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  • Saturday Night Live Dick Cavett/Jimmy Cliff (Season 1, Episode 12)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

Saturday Night Live

Dick Cavett/Jimmy Cliff (Season 1, Episode 12)
TV-14
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

The host for the episode is Dick Cavett, and the musical guest is Jimmy Cliff. The skits for this episode are as follows: Garrett Morris uses voodoo to get Chevy to fall down. Commercials attempt to draw students into The Dick Cavett ...See moreThe host for the episode is Dick Cavett, and the musical guest is Jimmy Cliff. The skits for this episode are as follows: Garrett Morris uses voodoo to get Chevy to fall down. Commercials attempt to draw students into The Dick Cavett School of Auto Refinishing and The Dick Cavett School of Hydroplane Operation. An accounting firm talks about just how far they'll go to lower their customers' tax bills. Dick Cavett does his version of "Our Town" about New York City, a swell place where crime is rampant and nothing works. Betty Ford gives a personal advice talk where she compares life's problems with dancing. Gary Weis presents a film about a tailor and a plastic surgeon altering each other. An author pitches his new book about pimping in Nebraska. For the Weekend Update, one of the reporters finally reaches Angola, where she is accosted by horny mercenaries, and Emily Litella expresses her displeasure over the Eagle Rights Amendment. Jimmy Cliff performs "The Harder They Come," "Many Rivers to Cross" and "Wahjaka Man". Written by Jean-Marc Rocher See less
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Head writer
Michael O'Donoghue (writing supervisor)
Directors
Dave Wilson | Gary Weis | Harry McDevitt (film segment)
Writers
Herbert Sargent (written by) (as Herb Sargent) | Chevy Chase (writing supervisor) | Anne Beatts | Tom Davis & 7 more
Production Designers
Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 31, 1976

Release date
Jan 31, 1976 (United States)

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Cast

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18 cast members
Name Known for
Dick Cavett
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
Jimmy Cliff
Self - Musical Guest Self - Musical Guest   See fewer
Marshall Efron
Dwayne Christiansen Dwayne Christiansen   See fewer
Dan Aykroyd
British Mercenary British Mercenary   See fewer
John Belushi
Lowell Brock / Various Lowell Brock / Various   See fewer
Chevy Chase
Weekend Update Anchor / Various Weekend Update Anchor / Various   See fewer
Jane Curtin
Betty Ford / Various Betty Ford / Various   See fewer
Laraine Newman
Various Various   See fewer
Gilda Radner
Emily Litella Emily Litella   See fewer
Harry McDevitt
Self - Director of 'The Apple Follies' (uncredited) Self - Director of 'The Apple Follies' (uncredited)   See fewer
Lorne Michaels
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
Don Pardo
Self - Announcer (voice) (uncredited) Self - Announcer (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Schiller
Thomas Schiller (uncredited) Thomas Schiller (uncredited)   See fewer
Rosie Shuster
Fan (uncredited) Fan (uncredited)   See fewer
Robert Van Ry
Self (voice) (uncredited) Self (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
Mary Louise Wilson
Mrs. Fran Bartman (Felina Cat Food) (uncredited) Mrs. Fran Bartman (Felina Cat Food) (uncredited)   See fewer
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