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Saturday Night Live Season 4
Series	Saturday Night Live
Country of origin	United States
Network	NBC
Original run	October 7, 1978 – May 26, 1979
No. of episodes	20
DVD release date	December 2, 2008 (Box set, full screen)
Previous season	3
Next season	5

Saturday Night Live aired its fourth season during the 1978–1979 television season on NBC. During this season, Saturday Night Live used grotesque and controversial issues as sketch ideas, such as child molestation, people with big butts, nuclear meltdowns, and the idea of Superman as a Nazi.^{[citation needed]}

The fourth season started on October 7, 1978 and ended on May 26, 1979. The season four DVD was released on December 2, 2008.

1 Cast
2 Episodes
3 See also
4 References

Cast

There were no featured cast members during the fourth season, though the following made regular guest appearances:

† Performer is deceased

Episodes

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
67	October 7, 1978	The Rolling Stones		The monologue in this episode was delivered by New York City mayor Ed Koch. Two sketches featured Rolling Stones members: the Tomorrow Show parody, in which Tom Snyder (Dan Aykroyd) interviews Mick Jagger, and the Olympia Cafe sketch, which features Ron Wood and Charlie Watts. The Rolling Stones performed "Beast of Burden," "Respectable" and "Shattered"— all are from the band's June 1978 album Some Girls. Mick Jagger's voice is raspy from partying with the cast throughout the week.^{[citation needed]}
68	October 14, 1978	Fred Willard	Devo	Devo performed two songs from their July 1978 debut album Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!: a cover of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", and "Jocko Homo," ; the performance of the latter was preceded by an excerpt from the band's short film, The Truth About De-Evolution.
69	October 21, 1978	Frank Zappa†
70	November 4, 1978	Steve Martin	Van Morrison
71	November 11, 1978	Buck Henry	Grateful Dead
72	November 18, 1978	Carrie Fisher	The Blues Brothers
73	December 2, 1978	Walter Matthau†		There was no billed musical guest for this episode. At host Matthau's request^{[citation needed]}, Garrett Morris performed Mozart's "Dalla sua pace" ("On her peace"), an aria from Don Giovanni.
74	December 9, 1978	Eric Idle	Kate Bush	The sketch "What Do You?", written by Idle, originally appeared on Monty Python's Previous Record.
75	December 16, 1978	Elliott Gould	Peter Tosh† with Mick Jagger
76	January 27, 1979	Michael Palin	The Doobie Brothers
77	February 10, 1979	Cicely Tyson	Talking Heads
78	February 17, 1979	Rick Nelson†	Judy Collins
79	February 24, 1979	Kate Jackson	Delbert McClinton
80	March 10, 1979	Gary Busey	Eubie Blake† & Gregory Hines† Gary Busey with Rick Danko† & Paul Butterfield†	Appearing on the show at age 92, Eubie Blake is the oldest guest on SNL as of 2009.^{[citation needed]}
81	March 17, 1979	Margot Kidder	The Chieftains
82	April 7, 1979	Richard Benjamin	Rickie Lee Jones	Rodney Dangerfield† makes a cameo appearance in The China Syndrome parody ("The Pepsi Syndrome").
83	April 14, 1979	Milton Berle†	Ornette Coleman	This episode has not been shown in syndication due to complaints from Lorne Michaels and the cast over Milton Berle.^[1]^[2]
84	May 12, 1979	Michael Palin	James Taylor
85	May 19, 1979	Maureen Stapleton†	Linda Ronstadt Phoebe Snow
86	May 26, 1979	Buck Henry	Bette Midler	Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi's final episode as cast members.

References

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Related lists	Episodes (Five-Timers) • Compilation albums and videos • Commercials • Cast members • Writers • Hosts • Cast member hosts • Simultaneous host/performer guests

Recurring characters and sketches	Alphabetical • Chronological • By cast member • List of recurring musical sketches • Weekend Update characters • Short-lived recurring characters

Sketch lists	TV shows (1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s) • Animal • SNL Digital Shorts • TV Funhouse episodes

Sketches	Barry Gibb Talk Show • Bill Swerski's Superfans • The Blues Brothers • Celebrity Jeopardy! • The Chris Farley Show • Coffee Talk • The Coneheads • The Continental • Decabet • Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey • Delicious Dish • Dick in a Box • Focus on Beauty II • Goth Talk • Happy Fun Ball • Hollywood Minute • Jeffrey's • Jizz in My Pants • Landshark • Larry the Lobster • Lazy Sunday • MacGruber • More cowbell • The Needlers • Olympia Cafe • Rialto Grande • Sarah Palin • The Schoeners • Sprockets • Surprise • Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber • TV Funhouse • Vinny Vedecci • Wake Up and Smile • Wayne's World • Weekend Update • Z105 with Joey Mack

Films based on sketches	The Blues Brothers (1980) • Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1980) • Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures (1986) • Bob Roberts (1992) • Mr. Saturday Night (1992) • Wayne's World (1992) • Wayne's World 2 (1993) • Coneheads (1993) • It's Pat! (1994) • Stuart Saves His Family (1995) • A Night at the Roxbury (1998) • Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) • Office Space (1999) • Superstar (1999) • The Ladies Man (2000) • Harold (2008) • MacGruber (2010) • Key Party (TBD)

Characters	Adult Students • Bill Brasky • The Bloder Brothers • The Boston Teens • Canteen Boy • The Church Lady • Debbie Downer • Ed Grimley • Emily Litella • Father Guido Sarducci • Hanukkah Harry • Hans and Franz • Judy Grimes • Lisa Loopner • Lovers • Mango • Mary Katherine Gallagher • Master Thespian • Matt Foley • Merv the Perv • Nick The Lounge Singer • Pat • Roseanne Roseannadanna • Samurai Futaba • The Spartan Cheerleaders • Stuart Smalley • Toonces the Driving Cat • Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer • Velvet Jones • The Whiners

Related topics	Lorne Michaels • "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" • Dick Ebersol • Don Pardo • Frank Oz • "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" • Incredibad • Jean Doumanian • Jim Henson • Mel Brandt • Bill Hanrahan • Saturday Night Live Band • Strategery • Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday

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