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==Episodes==
==Episodes==
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!Episode<br>Number !! Date !! Host(s) !! Musical Guest(s)!! Remarks
|-
|-
|87
! Episode # !! Air Date !! Host(s) !! Musical Guest(s)
|[[October 13]], [[1979]]
|[[Steve Martin]]
|[[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
|
*Blondie performed "Dreaming"
*Until at least 1994, this episode was the highest-rated according to the Neilsen ratings.
*[[Harry Shearer]]'s first episode as a cast member
*Though they appeared on the show earlier this is the first time that [[Tom Davis]], [[Jim Downey]], [[Al Franken]], [[Don Novello]] and [[Paul Shaffer]] are credited as cast members
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|88
| 87 (5.1)
| [[October 13]], [[1979]]
|[[October 20]], [[1979]]
| [[Steve Martin]]
|[[Eric Idle]]
| [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
|[[Bob Dylan]]
|
*Eric Idle performed with a fever (which explains why he was in a stretcher during the monologue). Buck Henry was brought in just in case Idle was too sick to perform.
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|89
| 88 (5.2)
| [[October 20]], [[1979]]
|[[November 3]], [[1979]]
|[[Bill Russell (basketball)|Bill Russell]]
| [[Eric Idle]]
| [[Bob Dylan]]
|[[Chicago (band)|Chicago]]
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|90
| 89 (5.3)
| [[November 3]], [[1979]]
|[[November 10]], [[1979]]
| [[Bill Russell]]
|[[Buck Henry]]
| [[Chicago]]
|[[Tom Petty]]
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|91
| 90 (5.4)
| [[November 10]], [[1979]]
|[[November 17]], [[1979]]
| [[Buck Henry]]
|[[Bea Arthur]]
| [[Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers]]
|[[The Roches]]
|
*[[Peter Aykroyd]]'s first episode as a cast member
|-
|-
|92
| 91 (5.5)
| [[November 17]], [[1979]]
|[[December 8]], [[1979]]
| [[Bea Arthur]]
|[[Howard Hesseman]]
| [[The Roches]]
|[[Randy Newman]]
|&nbsp;
|-
| 92 (5.6)
| [[December 8]], [[1979]]
| [[Howard Hesseman]]
| [[Randy Newman]]
|-
|-
| 93 (5.7)
|93
| [[December 15]], [[1979]]
|[[December 15]], [[1979]]
| [[Martin Sheen]]
|[[Martin Sheen]]
| [[David Bowie]]
|[[David Bowie]]
|-
|
*[[Klaus Nomi]] and [[Joey Arias]] made appearances; they sang backup for Bowie.
| 94 (5.8)
*Debut of cast member [[Brian Doyle-Murray]]
| [[December 22]], [[1979]]
*[[Alan Zweibel]] and [[Tom Schiller]] added to the cast
| [[Ted Knight]]
|&nbsp;
| [[Desmond Child & Rouge]]
|-
|-
|94
| 95 (5.9)
| [[January 26]], [[1980]]
|[[December 22]], [[1979]]
| [[Teri Garr]]
|[[Ted Knight]]
|[[Desmond Child]] & [[Rouge]]
| [[The B-52's]]
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|95
| 96 (5.10)
| [[February 9]], [[1980]]
|[[January 26]], [[1980]]
| [[Chevy Chase]]
|[[Teri Garr]]
| [[Marianne Faithfull]]
|[[The B-52's]]
|&nbsp;
[[Tom Scott]]
|-
|-
|96
| 97 (5.11)
| [[February 16]], [[1980]]
|[[February 9]], [[1980]]
| [[Elliott Gould]]
|[[Chevy Chase]]
| [[Gary Numan]]
|[[Marianne Faithfull]]
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|97
| 98 (5.12)
| [[February 23]], [[1980]]
|[[February 16]], [[1980]]
| [[Kirk Douglas]]
|[[Elliott Gould]]
| [[Sam & Dave]]
|[[Gary Numan]]
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|98
| 99 (5.13)
| [[March 8]], [[1980]]
|[[February 23]], [[1980]]
| [[Rodney Dangerfield]]
|[[Kirk Douglas]]
| [[J. Geils Band]]
|[[Sam & Dave]]
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|99
| 100 (5.14)
| [[March 15]], [[1980]]
|[[March 8]], [[1980]]
|[[Rodney Dangerfield]]
|
| [[James Taylor]]
|[[The J. Geils Band]]
|&nbsp;
[[Paul Simon]]

[[David Sanborn]]
|-
|-
|100
| 101 (5.15)
| [[April 5]], [[1980]]
|[[March 15]], [[1980]]
|&nbsp;
| [[Richard Benjamin]]
|[[James Taylor]]<BR />[[Paul Simon]]<BR />[[David Sanborn]]
[[Paula Prentiss]]
|
| [[The Grateful Dead]]
* The show went hostless to celebrate their 100th episode. [[John Belushi]] and [[Michael O'Donoghue]] made return appearances in the cold opening. [[Bill Murray]] turned the monologue into a musical tribute to New York City.
* During the sketch "The Minstrels of Newcastle", [[Paul Shaffer]] inadvertently said "fuckin'" on the air.
* Paul Simon and James Taylor performed a duet version of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras".
|-
|-
|101
| 102 (5.16)
| [[April 12]], [[1980]]
|[[April 5]], [[1980]]
|[[Richard Benjamin]]<BR />[[Paula Prentiss]]
| [[Burt Reynolds]]
| [[Anne Murray]]
|[[The Grateful Dead]]
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|102
| 103 (5.17)
| [[April 19]], [[1980]]
|[[April 12]], [[1980]]
| [[Strother Martin]]
|[[Burt Reynolds]]
| [[The Specials]]
|[[Anne Murray]]
|&nbsp;
|-
|-
|103
| 104 (5.18)
| [[May 10]], [[1980]]
|[[April 19]], [[1980]]
| [[Bob Newhart]]
|[[Strother Martin]]
| [[The Amazing Rhythm Aces]]
|[[The Specials]]
|
[[Bruce Cockburn]]
*Martin died the following August, causing a repeat to have aired [[August 9]], [[1980]] to be pulled.
|-
|-
|104
| 105 (5.19)
| [[May 17]], [[1980]]
|[[May 10]], [[1980]]
| [[Steve Martin]]
|[[Bob Newhart]]
|[[Amazing Rhythm Aces]] with [[Bill Murray]]<BR />[[Bruce Cockburn]]
| [[3-D (band)|3-D]]
|&nbsp;
[[Paul McCartney]]
[[Linda McCartney]]
|-
|-
|105
| 106 (5.20)
| [[May 24]], [[1980]]
|[[May 17]], [[1980]]
| [[Buck Henry]]
|[[Steve Martin]]
|[[3-D (band)|3-D]]<BR />[[Paul McCartney]]<BR />[[Linda McCartney]]
| [[Andrew Gold]]
|&nbsp;
[[Andrae Crouch]] & [[The Voices of Unity]]
|-
|106
|[[May 24]], [[1980]]
|[[Buck Henry]]
|[[Andrew Gold]]<BR />[[Andrae Crouch]]<BR />[[Voices of Unity]]
|
*This is the final program with [[Lorne Michaels]]
*[[Jane Curtin]], [[Laraine Newman]], [[Gilda Radner]], [[Bill Murray]], [[Garrett Morris]], [[Peter Aykroyd]], [[Tom Davis]], [[Jim Downey]], [[Tom Schiller]], [[Paul Shaffer]] and [[Alan Zweibel]]'s final episode as cast members
*Final appearance of [[Harry Shearer]] as a cast member until 10/6/1984
*Final appearance of [[Al Franken]] as a cast member until 3/22/1986
*Final appearance of [[Brian Doyle-Murray]] as a cast member until 10/3/1981
*Final appearance of [[Don Novello]] as a cast member until 11/9/1985
|}
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Revision as of 04:57, 4 March 2008

Saturday Night Live aired its fifth season during the 1979 - 1980 television season on NBC. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd left the show at the end of the fourth season and they left a hole of cast members to fill in the fifth season. By the end of the season, the original cast, and executive producer, Lorne Michaels were ready to leave. While Saturday Night Live was ready to end, NBC wasn't ready for it to end. NBC wanted a sixth season with a brand new cast. The fifth season started on October 13, 1979 and ended on May 24, 1980.

Cast

Repertory cast members

Episodes

Episode
Number		 Date Host(s) Musical Guest(s) Remarks
87 October 13, 1979 Steve Martin Blondie
  • Blondie performed "Dreaming"
  • Until at least 1994, this episode was the highest-rated according to the Neilsen ratings.
  • Harry Shearer's first episode as a cast member
  • Though they appeared on the show earlier this is the first time that Tom Davis, Jim Downey, Al Franken, Don Novello and Paul Shaffer are credited as cast members
  
88 October 20, 1979 Eric Idle Bob Dylan
  • Eric Idle performed with a fever (which explains why he was in a stretcher during the monologue). Buck Henry was brought in just in case Idle was too sick to perform.
  
89 November 3, 1979 Bill Russell Chicago  
90 November 10, 1979 Buck Henry Tom Petty  
91 November 17, 1979 Bea Arthur The Roches
92 December 8, 1979 Howard Hesseman Randy Newman  
93 December 15, 1979 Martin Sheen David Bowie  
94 December 22, 1979 Ted Knight Desmond Child & Rouge  
95 January 26, 1980 Teri Garr The B-52's  
96 February 9, 1980 Chevy Chase Marianne Faithfull  
97 February 16, 1980 Elliott Gould Gary Numan  
98 February 23, 1980 Kirk Douglas Sam & Dave  
99 March 8, 1980 Rodney Dangerfield The J. Geils Band  
100 March 15, 1980   James Taylor
Paul Simon
David Sanborn
  • The show went hostless to celebrate their 100th episode. John Belushi and Michael O'Donoghue made return appearances in the cold opening. Bill Murray turned the monologue into a musical tribute to New York City.
  • During the sketch "The Minstrels of Newcastle", Paul Shaffer inadvertently said "fuckin'" on the air.
  • Paul Simon and James Taylor performed a duet version of "Take Me to the Mardi Gras".
101 April 5, 1980 Richard Benjamin
Paula Prentiss 		The Grateful Dead  
102 April 12, 1980 Burt Reynolds Anne Murray  
103 April 19, 1980 Strother Martin The Specials
  • Martin died the following August, causing a repeat to have aired August 9, 1980 to be pulled.
104 May 10, 1980 Bob Newhart Amazing Rhythm Aces with Bill Murray
Bruce Cockburn 		 
105 May 17, 1980 Steve Martin 3-D
Paul McCartney
Linda McCartney 		 
106 May 24, 1980 Buck Henry Andrew Gold
Andrae Crouch
Voices of Unity
Preceded by Saturday Night Live
Season 5 		Succeeded by
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