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"Saturday Night Live" George Carlin/Billy Preston, Janis Ian (1975)


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"Saturday Night Live" (1975): Season 1: Episode 1 -- Classic highlight from the very first monologue with comedy legend George Carlin.
"Saturday Night Live" (1975): Season 1: Episode 1 -- A classic highlight from George Carlin
"Saturday Night Live" (1975): Season 1: Episode 1 -- A classic highlight from George Carlin
"Saturday Night Live" (1975): Season 1: Episode 1 -- The first SNL sketch of all time!
"Saturday Night Live" (1975): Season 1: Episode 1 -- The very first sketch ever aired on SNL!

Overview

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7.6/10   76 votes
Writers:
Anne Beatts (written by) &
Chevy Chase (written by) ...
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Original Air Date:
11 October 1975 (Season 1, Episode 1)
Genre:
Comedy | Music more
Plot:
The host for the episode is George Carlin, and the musical guests are Billy Preston and Janis Ian. The... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
God Bless George! more (4 total)

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

George Carlin ... Himself - Host
Janis Ian ... Herself - Musical Guest
Billy Preston ... Himself - Musical Guest

Albert Brooks ... Reporter (voice)
Rhonda Hansome ... Vazh (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)

Jim Henson ... King Ploobis (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
Jerry Nelson ... Scred (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)

Frank Oz ... The Mighty Favog (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
Alice Tweedy ... Queen Peuta (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)

Jane Curtin ... Various
Garrett Morris ... Various

Laraine Newman ... Various

Gilda Radner ... Various

Dan Aykroyd ... Various
John Belushi ... Various
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Richard Belzer, a friend and colleague of Belushi's from the "National Lampoon Radio Hour", is on the jury with him in the "Piece of Evidence" sketch. In the film Man on the Moon (1999), he is depicted introducing Andy Kaufman to the studio audience. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: During the "commercial" for the Phone Answering School, when the chalkboard showing the international area codes is shown, the Cook Islands are spelled "Cooks" Islands. more
Quotes:
Various: [talking into the telephone] What are you wearing right now?
[smiles]
Various: No bathrobe?
[notices the audience, hangs up telephone]
Various: Good evening, I'm Chevy Chase!
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Movie Connections:
References Jaws (1975) more
Soundtrack:
Nothing from Nothing more

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God Bless George!, 17 July 2008
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Author: Sylvia Marciniak (sylviastel@aol.com) from United States

This show was the first of hundreds which was hosted by none other than George Carlin. The sketches were done with the not for ready prime time players. George never appeared in them but he was there to introduce the two musical performers, Billy Preston and Janis Ian who each performed twice themselves. Despite the initial premise, George performed his baseball-football comparisons to the laughter of an audience who should be so lucky to have attended the first night of many on live television. The show was never at outlandish as it is now. The humor was from within. It was nice to see the original players who all became stars on their own. The show evolved and changed. Janis Ian, an American folk singer, sang beautifully and poetically the second time around while Billy Preston was legendary in his performance. It showed that the show took chances in bringing the popular and unpopular performers who should be famous.

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