Saturday Night Live: Season 1

Saturday Night Live: Season 1

Universal Studios (1975)
Comedy, Music
USA / English / Color / 90 min
8.1
Cast View More ↓
Garrett Morris Cast Member
Jane Curtin Cast Member
Laraine Newman Cast Member
Gilda Radner Cast Member
Dan Aykroyd Cast Member
Chevy Chase Cast Member
John Belushi Cast Member
George Coe Cast Member
Michael O'Donoghue Cast Member
Mel Brandt
Mitchell Kriegman
Laurie Metcalf
Don Novello
Emily Prager
Julia Sweeney
Alan Zweibel
Don Pardo Himself - Announcer 
Lenny Pickett Himself - Bandleader 
Fran Brill
Richard Hunt
Jack Handey
Tom Davis
Crew
Director Alice Tweedy, John Belushi
Writer Lorne Michaels, Perry Sachs
Producer Michael O'Donoghue, David Lipson
Plot
A weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show broadcast live from Studio 8H at the GE Building in New York's Rockefeller Center. The show is one of the longest-running network programs in American television history and has launched careers for many major American comedy stars of the last thirty years.
Episodes
1
George Carlin/Janis Ian & Billy Preston
90 min 1975-10-11
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"
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: George Carlin
2
Paul Simon/Simon & Garfunkel, Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow
90 min 1975-10-18
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."
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Paul Simon
3
Rob Reiner/Joe Cocker
90 min 1975-10-25
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."
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Rob Reiner
4
Candice Bergen/Esther Phillips
90 min 1975-11-08
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.
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Candice Bergen
5
Robert Klein/ABBA, Loudon Wainwright III
90 min 1975-11-15
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.
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Robert Klein
6
Lily Tomlin/Howard Shore & the All Nurse Band
90 min 1975-11-22
Live from New York, it's... 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).
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Lily Tomlin
7
Richard Pryor/Gil-Scott Heron, Thalamamus Rasulala
90 min 1975-12-13
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"
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Richard Pryor
8
Candice Bergen/The Stylistics, Martha Reeves
90 min 1975-12-20
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.
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Candice Bergen
9
Elliott Gould/Anne Murray
90 min 1976-01-10
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."
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Elliott Gould
10
Buck Henry/Bill Withers, Toni Basil
90 min 1976-01-17
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.
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Buck Henry
11
Peter Cook, Dudley Moore/Neil Sedaka
90 min 1976-01-24
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.
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore
12
Dick Cavett/Marshall Efron, Jimmy Cliff
90 min 1976-01-31
Live from New York, It's...Chevy Chase Sketches include--Voodoo on Chevy Chase, Alcohol and Firearms, Lowell Brock of H&R Brock, "Looks at Books", Dick Cavett's School of Hydroplane Operation, Dance To The Nation, "The Apple Follies", Our Town.
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Dick Cavett
13
Peter Boyle/Al Jarreau
90 min 1976-02-14
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."
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Peter Boyle
14
Desi Arnaz/Desi Arnaz, Jr.
90 min 1976-02-21
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.
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Desi Arnaz
15
Jill Clayburgh/Andy Kaufman
90 min 1976-02-28
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".
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Jill Clayburgh
16
Anthony Perkins/Betty Carter
90 min 1976-03-13
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".
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Anthony Perkins
17
Ron Nessen/Toni Basil, Patti Smith
90 min 1976-04-17
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".
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Ron Nessen
18
Raquel Welch/Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian
90 min 1976-04-24
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.
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Raquel Welch
19
Madeline Kahn/Carly Simon
90 min 1976-05-08
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.
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Madeline Kahn
20
Dyan Cannon/Leon Russell
90 min 1976-05-15
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".
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Dyan Cannon
21
Buck Henry/Gordon Lightfoot
90 min 1976-05-22
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.
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Buck Henry
22
Elliott Gould/Leon Redbone
90 min 1976-05-29
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."
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Elliott Gould
23
Louise Lasser/Preservation Hall Jazz Band
90 min 1976-07-24
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.
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Louise Lasser
24
Kris Kristofferson/Rita Coolidge
90 min 1976-07-31
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".
Director: Dave Wilson
Guest starring: Kris Kristofferson
Editions
Barcode Format Region Release Edition
025193056528 1 2006-12-05 Retail
025195001878 2009-05-19