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Saturday Night Live :: George Carlin/Janis Ian & Billy Preston (01x01)

Episode Information

Title:

George Carlin/Janis Ian & Billy Preston

Episode #:

01x01

Original Airdate:

Saturday October 11th, 1975

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Episode Crew
Director:	Dave Wilson (2)
Writer:	Lorne Michaels (1)

Episode Summary

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Tonight's host is George Carlin with musical guests Janis Ian & Bill Preston

Sketches: "Wolverines", "George Carlin's Monologue", "New Dad Insurance", "The Courtroom", "Andy Kaufman", "George Carlin Stand-Up I", "Victims Of Shark Bite", "Jamitol", "Triopenin", "Triopenin", "Triple-Trac", "George Carlin Stand-Up II", "The Impossible Truth", "Bee Hospital", "Academy of Better Careers", "Show Us Your Guns", George Carlin Stand-Up III, and "Trojan Horse Home Security."

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Andy Kaufman	played	Himself	Recurring (first appearance)
•Valri Bromfield	played	Herself	Recurring (first appearance)
Guest Hosts
•George Carlin	played	Himself	Recurring (first appearance)
Musical Guests
•Billy Preston	played	Himself
•Janis Ian	played	Herself
Uncredited
•Akira Yoshimura	played	Student	Recurring (first appearance)
•Al Franken	played	Caveman	Recurring (first appearance)
•Alan Zweibel	played	Man On the Street	Recurring (first appearance)
•Albert Brooks	voiced	Reporter	Recurring (first appearance)
•Andrew Duncan (1)	played	Triple-Trac Spokesman	Recurring (first appearance)
•Elliott Gould	played	Juror	Recurring (first appearance)
•Jacqueline Carlin	played	Various	Recurring (first appearance)
•Neil Levy	played	Juror	Recurring (first appearance)
•Richard Belzer	played	Juror	Recurring (first appearance)
•Rosie Shuster	played	Various	Recurring (first appearance)
•Tom Davis (1)	played	Juror	Recurring (second appearance)
•Tom Schiller	played	Various	Recurring (first appearance)
•Gary Weis	played	Man On the Street
•Wendy Craig	played	Academy of Better Careers Pitchman

Featured Songs

Artist	Song Title	Played When
•Billy Preston	Nothin' From Nothin'
•Billy Preston	Fancy Ladies
•Janis Ian	Seventeen
•Janis Ian	A Winter's Tale

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