Buck Henry (host); jazz musician Sun Ra; Franken and Davis. Included: Lisa and Todd go to the prom; a stunt puppy is abused during the making of a family drama. Also: “Samurai TV Repairman.”
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Richard Dreyfuss (host); Jimmy Buffett (“Son of a Son of a Sailor”); Gary Tigerman. Skits include “Cone Encounters of the Third Kind”; and David Susskind (Bill Murray) interviewing celebrities and their mothers.
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Steve Martin hosts; the Blues Brothers perform “Hey Bartender.” The “wild and crazy” Festrunk brothers look for “foxes.” Also: a “King Tut” production number; “Theodoric, Medieval Barber.”
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Michael Sarrazin hosts; Keith Jarrett is the music guest. Included: E. Buzz Miller (Dan Aykroyd) leads a workout; and Sarrazin plays a VD caseworker. Also: a segment with Roseanne Roseannadanna.
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Michael Palin hosts; Eugene Record performs “Have You Seen Her?” Palin appears as Sherlock Holmes and the amorous piano teacher of Lisa Loopner (Gilda Radner).
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Christopher Lee hosts; Meat Loaf performs “No Place to Go.” Cast members try to drive a stake through Richard Nixon's memoirs; Lee recalls his horror-movie roles; Baba Wawa recieves lessons from a linguist in a spoof of “My Fair Lady.”
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Jill Clayburgh hosts; Eddie Money sings “Baby, Hold On.” Skits include “Bad One-Man Theatre”; the Coneheads have extramarital affairs; Garrett Morris sings “Danny Boy” in a leprechaun suit.
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Art Garfunkel (host); Stephen Bishop (“On and On”); Andy Kaufman. Also: Todd and Lisa discuss their new book; Tom Snyder (Dan Aykroyd) interviews a battered husband; Garfunkel sings “What a Wonderful World” and “Scarborough Fair.”
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O.J. Simpson hosts; Ashford and Simpson perform. Sketches include “Samurai Night Fever”; Roseanne Roseannadanna (Gilda Radner) on things that get stuck in one's teeth.
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Chevy Chase hosts; Billy Joel sings “Just the Way You Are” and “Only the Good Die Young.”
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Robert Klein hosts; Bonnie Raitt performs “Runaway.” Sketches include Tina Turner (Garrett Morris) singing “Proud Mary.”
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Steve Martin hosts; Randy Newman (“Short People”) and the Dirt Band. Comedy: the Coneheads on “Family Feud.”
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Miskel Spillman, winner of the 1977 “Anyone Can Host” contest; Elvis Costello; Buck Henry. Music: “Watching the Detectives,” “Less than Zero” and “Radio, Radio.”
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Mary Kay Place hosts; Willie Nelson performs “Whiskey River” and “Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain.” Also: an appearance by Andy Kaufman.
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Buck Henry hosts; Leon Redbone performs “Champagne Charlie.” Included: the five finalists in the “Anyone Can Host” contest; an ad for “Little Chocolate Donuts”; and a film on life after death. Also: Baba Wawa reports from Jerusalem.
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Host Ray Charles performs “Oh, What a Beautiful Morning” and “I Can See Clearly Now.” Also: comic Franklyn Ajaye appears; Tom Snyder (Dan Aykroyd) interviews Charles about the blues; President Carter (Aykroyd) discusses the energy crisis.
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Charles Grodin hosts; Paul Simon performs.
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Hugh Hefner hosts; Libby Titus is the music guest. Included: Hefner commands an all-male space crew.
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Madeline Kahn hosts; Taj Mahal performs “Queen Bee.” Included: Kahn plays Bianca Jagger having tea with Truman Capote, Princess Grace and Margaret Trudeau (John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman).
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Steve Martin; Jackson Browne (“Running on Empty”); Franken and Davis. Included: the “wild and crazy” Festrunk Brothers (Martin, Dan Aykroyd) are out to pick up some “foxes.”
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