3x08 Mrs. Miskel Spillman/Elvis Costello and the Attractions - Saturday Night Live Episode Guide

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- Episode 03x08

Episode: 03x08
Title: Mrs. Miskel Spillman/Elvis Costello and the Attractions
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: N/A
First Aired: Dec. 17, 1977

Season 3 » Episode #08 - Mrs. Miskel Spillman/Elvis Costello and the Attractions

Saturday Night Live - 03x08 Mrs. Miskel Spillman/Elvis Costello and the Attractions

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Guest Stars:

Herself - Host	played by Miskel Spillman
Various	played by Miskel Spillman
Himself - Musical Guest	played by Elvis Costello
Al Franken	played by Al Franken
Tom Davis	played by Tom Davis
Mr. Mike	played by Michael O'Donoghue
Weekend Update Anchor	played by Dan Aykroyd
Various	played by John Belushi
Weekend Update Anchor	played by Jane Curtin

	Season 3 / Episode 8: - Mrs. Miskel Spillman/Elvis Costello and the Attractions Laraine Newman: Well, I think it's really exciting to have an 80-year-old grandmother host the show. John Belushi: What if she forgets her lines? Laraine Newman: Don't worry, she won't. You know, you should be this together when you're 80 as Mrs. Spillman is. John Belushi: Don't worry, I'll probably be dead by 30.
	Season 3 / Episode 8: - Mrs. Miskel Spillman/Elvis Costello and the Attractions Weekend Update Anchor: I'm Dan Aykroyd and I eat, sleep and snort news, if you catch my drift. Weekend Update Anchor: And I'm Jane Curtin, and I catch your drift, Dan.

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Elvis Costello's drummer, Pete Thomas, wears a shirt saying "Thanks Malc", during their performance. This is a reference to the Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, who got them to fill in for the absent Sex Pistols.
The Sex Pistols were scheduled to appear as the musical guest but had to cancel due to visa problems. They were replaced at the last minute by Elvis Costello.
In the sketch before the opening, Laraine Newman says to John Belushi that she bets he won't be as together when he is 80 as is the contestant host grandmother Miskel Spillman. Belushi replies, "Don't worry, I'll be dead by 30." He was only off by three years.
The elderly couple that appeared in the "Franken & Davis Show" sketch really were Al Franken's parents, Joseph and Phoebe Franken.
Elvis Costello was told he couldn't perform his song "Radio, Radio" on the show because his record company wanted him to perform a different song off his new album. However, as he performed the beginning of his song "Less Than Zero", he stopped after a few bars and immediately launched into the supposedly banned song.