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#10267A: SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR, THE
1970-09-10, WCBS, 52 min.
Tom Smothers , Dick Smothers , Jean Shepherd

February 5, 1967-June 8, 1969. This was the final broadcast of the season. "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" was a breath of fresh air, but to CBS the Smothers Brothers seemed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, with the wrong things to say.

Guest: Jean Shepherd.
#5192: SOMETHING FUNNY HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE SPECIAL
1972-03-15, WABC, 52 min.
Don Knotts , Danny Thomas , Bob Hope , Juliet Prowse , Totie Fields , Sammy Davis Jr.

Danny Thomas encounters problems in trying to put together a television special with guests who have ideas of their own about how to produce a program.
#18079: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
1976-05-22, NBC, min.
Buck Henry , Gordon Lightfoot , Gilda Radner , John Belushi , Chevy Chase , Dan Ackroyd , Garrett Morris

1975- 

A long-running freewheeling comedy/variety show introducing many of today's top show business stars.
It replaced reruns of the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.
George Carlin served as the show's first guest host. Except for a five-year absence from 1980-1985, Lorne Michaels has served as the show's producer since its debut in 1975.

Regulars include Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi.  

Host: Buck Henry. Guests: Gordon Lightfoot, Garrett Morris. 

                                                
#10097: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
1976-10-11, NBC, 90 min.
Steve Martin , Gilda Radner , Chevy Chase , Dan Ackroyd

1975- 

A long-running freewheeling comedy/variety show introducing many of today's top show business stars.
It replaced reruns of the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.
George Carlin served as the show's first guest host. Except for a five-year absence from 1980-1985, Lorne Michaels has served as the show's producer since its debut in 1975.

On this episode, Steve Martin serves as guest host for the first time. Regulars include Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi.  

                      
#18199: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
1977-10-08, NBC, min.
Taj Mahal , Madeline Kahn , Gilda Radner , John Belushi , Chevy Chase , Dan Ackroyd

1975- 

A long-running freewheeling comedy/variety show introducing many of today's top show business stars.
It replaced reruns of the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.
George Carlin served as the show's first guest host. Except for a five-year absence from 1980-1985, Lorne Michaels has served as the show's producer since its debut in 1975.

Guest Host: Madeline Kahn. Guest: Taj Mahal. Regulars include Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi.  

                                   
#9380: SOAP
1977-12-09, ABC, 30 min.
Robert Guillaume , Billy Crystal , Diana Canova , Robert Urich , Cathryn Damon , Roscoe Lee Browne , Katherine Helmond , Robert Mandan , Jennifer Salt , Jimmy Baio , Richard Mulligan , Ted Wass , Richard Libertini , Katherine Reynolds

September 13th, 1977-April 20th, 1981.

A comedy about the Tate family and middle-class Campbell family set in Dunn's River, Connecticut.                        
#18243: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
1978-02-18, NBC, min.
Gilda Radner , John Belushi , Bill Murray , Chevy Chase , Billy Joel , Dan Ackroyd , Laraine Newman , Jane Curtin , Garrett Morris

1975- 

A long-running freewheeling comedy/variety show introducing many of today's top show business stars.
It replaced reruns of the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.
George Carlin served as the show's first guest host. Except for a five-year absence from 1980-1985, Lorne Michaels has served as the show's producer since its debut in 1975.

Regulars include Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi.  

Host: Chevy Chase. Guest: Billy Joel. 

                                                             
#5456: STEVE MARTIN: A WILD AND CRAZY GUY
1978-11-22, WNBC, 52 min.
Milton Berle , Bob Hope , George Burns , Johnny Cash , Steve Martin , Strother Martin

The first Steve Martin special. Vaudeville, slapstick and satire are combined as Steve Martin slips into 15 different roles. Martin also headlines a takeoff of TV variety shows. Many guest appearances.
#18411: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
1980-01-30, NBC, min.
Gilda Radner , John Belushi , Chevy Chase , Dan Ackroyd , Laraine Newman , Jane Curtin , Garrett Morris

1975- 

A long-running freewheeling comedy/variety show introducing many of today's top show business stars.
It replaced reruns of the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.
George Carlin served as the show's first guest host. Except for a five-year absence from 1980-1985, Lorne Michaels has served as the show's producer since its debut in 1975.

Regulars include Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi.  



                                                                          
#5457: STEVE MARTIN: COMEDY IS NOT PRETTY!
1980-02-14, WNBC, 52 min.
Louis Nye , Steve Allen , Phil Foster , Carl Reiner , Richard Deacon , Joan Collins , Marty Allen , Steve Martin , Peter Graves , Joyce DeWitt , Meredith McRae , Dick Schaap

Steve Martin's second comedy special.
#18452: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
1980-06-20, NBC, min.
Gilda Radner , John Belushi , Chevy Chase , Dan Ackroyd

1975- 

A long-running freewheeling comedy/variety show introducing many of today's top show business stars.
It replaced reruns of the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.
George Carlin served as the show's first guest host. Except for a five-year absence from 1980-1985, Lorne Michaels has served as the show's producer since its debut in 1975.

Regulars include Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi.  



                                                             
#18519: SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
1980-09-13, NBC, min.
Gilda Radner , John Belushi , Chevy Chase , Dan Ackroyd

1975- 

A long-running freewheeling comedy/variety show introducing many of today's top show business stars.
It replaced reruns of the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.
George Carlin served as the show's first guest host. Except for a five-year absence from 1980-1985, Lorne Michaels has served as the show's producer since its debut in 1975.

Regulars include Chevy Chase, Dan Ackroyd, Gilda Radner, and John Belushi.  

Portion only. 



                                                                                       
#10088: STEVE ALLEN SPECIAL, THE
1980-10-18, NBC, 60 min.
Louis Nye , Steve Allen , George Kennedy , Lucille Ball , Steve Martin , Steve Landesberg

A comedy special starring Steve Allen.              
#5459: STEVE MARTIN'S BEST SHOW EVER
1981-11-25, WNBC, 52 min.
Steve Martin , Lynn Redgrave , John Belushi , Bill Murray , Dan Ackroyd , Lauren Hutton , The American String Quartet , Laraine Newman , Paul Shaffer

Steve Martin's fourth comedy special. He performs his unique brand of comedy before a live audience at NBC's famed Studio 8H.
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