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  • Saturday Night Live Margot Kidder/The Chieftains (Season 4, Episode 15)
  • TV-14
    TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

Saturday Night Live

Margot Kidder/The Chieftains (Season 4, Episode 15)
TV-14
TV Episode | 90 min | Comedy, Music

The host for the episode is Margot Kidder, and the musical guest is The Chieftans. The skits for this episode are as follows: DJ Dick Lankey broadcasts from Doyle's Tavern for St. Patrick's Day, where Mayor Daley's ghost is supposed to ...See moreThe host for the episode is Margot Kidder, and the musical guest is The Chieftans. The skits for this episode are as follows: DJ Dick Lankey broadcasts from Doyle's Tavern for St. Patrick's Day, where Mayor Daley's ghost is supposed to reappear. Margot Kidder's opening monologue is interrupted by technical difficulties when the entire camera crew gets completely drunk. An ad for the navy shows sailors scrubbing floors, working in the mess hall and sitting around watching TV. A female bank executive on a business trip finds that her company has arranged for a male prostitute to spend the night with her. During the Weekend Update, Jane Curtain reports on Richard Nixon's grandson and a monkey shortage in medical research, Bill Murray wishes a happy hundredth birthday to Albert Einstein, Father Guido Sarducci vents about favoritism regarding American and Irish saints, and Jane and Dan debate Lee Marvin's palimony case. Superman and Lois Lane, now married, are having a party, but when Superman changes into Clark Kent, Lois confesses to him that she's been unfaithful. Al Franken complains that his face and name are being used to sell FrankenBerry cereal, and then tries to drum up sympathy for a sick homeless man. A group of women discuss the problems with men. Mr. Bill tries to hide when Mr. Hands comes to take him bowling, but he ends up getting crushed under a bowling ball. The Chieftans perform "If I Had Maggie in the Woods" and "Morning Dew". Written by Jean-Marc Rocher See less
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Directors
Dave Wilson | Walter Williams | James Signorelli (commercial parodies)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Mar 17, 1979

Release date
Mar 17, 1979 (United States)

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24 cast members
Name Known for
Margot Kidder
Self - Host / Various Self - Host / Various   See fewer
Dan Aykroyd
Various Various   See fewer
John Belushi
Various Various   See fewer
Jane Curtin
Weekend Update Anchor / Various Weekend Update Anchor / Various   See fewer
Garrett Morris
Ant-Man / Various Ant-Man / Various   See fewer
Bill Murray
Weekend Update Anchor / Various Weekend Update Anchor / Various   See fewer
Laraine Newman
Various Various   See fewer
Gilda Radner
Various Various   See fewer
The Chieftains
Themselves - Musical Guest Themselves - Musical Guest   See fewer
Al Franken
Self (as Franken) Self (as Franken)   See fewer
Tom Davis
Augie Hartwall (as Davis) Augie Hartwall (as Davis)   See fewer
Don Novello
Father Guido Sarducci Father Guido Sarducci   See fewer
Don Pardo
Self - Announcer (voice) Self - Announcer (voice)   See fewer
Anne Beatts
Various (uncredited) Various (uncredited)   See fewer
James Downey
Various (uncredited) Various (uncredited)   See fewer
Brian Doyle-Murray
Paramedic (uncredited) Paramedic (uncredited)   See fewer
Peter 'Pete' Fatovich
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
Lorne Michaels
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
Marilyn Suzanne Miller
Audience Member (uncredited) Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Andy Murphy
Various (uncredited) Various (uncredited)   See fewer
Tom Schiller
Interviewer (uncredited) Interviewer (uncredited)   See fewer
Rosie Shuster
Audience Member (uncredited) Audience Member (uncredited)   See fewer
Walter Williams
Mr. Bill / Mr. Hands / Spot (voice) (uncredited) Mr. Bill / Mr. Hands / Spot (voice) (uncredited)   See fewer
Dave Wilson
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
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