Saturday Night Live Transcripts Season 2: Episode 14 ]]>
Air Date: Host: Musical Guest: Special Guests: Cameos: Bit Players:
February 26th, 1977 Steve Martin The Kinks Lily Tomlin Buster Holmes Cheryl Hardwick Joe Dicso Howard Shore Anne Beatts Tom Davis Jim Downey Al Franken Mitchell Laurance Marilyn Suzanne Miller Michael O’Donoghue Tom Schiller Rosie Shuster Alan Zwiebel Steve’s Head TripSummary: The cast is dismayed to learn that Steve Martin has let his recent success go to his head. Transcript
Montage
Steve Martin’s MonologueSummary: During his stand-up routine, Steve Martin gets happy feet and describes “getting small.” Transcript
The Coneheads At HomeSummary: An IRS agent (Steve Martin) questions the Coneheads about their tax returns. Recurring Characters: Beldar Conehead, Prymaat Conehead, Connie Conehead. Transcript
Garrett Morris sings “Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt”
Celebrity WeightliftingSummary: Jackie Onassis (Gilda Radner) is no match for Russian chanpion, Vasselai Alexev (John Belushi). Recurring Characters: Jackie Onassis. Transcript
The Kinks perform a medley of their hitsSummary: A medley consisting of “You Really Got Me Going”, “All Day And All of the Night”, “Well-Respected Man”, and “Lola” medley
Weekend Update with Jane CurtinSummary: Laraine Newman reports from a dangerous military aircraft. Transcript
Dr. Breadloaf’s Quick-Loss Diet BookSummary: Dr. Breadloaf (Gilda Radner) eats the pages of her book for quick nourishment. Transcript
Broadway Baby
Pull The PlugSummary: A doctor (Steve Martin) advises that parents (Bill Murray, Jane Belushi) pull the plug on their comatose son (John Belushi). Transcript
Buster Holmes’ RestaurantSummary: Buster Holmes shows off his New Orleans restaurant.
Hollywood BingoSummary: The introduction of a full card of celebrity guests takes up the game show’s full running time. Recurring Characters: Farrah Fawcett, Vincent Price, Robert Blake, Sammy Davis, Jr., Sandy Duncan, Charo. Transcript
From The Big Orange To The Big AppleSummary: Lily Tomlin takes her characters to New York City.
Roots IISummary: More oppressed ancestors of Alex Haley (Garrett Morris). Transcript
The Kinks performs “Sleepwalker”
Singles BarSummary: At a singles bar, a man (Steve Martin) and a woman (Gilda Radner) learn they share odd traits. Transcript
Don Roy King has directed fourteen seasons of Saturday Night Live. That work has earned him ten Emmys and fourteen nominations. Additionally, he has been nominated for fifteen DGA Awards and won in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
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