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used grotesque and controversial issues as sketch ideas, such as child molestation, people with big butts, nuclear meltdowns, and the idea of Superman as a Nazi.
The fourth season started on October 7, 1978 and ended on May 26, 1979. The season four DVD was released on December 2, 2008.
There were no featured cast members during the fourth season, though the following made regular guest appearances:
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| 67 |
October 7, 1978 |
The Rolling StonesThe Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards. Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early lineup...
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The monologue in this episode was delivered by New York City mayor Ed KochEdward Irving "Ed" Koch was a United States Congressman from 1969 to 1977 and the Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989.-Early life:...
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Two sketches featured Rolling Stones members: the Tomorrow ShowTomorrow is an American late-night television talk show hosted by Tom Snyder...
parody, in which Tom SnyderThomas James "Tom" Snyder was an American television personality, news anchor and radio personality best known for his late night talk shows The Tomorrow Show, on the NBC television network in the 1970s and 1980s, and The Late Late Show, on the CBS Television Network in the 1990s.Snyder was also...
(Dan AykroydDaniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist...
) interviews Mick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is a Golden Globe and Grammy Award winning English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, occasional film producer and actor, best known for his work as lead vocalist and frontman of The Rolling Stones.The Rolling Stones started in the early 1960s as a...
, and the Olympia CafeThe Olympia Cafe was a fictional diner or greasy spoon featured in a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch. The staff, led by the late John Belushi as Pete Dionasopolis, were Greeks...
sketch, which features Ron WoodRonald David "Ronnie" Wood is an English rock guitarist and bassist best known as a member of The Rolling Stones and Faces.-1960s:...
and Charlie WattsCharles Robert "Charlie" Watts is an English drummer best known as a member of The Rolling Stones. He is a jazz bandleader, record producer, commercial artist and horse breeder...
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The Rolling Stones performed "Beast of Burden"Beast of Burden" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones, featured on the 1978 album Some Girls. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song #435 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.-Inspiration and recording:...
," "Respectable" and "Shattered"Shattered" is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1978 album Some Girls. The song is seen as a reflection of American lifestyles and life in 1970s-era New York City, but also influences from the English punk movement can be heard. It also foreshadowed the upcoming Rap movement as Jagger's...
"— all are from the band's June 1978 album Some GirlsSome Girls is an album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1978. Considered a highlight of their output and the best of their post-Exile on Main St. records, the album revitalized the band's career upon its release and re-established The Rolling Stones as a vital rock and roll band in an era infused...
. Mick Jagger's voice is raspy from partying with the cast throughout the week. |
| 68 |
October 14, 1978 |
Fred WillardFred Willard is an American comedian and actor known for his improvisational comedy skills. He is best known for his roles in the Christopher Guest mockumentary films This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration. He is also an alumnus of The...
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Devo Devo , often spelled DEVO or DEV-O, is an American New Wave band formed in Akron, Ohio in 1973. They are best known for their 1980 hit "Whip It", which made it to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart...
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Devo performed two songs from their July 1978 debut album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! is the debut album by the American new wave band Devo. Produced by Brian Eno, it was primarily recorded in Cologne, Germany and released in the U.S. on Warner Bros. Records in 1978....
: a cover of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" Satisfaction" is a song by English rock band The Rolling Stones released in 1965. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and produced by Andrew Loog Oldham. The number is noted for Richards's three-note guitar riff which opens and drives the song, and for the lyrics, which include...
", and "Jocko Homo"Jocko Homo" is the B-side to Devo's first single, "Mongoloid." Based on a chant from the movie Island of Lost Souls, "Jocko Homo" is considered to be Devo's anthem. The title is taken from an anti-evolution tract called Jocko-Homo Heavenbound by B. H. Shadduck. The song revolves around an...
," ; the performance of the latter was preceded by an excerpt from the band's short film, The Truth About De-EvolutionThe Truth About De-Evolution was the first music video created by the band Devo. Filmed in 1974, it contains two separate songs: Secret Agent Man and Jocko Homo...
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| 69 |
October 21, 1978 |
Frank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album...
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| 70 |
November 4, 1978 |
Steve MartinStephen Glenn "Steve" Martin is an American actor, comedian, writer, playwright, producer, musician, and composer. He was raised in Southern California in a Baptist family, where his early influences were working at Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm and working magic and comedy acts at these and...
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Van MorrisonVan Morrison is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter with a reputation for being at once stubborn, idiosyncratic, and sublime...
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| 71 |
November 11, 1978 |
Buck Henry Henry Zuckerman, better known as Buck Henry , is an American actor, writer, film director, and television director.-Early life:...
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Grateful Dead The Grateful Dead were an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, jazz, psychedelia, and space rock—and for live performances of long musical...
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| 72 |
November 18, 1978 |
Carrie FisherCarrie Frances Fisher is an American actress, screenwriter and novelist. She is most famous for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars trilogy and her bestselling novel Postcards from the Edge.-Early life:...
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The Blues BrothersThe Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live. Belushi and Aykroyd, respectively in character as lead vocalist "Joliet" Jake Blues and harpist/vocalist Elwood Blues,...
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| 73 |
December 2, 1978 |
Walter MatthauWalter John Matthau was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears...
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There was no billed musical guest for this episode. At host Matthau's request, Garrett Morris performed Mozart'sWolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as...
"Dalla sua pace" ("On her peace"), an aria from Don GiovanniDon Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered in the Estates Theatre in Prague on October 29, 1787...
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| 74 |
December 9, 1978 |
Eric IdleEric Idle is an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer and composer of comic songs. He wrote and performed as a member of the British comedy group Monty Python.-Early life:...
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Kate Bush Kate Bush is an English singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer. Her eclectic musical style and idiosyncratic vocal style have made her one of England's most successful solo female performers of the past 30 years. Bush was signed by EMI at the age of 16 after being recommended by...
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The sketch "What Do You?", written by Idle, originally appeared on Monty Python's Previous Record Monty Python's Previous Record was the third album by Monty Python, released in 1972. It was later re-released on CD in 1997, and eventually released as a 2006 special edition, containing eleven extra tracks....
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| 75 |
December 16, 1978 |
Elliott GouldElliott Gould is an American actor. He became known during the 1970s, having starred in many Hollywood films, and has since continued appearing in supporting roles.-Early life:...
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Peter ToshPeter Tosh, born Winston Hubert McIntosh was a reggae musician who was a core member of The Wailers who then went on to have a successful solo career as well as being a trailblazer for the Rastafari movement....
† with Mick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is a Golden Globe and Grammy Award winning English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, occasional film producer and actor, best known for his work as lead vocalist and frontman of The Rolling Stones.The Rolling Stones started in the early 1960s as a...
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| 76 |
January 27, 1979 |
Michael PalinMichael Edward Palin, CBE is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries....
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The Doobie BrothersThe Doobie Brothers are an American rock band. They have sold over 30 million albums in the United States from the 1970s to the present. The Doobie Brothers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004.-Original incarnation:...
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| 77 |
February 10, 1979 |
Cicely TysonCicely Tyson is an American actress. A successful stage actress, Tyson is also known for appearances in the film Sounder and the television specials The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and Roots.-Personal life:...
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Talking HeadsTalking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison...
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| 78 |
February 17, 1979 |
Rick Nelson† |
Judy CollinsJudith Marjorie Collins is an American folk and standards singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records ; and for her social activism.-Musical career:As a child Collins studied classical piano with Antonia Brico, making her public debut at age 13,...
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| 79 |
February 24, 1979 |
Kate JacksonKate Jackson is an American actress, director, and producer. She is a three-time Emmy Award nominee, twice in the Best Actress category and once in the Best Supporting Actress category...
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Delbert McClinton Delbert McClinton is a Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and musician. Active as a side-man since at least 1962 and as a band leader since 1972, he has recorded several major-label albums, and has charted singles on the Billboard Hot 100, Mainstream Rock Tracks, and Hot Country Songs charts...
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| 80 |
March 10, 1979 |
Gary Busey William Gareth Jacob "Gary" Busey is an American film and stage actor and artist. He is most famous for his roles in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Buddy Holly Story, Big Wednesday, Lethal Weapon, Point Break, The Firm, Surviving the Game, Predator 2, Black Sheep, Rookie of the Year, Drop...
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Eubie BlakeJames Hubert Blake was an American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, Blake and long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote the Broadway musical Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans...
† & Gregory HinesGregory Oliver Hines was an American actor, singer, dancer and choreographer.-Early years:Born in New York City, Hines and his older brother Maurice started dancing at an early age, studying with choreographer Henry LeTang...
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Gary BuseyWilliam Gareth Jacob "Gary" Busey is an American film and stage actor and artist. He is most famous for his roles in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Buddy Holly Story, Big Wednesday, Lethal Weapon, Point Break, The Firm, Surviving the Game, Predator 2, Black Sheep, Rookie of the Year, Drop...
with Rick DankoRichard Clare "Rick" Danko was a Canadian musician and singer, best known as a member of The Band.-Early years :...
† & Paul ButterfieldPaul Butterfield was an American blues vocalist and harmonica player who gained international recognition in part as one of the acts performing at the original Woodstock Festival...
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Appearing on the show at age 92, Eubie Blake is the oldest guest on SNL as of 2009.
| 81 |
March 17, 1979 |
Margot KidderMargaret Ruth Kidder is a Canadian-American actress, best known for playing Lois Lane in the Superman movies starring Christopher Reeve.-Early life:...
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The Chieftains The Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.-Name:...
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| 82 |
April 7, 1979 |
Richard BenjaminRichard Benjamin is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including the 1969 film Goodbye, Columbus, based on the novella of the same name by Philip Roth, and with Yul Brynner in Westworld in 1973.-Life and career:Benjamin was born in New York City, New...
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Rickie Lee JonesRickie Lee Jones is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer from the United States. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.- Background :Born in Chicago, Jones grew up in a...
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Rodney DangerfieldRodney Dangerfield , born Jacob Cohen, was an American comedian and actor, best known for the catchphrases "I don't get no respect" or "I get no respect" and his monologues on that theme....
† makes a cameo appearance in The China SyndromeThe China Syndrome is a 1979 thriller film which tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety coverups at a nuclear power plant. It stars Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Michael Douglas, Scott Brady, James Hampton, Peter Donat, Richard Herd, and Wilford Brimley.The movie was written by...
parody ("The Pepsi Syndrome"). |
| 83 |
April 14, 1979 |
Milton BerleMilton Berle was an Emmy-winning American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater , he was the first major star of US television and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr...
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Ornette ColemanOrnette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
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This episode has not been shown in syndication due to complaints from Lorne Michaels and the cast over Milton Berle. |
| 84 |
May 12, 1979 |
Michael PalinMichael Edward Palin, CBE is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries....
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James TaylorJames Vernon Taylor is an American singer–songwriter and guitarist born in Boston, Massachusetts, and raised in Carrboro, North Carolina...
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| 85 |
May 19, 1979 |
Maureen StapletonLois Maureen Stapleton was an American actress in film, theater and television. She was also elected to the American Theatre Hall of Fame.-Early life:...
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Linda RonstadtLinda Ronstadt is an American popular music vocalist and entertainer. Her many vocal styles in a variety of genres have resonated with the general public over the course of her four-decade career...
Phoebe Snow |
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| 86 |
May 26, 1979 |
Buck Henry Henry Zuckerman, better known as Buck Henry , is an American actor, writer, film director, and television director.-Early life:...
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Bette MidlerBette Midler is an American singer, actress and comedienne, also known as The Divine Miss M. During her career, she has been nominated for two Academy Awards; and won four Grammy Awards, four Golden Globes, three Emmy Awards, and a special Tony Award.-Biography:In 1945, Midler was born in...
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Dan AykroydDaniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, CM is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian-American comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist...
and John BelushiJohn Adam Belushi was an American comedian, actor, and musician notable for his work on Saturday Night Live, National Lampoon's Animal House, and The Blues Brothers...
's final episode as cast members. |