Saturday Night Live: Season 5
Saturday Night Live Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 20 episodes. As a late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels, it features comedy sketches that parody contemporary culture and politics. The show is recognized as a late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels, continuing to deliver its established format. Throughout its r
Season 5 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 is among the most prestigious shows of its kind and is one of the most popular and longest-running talk shows in the world.
- The show features comedy sketches that parody contemporary culture and politics, airing live from New York.
- The series has previously featured famous actors and comedians such as Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and Bill Murray.
Season overview
Saturday Night Live Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 20 episodes. As a late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels, it features comedy sketches that parody contemporary culture and politics. The show is recognized as a late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels, continuing to deliver its established format. Throughout its run, it remains one of the most popular and longest-running talk shows in the world, maintaining its presence as a prestigious program of its kind that has launched the careers of many famous actors and comedians, such as Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, and Bill Murray, while continuing the saga across its twenty episodes.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Steve Martin/Blondie
Oct 13, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include ""The Pope's Doorman,"" ""Craig's Travellers' Checks,"" ""Free Spanish Lesson,"" ""Juvenile Delinquent Vandal,"" ""Rise,"" ""Carole King,"" ""The David Susskind Sh
Eric Idle/Bob Dylan
Oct 20, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Eric's Sick,"" ""Hotel-Motel Art Fair,"" ""Mr. Howard's Shoe Store,"" ""Prince Charles Tells You How To Pick Up Girls!,"" ""Hardcore II,"" ""Heavy Sarcasm,"" and
Bill Russell/Chicago
Nov 3, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Kennedy in '80,"" ""Banshee,"" ""The Black Shadow,"" ""The Landers Files,"" ""Mr. Bill at Home,"" ""Nick in the Arctic,"" ""Eleanor Roosevelt,"" ""Sports Hot Lin
Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Nov 10, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Rush Home to the Bathroom,"" ""Find the Popes in the Pizza Contest drawing,"" ""Nerds #12,"" ""Harley's Bristol Cream"" and ""Banshee"" commercial parodies, and
Bea Arthur/The Roches
Nov 17, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Sex Change,"" ""The Backers' Audition,"" and ""First, He Cries.""
Howard Hesseman/Randy Newman
Dec 8, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include the ""Steve Marvin Radio Show"" and the debut of ""The Al Franken Decade.""
Martin Sheen/David Bowie
Dec 15, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Quick Sex Change Operation,"" ""Le Shoe,"" ""Afraid of the Dark,"" ""Striking Teachers,"" ""Apocolypse Now,"" ""First Love, Part 2,"" ""Foreveready,"" ""Criminal
Ted Knight/Desmond Child and Rouge
Dec 22, 1979 · 67 min
Sketches include A Christmas Gift from The Shah, Nerds Nativity, and Java Junkie.
Teri Garr/The B-52's
Jan 26, 1980 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Paul McCartney in Japan: Day 11,"" ""Craig's,"" ""Somewhere Near Mason City, Iowa,"" ""Debs Behind Bars,"" ""Anchovy Council of America,"" ""Bad Playhouse,"" ""B
Chevy Chase/Marianne Faithfull
Feb 9, 1980 · 67 min
Live from New York, it's…Chevy Chase! Sketches include ""Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford,"" ""Pre-Chewed Charlies,"" The Bel Airabs, ""You Can't Win,"" Speaking of Fashion, ""L
Elliott Gould/Gary Numan
Feb 16, 1980 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Kramer vs. Godzilla,"" ""The Incredible Man,"" Andy Aaron's film ""Get Rid of That Building,"" and ""All-Time Radio.""
Kirk Douglas/Sam and Dave
Feb 23, 1980 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Kirk's Greatest Kirks,"" ""What If?,"" ""Arlene Meets Kirk Douglas,"" ""Greg's Bar Mitzvah,"" ""Prime Time Saturday,"" and ""Mask of Fear""
Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band
Mar 8, 1980 · 67 min
Sketches include-- Dressing Room opening, Dr. Shockley's House of Sperm, Niggerands, Manhasset, The Subsitute Judge, Celebrity Corner: Bill Murray talks with Jerry Mathers and Tony
Paul Simon/James Taylor
Mar 15, 1980 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Anniversary Seance,"" ""Todd's Campaign,"" ""The Biggest Leprechaun,"" ""The Flogging Musicians,"" ""Talk or Die,"" and ""The David Susskind Show."" Paul Simon
Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss/The Grateful Dead
Apr 5, 1980 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Women Empowerment"" and ""Hotel Room/Smell You.""
Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray
Apr 12, 1980 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Burt's Not Angry,"" ""Vomitorium,"" ""The Burt Book,"" ""Be a Pepper,"" and ""Baba Wawa at Large."" Anne Murray performs ""Lucky Me.""
Strother Martin/The Specials
Apr 19, 1980 · 67 min
The host for the episode is Strother Martin, and the musical guest is The Specials. The skits for this episode are as follows: Rosalyn Carter talks about sections of the 1980 censu
Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn
May 10, 1980 · 67 min
Sketches include ""Mysteries of the Universe,"" ""The Dating Zone,"" ""Writing Home,"" and ""Mr. Bill."" The Amazing Rhythm Aces (featuring Bill Murray) perform ""Third-Rate Roman
Steve Martin/Paul and Linda McCartney
May 17, 1980 · 67 min
Sketches include: ""Father Guido Sarducci, Live from London,"" ""Real Incredible People,"" ""Stretch Marks Record Offer,"" ""Reagan's Dinner,"" and ""The Hominids."" 3-D performed
Buck Henry/Andrew Gold
May 24, 1980 · 67 min
Live from New York, it's Harry Shearer! Sketches include "Election '80: Almost Halfway Over," "The SNL Stars of the Future" monologue, "Lord and Lady Douchebag," "Uncle Roy," and