Jon Bon Jovi with Foo Fighters
10.11.75
From SNLWiki
Series Premiere: George Carlin / Janis Ian, Billy Preston
Cold Opening In the first SNL sketch ever, a dutiful student takes English lessons from a stodgy professor by repeating back everything said to him. When the professor falls over from a heart attack, the student mimics him by falling over, too. With student and pupil on the floor, Chevy Chase pops in to announce those immortal words, "Live from New York it’s Saturday Night!"
Pardo introduces the cast as the "Not for ready prime-time players."
Monologue George Carlin treats the audience to some of his acclaimed standup comedy by explaining the many differences between football and baseball.
Commercial: New Dad Insurance Never leave home without new-dad insurance, because you never know when you’ll need to replace your father. New Dad Insurance... tops in pops!
Musical Guest: Billy Preston Billy Preston Performs “Nothin’ from Nothin’”
Sketch: Witness for the Prosecution The whole court’s out of order when a defense attorney questions a victim during a rape trial. When a juror passes obscene testimony to a sleeping juror, she wakes up and thinks the message is actually from him and expresses how she feels about this with a flirty, little wink.
Guest Performance: Andy Kaufman In this now-classic bit, Andy lip synchs the chorus of the "Mighty Mouse" theme song while fidgeting nervously and drinking water between choruses. Though it may not sound like much, it's downright hilarious and a fine example of Andy's unique comic sensibility.
Miscellaneous: George Carlin George ponders the important questions we all ask ourselves: Where are the good scissors? Who stole my underwear? What do dogs do on their day off? Do you ever look at the crowds in old movies and wonder if any of them are dead yet?
Musical Guest: Janis Ian performs “Seventeen“
Sketch: Shark Bite On a talk show, a man claims he lost an arm to a shark bite, but it turns out he has something else up his sleeve the whole time.
Commercial: Jamitol Gay Jamitol has twice the iron and high-potency vitamins found in other supplements. Now in tablet or liquid, Jamitol is the perfect supplement for your high-energy homoerotic lifestyle.
Weekend Update with Chevy Chase All the muck that’s fit to rake in the first edition of Weekend Update.
In today's news, Chevy relates that Hirohito gave a Hirohito watch to Mickey Mouse; Ford blew his nose and an alert Secret Service men wrestled the handkerchief to the ground; and the Post Office commemorates prostitution - the stamp costs ten cents, but if you want to lick it, it'll cost a quarter.
Commercial: Triopenin A safety cap so good, no one can open the bottle.
The Muppets: The Land of Gorch In the burbling, bubbling land of gorch, King Ploobis and his aide Scred seek the medical advice of the Mighty Favog.
Miscellaneous: George Carlin George wonders why there’s no blue food, among other weighty topics.
Short Film: Impossible Truth Albert Brooks presents a newsreel of "Impossible Truth" where a blind cabbie drives, Israel and Georgia trade places, and the age of consent is lowered to seven.
Sketch: Bee Hospital A family of bees gather in a maternity ward where nurses bring out newborn drones, workers, queens, and father beers.
Commercial: Academy Of Better Careers Commercial parody. Late night T.V ad offering career as Sought after, High paid, Stand-by operators answering calls responding to Late Night T.V ads like this one.
Guest Performance: Valerie Bromfield Comedian Valerie Bromfield portrays a volleyball player and a school teacher.
Short Film: Show Us Your Guns A truck drives around the city asking people to "show their guns."
Musical Guest: Billy Preston Billy Preston performs “Fancy Lady”
Sketch: Home Security Two security experts simulate an assault and burglary at the expense of a young couple. To solve these security flaws, they offer total security protection plans consisting of T.P.F.L.M's (Tactically Positioned Front Lawn Mines): toilet bowl piranhas, sandwich sensitive hot plate lasers, and more. The couple finally buys the system when they discover one of the "experts" holding their son hostage.
Commercial: Triple Track Get the razor with three stainless platinum teflex blades because "you'll believe anything."
Musical Guest: Janis Ian Janis Ian performs “In the Winter”
Goodnights The cast and host sign off for the first time.
