Season 4
(1978)
Overview
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.
Cast
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
Episodes
The Rolling Stones 7.0
October 7, 1978
Live from New York, it's Dan Aykroyd! Sketches include "Garrett Morris and the National Broadcasting Orchestra," "May…
Fred Willard/Devo 6.0
October 14, 1978
Sketches include--"Honker in the Audience", "Two Guys Who Are Lawyers", "Aging Stuntman Cliff Preston", "One-Night-Stan…
Frank Zappa 4.0
October 21, 1978
Sketches include "Fred Silverman," "Coneheads," "Domestic Prison," "Night on Freak Mountain," "Woman to Woman," "The Al…
Steve Martin/Van Morrison 7.0
November 4, 1978
Live from New York, it's...President Dan Aykroyd! Sketches include "A Message From the President of the United States…
Buck Henry/The Grateful Dead 7.0
November 11, 1978
Sketches include--"Concession Speech,", "Rovco Chinch Canch" commercial parody, "Samurai Optometrist," "Uncle Roy #1," …
Carrie Fisher/The Blues Brothers 7.7
November 18, 1978
Live from New York, it's....Garrett Morris! The Blues Brothers open the show by performing Soul Man. Carrie comes ou…
Walter Matthau/Garrett Morris 7.0
December 2, 1978
Sketches include--"Fred Silverman", "Super Epoxy-Dent", "The Bad News Bees", "Olympia Cafe", "Daughter's Old Room", "Ni…
Eric Idle/Kate Bush 7.5
December 9, 1978
Sketches include "Telepsychic Ray," "Julia Child," "Madrigal," "The Woman He Loved," "What Do You?", "Candy Slice," "Co…
Elliott Gould/Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger 7.0
December 16, 1978
Sketches include "White House Lawn Special Event," "Rovco All-Flammable Christmas Tree," "The Widettes," "Mommie Deares…
Michael Palin/The Doobie Brothers 7.0
January 27, 1979
Sketches include "State of the Union Address: Preparation I," "Palin's Socks Monologue," "Mr. Brighton Returns to the N…
Cicely Tyson/Talking Heads 6.0
February 10, 1979
Sketches include "Cicely Confronts Garrett Monologue," "Nick Rails, the Train Lounge Singer," and "The Widettes."
Rick Nelson/Judy Collins 6.0
February 17, 1979
Live from New York, it's...John Belushi! Sketches include "WGN Morning Show," "The Twilight Zone," "Helium," "¿Quien E…
Kate Jackson/Delbert McClinton 6.0
February 24, 1979
Sketches include "Charlie's Angels," "Nerds," "Fred Silverman," "Child Psychiatrist," "Andy Kaufman," "Kate Jackson and…
Gary Busey/Gary Busey with Rick Danko and Paul Butterfield, Eubie Blake 5.0
March 10, 1979
Live from New York, it's...John Belushi! Sketches include: "Breaking the Ice with Belushi" "Billy Carter" "Women's Pr…
Margot Kidder/The Chieftains 6.0
March 17, 1979
Live from New York, it's...John Belushi! Sketches include "WGN Radio Live at Doyle's Tavern," "The Navy," "Fred Garvi…
Richard Benjamin/Rickie Lee Jones 7.0
April 7, 1979
Sketches include "The Pepsi Syndrome," "The Nerds In Love," and "Scottish Restaurant." Jones performs his hit "Chuck E'…
Milton Berle/Ornette Coleman 5.0
April 14, 1979
Sketches include "Texaco Star Theater Intro," "The Widettes," "On The Spot," and "Milton's Writers." Ornette Coleman p…
Michael Palin/James Taylor 6.0
May 12, 1979
Sketches include "Mother's Day Monologue," "Miles Cowperthwaite, Part Two: I Am Nailed to the Hull," and "Black-Market …
Maureen Stapleton/Linda Ronstadt, Phoebe Snow 6.0
May 19, 1979
Live from New York, it's... Dan Aykroyd! Sketches include "Telepsychic Ray," "Nick Wings, the Airport VIP Lounge Sing…
Buck Henry/Bette Midler 0.0
May 26, 1979
Sketches include "Mr. Bill at SNL," "Disco Roller Fishing Park," "Samurai Bakery," "Uncle Roy," "Watergate Was a Joke,"…