Monday, March 1, 2021

Season 1 (75-76)

October 11, 1975-George Carlin

*(JOB) mimics wolverine phrases & heart attack of English teacher (Michael O’Donoghue)

-sleeping juror (GIR) interprets a piece of evidence as a pick-up line

-Victims Of Shark Bite- (JOB) falsely claims to have had limbs bitten off

-Bee Hospital- new fathers find out where their offspring rank in the hive

-(DAA) breaks into house of (JOB) & (GIR) to show need for home security


October 18, 1975-Paul Simon

*host performs "Still Crazy After All These Years" then CHC falls


October 25, 1975-Rob Reiner

*wheelchair bound (CHC) briefly regains his ability to walk, then falls

-a trip to the doctor (DAA) reveals that (JOB)'s pancreas is unhealthy

-host & Penny Marshall [real] emcee a fashion show of style mistakes

-Dangerous But Inept- Squeaky Fromme (LAN) is unable to shoot JAC

-Droolers Anti-Defamation League representative (CHC) promotes awareness

-a deranged, sadistic hoe-down caller (DAA) torments square dancers

-host gets upset when The Bees ruin his dramatic scene with Penny Marshall [real]


November 8, 1975-Candice Bergen

*clumsy Gerald Ford (CHC) has a few accidents during a speech

-CIA records keeper (DAA) says he can't find GAM's criminal file

-Jaws II- a clever Land Shark (CHC) attacks young women in their homes

-Midnight Probe- host interviews kiwi trappers (DAA) & (JOB)

-Catherine Deneuve (host) lies on a Chanel bottle & talks about fame

-host's obnoxious practical jokes slowly anger third-world ruler (JOB)

-airline ticket vendor (LAN) calmly takes (Michael O’Donoghue)'s sadistic crank call

-Black Perspective- GAM praises lily-white African American expert JAC


November 15, 1975-Robert Klein

*beauty pageant winner Sherry (LAN) refuses to accept her crown

-Minute Mystery- Mike Mendoza (DAA) challenges viewers to solve a crime

-Sam Peckinpah (JOB) treats actress (GIR) roughly while directing a comedy

-(host) tries to convince fellow exterminator (JOB) not to kill roaches

-Looks At Books- JAC questions Little Kingdom author Emily Litella (GIR)


November 22, 1975-Lily Tomlin

*Gerald Ford (CHC) addresses link between NYC debt default & re-election

-Jaws III- Matt Cooper (JOB) & Sheriff Brady (DAA) resume Land Shark (CHC) hunt

-a clumsy bellhop (CHC) walks in on an interracial couple (GAM) & (JAC)

-Susie (host) forgives her recently arrested sorority sister Patty Hearst

-forewoman (host) uses DAA to gives female hardhats lessons on how to harass


December 13, 1975-Richard Pryor

*CHC gives pointers after yielding to the host's wish that GAM does the fall

-Samurai Hotel- Futaba (JOB) & bellboy (host) fight over (CHC)'s luggage

-Looks At Books- Junior Griffin (host) talks about his life as a Caucasian

-interviewer (CHC) conducts racially charged word association with (host)

-(DAA)'s paranoia about black takeover misses changes in his own family

-soldier (host) accidentally takes suicide pill during mission briefing

-Exorcist II- another priest (host) tries to help possessed Regan (LAN)


December 20, 1975-Candice Bergen

*Gerald Ford (CHC) gives a Christmas Eve fireside chat from the White House

-(CHC) calls his parents to say that he's guilty of 26 counts of murder

-(host) discovers that her brother (CHC) & father (DAA) are latent elves

-Tarn-Off gets Princess Grace's (host) jewels sparkling clean

-in a laundromat, (JOB) & (GIR) silently flirt through clothing they deposit

-Minute Mystery- Mike Mendoza (DAA) overlooks clues that point to sexy (host)

-The Fritzie Kringle (LAN) Show- cooking ingredients get eaten prematurely





January 10, 1976-Elliott Gould

*a chain reaction in The Dead String Quartet causes cellist (CHC) to fall

-interior demolitionists (host) & (CHC) wreck the home of (JAC) & (DAA)

-support group members Vito Corleone (JOB) & Sherry (LAN) discuss their troubles

-new Shimmer can be used as both a floor wax & a dessert topping

-Killer Bees hostage situation to get pollen is disrupted by technical difficulties

-Birthright- doctors (DAA) & (host) explain their preferred birth methods


January 17, 1976-Buck Henry

*suicide hotline worker (CHC) takes a fall while trying to make a call

-Samurai Delicatessen- Futaba (JOB) makes a sandwich for Mr. Dantley (host)

-Presidential Foreplay- affair claimer (GIR) mixes up Richard Nixon & JFK

-Ron Nessen (host) & Gerald Ford (CHC) launch Operation Stumblebum

-poor reader Evelyn Woodski (LAN) advertises her speed-reading school

-Citizen Kane II- a search for the meaning of (DAA)’s post-"Rosebud" words

-auto mechanic (DAA) tells his daughter (GIR) bedtime car repair stories

-neighbors' euphemisms about (host)'s constipation make him uncomfortable


January 24, 1976-Peter Cook & Dudley Moore

*bomb squad expert (CHC) attempts to deactivate a cream pie bomb

-prisoners audition for parts in a jailhouse production of Gigi

-Don Pardo's Holiday In An Elevator- (GIR) & (DAA) go on the low-cost vacation

-Table Talk- (Dudley) interviews The Frog & Peach restaurant owner (Peter)

-Backstage Banter- JAC interviews male impersonator Sheila Ellington (JOB)

-not-quite-deceased (GAM) objects to having his organs harvested

-Matthew (Dudley) interviews a shepherd (Peter) who saw the baby Jesus


January 31, 1976-Dick Cavett

*resentful GAM uses voodoo to make attention-getting CHC tumble

-eager to be wed, (JAC) ignores misfires of her hunter boyfriend (CHC)

-Our Town- Stage Manager (host) lists some of his favorite NYC problems

-Dance To The Nation- Betty Ford (JAC) combines advice & modern dance

-Looks At Books- Nebraska Pimp host is a quaint prostitution practitioner


February 14, 1976-Peter Boyle

*during St. Valentine's Day Massacre, valet (CHC) is riddled with bullets

-Ricardo Montalban (DAA) talks about the Corrida automobile's false luxury

-Samurai Divorce Court- Futaba (JOB) & his wife (JAC) split their assets

-stoners Jason (DAA) & Sunset (LAN) present slide show for neighbor (host)

-All-Pro Wrestling- Bees (JOB) & (host) battle WASPs (CHC) & (GIR)

-Remembrance Of Things Past- disguised Richard Nixon (DAA) contemplates

-Dueling Brandos (host) & (JOB) trade Marlon's famous movie lines

-(JAC) convinces her husband (host) that orgy participants are new products


February 21, 1976-Desi Arnaz

*Gerald Ford (CHC) undergoes a free association test with psychologist (DAA)

-Rubin Carter (GAM) carries National Express Card to get recognized

-(JAC) comforts her husband (CHC) after unsuccessful sex on his 40th birthday

-Luciana Vermicelli's (LAN) book details her ghoulish beauty routine

-Literary Recital- host's Cuban accent mangles Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky

-Caucasian guy Very White's (CHC) sexy singing attempt isn't very soulful

-failed I Love Lucy pilots have other Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz Jr.) mates

-The Untouchables- Eliot Ness (DAA) tracks Lucy (GIR) & Frank Nitti (host)

-Lucy (GIR) shows Ethel (JAC) costume ideas for sneaking into Ricky's club

-Cuban acupuncture specialist (host) uses cigars on (JOB)'s migraines

-(CHC)'s nonsense words make communication with girlfriend (LAN) difficult


February 28, 1976-Jill Clayburgh

*tired of playing a fool, CHC holds up the show & tells Lorne Michaels "no more falls"

-Jill Carson, Guidance Counselor!- delinquent (JOB) receives advice from (host)

-GAM offers to accept Caucasians' remorse via the White Guilt Relief Fund

-Car Yummies cheese snacks are the fuel supplements your auto will love

-persistent (host) wants to know what boyfriend (CHC) is thinking about

-Grable (JAC) & Lombard (host)- movie features marriage to each other


March 13, 1976-Anthony Perkins

*CHC unconvincingly denies claim that there's too much filler in SNL

-patient (JAC) sings "Hello, Dolly" as part of (host)'s therapy technique

-dominatrix (JAC) tries to whip (GIR) into becoming a better housewife

-learn proper knife use at Norman Bates (host) School Of Hotel Management

-(host) wants to go beyond saying "Hi" & have affair with co-worker (GIR)

-Sherry (LAN) complains to professor (host) about her Bee (JOB)

-host screens trailers for his post-Psycho low-budget horror movies

-small town policemen (host) & (DAA) throw televised dance party


April 17, 1976-Ron Nessen

*Gerald Ford-on-tape [real] starts the show after Dead String Quartet lead-in

-Super Bass-O-Matic '76- (DAA) pitches a device that creates liquid fish

-host briefs Gerald Ford (CHC) & asks for permission to be on SNL

-jam sellers one-up each other with progressively disgusting brand names

-stoner (JOB) is an example of the hip new image of the Volunteer Army

-for that fresh & clean feeling, (GIR) uses Autumn Fizz carbonated douche

-Tomorrow- Tom Snyder (DAA) asks host for the scoop on Washington D.C.

-Supreme Court "inspects" sex of (JAC) & (CHC) for "unlawful practices"

-Misconception- the cliche "too many cooks spoil the broth" is disproven


April 24, 1976-Raquel Welch

*while performing an awards sketch, CHC quits when a fall is requested

-pied piper (CHC) pitches Purina Rat Chow for apartment pests

-Joseph Franklin (DAA) introduces 10-letter metric alphabet- the Decabet

-The Claudine Longet Invitational- ski competitors are "accidentally" shot

-One Flew Over The Hornet's Nest- institutionalized Bees talk Oscars


May 8, 1976-Madeline Kahn

*blues organist Ronald Reagan (CHC) blows hip image by calling (GAM) "boy"

-Wilderness Comedian- a movie about Shecky Adams (JOB), wildlife entertainer

-Not For Ladies Only- Baba Wawa (GIR) & Marlene Deutschland (host) talk

-(host) tells fellow slumber partygoers (GIR) (JAC) (LAN) all about sex

-Namibian (GAM) requests donations of fondue sets for his country

-awaken Bride Of Frankenstein (host) performs "I Feel Pretty"

-Rosie (JAC) recommends Super-Absorbent Dry Hose as leg moisture solution

-the final days of Richard Nixon's (DAA) administration were stormy

-(JOB) promises Ms. Mulwray (host) "I Will Follow Him" through Chinatown


May 15, 1976-Dyan Cannon

*CHC has to repeat the show-opening fall when the camera turns on too late

-in a taste test, (LAN) prefers sugar-free Zing to a glass of Phlegm

-hearing test subjects are oblivious to armed robbery & police shootout

-(host) lies to her husband (DAA) after being caught cheating with (CHC)

-Vacationland Adventure- Bulgarian (JOB) promotes visits to his homeland

-in Beirut, hostage Anita Bryant (JAC) pitches orange juice

-during a funeral, a minister (CHC) has a bad case of the hiccups

-Cindy Cleavage (host) & Roy Waddmaker (DAA) pitch Bathwater Of The Stars

-(CHC) takes abuse during multiple takes for a Marine Corps commercial

-(host) sings "Johnny Angel" while her Hell's Angels boyfriends terrorize

-druggist (JOB) recommends Cresk toothpaste for (GIR)'s deceased son


May 22, 1976-Buck Henry

*injured CHC boasts of Emmy win & insults LAN as she prepares to do the fall

-Peter Lemon Moodring (CHC) changes colors to reflect the songs he sings

-Samurai Tailor- Mr. Dantley (host) needs a tux from Futaba (JOB) for his wedding

-Talk Back- lack of calls leads (host) to increase topic controversy level

-Dell Stator's 99-Cent Toad Ranch Restaurant- (DAA) pitches frog meat

-(host) & (CHC) audition a crowd for scenes in a movie

-Not For Ladies Only- Baba Wawa (GIR) interviews director Lina Wertmuller (LAN)

-Looks At Books- sexologist (host) is vague about subject of his book


May 29, 1976-Elliott Gould

*at a wax museum, flasher (CHC) is slapped by supposed wax figure (GIR)

-fake European poker player (CHC) & translator (host) con gambler (DAA)

-doctor (CHC) tells Babs (GIR) that her uvula is unhealthy

-Star Trek- NBC executive (host) boards the Enterprise to cancel the show

-the Vibramatic personal massager can also be used as a kitchen tool

-ambassador Shirley Temple Black (LAN) asks Ghanians to say "hi, neighbor"

-The Honeymooners- Bee Ralph (JOB) discovers Bee Alice (GIR) is pregnant




July 24, 1976-Louise Lasser

*arguing JOB & CHC attempt to make up by shaking hands, but a fall occurs

-General Idi "V.D." Amin (GAM) gives the warning signs of his syphilis

-Sven (CHC) & Inger (host) fool Death in a Bergman-like scene

-Sandra Goode (JAC) & Squeaky Fromme (LAN) pitch human-hair potholders

-(host) has relationship talk with her dog as if it were a human partner

-teens (JAC) & (GIR) talk about issues related to boys & making out

-cash-strapped JOB's line of clothing consists of his actual garments


July 31, 1976-Kris Kristofferson

*host sings "Help Me Make It Through The Night" as CHC woos Rita Coolidge [real]

-new employee Sherry (LAN) recalls male SNL writers' advances toward her

-Samurai General Practitioner- Futaba (JOB) gives host an examination

-Jesse Owens (GAM) sells medallions of the endangered Great White Athlete

-Gerald Ford (CHC) hears independent delegate's (host) pork barrel request

-Police State- officers (DAA) & (CHC) shoot first, ask questions later

-Talk Country- host's book helps you overcome education with dialect

-(JAC) is apprehensive about a blind date with her gynecologist (host)

-suckup Andrew Young (GAM) praises Jimmy Carter (DAA) in vain

-Waiting For Pardo- Vladimir (host) & Estragon (CHC) ponder ambiguous Don

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