Saturday Night Live: The Complete Fourth Season
Universal (1978)
Comedy
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025195017343
  8.1
1353 mins USA/English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Molly Shannon
John Belushi
Dan Aykroyd
Bill Murray
Jane Curtain
Gilda Radner
Buck Henry
Garrett Morris
Lorraine Newman
Chevy Chase
David Spade
Jimmy Fallon
Darrell Hammond
Fred Armisen
Chris Parnell
Kevin Nealon
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Damon Wayans
Horatio Sanz
Anthony Michael Hall
Victoria Jackson
Director Dave Wilson

A weekly late-night 90-minute American sketch comedy/variety show broadcast live from Studio 8H at the GE Building in New York's Rockefeller Center. The show is one of the longest-running network programs in American television history and has launched careers for many major American comedy stars of the last thirty years.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    10/7/1978  1.  The Rolling Stones
Live from New York, it's Dan Aykroyd! Sketches include "Garrett Morris and the National Broadcasting Orchestra," "Mayor Koch Honors John Belushi," the commercial parody "Autoscent," Tomorrow, "Nerds Meet the Norge Refrigerator Repairman," "Olympia Restaurant #4," Tom Schiller's Sushi By the Pool, "Paul McCartney and John Lennon Reunion," "Danger Probe."
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  The Rolling Stones
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    10/14/1978  2.  Fred Willard/Devo
Sketches include--"Honker in the Audience", "Two Guys Who Are Lawyers", "Aging Stuntman Cliff Preston", "One-Night-Stand vs. Phone Talk", "Mr. Bill Goes To N.Y.", "Bobbi Farber", "Crossroads", "Scotch Boutique", "Booji Boy"
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Fred Willard
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    10/21/1978  3.  Frank Zappa
Sketches include "Fred Silverman," "Coneheads," "Domestic Prison," "Night on Freak Mountain," "Woman to Woman," "The Al Franken and Tom Davis Show," "Mr. Bill"
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Frank Zappa
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    11/4/1978  4.  Steve Martin/Van Morrison
Live from New York, it's...President Dan Aykroyd! Sketches include "A Message From the President of the United States," "Where's the Cracker, Steve?" "Elvis Presley's Coat, "What If?, "Theodoric of York, Medieval Judge," "Festrunk Brothers at a Fox Bar," "The Nerds at the Hospital, "Looks At Books", and "Annoying Waiter."
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Steve Martin
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    11/11/1978  5.  Buck Henry/The Grateful Dead
Sketches include--"Concession Speech,", "Rovco Chinch Canch" commercial parody, "Samurai Optometrist," "Uncle Roy #1," "The Death Of Rasputin," "Nick Sands, the Lounge Singer," More Flu To Worry About, and "St. Mickey's Knights of Columbus."
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Buck Henry
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    11/18/1978  6.  Carrie Fisher/The Blues Brothers
Live from New York, it's....Garrett Morris! The Blues Brothers open the show by performing Soul Man. Carrie comes out dressed as Princess Leia for her monologue, telling a joke that only the voice of Obi Won (Dan Aykroyd) likes. This leads into Beach Blanket Bimbo from Outer Space, "The Loud Family," Mercy Killers, the Blues Brothers' performance of Almost and B-Movie Boxcar Blues, "Mr. Bill's Fishing Trip," Tomorrow, "Bad Red Chinese Ballet," and the Schiller film Arrividerci Roman.
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Carrie Fisher
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    12/2/1978  7.  Walter Matthau/Garrett Morris
Sketches include--"Fred Silverman", "Super Epoxy-Dent", "The Bad News Bees", "Olympia Cafe", "Daughter's Old Room", "Nixon's Conspirator, "Woman to Woman", "Government Surplus Store", "Network Battle of the T's & A's", "Mr. Bill Is Late"
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Walter Matthau
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    12/9/1978  8.  Eric Idle/Kate Bush
Sketches include "Telepsychic Ray," "Julia Child," "Madrigal," "The Woman He Loved," "What Do You?", "Candy Slice," "Consumer Probe," "Singing Dog Agent," and "Cochise at Oxford".
Director:  Dave Wilson 
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    12/16/1978  9.  Elliott Gould/Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
Sketches include "White House Lawn Special Event," "Rovco All-Flammable Christmas Tree," "The Widettes," "Mommie Dearest," "Scotch and Spirits," "Bob and Ray," "St. Mickey's Knights of Columbus," and "Honker Works the Christmas Lot".
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Elliott Gould
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    1/27/1979  10.  Michael Palin/The Doobie Brothers
Sketches include "State of the Union Address: Preparation I," "Palin's Socks Monologue," "Mr. Brighton Returns to the Nerds," "Miles Cowperthwaite, Part One," "What If Superman Grew Up in Germany?" and "Name the Bats." Weekend Update features "Chico Escuela's Super Bowl Recap" and "Father Guido Sarducci's Bill for The Last Brunch."
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Michael Palin
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    2/10/1979  11.  Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads
Sketches include "Cicely Confronts Garrett Monologue," "Nick Rails, the Train Lounge Singer," and "The Widettes."
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Cicely Tyson
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    2/17/1979  12.  Rick Nelson/Judy Collins
Live from New York, it's...John Belushi! Sketches include "WGN Morning Show," "The Twilight Zone," "Helium," "¿Quien Es Mas Macho?," and "Rock Against Yeast '79." Judy Collins performed "Hard Times for Lovers."
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Rick Nelson
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    2/24/1979  13.  Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton
Sketches include "Charlie's Angels," "Nerds," "Fred Silverman," "Child Psychiatrist," "Andy Kaufman," "Kate Jackson and Fred Silverman," "Bad Cabaret For Children," "Coneheads"
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Kate Jackson
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    3/10/1979  14.  Gary Busey/Gary Busey with Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield, Eubie Blake
Live from New York, it's...John Belushi! Sketches include: "Breaking the Ice with Belushi" "Billy Carter" "Women's Problems" "The Unsung Heroes of Rock n Roll" "The Slopjockey" "Bill Murray Talks With Mrs. Ed." Gregory Hines joins Eubie Blake in singing Low-down Blues, I'm Just Simply Full Of Jazz and I'm Just Wild About Harry. Busey and Paul Butterfield perform Stay All Night.
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Gary Busey
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    3/17/1979  15.  Margot Kidder/The Chieftains
Live from New York, it's...John Belushi! Sketches include "WGN Radio Live at Doyle's Tavern," "The Navy," "Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute," "St. Mickey's Knights of Columbus," "Superhero Party," The Franken and Davis Show, "Men's Problems," and The Mr. Bill Show. The Chieftains perform If I Had Maggie In The Woods and Morning Dew.
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Margot Kidder
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    4/7/1979  16.  Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones
Sketches include "The Pepsi Syndrome," "The Nerds In Love," and "Scottish Restaurant." Jones performs his hit "Chuck E's In Love."
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Richard Benjamin
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    4/14/1979  17.  Milton Berle/Ornette Coleman
Sketches include "Texaco Star Theater Intro," "The Widettes," "On The Spot," and "Milton's Writers." Ornette Coleman played "Times Square."
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Milton Berle
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    5/12/1979  18.  Michael Palin/James Taylor
Sketches include "Mother's Day Monologue," "Miles Cowperthwaite, Part Two: I Am Nailed to the Hull," and "Black-Market Gasoline." Weekend Update includes "Margaret Thathcer Interview."
Guest starring:  Michael Palin
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    5/19/1979  19.  Maureen Stapleton/Linda Ronstadt, Phoebe Snow
Live from New York, it's... Dan Aykroyd! Sketches include "Telepsychic Ray," "Nick Wings, the Airport VIP Lounge Singer," and "Idi Amin Holes Out."
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Maureen Stapleton
    Seen it: Yes   90 mins    5/26/1979  20.  Buck Henry/Bette Midler
Sketches include "Mr. Bill at SNL," "Disco Roller Fishing Park," "Samurai Bakery," "Uncle Roy," "Watergate Was a Joke," and "Olympia Cafe." Bette Midler performs a medley of standards.
Director:  Dave Wilson 
Guest starring:  Buck Henry
Edition Details
Series Saturday Night Live
Release Date 12/2/2008
Packaging Keep Case
No. of Disks/Tapes 1