Saturday Night Live - Season 4
Description: Saturday Night Live aired its fourth season during the 1978–1979 television season on NBC. The fourth season started on October 7, 1978 and ended on May 26, 1979. The season four DVD was released on December 2, 2008.
The entire cast from the previous season returned. This would be the final season for Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. Aykroyd and Belushi left to work on The Blues Brothers film.
Episodes
The Rolling Stones
Aired: Oct 7, 1978
Live from New York, it's Dan Aykroyd! Sketches include "Garrett Morris and the...
Fred Willard/Devo
Aired: Oct 14, 1978
Sketches include--"Honker in the Audience", "Two Guys Who Are Lawyers", "Aging S...
Frank Zappa
Aired: Oct 21, 1978
Sketches include "Fred Silverman," "Coneheads," "Domestic Prison," "Night on Fre...
Steve Martin/Van Morrison
Aired: Nov 4, 1978
Live from New York, it's...President Dan Aykroyd! Sketches include "A Message ...
Buck Henry/The Grateful Dead
Aired: Nov 11, 1978
Sketches include--"Concession Speech,", "Rovco Chinch Canch" commercial parody, ...
Carrie Fisher/The Blues Brothers
Aired: Nov 18, 1978
Live from New York, it's....Garrett Morris! The Blues Brothers open the show b...
Walter Matthau/Garrett Morris
Aired: Dec 2, 1978
Sketches include--"Fred Silverman", "Super Epoxy-Dent", "The Bad News Bees", "Ol...
Eric Idle/Kate Bush
Aired: Dec 9, 1978
Sketches include "Telepsychic Ray," "Julia Child," "Madrigal," "The Woman He Lov...
Elliott Gould/Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
Aired: Dec 16, 1978
Sketches include "White House Lawn Special Event," "Rovco All-Flammable Christma...
Michael Palin/The Doobie Brothers
Aired: Jan 27, 1979
Sketches include "State of the Union Address: Preparation I," "Palin's Socks Mon...
Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads
Aired: Feb 10, 1979
Sketches include "Cicely Confronts Garrett Monologue," "Nick Rails, the Train Lo...
Rick Nelson/Judy Collins
Aired: Feb 17, 1979
Live from New York, it's...John Belushi! Sketches include "WGN Morning Show," "...
Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton
Aired: Feb 24, 1979
Sketches include "Charlie's Angels," "Nerds," "Fred Silverman," "Child Psychiatr...
Gary Busey/Gary Busey with Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield, Eubie Blake
Aired: Mar 10, 1979
Live from New York, it's...John Belushi! Sketches include: "Breaking the Ice w...
Margot Kidder/The Chieftains
Aired: Mar 17, 1979
Live from New York, it's...John Belushi! Sketches include "WGN Radio Live at D...
Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones
Aired: Apr 7, 1979
Sketches include "The Pepsi Syndrome," "The Nerds In Love," and "Scottish Restau...
Milton Berle/Ornette Coleman
Aired: Apr 14, 1979
Sketches include "Texaco Star Theater Intro," "The Widettes," "On The Spot," and...
Michael Palin/James Taylor
Aired: May 12, 1979
Sketches include "Mother's Day Monologue," "Miles Cowperthwaite, Part Two: I Am ...
Maureen Stapleton/Linda Ronstadt, Phoebe Snow
Aired: May 19, 1979
Live from New York, it's... Dan Aykroyd! Sketches include "Telepsychic Ray," "...
Buck Henry/Bette Midler
Aired: May 26, 1979
Sketches include "Mr. Bill at SNL," "Disco Roller Fishing Park," "Samurai Bakery...