Saturday Night Live season 3

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Saturday Night Live aired its third season during the 1977 - 1978 television season on NBC. The season began on September 24, 1977 and ended on May 20, 1978. The DVD release for the entire season is planned for the date on May 13, 2008.

1 Cast
- 1.1 Repertory cast members
- 1.2 Featured cast members
2 Episodes

[edit] Cast

[edit] Repertory cast members

[edit] Featured cast members

[edit] Episodes

Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
47	September 24, 1977	Steve Martin	Jackson Browne
48	October 8, 1977	Madeline Kahn	Taj Mahal	Australian comedian Barry Humphries appears as his popular character Dame Edna.
49	October 15, 1977	Hugh Hefner	Libby Titus
50	October 29, 1977	Charles Grodin	Paul Simon	One of the more notable moments in this episode was the sketch in which Paul Simon and Charles Grodin attempted to sing "The Sounds of Silence" (with Grodin wearing an Art Garfunkel wig). After several aborted starts (with Grodin singing off-key and forgetting the lyrics), Simon walked off the stage. Grodin then proceeded to sing a verse of "Bridge Over Troubled Water", after which Art Garfunkel (himself) walked on the stage and asked Grodin to take off the wig.
51	November 12, 1977	Ray Charles
52	November 19, 1977	Buck Henry	Leon Redbone
53	December 10, 1977	Mary Kay Place	Willie Nelson
54	December 17, 1977	Miskel Spillman	Elvis Costello	Miskel Spillman was the winner of the first and only "Anyone Can Host" contest. Elvis Costello halted his band the Attractions seven seconds into the song "Less Than Zero", launching into "Radio Radio", an as-yet unreleased song critical of mainstream broadcasting. He did not appear on the show again until 1989.
55	January 21, 1978	Steve Martin	Randy Newman The Dirt Band
56	January 28, 1978	Robert Klein	Bonnie Raitt
57	February 18, 1978	Chevy Chase	Billy Joel
58	February 25, 1978	O.J. Simpson	Ashford and Simpson	Simpson was the only former guest host not to be invited to the 25th anniversary special in 1999, mostly due to his highly publicized murder trial.
59	March 11, 1978	Art Garfunkel	Stephen Bishop
60	March 18, 1978	Jill Clayburgh	Eddie Money
61	March 25, 1978	Christopher Lee	Meat Loaf
62	April 8, 1978	Michael Palin	Eugene Record
63	April 15, 1978	Michael Sarrazin	Keith Jarrett
64	April 22, 1978	Steve Martin	The Blues Brothers
65	May 13, 1978	Richard Dreyfuss	Jimmy Buffett
66	May 20, 1978	Buck Henry	Sun Ra

Preceded by Season 2	Saturday Night Live Season 3	Succeeded by Season 4

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Related lists	Hosts and musical guests (Five-Timers) • Compilation albums and videos • Commercials • Cast members • Writers

Recurring characters and sketches	Alphabetical • Chronological • By Cast Member • Weekend Update characters • Short-lived recurring characters

Sketch lists	TV shows • Animal • Musical • SNL Digital Shorts • TV Funhouse episodes

Sketches	Barry Gibb Talk Show • Bill Swerski's Superfans • The Blues Brothers • Celebrity Jeopardy! • The Chris Farley Show • Coffee Talk • The Coneheads • The Continental • The Cork Soakers • Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey • Delicious Dish • Gap Girls • Goth Talk • Happy Fun Ball • Hollywood Minute • Jeffrey's • Landshark • Larry the Lobster • Lazy Sunday • More cowbell • The Needlers • Nick Burns, Your Company's Computer Guy • Olympia Cafe • Rialto Grande • The Schoeners • Sprockets • Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber • TV Funhouse • Wake Up and Smile • Wayne's World • Weekend Update • Z105 with Joey Mack

Films based on sketches	The Blues Brothers (1980) • Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1980) • Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures (1986) • Bob Roberts (1992) • Mr. Saturday Night (1992) • Wayne's World (1992) • Wayne's World 2 (1993) • Coneheads (1993) • It's Pat! (1994) • Stuart Saves His Family (1995) • A Night at the Roxbury (1998) • Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) • Office Space (1999) • Superstar (1999) • The Ladies Man (2000) • Key Party (TBD)

Characters	Adult Students • Bill Brasky • The Bloder Brothers • The Boston Teens • Canteen Boy • Carol • The Church Lady • Debbie Downer • Ed Grimley • Emily Litella • Father Guido Sarducci • Hanukkah Harry • Hans and Franz • Kaitlin & Rick • Lisa Loopner • Lovers • Mango • Mary Katherine Gallagher • Master Thespian • Matt Foley • Merv the Perv • Nick The Lounge Singer • Pat • Roseanne Roseannadanna • Samurai Futaba • The Spartan Cheerleaders • Stuart Smalley • Toonces the Driving Cat • Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer • Velvet Jones • The Whiners

Related topics	"Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" • Dick Ebersol • Don Pardo • Frank Oz • "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead" • Jean Doumanian • Jim Henson • Lorne Michaels • Saturday Night Live Band • Strategery • SNL Thursday Night Live