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Episode: 01x04
Title: Candice Bergen/Esther Phillips
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: N/A
First Aired: Nov. 08, 1975

Season 1 » Episode #04 - Candice Bergen/Esther Phillips

Saturday Night Live - 01x04 Candice Bergen/Esther Phillips

Summary: Tonight's host is Candice Bergen with musical guest Esther Phillips.Sketches: "Gerald Ford's Address," "Ambassador Training Institute," "Jaws II," "Garrett Morris and the CIA," "Catherine Deneuve," "Black Perspective," "Midnight Probe," "Foreign Man," "Crank Call to Airline Stewardess," "The Glig Population," and "Obnoxious Journalist."Performances: Esther Phillips performs "What a Difference a Day Makes" and "I Can Stand a Little Rain"

Watch Episode Videos

Third World Interview (03:03)

Ford's Speech (02:14)

Andy Kaufman's Foreign Man (02:58)

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Herself - Host	played by Candice Bergen
Herself - Musical Guest	played by Little Esther Phillips
The Mighty Favog	voiced by Frank Oz
Scred	voiced by Jerry Nelson
Vazh	voiced by Fran Brill
Queen Peuta	voiced by Alice Tweedy
Glib	voiced by Richard Hunt
King Ploobis	voiced by Jim Henson
Foreign Man	played by Andy Kaufman

Episode Quotes

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MISTAKES/GOOFS

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TRIVIA

An engineer at NBC owned-and-operated WNBC-TV thought the "Ambassador Training Institute" commercial parody was a real ad, and turned to a local commercial. This prompted Lorne Michaels to resign as producer, only to return the next Tuesday.
The "Long Distance" commercial parody, which featured a gay man reminiscing about dressing in his mother's clothes, angered The Gay Activists Alliance. It has been edited out most of the repeats.
This episode received the lowest ratings of any SNL episode, but Lorne says this happened because a long-running movie delayed the show's start by 15 minutes.
Candice Bergen is SNL's first female host. She also is the first SNL host to play a character in a sketch other than themselves.
The cast appears with the host during the good nights for the first time.

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