Saturday Night Live - Season 5

20 Episodes

Saturday Night Live S5E1
E1
67 min

1. Steve Martin/Blondie

7.0

Aired: October 13, 1979

Sketches include ""The Pope's Doorman,"" ""Craig's Travellers' Checks,"" ""Free Spanish Lesson,"" ""Juvenile Delinquent Vandal,"" ""Rise,"" ""Carole King,"" ""The David Susskind Show,"" ""Bolshoi Ballet,"" ""The All-New Mr. Bill Show,"" ""What the Hell is That?"". Blondie performs "Dreaming" and "The Hardest Part".

Saturday Night Live S5E2
E2
67 min

2. Eric Idle/Bob Dylan

6.0

Aired: October 20, 1979

Sketches include ""Eric's Sick,"" ""Hotel-Motel Art Fair,"" ""Mr. Howard's Shoe Store,"" ""Prince Charles Tells You How To Pick Up Girls!,"" ""Hardcore II,"" ""Heavy Sarcasm,"" and ""Ask Elvis."" Bob Dylan performs ""Gotta Serve Somebody,"" ""I Believe In You,"" and ""When You Gonna Wake Up.""

Saturday Night Live S5E3
E3
67 min

3. Bill Russell/Chicago

5.0

Aired: November 3, 1979

Sketches include ""Kennedy in '80,"" ""Banshee,"" ""The Black Shadow,"" ""The Landers Files,"" ""Mr. Bill at Home,"" ""Nick in the Arctic,"" ""Eleanor Roosevelt,"" ""Sports Hot Line,"" and ""Big n' Tall That's All."" Chicago performs their 1970 hit ""I'm a Man"" and their then-current single ""Street Player.""

Saturday Night Live S5E4
E4
67 min

4. Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

6.5

Aired: November 10, 1979

Sketches include ""Rush Home to the Bathroom,"" ""Find the Popes in the Pizza Contest drawing,"" ""Nerds #12,"" ""Harley's Bristol Cream"" and ""Banshee"" commercial parodies, and one of Aviva Slesin's ""First Love"" films.

Saturday Night Live S5E5
E5
67 min

5. Bea Arthur/The Roches

5.0

Aired: November 17, 1979

Sketches include ""Sex Change,"" ""The Backers' Audition,"" and ""First, He Cries.""

Saturday Night Live S5E6
E6
67 min

6. Howard Hesseman/Randy Newman

5.0

Aired: December 8, 1979

Sketches include the ""Steve Marvin Radio Show"" and the debut of ""The Al Franken Decade.""

Saturday Night Live S5E7
E7
67 min

7. Martin Sheen/David Bowie

7.0

Aired: December 15, 1979

Sketches include ""Quick Sex Change Operation,"" ""Le Shoe,"" ""Afraid of the Dark,"" ""Striking Teachers,"" ""Apocolypse Now,"" ""First Love, Part 2,"" ""Foreveready,"" ""Criminals,"" ""Minota AM-3 Camera,"" ""Revisions of Freudian History,"" ""Martin Sheen Hairspray""

Saturday Night Live S5E8
E8
67 min

8. Ted Knight/Desmond Child and Rouge

6.0

Aired: December 22, 1979

Sketches include A Christmas Gift from The Shah, Nerds Nativity, and Java Junkie.

Saturday Night Live S5E9
E9
67 min

9. Teri Garr/The B-52's

7.0

Aired: January 26, 1980

Sketches include ""Paul McCartney in Japan: Day 11,"" ""Craig's,"" ""Somewhere Near Mason City, Iowa,"" ""Debs Behind Bars,"" ""Anchovy Council of America,"" ""Bad Playhouse,"" ""Baby Casting Director,"" and ""The Mr. Bill Show."" The B-52's perform ""Rock Lobster"" and ""Dance This Mess Around.""

Saturday Night Live S5E10
E10
67 min

10. Chevy Chase/Marianne Faithfull

7.0

Aired: February 9, 1980

Live from New York, it's…Chevy Chase! Sketches include ""Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford,"" ""Pre-Chewed Charlies,"" The Bel Airabs, ""You Can't Win,"" Speaking of Fashion, ""Linden Palmer, Hollywood's Forgotten Director,"" and ""Honduras.""

Saturday Night Live S5E11
E11
67 min

11. Elliott Gould/Gary Numan

7.0

Aired: February 16, 1980

Sketches include ""Kramer vs. Godzilla,"" ""The Incredible Man,"" Andy Aaron's film ""Get Rid of That Building,"" and ""All-Time Radio.""

Saturday Night Live S5E12
E12
67 min

12. Kirk Douglas/Sam and Dave

0

Aired: February 23, 1980

Sketches include ""Kirk's Greatest Kirks,"" ""What If?,"" ""Arlene Meets Kirk Douglas,"" ""Greg's Bar Mitzvah,"" ""Prime Time Saturday,"" and ""Mask of Fear""

Saturday Night Live S5E13
E13
67 min

13. Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band

7.0

Aired: March 8, 1980

Sketches include-- Dressing Room opening, Dr. Shockley's House of Sperm, Niggerands, Manhasset, The Subsitute Judge, Celebrity Corner: Bill Murray talks with Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow.

Saturday Night Live S5E14
E14
67 min

14. Paul Simon/James Taylor

6.0

Aired: March 15, 1980

Sketches include ""Anniversary Seance,"" ""Todd's Campaign,"" ""The Biggest Leprechaun,"" ""The Flogging Musicians,"" ""Talk or Die,"" and ""The David Susskind Show."" Paul Simon and James Taylor perform ""Cathy's Clown / Take Me to the Mardi Gras"" and David Sanborn performs ""Anything You Want.""

Saturday Night Live S5E15
E15
67 min

15. Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss/The Grateful Dead

7.0

Aired: April 5, 1980

Sketches include ""Women Empowerment"" and ""Hotel Room/Smell You.""

Saturday Night Live S5E16
E16
67 min

16. Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray

9.0

Aired: April 12, 1980

Sketches include ""Burt's Not Angry,"" ""Vomitorium,"" ""The Burt Book,"" ""Be a Pepper,"" and ""Baba Wawa at Large."" Anne Murray performs ""Lucky Me.""

Saturday Night Live S5E17
E17
67 min

17. Strother Martin/The Specials

7.0

Aired: 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 follows: Rosalyn Carter talks about sections of the 1980 census intended for illegal aliens, including questions about how they got into the US, where they would hide if the INS came to their homes, and how much they would be willing to do housework for. During his opening monologue, Strother Martin reveals that he was asked to host the show because Lorne Michaels mistook him for Tennessee Williams, and so far he's been keeping up the act. At Camp Beau Soleil, the campers are forced to learn French by the brutal camp counselor, Le Capitain, but a camper named Luke is determined to escape. Additional skits include a variety show will, the Conductor's Club, Any Town, and Food. The Specials perform "Gangsters" and "Too Much, Too Young".

Saturday Night Live S5E18
E18
67 min

18. Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn

8.0

Aired: May 10, 1980

Sketches include ""Mysteries of the Universe,"" ""The Dating Zone,"" ""Writing Home,"" and ""Mr. Bill."" The Amazing Rhythm Aces (featuring Bill Murray) perform ""Third-Rate Romance.""

Saturday Night Live S5E19
E19
67 min

19. Steve Martin/Paul and Linda McCartney

0

Aired: May 17, 1980

Sketches include: ""Father Guido Sarducci, Live from London,"" ""Real Incredible People,"" ""Stretch Marks Record Offer,"" ""Reagan's Dinner,"" and ""The Hominids."" 3-D performed ""All-Night Television.""

Saturday Night Live S5E20
E20
67 min

20. Buck Henry/Andrew Gold

8.0

Aired: May 24, 1980

Live from New York, it's Harry Shearer! Sketches include "Election '80: Almost Halfway Over," "The SNL Stars of the Future" monologue, "Lord and Lady Douchebag," "Uncle Roy," and "Nick at Trader Nick's."