Saturday Night Live Transcripts Season 5: Episode 18 ]]>
Air Date: Host: Musical Guest: Special Guests: Cameos: Bit Players:
May 10th, 1980 Bob Newhart The Amazing Rhythm Aces Bruce Cockburn None None Sarah Paley Max Pross Alan Zweibel
Pink Lady and CarlSummary: Recurring Characters: Carl Sagan, Marvin Hamlisch. Transcript
Montage
Bob Newhart’s MonologueSummary: Bob Newhart performsstand-up about an early televised expedition to the Seven Lost Cities of the Incans. Transcript
The Dating ZoneSummary: Recurring Characters: Iris de Flaminio, Colleen Fernman, Rod Serling. Transcript
The Amazing Rhythm Aces perform “Who Will the Next Fool Be” & “Third-Rate Romance”
Weekend Update with Jane Curtin & Bill MurraySummary: Transcript
The LetterSummary: After soldier Jeremy Travers (Peter Aykroyd) dies in battle, Col. Jessup (Bob Newhart) promises to write his mother, but the time keeps getting away from him.
Bruce Cockburn performs “Wondering Where the Lions Are”
Dave’s Variety StoreSummary: Dave (Bob Newhart) and his wife Betty (Gilda Radner) run a store in which they have every ridiculous item in stock that customers happen to ask for. Transcript
The Mr. Bill ShowSummary: After “Mr. Bill Goes To Jail” for a framed bank robbery, he becomes Mr. Hands’ unwitting escape partner from Sing Sing Prison. Transcript
RestaurantSummary: Stan (Bob Newhart) is eager to marry Nadine (Jane Curtin) after a brief courtship, until she reveals that she’s only been slender since just before they started dating. Transcript
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