Saturday Night Live Dyan Cannon/Leon & Mary Russell (Season 1, Episode 20)
TV-14
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

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Saturday Night Live

Dyan Cannon/Leon & Mary Russell (Season 1, Episode 20)

TV-14

TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

The host for the episode is Dyan Cannon, and the musical guests are Leon & Mary Russell. The skits for this episode are as follows: Chevy Chase, lying on his back after a tremendous fall, is informed that the control room clock was running...See moreThe host for the episode is Dyan Cannon, and the musical guests are Leon & Mary Russell. The skits for this episode are as follows: Chevy Chase, lying on his back after a tremendous fall, is informed that the control room clock was running fast and he'll have to do it all again to get it on air. During her opening monologue, Dyan Cannon confesses to a lifelong dream of being swept off her feet by a man on a white horse, and during the rest of the show, different male cast members attempt to re-interpret its meaning to make themselves her dream man. A woman takes a taste test to see which is better: a new diet soda or a glass of phlegm. Participants in a hearing test don't notice that their teacher has been taken hostage by a pair of wanted criminals. A husband catches her wife having an affair, but the woman and her lover make up an outrageous story to explain everything. A Bulgarian travel agent attempts to convince a woman to vacation in Bulgaria. During the Weekend Update, a man claims to have a new version of Howard Hughes' will. Anita Bryant attempts to pitch Florida orange juice while being held hostage in Beirut. A priest tries to deliver a funeral eulogy, but is interrupted by a bad case of hiccups. Roy Waddmaker attempts to sell bathwater of the stars. A soldier gets berated by his drill sergeant for repeatedly flubbing his lines in a recruitment ad. A teenage girl is hoping to make an impression on her dream date, but her parents discover that her date is actually three Hell's Angels. In an home movie, a hubcap thief gets caught up in his work and dragged around town by an oblivious driver. Leon and Mary Russell perform "Satisfy You" and "Daylight"(with John Belushi as Joe Cocker). Written by Jean-Marc Rocher See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Dyan Cannon Self - Host / Various Self - Host / Various See fewer	Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Leon Russell Self - Musical Guest Self - Musical Guest See fewer	Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
Mary Russell Self - Musical Guest Self - Musical Guest See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Dan Aykroyd Various Various See fewer	Ghostbusters (1984)
John Belushi Joe Cocker / Various Joe Cocker / Various See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Chevy Chase Weekend Update Anchor / Various Weekend Update Anchor / Various See fewer	Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
Jane Curtin Various Various See fewer	Coneheads (1993)
Garrett Morris Various Various See fewer	Coneheads (1993)
Laraine Newman Various Various See fewer	Coneheads (1993)
Gilda Radner Student / Relative / Hooker / Mother Student / Relative / Hooker / Mother See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Buck Henry Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	The Graduate (1967)
Neil Levy Marine (uncredited) Marine (uncredited) See fewer	I Want You (I) (1998)
Don Pardo Self - Announcer (voice) (uncredited) Self - Announcer (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	Radio Days (1987)
Paul Shaffer Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Hercules (1997)
Dave Wilson Self (voice) (uncredited) Self (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Alan Zweibel Horace (uncredited) Horace (uncredited) See fewer	It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986)