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Kris Kristofferson/Rita Coolidge: Directed by Dave Wilson. With Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi. The host for the episode is Kris Kristofferson, and the musical guest is Rita Coolidge.
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- Comedy, Music
- Dave Wilson
- 1976-07-31
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In 1974, NBC Tonight Show host Johnny Carson asked that the weekend broadcasts of "Best of Carson" (officially known as The Weekend Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson) come to an end (The Tonight Show was a 90-minute program at the time), so he could take two weeknights off; NBC would thus air those repeats on those nights rather than feed them to...
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The first cast member hired was Gilda Radner. The rest of the cast included fellow Second City alumni Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, as well as National Lampoon "Lemmings" alumnus Chevy Chase (whose trademark became his usual falls and opening spiel that cued the show's opening) who was chosen as anchor for Weekend Update, Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Groundlings alumnus Laraine Newman. The original head writer was Michael O'Donoghue, a writer at National Lampoon who had worked alongside s...
Cast roster
The Not Ready for Prime Time Players 1. Dan Aykroyd 2. John Belushi 3. Chevy Chase 4. George Coe(only episode: October 11, 1975) 5. Jane Curtin 6. Garrett Morris 7. Laraine Newman 8. Michael O'Donoghue(final episode: November 8, 1975) 9. Gilda Radner Bold denotes Weekend Updateanchor
The original writing staff included Anne Beatts, Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Lorne Michaels, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Michael O'Donoghue, Herb Sargent, Tom Schiller, Rosie Shuster and Alan Zweibel. The head writers were Lorne Michaels and Michael O'Donoghue.
Kris Kristofferson hosts Saturday Night Live on July 31, 1976 with musical guest Rita Coolidge. S1 E23 | 07/24/76. Louise Lasser and Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Louise Lasser hosts...
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TV-14. CC. Saturday Night Live. 178M subscribers. Subscribed. 15. Saturday Night Live S1 E24. Kris Kristofferson appears as host and musical guest ("I've Got A Life Of My Own")...
Kris Kristofferson appears as host and musical guest ("I've Got A Life Of My Own") with special guest Rita Coolidge ("Hoola Hoop" and "Eddie The Eunuch").
S1 E24 | 07/31/76. Kris Kristofferson hosts Saturday Night Live on July 31, 1976 with musical guest Rita Coolidge.