Air Date: Host: Musical Guest: Special Guests: Cameos: Bit Players:

January 21st, 1978 Steve Martin The Dirt Band Randy Newman None None Mitchell Laurance

State of the Union 1978

Summary: Walter Mondale (Bill Murray), Tip O'Neil (John Belushi), and other attending politicians react with boredom to President Jimmy Carter's (Dan Aykroyd) State of the Union Address. Recurring Characters: President Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale, Tip O'Neil.

Montage

Steve Martin's Monologue

Summary: Steve Martin accuses John Belushi of stealin $59, electrocutes himself, then tells the audience how they can be a millionaire and never pay taxes. First Hosted: 76e. Transcript

Swill

Summary: A traveling salesman (Bill Murray) savors the flavor of the mineral weater dredged from Lake Erie. Note: Repeat from: 77b.

The Mystery of Bigfoot

Summary: Park Ranger (Steve Martin) doesn't realize that the friendly mountaineer (John Belushi) with large feet is the supposed Bigfoot create he's been hunting.

The Festrunk Brothers

Summary: Jorge (Steve Martin) and Yortuk Festrunk (Dan Aykroyd) are prepared to swing with a pair of computer dates, fully expecting them to be American girls with big breasts and not like-minded Croatian woman (Jane Curtin, Laraien Newman). Recurring Characters: Jorge Festrunk, Yortuk Festrunk, Cliff.

Dirt Band performs "On the Loose with the Blues"

Body Floss

Summary: The Swedish cleaning string that makes hygeine fun.

Weekend Update with Jane Curtin & Dan Aykroyd

Summary: Consumer reporter Roseanne Roseannadanna (Gilda Radner) wanders from a commentary on a viewer's heating problem to her disgust with toenails. Recurring Characters: Roseanne Roseannadanna.

Randy Newman performs "Short People" & "Rider In The Rain"

First Performed: 75b.

Family Feud

Summary: The Conehead Family (Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman) compete against the Romaine lettuce-loving Mel Family (Steve Marton, Gilda Radner, John Belushi). Recurring Characters: Beldar Conehead, Prymaat Conehead, Connie Conehead. Transcript

Hollywood Homes

Summary: Steve Martin gives a tour of the outsides of the homes of his "close personal friends."

What If?

Summary: Joan Cage (Jane Curtin) and her panel of experts consider the hypothetical prospect of Napoleon (John Belushi) with a B-52 bomber.

Steve Martin and Dirt Band performs "White Russia"

Goodnights

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