📺 Rob Reiner · none
Saturday Night Live · season 1, episode 3 · Saturday, October 25, 1975 Host: Rob Reiner. Musical guest: none. • In lieu of a musical guest, John Belushi performs "With a Little Help from My Friends" while impersonating Joe Cocker. • Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson and Alice Tweedy perform in a "Land of Gorch" sketch. • Future cast member Denny Dillon appeared as a special guest with Mark Hampton in a sketch as nuns running a parish talent show. Jacqueline Carlin appeared as a swimmer in the "Golden Needles" sketch. Tom Schiller appeared as the priest in the "Wrigley's Gum" sketch and as one of the Bees. Penny Marshall appeared in the "Fashion Show," "Hoe-Down," and "the Bees" sketches. The Lockers and comedian Andy Kaufman make guest appearances. • George Coe appears in the "Golden Needles" sketch. • First appearance of the "News for the Hard of Hearing". • The episode features an Albert Brooks film about heart surgery. • This episode initially ended without goodnights or credits. Future airings of this episode would add credits over the photo montage seen during the title sequence. Wiki link