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Season 5 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 20
TV Specials: 1
TV Movies: 0

	5x01 Steve Martin/Blondie Sketches include ""The Pope's Doorman,"" ""Craig's Travellers' Checks,"" ""Free Spanish Lesson,"" ""Juvenile Delinquent Vandal,"" ""Rise,"" ""Carole King,"" ""The David Susskind Show,"" ...	Oct. 13, 1979
	5x02 Eric Idle/Bob Dylan Sketches include ""Eric's Sick,"" ""Hotel-Motel Art Fair,"" ""Mr. Howard's Shoe Store,"" ""Prince Charles Tells You How To Pick Up Girls!,"" ""Hardcore II,"" ""Heavy Sarcasm,"" and ...	Oct. 20, 1979
	5x03 Bill Russell/Chicago Sketches include ""Kennedy in '80,"" ""Banshee,"" ""The Black Shadow,"" ""The Landers Files,"" ""Mr. Bill at Home,"" ""Nick in the Arctic,"" ""Eleanor Roosevelt,"" ""Sports Hot Line,"" ...	Nov. 03, 1979
	5x04 Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Sketches include ""Rush Home to the Bathroom,"" ""Find the Popes in the Pizza Contest drawing,"" ""Nerds #12,"" ""Harley's Bristol Cream"" and ""Banshee"" commercial parodies, and one ...	Nov. 10, 1979
	5x05 Bea Arthur/The Roches Sketches include ""Sex Change,"" ""The Backers' Audition,"" and ""First, He Cries.""	Nov. 17, 1979
	5x06 Howard Hesseman/Randy Newman Sketches include the ""Steve Marvin Radio Show"" and the debut of ""The Al Franken Decade.""	Dec. 08, 1979
	5x07 Martin Sheen/David Bowie Sketches include ""Quick Sex Change Operation,"" ""Le Shoe,"" ""Afraid of the Dark,"" ""Striking Teachers,"" ""Apocolypse Now,"" ""First Love, Part 2,"" ""Foreveready,"" ""Criminals,"" ...	Dec. 15, 1979
	5x08 Ted Knight/Desmond Child and Rouge Sketches include ""A Christmas Gift from The Shah,"" the ""Nerds Nativity,"" and ""Java Junkie.""	Dec. 22, 1979
	5x09 Teri Garr/The B-52's Sketches include ""Paul McCartney in Japan: Day 11,"" ""Craig's,"" ""Somewhere Near Mason City, Iowa,"" ""Debs Behind Bars,"" ""Anchovy Council of America,"" ""Bad Playhouse,"" ""Baby ...	Jan. 26, 1980
	5x10 Chevy Chase/Marianne Faithfull Live from New York, it'sâ€¦Chevy Chase! Sketches include ""Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford,"" ""Pre-Chewed Charlies,"" The Bel Airabs, ""You Can't Win,"" Speaking of Fashion, ""Linden ...	Feb. 09, 1980
	5x11 Elliott Gould/Gary Numan Sketches include ""Kramer vs. Godzilla,"" ""The Incredible Man,"" Andy Aaron's film ""Get Rid of That Building,"" and ""All-Time Radio.""	Feb. 16, 1980
	5x12 Kirk Douglas/Sam and Dave Sketches include ""Kirk's Greatest Kirks,"" ""What If?,"" ""Arlene Meets Kirk Douglas,"" ""Greg's Bar Mitzvah,"" ""Prime Time Saturday,"" and ""Mask of Fear""	Feb. 23, 1980
	5x13 Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band Sketches include-- Dressing Room opening, Dr. Shockley's House of Sperm, Niggerands, Manhasset, The Subsitute Judge, Celebrity Corner: Bill Murray talks with Jerry Mathers and Tony ...	Mar. 08, 1980
	5x14 Paul Simon/James Taylor Sketches include ""Anniversary Seance,"" ""Todd's Campaign,"" ""The Biggest Leprechaun,"" ""The Flogging Musicians,"" ""Talk or Die,"" and ""The David Susskind Show."" Paul Simon and ...	Mar. 15, 1980
	5x15 Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss/The Grateful Dead Sketches include ""Women Empowerment"" and ""Hotel Room/Smell You.""	Apr. 05, 1980
	5x16 Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray Sketches include ""Burt's Not Angry,"" ""Vomitorium,"" ""The Burt Book,"" ""Be a Pepper,"" and ""Baba Wawa at Large."" Anne Murray performs ""Lucky Me.""	Apr. 12, 1980
	5x17 Strother Martin/The Specials The host for the episode is Strother Martin, and the musical guest is The Specials. The skits for this episode are as follows: Rosalyn Carter talks about sections of the 1980 census ...	Apr. 19, 1980
	5x18 Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn Sketches include ""Mysteries of the Universe,"" ""The Dating Zone,"" ""Writing Home,"" and ""Mr. Bill."" The Amazing Rhythm Aces (featuring Bill Murray) perform ""Third-Rate Romanc ...	May. 10, 1980
	5x19 Steve Martin/Paul and Linda McCartney Sketches include: ""Father Guido Sarducci, Live from London,"" ""Real Incredible People,"" ""Stretch Marks Record Offer,"" ""Reagan's Dinner,"" and ""The Hominids."" 3-D performed ""All-Night ...	May. 17, 1980
	5x20 Buck Henry/Andrew Gold Live from New York, it'sâ€¦Harry Shearer! Sketches include ""Election '80: Almost Halfway Over,"" ""The SNL Stars of the Future"" monologue, ""Lord and Lady Douchebag,"" ""Uncle ...	May. 24, 1980
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Season 5 Characters

Himself - Announcer	voiced by Don Pardo
Various	played by Jane Curtin
Weekend Update Anchor	played by Bill Murray
Himself - Host	played by Elliott Gould
Himself	played by Lorne Michaels
Himself - Musical Guest	played by Fred Tackett
Themselves - Musical Guest	played by Rouge
Father Guido Sarducci	played by Don Novello
Mr. Bill	voiced by Walter Williams (IV)
Mr. Hands	voiced by Walter Williams (IV)
Spot	voiced by Walter Williams (IV)
Herself - Musical Guest	played by Kate Pierson
Soldier	played by Max Pross
Customer	played by Tom Davis
Marlon Brando	played by Burt Reynolds
Herself - Host	played by Teri Garr
Abdul Asad	played by Don Novello
Makeup Artist	played by Anne Beatts
Guard	played by Akira Yoshimura (II)
Himself - Referee	played by Bob Zmuda
Don Kirshner	played by Paul Shaffer
Himself - Co-Host	played by Richard Benjamin
Lewis	played by Burt Reynolds

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Jewess Jeans (00:59)

1980 Consolation Debate (05:04)

Thanksgiving Dinner (03:49)

Rise (02:03)

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Season 5 Trivia

Episode 14 - Mobil Oil's public relations chief Herb Schmerz took offense to Ralph Nader's Weekend Update commentary and demanded equal time to respond. But he declined a rebuttal written by SNL's writers.
Episode 05 - The show received angry letters and phone calls about the sketch "First, He Cries". The sketch spoofed Betty Rollin's book "First, You Cry" which chronicled her struggle with breast cancer. Rollin contacted 'Al Franken', the sketch's writer, to tell him that she was not offended
Episode 12 - Garrett Morris was very angry over being cast as a monkey in the previous episode. During rehearsals, he stormed into the studio late and screamed at the entire show's staff for never treating him fairly. At the end of the tirade, Kirk Douglas commented, "That's the b
Episode 20 - This was the final appearance on the show by Buck Henry. In the first five years, he hosted the show ten times and made numerous cameos. He has never returned for a guest appearance since, except for the 15th Anniversary Special in 1990.
Episode 14 - This was the 100th episode of the regular series.

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