Saturday Night Live: Season 4
Saturday Night Live Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 20 episodes. As part of the ongoing run of Saturday Night Live, which is a late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels, the season offers its standard format of live broadcasts. The series, identified on platforms like The Movie Database as Saturday Night Live, maintains its classification under comedy and news,
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Saturday Night Live is a late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels.
- The program features comedic sketches that parody contemporary culture and politics, broadcast live from New York.
- The series is recognized as one of the most popular, prestigious, and longest-running shows of its kind in the world.
- The show has previously featured and launched the careers of famous actors and comedians such as Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and Bill Murray.
Season overview
Saturday Night Live Season 4 continues the overarching saga across 20 episodes. As part of the ongoing run of Saturday Night Live, which is a late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels, the season offers its standard format of live broadcasts. The series, identified on platforms like The Movie Database as Saturday Night Live, maintains its classification under comedy and news, carrying a TV-14 rating. Created by Lorne Michaels, the production features live from New York, it's Saturday Night! as its iconic opening line. The program stands as one of the most popular and longest-running talk shows and variety programs in the world, featuring comedic sketches that parody contemporary culture and politics. Throughout its broadcast history, the show has emerged as one of the most prestigious programs of its kind, launching the careers of numerous famous actors and comedians such as Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and Bill Murray, while continuing to deliver its weekly entertainment format to viewers.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
The Rolling Stones
Oct 7, 1978 · 67 min
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 "Autoscen
Fred Willard/Devo
Oct 14, 1978 · 67 min
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", "
Frank Zappa
Oct 21, 1978 · 67 min
Sketches include "Fred Silverman," "Coneheads," "Domestic Prison," "Night on Freak Mountain," "Woman to Woman," "The Al Franken and Tom Davis Show," "Mr. Bill"
Steve Martin/Van Morrison
Nov 4, 1978 · 67 min
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", "Wh
Buck Henry/The Grateful Dead
Nov 11, 1978 · 67 min
Sketches include--"Concession Speech,", "Rovco Chinch Canch" commercial parody, "Samurai Optometrist," "Uncle Roy #1," "The Death Of Rasputin," "Nick Sands, the Lounge Singer," Mor
Carrie Fisher/The Blues Brothers
Nov 18, 1978 · 67 min
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
Walter Matthau/Garrett Morris
Dec 2, 1978 · 67 min
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 Stor
Eric Idle/Kate Bush
Dec 9, 1978 · 67 min
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".
Elliott Gould/Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
Dec 16, 1978 · 67 min
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 Knight
Michael Palin/The Doobie Brothers
Jan 27, 1979 · 67 min
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 Gre
Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads
Feb 10, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include "Cicely Confronts Garrett Monologue," "Nick Rails, the Train Lounge Singer," and "The Widettes."
Rick Nelson/Judy Collins
Feb 17, 1979 · 67 min
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 pe
Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton
Feb 24, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include "Charlie's Angels," "Nerds," "Fred Silverman," "Child Psychiatrist," "Andy Kaufman," "Kate Jackson and Fred Silverman," "Bad Cabaret For Children," "Coneheads"
Gary Busey/Gary Busey with Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield, Eubie Blake
Mar 10, 1979 · 67 min
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" "
Margot Kidder/The Chieftains
Mar 17, 1979 · 67 min
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," "Sup
Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones
Apr 7, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include "The Pepsi Syndrome," "The Nerds In Love," and "Scottish Restaurant." Jones performs his hit "Chuck E's In Love."
Milton Berle/Ornette Coleman
Apr 14, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include "Texaco Star Theater Intro," "The Widettes," "On The Spot," and "Milton's Writers." Ornette Coleman played "Times Square."
Michael Palin/James Taylor
May 12, 1979 · 67 min
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 Interv
Maureen Stapleton/Linda Ronstadt, Phoebe Snow
May 19, 1979 · 67 min
Live from New York, it's... Dan Aykroyd! Sketches include "Telepsychic Ray," "Nick Wings, the Airport VIP Lounge Singer," and "Idi Amin Holes Out."
Buck Henry/Bette Midler
May 26, 1979 · 67 min
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 stand