So I've completed my reviews of Season 1 of Saturday Night Live, or NBC's Saturday Night, as it was called during its initial season. I want to thank everyone who read these reviews and I apologize for the months-long gap between some of the updates. My off-line life got very busy last year and I had to step back from this project. I enjoyed watching and reviewing the first season episodes in chronological order and I hope the reviews reflected that enjoyment.
I thought I'd make a "one-stop shopping" page for every review I've posted so far, here they are, click on the episode to read the review:
Episode 1:Host:George Carlin, with Billy Preston, Janis Ian, Andy Kaufman and Valri Bromfield.
Episode 2, Host:Paul Simon, with Art Garfunkel, Jesse Dixon Singers, Phoebe Snow and Randy Newman
Episode 3 Host:Rob Reiner, with Penny Marshall, The Lockers, Denny Dillon and Mark Hampton
Episode 4, Host:Candice Bergen, with Esther Phillips, Andy Kaufman
Episode 5, Host:Robert Klein, with ABBA and Loudin Wainwright III.
Episode 6 Host:Lily Tomlin
Episode 7, Host:Ricard Pryor, with Gil Scott-Heron, Shelly Pryor, Annazette Chase, Thalmus Rasulala and Katherine McKee
Episode 8, Host:Candice Bergen, with Martha Reeves, the Stylistics and Marggie Kuhn
Episode 9; Host:Elliott Gould, with Anne Murray
Episode 10, Host:Buck Henry, with Bill Withers, Toni Basil
Episode 11, Hosts:Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, with Neil Sedaka
Episode 12; Host:Dick Cavett, with Jimmy Cliff, Marshall Efron, Al Alen Petersen
Episode 13, Host:Peter Boyle, with, Al Jarreau and the Shapiro Sisters
Episode 14, Host:Desi Arnaz, with special guest Desi Arnaz Jr.
Episode 15, Host:Jill Clayburgh, with Leon Redbone, Andy Kaufman, the Singing Idlers
Episode 16, Host:Anthony Perkins, with Betty Carter
Episode 17, Host:Press Secretary Ron Nessen, with Patti Smith Group and Billy Crystal
Episode 18, Host:Raquel Welch, with Phoebe Snow and John Sebastian
Episode 19, Host:Madeline Kahn, with Carly Simon and Howard Shore and his All Monster Band
Episode 20, Host:Dyan Cannon, with Leon & Mary Russell
Episode 21, Host:Buck Henry, with Gordon Lightfoot
Episode 22, Host:Elliott Gould, with Leon Redbone, Harlan Collins & Joyce Everson
Episode 23, Host:Louise Lasser, with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Episode 24; Host:Kris Kristofferson with Rita Coolidge
