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| Saturday Night Live Season 3 : |
| Saturday Night Live aired its third season during the 1977–1978 television season on NBC. The season began on September 24 1977 and ended on May 20 1978. The DVD for the entire season was released on May 13 2008. The entire cast from the previous season returned for season three. The show also introduced the concept of the featured player. Writers Tom Davis and Al Franken became cast members. The season is also notable for the contest Anyone Can Host. During the start of the season the show advertised the contest for a non-celebrity to host the show. The winner was 80 year-old grandmother Miskel Spillman the only non-celebrity to host an SNL episode. During Spillman's show the musical guest Elvis Costello halted his band the Attractions seven seconds into the song Less Than Zero launching into Radio Radio an as-yet unreleased song critical of mainstream broadcasting. The change angered Lorne Michaels who banned future appearances on the show for a while. Chevy Chase's hosted during the season making him the first cast member to host after leaving the show. Backstage during the show Chase and Bill Murray engaged in a physical altercation that was broken up by John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Chase later accused Murray of trying to upstage him on set and for making explicit remarks about Chase's wife. Chase would host the show several times throughout the show's history though he was unpopular with the cast and crew. |
| Episode 1 - [Steve Martin Jackson Browne] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Dan Aykroyd Sketches include--Bert Lance National Express Card Kromega III Wild And Crazy Guys Mike McMack Defense Lawyer Trinity 3000 Computer Great Moments In Rock And Roll Mr. U.S.A. Pageant Royal Deluxe II |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jackson Browne | Steve Martin as Himself - Host | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Sep. 24, 1977 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [Madeline Kahn Taj Mahal] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Bill Murray Sketches include--Lee Harry Oswald Swill Bad Opera The 'Anyone Can Host' Contest Bianca Jagger Talks with Close Personal Friends The Acid Generation - Where Are They Now? Blind African-American Autumn In New York Ultra-Personal Feminine Product Dubbing Hercules Dame Edna Everage Pocket Pal Phone Secrets |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Taj Mahal | Madeline Kahn | Barry Humphries | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 08, 1977 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [Hugh Hefner Libby Titus] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Laraine Newman Sketches include--Playboy Bunny Angora Bouquet Planet Of The Men Vs. Planet Of The Women The 'Anyone Can Host' Contest The X-Police Circular Bed Sex Research Listening To Great Music Sex In Cinema 3 R's The Story Of H Funeral Magician The Farbers at the Playboy Club |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Libby Titus | Hugh Hefner | Andy Kaufman | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 15, 1977 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Charles Grodin Paul Simon And The Persuaders] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...John Belushi Sketches include--Grodin Misses Dress Rehearsal Weekend Update Ad The Coneheads Long-Winded Set-Up Consumer Probe The 'Anyone Can Host' Contest Samurai Dry Cleaners Trick-or-Treating Killer Bees Judy Miller The Professional School of Football Incompetents |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Charles Grodin | Art Garfunkel | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Oct. 29, 1977 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [Ray Charles And The Raylettes] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...John Belushi Sketches include-- Don Corleone A Message From the President of the United States Mamorex Howdy Doody's Widow Tomorrow The Young Caucasians Ray Charles Medley Franklyn Ajaye Evelyn Woodski Slow Reading Course Blackout Burglary Buck Henry Announcement. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ray Charles | Franklyn Ajaye | Michael O'Donoghue | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 12, 1977 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [Buck Henry Leon Redbone] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Anyone Can Host Contest Finalists Sketches include--The 'Anyone Can Host' Contest Finalists Little Chocolate Donuts Samurai Psychiatrist Stunt Babies Motel Sanitation Items Tomorrow Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow The Rickey Rat Club The History of Franken And Davis Jackie Onassis 'Anyone Can Host' Contest Film Life After Death |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Miskel Spillman | Leon Redbone as Musical Guest | Buck Henry as Self - Host | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Nov. 19, 1977 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [Mary Kay Place Willie Nelson] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Laraine Newman Garrett Morris Bill Murray Mary Kay Place Dan Aykroyd Gilda Radner John Belushi And Jane Curtin Sketches include--Peppiest Show Ever Hey You! More Insects To Worry About Total Womanhood Married In A Minute! Bad Musical Hanukkah Explanation. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Mary Kay Place | Andy Kaufman | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Dec. 10, 1977 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [Mrs Miskel Spillman Elvis Costello And The Attractions] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...John Belushi Sketches include America's Oldest Living Doper Meat Wagon Toy Ambulance Dating the Self-Conscious And Extremely Obnoxious Gift of the Magi Starsky and Hutch The Al Franken and Tom Davis Show E. Buzz Miller's Art Classics College Students Home For Christmas Drunken Santa Madame Butterfly |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Miskel Spillman | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Dec. 17, 1977 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [Steve Martin The Nitty Gritty Dirty Band] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Dan Aykroyd Sketches include--State of the Union Address Swill Searching For Bigfoot Wild And Crazy Guys Body Floss The Coneheads On 'Family Feud' 'Close Personal Friends' Film What If? |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Steve Martin as Himself - Host | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jan. 21, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [Robert Klein Bonnie Raitt] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Paul Shaffer Sketches include--Mr. Mike And Tina Turner Review Olympia Cafe The X-Police Nick Winters Nerds Album Frogs Look At Film Giant Lobster Attack Warning Rhonda Weiss Attack Of The Giant Lobsters Lobsters Wreck The Studio |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Bonnie Raitt as Herself - Musical Guest | Robert Klein | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Jan. 28, 1978 |
| Episode 11 - [Chevy Chase Billy Joel] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--A Former President Speaks to the Nation The Moth Masher Post-Sex Discussion King Customs Trainee Bad Day Soundtrack Film Sermonette World War II GI Quiz Sketch With No Ending |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Billy Joel as Himself - Musical Guest | Chevy Chase as Himself - Various Characters | Valri Bromfield | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Feb. 18, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [O j Simpson Ashford And Simpson] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include--Gilda Answers Audience Questions Samurai Night Fever Great Moments In Sports The Mohawk Master The Raid On Nicosia Voodoo The Franken And Davis Show Mandingo II E. Buzz Miller's Animal Kingdom Hertz Ad Celebrity Battle of the Sexes |
| Guest Cast and Crew : O.J. Simpson | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Feb. 25, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [Art Garfunkel Stephen Bishop] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Gilda Radner Sketches include--Modern Crimes Kromega III Tomorrow Miracle In Chicago Stage Door Guard Looks At Books Don't Look Back In Anger Looking For Mr. Goodbar Playset |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Art Garfunkel | Stephen Bishop | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Mar. 11, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [Jill Clayburgh Eddie Money] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Garrett Morris Sketches include--Garrett Morris sings 'Danny Boy' Royal Deluxe II Olympia Cafe Sybil III Bad One-Man Theater Nutrifix Myopia Shower Mike The Coneheads On Earth Celebrity Crack-Up |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jill Clayburgh | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Mar. 18, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [Christopher Lee Meat Loaf] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...John Belushi Sketches include--Kevin Scott Movie Trailers My Fair Lady Mr. Death Anwar Sadat Cold As Ice Dell Stator's Rabbit Hut Vampire Hunters Richard Belzer Mr. Bill Goes To The Circus |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Meat Loaf | Stacy Keach | Walter Williams | Richard Belzer | Christopher Lee as Himself - Host | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Mar. 25, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [Michael Palin Eugene Record] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Dan Aykroyd Sketches include--Oscar Awards Little Chocolate Donuts Tax Deductions HAndL Brock Great Escape Nerds Piano Lesson The Case of the Scarlet Membrane Good Time At Party Mr. Bill Pays His Taxes Danger Probe |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Eugene Record | Michael Palin | Walter Williams | Richard Belzer | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 08, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [Michael Sarrazin Keith Jarrett] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Laraine Newman Sketches include--A Message From the President of the United States Angora Bouquet Judy Miller E. Buzz Miller's Exercise World La Dolce Gilda Abraham Lincoln in the Audience Archaeologicus |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Michael Sarrazin | Keith Jarrett | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 15, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★ |
| Episode 18 - [Steve Martin The Blues Brothers] |
| Details : *Nominated for an Emmy Award* Live From New York It's...Paul Shaffer Sketches include--Don Kirshner's Rock Concert Hey You! Wild And Crazy Guys Theodoric of York Dancing In The Dark Extramarital Foreplay Swan Lake Troff 'n' Brew Nerds Science Fair Next Week In Review. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Steve Cropper | Steve Martin as Himself - Host | Lou Marini | Donald Duck Dunn | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : Apr. 22, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 19 - [Richard Dreyfuss Jimmy Buffett] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Bill Murray Sketches include--Paraquat Cone Encounters of the Third Kind Sex Test Nick 'Springs' Annoying Lovers' Traits The David Susskind Show Father Guido Sarducci |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Dreyfuss | Jimmy Buffett | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : May. 13, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 20 - [Buck Henry Sun Ra] |
| Details : Live From New York It's...Dan Aykroyd Sketches include-- Nixon Kicks His Book Around Nerds Go To The Prom Samurai TV Repairman Sodom Chamber of Commerce Olympia Cafe Mr. Mike's Least Loved Music More Insects To Worry About Stunt Puppy Bad Conceptual Art The Franken And Davis Show. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Sun Ra | Buck Henry as Self - Host | Director : Dave Wilson | |
| Air Date : May. 20, 1978 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |