3x15 Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf - Saturday Night Live Episode Guide

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- Episode 03x15

Episode: 03x15
Title: Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf
Type: Regular Episode
Production Code: N/A
First Aired: Mar. 25, 1978

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	Season 3 / Episode 15: - Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf Penny: Once, I had a baby chick... it died. Last summer, I caught a frog... died. And then I had a hamster... died. Goldfish... died. Turtle... died. Mr. Death: So I hate small animals! You can't blame me for that.
	Season 3 / Episode 15: - Christopher Lee/Meat Loaf Dan Aykroyd: Jane, you ignorant slut!

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The cold opening sketch is John Belushi finding out that NBC has changed his name to "Kevin Scott". In keeping with the joke, Belushi is credited as "Kevin Scott" in the opening credits. He is even announced after Gilda Radner to keep the cast's names in alphabetical order.
Laraine Newman threatened to quit the show if she wasn't given the role of the little girl in the "Mr. Death" sketch. She got the role but later found out that Gilda Radner had written the role for herself. She felt badly about taking Radner's role and never used such tactics again.
According to Al Franken, Christopher Lee announced at his first meeting with the writers that he would under not appear in any horror parody sketches, especially not as Dracula. This was a disappointment to them, as Lee had been brought in specifically for a horror-themed episode. As a result, Lee only appears in three sketches. He did agree to play one horror-themed role, "Mr. Death".

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