Saturday Night Live (Season 1)

Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.

  • Poster for George Carlin with Janis Ian and Billy Preston

    George Carlin with Janis Ian and Billy Preston 7.9

    Air date: 1975-10-11

    Runtime: 65 min

    Overview: Live from New York, It's...George Carlin! Sketches Include: Wolverines, New Dad Insurance, The Courtroom, Victims of Shark Bite, Jamitol, Triopenin, Jim Henson's Muppets, Bee Hospital, Academy of Better Careers, Show Us Your Guns, Trojan Horse Home Security, Triple-Trac

  • Poster for Paul Simon with Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow, and Art Garfunkel

    Paul Simon with Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow, and Art Garfunkel 5.4

    Air date: 1975-10-18

    Runtime: 66 min

    Overview: Live from New York, It's...Paul Simon! Sketches Include: The Berkeley Collection, Bees, Jim Henson's Muppets, Try-Hard 1-11

  • Poster for Rob Reiner

    Rob Reiner 7.0

    Air date: 1975-10-25

    Runtime: 65 min

    Overview: Live from New York, it's...Rob Reiner! Sketches Include: National Pancreas Association, Fashion Don'ts, Golden Needles, Dangerous But Inept, Felina Cat Food, Middle American Van Lines, Musical Performance (Joe Cocker), Jim Henson's Muppets, Drooler's Anti-Defamation League, Square Dance, Mark Hampton and Denny Dillon, What Gilda Ate, Bees

  • Poster for Candice Bergen with Esther Phillips

    Candice Bergen with Esther Phillips 7.8

    Air date: 1975-11-08

    Runtime: 64 min

    Overview: Live from New York, It's...Candice Bergen Sketches include: Ambassador Training Institute, CIA Department of Records, Jaws II, Long Distance, Chanel, Feminine Talk, Midnight Probe, Crank Call, Jim Henson's Muppets, Irk The Turk, Black Perspective, Pong

  • Poster for Robert Klein with ABBA and Loudon Wainwright III

    Robert Klein with ABBA and Loudon Wainwright III 6.6

    Air date: 1975-11-15

    Runtime: 66 min

    Overview: Live from New York, It's...Robert Klein Sketches include: Pong, Minute Mystery, Bee Centennial Minute, Greg Allman How's Your Love Life?, Tough Director, Jamitol, Exterminators, Fireman, Jim Henson's Muppets, K-Put Price-Is-Rite Stamp Gun, Looks At Books, I Can't Stop My Leg

  • Poster for Lily Tomlin

    Lily Tomlin 7.0

    Air date: 1975-11-22

    Runtime: 64 min

    Overview: Live from New York, it's...Lily Tomlin Sketches Include: Beethoven Part 1, Jaws III, Bell-Hop, Edith Ann Skates, Beethoven Part 2, Spud Beer, Patty, Jim Henson's Muppets, Beethoven Part 3, Hard Hats, Speed, Margo's Dance Palace

  • Poster for Richard Pryor with Gil Scott-Heron

    Richard Pryor with Gil Scott-Heron 7.2

    Air date: 1975-12-13

    Runtime: 66 min

    Overview: Live From New York, it's...Richard Pryor! Sketches Include: Samurai Hotel, Looks At Books, Line-Up #1, Word Association, Pong, They're Taking Over, Line-Up #2, L-Pill, Jim Henson's Muppets, Line-Up #3, Exorcist II, Assassination

  • Poster for Candice Bergen with Martha Reeves and The Stylistics

    Candice Bergen with Martha Reeves and The Stylistics 6.5

    Air date: 1975-12-20

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Elliott Gould with Anne Murray

    Elliott Gould with Anne Murray 6.8

    Air date: 1976-01-10

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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."

  • Poster for Buck Henry with Bill Withers and Toni Basil

    Buck Henry with Bill Withers and Toni Basil 6.7

    Air date: 1976-01-17

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Peter Cook & Dudley Moore with Neil Sedaka

    Peter Cook & Dudley Moore with Neil Sedaka 6.2

    Air date: 1976-01-24

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Dick Cavett with Jimmy Cliff

    Dick Cavett with Jimmy Cliff 6.3

    Air date: 1976-01-31

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Peter Boyle with Al Jarreau

    Peter Boyle with Al Jarreau 7.0

    Air date: 1976-02-14

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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."

  • Poster for Desi Arnaz with Desi Arnaz Jr.

    Desi Arnaz with Desi Arnaz Jr. 6.3

    Air date: 1976-02-21

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Jill Clayburgh with Leon Redbone

    Jill Clayburgh with Leon Redbone 6.3

    Air date: 1976-02-28

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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".

  • Poster for Anthony Perkins with Betty Carter

    Anthony Perkins with Betty Carter 6.7

    Air date: 1976-03-13

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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".

  • Poster for Ron Nessen with the Patti Smith Group

    Ron Nessen with the Patti Smith Group 7.7

    Air date: 1976-04-17

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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".

  • Poster for Raquel Welch with Phoebe Snow and John Sebastian

    Raquel Welch with Phoebe Snow and John Sebastian 6.3

    Air date: 1976-04-24

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Madeline Kahn with Carly Simon

    Madeline Kahn with Carly Simon 6.5

    Air date: 1976-05-08

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Dyan Cannon with Leon & Mary Russell

    Dyan Cannon with Leon & Mary Russell 5.3

    Air date: 1976-05-15

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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".

  • Poster for Buck Henry with Gordon Lightfoot

    Buck Henry with Gordon Lightfoot 6.7

    Air date: 1976-05-22

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Elliott Gould with Leon Redbone and Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson

    Elliott Gould with Leon Redbone and Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson 6.3

    Air date: 1976-05-29

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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."

  • Poster for Louise Lasser with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band

    Louise Lasser with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band 3.0

    Air date: 1976-07-24

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Kris Kristofferson with Rita Coolidge

    Kris Kristofferson with Rita Coolidge 6.3

    Air date: 1976-07-31

    Runtime: 67 min

    Overview: 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".

Saturday Night Live

Seasons

Season 1
6.5 Season 1
Episodes 24
Season 2
6.2 Season 2
Episodes 22
Season 3
6.4 Season 3
Episodes 20
Season 4
6.3 Season 4
Episodes 20
Season 5
6.7 Season 5
Episodes 20
Season 6
4 Season 6
Episodes 13
Season 7
5.8 Season 7
Episodes 20
Season 8
Season 8
Episodes 20
Season 9
Season 9
Episodes 19
Season 10
Season 10
Episodes 17
Season 11
8.3 Season 11
Episodes 18
Season 12
Season 12
Episodes 20
Season 13
8 Season 13
Episodes 13
Season 14
Season 14
Episodes 20
Season 15
Season 15
Episodes 20
Season 16
Season 16
Episodes 20
Season 17
10 Season 17
Episodes 20
Season 18
Season 18
Episodes 20
Season 19
Season 19
Episodes 20
Season 20
Season 20
Episodes 20
Season 21
Season 21
Episodes 20
Season 22
Season 22
Episodes 20
Season 23
Season 23
Episodes 20
Season 24
Season 24
Episodes 19
Season 25
8 Season 25
Episodes 20
Season 26
Season 26
Episodes 20
Season 27
10 Season 27
Episodes 20
Season 28
Season 28
Episodes 20
Season 29
7 Season 29
Episodes 20
Season 30
Season 30
Episodes 20
Season 31
6.6 Season 31
Episodes 19
Season 32
7 Season 32
Episodes 20
Season 33
7.1 Season 33
Episodes 12
Season 34
7 Season 34
Episodes 22
Season 35
6.4 Season 35
Episodes 22
Season 36
6.9 Season 36
Episodes 22
Season 37
6.6 Season 37
Episodes 22
Season 38
6.5 Season 38
Episodes 21
Season 39
6.5 Season 39
Episodes 21
Season 40
6.8 Season 40
Episodes 21
Season 41
8.4 Season 41
Episodes 21
Season 42
7.5 Season 42
Episodes 21
Season 43
8.1 Season 43
Episodes 23
Season 44
7.7 Season 44
Episodes 21
Season 45
7 Season 45
Episodes 18
Season 46
7.9 Season 46
Episodes 20
Season 47
8.7 Season 47
Episodes 21
Season 48
7.6 Season 48
Episodes 18
Season 49
7 Season 49
Episodes 20
Season 50
Season 50
Episodes 5
Specials
Specials
Episodes 227

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