Buck Henry hosts; Jennifer Warnes performs “Right Time of the Night.”
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Shelley Duvall hosts; Joan Armatrading performs “Love and Affection.”
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Eric Idle hosts; Alan Price is the music guest. Comedy: a song about union-label marijuana; a Queen Elizabeth telethon.
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Elliott Gould hosts; Kate and Anna McGarrigle perform (“Kiss and Say Goodbye”).
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Julian Bond hosts; Tom Waits performs “Eggs & Sausage.” Included: Bond debates Garrett Morris and critiques “Bad Cinema.”
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Jack Burns hosts; Santana performs “Black Magic Woman.”
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Broderick Crawford hosts; Dr. John performs “Sing, Sing, Sing.” Crawford appears in a “Highway Patrol” spoof and as J. Edgar Hoover confronting Richard Nixon (Dan Aykroyd).
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Sissy Spacek hosts; Richard Baskin is the music guest. Skits include a President Carter phone-in show; and an editorial by Emily Litella (Gilda Radner).
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Steve Martin hosts; the Kinks perform “Lola.” Also: an appearance by Lily Tomlin; Martin as an IRS agent auditing the Coneheads.
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The show's first prime-time special, aired from Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Jane Curtin and guest Buck Henry report on the Bacchus parade, while BaBa Wawa (Gilda Radner) interviews Bacchus king Henry Winkler. Also: Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams report on festivities at the Apollo Ball, and music guest Randy Newman performs "Kingfish" and "Sail Away."
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Fran Tarkenton hosts; Leo Sayer is the music guest. Comedy includes a Swiss-army gun demonstration.
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Ruth Gordon hosts; Chuck Berry performs “Johnny B. Goode.” Also: Dan Aykroyd as Tom Snyder; Laraine Newman as Barbra Streisand.
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Ralph Nader hosts; George Benson performs “The Masquerade Is Over.” Also: an appearance by comedian Andy Kaufman; and sketches on the Coneheads' family history and the first televised execution.
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Candice Bergen hosts; Frank Zappa performs “Lagoon” and “Peaches.” Skits include John Belushi as Santa Claus.
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Jodie Foster hosts; Brian Wilson is the music guest. Skits include the adventures of the Peter Pan Bees and a commercial for Puberty Helper.
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Host Paul Simon sings “Still Crazy After All These Years” in a turkey suit and joins guest George Harrison for “Here Comes the Sun.” Also: a parody of “The Twilight Zone.”
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Host Dick Cavett; music guest Ry Cooder (“He'll Have to Go,” “Tattler”); and comedy team Franken and Davis.
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Buck Henry hosts; the Band performs “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” and “Life Is a Carnival.” Skits include “Samurai Stockbroker”; a Baba Wawa interview; and a spoof of “The Omen,” with John Belushi as Damien.
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Steve Martin hosts. Skits include “Jeopardy 1999”; and a beatnik who auditions at a coffeehouse.
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Karen Black hosts; John Prine performs “Hello in There.” Skits include a Baba Wawa interview and a presidential debate between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter (Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd).
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Eric Idle hosts; Joe Cocker performs “Feelin' Alright” in a duet with John Belushi. Also: the Killer Bees want swine-flu vaccinations.
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Norman Lear hosts; Boz Scaggs performs “What Can I Say.” Comedy includes Dan Aykroyd as Jimmy Carter; John Belushi as Henry Kissinger; and Lear considering the creation of a TV series about a family of snake handlers.
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Lily Tomlin hosts; James Taylor performs “Shower the People.” Skits include a Ford-Carter debate; and Tomlin (as Ernestine) advertising Ma Bell.
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