"Saturday Night Live" Lily Tomlin/James Taylor (1976)

Directors:

Dave Wilson
Gary Weis

Writers:

Anne Beatts (writer) &
Chevy Chase (writer) ...

TV Series:

"Saturday Night Live" (1975)

Original Air Date:

18 September 1976 (Season 2, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy | Music

Plot:

The host for the episode is Lily Tomlin (her second appearance), and the musical guest is James Taylor...

Plot Keywords:

Satire | Sketch Comedy | Actor Playing Multiple Roles | Cult TV | Cult Favorite

Cast

Lily Tomlin	...	Host / Ernestine / Various
James Taylor	...	Himself - Musical Guest
Frank Oz	...	The Mighty Favog (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
Jerry Nelson	...	Scred (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
Alice Tweedy	...	Queen Peuta (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
Richard Hunt	...	King Ploobis's right hand (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
Jim Henson	...	King Ploobis (voice) (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
Dan Aykroyd	...	Various
John Belushi	...	Various
Chevy Chase	...	Weekend Update Anchor / Various
Jane Curtin	...	Various
Garrett Morris	...	Various
Laraine Newman	...	Various
Gilda Radner	...	Various
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Pardo	...	Himself - Announcer (voice)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

NBC Productions

Trivia:

In the Presidential debate sketch, Chevy Chase seriously injured his groin while making a pratfall. Although he continued to perform for the rest of the episode, he missed the next two episodes to recover. Jane Curtin filled as Weekend Update anchor for the next two episodes

Quotes:

Liz Montgomery: Mr President, you've said that the Humprey Hawkins bill will cost a possible 60 billion dollars but isn't it true that the jobs provided by the bill will provide up to one hundred-fifty billion dollars in increased productions. Using Walter Hiller's figure that for every one per cent unemployed there is a resulting thirty-seven billion dollar loss in GNP...
[...]

Movie Connections:

References "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" (1967)

Soundtrack:

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