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Episode 1: George Carlin-janis Ian & Billy Preston
Air Date: Oct 11, 1975
Views: 4,523
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Rating: 1.86/5 (14)
George Carlin, the renowned stand up comedian hosted the first show (s1e1). Musical guest Janis Ian performed ‘At Seventeen’ and ‘In the Winter’ while Billy Preston performed ‘Nothing From Nothing’ and ‘Fancy Lady’. Sketches included Wolverines, Stand Up I of George Carlin, New Dad Insurance, The Courtroom, Andy Kaufman’s performance, Goerge Carlin’s Stand up II, Victims of Shark Bite, Jamitol, Triopenin, Triple Trac, George Carlin Stand up III, The Impossible Truth, Valri Bromfield’s performance, Bee Hospital, Academy of Better Careers, Show Us Your Guns, George Carlin Stand Up IV and Trojan Horse Home Security.
Episode 2: Paul Simon - Art Garfunkel, Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow
Air Date: Oct 18, 1975
Views: 1,764
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Rating: 2.88/5 (24)
Tonight’s Host is Paul Simon with musical guests Art Garfunkel, Phoebe Snow, and Randy Newman. Sketches: The Berkeley Collection of Grafitti Wallpaper, Paul Simon vs. Connie Hawkins (film), The Bees Have Been Cut, The Mighty Favog, Albert’s Home Movies (film), and Try-Hard 1-11. Paul Simon performed Still Crazy After All These Years and Loves Me Like A Rock solo and The Boxer and Scarborough Fair with Art Garfunkel.
Episode 3: Rob Reiner-joe Cocker
Air Date: Oct 25, 1975
Views: 1,398
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Rating: 2.46/5 (13)
The third episode (s1e3) was hosted by Rob Reiner and the musical guest was Joe Cocker (John Belushi) who performed ‘A Little Help From My Friends’. Sketches presented were Wheelchair-Bound, Fashion Faux Pas, Dangerous but Inept, Golden Needles Surgery Free Healing, Felina Cat Food, Wrigleys, Smoking Craters, What Gilda Ate, There were also guest performances by The Lockers, Andy Kaufman and Dillon & Hampton.
Episode 4: Candice Bergen-esther Phillips
Air Date: Nov 8, 1975
Views: 937
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Rating: 2.50/5 (10)
Tonight's host is Candice Bergen with musical guest Esther Phillips. Sketches: Gerald Ford's Address, Ambassador Training Institute, Jaws II, Garrett Morris and the CIA, Catherine Deneuve, Black Perspective, Midnight Probe, Foreign Man, Crank Call to Airline Stewardess, The Glig Population, and Obnoxious Journalist. Performances: Esther Phillips performs What a Difference a Day Makes and I Can Stand a Little Rain
Episode 5: Robert Klein-abba, Loudon Wainwright III
Air Date: Nov 15, 1975
Views: 1,005
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Rating: 1.67/5 (6)
Tonight’s host is Robert Klein with musical guests ABBA amd Loudon Wainwright III Sketches: Beauty Pageant, Pong, Minute Mystery , Bee Centennial Minute, Greg Allman’s Love Life, Sam Peckinpah, Jamitol, Exterminators, Fireman, The Muppets, Robert Klien Stand-up, K-Put’s Price-Is-Rite Stamp Gun, Looks At Books, and Ambassador Training Institute Performances: ABBA performs S.O.S. and Waterloo Loudon Wainwright III performs Unrequited to the Nth Degree and Bicentennial Robert Klein & The SNL Band perform I Can’t Stop My Leg
Episode 6: Lily Tomlin
Air Date: Nov 22, 1975
Views: 994
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Rating: 2.27/5 (11)
In the sixth episode (s1e6) Lily Tomlin was the host as well as the musical guest and performed ‘St James Infirmary Blues’ and Bee Bop with Howard Shore’s All Nurse Band Sketches were Gerald Ford Addresses the Nation, Beethoven Composes, Jaws III, Triopenin, Edith Ann On Ice, Spud Beer, Beethoven Composes 'My Girl', Show Us Your Guns, Suzy Forgives Patty Hearst, Beethoven Composes 'What I Say', Muppets, The Impossible Truth, How to Harass Men and Speed.
Episode 7: Richard Pryor-gil-scott Heron, Thalamamus Rasulala
Air Date: Dec 13, 1975
Views: 1,096
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Rating: 2.54/5 (13)
Tonight's host is stand up comedian Richard Pryor. Musical Guests are Gil-Scott Heron and actor Thalamamus Rasulala. Sketches: The Clumsy Waiters, Samurai Hotel, Looks At Books, New Dad, Police Line-Ups, Racist Word Association, Pong (film), When White Family Members Turn Black, Spud Beer, Early Suicide Pill, Ploobis and Scred Get Drunk, Exorcist II, Albert Brooks Is Homesick (film), and Richard Pryor Stand-Up. Performances: Gil-Scott Heron performs Johannesburg and A Lovely Day.
Episode 8: Candice Bergen-the Stylistics, Martha Reeves
Air Date: Dec 20, 1975
Views: 830
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Rating: 2.07/5 (15)
Live from New York, It’s... Chevy Chase! Sketches include "Christmas Eve with President Ford," "Mel’s Char Palace" (three parts), "Billy Calls Home," "Send Us Your Home Movies," "The Bee Capades" (film), "Don Pardo Digital Gift Catalogue" (two parts), "Polaroid," "K-Put Price-Is-Rite Stamp Gun," "Closeted Elves," "Tarn-Off," "Laundromat Romance," "Pong," "Ploobis’ Christmas Party" (Muppets), "Winter Wonderland," "Minute Mystery," "What Gilda Ate," a guest performance by Margaret Kuhn, "The Fritzie Kringle Show," and "Homeward Bound" (film). Martha Reeves performed "Higher & Higher" and "Silver Bells"; The Stylistics performed "You Make Me Feel Brand New."
Episode 9: Elliott Gould-anne Murray
Air Date: Jan 10, 1976
Views: 613
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Rating: 2.41/5 (17)
Live from New York, it's... Chevy Chase! Sketches include "The Dead String Quartet," "Gilda and Ellit," "Try-Hard 1-11," "Interior Demolitionists," "Vito Corleone in Therapy," "Play Misty for Me" (film), "The Killer Bees," "Birthright," "New Shimmer," "Scred and Petuna's Affair" (Muppets), "Audience Testing" (film), "Jamitol," and "Powwow With the Press" (stand-up). Anne Murray performed "Long Distance Call" and "Boogie With You."
Episode 10: Buck Henry-bill Withers, Toni Basil
Air Date: Jan 17, 1976
Views: 752
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Rating: 2.29/5 (14)
Live from New York, It's... Chevy Chase! Sketches include "Suicide Prevention Hotline," "Samurai Deli," "Presidential Foreplay," "Operation Stumblebum," "Citizen Kane II," "Auto Mechanic Bedtime Story," "Evelyn Woodski," "Germasol," "Dope User," "Japanese Sex Device," "The Funniest Person In Town" (film), "Wrigley's," and "Constipated Neighbor." The Blues Brothers performed "King Bee," Bill Withers performed "Ain't No Sunshine" and Toni Basil performed "Wham Re-Bop Boom Bam."
Episode 11: Peter Cook, Dudley Moore-neil Sedaka
Air Date: Jan 24, 1976
Views: 919
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Rating: 2.40/5 (15)
The eleventh episode (s1e11) was co-hosted by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore with Neil Sedaka as the musical guest who performed ‘Breaking Up is Hard to Do’ and ‘Lonely Night’. Sketches were Bomb Squad, The Lifer Follies, Don Pardo's Holiday in an Elevator, Table Talk, The Paramount Novelty Store, British Sonny & Cher, No Bees in This Show, Backstage Banter, No Commercial Products, Is The Patient Dead? and Interviewing a Shepherd.
Episode 12: Dick Cavett-marshall Efron, Jimmy Cliff
Air Date: Jan 31, 1976
Views: 753
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Rating: 2.00/5 (14)
Live from New York, It's... Chevy Chase! Sketches include "Voodoo on Chevy Chase," "Bullets & Alcohol," "Dick Cavett School Of Auto Refinishing & Upholstery," "H&L Brock" (three parts), "Felina Cat Food," "Dick Cavett School Of Hydroplane Operation," "Our Town," "Dick and the Lookalike," "The Tailor & The Plastic Surgeon" (film), "Dance To The Nation," "Looks At Books," "The Apple Follies" (film), and a guest performance by Al Alen Peterson. Jimmy Cliff performed "The Harder They Come," "Many Rivers to Cross," and "Wahjaka Man."
Episode 13: Peter Boyle-al Jarreau
Air Date: Feb 14, 1976
Views: 1,150
Comments: 0
Rating: 2.27/5 (11)
Live from New York, It's... Chevy Chase! Sketches include "The Valentine's Day Massacre," "Ambassador Training Institute," "Samurai Divorce Court," "New Dad," "Jason and Sunshine," "The Corrida," "K-Put Price-Is-Rite Stamp Gun," "Pledge of Alligence" (film), "All Pro Wrestling," "Remembering of Things Past", "Dueling Brandos," "A Home Movie" (film), "The Orgy," "Garrett's Valentine," "Speed," and "Homeward Bound" (film). Al Jarreau performs "We'll Get By" and "Somebody's Watching You"; The Shapiro Sisters "sang" "This Will Be."
Episode 14: Desi Arnaz-desi Arnaz, Jr.
Air Date: Feb 21, 1976
Views: 1,160
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Rating: 2.36/5 (22)
I Love Lucy star Desi Arnaz hosts. He also performs with his son, musical guest Desi Arnaz Jr. Sketches: President Ford’s Word Association, National Express, No Sex on His Birthday, Luciana Vermicelli’s Beauty Regimen, Literary Recital, Very White, The Failed Pilots of ’I Love Lucy’, Speed, The Untouchables, Lucy and Ethel, Taylor Mead’s Cat (film), Cuban Acupuncture, Understanding Men, Bisexual Minute, and Lucy Discusses Desi’s Book. Performances: Desi Arnez Sr. and Jr. perform Cuban Pete and Babalu.
Episode 15: Jill Clayburgh-andy Kaufman
Air Date: Feb 28, 1976
Views: 871
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Rating: 2.56/5 (18)
In the fifteenth episode (s1e15) the host was Jill Clayburgh with Leon Redbone as musical guest who presented ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’ and ‘Big Time Woman’ while the Singing Idlers made a guest appearance. Sketches were Car Yummies, No More Falls, Dog Tricks, Great Moments in Her story, White Guilt Relief Fund, Jill Carson, Guidance Counselor, H&L Brock, Paying the Milkman, Inquisitive Girlfriend, Old MacDonald, Triple-Trac, Grable and Lombard and Mr Bill Show.
Episode 16: Anthony Perkins-betty Carter
Air Date: Mar 13, 1976
Views: 865
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Rating: 1.80/5 (10)
Live from New York, It's... Chevy Chase! Sketches include "SNL is Not Ad-Libbed," "A President's View on Marijuana" (three parts), "Hello Dolly," "Dominatrix Cleaning Tips," "Norman Bates School of Hotel Management," "Scred Gets Desperate" (Muppets), "Land Is Scarce, Use Your Head," "Happy Hour Hook-Up," "New Yorkers & Their Pets" (film), "Sherry and the Bee," "Low-Budget Movie Trailers," "P-Nut Fever," and "Butt County Dance Party." Betty Carter performed "Music, Maestro, Please," "Swing Brother Swing," and "I Can't Help It."
Episode 17: Ron Nessen-toni Basil, Patti Smith
Air Date: Apr 17, 1976
Views: 844
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Rating: 2.05/5 (19)
In the seventeenth episode (s1e17) Ron Nessen was the first political person to be the host and the Patti Smith Group presented Gloria and My Generation while Billy Crystal performs a stand up. Sketches included Garbage Men, Briefing the President, Dead String Quartet, Ad on Super Bass-O-Matic ‘76, Disgusting Jam Names, Misconceptions, Press Secretaries Through History in three parts, Autumn Fizz Douche, Lie Detector Test, Tomorrow with Tom Snyder, Supreme Court Spot Check, Try-Hard Batteries and Singing at the Urinal.
Episode 18: Raquel Welch-phoebe Snow, John Sebastian
Air Date: Apr 24, 1976
Views: 1,447
Comments: 0
Rating: 2.07/5 (14)
Live from New York, It’s... Chevy Chase! Sketches include "Get to the Fall, Chevy!," "Purina Rat Chow," "Joseph Franklin’s 10-letter Metric Alphabet," "The Claudine Longet Ski Invitational," "Great Moments in Herstory: Howard Hughes," "One Flew Over The Hornets’ Nest," "Gilda’s Equal Time," "Lorne’s Offer to the Beatles," "Raquel’s Shirt," "Bisexual Moment," and "SNL to Muppets: Drop Dead." John Sebastian and "Joe Cocker" (Belushi) performed "Welcome Back." Phoebe Snow performed "Two-Fisted Love." Raquel Welch performed "Ain’t Necessarily So."
Episode 19: Madeline Kahn-carly Simon
Air Date: May 8, 1976
Views: 832
Comments: 0
Rating: 2.27/5 (11)
In the nineteenth episode (s1e19) the host was Madeline Kahn with musical performance of Half A Chance and You’re So Vain by Carly Simon. Sketches included Reagan’s Jam Session which gets him Punched, The Final Days of Nixon, New York’s My Home, Not for Ladies Only, Contribute Fondue Pots for Namibia, Muppets Can Reunite the Beatles, Wilderness Comedian, Super Absorbent Dry Hose, Slumber Party, Gilda and Madeline, Bride of Frankenstein Sings and I Will Follow Him.
Episode 20: Dyan Cannon-leon Russell
Air Date: May 15, 1976
Views: 927
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Rating: 2.45/5 (11)
The twentieth episode (s1e20) was hosted by Dyan Cannon with Leon and Mary Russell as musical guests who performed Satisfy You and Daylight. Sketches included Dyan Dreams of a Man on White Horse, Chevy has to Repeat the Fall, Sugar-Free Zing, The Adulterer, Vacationland Adventure, Minister gets Hiccups at a funeral, Hearing Test, Hostage Anita Bryant for Orange Juice, Marine Corps forgets lines in a Commercial Shoot, Bathwater of The Stars, Cresk Toothpaste, The Hubcap Thief gets dragged while at his job and Affair Investigation.
Episode 21: Buck Henry-gordon Lightfoot
Air Date: May 22, 1976
Views: 941
Comments: 0
Rating: 1.88/5 (8)
Live from New York, It’s... Chevy Chase! Sketches include "Chevy on Crutches," "Samurai Tailor," "Talk Back!", "Dell Stator’s $.99 Toad Ranch," "Looks at Books," "The Crowd Audition," "Peter Lemon Moodring," "Not For Ladies Only," and "Lorne Michaels’ Second Offer to the Beatles." Gordon Lightfoot performed "Summertime Dream," "Spanish Moss," and the first ten seconds of "Sundown"; Garrett Morris performed "An Die Musik."
Episode 22: Elliott Gould-leon Redbone
Air Date: May 29, 1976
Views: 862
Comments: 0
Rating: 2.00/5 (14)
In the twenty second episode (s1e22) the host was Elliot Gould while musical guests Leon Redbone performed Shine On Harvest Moon and Walking Stick and Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson performed Heaven Only Knows. Sketches included were Phone Operator Academy, Wax Museum Scenes, European Poker Player, Ad of Vibramatic Massager, Proper Care of Babb’s Uvula, Last Voyage of the Starship Enterprise, Shirley Temple Black, Uncle Charlie’s School, America Show Us Your Guns and Bee Honeymooners.
Episode 23: Louise Lasser-preservation Hall Jazz Band
Air Date: Jul 24, 1976
Views: 706
Comments: 0
Rating: 2.10/5 (10)
Live from New York, It’s... Chevy Chase! Sketches include "Belushi Trash-Talks Chevy," "Louise’s Dressing Room," "General ’V.D’ Amin," "Sven and Inger," "Human Hair Potholders," "Ode to Television," "Louise and Her Dog," "Boy Talk," "John Belushi Sells His Clothes," "The Diner" (film), and "Jimmy Carter for President," and "Louise’s Year." The Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed "Panama."
Episode 24: Kris Kristofferson-rita Coolidge
Air Date: Jul 31, 1976
Views: 837
Comments: 0
Rating: 2.27/5 (22)
Live from New York, It’s... Chevy Chase! Sketches include "Help Me Make it Through The Night," "I Am Not a Sucker for Saturday Night," "Samurai General Practitioner," "The Great White Athlete," "Ford’s Pork Barrel," "Talk Country," "Gynocologist Blind Date," "Andrew Young Sucks Up," "Police State," "The Real Bobby McGee," and "Waiting For Don Pardo." Rita Coolidge performed "Hula Hoop."