Saturday Night Live | |
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Season 4 | |
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Country of origin | United States |
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.
bold denotes Weekend Update anchor
Main article: List of Saturday Night Live writers § Season 4 |
Walter Williams, creator of the Mr. Bill shorts, joined the writing staff.
This season's writers were Dan Aykroyd, Anne Beatts, Tom Davis, Jim Downey, Brian Doyle-Murray, Al Franken, Brian McConnachie, Lorne Michaels, Don Novello, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster, Walter Williams and Alan Zweibel. The head writer was Herb Sargent.
Main article: List of Saturday Night Live episodes |
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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