Saturday Night Live | |
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Season 4 | |
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No. of episodes | 20 |
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Original network | NBC |
Original release | October 7, 1978 – May 26, 1979 |
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The fourth season of Saturday Night Live , an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC between October 7, 1978, and May 26, 1979.
The season 4 DVD was released on December 2, 2008.
The entire cast from the previous season returned. The only change was Bill Murray's joining Jane Curtin as co-anchor for Weekend Update, replacing Dan Aykroyd. This would be the final season for Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as cast members (who both left to work on SNL's first film, The Blues Brothers ).
bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
Walter Williams, creator of the Mr. Bill shorts, joined the writing staff.
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No. overall | No. in season | Host | Musical guest(s) | Original air date | |
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67 | 1 | The Rolling Stones | The Rolling Stones | October 7, 1978 | |
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68 | 2 | Fred Willard | Devo | October 14, 1978 | |
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69 | 3 | Frank Zappa | Frank Zappa | October 21, 1978 | |
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70 | 4 | Steve Martin | Van Morrison | November 4, 1978 | |
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71 | 5 | Buck Henry | Grateful Dead | November 11, 1978 | |
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72 | 6 | Carrie Fisher | The Blues Brothers | November 18, 1978 | |
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73 | 7 | Walter Matthau | Garrett Morris | December 2, 1978 | |
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74 | 8 | Eric Idle | Kate Bush | December 9, 1978 | |
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75 | 9 | Elliott Gould | Peter Tosh Mick Jagger | December 16, 1978 | |
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76 | 10 | Michael Palin | The Doobie Brothers | January 27, 1979 | |
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77 | 11 | Cicely Tyson | Talking Heads | February 10, 1979 | |
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78 | 12 | Ricky Nelson | Judy Collins | February 17, 1979 | |
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79 | 13 | Kate Jackson | Delbert McClinton | February 24, 1979 | |
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80 | 14 | Gary Busey | Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines Gary Busey with Rick Danko & Paul Butterfield | March 10, 1979 | |
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81 | 15 | Margot Kidder | The Chieftains | March 17, 1979 | |
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82 | 16 | Richard Benjamin | Rickie Lee Jones | April 7, 1979 | |
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83 | 17 | Milton Berle | Ornette Coleman | April 14, 1979 | |
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84 | 18 | Michael Palin | James Taylor | May 12, 1979 | |
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85 | 19 | Maureen Stapleton | Linda Ronstadt & Phoebe Snow | May 19, 1979 | |
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86 | 20 | Buck Henry | Bette Midler | May 26, 1979 | |
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"Things We Did Last Summer" | October 28, 1978 | |
On October 28, 1978, a special episode entitled "Things We Did Last Summer" aired, starring John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd performing 2 songs as The Blues Brothers, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray (playing baseball for the Grays Harbor Loggers), Lariane Newman and Gilda Radner. |
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