We're back for Part 2 of this legendary episode of Saturday Night Live. The hits just keep on coming as we get the memorable "Dancing in the Dark" w/ Steve & Gilda, a classic "Nerds" sketch, and The Blues Brothers return for one more number.  Oh right, and then of course there is the iconic "King Tut" performance.
Original Saturday Night Live writer Marilyn Suzanne Miller joins us to discuss "Dancing in the Dark" as well as he start on SNL, knowing Gilda in college, and one of her other creations, "The Festrunk Brothers." "Blue Lou" Lou Marini, saxophone player for the  Saturday Night Live Band, also joins us to talk about the "King Tut" performance (he's the one painted in gold coming out of the sarcophogus), backing up the musical guests in the early years of SNL, and touring as part of The Blues Brothers.

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This is it! The episode many people put up as the greatest in Saturday Night Live history. Steve Martin returns for his THIRD time hosting this season. The Blues Brothers are introduced to the world as the musical guest. And, if you didn't know any better, you just might think this was a "Best of" compilation.
There is so much great material and so much going on that we couldn't contain it to only one episode. In Part 1  we discuss the cold open & introduction of The Blues Brothers, an all time classic monologue, the Festrunk Brothers, AND Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber.  And that is BEFORE we even get to Weekend Update!
If that wasn't enough, we are joined by legendary band leader, musician, and SNL alum Paul Shaffer. Paul shares his memories from this night, the early days of the show, and what it was like putting The Blues Brothers Band together.

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Michael Sarrazin was a Canadian. He was an actor. And, near the end of the Season Three, he hosted Saturday Night Live. A jazz pianist (Keith Jarrett) and an all-tuba band (Howard Shore's Gravity) are the musical guests. None of this is made up. 
There is a lot going on and a lot to talk about in this one. To help make sense of it all, we are joined by Mark Malkoff from "Inside Late Night."  We even try to get Don Novello on the phone help figure a few things out.  

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Saturday Night Live welcomes its second member of Monty Python to the show as Michael Palin covers the hosting duties this week.  We can confirm that Palin is, in fact, British and thus we are joined once again by The SNL Hall of Fame's Thomas Sena to break everything down.  The musical guest is Eugene Record.  He is NOT British, yet Thomas still knows who he is.
The result of this pairing is an episode that, while it doesn't flounder, may not live up to the expectations.
But...live cats!

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Horror film icon Christopher Lee does "the single most important thing" (his words, not ours) in his career as he hosts this week's episode of Saturday Night Live.  The veteran British actor is game for anything and is surprisingly enjoyable taking his comedic swings.
With him is a relative newcomer as musical guest; an artist with close ties to the cast of the show who is promoting his debut album.  Ladies and gentlemen.... meet Loaf! Comedian Richard Belzer also performs as a special guest.

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Get excited!  Jill Clayburgh returns to Saturday Night Live for her 2nd time hosting.  This time, she brings Eddie Money (who in turn brings the hits) to help as the musical guest.  Is it enough?  Can an episode filled with recurring characters be THAT bad?  We're not sure.  Well, one of us made up their mind.  Listen and decide for yourself.

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Art Garfunkel makes his third appearance on Saturday Night Live, this time as HOST!  That is not to say he does not provide A LOT of musical performances.  And yet...there actually is a musical guest as Stephen Bishop is thrown a bone and allowed to sing one number.  To be fair....he does get an amazing set!
The former Paul Simon BFF does an admirable job fulfilling his host duties and one of our biggest critiques is that we could have used him in MORE sketches.
We also get what is regarded as one of the best and most well-known "Schiller's Reel."  Michael Streeter, author of "Nothing Lost Forever: The Films of Tom Schiller," joins us to help us dive into that and the episode as a whole.

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SNL gets its second athlete-as-host as (soon-to-be-former) Buffalo Bills' running back, O.J. Simpson achieves a dream of his (his words, not ours) by hosting the show.  A surprisingly decent episode finds an iconic cold open, a spot on commercial parody, a few recurring characters, and couple of songs from Ashford & Simpson (no relation).  Never fear, there are some true OMG moments (even for 1978) as well.
For those of you not familiar with O.J. Simpson he was a future NFL-Hall of Fame running back and TV personality.

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The Prodigal Son returns as Chevy Chase is back at Saturday Night Live...as HOST! An event So BIG...that Billy Joel skipped his high school reunion to be the musical guest.  Not surprisingly, this is one of the most infamous episodes in the show's history.
Sadly, pretty much all of the legend has to do with what went on behind the scenes and not in front of the camera.  That Week in SNL's Andy Dick joins us to separate fact from fiction, dive into the actual episode, and share theories on what makes the show work. Opinions run the gamut on this "old school" episode of SNL as we try to decide whether it works or not.

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Robert Klein returns to SNL to host one of the most unique and memorable episodes in the show's history.
There is A LOT going on in this one...recurring characters (a lot of 'em), classic sketches, iconic characters introduced, a runner that has to go down as one of the greatest of all time, and for the second week in a row the host just can't help themselves from joining in with the musical guest.
Oh right...Bonnie Raitt is the musical guest this week.  She plays two numbers and tries to survive a lobster attack.  
Like we said, there is a lot going on here.

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