Saturday Night Live (Season 1)

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		+	* [[Chevy Chase]] impersonates President [[Gerald Ford]].
		+	*Andrew Duncan and Jacqueline Carlin make cameo appearances.
		+	*Sketches include "[[Land Shark (Saturday Night Live)|Landshark]]" and "[[The Land of Gorch]]," featuring [[Jim Henson]], [[Jerry Nelson]], and [[Frank Oz]] performing their Muppet characters. This was the first appearance of the Land Shark character.
		+	* [[Andy Kaufman]] debuts his [[Foreign Man]] character on the show.
		+	* [[Esther Phillips]] performed "[[What a Diff'rence a Day Made]]" and "I Can Stand a Little Rain".
		+	*The episode features an [[Albert Brooks]] film, upcoming season.
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		+	* [[Laraine Newman]] debuts her character Sherry.
		+	* [[ABBA]] makes two appearances, singing "[[SOS|S.O.S.]]" and "[[Waterloo (ABBA Song)|Waterloo]]".
		+	*Loudon Wainwright III performed the songs "Bicentennial" and "Unrequited to the Nth Degree".
		+	*Host [[Robert Klein]] performed the song "I Can't Stop My Leg" with the [[Saturday Night Live Band]], co-written with [[Howard Shore]] and [[Paul Shaffer]].
		+	* [[George Coe]] makes a [[Guest Appearance|guest appearance]].
		+	* [[Jim Henson]], [[Frank Oz]], [[Jerry Nelson]], [[Richard Hunt (Puppeteer)|Richard Hunt]], Alice Tweedy, and [[Fran Brill]] perform in a "The Land of Gorch" sketch.
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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".
3	3	Rob Reiner	none	October 25, 1975
Denny Dillon appeared as a special guest with Mark Hampton in a sketch as nuns running a parish talent show. Jacqueline Carlin appeared as a swimmer in the "Golden Needles" sketch. Tom Schiller appeared as the priest in the "Wrigley's Gum" sketch and as one of the Bees. Penny Marshall appeared in the "Fashion Show," "Hoe-Down," and "the Bees" sketches. The Lockers and comedian Andy Kaufman make guest appearances. Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Alice Tweedy, and Richard Hunt perform in a "The Land of Gorch" sketch. In lieu of a musical guest, John Belushi performed "With a Little Help from My Friends"> while impersonating Joe Cocker. The episode features an Albert Brooks film about heart surgery.
4	4	Candice Bergen	Esther Phillips	November 8, 1975
Chevy Chase impersonates President Gerald Ford. Andrew Duncan and Jacqueline Carlin make cameo appearances. Sketches include "Landshark" and "The Land of Gorch," featuring Jim Henson, Jerry Nelson, and Frank Oz performing their Muppet characters. This was the first appearance of the Land Shark character. Andy Kaufman debuts his Foreign Man character on the show. Esther Phillips performed "What a Diff'rence a Day Made" and "I Can Stand a Little Rain". The episode features an Albert Brooks film, upcoming season.
5	5	Robert Klein	ABBA & Loudon Wainwright III	November 15, 1975
Laraine Newman debuts her character Sherry. ABBA makes two appearances, singing "S.O.S." and "Waterloo". Loudon Wainwright III performed the songs "Bicentennial" and "Unrequited to the Nth Degree". Host Robert Klein performed the song "I Can't Stop My Leg" with the Saturday Night Live Band, co-written with Howard Shore and Paul Shaffer. George Coe makes a guest appearance. Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Alice Tweedy, and Fran Brill perform in a "The Land of Gorch" sketch.

References

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