March 12, 1977 Season 2 episode
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| Episode | 39 |
| Season Episode | 15 |
| Host | Sissy Spacek |
| Musical Guest(s) | Richard Baskin |
| Song(s) performed by Musical Guest(s) |
"One I Love You" "City Of One-Night Stand" |
| Previous Episode February 26, 1977 |
Next Episode March 19, 1977 |
The 15th episode of Season 2 and 39th episode of NBC's Saturday Night premiered on March 12, 1977, and it was hosted by actress Sissy Spacek, star of the hit films Carrie, 3 Women, Coal Miner's Daughter, Raggedy Man, Missing, The River, Crimes of the Heart (1986), and In the Bedroom, 'night, Mother, JFK, Affliction, The Straight Story, Tuck Everlasting, Nine Lives, North Country, Four Christmases, Get Low, The Help, and The Old Man & the Gun, with musical guest Richard Baskin.
This was the only hosting stint for Sissy Spacek and the only musical guest appearance on the show for Richard Baskin.
Cast[]
The Not Ready For Primetime Players[]
Sketches[]
Cold Open Sketch Pre-recorded Weekend Update Music Performance Other
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| Dave Wilson Is Dead | 
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The sudden death of director Dave Wilson places the show in jeopardy. |
| Montage | ||
| Sissy Spacek's Monologue | 
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Sissy Spacek gives her Oscar speech and performs a cut baton-twirling scene from "Carrie." |
| Burger Master | 
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Have your burger any way you want it, no request is too odd to handle. |
| Asking President Carter | 
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Walter Cronkite (Bill Murray) hosts a radio Q&A session with President Jimmy Carter (Dan Aykroyd). |
| Amy's Bedtime Story | 
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Amy Carter's (Sissy Spacek) ex-con nanny (Garrett Morris) tells her a bedtime story. |
| How Your Children Grow | 
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Jane Curtin interviews Dr. Alan Ross (Bill Murray), a man afflicted with Quintlexia and who can only utter five words. |
| John Belushi's Dream | 
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John Belushi announces that he's giving up comedy to train for the Decathlon. |
| Weekend Update With Jane Curtin | 
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Muhammad Ali (Garrett Morris) wants to make his own version of a "Rocky" movie. Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) finds "endangered feces" to be an odd subject to comment on. |
| Richard Baskin & Sissy Spacek perform "One I Love You" | 
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| Improvisation | 
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After having trouble creating spontaneous material about a meteorologist at a doctor's office, improvisationists Al Franken and Tom Davis perform a scene in which they deliver the news after World War III. |
| Gidget's Disease | 
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Spokeswoman (Jane Curtin) discusses the disease that's suffered by terminally cute women everywhere. |
| Young Newlyweds | 
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White trash couple (John Belushi, Sissy Spacek) argue in their kitchen after a failed attempt at intimacy. |
| Baton | 
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In a film by Gary Weis, Sissy Spacek twirls a baton in slow motion. |
| Bad Playhouse | 
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Leonard Pinth-Garnell (Dan Aykroyd) presents a scene from "The Millkeeper." |
| Richard Baskin performs "City of One-Night Stands" | 
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| Sissy's Roles | 
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In a film by Robert Altman, Sissy Spacek plays several roles in a series of related scenes. |
| Goodnights | 
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| Preceded by: February 26, 1977 |
Saturday Night Live episode | Followed by: March 19, 1977 |