The 15th episode of Season 4 and the 81st episode of Saturday Night Live premiered on March 17, 1979, hosted by Canadian-American actress Margot Kidder, star of the hit films Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx, Sisters, Black Christmas, The Great Waldo Pepper, Superman and the film's following three sequels, The Amityville Horror, Willie & Phil, Heartaches, Some Kind of Hero, Trenchcoat, Little Treasure and GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, with musical guest The Chieftains, a traditional Irish folk band.
This was Margot Kidder's only time hosting, as well as the only musical guest appearance on SNL for the Chieftains.
Cold Open Sketch Videotaped Weekend Update Music Performance Other
Title
Image
Summary
Won't Be Seen: Little Women and Big Basketball Players
WGN Radio Live at Doyle's Tavern Cold Open
on St. Patrick’s Day, Jimmy Hoffa (John Belushi) subs for Mayor Daley’s ghost.
Margot Kidder Monologue
bad camera work is traced to control room’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration.
The Navy
grunt work while docked in Bayonne shows the truth of The Navy Adventure
Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute
Fred Garvin- Male Prostitute - SNL
Woman (Margot Kidder) is visited by unsexy Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute (Dan Aykroyd).
The Chieftains performed "If I Had Maggie in the Woods"
St. Mickey's Knights of Columbus
(host) solicits money for Irish poor at St. Mickey’s Knights of Columbus.
Weekend Update with Jane Curtin & Bill Murray
Weekend Update- Jane, You Ignorant Slut - SNL
Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) gives examples of canonization politics; Bill Murray sings “Happy Birthday” to a bust of Albert Einstein; Jane Curtin and Dan Aykroyd do a Point-Counterpoint about Lee Marvin’s divorce settlement
Superhero Party
&
Superhero Party - SNL
Superheroes attend a party thrown by Superman (Bill Murray) & Lois Lane (Margot Kidder).
The Franken and Davis Show
Pity Thy Neighbor, the program that gives you the opportunity to give something you don't need to someone who will take it.
Men's Problems
Women discuss their perspectives on guys’ troubles.
The Chieftains performed "Morning Dew"
The Mr. Bill Show
by Walter Williams - in a closet, away from Mr. Hands.
