Saturday Night Live season 4

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Saturday Night Live aired its fourth season during the 1978 - 1979 television season on NBC. During this season, Saturday Night live took on some controversial issues such as child molestation, people with large butts, nuclear meltdowns, and Superman being portrayed as a Nazi. Longtime SNL writer Don Novello made his debut on the show. He had many alter egos including his most famous role, Father Guido Sarducci. The fourth season started on October 7, 1978 and ended on May 26, 1979.

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

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Episode Number	Date	Host(s)	Musical Guest(s)	Remarks
67	October 7, 1978	The Rolling Stones
68	October 14, 1978	Fred Willard	Devo	Devo performed "Jocko Homo," complete with an introductory video on "Devolution"
69	October 21, 1978	Frank Zappa
70	November 4, 1978	Steve Martin	Van Morrison
71	November 11, 1978	Buck Henry	Grateful Dead
72	November 18, 1978	Carrie Fisher	The Blues Brothers
73	December 2, 1978	Walter Matthau	Garrett Morris
74	December 9, 1978	Eric Idle	Kate Bush
75	December 16, 1978	Elliott Gould	Peter Tosh with Mick Jagger
76	January 27, 1979	Michael Palin	The Doobie Brothers
77	February 10, 1979	Cicely Tyson	Talking Heads
78	February 17, 1979	Rick Nelson	Judy Collins
79	February 24, 1979	Kate Jackson	Delbert McClinton
80	March 10, 1979	Gary Busey	Eubie Blake & Gregory Hines Gary Busey with Rick Danko & Paul Butterfield
81	March 17, 1979	Margot Kidder	The Chieftains
82	April 7, 1979	Richard Benjamin	Rickie Lee Jones	Rodney Dangerfield makes a cameo appearance in the epic Three Mile Island parody "The Pepsi Syndrome".
83	April 14, 1979	Milton Berle	Ornette Coleman	Not shown in syndication.
84	May 12, 1979	Michael Palin	James Taylor
85	May 19, 1979	Maureen Stapleton	Linda Ronstadt Phoebe Snow
86	May 26, 1979	Buck Henry	Bette Midler	Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi's final episode as cast members.

Preceded by Season 3	Saturday Night Live Season 4	Succeeded by Season 5

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