Saturday Night Live Transcripts Season 2: Episode 18 ]]>
Air Date: Host: Musical Guest: Special Guests: Cameos: Bit Players:
April 9th, 1977 Julian Bond Tom Waits Brick None Patti Smith Al Franken Tom Davis Michael O’Donoghue Emily Litella in LoveSummary: Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) tells Jane Curtin that her lover makes her feel like a “national” woman. Recurring Characters: Emily Litella. Transcript
Montage
Julian Bond’s MonologueSummary: Sen. Julian Bond ponders the reasons why he might have been asked to host “Saturday Night Live”. Transcript
H&L BrockSummary: Lowell Brock (John Belushi) has time to do your taxes because he’s doing time himself. Recurring Characters: Lowell Brock. Transcript
Black PerspectiveSummary: Garrett Morris and Julian Bond discuss the differences in IQ between light and dark-skinned blacks. Transcript
An Oval OfficeSummary: Julian Bond and Andrew Young (Garrett Morris) confront President Jimmy Carter (Dan Aykroyd). Recurring Characters: President Jimmy Carter, Amy Carter, Andrew Young. Transcript
Tom Waits performs “Eggs & Sausages”
Dr. X, Family CounsellorSummary: Dr. X (Dan Aykroyd) meets with a family. Recurring Characters: Colleen. Transcript
Weekend Update with Jane CurtinSummary: The landing of a Concorde SST drowns out Jane Curtin. Transcript
Right On Afro LustreSummary: The lustre that comes in a canister shaped like a fist. Transcript
Great Moments In MotownSummary: Club Owner (Julian Bond) likes the new Motown group (Garrett Morris, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray), but wants to see hand gestures added to the performance. Transcript
Creeley’s SoupSummary: A little girl (Gilda Radner) is tortured by the Soup Man (Bill Murray). Transcript
Bad CinemaSummary: Leonard Pinth-Garnell (Dan Aykroyd) reviews the film, “Ooh-La-La! Les Legs!” Recurring Characters: Leonard Pinth-Garnell, Truman Capote, Lina Wertmuller.
Brick performs “Dazz”
The FarbersSummary: Larry (John Belushi) and Bobbi Farber (Gilda Radner) acknowledge their neighborhood’s racial tolerance towards Julian Bond. Recurring Characters: Larry Farber, Bobbie Farber.
Mr. Mike Meets Uncle RemusSummary: Mr. Mike (Michael O’Donoghue) tells Uncle Remus (Garrett Morris) the story of Brer Rabbit. Recurring Characters: Mr. Mike. Transcript
Patti SmithSummary: In a film by Gary Weis, Patti Smith talks about censorship.
Alabama ImprovementsSummary: George Wallace (John Belushi) delineates improvements to the South’s bad image. 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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