Director:	Dave Wilson
Star:	Laraine Newman (Herself),  Garrett Morris (Himself),  Don Pardo (Announcer),  Michael O'Donoghue (Himself),  John Belushi (Himself),  Gilda Radner (Herself),  Chevy Chase (Himself),  Dan Aykroyd (Himself),  Jane Curtin (Herself)
Recurring Role:	Lorne Michaels (Himself),  Alan Zweibel (Bee)
Guest Star:	Phoebe Snow (Herself),  Raquel Welch (Herself),  John B. Sebastian (Himself)

The "Claudine Longet Invitational" provoked a legal threat from her estranged husband Andy Williams. One month later, Don Pardo delivered a convoluted apology. (edit) Welch voted down several breast jokes that the male writers submitted, including a Franken & Davis movie trailer for The Planet of the Enormous Hooters. Costume designer Franne Lee actually made size fifty-something tops for Jane, Laraine, and Gilda, all of which were put on hold for the Dolly Parton show, thirteen years later. (edit) This is episode is probably best-remembered for Lorne Michaels making a statement requesting The Beatles to reunite appear on the show for $3000. A couple of weeks later he upped the ante to $3200 plus hotel accomadations. (edit)

Chevy Chase: Good evening, I'm Chevy Chase and you can't. (edit)

John Sebastian says "Can I start again?" in response to microphone feedback on the first verse of "Welcome Back." He eventually stops the song and starts again from the beginning. (edit) Because the technical strike that crippled last week's broadcast had not been resolved before going to air, a number of technical glitches occur during this broadcast: there are a few bad camera switches in "Purino Rat Chow"; the title screen appears right after the videotaped footage of the skiiers wiping out in "The Claudine Longet Invitational", and the title screen for "Great Moments In History" flickers onscreen before the text epilogue appears. Additionally, the camera and lighting work, especially during the music performances, still looks unpolished: shot composition is awkward and the lights dim and then overbrighten at one point during Phoebe Snow's second number. (edit)

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