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March 12th, 1977 Sissy Spacek Richard Baskin Al Franken Tom Davis Dave Wilson Jim Downey

Dave Wilson is Dead

Summary: The sudden death of director Dave Wilson places the show in jeopardy. Transcript

Montage

Sissy Spacek's Monologue

Summary: Sissy Spacek gives her Oscar speech and performs a cut baton-twirling scene from "Carrie." Transcript

Burger Master

Summary: Have your burger any way you want it, no request is too odd to handle. Transcript

Ask President Carter

Summary: Walter Cronkite (Bill Murray) hosts a radio Q&A session with President Jimmy Carter (Dan Aykroyd). Recurring Characters: Walter Cronkite, President Jimmy Carter. Transcript

Amy's Bedtime Story

Summary: Amy Carter's (Sissy Spacek) ex-con nanny (Garrett Morris) tells her a bedtime story. Recurring Characters: Walter Cronkite, President Jimmy Carter, Amy Carter. Transcript

How Your Children Grow

Summary: Jane Curtin interviews Dr. Alan Ross (Bill Murray), a man afflicted with Quintlexia and who can only utter five words. Note: Despite only having to utter the same five words throughout the sketch, Bill Murray manages to slip up and append a couple of extra words to his sentence at one point. Transcript

John Belushi's Dream

Summary: John Belushi announces that he's giving up comedy to train for the Decathlon. Transcript

Weekend Update with Jane Curtin

Summary: Muhammad Ali (Garrett Morris) wants to make his own version of a "Rocky" movie. Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) finds "endangered feces" to be an odd subject to comment on. Recurring Characters: Muhammed Ali, Emily Litella. Transcript

Richard Baskin & Sissy Spacek perform "One I Love You"

Improvisation

Summary: After having trouble creating spontaneous material about a meteorologist at a doctor's office, improvisationists Al Franken and Tom Davis perform a scene in which they deliver the news after World War III. Transcript

Gidget's Disease

Summary: Spokeswoman (Jane Curtin) discusses the disease that's suffered by terminally cute women everywhere. Transcript

Young Newlyweds

Summary: White trash couple (John Belushi, Sissy Spacek) argue in their kitchen after a failed attempt at intimacy. Transcript

The Baton

Summary: In a film by Gary Weis, Sissy Spacek twirls a baton in slow motion.

Bad Playhouse

Summary: Leonard Pinth-Garnell (Dan Aykroyd) presents a scene from "The Millkeeper." Recurring Characters: Leonard Pinth-Garnell. Transcript

Richard Baskin performs "City of One-Night Stands"

Sissy's Roles

Summary: In a film by Robert Altman, Sissy Spacek plays several roles in a series of related scenes.

Goodnights

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