Season 5
(1979)
Overview
Saturday Night Live aired its fifth season during the 1979–1980 television season on NBC, and also the final season with the original cast. This fifth season started on October 13, 1979 and ended on May 24, 1980. SNL's fifth season was released on DVD on December 1, 2009. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd left the show at the end of the fourth season, leaving a void in the cast that most fans thought would be the beginning of the end of the late-night sketch show. To keep the show going, Lorne Mic…
Cast
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
as Self - Various Characters
Episodes
Steve Martin/Blondie 7.0
October 13, 1979
Sketches include ""The Pope's Doorman,"" ""Craig's Travellers' Checks,"" ""Free Spanish Lesson,"" ""Juvenile Delinquent…
Eric Idle/Bob Dylan 6.0
October 20, 1979
Sketches include ""Eric's Sick,"" ""Hotel-Motel Art Fair,"" ""Mr. Howard's Shoe Store,"" ""Prince Charles Tells You How…
Bill Russell/Chicago 5.0
November 3, 1979
Sketches include ""Kennedy in '80,"" ""Banshee,"" ""The Black Shadow,"" ""The Landers Files,"" ""Mr. Bill at Home,"" ""…
Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 6.5
November 10, 1979
Sketches include ""Rush Home to the Bathroom,"" ""Find the Popes in the Pizza Contest drawing,"" ""Nerds #12,"" ""Harle…
Bea Arthur/The Roches 5.0
November 17, 1979
Sketches include ""Sex Change,"" ""The Backers' Audition,"" and ""First, He Cries.""
Howard Hesseman/Randy Newman 5.0
December 8, 1979
Sketches include the ""Steve Marvin Radio Show"" and the debut of ""The Al Franken Decade.""
Martin Sheen/David Bowie 7.0
December 15, 1979
Sketches include ""Quick Sex Change Operation,"" ""Le Shoe,"" ""Afraid of the Dark,"" ""Striking Teachers,"" ""Apocolyp…
Ted Knight/Desmond Child and Rouge 6.0
December 22, 1979
Sketches include A Christmas Gift from The Shah, Nerds Nativity, and Java Junkie.
Teri Garr/The B-52's 7.0
January 26, 1980
Sketches include ""Paul McCartney in Japan: Day 11,"" ""Craig's,"" ""Somewhere Near Mason City, Iowa,"" ""Debs Behind B…
Chevy Chase/Marianne Faithfull 7.0
February 9, 1980
Live from New York, it's…Chevy Chase! Sketches include ""Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford,"" ""Pre-Chewed Charlies,"…
Elliott Gould/Gary Numan 7.0
February 16, 1980
Sketches include ""Kramer vs. Godzilla,"" ""The Incredible Man,"" Andy Aaron's film ""Get Rid of That Building,"" and "…
Kirk Douglas/Sam and Dave 0.0
February 23, 1980
Sketches include ""Kirk's Greatest Kirks,"" ""What If?,"" ""Arlene Meets Kirk Douglas,"" ""Greg's Bar Mitzvah,"" ""Prim…
Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band 7.0
March 8, 1980
Sketches include-- Dressing Room opening, Dr. Shockley's House of Sperm, Niggerands, Manhasset, The Subsitute Judge, Ce…
Paul Simon/James Taylor 6.0
March 15, 1980
Sketches include ""Anniversary Seance,"" ""Todd's Campaign,"" ""The Biggest Leprechaun,"" ""The Flogging Musicians,"" "…
Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss/The Grateful Dead 7.0
April 5, 1980
Sketches include ""Women Empowerment"" and ""Hotel Room/Smell You.""
Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray 9.0
April 12, 1980
Sketches include ""Burt's Not Angry,"" ""Vomitorium,"" ""The Burt Book,"" ""Be a Pepper,"" and ""Baba Wawa at Large."" …
Strother Martin/The Specials 7.0
April 19, 1980
The host for the episode is Strother Martin, and the musical guest is The Specials. The skits for this episode are as f…
Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn 8.0
May 10, 1980
Sketches include ""Mysteries of the Universe,"" ""The Dating Zone,"" ""Writing Home,"" and ""Mr. Bill."" The Amazing R…
Steve Martin/Paul and Linda McCartney 0.0
May 17, 1980
Sketches include: ""Father Guido Sarducci, Live from London,"" ""Real Incredible People,"" ""Stretch Marks Record Offer…
Buck Henry/Andrew Gold 8.0
May 24, 1980
Live from New York, it's Harry Shearer! Sketches include "Election '80: Almost Halfway Over," "The SNL Stars of the Fu…