January 24, 1976 Season 1 episode
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| Episode | 11 |
| Season Episode | 11 |
| Host | Peter Cook & Dudley Moore |
| Musical Guest(s) | Neil Sedaka |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" "Lonely Night" |
| Previous Episode January 17, 1976 |
Next Episode January 31, 1976 |
The eleventh episode of NBC's Saturday Night was hosted by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore with musical guest Neil Sedaka.
Cast: The Not Ready For Primetime Players[]
Sketches[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
| Title | Image | Summary |
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| Bomb Squad | 
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A bomb squad expert (Chevy Chase) gets hit in the face with a cream pie while attmepting to deactivate a bomb. |
| Opening montage | This is the first time that announcer Don Pardo reads aloud the names of the 'Not Ready for Prime-Time Players' (the cast members). | |
| Peter Cook & Dudley Moore's Monologue | 
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Peter Cook and Dudley Moore perform their popular BBC sketch, "One Leg Too Few," with Cook as the casting agent who interviews Moore as a one-legged man auditioning for the role of Tarzan. |
| Lifer Follies | 
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Auditions are held for a jailhouse production of "Gigi". |
| Neil Sedaka performs "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" | 
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Neil Sedaka performs "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do". |
| Don Pardo's Holiday In An Elevator | 
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Take a low-cost vacation in an elevator this year. Another exciting destination lurks behind the door of each floor. |
| Weekend Update With Chevy Chase | 
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Chevy Chase's wrong number reaches Angela's roommate Jane Curtin instead of Angola prison. Laraine Newman seeks opinions on abortion in Times Square. Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) questions the fuss about "saving Soviet jewelry". With help from a showering Alan Zweibel, Chevy repeats the top story for wet people. |
| Middle-American Van Lines | 
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Used to move people, not their possessions. |
| Table Talk | 
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Dudley Moore interviews the owner (Peter Cook) of The Frog and Peach Restaurant. |
| "The Paramount Novelty Store" | 
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Gary Weis' short film chronicles novelty store owner who has to explain the joke of each item in his inventory. |
| British Sonny & Cher sing "I Got You Babe" | 
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The British version of Sonny (Dudley Moore) & Cher (Peter Cook) trade barbs. |
| The Muppets | 
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Gilda Radner explains to a bee-clad Scred (Jerry Nelson) that The Muppets have been cut from tonight's show, but lets him introduce Neil Sedaka. |
| Neil Sedaka performs "Lonely Night" |
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Neil Sedaka performs "Lonely Night". |
| Backstage Banter | 
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Jane Curtin interviews male impersonator Sheila Ellington (John Belushi). |
| Attractive | 
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Husband (Chevy Chase) & wife (Jaqueline Carlin) don't use products to be attractive. |
| Organ Harvesting | 
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A team of doctors (Dudley Moore, Tom Schiller, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd) ignore the fact that their patient (Garrett Morris) is alive before removing his vital organs. |
| Shephard Interview | 
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A shephard (Peter Cook) tells Matthew (Dudley Moore) about his experience seeing the Baby Jesus. |
| Goodnights | 
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| Preceded by: January 17, 1976 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: January 31, 1976 |