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Season released 13th Oct, 1979Rated TV-1420 episodes

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Where to watch Saturday Night Live Season 5

Saturday Night Live season 5 is not streaming in Australia on any service we track right now. You can buy it on Apple TV from $9.99. Season 5 was released on 13 October 1979.

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Saturday Night Live Season 5 episodes

  1. S05 E01

    Steve Martin/Blondie

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 13 Oct 1979

    Sketches include ""The Pope's Doorman,"" ""Craig's Travellers' Checks,"" ""Free Spanish Lesson,"" ""Juvenile Delinquent Vandal,"" ""Rise,"" ""Carole King,"" ""The David Susskind Show,"" ""Bolshoi Ballet,"" ""The All-New Mr. Bill Show,"" ""What the Hell is That?"". Blondie performs "Dreaming" and "The Hardest Part".

  2. S05 E02

    Eric Idle/Bob Dylan

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 20 Oct 1979

    Sketches include ""Eric's Sick,"" ""Hotel-Motel Art Fair,"" ""Mr. Howard's Shoe Store,"" ""Prince Charles Tells You How To Pick Up Girls!,"" ""Hardcore II,"" ""Heavy Sarcasm,"" and ""Ask Elvis."" Bob Dylan performs ""Gotta Serve Somebody,"" ""I Believe In You,"" and ""When You Gonna Wake Up.""

  3. S05 E03

    Bill Russell/Chicago

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 3 Nov 1979

    Sketches include ""Kennedy in '80,"" ""Banshee,"" ""The Black Shadow,"" ""The Landers Files,"" ""Mr. Bill at Home,"" ""Nick in the Arctic,"" ""Eleanor Roosevelt,"" ""Sports Hot Line,"" and ""Big n' Tall That's All."" Chicago performs their 1970 hit ""I'm a Man"" and their then-current single ""Street Player.""

  5. S05 E04

    Buck Henry/Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 10 Nov 1979

    Sketches include ""Rush Home to the Bathroom,"" ""Find the Popes in the Pizza Contest drawing,"" ""Nerds #12,"" ""Harley's Bristol Cream"" and ""Banshee"" commercial parodies, and one of Aviva Slesin's ""First Love"" films.

  6. S05 E05

    Bea Arthur/The Roches

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 17 Nov 1979

    Sketches include ""Sex Change,"" ""The Backers' Audition,"" and ""First, He Cries.""

  7. S05 E06

    Howard Hesseman/Randy Newman

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 8 Dec 1979

    Sketches include the ""Steve Marvin Radio Show"" and the debut of ""The Al Franken Decade.""

  9. S05 E07

    Martin Sheen/David Bowie

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 15 Dec 1979

    Sketches include ""Quick Sex Change Operation,"" ""Le Shoe,"" ""Afraid of the Dark,"" ""Striking Teachers,"" ""Apocolypse Now,"" ""First Love, Part 2,"" ""Foreveready,"" ""Criminals,"" ""Minota AM-3 Camera,"" ""Revisions of Freudian History,"" ""Martin Sheen Hairspray""

  10. S05 E08

    Ted Knight/Desmond Child and Rouge

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 22 Dec 1979

    Sketches include A Christmas Gift from The Shah, Nerds Nativity, and Java Junkie.

  11. S05 E09

    Teri Garr/The B-52's

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 26 Jan 1980

    Sketches include ""Paul McCartney in Japan: Day 11,"" ""Craig's,"" ""Somewhere Near Mason City, Iowa,"" ""Debs Behind Bars,"" ""Anchovy Council of America,"" ""Bad Playhouse,"" ""Baby Casting Director,"" and ""The Mr. Bill Show."" The B-52's perform ""Rock Lobster"" and ""Dance This Mess Around.""

  12. S05 E10

    Chevy Chase/Marianne Faithfull

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 9 Feb 1980

    Live from New York, it's…Chevy Chase! Sketches include ""Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford,"" ""Pre-Chewed Charlies,"" The Bel Airabs, ""You Can't Win,"" Speaking of Fashion, ""Linden Palmer, Hollywood's Forgotten Director,"" and ""Honduras.""

  13. S05 E11

    Elliott Gould/Gary Numan

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 16 Feb 1980

    Sketches include ""Kramer vs. Godzilla,"" ""The Incredible Man,"" Andy Aaron's film ""Get Rid of That Building,"" and ""All-Time Radio.""

  14. S05 E12

    Kirk Douglas/Sam and Dave

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 23 Feb 1980

    Sketches include ""Kirk's Greatest Kirks,"" ""What If?,"" ""Arlene Meets Kirk Douglas,"" ""Greg's Bar Mitzvah,"" ""Prime Time Saturday,"" and ""Mask of Fear""

  15. S05 E13

    Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 8 Mar 1980

    Sketches include-- Dressing Room opening, Dr. Shockley's House of Sperm, Niggerands, Manhasset, The Subsitute Judge, Celebrity Corner: Bill Murray talks with Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow.

  16. S05 E14

    Paul Simon/James Taylor

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 15 Mar 1980

    Sketches include ""Anniversary Seance,"" ""Todd's Campaign,"" ""The Biggest Leprechaun,"" ""The Flogging Musicians,"" ""Talk or Die,"" and ""The David Susskind Show."" Paul Simon and James Taylor perform ""Cathy's Clown / Take Me to the Mardi Gras"" and David Sanborn performs ""Anything You Want.""

  17. S05 E15

    Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss/The Grateful Dead

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 5 Apr 1980

    Sketches include ""Women Empowerment"" and ""Hotel Room/Smell You.""

  18. S05 E16

    Burt Reynolds/Anne Murray

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 12 Apr 1980

    Sketches include ""Burt's Not Angry,"" ""Vomitorium,"" ""The Burt Book,"" ""Be a Pepper,"" and ""Baba Wawa at Large."" Anne Murray performs ""Lucky Me.""

  19. S05 E17

    Strother Martin/The Specials

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 19 Apr 1980

    The host for the episode is Strother Martin, and the musical guest is The Specials. The skits for this episode are as follows: Rosalyn Carter talks about sections of the 1980 census intended for illegal aliens, including questions about how they got into the US, where they would hide if the INS came to their homes, and how much they would be willing to do housework for. During his opening monologue, Strother Martin reveals that he was asked to host the show because Lorne Michaels mistook him for Tennessee Williams, and so far he's been keeping up the act. At Camp Beau Soleil, the campers are forced to learn French by the brutal camp counselor, Le Capitain, but a camper named Luke is determined to escape. Additional skits include a variety show will, the Conductor's Club, Any Town, and Food. The Specials perform "Gangsters" and "Too Much, Too Young".

  20. S05 E18

    Bob Newhart/The Amazing Rhythm Aces, Bruce Cockburn

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 10 May 1980

    Sketches include ""Mysteries of the Universe,"" ""The Dating Zone,"" ""Writing Home,"" and ""Mr. Bill."" The Amazing Rhythm Aces (featuring Bill Murray) perform ""Third-Rate Romance.""

  21. S05 E19

    Steve Martin/Paul and Linda McCartney

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 17 May 1980

    Sketches include: ""Father Guido Sarducci, Live from London,"" ""Real Incredible People,"" ""Stretch Marks Record Offer,"" ""Reagan's Dinner,"" and ""The Hominids."" 3-D performed ""All-Night Television.""

  22. S05 E20

    Buck Henry/Andrew Gold

    1 h 7 mins · Sat, 24 May 1980

    Live from New York, it's Harry Shearer! Sketches include "Election '80: Almost Halfway Over," "The SNL Stars of the Future" monologue, "Lord and Lady Douchebag," "Uncle Roy," and "Nick at Trader Nick's."

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