Murray] |
| Details : Live from New York it's... Chevy Chase Sketches include The Dead String Quartet Interior Demolitionists Vito Corleone in Therapy The Killer Bees Birthright Gilda and Elliot New Shimmer The Muppets Play Misty for Me (film) Jamitol Try-Hard 1-11 and Powwow With the Press (stand-up). Anne Murray performed Long Distance Call and Boogie With You. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anne Murray as Herself - Musical Guest | Albert Brooks | Al Franken | Tom Davis | Elliott Gould as Himself - Host | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jan. 10, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [Buck Henry With Bill Withers And Toni Basil] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Suicide Prevention Samurai Deli Operation Stumblebum Citizen Kane II King Bee(the Blues Brothers) Auto mechanic tells bedtime story Presidential Foreplay Chevy misuses a joint The Constipated Man The Muppets and the Japanese sex Device. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bill Withers as Self - Musical Guest | Toni Basil as Self - Musical Guest | Michael O'Donoghue | Buck Henry as Self - Host | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jan. 17, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [Peter Cook And Dudley Moore With Neil Sedaka] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include-- Bomb Squad Prisoner Auditions Don Pardo's Holiday on A Elevator Table Talk Backstage Banter Sonny and Cher The Baby Jesus Chevy talks to Angola's roommate The Muppets. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Peter Cook as Host | Dudley Moore as Host | Neil Sedaka as Himself - Musical Guest | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jan. 24, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [Dick Cavett With Jimmy Cliff] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Voodoo on Chevy Chase Alcohol and Firearms Lowell Brock of HAndR Brock Looks at Books Dick Cavett's School of Hydroplane Operation Dance To The Nation The Apple Follies Our Town. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dick Cavett as Host | Jimmy Cliff as Himself - Musical Guest | Marshall Efron | Al Alen Petersen | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jan. 31, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [Peter Boyle With Al Jarreau] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include The Valentine's Day Massacre Samurai Divorce Court Jason and Sunshine The Corrida. All Pro Wrestling Remembering of Things Past Dueling Brandos A Home Movie (film) and The Orgy. Al Jarreau performs We'll Get By. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Peter Boyle as Host | Al Jarreau as Himself - Musical Guest | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Feb. 14, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [Desi Arnaz With Desi Arnaz Jr] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include-- Gerald Ford gives a word association Literary Recital Very White(Chevy Chase)sings unsoulful songs The Failed Pilots of I Love Lucy Cuban accupunture Lucille Ball talks about Desi's book Bisexual Minute. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Desi Arnaz as Host | Desi Arnaz Jr. as Himself - Musical Guest | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Feb. 21, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [Jill Clayburgh With Leon Redbone] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include-- No More Falls Great Moments in Herstory White Guilt Relief Fund Inquisitive Girlfriend Grable and Lombard Car Yummies Paying the Milkman Jill Carson Guidance Counselor! Andy Kaufman sings Old Macdonald The Mr. Bill Show. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jill Clayburgh as Host | Andy Kaufman | The Singing Idlers | Leon Redbone as Himself - Musical Guest | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Feb. 28, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [Anthony Perkins With Betty Carter] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--'SNL is not ad-libbed' says Chevy Chase A President's View on Marijuana Dominatrix Cleaning Tips Norman Bates School of Hotel Management Low-budget Movie Trailers Sherry protest her B(ee) Policemen Dance Party Hello Dolly. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Anthony Perkins as Host | Betty Carter as Herself - Musical Guest | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Mar. 13, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [Ron Nessen With The Patti Smith Group] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Gerald Ford Sketches include-- The Dead String Quartet Super Bass-O-Matic 76 An Oval Office David Eisenhower is Anti-Nixon Thomas Jefferson denies slavery The New Stoner Volunteer Army Catherine the Great Disgusting Jam Autumm Fizz--The Carbonated Douche Tomorrow With Tom Snyder. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ron Nessen as Host | Patti Smith as Herself - Musical Guest | Billy Crystal as Himself (as Bill Crystal) | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 17, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 18 - [Raquel Welch With Phoebe Snow And John Sebastian] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include-- Get to the fall Chevy! Purina Rat Chow Joseph Franklin's 10-letter Metric Alphabet The Claudine Longet Ski Invitational One Flew Over The Hornest Nest Chevy tries to convince Raquel to take off her shirt Baba Wawa Bisexual Moment The Muppets are finished on SNL. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Raquel Welch as Host | Phoebe Snow as Herself - Musical Guest | John Sebastian as Himself - Musical Guest | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 24, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 19 - [Madeline Kahn With Carly Simon] |
| Details : Live from New York it's Chevy Chase! Sketches are Ronald Reagan's Jam Session Not for Ladies Only Wilderness Comedian Slumber Party Bride of Frankenstein Fondue Pots for Namibia The Muppets Can Reunite the Beatles New York's My Home (film) Super Absordent Dry Hose and The Final Days. Carly Simon performs You're So Vain. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Madeline Kahn as Host | Carly Simon as Herself - Musical Guest | Howard Shore as Himself - Bandleader | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : May. 08, 1976 |
| Episode 20 - [Dyan Cannon With Leon And Mary Russell] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Chevy has to do the fall again Hearing Test The Adulterer Vacationland Adventure Minister with Hiccups Dyan Cannon's Dream Orange Juice The Bathwater of The Stars Johnny Angel Cresk Toothpaste and The Hubcap Thief (film). Leon Russell and Joe Cocker (Belushi) perform Daylight. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dyan Cannon as Host | Leon Russell as Himself - Musical Guest | Mary Russell as Herself - Musical Guest | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : May. 15, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 21 - [Buck Henry With Gordon Lightfoot] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Emmy winner Chevy tries to get Laraine todo the fall Samurai Tailor Talk Back! Dell Stator's Toad Ranch Resturaunt Looks at Books The Crowd Audition Peter Lemon Moodring Not For Ladies Only Lorne Micheals offer to the Beatles. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Gordon Lightfoot as Self - Musical Guest | Michael O'Donoghue | Buck Henry as Self - Host | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : May. 22, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 22 - [Elliott Gould With Leon Redbone And Harlan Collins And Joyce Everson] |
| Details : Sketches include Wax Museum Phone Operator Academy European Poker Player Babs's Uvula The Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise The Bee Honeymooners Shirley Temple Black Vibramatic Uncle Charlie's School and Show Us Your Guns. Leon Redbone performed Shine On Harvest Moon. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Elliott Gould as Himself - Host | Leon Redbone as Himself - Musical Guest | Harlan Collins as Himself - Musical Guest | Joyce Everson as Herself - Musical Guest | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : May. 29, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 23 - [Louise Lasser With The Preservation Hall Jazz Band] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Belushi thinks Chevy has a big head Louise Lasser locks herself dressing room General V.D Amin Sven and Inger John Belushi tries to sell his clothes Ode to Television Louise apologizes to her dog Jimmy Carter talks about the campagin. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Louise Lasser as Herself - Host | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jul. 24, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★ |
| Episode 24 - [Kris Kristofferson With Rita Coolidge] |
| Details : Live from New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Kristofferson signs Help Me Make it Through The Night new SNL employer Sherry Samurai General Practitioner the Great White Athelete Gerald Ford dosent want to talk about local issues Talk Country My Blind Date is My Gynocologist Andrew Young is a Suckup Police State Waiting For Don Pardo. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Kris Kristofferson as Himself - Host / Musical Guest | Rita Coolidge as Herself - Musical Guest | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jul. 31, 1976 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |