1975-1985
1975-76 Season
October 11, 1975
George Carlin / Janis
Ian, Billy Preston
October 18, 1975
Paul Simon / Simon &
Garfunkel, Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow
October 25, 1975
Rob Reiner / Joe Cocker
November 8, 1975
Candice Bergen / Esther
Phillips
November 15, 1975
Robert Klein / ABBA,
Loudon Wainwright III
November 22, 1975
Lily Tomlin
December 13, 1975
Richard Pryor / Gil Scott-Heron
December 20, 1975
Candice Bergan / Martha
Reeves, The Stylistics
January 10, 1976
Elliot Gould / Anne Murray
January 17, 1976
Buck Henry / Bill Withers,
Tony Basil
January 24, 1976
Peter Cook & Dudley
Moore / Neil Sedaka
January 31, 1976
Dick Cavett / Jimmy Cliff
February 14, 1976
Peter Boyle / Al Jarreau
February 21, 1976
Desi Arnez
February 28, 1976
Jill Clayburgh / Leon
Redbone
March 13, 1976
Anthony Perkins / Betty
Carter
April 17, 1976
Ron Nessen / Patti Smith
April 24, 1976
Raquel Welch / Phoebe
Snow, John Sebastian
May 8, 1976
Madeline Kahn / Carly
Simon
May 15, 1976
Dyan Cannon / Leon and
Mary Russell
May 22, 1976
Buck Henry / Gordon Lightfoot
May 29, 1976
Elliot Gould / Leon Redbone
July 24, 1976
Louise Lasser / Preservation
Hall Jazz Band
July 31, 1976
Kris Kristofferson /
Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge
1976-77 Season
September 18, 1976
Lily Tomlin / James Taylor
September 25, 1976
Norman Lear / Boz Skaggs
October 2, 1976
Eric Idle / Joe Cocker
October 16, 1976
Karen Black / John Prine
October 23, 1976
Steve Martin / Kinky
Friedman
October 30, 1976
Buck Henry / The Band
November 13, 1976
Dick Cavett / Ry Cooder
November 20, 1976
Paul Simon / Paul Simon,
George Harrison
November 27, 1976
Jodie Foster / Brian
Wilson
December 11, 1976
Candice Bergen / Frank
Zappa
January 15, 1977
Ralph Nader / George
Benson
January 22, 1977
Ruth Gordon / Chuck Berry
January 29, 1977
Fran Tarkington / Leo
Sayer, Donny Harper Singers
February 20, 1977
(none) / Randy Newman
February 26, 1977
Steve Martin / The Kinks
March 12, 1977
Sissy Spacek / Richard
Baskin
March 19, 1977
Brodrick Crawford / Levon
Helm, Dr. John, The Meters
March 26, 1977
Jack Burns / Santana
April 9, 1977
Julian Bond / Tom Waits
& Susan Nickerson, Brick
April 16, 1977
Elliot Gould / Roslyn
Kind, Kate and Anna McGarrigle
April 23, 1977
Eric Idle / Alan Price,
Neil Innes
May 14, 1977
Shelley Duvall / Joan
Armatrading
May 21, 1977
Buck Henry / Jennifer
Warnes, Kenny Vance
1977-78 Season
September 24, 1977
Steve Martin / Jackson
Browne
October 8, 1977
Madeline Kahn / Taj Mahal
October 15, 1977
Hugh Hefner / Libby Titus
October 29, 1977
Charles Grodin / Paul
Simon
November 12, 1977
Ray Charles / Ray Charles
November 19, 1977
Buck Henry / Leon Redbone
December 10, 1977
Mary Kay Place / Willie
Nelson
December 17, 1977
Miskel Spillman / Elvis
Costello
January 21, 1978
Steve Martin / Randy
Newman, Dirt Band
January 28, 1978
Robert Klein / Bonnie
Raitt
February 18, 1978
Chevy Chase / Billy Joel
February 25, 1978
O. J. Simpson / Ashford
and Simpson
March 11, 1978
Art Garfunkel / Stephen
Bishop, Art Garfunkel
March 18, 1978
Jill Clayburgh / Eddie
Money
March 25, 1978
Christopher Lee / Meat
Loaf
April 8, 1978
Michael Palin / Eugene
Record
April 15, 1978
Michael Sarrizin / Keith
Jarrett, Gravity
April 22, 1978
Steve Martin / Blues
Brothers
May 13, 1978
Richard Dreyfuss / Jimmy
Buffett, Gary Tigerman
May 20, 1978
Buck Henry / Sun Ra
1978-79 Season
October 7, 1978
The Rolling Stones
October 14, 1978
Fred Willard / Devo
October 21, 1978
Frank Zappa
November 4, 1978
Steve Martin / Van Morrison
November 11, 1978
Buck Henry / The Grateful
Dead
November 18, 1978
Carrie Fisher / The Blues
Brothers
December 2, 1978
Walter Matthau / (none)
December 9, 1978
Eric Idle / Kate Bush
December 16, 1978
Elliott Gould / Peter
Tosh & Mick Jagger
January 27, 1979
Michael Palin / The Doobie
Brothers
February 10, 1979
Cicely Tyson / Talking
Heads
February 17, 1979
Rick Nelson / Judy Collins
February 24, 1979
Kate Jackson / Delbert
McClinton
March 10, 1979
Gary Busey / Eubie Blake
& Gregory Hines
March 17, 1979
Margot Kidder / The Chieftains
April 7, 1979
Richard Benjamin / Rickie
Lee Jones
April 14, 1979
Milton Berle / Ornette
Coleman
May 12, 1979
Michael Palin / James
Taylor
May 19, 1979
Maureen Stapleton / Linda
Ronstadt & Phoebe Snow
May 26, 1979
Buck Henry / Bette Midler
1979-80 Season
October 13, 1979
Steve Martin / Blondie
October 20, 1979
Eric Idle / Bob Dylan
November 3, 1979
Bill Russell / Chicago
November 10, 1979
Buck Henry / Tom Petty
November 17, 1979
Bea Arthur / The Roches
December 8, 1979
Howard Hesseman / Randy
Newman
December 15, 1979
Martin Sheen / David
Bowie
December 22, 1979
Ted Knight / Desmond
Child & Rouge
January 26, 1980
Teri Garr / The B-52's
February 9, 1980
Chevy Chase / Marianne
Faithfull
February 16, 1980
Elliott Gould / Gary
Numan
February 23, 1980
Kirk Douglas / Sam &
Dave
March 8, 1980
Rodney Dangerfield /
The J. Geils Band
March 15, 1980
(none) / James Taylor
& Paul Simon, David Sanborn
April 5, 1980
Richard Benjamin &
Paula Prentiss / Grateful Dead
April 12, 1980
Burt Reynolds / Anne
Murray
April 19, 1980
Strother Martin / The
Specials
May 10, 1980
Bob Newhart / Amazing
Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn
May 17, 1980
Steve Martin / 3-D
May 24, 1980
Buck Henry / Andrew Gold,
Andrae Crouch & Voices of Unity
1980-81 Season
November 15, 1980
Elliott Gould / Kid Creole
& The Coconuts
November 22, 1980
Malcom McDowell / Captain
Beefheart & The Magic Band
December 6, 1980
Ellen Burstyn / Aretha
Franklin, Keith Sykes
December 13, 1980
Jamie Lee Curtis / James
Brown, Ellen Shipley
December 20, 1980
David Carradine / The
Pirates of Penzance
January 10, 1981
Ray Sharkey / Jack Bruce
& Friends
January 17, 1981
Karen Black / Cheap Trick,
Stanley Clarke Trio
January 24, 1981
Robert Hays / Joe 'King'
Carrasco & The Crowns, 14 Karat Soul
February 7, 1981
Sally Kellerman / Jimmy
Cliff
February 14, 1981
Deborah Harry / Funky
4 + 1 More
February 21, 1981
Charlene Tilton / Todd
Rundgren, Prince
March 7, 1981
Bill Murray / Delbert
McClinton
April 11, 1981
Chevy Chase / Jr. Walker
& The All-Stars
1981-82 Season
October 3, 1981
(none) / Rod Stewart
& Tina Turner
October 10, 1981
Susan Saint James / The
Kinks
October 17, 1981
George Kennedy / Miles
Davis
October 31, 1981
Donald Pleasence / Fear
November 7, 1981
Lauren Hutton / Rick
James & The Stone City Band
November 14, 1981
Bernadette Peters / The
Go-Go's, Billy Joel
December 5, 1981
Tim Curry / Meat Loaf
& The Neverland Express
December 12, 1981
BIll Murray / The Spinners,
Yale Whiffenpoofs
January 23, 1982
Robert Conrad / The Allman
Brothers Band
January 30, 1982
John Madden / Jennifer
Holliday
February 6, 1982
James Coburn / Lindsey
Buckingham
February 20, 1982
Bruce Dern / Luther Vandross
February 27, 1982
Elizabeth Ashley / Hall
& Oates
March 20, 1982
Robert Urich / Mink DeVille
March 27, 1982
Blythe Danner / Rickie
Lee Jones
April 10, 1982
Daniel J. Travanti /
John Cougar
April 17, 1982
Johnny Cash / Elton John
April 24, 1982
Robert Culp / Charlie
Daniels Band
May 15, 1982
Danny DeVito / Sparks
May 22, 1982
Olivia Newton-John
1982-83 Season
September 25, 1982
Chevy Chase / Queen
October 2, 1982
Louis Gossett, Jr. /
George Thorogood & The Destroyers
October 9, 1982
Ron Howard / The Clash
October 23, 1982
Howard Hesseman / Men
at Work
October 30, 1982
Michael Keaton / Joe
Jackson
November 13, 1982
Robert Blake / Kenny
Loggins
November 20, 1982
Drew Barrymore / Squeeze
December 4, 1982
Tom & Dick Smothers
/ Laura Branigan
December 11, 1982
Eddie Murphy / Lionel
Ritchie
January 22, 1983
Lily Tomlin / (none)
January 29, 1983
Rick Moranis & Dave
Thomas / The Bus Boys
February 5, 1983
Sid Caesar / Joe Cocker
& Jennifer Warnes
February 19, 1983
Howard Hesseman / Tom
Petty & The Heartbreakers
February 26, 1983
Beau & Jeff Bridges
/ Randy Newman
March 12, 1983
Bruce Dern / Leon Redbone
March 19, 1983
Robert Guillaume / Duran
Duran
April 9, 1983
Joan Rivers / Musical
Youth
April 16, 1983
Susan Saint James / Michael
McDonald
May 7, 1983
Stevie Wonder
May 14, 1983
Ed Koch / Kevin Rowland
& Dexy's Midnight Runners
1983-84 Season
October 8, 1983
Brandon Tartikoff / John
Cougar
October 15, 1983
Danny DeVito & Rhea
Perlman / Eddy Grant
October 22, 1983
John Candy / Men at Work
November 5, 1983
Betty Thomas / Stray
Cats
November 12, 1983
Teri Garr / Mick Fleetwood's
Zoo & Lindsey Buckingham
November 19, 1983
Jerry Lewis / Loverboy
December 3, 1983
Tom & Dick Smothers
/ Big Country
December 10, 1983
Flip Wilson / Stevie
Nicks
January 14, 1984
Father Guido Sarducci
/ Huey Lewis & The News
January 21, 1984
Michael Palin / The Motels
January 28, 1984
Don Rickles / Billy Idol
February 11, 1984
Robin Williams / Adam
Ant
February 18, 1984
Jamie Lee Curtis / The
Fixx
February 25, 1984
Edwin Newman / Kool &
The Gang
March 17, 1984
Billy Crystal / Al Jarreau
April 7, 1984
Michael Douglas / Deniece
Williams
April 14, 1984
George McGovern / Madness
May 5, 1984
Barry Bostwick / Spinal
Tap
May 12, 1984
Billy Crystal, Ed Koch,
Edwin Newman, Father Guido Sarducci, Betty Thomas / The Cars
1984-85 Season
October 6, 1984
(none) / Thompson Twins
October 13, 1984
Bob Uecker / Peter Wolf
October 20, 1984
Jesse Jackson / Andrae
Crouch, Wintley Phipps
November 3, 1984
Michael McKean / Chaka
Khan, The Folksmen
November 10, 1984
George Carlin / Frankie
Goes to Hollywood
November 17, 1984
Ed Asner / The Kinks
December 1, 1984
Ed Begley, Jr. / Billy
Squier
December 8, 1984
Ringo Starr / Herbie
Hancock
December 15, 1984
Eddie Murphy / Robert
Plant & The Honeydrippers
January 12, 1985
Kathleen Turner / John
Waite
January 19, 1985
Roy Scheider / Billy
Ocean
February 2, 1985
Alex Karras / Tina Turner
February 9, 1985
Harry Anderson / Bryan
Adams
February 16, 1985
Pamela Sue Martin / Power
Station
March 2, 1985 - SNL Film Festival
Billy Crystal / (none)
March 30, 1985
Mr. T & Hulk Hogan
/ The Commodores
April 6, 1985
Christopher Reeve / Santana
April 13, 1985
Howard Cosell / Greg
Kihn
