Saturday Night Live (Season 1)

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Saturday Night Live (season 1)
DVD cover art
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	24
Release
Original network	NBC
Original run	October 11, 1975 – July 31, 1976
Season chronology
	Next → Season 2

The first season of Saturday Night Live, an American sketch comedy series, originally aired in the United States on NBC from October 11, 1975 to July 31, 1976.

Contents 1 History 2 Cast 2.1 Changes and notes 2.2 Cast roster 3 Writers 4 Episodes 5 References

History

Cast

Changes and notes

Cast roster

Repertory cast members Dan Aykroyd John Belushi Chevy Chase George Coe (only credited episode: October 11, 1975) Jane Curtin Garrett Morris Laraine Newman Michael O'Donoghue (final credited episode: November 8, 1975) Gilda Radner

bold denotes Weekend Update anchor

Writers

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § Season 1

The original writing staff included Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster and Alan Zweibel. The head writers were Lorne Michaels and Michael O'Donoghue.

Episodes

Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Host	Musical guest(s)	Original air date
1	1	George Carlin	Billy Preston & Janis Ian	October 11, 1975
The cold open features John Belushi as a foreign man learning English being taught by writer Michael O'Donoghue. Following this sketch, Chevy Chase appeared with a headset on and bellows the first "Live From New York, It's Saturday Night!" As host, George Carlin performed stand-up, introduced the musical guests, and conducted the goodnight segment. Carlin performed three monologues, including "Baseball-Football". Andy Kaufman appeared in a segment consisting of him playing the Mighty Mouse theme on a record player. Valri Bromfield makes a guest appearance. Jacqueline Carlin appeared as the mother in the "New Dad Insurance" sketch and as the woman with a book in the "Academy of Better Careers" sketch. Wendy Craig appeared as the salesman in the "Academy of Better Careers" sketch. Richard Belzer (the show's warm-up comedian), writer Tom Davis, and talent coordinator Neil Levy appear as jurors in the "Courtroom" sketch. Billy Preston performed "Nothing from Nothing" and "Fancy Lady". Janis Ian performed "At Seventeen" and "In the Winter". Sketches include the Bees; the Albert Brooks film, "The Impossible Truth"; "Trojan Horse Home Security"; "Triple-Trac"; and The Land of Gorch, with Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Rhonda Hansome, and Alice Tweedy.
2	2	Paul Simon	Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow, Art Garfunkel & Jessy Dixon Singers	October 18, 1975
Connie Hawkins and Marv Albert appear on Weekend Update. Jerry Rubin appeared in the "Up Against the Wallpaper" sketch. Bill Bradley appeared in the goodnights. Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform "The Boxer," "Scarborough Fair," and "My Little Town". Paul Simon also performed "Still Crazy After All These Years," "Marie" "American Tune" solo, "Loves Me Like a Rock" with the Jessy Dixon Singers, and "Gone at Last" with Phoebe Snow and the Jessy Dixon Singers. Art Garfunkel performed "I Only Have Eyes for You". Randy Newman performed "Sail Away". Phoebe Snow performed "No Regrets".

References

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