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 December 11, 1976
 Season 2 episode
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 Episode 34
 Season Episode 10
 Host Candice Bergen
 Musical Guest(s) Frank Zappa
 Song(s) performed by
 Musical Guest(s)
"I'm The Slime"
"The Purple Lagoon"
"Peaches En Regalia"
Previous Episode
November 27, 1976
Next Episode
January 15, 1977

The 34th episode and 10th episode of Season 2 of Saturday Night Live premiered on December 11, 1975, and it was hosted by actress Candice Bergen with musical guest Frank Zappa. This is Candice Bergen's 3rd time as host and the first time as musical guest on SNL for Frank Zappa.

Cast[]

The Not Ready For Primetime Players[]

Cameo byDiana Nyad

Onscreen appearances by executive producer Lorne Michaels and stage manager Joe Dicso

Sketches and Music Performances[]

 Cold Open   Sketch   Pre-recorded   Weekend Update   Music Performance   Other 

Title Image Summary
Patty Hearst At Home Patty-hearst-at-home-12-11-16 Patty Hearst (Gilda Radner) spends Christmas with her family after her release from prison.
Montage
Candice Bergen's Monologue Candice-bergen-monologue-12-11-76 Candice Bergen hides in her dressing room after being misled by John Belushi's charms. Belushi dons his Bogart fedora to lure Bergen out with a promise that they'll "always have Paris", as she returned to host for the third time.
Carter's Promises Carters-promises-12-11-76 Jimmy Carter (Dan Aykroyd) admits that he can't keep the promises he made before the election.
Santi-Wrap Santi-wrap-12-11-76 While waiting in line to see a drunken Santa Claus (John Belushi) at the mall, Dan Aykroyd demonstrates the sanitary tissue Laraine Newman should use before sitting on Santa's knee.
Frank Zappa Performs "I'm The Slime"
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I'm The Slime - Frank Zappa (With lyrics - subtitles)

Consumer Probe Consumer-probe-12-11-76 Irwin Mainway (Dan Aykroyd) defends Bag O'Glass and other unsafe Christmas toys distributed by his industry.
K-Put Price-Is-Rite Stamp Gun K-puts-price-is-right-stamp-gun-11-15-75 Save thousands of dollars on groceries with this new device, which allows you to change the prices at the supermarket.
Right To Extreme Stupidity League
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Extremely Stupid - Saturday Night Live

After catching flack from Fern (Candice Bergen), Lisa (Gilda Radner) defends her right to be stupid.
Weekend Update With Jane Curtin Weekend-update-12-11-76 Jane Curtin's husband (Tom Schiller) begs her to quit work and come back home. Ray Basalt (Dan Aykroyd) gives a holiday radioactive fallout report. Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) proclaims that she's against collecting money for "Unisex."
FX-70 Cheese Slicer Fx-70-cheese-slicer-12-11-76 Candice Bergen dispenses slices of cheese with her Polaroid camera.
Frank Zappa Performs "Lagoon" Frank-zappa-performs-lagoon-12-11-76
The Killer Trees The-killer-trees-12-11-76 A detective (Dan Aykroyd) and Lt. Steve Bushakis (John Belushi) lead the search for a killer tree.
Diana Nyad Diana-nyad-12-11-76 In a film by Gary Weis, Diana Nyad's students talk about her as she trains.
Adopt Belushi For Christmas Adopt-belushi-for-christmas-12-11-76 Because John Belushi's girlfriend has kicked him out of their apartment, Candice Bergen puts the word out that he's looking for a place to stay over the holidays.
Let's Kill Gary Gilmore For Christmas Lets-kill-gary-gilmore-for-christmas-12-11-76 Wanting to honor serial killer Gary Gilmore's wishes, the cast deliver a poignant Christmas ditty in his honor.
Frank Zappa Performs "Peaches En Regalia" Frank-zappa-performs-peaches-and-regilia
Goodnights Goodnights-12-11-76
Preceded by:
November 27, 1976
Saturday Night Live episode Followed by:
January 15, 1977
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